Source: Middle East Times
Back home in the sub-continent, they say you should always stay away from the cops; their friendship as well as adversity is bad for one’s health. I am reminded of the advice as the world’s chief cop, the United States, bombs its allies and friends in Pakistan. With friends like these, do […]

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Source: Daily Times
DUBAI (AFP) — The leaders of Pakistan’s ruling coalition held talks in Dubai Wednesday with their month-old alliance on the line amid a deadlock over the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.
Former premier Nawaz Sharif flew to the Gulf emirate on Tuesday for talks with Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader Asif […]

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Source:Baltimoresun.com
Candidate, in Dubai with ailing wife, has no hope of fair vote
Mcclatchy-tribune
ISLAMABAD - Less than two weeks before this country’s crucial Feb. 18 elections, the man who supplanted slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as Pakistan’s most widely known politician has left the country.
It’s a peculiar absence in the middle of a political campaign, but one […]

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Source: The Canadian Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Women’s World Cup cricket qualifying event has been moved from Pakistan to South Africa because of security concerns.
The International Cricket Council said Tuesday that the Feb. 18-24 event was switched from Lahore to Port Elizabeth after it received independent security reports.

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Source: NDTV.com
Pakistan’s private television network Geo TV, whose news channel Geo News was taken off air on Friday midnight on orders from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities, might consider moving out of its Dubai office if a resolution to the problem is not reached soon.”We have got options of moving out of our […]

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