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    Pakistan president leaves for Chicago

    ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday left for the United States to attend the 25th NATO Summit in Chicago, scheduled for May 20-21, the foreign ministry said.



    Security and Crime

    Pro-govt elders among 5 dead in Bajaur blasts

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Five people, including two senior members of an anti-Taliban militia, were killed on Thursday in back-to-back bomb attacks in Pakistan’s tribal region of Bajaur on the Afghan border, officials said.



    Governance

    Safe passage for Afghan Taliban considered

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Senior Pakistani, Afghan and US diplomats, opening talks in Islamabad to review peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan, on Friday said they would explore ways to arrange safe passage for Afghan Taliban militants willing to arrive at the negotiating table.



    Migration

    Illegal Afghans asked to leave Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Authorities in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province set one month deadline for illegal Afghan refugees to leave, an official said on Wednesday.



    Governance

    Afghan-Pak-US talks on Thursday

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): A trilateral meeting between Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US is scheduled to take place in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, on Thursday, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.



    Governance

    Gilani in Qatar to discuss Afghan reconciliation

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday left for Qatar to discuss efforts at bringing peace in Afghanistan, amid ongoing contacts between the US and the Taliban in the Gulf state.



    Migration

    Pakistan to expel illegal Afghans until end of 2012

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Pakistan has decided to expel all illegal Afghan refugees until the end of 2012, an official said on Sunday.



    Security and Crime

    Rebel commander among 5 killed in Peshawar blast

    PESHAWAR (PAN): Five people were killed and eight others injured during a suicide attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, an official said.



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    Senior Al Qaeda member dead in Waziristan strike

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): A senior Al Qaeda member was killed in a recent US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, near the Afghanistan border, a media report said on Friday.



    Security and Crime

    Taliban office a positive step toward peace: Pak analysts

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Some Pakistani political analysts on Thursday said the possible peace talks between the US and Taliban officials could mark a significant step toward a negotiated end to the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.