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Pakistan must fight terror 'bravely', Afghan FM says 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 10 6:20 AM
Afghanistan expects its eastern neighbour Pakistan to fight Taliban-led militants "bravely" in a bid to stop cross-border attacks here, Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta said.Trail appears to lead back to Pakistan MSNBC - Aug 10 5:33 PM
Investigators sorting through a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up 10 aircraft say the clues overwhelmingly point to Pakistan, the difficult U.S. ally in the war on terrorism. Pakistan arrests in 'bomb plot' BBC News - Aug 10 1:02 PM
Pakistan makes a number of arrests in connection with an alleged UK plot to blow up planes flying to the US.Terror plot appears linked to al-Qaida, Pakistan MSNBC - Aug 10 3:42 PM
Some of those arrested in London recently traveled to Pakistan, and, while there, are believed to have trained in explosives. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.Cricket-Pakistan seeking Oval compensation, says Inzamam Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 10:19 PM
Under-fire Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has called on his compatriots to support the team despite losing their first test series to England since 1982.How the road to terror leads back to Pakistan Times Online - Aug 10 5:20 PM
Students at an Islamic school in Peshawar. Police believe that some of the July 7 bombers attended madrassas in Pakistan (MARCELO SALINAS/WORLD PICTURE NEWS)Tip from Pakistan helped crack terror plot in Britain, Pakistani officials say Boston Globe - Aug 10 12:00 PM
Pakistan intelligence helped British security agencies crack the terrorist plot to blow up U.S.-bound aircraft, a government and an intelligence official said Thursday.Pakistan seeking Oval compensation: Inzy Khaleej Times - 42 minutes ago
KARACHI Under-fire Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has called on his compatriots to support the team despite losing their first Test series to England since 1982.Pakistan Announces Arrests in Connection with UK Terror Plot Voice of America - Aug 10 3:32 PM
Pakistan says it has arrested several people in connection with the terror plot to blow up passenger aircraft flying to the United States from Britain.Pakistan helped foil terror plot in Britain, officials say Boston Herald - Aug 10 2:44 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani intelligence officials helped British security agencies crack a terrorist plot to blow up U.S.-bound aircraft and have arrested two or three suspects, officials said Thursday. ...Pakistan Says It's Holding Terror Suspects WLBZ Bangor - Aug 10 5:38 PM
Officials in Pakistan say they've arrested 2 or 3 suspects in the alleged airplane terror plot. A government spokesman says Pakistan "played a very important role" in uncovering and breaking up the scheme.Pakistan makes arrests after helping foil plot Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 10 12:10 PM
Pakistan made some arrests in coordination with arrests made in Britain to foil a plot to blow up airliners flying to the United States from Britain, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said on Thursday.Reports: Pakistan moves led to arrests USA Today - Aug 10 11:02 AM
Reuters: Pakistan's intelligence service helped British security agencies foil a plot to blow up several aircraft flying between Britain and the United States, a senior Pakistani official said on Thursday. CNN: Information gathered after recent arrests in Pakistan convinced British... Pakistan makes arrests after helping UK foil plot Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 10 11:45 AM
Pakistan made some arrests in coordination with arrests made in Britain to foil a plot to blow up airliners flying between Britain and the United States, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said on Thursday.Polish ambassador sees strong trade ties with Pakistan The Frontier Post - 54 minutes ago
SIALKOT (APP): The Polish ambassador to Pakistan Bogdan Marczewski has said that Poland and Pakistan were enjoying highly cordial relations, which were based on almost 44 year.Pakistan helped Britain foil plane bomb plot Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 10 10:56 AM
Pakistan's intelligence service helped British security agencies foil a plot to blow up several aircraft flying between Britain and the United States, a senior Pakistani official said on Thursday.Pakistan, India shrug off doomsday projections Dawn - 53 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Thursday sounded cautiously optimistic about the future of the Pakistan-India peace process and shrugged off the doomsday scenario being projected in the media.Spanta wants Pakistan to do more; 20 dead in Kandahar The Frontier Post - 57 minutes ago
