Obama says Pakistan, Afghanistan require wider strategy (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US President Barack Obama on Thursday said Islamist extremists in Pakistan and Afghanistan posed a grave threat that his new administration would tackle as a single problem under a wider strategy.

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Obama says Pakistan, Afghanistan require wider strategy (TODAYonline)

A Pakistani Islamic militant guards two criminals before their public execution by Islamic militants in Bara, the main town in Khyber tribal region on December 23. US President Barack Obama on Thursday said Islamist extremists in Pakistan and Afghanistan posed a grave threat that his new administration would tackle as a single problem under a wider strategy.

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Sports Complex extension project to be launched in Lahore

LAHORE: WAPDA officials have decided to launch an extension project of the Sports Complex here after demolishing quarters of the lower grade employees.Meanwhile, people to be affected have expressed their strong reaction on this decision by the WAPDA officials.The WAPDA Sports Board sources told that the member Power and other officials visited the Chongi Amar Sidhu WAPDA Colony for the extension project of the WAPDA Sports Complex.Giving the approval for demolishing the quarters, they directed the employees residing there to vacate the houses.The affected employees protested on this decision and said that the quarters have earlier been demolished here and swimming pools were built at a cost of Rs 200 million and now further Rs300 million are being planned to be wasted.

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Polio Control Cell enables access to 9,000 missed kids

IslamabadThe Polio Control Cell established by Pakistan Television Network, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Unicef, has helpe

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U.S. Names New Envoys To Middle East, Afghanistan And Pakistan (Nasdaq)

(RTTNews) - New U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on Thursday announced the appointments of new U.S. envoys to the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Consumers with faulty meters paying more

LAHOREPEOPLE whose electricity metres have become defective are being fleeced by power authorities on the basis of a flawed billing formula th

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Report sought from private schools charging Rs 2,500 fee

LAHORETHE Punjab Schools Education Department has asked the leading private schools, which have been charging Rs 2,500 and more as minimum fee

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Railways owes Rs 32b

LAHOREFEDERAL Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour said that Pakistan Railways currently has a debt of around Rs 32 billion, payment of which

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Microsoft to cut up to 5,000 jobs

NEW YORK: US software giant Microsoft announced on Thursday it was cutting up to 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months including 1,400 immediately due to

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Global community commits $630m for aggressive push

IslamabadRotary International, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the British and German governments have committed more than $630 mill

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