U.S. drones: Killing Pakistan extremists or recruiting them? (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON — Even as the Obama administration launches new drone attacks into Pakistan’s remote tribal areas, concerns are growing among U.S. intelligence and military officials that the strikes are bolstering the Islamic insurgency by prompting Islamist radicals to disperse into the country’s heartland.

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”We can become the world’’s best team”

CHENNAI: By winning their third successive Test series since defeating top-ranked Australia in November, India have shown they are ready to stake a cl

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Completion of Walton Road dualisation costs Rs 221m

LAHOREThe project for rehabilitation and dualisation of the Walton Road, starting from the Ferozepur Road to the Khayabane-e-Iqbal Junctions,

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Pakistan News

The View from Afghanistan and Pakistan (Time Magazine)

I’ve just emerged from several fascinating days traveling in Afghanistan and Pakistan with Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

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Alleged fraud in Zakat scholarships

LAHOREAN alleged financial embezzlement in connection with disbursement of Zakat scholarships at the University of Engineering Technology (U

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Musharraf, Shaukat spared of audit by their appointees

ISLAMABAD: Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz conveniently got clean chits from the otherwise fuming

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New education policy likely to be approved today

IslamabadThe federal cabinet meeting today (Wednesday) is likely to approve the national education policy.The sources in the Ministry

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Increased investment in health stressed

IslamabadFifty percent of the 200 million people affected by disasters in the year 2008 did not receive prompt medical attention owing to coll

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JI dmands Musharraf trial for breaching constitution

LAHOREJAMAAT-E-ISLAMI has demanded that Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, who breached the Constitution twice, should be tried as a national crimin

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Indian media laud Dhoni’’s victorious men

NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni’’s men were on Tuesday hailed as India’’s “best ever” cricket team after winning the country’’s first Test series in New

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