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Pak Muslim clerics declare suicide bombings un-Islamic
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:54:50 -0000
LAHORE: A conference of Islamic clerics from across Pakistan on Tuesday issued a fatwa declaring suicide bombings as "un-Islamic". At the same time, they called on the Pakistan government to support Iran, ...
Pakistani tribesmen rise up against militants
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:30:13 -0000
Pakistani tribesmen are raising armies to battle al-Qaida and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border _ a movement encouraged by the military and hailed as a sign its offensive there is succeeding.The often ramshackle forces lend force to the campaign in the lawless and mountainous region, but analysts question their effectiveness against a well-armed, well-trained and increasingly brutal insurgency.The extremists are increasingly targeting the militias, an indication they believe them to be a threat.
British delegates meet Zardari
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:08:14 -0000
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 : The British Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Sir Peter Ricketts and Permanent Under Secretary Home Office Sir David Normington called on President Asif Ali Zardari here on ...
Durrani to talk Narayanan
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:41:45 -0000
NEW DELHI, Oct 12 : Pakistan's National Security Advisor Mehmud Ali Durrani will hold talks with his Indian counterpart M K Narayanan here on Monday.
China: a friend indeed
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:06:34 -0000
President Zardari has reached Beijing on his official visit to China. The visit carries great symbolic as well as substantive value as it is the first official foreign visit being undertaken by Zardari since ...
Security fears over bankruptcy threat
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:36:25 -0000
Commuters ride past the Habib Bank building in Karachi yesterday. Already nearly broke when the global financial crisis took hold, Pakistan now faces further woes that could take the nuclear-armed nation's ...
