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Page 1/12 Pakistan arrests two key Taliban leaders
PESHAWAR: Pakistan announced yesterday the arrests of two of its most-wanted Taliban insurgents and said the feared militia was staring at defeat after two years of carnage in the
Swat valley.
The northwest valley slipped out of government control after radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah rose u [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 Afghan poll results limbo to help militants, says US
KABUL: The United States warned yesterday that a long delay in resolving Afghanistan’s fraud-tainted polls would benefit the Taliban and Al Qaeda while Britain refused to “be party to any whitewash”.
Afghans went to the polls last month to elect a president for only the second time, eight years a [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 Killed Afghan scribe’s kin slams raid
KABUL: Recrimination over a bloody raid that freed a New York Times reporter from Taliban captors in Afghanistan deepened yesterday with both Britain’s government and the newspaper defending their actions.
British-Irish journalist Stephen Farrell escaped unharmed in Wednesday’s dramatic commando [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 Up to half a million votes may be probed, says Afghan panel
KABUL: Up to half a million ballots cast in Afghanistan’s fraud-tarnished polls could be quarantined and investigated over alleged irregularities, an election commission spokesman said yesterday.
Afghans went to the polls in their second direct presidential election on August 20, but the vote has [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 Plan to set up foreign varsities hangs fire
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC)’s project of setting up nine foreign universities in Pakistan hangs in the balance as the government vacillates on the ambitious initiative of the Musharraf regime, sources said yesterday.
“The idea is not dropped altogether, rather the cabinet is [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 India open to monitoring of some green projects
NEW DELHI: India could allow monitoring of green projects built with international finance and technology to prove to rich nations its commitment to fight climate change, the environment minister said yesterday.
Developing nations are under pressure to be accountable for steps taken to fight clim [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 Protests over Kashmir autonomous package
New Delhi/Islamabad: India yesterday protested against Pakistan’s new autonomy package for the Northern Areas of Kashmir, renamed as Gilgit-Baltistan, and the construction of the proposed 7,000MW Bunji dam in this region with Chinese assistance. Pakistan, however, said the protest was uncalled for.< [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 New Delhi sounds flood alert
New Delhi: A flood alert was sounded in the capital after two days of continuous rainfall led to rising water levels in the Yamuna and Haryana too released over four lakh cusecs of water into the river.
“The Haryana government has released nearly 420,000 cusecs of water from Hathnikund barrage an [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 THE NR EYE: MOIA efforts on migrants to get a boost
A spurt has been reported in the number of complaints by overseas job seekers as a result of the global economic slowdown, and therefore, this was the right time for the Ministry of Overseas Indians Affairs (MOIA) to bring the issue of migrants welfare into focus at an important consultation meeting [more...]
Posted on:9/12/2009 Pakistan reluctant to act on terror, says Chidambaram
Washington: India on Thursday conveyed its displeasure to the US over Pakistan’s reluctance to take action against militants arrested for their role in the Mumbai terror attacks and letting their mastermind go free.
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram, who met Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, o [more...]
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