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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• March 3rd 2008 – January 29th 2008
• January 28th 2008 – December 28th 2007
• December 27th 2007 – November 27th 2007
• November 26th 2007 – November 11th 2007
• November 10th 2007 – October 24th 2007
• October 23rd 2007 – October 1st 2007
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• August 8th 2007 – July 13th 2007
• July 13th 2007 – June 22nd 2007
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• December 17th 2006 – November 8th 2006
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• January 23rd 2006 – December 14th 2005
• December 13th 2005 – November 12th 2005
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Pakistan: news

Pakistan frees British national

Friday, September 7th 2007, 11:53
related countries: United Kingdom

A British national held in detention in Pakistan without charge for more than a year is released and sent back to the UK.
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Shoaib sent home after Asif row

Friday, September 7th 2007, 7:11

Pakistan dismiss Shoaib Akhtar from their World Twenty20 squad after a bust-up with Mohammad Asif.
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Rebels 'free six Pakistan troops'

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 16:43

Pro-Taleban rebels free six Pakistani soldiers from among scores being held hostage, officials say.
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Saudis 'ask Sharif not to return'

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 5:51
related countries: Saudi Arabia
related places: Sharif

Saudi Arabia reportedly asks Pakistan's ex-PM not to go home from exile, citing a commitment he made in 2001.
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Pakistan missing 'should be free'

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 17:19

Pakistan's Supreme Court urges the government to release people being held by the intelligence agencies.
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Musharraf opponents held

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 16:14

Police in Pakistan arrest dozens of activists belonging to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party.
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Blasts hit Pakistan garrison town

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 11:15
related places: Rawalpindi

At least 24 people are killed in two bomb blasts near the Pakistani army's base in the city of Rawalpindi.
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Bhutto vows early Pakistan return

Saturday, September 1st 2007, 21:43

Ex-PM Benazir Bhutto vows to return to Pakistan soon, despite failing to reach a deal with the president.
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Karachi bridge collapse kills four

Saturday, September 1st 2007, 14:32
related places: Karachi

At least four people die as a recently-built flyover collapses in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
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Confusion over missing Pakistanis

Friday, August 31st 2007, 20:50

The fate of 100 missing troops remains a mystery amid conflicting claims from militants and Pakistan's army.
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Sweden 'regrets' Prophet cartoon

Friday, August 31st 2007, 16:28
related countries: Sweden

Sweden tells Pakistan it regrets publication of a fresh newspaper cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
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Musharraf 'keeping options open'

Friday, August 31st 2007, 10:08

Pakistan's Gen Musharraf weighs up his options as a former PM announces plans to return to challenge him.
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Sharif names Pakistan return date

Friday, August 31st 2007, 2:41

Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif will return home on 10 September to challenge President Pervez Musharraf.
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Missing Pakistan troops 'found'

Friday, August 31st 2007, 2:06
related countries: Afghanistan

A missing convoy of troops feared seized by militants, has been found, the Pakistani army says.
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UN in Pakistan refugee appeal

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 15:46
related countries: Afghanistan

The UN repeats an appeal for Pakistan to suspend Friday's closure of a huge Afghan refugee camp.
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Bhutto 'close to Musharraf deal'

Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 15:35

Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto says she is close to a deal to share power with President Musharraf.
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Court demands mosque answers

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 17:12

Pakistan's army says it has cleared a mosque in Islamabad of militants, finding 73 bodies inside the compound.
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Pakistan raid was 'not approved'

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 9:21
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The US-led coalition in Afghanistan admits it did not have permission to attack Taleban suspects in Pakistan.
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Militants free Pakistani soldiers

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 8:12

Eighteen soldiers held hostage by pro-Taleban militants in a Pakistani tribal region are released, officials say.
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Pakistan soldier killed on video

Monday, August 27th 2007, 15:33

Militants in a Pakistan tribal area release a video of kidnapped soldiers, showing one of them being beheaded.
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Pakistan tests new cruise missile

Saturday, August 25th 2007, 13:17

Pakistan says it has tested a Hatf-VIII cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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Officer snatched in west Pakistan

Saturday, August 25th 2007, 10:33
related countries: Afghanistan

A senior Pakistani paramilitary officer is abducted along with three others near the Afghan border, officials say.
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Musharraf seeks 'reconciliation'

Friday, August 24th 2007, 16:11

President Musharraf says he wants reconciliation after his bitterest rival is allowed to return to Pakistan.
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Troops killed in Pakistan attack

