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British intelligence agency MI6 tricked by fake Taliban leader! »
LONDON:U.S. and Afghan officials have slammed Britain’s intelligence service for allowing an impostor to hold talks with high-level members of NATO and Afghanistan’s government. The London Times reports that the U.K.’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)...
November 27 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan flowed to Taliban insurgents »
WASHINGTON: US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan have flowed to warlords and Taliban insurgents, undermining the war effort and fueling corruption, according to a Senate report issued Thursday. The investigation by the Senate...
October 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
France to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan »
PARIS: France is to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan used to fund political campaigns following a suit lodged by relatives of French engineers killed in a 2002 Karachi bombing. Investigating magistrate...
October 7 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »SOUTH ASIA
AQ Khan ordered to refrain from comments on atomic program »
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to refrain from comments on the country’s atomic programme. The court had...
Oct 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »India moves Interpol for arrest of Pak armymen »
NEW DELHI: Interpol notified its members on Thursday that India has issued arrest warrants for five Pakistani citizens, including two army officers, for alleged...
Oct 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »General Kayani orders probe into execution video »
RAWALPINDI: Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani has ordered an inquiry into an internet video showing men in military uniforms executing six young men...
Oct 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »Security beefed up in Karachi after shrine attack »
KARACHI: Police stepped up patrols in Karachi on Friday to try and prevent renewed violence after angry mobs rampaged through the city in the...
Oct 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »Arif Nizami launches his new English daily “Pakistan Today” »
KARACHI: Pakistan Today, an English daily headed by Arif Nizami, the former editor of The Nation, has launched in Lahore and is preparing to...
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