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Security forces defuse two bombs in Khyber region
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 3 days ago
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Two bombs exploded near two separate mosques in Malakand Division's Bazdara area killing 15 persons. JUI-F announced that it would sit in the opposition benches of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial assembly. Mufti Janan told Dawn.com that he was also
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Britain funding surveys in Pakistan on US drones
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 4 days ago
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Britain has been funding surveys in Pakistan's Tribal Areas which reveal that US drone strikes in the region are causing deep resentment among the local population. Foreign Minister, Alistair Burt, confirmed that the Foreign Office had "supported"
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Fata MNAs-elect decline offer to join PML-N
Landi Kotal :: Pakistan | 5 days ago
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Five independent MNAs-elect from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have declined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz offer to join the party and instead decided to retain their independent status in the National Assembly. These five MNAs-elect
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Gunmen kill Nato truck driver in Jamrud: officials
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 6 days ago
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Gunmen on Thursday killed the driver of a Nato supply truck driving through northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, local officials said. The shooting took place in the Jamrud area of Khyber, one of seven districts that make up the restive semi-
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Military action likely in 29 Kurram villages
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
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The government has formally declared a conflict zone 29 villages in Parachamkani area of Kurram Agency, where, officials say, security forces are gearing up for action against militants. An official source in Fata Secretariat told Dawn on Wednesday
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President approves extension of ‘Criminal Law Act, 2011' to PATA
Pata :: Philippines | 7 days ago
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Spokesperson to the president Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the president, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of article 247 of the constitution of Pakistan, has approved and signed the notification. The Criminal Law Act, 2011
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Battles in Pakistan tribal area displace thousands
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 7 days ago
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Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani official says thousands of people have been displaced over the past week after the military launched an operation against militants in a tribal area in the country's northwest. Mujahid Hussain, chief of disaster management
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Blast in passenger coach kills 16
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 9 days ago
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At least 16 people were killed on Sunday in a blast that ripped through a passenger coach in a remote area of North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan. The nature of the blast could not be ascertained immediately. However, reports said the explosion
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15 killed as van gas cylinder blows up in Pakistan
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 10 days ago
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At least 15 people were killed and four others injured Sunday when the gas cylinder of a passenger van exploded in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, a media report said. The passenger van carrying over 20 people was on its way to Bannu from
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Scuffles at female polling stations while men behave
Landi Kotal :: Pakistan | 10 days ago
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Mismanagement and violence deprived thousands of tribal women from casting their votes in the NA-45 constituency, even though a significant number of them did manage to turn up. Firing on female polling stations, fights and scuffles were witnessed in
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