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US mulls handing top Taliban prisoner to Afghan authorities

Dec 31st

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is considering transferring to Afghan custody a senior Taliban official suspe

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US mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid

Dec 30th

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is considering transferring to Afghan custody a senior Taliban official suspe

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Flashback: Defining moments of 2011

Dec 29th

A collection of the top Pakistan news that featured in 2011 based on reader interest and overall news value.

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Key events of 2011: Arab Spring, Bin Laden’s death and economic meltdown

Dec 29th

A month by month round up of world events.

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Foreign policy based on mutual respect: FO spokesperson

Dec 29th

There will be no compromise on national interest, says Foreign Office Spokesperson Abdul Basit.

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Parliamentary body to decide on NATO supply: Rehman Malik

Dec 29th

Interior minister says government will implement parliamentary committee’s recommendations whatever they will be.

Pakistan News Blog - Afghan, Army, Attack, Government, Islamabad, Killed, Malik, Militants, Minister, NATO, Police, Probe, Senator, Swat, Terror

Taliban attack kills 10 Afghan police

Dec 29th

The victims were members of the US-funded Afghan Local Police (ALP) set up last year.

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20 Afghans held on illegal movement

Dec 28th

QUETTA: Frontier Corps personnel during checking in Akhtarabad area held 20 Afghans on traveling without necessary

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Imran Khan: Unleash the Figurative Tsunami

Dec 28th

This past Sunday was Christmas Day, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif‘s birthday, and the 135th birth anniversary of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan. This past Sunday was also Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (“Movement for Justice”)’s much-anticipated political rally in Karachi. For those of us not physically at the Minar-e-Quaid (Jinnah’s Mausoleum), the PTI jalsa was cause [...]