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Germany rout Pakistan at Champions Trophy
Faisalabad industrialists to protest against gas loadshedding
Air defence at Afghan border Pakistans internal affair: Pentagon
Imran: War on terror cant be won by bullets
US evacuation to Shamsi airbase continues
Faisalabad: Youth set himself alight
Pakistan's NATO blockade enters third week
Relations with Pakistan complicated but essential: US
Motorway police arrest three arms, drugs smugglers
Total lunar eclipse in Pakistan today
NATO supply: Pakistan blockades forcing costly new routes
Karachi violence claims four lives
Bal Thackeray's granddaughter marries Muslim doctor
Family air video of FBI agent who went missing in Iran
Euro, Pakistan among top US risk in 2012

Germany rout Pakistan at Champions Trophy

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In the secondary pool, the result secures Germany s place in tomorrow s fifth-placed playoff in Auckland. Two-nil ahead at the halftime break, the reigning Olympic champions who have struggled to find form in this tournament, condemned Pakistan to their fifth defeat at the last major championship before next year s Olympic Games in London. Pakistan will now face North Korea in the wooden spoon match on Sunday.

Faisalabad industrialists to protest against gas loadshedding

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The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association has announced to stage a protest on Saturday against gas loadshedding as negotiation between textile factory owners of Faisalabad and SNGPL have failed. A joint statement issued by the chairman of the Pakistan Textile Exporters Association and Faisalabad Chambers of Commerce and Industry said that the new schedule of the gas loadshedding will destroy the industry. Meanwhile, the members of the industrial organizations have threatened not to pay the gas bill if a uniform schedule of loadshedding in not implemented.

Air defence at Afghan border Pakistans internal affair: Pentagon

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Briefiefing the newsmen, Pentagon spokesman George Little said the deployment of air defence system by Pakistan along the Afghanistan border is the internal affair of Pakistan and United States has no threat from it. He said that US want further cooperation with Pakistan to avoid November 26 like tragedy. The cooperation between the armed forces is essential for both countries. George Little again repeated that the NATO attack on Pakistan check posts was not intentional.

Imran: War on terror cant be won by bullets

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In an interview to Al Jazeera TV, the chief of PTI Imran Khan said that the war on terror cannot be won by bullets. He said that Pakistan cannot afford further partnership in US-led war and the collateral damage caused by this war has increased extremism in the country. Imran said he wanted the army to work within its constitutional limits and refrain from the policy of controlling the politicians. He said that Pakistanis, like the people in Middle East, have risen against the ‘family mafia’ and status quo. Imran said that he has declared his assets and offered to quit politics if his declaration of assets was proved wrong.

US evacuation to Shamsi airbase continues

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According to the sources, two US cargo plames have transported most of the equipment and staff to Afghanistan from Shamsi airbase during the past two days. However, the security officials have not confirmed the reports that control of the airbase has been handed over to Pakistan. Meanwhile, Balochistan Chief Secretary Mir Ahmad Bux Lehri has said that the provincial government is waiting for federal government response on the deadline. He said the provincial government will follow the instructions of the federal government after the deadline which ends on Sunday.

Faisalabad: Youth set himself alight

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According to details, 32-year-old Saif was a labourer and was without job for many days. Frustrated by the situation, Saif sprayed patrol on his body and set himself on fire. He was shifted to the Allied Hospital in critical condition where doctors said that 60 percent of his body was affected by the fire. The family of Saif informed that the domestic problems have forced him to take the extreme step. Police have recorded the initial statement of Saif.

Pakistan's NATO blockade enters third week

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Pakistan s blockade of the vital US supply line into Afghanistan entered a third week Saturday, the longest closure of the 10-year war with no imminent sign of the border reopening. Pakistan s fragile alliance with the United States crashed to new lows two weeks ago on November 26 when NATO air strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in what the Pakistan military called a deliberate attack. US President Barack Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari to offer his condolences, but Washington has stopped short of apologising pending the results of a military investigation into what happened, due December 23. Although Pakistani and US officials dispute the precise sequence of events, Pakistan closed its two crossings to US and NATO supplies and gave American personnel until Sunday to leave Shamsi air base used by CIA drones. Officials in the northwest, where the main Torkham crossing into Afghanistan is situated, said there were no plans to reopen. "There is strong public resentment. People are angry about this incident and we cannot take a decision in haste," one senior security official said.

