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Thousands of Demonstrators Gather in Islamabad

Thousands of Pakistanis are converging on the capital for a protest march led by a cleric who has called for political change. Tahirul Qadri, who recently returned home from Canada, had promised to...

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Thousands of Demonstrators Gather in Islamabad

Thousands of Pakistanis are converging on the capital for a protest march led by a cleric who has called for political change. Tahirul Qadri, who recently returned home from Canada, had promised to...

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Islamabad Rally Calls for Delay in Elections

Thousands of Pakistanis have converged on the capital, Islamabad, to back the call of a charismatic Sufi cleric for an indefinite delay in elections and a crackdown on government corruption and...

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Pakistani Cleric Demands Government Resign

A populist Pakistani cleric gave the country's political leaders an ultimatum to dissolve the government and resign, telling his supporters to march on parliament early Tuesday and force the issue....

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Pakistani Forces Use Tear Gas on Anti-Government Demonstrators

Pakistani security forces have fired into the air and lobbed tear gas in Islamabad, where protesters are holding an early morning march and calling on the country's political leaders to resign and...

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Pakistan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau Refuses to Arrest Prime Minister

The head of Pakistan's anti-corruption bureau says it has decided not to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, despite orders to do so by the supreme court. Fasih Bokhari, chief of the National...

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Pakistani Terrorist to be Sentenced in Chicago

Pakistani-born Tahawwur Rana, convicted in the United States of supporting terrorist plots, is to be sentenced Thursday in a Chicago federal courtroom. Rana was convicted in 2011 of providing support...

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Pakistan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau Refuses to Arrest Prime Minister

The head of Pakistan's anti-corruption bureau says it has decided not to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, despite orders to do so by the supreme court. Fasih Bokhari, chief of the National...

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Pakistani Terrorist Sentenced in Chicago

Pakistani-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for helping a terrorist group plot an attack on a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad....

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Pakistan to Release More Afghan Taliban Detainees

A Pakistani official says his country will release more Afghan Taliban detainees in order to boost the peace process in Afghanistan. During a trip to the United Arab Emirates, Foreign Secretary Jalil...

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Thousands of Demonstrators Gather in Islamabad

Thousands of Pakistanis are converging on the capital for a protest march led by a cleric who has called for political change. Tahirul Qadri, who recently returned home from Canada, had promised to...

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Thousands of Demonstrators Gather in Islamabad

Thousands of Pakistanis are converging on the capital for a protest march led by a cleric who has called for political change. Tahirul Qadri, who recently returned home from Canada, had promised to...

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Islamabad Rally Calls for Delay in Elections

Thousands of Pakistanis have converged on the capital, Islamabad, to back the call of a charismatic Sufi cleric for an indefinite delay in elections and a crackdown on government corruption and...

View Article


Pakistani Cleric Demands Government Resign

A populist Pakistani cleric gave the country's political leaders an ultimatum to dissolve the government and resign, telling his supporters to march on parliament early Tuesday and force the issue....

View Article

Pakistani Forces Use Tear Gas on Anti-Government Demonstrators

Pakistani security forces have fired into the air and lobbed tear gas in Islamabad, where protesters are holding an early morning march and calling on the country's political leaders to resign and...

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Pakistan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau Refuses to Arrest Prime Minister

The head of Pakistan's anti-corruption bureau says it has decided not to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, despite orders to do so by the supreme court. Fasih Bokhari, chief of the National...

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Pakistani Terrorist to be Sentenced in Chicago

Pakistani-born Tahawwur Rana, convicted in the United States of supporting terrorist plots, is to be sentenced Thursday in a Chicago federal courtroom. Rana was convicted in 2011 of providing support...

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Pakistan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau Refuses to Arrest Prime Minister

The head of Pakistan's anti-corruption bureau says it has decided not to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, despite orders to do so by the supreme court. Fasih Bokhari, chief of the National...

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Pakistani Terrorist Sentenced in Chicago

Pakistani-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for helping a terrorist group plot an attack on a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad....

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Pakistan to Release More Afghan Taliban Detainees

A Pakistani official says his country will release more Afghan Taliban detainees in order to boost the peace process in Afghanistan. During a trip to the United Arab Emirates, Foreign Secretary Jalil...

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