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ISLAMABAD: Investigators searching the site of an airliner crash near Pakistan’s capital in which 152 people died have found the plane’s black box, a minister and a civil aviation official said Saturday.
“The investigating committee found …

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ISLAMABAD: Revealing the division within its ranks, the government struggled all day on Friday to come up with a unified response to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s disparaging terror remarks.
For once the PPP leaders …

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Rioters in the Afghan capital have set fire to two US embassy vehicles shouting “death to America” after one of the SUVs collided with a civilian car killing a number of passengers, …

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Intelligence Agency is an effective instrument of a national power. Aggressive intelligence is its primary weapon to destabilize the target. Indeed, no one knows what the intelligence agencies actually do so figuring …

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It is difficult for politicians to admit they were wrong. But when it comes to Afghanistan, the consequences of not doing so could be high. It is time for the West to cut its losses …

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Soumitro Das, Hindustan Times
Journalism is not about patriotism. It is not about ‘my country right or wrong’. Journalism is about the Truth. In India, however, far too often a journalist’s first commitment is to his …

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Pakistan has strongly criticised David Cameron, the British prime minister, for his remark that Islamabad should not “promote the export of terror”.
Abdul Basit, a foreign ministry spokesman, on Thursday said Cameron seemed to …

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Zainulabedin Ameer | PKKH Editorial
The decade leading up to the events of September 11, 2001, held many signals that indicated a possible major terror strike at the heart of America. There were already some relatively …

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First, a freelance reporter brings down America’s top general in Afghanistan with a damning article in the iconic pop-culture Rolling Stone magazine. Now, thousands of classified military documents are published on to the Internet through …

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So how do you say “Duh!” in Urdu? There’s nothing new or remarkable in the suggestion that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has been aiding and abetting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, as highlighted in …

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NO SURVIVORS
ISLAMABAD: There were no survivors from the Airblue passenger plane that crashed in the Margalla Hills in Islamabad on Wednesday, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.
“There are no survivors. We believe all are dead. We …

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On this edition of CrossTalk with Peter Lavelle, his guests Dan Qayyum (Editor PKKH), Shuja Nawaz and Anatol Leiven discuss whether Pakistan could be the target of the next American-led invasion in the region. …

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Zainulabedin Ameer | PKKH Editorial
A series of diplomatic meetings and events have been observed in the past two weeks in Pakistan. The prominent figures to have visited here include: Indian External Affairs Minister, S.M. Krishna; …

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Petraeus scraps McChrystal’s plan to secure Kandahar
KABUL: New US commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, scrapped his predecessor’s plan to secure the southern city of Kandahar on Sunday.
Petraeus has decided that a full-scale military encirclement …

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The speech may have lasted just three minutes, but it spoke volumes about where power lies in Pakistan. Late on Thursday, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani suddenly appeared on national television to address …

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Shuja Nawaz
In a timely though perhaps overly dramatic move, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani of Pakistan announced recently on national television the extension of army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for another three years beyond …

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NEW DELHI, India—This is not the first time that Indian extremists have sabotaged crucial peace talks with Pakistan.
On 19 February 2007, one day before Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri landed in New Delhi for peace …

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Gareth Stringer reports on the arrival of the JF-17 Thunder at Farnborough for the aircraft’s public debut in the west. Images by Paul Dopson.

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“There has been an unfortunate misinterpretation of the recent post “The Coalition of Conscience” because of a word “Sarasvati” in it. We would like to convey that while the charter has not been drafted by …

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Dan Qayyum | PKKH Editorial
The stage had been set for another round of the cordial, cosmetic but utterly pointless exercise at the behest of Washington as the US and NATO try and control the India-Pakistan …

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ISLAMABAD: In a bid to end a row with the US over diplomatic and official visas, President Asif Ali Zardari has asked Foreign Office to enhance the visa authority of the country’s ambassador to Washington.
The …

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MOSCOW- Russian aircraft makers MiG and Sukhoi have spoken against the sale of RD-93 jet engines to China citing the threat of strong competition from cheaper Chinese models of fighter aircraft.
Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport …