Pakistan boasted of a military victory in a small Taliban stronghold but struggled to provide for 1.5 million people who fled its onslaught as fears grow of a lengthening crisis.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 20 (UPI) — A large part of the remittances sent to Pakistan from outside are handled through illegal channels, a senior Pakistani official said.
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May 21 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan is convening a meeting of donor countries and agencies today to raise funds for 2 million people who fled fighting between the army and Taliban in the northwest, the biggest exodus since the country was founded.
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DURBAN: Muttiah Muralitharan led a disciplined spin attack as Chennai Super Kings qualified for the Indian Premier League semi-finals with a 24-run win over Kings XI Punjab here on Wednesday. The Sri Lankan off-spinner finished with 2-8 off four overs as Chennai restricted Punjab to 92-8 after posting 116-9. Delhi (18 points) and Chennai (17) have made it to the semi-finals, while Punjab await the result of Thursday’’s match between Deccan and Bangalore as the three teams now have 14 points apiece. The top four sides advance to the semi-finals. Defending champions Rajasthan Royals (13 points), Mumbai Indians (11) and Kolkata (seven) are already out of the race. Man-of-the-match Muralitharan was superbly backed by off-spinners Suresh Raina (2-17) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2-13). The trio conceded only 38 runs off 12 overs.Australian Luke Pomersbach top-scored with 26 in Punjab’’s dismal batting display in the last match. Punjab earlier put in an impressive bowling performance to restrict Chennai to a modest total, with fast bowlers Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and Irfan Pathan taking two wickets apiece. Australian paceman Brett Lee also prevented the Chennai batsmen from scoring freely, conceding only 16 in his four overs. Chennai added 40 for the opening wicket off just 4.5 overs through India’’s Parthiv Patel (32) and Australian George Bailey (15), but lost their way after the openers” dismissals. Raina was the other main scorer with 20. Sreesanth got two wickets in three balls when he had Subramaniam Badrinath (four) caught by Pathan at mid-on and then bowled skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for two.Pathan removed New Zealander Jacob Oram (17) and Ashwin (eight) to finish with 2-32.
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IslamabadA landmark intellectual property rights case has gone to the Islamabad High Court in which an M.Phil student of the Quaid-i-Azam Univ
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NEW DELHI: India said on Wednesday it has handed over new information to Pakistan relating to last November’’s Mumbai attack in Hindi and Marathi languages instead of English.Pakistan had raised questions in response to a dossier of evidence furnished by India which pointed to the involvement of Pakistan-based militants.”Ministry of External Affairs have today handed over to the Pakistani High Commission additional information and details relating to the Mumbai terror attack sought by Pakistan,” a foreign ministry statement said. It did not give any details.Local TV said the information included DNA samples of the attackers who New Delhi says were members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group.The move by New Delhi comes days after a general election in India gave the ruling Congress party a strong mandate to deal with economic issues and security in a region overshadowed by instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan.The assault on India’’s financial capital raised tensions between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, who have been to war three times since independence in 1947.
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ISLAMABAD: Security forces have completely secured the Sultanwas area of the troubled Buner district, overcoming tough resistance and killing 80 milit
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House Republicans introduce two bills to authorize and support President Obama’s joint strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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RawalpindiThe Rawalpindi Police busted a three-member gang involved in kidnapping for ransom and recovered the dead body of 20-year-old Rehmat
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KARACHI: The Federation Cup Inter-departmental Boxing tournament will start today (Thursday) here at the Naval Physical Training and Sports Centre (NP
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