Taliban wanted to enter India: Rehman Malik

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 27:  Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that had the Taliban militants overrun his country, their next targets would have been India and Bangladesh. “India and Bangladesh would have been next if the Taliban had taken over Pakistan,” Malik told reporters More

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‘Karzai meets Kayani for talks with Haqqani’

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Islamabad, June 27: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has met al-Qaeda-linked militant commander Sirajuddin Haqqani along with Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the ISI boss for “face-to-face talks”, Al-Jazeera channel reported today. The channel quoted its sources as saying More

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6 militants killed in US drone attacks in Pak

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Peshawar, June 27: At least six militants were killed and four others injured when US drones struck a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, officials said. The spy planes fired three missiles at the compound in Tablai Tal area, 30 km north of Miranshah More

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Pakistan condemns ship seizure by India

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Islamabad, June 27: Pakistan today reacted strongly to the seizure by India of a ship carrying equipment used by Pakistan and Bangladesh for UN peacekeeping missions. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Pakistan has not been officially informed by India about the detention of the cargo More

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Don’t question our integrity: Qureshi to India

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Islamabad, June 27: Pakistan Sunday termed as “presumptuous” India’s contention that enough was not being done in the Mumbai attacks case, saying the two countries would understand “each other’s challenges and difficulties” only through engagement. In an interview to PTI, Pakistan Foreign More

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CHIDAMBARAM 'VERY INTELLIGENT LEADER', TWEETS REHMAN MALIK

Islamabad, June 27:  Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has tweeted, describing his tough-talking Indian counterpart P Chidambaram as a "very intelligent and capable leader". "I found Mr. Chidambaram a very intelligent & capable leader," Malik wrote on popular social networking More

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Prez commutes death sentence of 8 to life imprisonment

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New Delhi, June 27: President Pratibha Patil has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence given to eight murder convicts in two separate cases. During the last three decades, the Presidents had commuted the sentence in only 10 cases out of the 77 petitions decided by them. Patil More

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MIMC int’l conference from today

GHULAM NABI ZEYA

Leh, June 27: The Mahabodi International Meditation Centre, an NGO is holding first ever international conference on Buddhist-Muslim relations from June 28 to 30 here.  As many as 80 delegates from all over the world are scheduled to participate in the event. The speakers include More

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Ladakh meet on “Sowa Rigpa” ends

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Leh, June 27: The Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, organized a seminar “Sowa Rigpa”, the science of Amchi medicine here on Sunday.  Chering Dorje, Chief Executive Councilor, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh was the chief guest during the first session while as Tsering Angchuk More

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