Our Correspondent KABUL: Afghanistan renewed its call for Pakistan to do more to curb the menace of terrorism on Thursday, as 20 people including eight Afghan policemen were killed in the volatile southern province of Kandahar.U.K. Aided By Pakistan In Terror Plot WSB-TV 2 Atlanta - Aug 10 3:34 PM
British authorities say Pakistan helped foil a plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic Ocean.Pakistan has no offensive designs: President launches submarine Dawn - 54 minutes ago
KARACHI, Aug 10: President Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan follows a strategy of defensive deterrence and does not have offensive designs against anyone. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the indigenously-built Agosta 90-B submarine, now called Hamza .Two Indian women deported by Pakistan to Afghanistan New Kerala - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Islamabad, Aug 10: Two Indian women, married to Afghan nationals and their five children, arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of being Indian spies 14 months ago, have been deported by Islamabad to Afghanistan.Pakistan not in arms race, follows strategy of defensive deterrence: Musharraf Business Recorder - Aug 10 5:03 PM
KARACHI: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan follows a strategy of defensive deterrence and does not have offensive designs against anyone.He was speaking as chief guest at the launching ceremony of indigenously built Agosta 90 ....Pakistan turned down bus links, says India Dawn - 53 minutes ago
NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Pakistan has rejected India s proposals for bus links between Jammu and Sialkot and Kargil and Skardu, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed said in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament, on Thursday.Pakistan Helped Foil Terror Plot In Britain WGAL.com - Aug 10 2:10 PM
British authorities say Pakistan helped thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up aircraft heading to the U.S.Officials: Pakistan helped foil plot Syracuse.com - Aug 10 1:31 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani intelligence officials helped British security agencies crack a terrorist plot to blow up U.S.-bound aircraft and have arrested two or three suspects, officials said Thursday."An offensive punch for Pakistan Navy" The Hindu - Aug 10 2:21 PM
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday Pakistan was strengthening its armed forces as peace could be guaranteed only through force and strength and not through weakness. In keeping with this, Pakistan followed a strategy of ...UK terror plot: 7 arrested in Pakistan rediff.com - Aug 10 3:14 PM
Aslam said Pakistan intelligence agencies had tipped off their British counterparts that resulted in averting the disaster.Pakistan says it's holding suspects Fox 6 News San Diego - Aug 10 12:56 PM
Officials in Pakistan say they've arrested two or three suspects in the alleged airplane terror plot.Pakistan militant leader under house arrest Aljazeera - Aug 10 10:50 AM
The former head of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which is suspected of involvement in the July 11 India raid blasts, is reported to have been placed under house arrest in Pakistan.Pakistan puts LeT founder under house arrest New Kerala - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
Islamabad, Aug 10: Pakistan today put Lashker-e- Taiba founder Hafeez Sayeed, who is in the list of wanted persons forwarded by New Delhi to Islamabad, under house arrest for a month in Lahore.Pakistan says it's holding suspects KBCI Boise - Aug 10 4:40 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Officials in Pakistan say they've arrested two or three suspects in the alleged airplane terror plot. A government spokesman says Pakistan "played a very important role" in uncovering and breaking up the scheme.Pakistan makes arrests after helping UK foil plot Stuff - Aug 10 1:05 PM
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan made some arrests in coordination with arrests made in Britain to foil a plot to blow up airliners flying between Britain and the United States, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said.Pakistan makes arrests after helping UK foil plot SABC News - Aug 10 12:34 PM
Pakistan made some arrests in coordination with arrests made in Britain to foil a plot to blow up airliners flying to the United States from Britain, Tasnim Aslam, the foreign office spokesperson, said today.Pakistan snags air-terror suspects KRQE Albuquerque - Aug 10 4:09 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Officials in Pakistan said they've arrested two or three suspects in the alleged airplane terror plot. A government spokesman said Pakistan "played a very important role" in uncovering and breaking up the scheme.Pakistan helped Britain foil plane bomb plot SABC News - Aug 10 11:49 AM
Pakistan's intelligence service helped British security agencies foil a plot to blow up several aircraft flying between Britain and the United States, a senior Pakistani official said today.Monsoon rains leave at least 200 dead in Pakistan Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 10 9:12 AM
Pakistan - Rains Deaths Flooding has killed at least 200 people in Pakistan since the start of the monsoon season in mid-July, a UN information service said on Thursday.Pakistan trade deficit narrows to $1.23 bln in July Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 10 6:36 AM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Pakistan's trade deficit narrowed to $1.23 billion in July from $1.47 billion in June, but was almost double the $726.9 million deficit posted in July 2005, according to provisional data released by the Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.Standard Chartered to buy 80.86 percent of Pakistan's Union Bank AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 10:34 AM
Standard Chartered, the Britain-based emerging markets bank, said that it has agreed to buy 80.86 percent of Pakistan's Union Bank for 413 million dollars (321 million euros).India wants more 'action on ground' from Pakistan on terrorism Yahoo! India News - Aug 10 7:30 AM
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) India is trying to find more facts about the house arrest of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Mohammad Sayeed in Pakistan with officials saying that Islamabad needed to take more 'action on the ground' before the dialogue process can be resumed at the highest level.Pakistan inducts first locally built submarine into navy s fleet Khaleej Times - Aug 10 9:28 AM
KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistan s navy on Thursday inducted its first locally built submarine in an effort to bolster its marine force, a spokesman said.Pakistan puts LeT founder under house arrest Outlook India - Aug 10 8:27 AM
Pakistan today put Lashker-e- Taiba founder Hafeez Sayeed, who is in the list of wanted persons forwarded by New Delhi to Islamabad, under house arrest for a month in Lahore.PAKISTAN: Pakistan releases Afghan Sikh journalist AsiaMedia - Aug 10 12:00 PM
Kabul --- Pakistan has released an Afghan Sikh journalist who was arrested on the Pakistan-Afghan border and tortured on charges of being an Indian national, and also apologised over the 'mistreatment'.Pakistan, the next new threat to American security, says Holbrooke New Kerala - Aug 10 11:07 AM
Washington, Aug 10: The Middle-East crisis with a volatile Iraq and confrontationist Iran are not the only bad news for the Americans and global peace, Pakistan is all set to become a new irritant for the U.S.Musharraf says Pakistan has no offensive designs Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 10 9:08 AM
Pakistan - Musharraf Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday Pakistan has no offensive designs against anyone, saying the country is following policy of a defensive deterrence.Pakistan rates stay firm despite c.bank injection Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 10 3:38 AM
KARACHI, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Pakistan's short-term money rates were firm on Thursday despite an injection of 9.2 billion rupees into the market by the central bank via a two-day reverse repo, and dealers said rates were unlikely to fall in the near term.Pakistan detains top Islamic leader Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 10 8:53 AM
Pakistan - Detention The Pakistani government has detained a top Islamic leader for one month and banned his group's public meeting, the group's spokesman said on Thursday.Pakistan says arrests helped foil airline bomb plot AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 10 2:09 PM
Pakistani authorities said they had made several arrests, including at least three people linked to Al-Qaeda, which helped Britain uncover a plot to blow up planes flying to the United States.Former Pakistan paceman urges Inzamam to relinquish captaincy AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 6:10 AM
Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz said Inzamam-ul-Haq should step down as captain after England scored their first home Test series win against the South Asian team in 24 years.Pakistan's Hubco says 2005/06 net profit down 48.6 pct Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 10 2:04 AM
KARACHI, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Pakistan's leading private power producer, Hub Power Co. Ltd. (Hubco) , on Thursday reported a 48.6 percent decline in full-year profit, as tariffs were reduced following repayment of its senior debt.Ganguly to play in Super Sixes in Pakistan Express India - Aug 10 7:28 AM
Saurav Ganguly will feature in the first Asian Super Sixes tournament in Pakistan next month, an organiser said.PAKISTAN: Monsoon rains leave at least 200 dead IRIN - Aug 10 6:46 AM
