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Sydney, Jan 4, Pakistan’s teenage pacer Mohammad Aaamer will be fit for the third and final Test against Australia in Hobart from Jan 14.

New Delhi, Jan 4, A new genre of fiction from Pakistan with an India connection and global outlook is finding an increasing market among young readers in the country.

Washington, Jan 4, President Barack Obama’s top counter-terrorism aide says US is determined to destroy “Al Qaeda, whether it’s in Pakistan, Afghanistan, or in Yemen.”
The United States has indications Al Qaeda is planning an attack against a target in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, John Brennan, Obama’s assistant for homeland security and counter-terrorism, said in a series of TV talk shows Sunday.

Washington, Jan 4, All travellers flying into the US from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and nine other countries considered high risk will be patted down and have carry-on luggage searched under new security procedures starting Monday.

Washington, Jan 4, Taliban groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan have both claimed credit for a suicide bombing that killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan, but experts say evidence appears to point to Afghan Taliban.

Islamabad, Jan 2, The toll in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has risen to 75, police said.

Islamabad, Jan 2, At least 50 people were killed in a New Year’s Day suicide bomb attack in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), with many children feared to be among the victims, police said.

New Delhi, Jan 1, The subcontinent’s new year tradition played out again as India and Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations Friday.

Islamabad, Jan 1, Pakistan and India exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities despite tension over the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that has broken the dialogue process between the two countries.

Islamabad, Dec 31, Pakistan and the US Thursday inked a pact under which Washington will grant an initial tranche of $55 million (Rs.4.5 billion) for the reconstruction of the South Waziristan agency where the armed forces are currently engaged in a major anti-Taliban operation.