Pakistan’s prime minister is appealing for more international help to deal with the nation’s worst flooding in living memory. The government has mobilised, attempting to repair crucial infastructure, and private foundations are also lending a hand.

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Floods bring more misery to Pakistan

The current hockey world cup hosted by India has revealed the worst state of Pakistans international hockey team. Losing all but one pool match and yielding before a significantly weaker team like South Africa have proved that hockey in Pakistan has crashed to the ground. The captain of the national hockey team has even apologized to the nation for failing their expectations

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Pakistan crashes out of World Cup hockey 2010

India has recommended dates of February 18 and February 25 for negotiations and hinted that terrorism would top the agenda. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi promised that he would not bow down to Indian agenda and would present Pakistani point of view. Addressing to a function Shah Mehmood said that…

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Police arrested seven militants, including an important militant commander, during raids in Nowshera, report said on Sunday. The key militant commander known as Tahir alias Ibne Qasim, was arrested from Hakeemabad. One of the arrested men was identified as Maulana Rashid Ahmed of Swat for his alleged links to the…

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A part from secretary-level dialogues, India has offered additional dialogue proposal to Pakistan for the solution of regional issues, claims India media. According to Indian media reports, the additional talks will mainly focus terrorism, regional security while the measures for confidence building and the bilateral trade strengthening will also be…

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Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam said on Sunday he accepted full responsibility for his team’s dismal performance on its tour of Australia last month, and vowed not to run away from any investigation. Pakistan were whitewashed 3-0 in the Tests and 5-0 in the one-dayers and lost the only Twenty20…

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The threat of a nuclear-armed Iran is “real” for the United States but Al-Qaeda poses an even greater danger, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday. “In terms of a country, obviously a nuclear-armed country like North Korea or Iran pose both a real or a potential threat,” Clinton…

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Pakistan hockey team defeated India in a sensational contest in the final to win a gold medal in the South Asian Games here on Sunday. Both teams played 1-1 draw in the allotted time and Wasif Siddiq made the only goal for Pakistan. However, no team could score any goal…

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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday held a meeting with Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Governor Dr Ishrat Ul-Ebad at Governor House and discussed security situation with them, report said. The premier is in Karachi on his two-day visit. The meeting reportedly focused law and…

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Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered his country’s atomic agency to begin the production of higher enriched uranium. He said in comments broadcast Sunday on state television: “God willing, 20 percent enrichment will start” to meet Iran’s needs. He did not give a date for the start of the enrichment…

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