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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

Pakistan: news

Rushdie diplomatic row escalates

Tuesday, June 19th 2007, 22:03
related countries: Iran Iran, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Iran and Pakistan summon UK envoys to protest against the knighthood awarded to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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Rushdie title 'may spark attacks'

Monday, June 18th 2007, 15:40
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Britain's knighthood to the author Salman Rushdie may lead to terrorism, a Pakistani minister says.
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Russian climbers go missing on K2

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 15:57
related countries: Russia Russia

Four Russian mountaineers go missing in Pakistan on the world's second highest mountain, K2.
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S Africa boycott Champions Trophy

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 12:06

South Africa withdraw from the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan amid security fears.
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S Africa memorial for Woolmer

Wednesday, April 4th 2007, 17:17
related countries: Jamaica Jamaica

A memorial service is held in Cape Town for Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, believed murdered in Jamaica.
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S Africa memorial for Woolmer

Wednesday, April 4th 2007, 15:55
related countries: Jamaica Jamaica

A memorial service is held in Cape Town for Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, believed murdered in Jamaica.
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S Asia 'focus for al-Qaeda fight'

Sunday, June 1st 2008, 5:00
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, United States United States

The US security chief tells the BBC the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan are the new focus for the war on terror.
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S Asia foes 'face common threat'

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 14:15
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, India India, United States United States

US envoy Richard Holbrooke calls for India, Pakistan and the US to work together to defeat Islamic militants.
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S Asia media cautious on US poll

Thursday, November 9th 2006, 6:25
related countries: India India, United States United States

Newspapers in India and Pakistan react cautiously to the results of the US mid-term polls.
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S Asia rivals continue key talks

Wednesday, November 15th 2006, 4:18
related countries: India India
related places: Mumbai

India and Pakistan have begun a second day of talks, the first since train bombings in Mumbai (Bombay) in July.
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S Asia rivals in anti-terror move

Wednesday, November 15th 2006, 13:29
related countries: India India

India and Pakistan agreed to set up a joint panel to share intelligence to help in the fight against terrorism.
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S Asia rivals sign nuclear pact

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 11:54
related countries: India India

India and Pakistan sign an agreement to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear conflict in the region.
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S Asian pilgrims shot in Iraq

Saturday, September 2nd 2006, 14:56
related countries: India India, Iraq Iraq

Gunman ambush and kill 14 pilgrims from Pakistan and India on their way to a Shia Muslim shrine in Iraq.
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S Asian rivals end terror talks

Tuesday, March 6th 2007, 5:37
related countries: India India

India and Pakistan agree to share information after their first talks on combatting terrorism jointly.
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S Waziristan clashes 'continue'

Wednesday, January 23rd 2008, 13:36

Taleban militants and security forces in Pakistan's South Waziristan region continue to clash, officials say.
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SA deportee 'went to Pakistan'

Friday, June 9th 2006, 10:38
related countries: South Africa South Africa

The South African government says a Pakistani man missing since being deported in 2005 was taken to Pakistan.
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SA pressed on missing Pakistani

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 9:34
related countries: South Africa South Africa

Laywers for a Pakistani man who disappeared in South Africa fear he may be a victim of rendition.
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SA to continue with Pakistan tour

Friday, October 19th 2007, 12:25
related countries: South Africa South Africa
related places: Karachi

South Africa are to carry on with their tour of Pakistan despite security concerns.
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Saarc defers free trade dispute

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 13:39
related countries: India India

South Asian foreign ministers agree to defer a dispute between India and Pakistan over a regional free trade agreement.
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Sacked judge in Pakistan appeal

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 17:58

Pakistanis must unite and stand up for the constitution, sacked chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry tells the BBC.
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Saudis 'ask Sharif not to return'

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 5:51
related countries: Saudi Arabia 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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Scores dead after Pakistan quake

Wednesday, October 29th 2008, 13:02
related places: Quetta

At least 160 people are killed in a earthquake measuring 6.4 near the city of Quetta, in south-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Scores killed in Pakistan attacks

Thursday, July 19th 2007, 18:26

More than 40 people are killed in three separate bomb attacks in Pakistan, say officials.
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Scores killed in Pakistan clashes

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 5:00

Security forces kill 40 militants and capture 30 in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, the military says.
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Sea of humanity

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 8:45

Coping with the exodus in north-west Pakistan
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Search for Pakistan blast victims

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 11:30
related places: Peshawar

Rescuers search for victims of a suicide attack on a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar which killed at least 18 people.
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Second Bhutto 'bomber' sketched

Friday, October 26th 2007, 18:30

Pakistani police issue a sketch of a second man they say tried to kill former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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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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Selector queries Ganguly decision

Monday, December 26th 2005, 8:23
related countries: India India

India selector Kiran More denounces Sourav Ganguly for skipping domestic cricket ahead of the Pakistan tour.
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Senior Pakistan militant arrested

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 6:34
related places: Swat

Pakistan's army says it has arrested a militant commander reputed to be behind suicide bombings across the Swat valley.
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Seven killed in Pakistan shooting

Friday, January 12th 2007, 10:27
related places: Lahore

A senior government lawyer and six others are killed in a gun battle in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
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Seven killed in Pakistani blast

Sunday, March 19th 2006, 8:54

At least seven people, including six security officers, are killed in a roadside blast in Pakistan, police say.
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Seven police killed in Pakistan

Saturday, February 7th 2009, 5:44
related places: Mianwali

Seven police officers are killed in an attack by unknown assailants on a checkpoint in Mianwali in Punjab province.
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Several killed in Pakistan blast

Saturday, December 5th 2009, 9:07
related places: Peshawar

At least three people are reported to have been killed in an explosion in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.
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Several killed in Pakistan blast

Thursday, December 8th 2005, 13:05
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

A bomb explosion in Pakistan's tribal area bordering Afghanistan kills 12 people, officials say.
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Sharia law begins in Swat valley

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 12:26
related places: Swat

Sharia courts reopen in four administrative areas of the Swat valley in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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Sharif barred from Pakistan poll

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 15:01

Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif suffers a setback as a court bars him from running in a by-election to parliament this week.
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Sharif barred from visiting judge

Thursday, December 6th 2007, 12:09

Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is stopped by police from visiting former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.
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Sharif facing Pakistan poll ban

Monday, December 3rd 2007, 16:30
related places: Lahore

Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is barred from standing as an election candidate for a Lahore constituency.
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Sharif family tiger sparks Pakistan row

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 17:23

The family of Pakistan's main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif hands over a Siberian tiger it obtained in breach of the law.
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Sharif fights Pakistan expulsion

Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 9:19

Lawyers for Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif challenge his deportation in the Supreme Court.
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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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Sharif returns to Pakistani soil

Monday, September 10th 2007, 6:06

Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after years of exile, amid uncertainty how the government will respond.
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Sharif's brother back in office

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 11:41

Pakistan's Supreme Court restores Nawaz Sharif's brother, Shahbaz, as chief minister of Punjab province.
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Sharif's party 'to contest polls'

Sunday, December 9th 2007, 18:44

The party of Pakistan opposition leader Nawaz Sharif says it will contest general elections in January.
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Sharif's supporters 'rounded up'

Sunday, September 9th 2007, 12:00

Pakistan detains supporters of Nawaz Sharif, his party says, as the exiled PM prepares to fly home.
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Shia students killed in Pakistan

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 11:52

Gunmen in north-west Pakistan kill at least four Shia school children in a sectarian attack, officials say.
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Shoaib appeals against drugs ban

Wednesday, November 8th 2006, 7:40

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar lodges an appeal against his two-year ban for failing a drugs test.
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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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