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Apparent drone strike kills Pakistan Taliban and Al Qaeda figure

Source country latimes Friday, February 10, 2012 5:05:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Islamabad[2]; Pakistan[5]; Pakistani[11];

Entities: Aslam Awan[1]; Ashfaq Parvez Kayani[1]; Zulfiqar Ali[1]; Alex Rodriguez[1]; James Mattis[1];

Other categories: Security; Terrorist Attack; Conflict; Air Transport - Aviation Safety;

The killing of Badar Mansoor comes as the United States steps up its pace of drone missile attacks following a six-week hiatus after Pakistani soldiers' death.An apparent U.S. drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda operative, local officials said....

SC urged to take notice of labour law violations

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 5:04:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[5];

Entities: Khurshid Ahmed[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Khurshid Ahmed said: “Had the accused owners of the factory maintained the boiler and inspected the allied machinery under the rules, the tragedy could have been averted,”

LAHORE, Feb 9: The Supreme Court should take immediate notice of violations of labour laws across the country and summon Punjab government’s officials concerned whose negligence claimed lives of over 20 workers, mostly teenagers, and injuries to several others in a boiler blast in a factory at Lahore....

Three medical institutions get boards of management

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 5:04:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistani[1];

Entities: Nisar Ahmad[1]; Allama Iqbal[2]; Fatima Jinnah[1]; Waqar Ahmed Khan[1]; Abdul Rashid[1]; Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday[1]; Javed Iqbal[1]; Shahid Siddiqui[1]; Tariq Khosa[1]; Ganga Ram[3];

LAHORE, Feb 9: The Punjab government has reconstituted boards of management of three teaching institutions of the city....

Top militant dies in drone attack

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 5:04:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[3]; Pakistani[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; Conflict;

MIRAMSHAH, Feb 9: An important commander and four other militants were killed in a US drone attack in Miramshah on Thursday, a senior security official said....

PIA audit detects large-scale irregularities

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 5:04:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[1];

LAHORE, Feb 9: Irregularities worth millions of rupees have been detected in accounts of several international and domestic stations of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)...

Business can’t be allowed in residential areas: CJ

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 5:04:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[2];

Entities: Mohammad Asif[1];

Other categories: Consumers;

LAHORE, Feb 9: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Thursday held that commercial activities could not be allowed in residential areas....

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Afghanistan: USAID/DCHA Winter Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012

Source country reliefWeb Friday, February 10, 2012 4:56:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[2];

Other categories: UN Bodies; Echo;

Source: US Agency for International Development Country: Afghanistan , United States of America (the) KEY DEVELOPMENTS Media reports indicate that severe cold in recent months has killed 24 children in two informal settlements in Kabul Province, Afghanistan....

Articles published more than 20 minutes ago

Doctors continue protest

Source country TheFrontierPost-en Friday, February 10, 2012 4:43:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[1];

Entities: Nisar Ali[1];

Karachi (PPI): Contract doctors and paramedics of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Qatar Hospital, Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases and other hospitals staged a protest in front of Civic Centre and blocked the road which caused traffic jam in the surrounding areas while many demonstrators entered into.......

Anti-Bonded Labour Cell to be set up in different districts

Source country TheFrontierPost-en Friday, February 10, 2012 4:43:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[1];

Entities: Abdul Khaliq[2]; Mushtaq Ahmed[1]; Ahmad Shah[1];

KARACHI (APP): A meeting held at Central Police Office (CPO) here on Thursday explored the possibility of establishing Anti-Bonded Labour Cell (ABLC) in districts of Sindh having relatively more incidents of bonded labour issue, a police spokesman said....

Girl Kept In Cellar For A Decade, Court Hears

Source country skynews Friday, February 10, 2012 4:41:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[4];

Entities: Sebastian Vettel[1]; Lamont Peterson[1]; Aamir Khan[1]; Massimo Moratti[1]; Richard Schaeffer[1]; Fabio Capello[1];

Other categories: Immigration; Fight against Fraud; Human Trafficking;

A deaf girl was kept in a cellar for almost a decade and repeatedly raped after being trafficked from Pakistan when she was about 10 years old, a court has been told....

