News: Pakistan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Pakistan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Pakistan – overview

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• December 8th 2009 – November 6th 2009
• November 6th 2009 – October 15th 2009
• October 15th 2009 – September 21st 2009
• September 19th 2009 – August 21st 2009
• August 21st 2009 – July 25th 2009
• July 24th 2009 – July 6th 2009
• July 5th 2009 – June 9th 2009
• June 8th 2009 – May 16th 2009
• May 15th 2009 – April 24th 2009
• April 24th 2009 – March 31st 2009
• March 31st 2009 – March 5th 2009
• March 5th 2009 – February 15th 2009
• February 14th 2009 – January 19th 2009
• January 19th 2009 – December 19th 2008
• December 18th 2008 – November 21st 2008
• November 20th 2008 – October 27th 2008
• October 27th 2008 – September 29th 2008
• September 29th 2008 – September 5th 2008
• September 5th 2008 – August 11th 2008
• August 10th 2008 – July 16th 2008
• July 15th 2008 – June 13th 2008
• June 12th 2008 – May 14th 2008
• May 13th 2008 – April 2nd 2008
• April 2nd 2008 – February 22nd 2008
• February 21st 2008 – January 21st 2008
• January 21st 2008 – December 19th 2007
• December 17th 2007 – November 23rd 2007
• November 22nd 2007 – November 8th 2007
• November 8th 2007 – October 20th 2007
• October 20th 2007 – September 28th 2007
• September 27th 2007 – September 4th 2007
• September 4th 2007 – August 7th 2007
• August 7th 2007 – July 12th 2007
• July 12th 2007 – June 21st 2007
• June 20th 2007 – May 18th 2007
• May 18th 2007 – April 10th 2007
• April 9th 2007 – March 19th 2007
• March 19th 2007 – February 7th 2007
• February 6th 2007 – December 22nd 2006
• December 22nd 2006 – November 11th 2006
• November 9th 2006 – October 5th 2006
• October 4th 2006 – September 2nd 2006
• September 2nd 2006 – August 6th 2006
• August 5th 2006 – June 25th 2006
• June 23rd 2006 – April 22nd 2006
• April 21st 2006 – March 5th 2006
• March 4th 2006 – February 1st 2006
• January 31st 2006 – December 28th 2005
• December 28th 2005 – November 18th 2005
• November 18th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Pakistan: news

Fresh attacks on Pakistan schools

Monday, January 19th 2009, 11:01
related countries: Afghanistan

Taleban militants blow up five more schools in north-west Pakistan despite a government pledge to safeguard education.
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UK demands quicker Mumbai probe

Friday, January 16th 2009, 15:08
related countries: India, United Kingdom
related places: Islamabad

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband urges Pakistan to act more quickly against extremists in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
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Taleban threats shut Pakistan schools

Friday, January 16th 2009, 9:31
related places: Swat

Private schools in Pakistan's north-west Swat district close to comply with a Taleban edict banning girls' education.
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US must free Guantanamo man

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 21:34
related countries: United States

A US judge orders the release of a Guantanamo detainee, who was arrested in Pakistan when he was 14 years old.
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Mumbai dossier 'is not evidence'

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 7:04
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan says a dossier offered by India as evidence linking the Mumbai attacks to elements in Pakistan is only "information".
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Attacks renewed on Nato supplies

Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 10:57
related places: Nato

Suspected militants attack a Nato depot in north-west Pakistan, the first such raid since a major army offensive.
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UK urges Pakistan action on Mumbai

Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 10:42
related countries: United Kingdom

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says Pakistan did not direct the Mumbai raids but must act against the attackers.
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US sanctions on AQ Khan 'allies'

Monday, January 12th 2009, 17:03
related countries: United States

The US imposes sanctions on people and companies linked to the disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan.
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Prince's racist term sparks anger

Sunday, January 11th 2009, 18:41

Prince Harry's racist comment about an army colleague prompts widespread criticism, as an Army investigation is launched.
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Pakistan border clash 'kills 46'

Sunday, January 11th 2009, 12:41

Pakistani soldiers repulse an attack in a north-west tribal area, leaving six soldiers and 40 militants dead, army officials say.
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Pakistan al-Qaeda leaders 'dead'

Friday, January 9th 2009, 15:10
related countries: United States

Al-Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan and another top aide are believed to have been killed, US and Pakistani sources say.
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Slum blaze in Pakistan kills 40

Friday, January 9th 2009, 7:22
related places: Karachi

At least 40 people are killed when fire engulfs homes in a shanty town in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say.
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Pakistan sacks security adviser

Thursday, January 8th 2009, 2:57
related places: Islamabad

Islamabad removes its national security adviser hours after confirming the surviving Mumbai gunman is a Pakistani.
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Mumbai gunman is Pakistan citizen

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 18:12
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan finally confirms Indian claims that the only surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks is a Pakistani citizen.
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Militants kill Pakistan policemen

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 8:05

Suspected Taleban militants kill three policemen and kidnap three others in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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Singh accuses Pakistan on Mumbai

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 16:59
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

The Mumbai attack must have had support from some official agencies in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says.
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Vote deposes Kashmiri leader

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 14:32
related places: Kashmir, Kashmiri

Parliament in Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes out the government after accusing it of mismanagement and corruption.
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Zardari in Afghanistan for talks

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 13:13
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is in Kabul for talks with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai.
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Mumbai evidence given to Pakistan

