Source: Sify
New Delhi: The United Nations is ready to assist Pakistan in conducting a probe into the assassination of Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here on Friday.
However, he indicated the world organisation was not in favour of an independent investigation into the attack.
“I had discussed it with Pakistani authorities. […]

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Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Prospect of Afghan-Taliban peace talks gains currency
Against the backdrop of a string of suicide bombings in Pakistan, British, American, and United Nations officials are grappling with the idea of a negotiated settlement with the Taliban.
On Monday, a suicide bomber struck the home of a prominent politician in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, […]

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Source: Tehran Times
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s charge d’Affaires to Iran Nasrullah Khan said that Tehran and Islamabad are cooperating very well on the security of their borders.
“Pakistan is very sensitive about Iran’s security concerns,” he told reporters conference on Saturday on the sidelines of a ceremony held to mark Pakistan’s Defense Day.
“We call Iran-Pakistan border a […]

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Source: The Christian Science Monitor
A leading religious leader condemned Asif Ali Zardari’s comments to Sarah Palin at the UN.
Lahore, Pakistan - After the flirtation came the fatwa.
With some overly friendly comments to Gov. Sarah Palin at the United Nations, Asif Ali Zardari has succeeded in uniting one of Pakistan’s hard-line mosques and its feminists after […]

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Source: The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The United Nations raised its security level for the Pakistani capital after the Sept. 20 truck bombing of Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel, U.N. officials said Thursday.
The move underlines the deteriorating situation in Pakistan, which is under intense U.S. pressure to combat Islamic militants behind rising attacks at home and […]

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Source: The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations says 20,000 Pakistani refugees have fled to Afghanistan to avoid fighting between militants and Pakistan’s military.
The U.N.’s refugee agency says nearly 4,000 Pakistani families have fled Pakistan’s Bajur tribal agency into Afghanistan’s Kunar province.
Pakistan’s military launched an offensive in Bajur, the most northerly of Pakistan’s […]

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Australia will renew its offer of counter-terrorism assistance to Pakistan after the suicide truck bombing of an Islamabad hotel which killed at least 60 people.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, in New York for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, says he will hold formal bilateral talks with Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Zardari, Karzai already looking beyond Bush, will meet with Sarah Palin at UN assembly
WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush is expected to meet President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Besides his meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Bush’s only official sit-down is with Zardari. Topping […]

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Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, May 23 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Friday withdrew the cases against 200 suspects allegedly involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto citing lack of evidence.
“The chief minister of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) ordered the withdrawal of cases against 200 accused in Benazir Bhutto murder case,” Pakistan’s private Dawn […]

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Source: AFP
VIENNA (AFP) — The UN atomic watchdog has attempted to smooth over a spat with Pakistan over recent comments made by IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei on the issue of nuclear safety.
A spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency insisted Thursday that ElBaradei’s comments were intended to “call attention to the need to bolster nuclear […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan rejected the UN nuclear chief’s criticism of its atomic weapons safety, saying its arsenal would not fall into the hands of extremists and chastising his “irresponsible” remarks.
Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told a weekly press briefing that Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), should “be careful […]

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Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States said Monday that his government would welcome outside experts to help investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reversing Pakistan’s earlier rejection of international help.

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Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) — Pakistan firmly opposed the so-called referendum on U.N. membership by the Taiwan authorities, Pakistani Foreign Office said in a statement on Thursday.
Pakistan has all along maintained its principled position of one China and that Taiwan is an integral and inalienable part of the People’ s Republic of China, […]

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