Articles published more than 30 minutes ago

US lawmakers raise issue of ‘Baloch self-determination’

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[8]; Pakistani[3];

Entities: Ralph Peters[1]; Christine Fair[1]; Dera Bugti[1]; Dana Rohrabacher[1]; Ali Dayan Hasan[1]; Osama bin Laden[2]; Pervez Musharraf[2];

Other categories: Conflict; Society;

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Dana Rohrabacher said: “They sheltered the man who master-minded the slaughter of 3,000 Americans. Those who still believe Pakistan is a friend, they need to wake up,”

Ali Dayan Hasan pointed out: “beyond the killings’ simple unlawfulness, the militant groups that are responsible demonstrate disturbing willingness to make the education of the province’s children a pawn of their armed agenda”

WASHINGTON, Feb 9: Guilt and shame were the two dominant feelings that overwhelmed many Pakistanis at a US congressional hearing on Wednesday as witnesses detailed human rights abuses in Balochistan....

25th anniversary of Sadequain’s death

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistani[1];

Entities: Holy Quran[1];

IF has been 25 years since Sadequain’s death, and the artist remains as relevant as ever. With strong academic focus on his works, a younger generation of art lovers, and the expanding world for Pakistani art, a case...

Bill deferred for record sixth time

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[2]; ISLAMABAD[1];

Entities: Amendment Bill[1]; Khursheed Ahmad[1]; Faisal Karim Kundi[1]; Aly Khan[1]; Nisar Ali[1]; Ahmad Shah[1]; Chaudhry Nisar[1];

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: After a record sixth deferment of its constitution amendment bill on Thursday, the government said it would take opposition demands to the cabinet within two days, ensuring the National Assembly will remain hostage to a discord between the two sides into the next week....

Intelligence operation

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[1]; Pakistani[1];

Entities: Raymond Davis[1]; Osama bin Laden[2]; Saleem Shahzad[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

RECENT setbacks have clearly failed to result in any soul-searching within Pakistan’s security agencies. A series of stories confirm that they continue to operate with stunning impunity despite questions about their conduct....

The Afghan quagmire

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[17]; Pakistani[2];

Entities: Asad Durrani[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Maulana Fazlur Rehman[1]; Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai[1]; Ghairat Baheer[1]; Qazi Hussain Ahmed[1]; Hussain Ahmed[1]; Fazlur Rehman[1]; Ahmad Shah[1]; Qazi Hussain[1]; Hamid Gul[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

RECENTLY, Peshawar hosted a seminar organised under the auspices of the Centre for Discussions and Solutions, an advocacy organisation created by Qazi Hussain Ahmed of the Jamaat-i-Islami....

Memo commission blames officials for lack of progress

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Islamabad[1]; Pakistan[1]; Pakistani[2]; ISLAMABAD[1];

Entities: Akram Sheikh[1]; Anwarul Haq[1]; Mansoor Ijaz[2]; Husain Haqqani[2]; Salman Bashir[1]; James L Jones[1]; Maulvi Anwarul Haq[1]; Michael Mullen[1]; Zahid Hussain[1];

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The commission investigating the memo case admitted on Thursday that it had achieved nothing so far because of hurdles created by bureaucracy....

PTV nomenclature for Taliban

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Islamabad[1]; Pakistan[4]; Pakistani[3];

Entities: Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao[1]; Ayman al-Zawahiri[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

FOR some mysterious reasons, PTV seems to have a soft corner for terrorists and murderers like the Taliban. The Taliban’s deeds need no recounting....

System of spoils

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Islamabad[1]; Pakistan[9]; Pakistani[3];

Entities: Imelda Marcos[1]; Maulana Fazlur Rehman[1]; Fazlur Rehman[1]; Hosni Mubarak[1];

“Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside / A teeming mistress, but a barren bride ...” `SAVE the system` has become a rallying call of Pakistan`s elected kleptocrats over the past few weeks...

Write letter to save PM, Aitzaz told

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] ISLAMABAD[1];

Entities: Aitzaz Ahsan[1]; Yousaf Raza Gillani[2]; Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry[2];

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Both sides stuck to their guns during the hearing of an intra-court appeal in the prime minister’s contempt case on Thursday....

