Posts Tagged ‘pakistani’

VIDEO: Bin Laden, the doctor and $33m in aid

Friday, May 25th, 2012

A US Senate panel cuts $33m (£21m) in aid to Pakistan in response to the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.

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Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden Given Jail Term, Official Says

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A Pakistani doctor who helped the C.I.A. locate Osama bin Laden using a vaccination campaign as cover was convicted of treason and sentenced to 33 years, a Pakistani official said.

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Doctor linked to bin Laden capture jailed

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason, officials told CNN.

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Pakistan jails ‘Bin Laden’ doctor

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A Pakistani doctor is sentenced to 33 years’ jail for a false vaccination programme which helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.

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Sex abuse Pakistani issue – Warsi

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Conservative co-chair Baroness Warsi says a “small minority” of Pakistani men see white girls as “fair game”.

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Talks Between U.S. and Pakistan Fail Over Airstrike Apology

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Negotiations between the United States and Pakistan failed over Pakistani demands for an apology for American airstrikes last November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on the Afghan border.

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Lahore station bomb ‘kills two’

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

At least two people are killed in a bomb blast at the main railway station in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say.

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Pakistani women’s lives destroyed by acid attacks

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

The Pakistani women destroyed by brutal acid attacks

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Pakistani women’s lives destroyed by acid attacks

Bradford’s cousin marriage boom

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Why a tradition among Bradford’s UK-born Pakistani community is growing

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Pakistan attack frees prisoners

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

Almost 400 prisoners have escaped from a Pakistani jail after it came under attack from heavily-armed militants, officials say.

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Pakistan calls for end to U.S. drone attacks

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Parliament unanimously demanded Thursday that the United States end its long campaign of drone strikes inside Pakistani territory, a vital component of the Obama administration’s strategy against al-Qaeda and other militant groups. Read full article > >

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Himalayan avalanche buried 100 Pakistani troops, army says

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An avalanche buried around 100 Pakistani soldiers on a major army base on a Himalayan glacier close to India on Saturday, military officials said. “It is a tragedy,” said Major Gen. Athar Abbas, a military spokesman in Islamabad. Read full article > >

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Drone strike hits Pakistani tribal region

Friday, March 30th, 2012

A drone strike took place early Friday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan, a Pakistani military official said.

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No Charges in NATO Airstrike

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

That killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

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U.S. Plans No Disciplinary Charges in Strike That Killed 24 Pakistanis

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

American officials, finding a chain of mistakes by both sides, have decided no service members will face disciplinary charges in a November airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

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