06 April 2011

"Eleven suspects have been arrested in connection with the twin suicide blasts at the shrine of sufi saint Sakhi Sarwar in Dera Ghazi Khan. Dera Ghazi Khan regional police officer Ahmed Mubarak has said the suspects have been arrested on a tip off by an alleged suicide bomber who was arrested from the site of the twin blasts. He said he is expecting a breakthrough within 2 days based on the information revealed by the arrested suspects. Mubarak also...

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06 April 2011

"Pakistan’s ambassador to China used a recent celebration of his country’s Republic Day to give a rhetoric-filled talk about Beijing-Islamabad relations. If March 23, 1940, was the day the Muslim League decided to establish Pakistan, then the anniversary would be a time to declare that relations with China will define the way forward. 'We shall take our bilateral relations to new heights,' Masood Khan proclaimed. [...] Pakistan has been...

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06 April 2011

"At least five people were killed and many more injured in an explosion in the Khyber tribal region as Mangal Bagh Afridi, the notorious commander of Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) militant group, sought help from the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in his fight against his rivals. This comes a day after a group of Afghan Taliban threatened to join Bagh’s rivals to avenge the beheading of Maulana Muhammad Hashim, a respected cleric from Zakhakhel clan of...

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06 April 2011

"In a grim assessment of the war on terror inside Pakistan, the Obama administration said Tuesday that Pakistan lacks a 'clear path toward defeating' Islamic insurgents in the country's tribal region despite committing tens of thousands of troops to the effort. The country has nearly 150,000 troops — up from about 80,000 in 2001-2003 — fighting al Qaida-allied insurgents who have killed thousands of Pakistanis in attacks and suicide...

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