‘PPP stance unchanged’

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] ISLAMABAD[1];

Entities: Aitzaz Ahsan[1]; Yousaf Raza Gillani[2]; Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry[2]; Qamar Zaman[1]; Qamar Zaman Kaira[1]; Asif Ali Zardari[6];

ISLAMABAD: If one goes by the mood that prevailed during the PPP’s core committee meeting on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will never write a letter to Swiss authorities to reopen money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari....

Meeting to decide fate of Business Express

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[3];

Entities: Yousaf Raza Gillani[2]; Saeed Akhtar[1];

LAHORE, Feb 9: Within a week or so after its launch, continuation of the operation of the first non-stop train running between Punjab and Sindh capitals with its passenger facilitation by the private sector has hit snags....

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Pakistan’s rulers too busy to help child labourers

Source country iol Friday, February 10, 2012 4:28:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[12]; Pakistani[1];

Entities: Mohammed Naeem[1]; Serena Chaudhry[1]; Shahnaz Wazir Ali[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Mohammed Naeem says: “He’s learning to work and he also earns around 300 to 400 rupees. So what’s wrong in that. We are poor,”

Shahnaz Wazir Ali says: “The problem is there and we are not in a state of denial,”

Tears tracing lines of dirt on his face, six-year-old Pakistani boy Nabeel Mukhtar cries while crouching on a pavement to scrub motorbikes, his job for nine hours a day, six days a week. He is one of millions of children driven into labour by poverty in a country where the unpopular government is.......

Supply to NATO continues via Pakistan air space

Source country china Friday, February 10, 2012 4:27:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[4]; Pakistani[3]; ISLAMABAD[1];

Entities: Cameron Munter[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said here Thursday that the supply to NATO-led forces in Afghanistan is being airlifted through Pakistani air space. Pakistan closed NATO supply route through its territory in protest at cross-border air strike by U.S....

Los drones reaparecen en Pakistán para atacar a Al-Qaida

Source country DiarioVasco Friday, February 10, 2012 4:26:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Islamabad[2]; Pakistán[3];

Entities: Ilyas Kashmiri[1]; Osama bin Laden[6];

Los aviones no tripulados de EE UU matan a 15 personas, entre ellas un supuesto líder de los islamistas en la región...

Deaf girl trafficked into Britain, locked in a cellar, raped and kept as a slave

Source country bulawayo24 Friday, February 10, 2012 4:23:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[4];

Other categories: Immigration; Fight against Fraud; Human Trafficking;

A deaf girl aged 10 was trafficked into Britain, locked in a cellar, raped and kept as a slave for nearly a decade, a court was told yesterday.According to 'The Mirrior' the orphaned youngster from Pakistan, who is profoundly deaf and has no speech, was locked in a cellar each night where she would.......

Tareen will contest polls from Lodhran

Source country nation Friday, February 10, 2012 4:22:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[2];

Entities: Imran Khan[1]; Jahangir Khan[1];

MULTAN - Central leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Jahangir Khan Tareen declared on Thursday that he would contest next election from NA-154 Lodhran.Addressing a news conference in Lodhran, he said that he did not believe in conventional political tactics as wanted to disseminate a clear and simple message to the residents of Lodhran....

PTI heaps corruption charges on rulers

Source country nation Friday, February 10, 2012 4:22:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[1];

Entities: Imran Khan[1];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud;

OKARA - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Okara chapter chief Dr Shamimul Haque said on Wednesday that only an honest and a sincere leadership can steer the country out of the present crises. The country was under massive debts due to the absence of a better leadership and good governance, he said, and alleged that “our rulers have lust for absolute power”....

Early Sialkot-Jammu border opening demanded

Source country nation Friday, February 10, 2012 4:22:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Pakistan] Pakistan[2];

Entities: Nasser Ahmed[1]; Held Kashmir[2];

Other categories: EU-Asia;

SIALKOT - AJK government’s Coordinator to European Union Ch Naseer Ahmed has urged both Pakistan and India to ensure early opening of Sialkot-Jammu border in a bid to reunite the divided families from both sides.Addressing a press conference here at a local hotel in Sialkot, he said that the.......

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