Relations with Pakistan complicated but essential: US

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The State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that US is working hard to keep open channels and get back to work with Pakistan, as Islamabad continued to block the crucial NATO supply routes and announced to strengthen its air defence system on the Af-Pak border. "This relationship is complicated. But it s also essential to both the United States and Pakistan. We are working very hard to keep open channels and to get back to work together," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at a news conference on Friday. The US officials have been in constant contact with their counterparts in Pakistan, the latest being the meeting between the US ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter with foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar. "We are continuing our intensive engagement including through the recent meeting between ambassador Munter and foreign minister Khar. Obviously we are both trying to roll up our sleeves and get back to work together," Nuland said. "With regard to what might emerge from any internal review, I would refer you to the government of Pakistan on that. We are obviously making very clear that we think we have hard work to do together and we need to get back to it as quickly as we can," she said. Victoria Nuland refused to comment on US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey statement in which he said that there are safe-havens in Pakistan for terrorist which must be eliminated. Nuland said there is no reason to believe that the Dubai visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has anything to do other than his health issue. "We wish him a speedy recovery and a speedy return back to his country," she said. "We believe that this relationship, while complicated, is essential to both of us. So, we re going to continue to work on it," the US official added.

Motorway police arrest three arms, drugs smugglers

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An attempt to smuggle large quantity of arms and drugs was foiled by Motorway police near Kallar Kahar on Saturday. According to details, the Motorway police intercepted a car near Kallar Kahar and recovered two machineguns, five 30 bore pistols, 950 bullets, five kilograms of opium and two kilograms of hash. Police have also arrested three people.

Total lunar eclipse in Pakistan today

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According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, the lunar eclipse will start at 4:34pm and will be completed at 7:37pm. The lunar eclipse will end at 10:00pm. The Met office says the lunar eclipse will be visible all across the country.

NATO supply: Pakistan blockades forcing costly new routes

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The chairman of the military s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the US is trying to be patient with Pakistan, which has closed critical supply routes in protest over a US airstrike two weeks ago that killed 24 Pakistani troops. But Gen. Martin Dempsey says transporting fuel and other supplies to troops in Afghanistan through alternate northern routes will be more expensive and time consuming. Pentagon officials on Friday said they don t yet know how much more it will cost. Dempsey says he is more concerned about the impact of the airstrike on America s long-term relationship with Pakistan. He says both sides are trying to be patient and work through the problems. Dempsey was speaking at a forum hosted by the Washington-based Atlantic Council.

Karachi violence claims four lives

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According to police, one Zafar was shot dead by son unidentified persons during firing on a stationery shop in Gulshan Jamal area of Karachi. The residents of the area staged a protest after the incident and blocked traffic on Rashid Minhas Road. In Baldia Town some miscreats shot dead Zakir Hussain while a worker of a political party was severely injured in a firing incident in Korangi Industrial Area. He was shifted to Jinnah Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. In Jamshad Quarters and Lyari Timber Market, at least three people were wounded during firing by some unidentified persons. Meanwhile some unidentified persons snatched official vehicle from Muttahida Qaumi Movement MPA Adil Kham from Rashid Minhas Road and fled away. According to police, the miscreants took the driver with them who was later released.

Bal Thackeray's granddaughter marries Muslim doctor

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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray s granddaughter Neha married a Muslim doctor from Gujarat guy in Mumbai. Neha is the daughter of Bal Thackeray s eldest son late Bindumadhav. Neha has married Manan, son of an old friend of Bindumadhav and Raj Thackeray. The entire Thackeray family attended the wedding at Hotel Taj Lands End. Neha s mother Madhavi Thackeray welcomed guests.

