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BEIJING: A communications satellite launched in China for Pakistan entered its test orbit located at 37.8 degrees east longitude on Sunday, China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) has announced.
PAKSAT-1R, which was launched at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the South Western China’s Sichuan Province on Aug. 12, will soon begin an in-orbit test, the CGWIC said Tuesday. The satellite is expected to enter its final orbit located at 38 degrees east longitude before delivery to Pakistan, the CGWIC said.
It is China’s first in-orbit delivery to Asian customers and also the first commercial satellite export to international users this
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PESHAWAR: An exchange of fire is taking place between militants and police in Mattani, Geo News reported.
The militants attacked police by opening fire and the police retaliated. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or arrests.
On Tuesday, militants attacked a school van in which five including four children were killed while several others were injured.
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JHANG: Five people were killed in separate incidents of firing in Jhang, Geo News reported Wednesday.
A man was killed when three armed robbers with covered faces opened fire on a jeweler on resistance in Jhang Rail Bazar. The robbers were fleeing with hundreds of thousand worth of gold and jewelry when the shopkeeper, Fayaz, tried to stop them. The robbers opened fire and injured him seriously.
Fayaz was rushed to District Headquarter Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.
In another incident, a man gunned down his younger brother on a domestic dispute in Ahmedpur Siyal 6/3-L.
In Mochiwala Chak No 262, Abid and Zulfiqar fired and killed
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SAN FRANCISCO: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday warned the United States would retaliate against insurgents based in Pakistan blamed for staging a dramatic attack in the Afghan capital.
A day after a 19-hour assault staged near the US embassy and NATO headquarters, Panetta expressed frustration that the Pakistani government has so far failed to crack down on Haqqani network militants that Washington suspects carried out Tuesday's attack.
"Time and again we've urged the Pakistanis to exercise their influence over these kinds of attacks from the Haqqanis and we've made very little progress in that area," Panetta told reporters aboard
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KARACHI: Chief of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers Sindh has called Karachi’s situation graver than that of terrorism-hit South Waziristan but solvable once the state decides to act against criminals.“Karachi, unfortunately, has political, ethnic and religious polarisation. The problem begins as an ethnic one but once that is quelled, religious violence erupts,” Maj-Gen Ijaz Chaudhry told a five-member bench of the Supreme Court during Wednesday’s hearing of the suo motu case on Karachi violence.But he categorically rejected the idea that a military operation was the answer to continuous violence in Karachi. “The army or the Rangers cannot assure a d
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LAHORE / KARACHI: Pakistan recovered from a shock against Japan to overcome Korea 3-2 and boost their chances of reaching the Asian Champions Trophy final in Ordos, China.The Asian Games champions, who gifted a win to Japan courtesy poor finishing, displayed a much-improved performance in their fourth match of the tournament to go top of the table.Pakistan dominated the first-half, with Mohammad Waqas Sharif scoring in the seventh minute. Six minutes later Mohammad Irfan struck by converting a 13th-minute penalty-corner to make it 2-0. Korea made several attempts but failed to score as the Greenshirts were on top at the interval.Korea hit back af
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ISTANBUL: Two Pakistan International Airline aircrafts, were forced to make emergency landings after the state carrier received bomb threats aboard the two flights, AP reported.Turkish Television on Wednesday reported that a suspected bomb threat had forced the UK bound PK 709 to make an emergency landing at the Istanbul airport. Its 378 passengers and crew were evacuated and the plane was searched by the bomb squad.Turkish NTV had reported that the Boeing 777 belonging to the Pakistan state carrier, PIA, was flying from Islamabad in Pakistan to Manchester in England.The flight, which had to make the unscheduled stop while flying through Bulgarian air
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Blackwater-MQM: who is meddling with investigations of Karachi Terrorism?By Special Correspondent
Wednesday 06 January 2010
Karachi: Some elements in the current Government are trying to divert the investigation from its logical route. Senior security sources confirmed that, ‘to protect the coalition partner some senior government elements are putting pressure on the investigating officers to outcome this investigation as ‘sectarian’. That would suit the Blackwater/Xe agenda to further alienate the local population, leading to sectarian violence.
“The other demand is not arrest or charge members of the ruling MQM (Altaf) who were in
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London: Altaf Hussain self exiled leader of MQM-A caught escaping to South Africa by the authorities. According to sources, ‘Altaf Hussain was hiding in the Wrexham area close to Slough in Berkshire for the past few days. He was stopped when was going to Heathrow Airport in a private taxi. Interestingly the taxi driver was a Pakistani whom Mr Hussain thought as an English man due to his appearance. According to sources Altaf Hussain told the authorities that, ‘he is leaving UK and going to South Africa for security reasons and personal protection’. According to sources he was told that, ‘security can be provided to him in the UK’. It