ISLAMABAD, 10 Aug 2006 (IRIN) - Flooding has killed at least 200 people in Pakistan since the start of the monsoon season in mid-July. Thirteen people were killed in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Tuesday when flooding swept away the pick-up truck they were travelling on.Indian officials seek further details regarding Pakistan's decision to place Hafeez Mohammad Sayeed, founder of the India Daily - Aug 10 8:13 AM
Like that of Khan the father of Pakistan's nuke bomb, whenever Pakistan is challenged and caught with sponsoring terrorism, it puts the terror operator on house arrest to protect him or her.Pakistan detains former Kashmir militant chief AFP via Yahoo!7 News - Aug 10 12:02 AM
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani authorities have placed under house arrest the former head of an Islamic militant group which Indian police suspect had a role in the Mumbai bombings, officials said.'US spy' shot dead in Pakistan tribal area AFP via Yahoo!7 News - Aug 10 12:16 AM
WANA, Pakistan (AFP) - Pro-Taliban militants shot dead a Pakistani tribesman after accusing him of spying for US troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, local officials and family members said.Militants and terrorists in Pakistan expanding training bases to attack worldwide infrastructures including India India Daily - Aug 10 7:12 AM
Contrary to claims by Islamabad, training camps of various militant groups continue to be run in different parts of Pakistan with militants attempting to infiltrate into India through Line of Control (LoC).Pakistan Puts Leader of Militant Group Under House Arrest New York Times - Aug 10 10:27 AM
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is the founder of an Islamic group that India accuses of sending hundreds of Pakistanis to fight in Kashmir.Islamic Militant Hanged in Pakistan Los Angeles Times - Aug 09 2:12 PM
MULTAN, Pakistan -- An Islamic militant convicted of killing a Shiite Muslim politician nearly a decade ago was hanged Wednesday after the country's president rejected his mercy plea, a prison official said.France Says British Terrorist Cell from Pakistan Israel National News - Aug 10 10:05 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The terrorist cell members arrested by Britain for plotting to carry out multiple attacks in airplanes apparently are from Pakistan, according to French Foreign Minister Nicolas Sarcozy.Cricket-Pakistan's Asif held back from Oval test side Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 1:11 AM
Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif will not be travelling to England to join the team for the fourth test at the Oval from August 17, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official told Reuters on Wednesday.UPDATE 2-StanChart to pay $511 mln for Pakistan Union Bank Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 09 7:43 PM
LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered will pay more than $500 million to buy Pakistan's Union Bank in the biggest purchase by a foreign bank in Pakistan, it said on Wednesday.Standard Chartered to Purchase Union Bank of Pakistan (Update2) Bloomberg.com - Aug 09 9:43 AM
Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Standard Chartered Plc, the British lender that makes most of its profit in Asia, agreed to buy an 81 percent stake in Pakistan's Union Bank Ltd. for $413 million in cash to more than double its branches in the country.Pakistan puts LeT founder Hafeez Sayeed under house arrest Outlook India - Aug 09 11:12 PM
Pakistan today put Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Sayeed, who figures in the list of wanted persons forwarded by India, under one month house arrest at his residence in Lahore.Pakistan hangs 'Islamic militant' BBC News - Aug 09 7:38 AM
A convicted Islamic militant in Pakistan is executed by hanging after President Pervez Musharraf rejected his mercy plea.Floods Devastate Areas of India and Pakistan New York Times - Aug 08 9:42 PM
Swirling floodwaters inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday and flooding in Pakistan killed 140.Unlucky Pakistan refrain from complaints Gulf Times - Aug 10 2:43 AM
LEEDS: Pakistan did not take the easy option after losing the third test and the four-match series against England at Headingley on Tuesday.StanChart to pay $511mn for Pakistan Union Bank Gulf Times - Aug 10 2:38 AM
LONDON: Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered will pay more than $500mn to buy Pakistan s Union Bank in the biggest purchase by a foreign bank in Pakistan, it said yesterday.Pakistan puts LeT founder Hafeez Sayeed under house arrest New Kerala - Aug 09 11:17 PM
Islamabad Aug 10 : Pakistan today put Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Sayeed, who figures in the list of wanted persons forwarded by India, under one month house arrest at his residence in Lahore.Pakistan refrain from complaints Khaleej Times - Aug 09 8:49 PM
