The Daily IIJ

ISALAMABAD: Two European workers of a German NGO “Welthungerhilfe” working for flood rehabilitation were abducted on Thursday evening from Multan, located in southern part of Punjab province in Pakistan. They were returning from Kot Addu after visiting flood hit areas, when they were kidnapped at about 7:20 pm [Pakistani time] from Western Fort colony, Qasim [...]

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Mystery shrouds Hakeemullah Mehsud’s death, once again, in yet another US drone attack in North Waziristan, mainly because of the fact that the fugitive ameer of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan had been pronounced dead several times ever since he was appointed the TTP chief on August 22, 2009 after the death of Baitullah Mehsud. Although Associated [...]

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LAHORE: Despite the fact that Premier Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has been ordered by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to appear in person before it on January 19 in a contempt-related issue, he continues to blow his own trumpet and talk of parliament’s domination, meaning thereby that an exciting tug-of-war for supremacy between the two [...]

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The notion that the North Waziristan Agency continues to be used by al-Qaeda and Taliban elements for terrorist training activities has again been confirmed with the release of a fresh video of the Pakistani teenagers being trained in NWA.

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  PESHAWAR (Pakistan): For people who openly sell night-vision goggles, grenades and even the occasional RPG, the dealers at the American Market in Peshawar are remarkably reluctant to talk about their clientele. Eventually, a laptop dealer, selling Dells and HPs at knockdown prices, explains who the dealers here sell their weapons to. “Most of the [...]

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ISLAMABAD (Pakistan): The young journalist, Shafiullah, who had sustained fatal injuries in the June 11 twin blasts in Peshawar (Pakistan), finally lost his struggle for life at a Burn Unit where he was under treatment for severe burn injuries. The explosions at the busy Khyber Super Market in the military cantonment area of Peshawar left [...]

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said since the fight against terrorism is a Pakistan-United States combined effort, if Pakistan fails, the US will also fail. “By now the US is convinced that we are part of the solution to terrorism but not a part of the problem,” the web-based rt.com quoted the [...]

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The extent to which Pakistan has borne the brunt of the US-led War against Terror can be gauged from the fact that during the last 102 months since the 9/11 episode, the country has averagely been rocked by terrorists every 10th day during this period, which has witnessed 332 terrorism-related incidents inflicting 5,704 deaths till [...]

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Washington and its willing mouthpieces in the media have for years been trying to sell us the preposterous war in Afghanistan. While they attempt to convince us that the war is predicated on a faultless military logic and moral wisdom, it remains in fact a tragic adventure with no decipherable objectives, and involving several countries, [...]

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January 21, 2010, ISLAMABAD MS. CHAUDHRY: Good evening viewers. I’m Mariam Chaudhry, and I’m bringing you a special interview set against the backdrop of Pak-U.S. relations. Our guest today is visiting U.S. Defense Secretary, Mr. Robert Gates.

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