Friday, August 24th 2007, 7:26

At least four soldiers are killed in a suicide car bomb attack in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Exiled Pakistani PM 'to go home'

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 16:46

Pakistan's exiled former PM Nawaz Sharif vows to go home soon, after a top court rules in his favour.
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Pakistan ex-premier eyes return

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 5:20

Pakistan's Supreme Court resumes hearings on a petition by ex-PM Nawaz Sharif to return to the country.
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'Illegally held' Pakistanis freed

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 8:24

Pakistan's security agencies release three illegally detained men in time to meet a Supreme Court deadline.
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Pakistan troops killed in attack

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 7:15

Three Pakistani soldiers die in an overnight attack by suspected pro-Taleban militants in north-west Pakistan, police say.
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Pakistani soldiers to be 'freed'

Tuesday, August 21st 2007, 5:36

Five of a group of 15 soldiers being held by pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's South Waziristan region are expected to be set free.
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Pakistan frees 'al-Qaeda suspect'

Monday, August 20th 2007, 18:35

A Pakistani computer expert alleged to have had al-Qaeda links is freed without charge after three years in custody.
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Security chief gets jail warning

Monday, August 20th 2007, 15:54

Pakistan's Chief Justice tells a senior official to produce a missing man by Tuesday or face time in jail himself.
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Cricket: Pakistan trio move east

Monday, August 20th 2007, 15:42
related countries: India

Pakistan trio Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq head a list of stars joining the rebel Indian league.
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Cricket: Razzaq quits world scene

Monday, August 20th 2007, 12:15

Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq joins Worcestershire after retiring from international cricket.
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'Bomber' kills Pakistan soldiers

Monday, August 20th 2007, 7:18

At least three soldiers die in an apparent suicide attack in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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US supports Pakistani moderates

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 23:55
related countries: United States

The US says it is talking to all main parties in Pakistan to encourage moderates ahead of elections due this year.
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Pakistan MP in blood feud case

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 8:31

Supreme Court in Pakistan orders arrest of an MP for alleged involvement in the marriages of five minor girls.
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Court to hear Pakistan ex-PM plea

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 6:41

Pakistan's Supreme Court is to hear a petition by former PM Nawaz Sharif seeking the right to return for elections.
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Kashmir 'concessions' urged

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 16:27
related places: Kashmir

Pakistan's foreign minister says that a solution to the Kashmir question will not be ideal for any interested party.
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US envoy in key Pakistan talks

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 10:40
related countries: United States
related places: Islamabad

US envoy Richard Boucher is holding talks in Islamabad likely to focus on al-Qaeda and the Taleban.
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Pakistan marks 60th anniversary

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 14:47

President Musharraf staunchly defends sovereignty as Pakistan marks 60 years of independence from the UK.
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Missing Pakistani soldier killed

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 10:49

Suspected pro-Taleban militants kill one of the 16 Pakistani soldiers they have abducted, officials say
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Amnesties herald partition week

Monday, August 13th 2007, 17:10
related countries: India

Pakistan starts a prisoner swap with India as the nations begin to mark 60 years of independence.
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Talks on abducted Pakistan troops

Monday, August 13th 2007, 10:33

Tribal elders meet in Pakistan's South Waziristan district to try to free soldiers held hostage by militants.
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Musharraf in anti-Taleban pledge

Sunday, August 12th 2007, 13:10
related countries: Afghanistan

Pakistan's leader addresses the "peace jirga" in Afghanistan and calls for the two nations to work together.
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UN troops 'helped smuggle gold'

Saturday, August 11th 2007, 0:02
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

A leaked UN report implicates Pakistani forces serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo in gold smuggling.
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Pakistan court keeps up pressure

Friday, August 10th 2007, 15:18

Pakistan's Supreme Court issues a key election ruling a day after the president held back from emergency rule.
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Pakistan hunts 'abducted' troops

Friday, August 10th 2007, 10:00

Pakistani troops search for 16 paramilitary soldiers believed abducted by Islamic militants in Waziristan.
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Bush urges fair Pakistan election

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 16:33

President Bush urges Pakistan to hold free and fair polls, as the country steps back from emergency rule.
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Musharraf rejects emergency rule

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 14:58

Pakistan's President Musharraf decides against emergency rule, as a spokesman says elections are his priority.
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