TOKYO (AFP)–Japan is inviting key nations to a conference to drum up aid to stabilize Pakistan in what it hopes would be one of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first foreign trips, a senior official said Monday.
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Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — Japan’s government may host an international meeting on aid for Pakistan, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Jun Matsumoto said. The Japanese government “desires to host an international conference on aid to Pakistan,” Matsumoto told reporters in Tokyo.
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MINGORA, Pakistan, Feb. 1 (UPI) — At least 16 Taliban militants and at least 43 civilians have died in a sustained Pakistani military offensive in the Swat Valley, observers said Sunday.
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Police say gunmen have kidnapped a foreigner serving as a regional chief for the U.N. refugee agency in southwest Pakistan.
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Japan Seeks To Hold Conference On Aid To Pakistan: Report
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(RTTNews) - Violence and security operations in the restive Swat valley in northwestern Pakistan claimed the lives of over 45 persons, including 16 militants following a fresh campaign against local Taliban militants in the picturesque region last week, media reports said.
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LAHOREPUNJAB Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said, “We have to forget the failures of the past 60 years and equip builders of the n
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PERTH: England has once again been awarded the controversial 2006 Oval Test against Pakistan, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here Sunday.The match was originally awarded to England when umpires Billy Doctrove and Darrell Hair ruled that Pakistan had forfeited the match by refusing to take the field after tea on the fourth day following accusations of ball tampering.But pressure from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) saw the result of the Test match changed from an England win to a draw by “match abandoned” by the ICC in July.However, a two-day meeting of the ICC board here reversed that decision, after pressure from Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which said it believed the move contravened the laws of cricket and set a “very dangerous” precedent.ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said here Sunday the decision reflected the necessity of upholding the laws of cricket.
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LAHORETHE medical community should harmonise itself with the latest research conducted in the field of gynae-related diseases to meet the chal
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IslamabadTwo unmarried women, in their twenties, died in mysterious circumstances in a flat of the Unique Apartments in Diplomatic Enclave her
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