Pakistan wants the United States to reconsider its use of pilotless drones to attack militants, a government spokesman said on Thursday, hours after 11 people were killed in two missile attacks.
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KARACHI: Inspector General of Police Sindh has directed the police officials to ensure deployment of police personnel in civvies in all the thickly populated areas and Katchi Abadies of major cities of the province.IG Sindh Salahuddin Babar Khattak, in view of current law and order situation of the province, ordered CCPO Wasim Ahmed and all the regional police officers to step up surveillance at all the entry/exit points of all the cities. He also directed for making snap checking and patrolling more effective.
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A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in volatile northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, including pro-government fighters opposed to the country’s top Taliban commander, intelligence officials said.
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Afghanistan’s intelligence chief accused Pakistan’s spy agency of helping Taliban militants to carry out attacks in his country like the ones that killed 10 policemen Thursday.
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QUETTA: The government on Thursday stopped a notification of termination of five Balochistan ministers.Addressing a joint news conference with Balochistan cabinet members, State Minister for Ports and Shipping Sardar Nabeel Gabol said that the sacked ministers called on Balochistan Chief Minister Sardar Aslam Raisani today. Gabol said that during the meeting, grievances of ministers were addressed and the CM assured them of his full cooperation.He said provincial ministers Sadiq Umrani, Ameen Umrani, Asfandyar Kakar, Jan Changazi and Agha Irfan gave controversial statements and the PPP co-chairman and President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari took a serious note of the violation of code of conduct by these ministers.
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ISLAMABAD: The World Economic Forum has issued the global information technology report for 2009 according to which Pakistan has been placed at the 98th position in the world.In Islamabad, the Competitiveness Support Fund has issued this report which is the eighth report from the World Economic Forum.Details of 134 countries have been mentioned in this report and Pakistan stands at the 98th among these countries.Earlier, Pakistan was ranked 89th among 127 countries and thus its ranking improved by nine places.
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A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in volatile northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 11 people including pro-government fighters opposed to the country’s top Taliban commander, intelligence officials said.
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Senior officials in Pakistan on Thursday denied there had been a suspected US missile strike in the northwest said to have killed four militants.
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A suicide bomber on Thursday killed 10 people at an inn near Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt that borders Afghanistan, in an attack targeting opponents of the Taliban, officials said.
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A suicide bomber killed at least six people on Thursday at an inn where opponents of the Taliban had gathered in a restive town of northwest Pakistan, administration officials said.
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