23 March 2011

"Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said that his government would like to continue to work with the Government of India to resolve all outstanding issues peacefully and in just manner. 'Wars are not solution, talks are the only way forward between Pakistan and India', Gilani remarked while talking to the Indian Peace delegation led by the famous Indian Journalist Kuldip Nayar that called on him here at the PM House on Wednesday....

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23 March 2011

"Eleven people were killed in separate incidents, including a shooting spree at a teashop in Pirabad. 'I’m going to avenge my brother’s murder,' warned Pehalwan, the elder brother of Gul Rehman, 34, who was gunned down near Katti Pahari on Tuesday afternoon. He said his brother was killed for his ethnicity. 'He was in a Mohajir-dominated area and they killed him because he’s a Pakhtun.'  At least four more people were shot...

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23 March 2011

"The NATO-led international forces in Afghanistan depend heavily on far-flung supply lines for the food, fuel, and goods they need to go on fighting. Until recently most of those supplies were shipped by sea to the Pakistani port of Karachi, then shipped overland into Afghanistan. But after Taliban militants and their sympathizers began to attack the supply convoys, NATO planners began to cast about for more reliable alternatives. These days they...

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23 March 2011

"Ms. Khatoon is one of some 5,800 peasants in the province of Sindh to receive farmland, previously designated as government-owned flood runoff, from the provincial government over the past two years. A total of 95,000 acres has already been doled out, and in March another 92,000 acres are to be allotted to women only. The land allocations could help break the cycle of debt accrued by landless peasants, and serve as a jump-start to those whose livelihood...

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