Islamabad, Apr 15th 2008 : Pakistan, a close ally of China, on April 14 expressed opposition to politicisation of the Beijing Olympics and said it did not foresee any trouble when the torch relay comes to Islamabad this week. The torch, touring the world ahead of the games in Beijing in August, h...
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Islamabad, Apr 16th 2008 : The Olympic Torch arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad early on April 16 on the first part of its journey through Asia to the Beijing Olympics. The torch arrived from Oman accompanied by a 170-strong delegation of the Beijing organising committee. It was receiv...
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Tarbela Ghazi,Sept.14,2007 : At least 15 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in the canteen of an army building in a town near the capital Islamabad. The blast occurred in a building used by the army's elite Special Services Group in the town of Tarbela Ghazi, around 70 km northwe...
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Islamabad, Oct 06 2007 : Security in Pakistan has been tightened as members of the national and provincial assemblies began voting for the presidential election todfay . The election got underway at Parliament House in Islamabad and the provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, North West Frontier ...
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Islamabad, May 21, 2008 : India signaled a positive momentum to the stalled peace talks between Delhi and Islamabad as the country's Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon expressed determination to make Siachen a 'mountain of peace'. Menon also mooted the possibility of joint environmental mountai...
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Islamabad, June 2, 2008 : At least eight people were killed and several others wounded in a bomb blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Monday. Security officials suspect the blast to be a suicide bomber attack. The bomber was apparently in a car, which exploded near ...
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Islamabad/New York, Feb 26, 2008 : After a meeting with United States ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, in Islamabad on February 25, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that the current method in the war on terror is not in ‘anyone's interests’ and Pakistan will have to fo...
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Islamabad, Jan 17, 2008 : Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Mohammad Sadiq, said on January 16th said that any action by foreign troops inside the country's territory would be considered "an act of enemy." He also said that Pakistan's nuclear assets...
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Islamabad, June 11, 2008 : Pakistani security agencies have arrested six suspected suicide bombers who were planning attacks in the country. Pakistan’s top official; said on Monday that the attacks were even planned in the country’s capital Islamabad. Police arrested the six suspected suicide bom...
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Islamabad/Lahore 7th Dec 2007: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday, December 6th that her party was struggling for the "restoration of democracy and rule" of law in the country. Earlier, Bhutto has accused the government of planning to rig the election in favour of pr...
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Islamabad, Oct 13 2007 : Former Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq made a disappointing exit from international cricket on Friday as Pakistan settled for a draw in the second Test against South Africa. Pakistan - needing a world record 457 runs for victory to level the two-match series - ended up a...
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