Islamabad, Pakistan — The Supreme Court formally charged embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt Monday, as his party and coalition in parliament rallied behind him. Gilani, who pleaded not guilty, has steadfastly defied court orders to reopen old corruption cases against Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. If convicted, Gilani faces six months in jail and possible removal from office. Read full article > >

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A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say.

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The Taliban in Afghanistan are being directly assisted by Pakistani security services, according to a secret Nato report seen by the BBC.

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Pakistan security ‘helps Taliban’

The US defence secretary says he is concerned about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.

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Pakistan’s military on Monday strongly rejected a United States military investigation into a contentious border exchange of fire last November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan on Monday sternly rejected an American account of a deadly NATO airstrike in November, an incident that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at a post near the Afghan border and severely strained ties between the long-wary allies. Read full article > >

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BANNU, Pakistan — An American drone strike killed four Islamist militants in Pakistan, the first such attack since errant U.S airstrikes in November killed two dozen Pakistan troops and pushed strained ties between the two nations close to collapse, Pakistani intelligence officials said Wednesday. Read full article > >

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A bombing Tuesday morning killed 30 people in Pakistan’s volatile northwest border region, and officials said a pro-government militia was the likely target. The blast tore through a bus station in the town of Jamrud in the Khyber tribal area, part of the semi-autonomous border region that is home to the Taliban and other militant factions. The Pakistani army is battling insurgents in Khyber, as are members of the Zakakhel tribe, some of whom were waiting in a passenger pickup area when the bomb detonated. Read full article > >

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb targeting a militia opposed to the Pakistani Taliban exploded in a market close to the Afghan border Tuesday, killing 25 people in the deadliest blast in the country in several months, officials said. The explosion, likely detonated by remote control, hit vehicles being used by the militia in the Khyber region, said local security officer Khan Dad Khan. It also wounded 24 people, said local government official Iqbal Khan. Read full article > >

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A plunge in relations between the United States and Pakistan has led to a pause in American drone strikes and given Al Qaeda and Pakistani factions a chance to regroup.

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ISLAMABAD – The ex-ambassador’s quarters, decorated in placid blue, lie behind a half-dozen security gates. Outside are pine-studded gardens to stroll in. He has left the compound only three times in six weeks. It is a dramatic change of pace for Husain Haqqani, who two months ago darted about Washington as Pakistan’s envoy to the United States. Now facing a court investigation in connection with a memo that is roiling Pakistani politics and led to his resignation, Haqqani says he fears that leaving his guest suite at the prime minister’s residence would be to invite death on the streets of his own country. Read full article > >

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WASHINGTON — The Wall Street Journal says Pentagon investigators have determined that mistakes by a joint U.S.-Afghan special operations team led to the airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last month. The newspaper says the Defense Department investigation found that coalition troops conducting operations along the Afghan border with Pakistan incorrectly believed there were no Pakistani forces in the area. Read full article > >

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About 50 students, some shackled in chains, are freed from a religious school in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, officials say.

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A week after the raid on two Pakistani outposts, American and Pakistani officials are offering competing narratives of what went wrong.

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A incident involving NATO and Pakistani forces across the Afghan-Pakistani was quickly defused early Wednesday with no loss of life.

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