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Pakistani MPs today demanded that Britain withdraw the knighthood bestowed on author Salman Rushdie, whose novel The Satanic Verses caused outrage ar read more »
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The leader of a radical mosque besieged by Pakistani security forces in Islamabad has been caught trying to escape wearing a woman's burqa. read more »
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A new effort to hold talks with radical Islamists barricaded inside a Pakistani mosque has failed.

A delegation of Islamist politicians tried to e read more »
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is to address the nation Thursday as al-Qaida issues calls to Pakistani Muslims to revolt against the government read more »
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 15 -- A controversial peace deal between the Pakistani government and local tribal leaders in an area where al-Qaeda is kno read more »
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According to a new draft intelligence report, al-Qaida has reconstituted itself over the last few years in the mountainous tribal areas of northweste read more »
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July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Terrorists are trying to damage Pakistan's economic growth and relations with China, the government said, after a suicide bom read more »
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Lightning and heavy rain caused landslides that destroyed homes in two villages in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing more read more »
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WASHINGTON, July 22 — One of President Bush’s counterterrorism advisers said today that the United States would consider using military force inside read more »
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Pakistan's army has killed up to 13 pro-Taliban fighters in North Waziristan, the military said yesterday, amid escalating violence in the troubled read more »
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto said she would risk reaching a deal to help President Pervez Musharraf get re-elected o read more »
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The letter from Pakistan Minister for Information Tariq Azim Khan in response to opposition leader Benazir Bhutto ("Pakistan Was Victimized by Benaz read more »
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Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- India and Pakistan agreed to open bank branches in each other's territory after two days of talks aimed at boosting trade ties read more »
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Miram Shah, Pakistan—With Pashtun tribesmen gathered around him, a bearded man clad in militia garb and with a gun clinging to his shoulder issued a read more »
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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces, backed by helicopter gunships, launched an attack on hideouts being used by pro-Taliban mi read more »
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 9 — Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, was on the brink of declaring a state of emergency in his increasingly vol read more »
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Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can return, the Supreme Court said in a decision that clears the way for h read more »
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PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf was poised yesterday to resign from his position as army chief in a power-sharing deal with exiled former prime m read more »
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LONDON (AP) - An embittered former Pakistani prime minister vowed Thursday to return home from exile next month to fight the attempt by President Gen read more »
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