LEEDS Pakistan did not take the easy option after losing the third Test and the four-match series against England at Headingley on Tuesday. It would have been easy, understandable even, for them to leave the ground cursing the names of umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove.Officials: Pakistan Helped Nab Suspects ABC News - Aug 10 2:18 PM
Pakistani Intelligence Officials Helped Arrest Suspects in Britain Terror Plot, Officials SayEngland topple Pakistan to be second Khaleej Times - Aug 09 8:48 PM
DUBAI England toppled Pakistan from second spot in the LG-ICC Test rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in their four-match series to make sure the Ashes remains a battle of top two teams.Tejari inks agreement with Pakistan group Khaleej Times - Aug 09 8:22 PM
DUBAI Tejari, the UAE-based premier business-to-business online marketplace, yesterday signed an agreement with the Hashoo Group, Pakistan's leading conglomerate engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, hoteliering, information technology, mining, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, travel and tourism and real estate.OMCs may disrupt oil supplies in Pakistan Khaleej Times - Aug 09 8:21 PM
ISLAMABAD The Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have demanded of the Pakistan government to pay Rs19 billion owed to them as compensation for putting a freeze on oil prices despite rising international market.LeT founder Hafeez Sayeed put under house arrest in Pakistan New Kerala - Aug 10 1:27 AM
Lahore, Aug 10: Restrictions are being placed on Islamic fundamentalist organisations before the Pakistan s Independence Day. To start with Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Sayeed, whose name figures in the list of wanted persons forwarded by India to Pakistan, has been kept under one-month house arrest at his residence in Lahore.Opposition to move no-trust vote against Pakistan PM Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 10 2:58 AM
Pakistani opposition parties plan to move a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on August 23, opposition lawmakers said on Thursday.Pakistan minister upsets media over parliament spending New Kerala - Aug 10 12:04 AM
Islamabad, Aug 10: Journalists walked out of Pakistan's parliament in protest after a minister accused them of indulging in "yellow journalism" by highlighting the annual expenditure of the National Assembly.CORRECTED: Opposition to move no-trust vote against Pakistan PM Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 10 1:39 AM
(Corrects paragraph six to say elections are late next year, not this year)Pakistan Assembly Speaker sees 'conspiracy' in criticism of Parliament's spending New Kerala - Aug 09 11:12 PM
Islamabad, Aug 10: Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain has called the attempt to question the expenditures of ministers and parliamentarians a "conspiracy" and an attack on the country's democracy, leading to a showdown with a section of the country's media that had highlighted "official statistics" in this regard.Standard Chartered buys Pakistan's Union Bank New Kerala - Aug 09 11:13 PM
Islamabad, Aug 10: Pakistan's Union Bank has been acquired by Standard Chartered, making it the sixth largest bank in the country. CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Badar Kazmi announced that the bank has acquired 80.86 per cent shares in Union Bank Ltd. for $413 million.Militant group founder under house arrest in Pakistan Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 11:17 PM
Pakistani authorities have put the founder and former head of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group under house arrest in the eastern city of Lahore, a spokesman for the Islamic charity he now runs said on Thursday.No-trust move in Pakistan parliament on Aug 23 New Kerala - Aug 09 10:05 PM
Islamabad, Aug 10: Pakistan's opposition has announced that it would bring a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the National Assembly on Aug 23, a move that has galvanised the ruling coalition to counter it.Pakistan, Iran boost terror cooperation AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 08 2:27 PM
Pakistan and Iran have agreed to increase cooperation to fight terrorism, drug and human trafficking and to ensure the early release of each other's prisoners, a senior government official said Tuesday.Terror Plot Foiled, 7 Arrested In Pakistan Bernama - 47 minutes ago
LONDON, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- A suspected Al Qaeda plot with strong Pakistani connection to blow up as many as 10 civilian airliners during flights from the UK to the US was foiled Thursday with the arrest of 21 people in the UK and seven persons in Karachi, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Friday.Pakistan under fire for England defeat Reuters.co.uk - Aug 09 11:56 AM
