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Imran Khan's party wins revote in Karachi
Cricket hero Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency of Karachi on Sunday, unofficial results showed, a day after gunmen killed a party leader, setting the stage for protests and counter-protests. Khan blamed the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain on the Muttahida Quami Movement party, which has a ... (more) Comment?
Source: 180dfo.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013BBC - The funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, has been held at a mosque in Karachi. Comment?
Pakistanis vote after party official's death
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... officials held a revote Sunday for one National Assembly seat and two Provincial Assembly seats in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city. Unofficial results from the country's election commission showed that PTI candidate Arif Alvi won the National ... Comment?
Canadian military gear stranded in Afghanistan
... which were supposed to travel overland, was brought on by the extended closure of the Afghan border with Pakistan. It has turned into a long, costly logistics nightmare for the military, which had intended to have everything home to fully re-equip ... Comment?
Funeral for female politician gunned down in Pakistan
Mourners arriving for the funeral of Zara Hussain. A politician from the reformist PTI party, she was gunned down outside of her Karachi home. Comment?
UK funds surveys in Fata on US drone strikes
... cent in 2011. The British government has previously refrained from publicly commenting on the US drone warfare in Pakistan. On Saturday, Pakistan's outgoing ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman urged Washington to end drone strikes in the tribal areas ... Comment?
Stable democracy a must for peace, economy: Nizami
... He said the country was facing challenges like economic instability, terrorism and energy crisis and the new Pakistan Muslim League-N government would have to tackle them through a strong political will. PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, being a matured ... Comment?
Pakistan, rusting in its tracks
... come. "Cutbacks," Nisar Ahmed Abro said with a resigned shrug, says a report in NYT. Ruk Station, in the center of Pakistan, is a dollhouse-pretty building, ringed by palm trees and rice paddies. Once, it stood at the junction of two great Pakistani ... Comment?
US statement on drones a challenge for new rulers
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... the killing of innocent tribal people in the name of Al-Qaida and Taliban only proved the helplessness of the Pakistan govt and the armed forces. Munawar said that the US had been continuously targeting the tribal areas and the drone attacks were ... Comment?
Betting on the meetings
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... not been Prime Minister even once, let alone thrice. But he was Punjab Chief Minister. Well, Imran was Captain of Pakistan, and apart from playing, Mian Nawaz was cricket fan enough to want to meet the winning team himself. I wonder if Imran at that ... Comment?
4 TTP members arrested in Karachi
karachi Sohrab Goth police has arrested four alleged members of outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan during a raid conducted on a tip-off about presence of TTP men in Sohrab Goth's Ganna Mandi area on Sunday. The suspects were identified as Anar Khan, ... Comment?
... S-113, PS-126, PS-94, PS-95, PS-88, PS-89, PS-125, PS-101 and PS-110. They appealed to the Election Commissioner of Pakistan (ECP) to declare the election results of May 11th null and void and issue order for fresh re-polling in Karachi. Comment?
PTI's Zehra Shahid Hussain laid to rest
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Zehra Shahid Hussain`s funeral prayers were offered after the Asr prayers at Sultan Masjid, Karachi and was laid to rest at Defence graveyard. Comment?
As heatwave grips country, loadshedding adds salt
... with rise in the mercury. The Ministry of Petroleum has already warned of paucity of any further revenue with the Pakistan State Oil to pay for furnace oil, the reserves of which have touched low. The PSO has been known to have demanded an immediate ... Comment?
Two brothers among 3 killed in Balochistan
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... constituencies PB 41 and 42. He said that people of Balochistan had been living a life of third grade citizens in Pakistan and the federation always maintained discriminatory policies towards them. He appealed to the media, judiciary and all the ... Comment?
Gunmen kill senior woman member of Pakistani party
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Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties, Reuters reported. Comment?
Casting their ballots in Pakistan - finally. One week after the country's general election, residents of this Karachi neighbourhood vote for a new government. Comment?
Opposition: Syrian army targets rebel-held city
"The Syrian Army has tightened its siege on terrorists and is attacking their headquarters in the southern part of Qusayr," state media reported. Comment?
Denmark wins Eurovision Song Contest
Emmelie de Forest carried Denmark to triumph early Sunday in the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual musical spectacle known for its combination of over-the-top costumes, kitsch pop songs and international rivalries. Comment?
At least 10 terror suspects dead in Nigerian military offensive
At least 10 suspected terrorists were killed and 65 others captured as Nigerian troops continued their "massive deployment" against insurgent groups, a defense ministry spokesman said Saturday. 4 comments