Family air video of FBI agent who went missing in Iran

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The family released the video Friday showing him held hostage by unknown kidnappers and issuing a simple plea to US officials: "please help me get home." American Robert Levinson appeared weary and thin but unharmed in the footage, the first substantial evidence that he is alive and being held against his will. The video, posted by his family on their website, was accompanied by a video of his wife and son pleading to his captors to free the 63-year-old father of seven. "I have been treated well, but I need the help of the United States government to answer the requests of the group that has held me for three and a half years," Levinson said in the 54-second clip in which he is shown seated in front of what appears to be a grey concrete wall. "I am not in very good health. I am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine," he said. "Please help me get home. Thirty-three years of service to the United States deserves something. Please help me." A former US State Department official familiar with the case said the video was accompanied by a demand for the release of several prisoners. The video did not reveal where Levinson is being held, or by whom, and it was not immediately clear when it was made. If Levinson s statement about how long he has been held is accurate, that would make the video about 15 months old. Mystery shrouds the fate of Levinson, who disappeared on Iran s Gulf island of Kish in March 2007. Christine Levinson says her husband, who retired from the FBI more than a decade ago, had traveled to Kish as a private investigator to look into cigarette counterfeiting in the region and was last heard from on March 8, 2007. US officials have been poring over the video for clues, including Levinson s remarks in which he described a "group" holding him hostage, suggesting it may be a terror network or crime cartel rather than a government. Also he said he had been held "here" during his captivity, suggesting he had not been moved to different locations. Iran has denied holding Levinson. Earlier this year Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington had received information that he was in southwest Asia, and she called on Tehran to help locate him. While US officials  expressed optimism this year that Levinson was alive and progress could be made in the case, the family s decision to publicly release the video and make a direct, open appeal to Levinson s captors suggests that diplomatic efforts have yielded little. "If it has gotten to a point where the US government is really running out of options, maybe (the family) has to do things that haven t yet been done, such as going public and increasing the pressure on Iran," Reza Marashi, research director for the Washington-based National Iranian American Council, told AFP. While it remained unclear where Levinson is being held -- the border regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan are possibilities -- "it s going to take the Iranian government to say  Let him go  in order for him to be released," he added. The video was released at a time of heightened political tensions between Tehran and Washington over Iran s nuclear program, and as the US Justice Department accuses Iran of masterminding a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington. More recently, the Islamic republic claimed it brought down a US drone and televised images of what it said was the captured unmanned aircraft. "Bob Levinson has very sadly become a bargaining chip in this institutionalized enmity between the United States and Iran," Marashi said. The family website also showed Levinson s wife and son making a desperate attempt to contact the kidnappers and have "the pillar of our family" freed. "We don t know what else to do. Please tell us what you want, and please help us bring my father home," said son David, seated next to his mother who was wearing a purple head scarf.

Euro, Pakistan among top US risk in 2012

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The euro crisis, political instability in Saudi Arabia and conflict with Pakistan have emerged as top potential threats facing the United States in 2012, an influential think-tank said Friday. The Council on Foreign Relation s Center for Preventive Action anonymously surveyed US officials and experts to compile an annual list of the most plausible conflicts for the United States in the new year. The 2012 list elevated several contingencies to the top tier of risks: an intensified euro crisis, which could plunge the United States back into recession; Saudi instability, which would threaten global oil supplies; and a US conflict with Pakistan prompted by an attack or counter-terrorism operation. Threats that remained at the top of the list from last year included a potential incident between the United States and China, internal instability in Pakistan, intensified nuclear crises with Iran or North Korea, and a spillover of drug-related violence from Mexico. Micah Zenko, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who focuses on conflict resolution, said that the survey was designed to fill a gap as the US government has a poor record forecasting future instability and conflict. "It is a perennial problem to get policymakers to focus on future challenges when dealing with the tyranny of the inbox," Zenko said, referring to the overwhelming flow of messages. "But in an age of austerity it has never been more important to forecast, prevent or mitigate plausible contingencies that could result in an expensive and long-lasting US military involvement," he said. The survey also added Bahrain as a "tier-two" risk to the United States, citing fears that growing instability in the Sunni-ruled kingdom could spur fresh military action by Saudi Arabia or Iran. The survey elevated the risk of conflict with Pakistan amid high tensions in 2011 following the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden. But the think-tank removed the potential for military escalation between Pakistan and arch-rival India from the top tier of risks.

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