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British intelligence agency MI6 tricked by fake Taliban leader! 27 Nov 2010 | 01:38 pm
LONDON:U.S. and Afghan officials have slammed Britain’s intelligence service for allowing an impostor to hold talks with high-level members of NATO and Afghanistan’s government. The London Times repor...
Misbah-ul-Haq appointed Pak Test team captain 9 Oct 2010 | 12:00 am
LAHORE: Misbah-ul-Haq, the middle-order batsman, has been appointed captain of Pakistan’s Test side a day after he was recalled to the squad. Misbah, who was axed following the winless tour of Austral...
US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan flowed to Taliban insurgents 8 Oct 2010 | 11:53 pm
WASHINGTON: US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan have flowed to warlords and Taliban insurgents, undermining the war effort and fueling corruption, according to a Senate report iss...
AQ Khan ordered to refrain from comments on atomic program 8 Oct 2010 | 09:36 pm
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to refrain from comments on the country’s atomic programme. The court had called for a reply from the federal government on a petit...
India moves Interpol for arrest of Pak armymen 8 Oct 2010 | 09:23 pm
NEW DELHI: Interpol notified its members on Thursday that India has issued arrest warrants for five Pakistani citizens, including two army officers, for alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror a...
General Kayani orders probe into execution video 8 Oct 2010 | 09:08 pm
RAWALPINDI: Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani has ordered an inquiry into an internet video showing men in military uniforms executing six young men in civilian clothes. In a statement, General...
Security beefed up in Karachi after shrine attack 8 Oct 2010 | 03:48 pm
KARACHI: Police stepped up patrols in Karachi on Friday to try and prevent renewed violence after angry mobs rampaged through the city in the aftermath of a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine that left e...
Arif Nizami launches his new English daily “Pakistan Today” 8 Oct 2010 | 01:55 pm
KARACHI: Pakistan Today, an English daily headed by Arif Nizami, the former editor of The Nation, has launched in Lahore and is preparing to launch in Karachi. It has joined the growing list of Englis...
France to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan 8 Oct 2010 | 06:57 am
PARIS: France is to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan used to fund political campaigns following a suit lodged by relatives of French engineers killed in a 2002 Karachi bombin...
Swiss ‘Return of Illicit Assets Act’: Pakistan can get billions back! 7 Oct 2010 | 03:06 pm
On October 1, the Swiss Parliament passed the historic “Return of Illicit Assets Act” (RIAA)-a significant law that will make it possible for many developing countries, like Pakistan to recover the bi...
