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‘Taare Zameen Par’, ‘Race’ to be released in Pakistan

March 24th, 2008 Sana · No Comments

Source: Daily Times
UTV, which released ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘Race’ in India, will release both the movies here on March 28. Siddharth Roy Kapoor, UTV executive vice president marketing, distribution and syndication said that while the Pakistani censor board issued a universal certificate (U) for ‘Taare Zameen Par’ without any cuts, it ordered a few […]

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Pakistan stays execution of Sarabjit Singh

March 19th, 2008 Sana · 2 Comments

Source: Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan has stayed the execution of an Indian accused of spying for a month, India’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, after appeals for clemency to President Pervez Musharraf.
Musharraf had this month rejected the mercy plea by Sarabjit Singh, who was to hang on April 1.
Singh was sentenced to death in […]

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Pakistan says sets date to hang Indian spy Sarabjit Singh

March 17th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments

Source: Reuters
By Mubasher Bukhari
LAHORE - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has rejected the plea for mercy of an Indian convicted of spying and the man will be hanged on April 1, a senior prison officer in Lahore said on Sunday.
Sarabjit Singh was sentenced to death in 1991 for spying and carrying out four bomb blasts that […]

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Pakistan frees Indian prisoner on death row for 35 years

March 5th, 2008 Sana · No Comments

Source: AFP
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan late Monday released an Indian man who spent 35 years languishing on death row on espionage charges, jail officials said.
“Kashmir Singh has been released. He was received by Human Rights Minister Ansar Burney,” Bashir Ahmed, deputy superintendent of Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, told AFP.
Singh, 61, who now sports […]

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Indian cricket team drops tour of Pakistan, citing busy schedule

February 26th, 2008 Sana · 1 Comment

Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Indian cricket team will not tour Pakistan for a three-match limited-overs series next month because of its busy schedule, the Pakistan Cricket Board said Monday.
Pakistan was planning to host three one-day internationals against India in mid-March after Australia deferred its scheduled tour to Pakistan until later that month due […]

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Yechury meets Pervez Fateh in London

February 25th, 2008 Pervez Fateh · No Comments

Source: The Hindu
London (PTI): Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury has met National Workers Party of Pakistan (UK) leader Pervez Fateh here this week.
The talks between the two leaders were the latest in a series of closer contacts between the two parties, CPI(M) sources said.
Both the parties are seen as being instrumental in building initiatives to […]

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Pakistan film industry paying price for ignoring piracy

February 9th, 2008 Aimon · 1 Comment

Source: The economic Times
by: mubashir lucman
When it comes to feature films, it is no secret we hate the Indians. They give us a serious complex. Everything was fine until Aamir Khan’s Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was released, followed very closely by Salman Khan’s debut, Maine Pyaar Kiya. That was the paradigm shift the entire Indian […]

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Indian Cricket League demands Rs. 4 crore from Yousuf

December 25th, 2007 WellWisher · 6 Comments

Source: The Hindu
Indian Cricket League (ICL) on Monday filed a statement of claims before the arbiter, seeking damages of Rs 4 crore from Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Yousuf for alleged breach of contract.
Yousuf had signed up for the rebel league’s T20 championship which concluded earlier this month in Chandigarh, but later backed out. ICL took the […]

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