KARACHI (Reuters) - Former Pakistan players rounded on Inzamam-ul-Haq's side on Wednesday after a first series defeat in England since 1982.Despite humiliating defeat, Pakistan have a ray of hope The Frontier Post - Aug 09 6:50 PM
Comments By Muhammad Ali Sheikh As they say ??always hope for the best but prepare for the worst.?? Was it the worst defeat tasted by Pakistan in recent years? At the hands of England, surely it was.Hycarbex-American Energy Plugs Well on Yasin Block in Pakistan Rigzone - Aug 09 2:06 PM
Hycarbex-American Energy announced the results of its Al Ali #1 Well and its planned exploration and production activities, on the Republic of Pakistan Yasin Block (2768-7) comprising 842 square miles (2,182 square kilometers).Pakistan under fire for England defeat Independent Online - Aug 09 7:11 PM
Former Pakistan players have slammed Inzamam-ul-Haq's squad members after their first series defeat in England since 1982.Pakistan-China FTA negotiations in Sept. The Frontier Post - Aug 09 6:50 PM
BEIJING (APP): Pakistan and China are scheduled to hold fourth round of negotiation on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Beijing next month.pakistan Club to mark independence day Gulf Daily News - Aug 09 6:25 PM
PAKISTAN club Independence Day celebrations will begin with a flag hoisting ceremony at 6.30am at the club, in Manama, next Monday. A traditional breakfast will follow the flag hoisting, which will be conducted by club chairman Mohammad Sajid Shaikh.Bank seals $413m deal with Pakistan Gulf Daily News - Aug 09 6:32 PM
LONDON: Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered is to buy an 80.9 per cent stake in Pakistan's Union Bank for $413 million, it said yesterday, sealing the biggest purchase by a foreign bank in Pakistan.England crush Pakistan to clinch series Tiscali - Aug 09 3:18 PM
LEEDS (Reuters) - England crushed Pakistan by 167 runs on Tuesday to win the third test and the series after a moment of madness from Mohammad Yousuf and one of magic from Monty Panesar.Pakistan should overtake UN?s world uplift goals Musharraf stresses water, power and gas supply The Frontier Post - Aug 09 6:47 PM
KARACHI (Agencies): President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday said the United Nations had set millennium development goals for the world, but Pakistan should try to be ahead of the targets in certain fields.StanChart seals $413 mln Pakistan Union Bank deal Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 09 7:43 AM
LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered is to buy an 80.9 percent stake in Pakistan's Union Bank for $413 million, it said on Wednesday, sealing the biggest purchase by a foreign bank in Pakistan.Pakistan arrests militant suspect BBC News - Aug 10 3:17 AM
The Pakistani authorities place the former head of an Islamic militant group, suspected of having terror links, under house arrest.Pakistan sets up tri-command nuclear force: officials Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 09 5:06 AM
_ Pakistan has set up three commands in its armed forces equipped with nuclear weapons and missiles and capable of retaliating for any first nuclear strike by India, Defense Ministry officials, strategists and nuclear experts have revealed.Standard Chartered to buy 80.86% of Pakistan's Union Bank Channel NewsAsia - Aug 09 9:46 AM
LONDON : Standard Chartered, the Britain-based emerging markets bank, said on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy 80.86 percent of Pakistan's Union Bank for US$413 million (321 million euros).Mahmood stars as England crush Pakistan AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 08 9:14 AM
Sajid Mahmood, the son of Pakistani immigrants, took a Test-best four for 22 as England beat Pakistan by 167 runs on the fifth and final day of the third Test at Headingley.Pakistan 'arrested terror suspects' PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 10 1:31 PM
Pakistani intelligence helped British security agencies crack a terror plot to blow up US-bound aircraft from Britain, and has arrested some suspects, its government said.Arrest in Pakistan led MI5 to airline terror plot suspects The Scotsman - Aug 10 4:24 PM
THE endgame was played out in the glare of publicity, with a series of dawn raids across the country and unprecedented disruption to Britain's airports.Pakistan says arrests helped foil airline bomb plot AFP via Yahoo!7 News - Aug 10 12:22 PM
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani authorities said they had made several arrests which helped British police uncover a plot to blow up multiple airliners flying to the United States.Standard Chartered to buy 80.86 percent of Pakistan's Union Bank TODAYonline - Aug 09 10:53 AM
Pakistani men walk in front of a Standard Chartered Bank office in Islamabad, in July 2006. Standard Chartered, the Britain-based emerging markets bank, said that it has agreed to buy 80.86 percent of Pakistan's Union Bank for 413 million dollars (321 million euros).