The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan met Thursday with key US senators as the Congress drafts a multibillion-dollar aid package to help battle Islamic extremism in the region.
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Pakistan’s prime minister is appealing for the international community to help the tens of thousands of people fleeing a major anti-Taliban military offensive in the restive northwest.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday praised Pakistan for its “strong response” to a Taliban advance that he called a significant danger to the government.
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Pakistan ordered the military on Thursday to eliminate “terrorists” as air and ground troops pounded extremists branded by Washington a threat to the nuclear-armed country’s very existence.
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DUBAI: Australia were bowled out for 108 in 19.5 overs in the one-off Twenty20 international against Pakistan at Dubai Stadium here on Thursday.Misbah, the skipper of Pakistan side, decided to bowl first having won the toss, which resulted in favour of green shirts as the pacer Umer Gul resisted Australians considerably early in the innings followed by tricky Afridi and steady Malik ripped through Kangaroos batting line-up.Both spinners Afridi and Malik got out seven players with four and three wickets respectively while newcomer Saeed Ajmal sent a batsman back towards pavilion.The Shane Watson remained top scorer in first inning with 33 runs.
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House Democrats on Thursday moved ahead with plans to shift to the State Department control of hundreds of millions dollars in security and counterinsurgency aid for troubled Pakistan.
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CENTURION: Rajasthan Royals easily defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets with five overs remaining here in the 33rd IPL match on Thursday.After their captain Shane Warne won the toss and put Bangalore into bat, his bowlers did wonderful job by getting them out for a mere 105 runs. The highest individual score was just 17 runs, made by Robin Uthappa. Among others, two batsmen scored 15 each, one made 12 and two scored 10 each whereas the remaining five batsmen failed to enter into double figures.Ameet Singh captured four wickets for 19 runs while Jadeja claimed three for 15.Then, Rajasthan batsmen easily achieved the 106-run target from 15 overs.Naman Ojha remained not out on 52 for Rajasthan.Rajasthan made two changes to the side that beat Kings XI Punjab two days ago: Morne Morkel came in for Shane Harwood and Munaf Patel replaced Siddharth Trivedi. Bangalore are unchanged.
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Attack helicopters and war planes pounded suspected Taliban hideouts on Thursday as Pakistan vowed a decisive victory in the deadliest fighting to grip a northwest district in months.
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The Pakistani government plans to scrap a tenuous peace deal with Taliban militants and launch an even more aggressive operation against them in northwestern Pakistan, a Pakistani military official said Thursday.
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ISLAMABAD: Managing Director PEPCO Tahir Basharat Cheema said that 3,000 MW electricity will be added into the system by the December 2009, which includes IPPs and rental projects being processed by PPIB in the private sector as well as the projects in the public sector by PEPCO. While talking to Geo news, he said that power generation in the country reached at 12,242 MW which is parallel to the electricity demand of 12,242 MW, and there is no power shortfall in the country as electricity demand and supply gap is at is at equal level.He said currently, there is no load shedding from last few days and due to government’’s sincere efforts power situation is improving as in last year the shortfall on same day was 3,966 MW.He said the government is committed to achieving its targets for ending loadshedding by the end of the year, and the need for planning to meet the growth of electricity demand over the next five years.He said a deficit of only 500 MW was being faced because power supply had improved after water releases from Terbela and Mangla to the provinces for irrigation. He claimed that there was no loadshedding in major cities and in rural areas power cuts ranged between three and four hours. He said the situation had improved over last year, but shortages persisted and power outages could increase in July and August.
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