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    8 dead in attack on Peshawar grid station

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Eight people were killed in a militant attack on a grid station in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar near the Afghanistan border on Tuesday, officials said.



    Security and Crime

    Dunford, Kayani discuss border security

    KABUL (PAN): ISAF commander Gen.  Joseph Dunford and Pakistan army chief, Gen. Pervaiz Kayani, on Monday met in Islamabad, as part of an ongoing tripartite commission effort to strengthen military-to-military cooperation and regional stability.



    Security and Crime

    1 dead, 7 wounded in Pakistan suicide attack

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): A police official was killed and six others were wounded in a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday -- the second such assault in as ma



    Security and Crime

    Pakistan ready to support Afghan peace efforts

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Pakistan on Friday spurned the Karzai administration’s claim that it had set “impossible preconditions” for the supporting the Afghan-led reconciliation process.



    Governance

    Pakistan’s terms impossible to meet: Faizi

    KABUL (PAN): Accusing Pakistan of scuttling efforts at ending the 11-year insurgency, a top presidential aide has indicated Afghanistan will explore other ways of restoring peace and stability.



    Governance

    Musharraf comes under shoe attack in court

    KABUL (PAN): Former Pakistani military dictator came under shoe attack during a court appearance in the port city of Karachi on Friday, private news channels reported.



    Governance

    TTP has safe havens in Kunar, Nuristan: Pakistan

    ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has voiced its concern over the continued presence of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) sanctuaries in Afghanistan’s eastern provinces of Kunar and Nuristan provinces.



    Security and CrimePESHAWAR, September 23: Unknown armed men attacked Afghan consulate in Peshawar, killing his driver while abducted Haji Abdul Khaliq Farahi. The photo shows the body of slain driver. PAJHWOK/Janullah Hashimzada

    10 dead in Peshawar suicide attack

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Security personnel were among 10 people killed and more than a dozen wounded in a suicide bombing in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Friday.



    Social

    Malala Yousafzai sells her life story for £2m

    KABUL (PAN): A teenage Pakistani girl, who survived a Taliban attack last year in northwestern valley of Swat, has sold her life story for £2m, a British newspaper reported on Thursday.



    Governance

    Kabul scraps joint drills with Pakistan army

    KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan on Wednesday announced the cancellation of a scheduled visit of a team of army officers to Pakistan for joint military drills -- a setback for nascent defence ties between the bickering neighbours.