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Will Nawaz Sharif open a promising new chapter of India-Pak relations?
May 19, 2013

-terror cooperation on the agenda), to essay the possibility of better relations with Islamabad. While Sharifs relations with the US, and his governments moves #Manmohan Singh # Pakistan # InMyOpinion # Nawaz Sharif # India-Pakistan Relationship # Pakistan elections 2013
Pakistan: senior PTI leader Zara Shahid Hussain killed
by FP Staff
May 19, 2013

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident #
Twin blasts kill 15, injure 25 in Pakistan
by F wire
May 18, 2013

Islamabad, May 18 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and 25 injured when twin blasts hit two mosques in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province #NewsTracker
26/11 Mumbai case: Trial of Pak suspects adjourned till 25 May
May 18, 2013

Islamabad: The trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the 2008 #Pakistan # 26/11 # Pervez Musharraf # Benazir Bhutto # Federal Investigation Agency # Rehman Lakhvi
Imran Khan talks with Taliban: Why it's a dud peace plan for Pak
by Praveen Swami
May 18, 2013

Masjid, a seminary from where Islamists began projecting power inside Islamabad itself.The violence continued into 2008, when the Awami National Party #United States # Pakistan # Taliban # TheLongView # Afghanistan # Imran Khan # peace talks # Nek Muhammad Wazir
15 killed as blasts rip through two mosques in Pakistan
May 17, 2013

Islamabad: At least 15 people were killed and about 50 others injured when two blasts ripped through two mosques in the restive Khyber #Pakistan # NewsTracker # Khyber Pakhtunkhwa # Pakistani Taliban # Bazdara # Malakand
Pakistan frees 51 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture
May 17, 2013

Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday announced it would free 51 Indian fishermen who had completed their prison terms as a gesture of goodwill #India # NewsTracker # Nawaz Sharif # Mir Hazar Khan Khoso # Zahid Qurban Alvi # Ahmer Bilal Soofi
Ring leader of gang that kidnapped Gilani's son arrested
May 17, 2013

Islamabad: Pakistani police on Friday claimed they had arrested the leader of the gang that kidnapped former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali #World # Punjab # Pakistan # Taliban # Yousuf Raza Gilani # Khyber Pakhtunkhwa # PML-N # Ali Haider # Wazir Gul
Up to leaders of India and Pakistan to work on their ties: US
May 17, 2013

on relationship between India and Pakistan and also between Pakistan and the US following the formation of the new government in Islamabad."We've seen those #United States # World # India # Pakistan # ISI # NewsTracker # Nawaz Sharif # Martin Dempsey # Pakistan elections 2013 # Pervez Kayani
India-Pakistan peace process not easy: CPI-M
by F wire
May 17, 2013

on the economic front and that Islamabad would need US help to secure an IMF bailout.Pakistan will also be worried about a future dispensation in Afghanistan once #NewsTracker

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