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Pakistan Army Accuses US of 'Negative Propaganda'

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani army on Thursday rejected what it called "negative propaganda" by the United States, hours after the top U.S. military officer accused the country's spy agency of continued links to a powerful Afghan Taliban faction. The unusually strident back and forth reflected the poor state of relations...

India, Pakistan PMs Hold Court for Cricket

MOHALI, India -- The prime ministers of India and Pakistan, mixing business with pleasure, joined tens of thousands of cricket fans in a northern Indian stadium Wednesday to watch a key match between their rival nations. Greeting the players on the pitch, India's Manmohan Singh and Pakistan's Yousuf Gilani shook hands...

Mourning Pakistanis Bury Assassinated Christian Official

Thousands of mourners crowded into an Islamabad church today to pay their final respects to Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's only Christian government minister, who was assassinated for opposing the country's harsh blasphemy laws. Bhatti, a 42-year-old Roman Catholic, is the second senior politician to be gunned down in two...

Christians in Pakistan Mourn Slain Catholic Cabinet Minister

Pakistan's forlorn church bells were tolling once again after the sole Christian in the federal government -- a rare voice for moderation and tolerance -- was assassinated by gunmen today outside his widowed mother's Islamabad home. K.M. Chaudary, AP People from Pakistan's Christian community condemn the death...

Gunmen Kill Christian Pakistani Government Minister

ISLAMABAD -- Assailants purportedly sent by al-Qaida and the Taliban killed the only Christian member of Pakistan's federal Cabinet Wednesday, spraying his car with bullets outside his parents' driveway. It was the second assassination in two months of a high-profile opponent of blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty...

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06/01/12 Depoliticise LB polls Source: Pakistan Observer THE Punjab cabinet on Thursday approved the draft law of the Punjab Local Government Act 2012 and announced holding of the local bodies elections as directed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
06/01/12 20% adhoc relief for govt employees, pensioners... Source: Pakistan Observer IslamabadâFinance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has announced 20% ad hoc relief in pay and pension of Federal Government employees during the next financial year.
06/01/12 All-round gains Source: Business Recorder - Pakistan The recovery phase continued on the money market on Friday as the rupee rose from the bottom after hitting the all-time low during the two weeks against dollar, dealers said.
06/01/12 Arwani roads in pathetic condition; people consume... Source: Greater Kashmir The residents of Arwani Bijbehara in South Kashmirs Islamabad (Anantnag) district have complained about lack of basic facilities in the area.
06/01/12 Pakistan Cuts Taxes, Raises Wages Risking Deficit... Source: Bloomberg.com Pakistan cut taxes and raised government salaries in an election-year budget that risks missing a target to narrow the deficit from a three-year high.