Monday, January 5th 2009, 16:19

India says it has handed over to Islamabad evidence that links the Mumbai attacks to "elements" in Pakistan.
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'Taleban kill three for spying'

Monday, January 5th 2009, 9:44
related countries: United States

Suspected Taleban militants kill three men in north-west Pakistan after accusing them of spying for the US, police say.
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US bid to reduce Mumbai tensions

Monday, January 5th 2009, 7:22
related countries: India, United States
related places: Mumbai

The US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher is in Pakistan for talks aimed at reducing tensions between India and Pakistan.
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Police killed in Pakistan blast

Sunday, January 4th 2009, 15:57

Five police and two civilians are killed in a suspected suicide attack in north-west Pakistan, police say.
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Pakistan seizes Taleban spokesman

Saturday, January 3rd 2009, 14:52

A former spokesman for fugitive Taleban leader Mullah Omar is arrested in north-west Pakistan, security officials say.
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Pakistan resumes Afghan supplies

Friday, January 2nd 2009, 12:30
related countries: Afghanistan

The main supply route for Nato and US forces in Afghanistan, Pakistan's Khyber Pass, is re-opened after three days.
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New US drone attack 'kills three'

Friday, January 2nd 2009, 7:52
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Suspected US missile strikes have killed at least three Pakistani militants close to the Afghan border, officials say.
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'US drone kills three' in Pakistan

Thursday, January 1st 2009, 8:31
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Three people have died in a suspected US drone attack in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, reports say.
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Bush urges rivals to ease tension

Wednesday, December 31st 2008, 17:08
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

US President George W Bush calls the leaders of Pakistan and India to try to ease tension in the wake of Mumbai.
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'Forty held' in Khyber operation

Wednesday, December 31st 2008, 11:52
related places: Khyber

Pakistani forces arrest 40 people and destroy suspected militant bases and houses in a key offensive in the Khyber Pass.
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Pakistan suspends Afghan supplies

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 15:32
related countries: Afghanistan, United States
related places: Nato

Pakistan suspends a key supply route to US and Nato forces in Afghanistan to begin an offensive against militants, officials say.
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Pakistan calls for new India dialogue

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 11:15
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan calls for renewed dialogue and "positive" military gestures from India to ease tension over Mumbai.
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Pakistan 'must avoid conflict'

Monday, December 29th 2008, 11:54
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan's army chief comments amid tension with India over the Mumbai attacks, saying there is a need to "avoid conflict".
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Pakistan hunt for blast survivors

Sunday, December 28th 2008, 23:46

Rescuers in Pakistan work into the night to search for survivors in rubble left by a car bomb that killed 33.
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In pictures

Saturday, December 27th 2008, 14:34

Pakistani tributes to Benazir Bhutto, killed a year ago
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Pakistani mourners honour Bhutto

Saturday, December 27th 2008, 14:13
related places: Bhutto

Pakistan marks a year since Benazir Bhutto's killing with a two-minute silence, as thousands visit her mausoleum.
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One year on

Saturday, December 27th 2008, 0:04

Why Benazir Bhutto is sorely missed by many in Pakistan
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US warning on South Asia tension

Friday, December 26th 2008, 20:10

The US urges India and Pakistan to avoid raising tension amid reports of troop movement in the wake of the Mumbai killings.
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Troop changes after India tension

Friday, December 26th 2008, 8:33
related countries: India

The Pakistani military has scaled down operations against militants in the north-west after tensions with India, officials say.
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Taleban 'will kill school girls'

Friday, December 26th 2008, 6:20
related places: Swat

Taleban militants in the Swat valley in north-west Pakistan threaten to kill girls who attend school after 15 January.
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Lahore roadside blast kills one

Wednesday, December 24th 2008, 10:16
related places: Lahore

A bomb explodes on a main road in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing one person and injuring four others, police say.
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Pakistan Christians 'go missing'

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 10:23

Three Pakistani Christians have gone missing from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area, their families say.
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Gunman 'requests Pakistan help'

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 18:11
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

The sole surviving gunman from the attacks in Mumbai last month is seeking help from Pakistan, Indian officials say.
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Pakistan militants 'world threat'

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 15:21
related countries: India

Militant groups in Pakistan are "the greatest danger to global peace and security", India's foreign minister says.
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Pakistan Red Mosque arms stolen

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 14:36
related places: Islamabad

A large cache of arms seized from Pakistani militants inside Islamabad's Red Mosque last year is stolen from the police.
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'Seven killed' in Pakistan strike

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 13:45
related countries: United States

A suspected pilotless American drone fires a missile in a border area of Pakistan, killing seven people, Pakistani officials say.
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Striking a chord

Sunday, December 21st 2008, 5:37

Pakistan's first all-female music band causes a stir
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Zardari postpones visit to Kabul

Friday, December 19th 2008, 8:18
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's trip to Kabul is postponed because of "bad weather", officials say.
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Sri Lanka agree to tour Pakistan

Friday, December 19th 2008, 8:17
related countries: India

Sri Lanka have agreed to tour Pakistan next year in place of India, the Pakistan Cricket Board confirms.
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Sri Lanka agree to tour Pakistan

Friday, December 19th 2008, 8:17
related countries: India

Sri Lanka have agreed to tour Pakistan next year in place of India, the Pakistan Cricket Board confirms.
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