A recent intelligence alert has warned of terror attacks by Laskhar e Toiba in Jammu and Kashmir in the coming days, putting the sputtering dialogue between India and Pakistan under pressure.
Intelligence alert on LeT intrusion in J&K
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India offers confused response to Poonch killings
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After Defense Minister AK Antony diverged from the Indian Army’s statement on the killings on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs also now seems to have mixed up priorities between domestic politics and international pressure.
Pak issues visas to Indian reporters
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This comes a day after your correspondent raised the issue with Sartaj Aziz, likely to be the next President of Pakistan.
Pak offers lame defense of visa denial to Indian reporters
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Although Pakistan’s Sartaj Aziz attempted to defend the visa denial on the basis of technicalities, he was unable to explain the hasty visa denials to reporters Anita Joshua and Rezaul Hasan Laskar or the delay in processing visas of other Indian journalists.
Pak denies visa extension to only Indian reporter
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After The Hindu‘s Anita Joshua, the PTI reporter in Islamabad, Rezaul Hasan Laskar, has been denied a visa extension by Pakistan, which said he has spent seven years there when the usual tenure is three years. With this, neither country will now have any reporter based in each others’ capital. The last Pakistani journalist to have worked in India was Javed Jadoon of Radio Pakistan, who left in 2011.
US resumes drone attacks in Pakistan
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A drone carried out the missile attack in North Waziristan Tuesday night, reported Dawn. Three of the dead were foreign nationals, said sources. The attack took place on a three-room compound in Kherwana village on the outskirts of Miramshah.
When a Pakistani officer’s posting fuelled coup rumor
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The news of Brigadier Sarfraz Ali assuming command of the 111 Brigade came amid a showdown between the political leadership and the powerful military. The 111 Brigade is has been frequently involved in military coup d’etats, The News International reported.
Zardari suffers bleeding in brain, may go to London
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President Asif Ali Zardari, who left Pakistan Tuesday after suffering a stroke that caused bleeding in the brain and facial paralysis, will continue to be in Dubai for over two weeks and may even go to London for further treatment, said media reports.
Pakistan inks military MoU with Afghanistan, Turkey
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The MoU on conduct of mutual exercises and training courses between the militaries of Pakistan, Turkey and Afghanistan was signed by Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani from Pakistan, General Necdet Ozal from Turkey and General Shah Muhammad Kairimi from Afghanistan.
Pakistan wants stronger ties with Saudi Arabia: Zardari
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President Asif Ali Zardari said that Pakistan valued its close bilateral ties with Saudi Arabia as ISI chief Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha left for that country Monday amid strained ties between Islamabad and Washington.
Issue of cross-border mobile signals to be taken up: Deora
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New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked the external affairs ministry to discuss with Islamabad and Dhaka the issue of mobile signals being available in Indian territory even though telecom operators are not allowed to provide cellular service within 500 meters of the international border, Parliament was informed Wednesday.
Indian presence not against Pakistan: Karzai
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“Pakistan should feel happy that Afghanistan is being helped by another neighbor.”
We need time to decide US official’s case: Islamabad
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Davis was arrested after he shot dead two people riding on a motorbike at a busy intersection in Lahore Jan 27. He has been under investigation since then and has pleaded that he acted in self-defence.
