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Pakistan hold nerves to beat Sri Lanka

Pakistani bowlers held their nerves to stop a threatening Sri Lankan team to win the third day-night international by 21 runs here on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Umar Gul (3-48) bowled well in the final overs to make sure good work by spinners Saeed Ajmal (3-42) and [...]

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‘Memogate’ scandal reveals Pakistani splits

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A secret memo seeking Washington’s help reining in the Pakistani military has brought into sharp relief the tensions between Pakistan’s shaky civilian government and its powerful army generals. The resulting scandal threatens Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S. and perhaps the country’s president.
The ambassador, Husain Haqqani, has denied [...]

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Pakistan police say no leads on kidnapped American

Three months after a group of gunmen kidnapped a sick and elderly American development expert in Pakistan, police said Friday they believe he is still alive but have no leads in the case.
Police in the eastern city of Lahore said they have released the only witnesses, have no crime scene evidence and cannot [...]

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Pakistan envoy to US offers resignation in memo row

Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington, Hussain Haqqani, said on Thursday that he had offered to resign over reports that he sought US help against the country’s powerful military.
Haqqani, a close aide of President Asif Ali Zardari, has played a key role in helping Pakistan’s civilian government navigate turbulent relations with Washington that nosedived over the US [...]

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Germany gears up for Afghan meet with Pakistan talks

Germany on Friday welcomed a promise from Pakistan to work “without hidden agendas” in Afghanistan, as it gears up to host a key international conference on the war-torn country.
More than 90 delegations from all over the world will gather in Bonn on December 5, with Afghanistan’s neighbours playing a key role.
German Foreign Minister [...]

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Pakistan militant threatens to break peace

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A militant commander in a restive Pakistani region along the Afghan border has threatened to scrap a unofficial peace deal with the army.
Hafiz Gul Bahadur cited U.S. missile strikes and shelling by the army as the reason for his threat in a statement distributed Saturday in Miran Shah [...]

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Pakistan’s Khan offers to help US in Afghan pullout

Pakistan cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan told a huge rally Sunday that his party would help US troops pull out from Afghanistan and bring militancy in the country to an end.
Addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in the eastern city of Lahore he said his Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party would like [...]

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Pakistan needs Afghan ‘counter-measures’: Musharraf

Pakistan’s former leader Pervez Musharraf warned Wednesday that his country’s spies will need to take “counter-measures” in Afghanistan if US troops leave it unstable or it becomes too close to India.
On a visit to Washington, Musharraf described relations between the United States and Pakistan as “terrible” but defended the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency that US [...]

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Pakistan confident ahead of second Sri Lanka Test

Misbah-ul Haq will look for an improved performance from his fielders to menace Sri Lanka in the second Test which starts at Dubai sports city stadium from Wednesday.
Pakistan snatched a draw from the jaws of a win by dropping as many as seven catches to let the Sri Lankans off in the first Test in [...]

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Pakistan among Security Council newcomers

Pakistan Friday envoy played down fears of conflict with India and the United States on the UN Security Council as it was among four countries which won seats on the UN’s most powerful body.
Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala and Togo all secured two-year seats on the council.
But a battle between Azerbaijan and Slovenia for a fifth [...]

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