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    Islamabad seeks end to drone strikes

    KABUL (PAN): A Pakistani diplomat has urged the US to stop drone attacks in its tribal region, saying the strikes are damaging America’s image, a media report said on Saturday.



    Governance

    Pakistan says border post spat resolved

    ISLAMABADA (PAN): Pakistan has promised to continue maintaining a “cooperative approach” to Afghanistan, despite testy exchanges between the neighbours on issues of Kabul-led reconciliation and recent border skirmishes.



    Security and Crime

    26 dead, 68 wounded in Pakistan blasts

    KABUL (PAN): Seven people have been killed and more than 65 others injured in a suicide attack in the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistani media reported on Monday.



    Governance

    Sharif promises neutrality in Afghanistan

    KABUL (PAN): Following his landslide victory in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections, Mian Nawaz Sharif on Sunday promised efforts at improving Islamabad-Kabul relations.



    Security and Crime

    4 injured in Pakistani missile attack

    ASADABAD (PAN): The Pakistan military has fired a new barrage of missiles into eastern Kunar province, wounding four people, a senior official said on Sunday.



    Governance

    Sharif stages comeback in landmark vote

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): The Pakistan Muslim League-N, led by former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif, has emerged as the single largest political party in Saturday’s parliamentary elections, unofficial results suggested on Sunday.  



    Security and Crime

    16 dead in blasts as Pakistanis go to the polls

    KABUL (PAN): Pakistanis are casting their votes in the parliamentary elections amid tight security arrangements, as a 16 more people were killed and 70 others injured in bomb attacks on Saturday.   



    Security and Crime

    3 dead, 15 wounded in Pakistan blasts

    KABUL (PAN): Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a bomb explosion in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan near the Afghanistan border on Friday.



    Governance

    Ex-PM Gilani's son kidnapped

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Gunmen on a motorcycle attacked an election meeting and kidnapped a son of Pakistan's former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in the Multan district of southern Punjab province on Thursday.



    Security and Crime

    Pre-poll violence in Pakistan claims more lives

    KABUL (PAN): Gunmen opened fire on an election rally in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday, killing two people and wounding three others, a media report said.