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Learning statehood: Importing lessons in tolerance
Academics outline national strategy for combatting extremism.
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Overture: Car rally between Lahore and Amritsar planned
The third round of Pakistan-India business forum will take place in Pakistan next month.
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Pakistan-India trade: Wagah-Attari border to remain open 24/7
Trade ministers approve liberalised visa policy for businessmen.
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Mountaineers feat: Siblings scale Mount Vinson in Antarctica
This is second of seven summits, which they plan to climb in their ongoing expedition.
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US curbs feared: Pakistan to tell Iran IP project not implementable
Delegation will leave for Tehran by end of January to convey the message.
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Car registration in EU takes a slight hit
Falls 1.7% in 2013, reveals manufacturer data.
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Rahul Gandhi’s test
There may be need to rethink idea of Rahul as party’s future, but it can't be done on the basis of an imagined result.
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Dar wants clearing process for CSF payments fast tracked
Agenda of the forthcoming meeting of the Economic Working Group also discussed.
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Popular Kabul restaurant attacked, 21 killed
An IMF representative and four United Nations members have died.
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India, Pakistan agree to allow greater trade through Wagah
Both countries reaffirm commitment to provide Non-Discriminatory Market Access (NDMA) on a reciprocal basis.
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Body of Indian minister's wife taken to hospital for autopsy
Shashi Tharoor's wife was found dead in a hotel days after accusing her husband on Twitter of being unfaithful.
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South Korea on alert after bird flu confirmed
Cull of 21,000 birds completed at farm, authorities widening cull to 3km radius of site.
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Return to 90’s civil war worst-case scenario for Afghans
Officials insist Taliban not in a position to destabilise entire country.
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Eighteen die in India stampede at home of Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader
Stampede takes place outside home of Syedna Muhammad Burhanuddin, leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community.
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In consideration: Saudi-style YouTube mulled
PTA informs parliamentary panel about local version of the website.
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Suspected suicide: Shashi Tharoor’s wife found dead
This happens day after couple gave joint statement clearing unauthorised tweets that sparked controversy on Twitter.
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All-weather friends: Pak-China trade increased to $12 billion, says Weidong
Increased trade, setting up of Gwadar Port some of the highlights of 2013.
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End of an era: Syedna Burhanuddin is no more
Spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community dies of a heart attack at 102.
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Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue review scheduled for January 27
The meeting will review progress achieved in the five working groups, other proposals, opportunities for partnership.
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Rocket fired from Syria kills seven in Lebanese border town
Rocket fire into the Lebanese border town of Arsal killed at least seven people and wounded 15 on Friday.
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White House to release Iran implementation agreement
The interim deal will go into force on January 20.
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China rules out promotion for officials with family overseas
China has seen cases where such officials have used foreign family connections to illegally move assets, avoid probes.
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Honeymoon threatens to be brief for India's anti-graft party
First sign of trouble came last week when Kejriwal had to flee town hall meeting where crowds threatened to stampede.
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Critic of France's Hollande says it with dung
Tonnes of horse manure dumped in front of national parliament building in Paris in a pungent protest.
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FIA arrests Indian girl travelling with Pakistani passport
Nagita Ramesh arrived in Lahore from Doha to meet Multan resident Azhar.
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US spending bill 2014: Freeing Dr Shakil Afridi vs losing $33m
US to withhold amount from available assistance if Afridi continues to be detained.
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Business with neighbours: Minister asks for access to Indian markets
Khurram Dastagir Khan indicates that trade liberalisation through the land route will happen before MFN is granted.
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US withdrawal: Envisaging a charter for regional peace, post-2014
Experts highlight need to empower Afghans, deter interference, rebuild regional economy.
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Delays in Iran-Pakistan pipeline due to money, not US: Foreign office
Pakistan regrets provocative statement by Indian army chief.
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'American Hustle,' 'Gravity' and '12 Years a Slave' lead Oscar race
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew McConaughey, Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock among nominees for Best Actor.
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US suspends 34 nuclear missile officers over exam cheating
This is the largest scale cheating scandal ever in the US nuclear force: officials.
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Hacked or not?: Shashi Tharoor's Twitter fiasco
Curious messages left on Tharoor's account suggested an affair between him and a Pakistani journalist.
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Aziz to leave for US by end Jan
Aziz is likely to be accompanied by senior cabinet members and top army officials.
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Benghazi attacks were preventable: US Senate report
Four Americans including ambassador Christopher Stevens were killed in an attack at the US mission in Benghazi.
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Afghan president accuses US of killing 7 children in airstrike
ISAF says it regrets the deats, says its soldier was killed in the fighting, as well as at least 10 insurgents.
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Iran-Pakistan pipeline: Foreign Office calls meeting to decide project’s fate
Delegation expected to visit Iran this month to avoid penalty, renegotiate gas price.
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China confirms hypersonic missile carrier test
The test makes China the second country after US to successfully test a hypersonic nuclear weapon delivery vehicle.
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British premier says no evidence yet of SAS role in Golden Temple attack
Cameron said on Wednesday he wanted the review to establish whether Britain had been involved in any way.
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Indian diplomat seeks dismissal of US criminal case
Immigration and employment charges against her have led to a major diplomatic spat between the US and India.
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Gang rape of Mukhtar Mai inspires New York opera
Mai, now in her 40s, was raped to avenge her 12-year-old brother's alleged impropriety with a woman from a rival...
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Quran 'forbids' violence to spread Islam: 9/11 mastermind
Self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, Mohammed, releases manifesto claiming Quran forbids use of violence to spread Islam.
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Pakistan and India rank 97th in food index
The food index ranked the nations on the availability, quality and affordability of food and dietary health.
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Greece stepping up crackdown on neo-Nazi party: Analysts
Magistrates are trying to prove that Golden Dawn orchestrated fatal attack on a Pakistani immigrant last year.
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Britain to investigate possible SAS role in Indian Golden Temple attack
Declassified documents suggest Margaret Thatcher's government may have helped India plan the attack.
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Toxic chemicals found in children's clothes, shoes: Greenpeace
Every brand was found to have chemicals that can have adverse impacts on reproductive, hormonal or immune systems.
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UN feeds 3.8 million Syrians but concerned about malnutrition
The United Nations agency aims to reach 4.25 million in January, despite winter weather.
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Saudi Arabia beheads Pakistanis in year's first executions
Saudi authorities beheaded two Pakistanis on Tuesday for drug smuggling in the kingdom's first executions of the...
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IAEA says nuclear talks with Iran postponed to Feb 8
Talks between Iran and IAEA are separate from diplomacy between Tehran and six world powers.
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India eyes return of 'Buddha begging bowl' from Afghanistan
The huge stone vessel, weighing nearly 400 kg, is currently displayed at the National Museum of Afghanistan.
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With Muslim Brotherhood crushed, Egypt sets sights on Hamas
Cairo is becoming even more ambitious in its drive to eradicate what it says are militant organisations.

















































