The United States voiced relief on Monday after an American official working for the United Nations was released unharmed in Pakistan following two months in captivity.
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Pakistan will devise a concrete strategy to stem worsening security, the prime minister said on Monday, after a surge of violence that is likely to dominate talks with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke.
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Pakistan’s prime minister summoned officials on Monday to work out ways to check a slide in security after a weekend of violence which is likely to top the agenda of talks with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke.
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New Zealand lived up to their favorites tag in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Monday when they snatched a late 3-2 win over former world champions Pakistan, who are now ruled out of the finals.
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A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan’s capital killed 26 people, the latest evidence of how security in the U.S.-allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters thrive.
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Pakistan’s presidential spokesman says U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke has arrived in Pakistan for meetings with senior government officials.
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A court hearing begins in Pakistan over a video showing the public flogging of a teenage girl in north-western Swat valley.
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The bodies of 45 Afghans who suffocated to death in a human smugglers’ container in southwestern Pakistan were being driven back to Afghanistan Monday for burial, officials said.
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Pakistan’s prime minister summoned officials on Monday to work out ways to check a slide in security after a weekend of violence which is likely to top the agenda of talks with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke.
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Pakistan cricket selectors on Monday recalled fit-again fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for the five one-day internationals and a twenty20 game against Australia in the United Arab Emirates later this month.
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