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6 hrs ago | Daily Times

COMMENT : Ignorant people in the media - Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

All political, economic, social or administrative measures that the incoming government implements or enacts will be as null and void as were those of the Raisani government Ghaus Bakhsh Barozai, the Balochistan caretaker chief minister , speaking recently at the Punjab University said that the 'Punjab was like Balochistan's big brother and had ... (more)

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Related Topix: Travel, Asia Travel, Pakistan Travel, Balochistan, Pakistan Travel, World News, Pakistan, Sindh, Pakistan Travel

10 hrs ago | Daily Times

LETTERS :

Post letters to Letters to the Editor, The Daily Times, 41-N, Industrial Area, Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Phone: 92-42-5878614-19; Fax: 92-42-5878620 E-mail: letters@dailytimes.com.pk E-mail: letters.dt6@gmail.com Letters may be edited for length and clarity The need for public parks Sir: Karachi is a big city with too much population.

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Fri May 24, 2013

The Times of India

Obama signals easing of drone strikes on Pakistan

President Barack Obama praised Pakistan's sacrifices, although it was underlined by the subtle subtext of the state's lack of will and capacity to meet the terrorism threat headlong.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Terrorism, National Defense University, World News, Pakistan,

Thu May 23, 2013

Daily Mail

Inside the twisted mind of a jihadist: He's addicted to Al Qaeda...

MI5 believes there are 2,000 potential terrorists in the UK who pose a threat to national security and the great majority are radicalised Muslims.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, Europe, United Kingdom

Daily Times

EDITORIAL: Chinese Prime Minister's visit

Among the many good things that China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang said during his two-day visit to Pakistan was the offer of cooperation in the energy sector.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Pakistan, Asia, Afghanistan, Journalism, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

CPJ Press Freedom Online

Roots of Impunity

A couple of years ago, Hamid Mir , Najam Sethi , Umar Cheema , and other prominent figures in the news media began going public with the threats they were receiving from intelligence agencies.

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CNN

9 myths about drones and Guantanamo

Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad," the basis for the HBO documentary "Manhunt" that will be shown on CNN on May 24.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, World News, Pakistan, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, Opinion

Tue May 21, 2013

Alaska Star

Book details more than just bin Laden raid

Some details are mundane: Terrorist leader Osama bin Laden wore a sleeveless white shirt and tan pants when he was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALS, he used Just For Men to dye his beard, he was a neat freak.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, World News, Pakistan,

Seattle Times

Deal on bin Laden evidence made in WikiLeaks case

Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden.

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Related Topix: Prison, Osama bin Laden, US Military, US Navy, World News, Pakistan, Iceland

National Public Radio

Court Backs Withholding 'Potent' Images Of Bin Laden's Body

Pakistanis, along with international and local media, gather outside Osama bin Laden's compound, a day after the successful raid by U.S. Special Forces in May 2011.

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AlertNet

U.S. court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The Nation

Election commission orders repolling in NA-250

The poll rigging complainants have started directly moving the Election Commission of Pakistan as the returning officers concerned mostly continue to reject recounting applications in a surprising development that appears to have further cast the shadows on the elections credibility in the wake of widespread reports of massive rigging in the ... (more)

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Mon May 13, 2013

India Talkies

Sherry Rehman quits as Pakistan envoy to US - Indiatalkies.com

Rehman, a Pakistan Peoples Party leader, has resigned as Pakistani ambassador to Washington with immediate effect owing to the fact that her appointment was a political one, Geo News reported from Washington.

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Time

Scenes from Pakistan's Historic Election

A Pakistani voter makes his way on a hilltop as he arrives to cast his ballot during parliamentary elections in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on May 11, 2013.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Defense Tech

Report: SOF Must Develop 'New Magic' To Keep Up With Threats

In future years, U.S. Special Operations Forces must utilize next generation technologies and strategic partnerships to counter the threats posed by extremist groups, weapons of mass destruction proliferation and Anti-Access/Area-Denial challenges.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, World News, Pakistan, Asia, Afghanistan

KRVN-AM Lexington

Manhunt: Meet the CIA - Sisterhood' That Tracked Bin Laden

Years before Osama bin Laden became a household name, a group of female analysts at the CIA was so determined to find and stop the terror leader that one said she was once counseled by an Agency superior that she was spending "too much time" on the bin Laden hunt.

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Thu May 09, 2013

CNN

Key events in Pakistan's historic election

Politics can be a blood-soaked affair in Pakistan, and this leadership struggle is no exception.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Asia, Benazir Bhutto, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama,

New York Post

Hollywood at war

You know America is in trouble when an actress/Playboy TV reporter/producer and her husband have a more compelling foreign policy than our State Department.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Leon Panetta, Prison, Opinion

ScienceBlogs

Pakistan sees first polio case since vaccination campaign disrupted

Earlier this week, a UN official told AFP that a child in North Waziristan, Pakistan had contracted polio - the first reported case since tribesman in North Waziristan stopped authorities from conducted a vaccination campaign in June last year.

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Wed May 08, 2013

Albany Times Union

Secrecy shrouds pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case

In this June 25, 2012 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after a pre-trial hearing.

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