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pakistan

pa ki stan

  • n  a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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  • Pakistan's Asif loses appeal over spot-fixing conviction
    LONDON (Reuters) - Disgraced Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif lost an appeal on Wednesday against a 2011 conviction for spot-fixing that ended his international cricket career. In a ruling, three judges sitting at the London Court of Appeal said they were "not persuaded that there are any grounds, arguable or otherwise, for attacking the safety of the convictions of this applicant. "The ...
    June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Pakistan tries anew to end insurgency in resource-rich Baluchistan
    By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has pledged to rein in human rights abuses by security forces in the huge, resource-rich province of Baluchistan as a first step towards starting talks to end a long-running insurgency waged by guerrillas seeking an independent homeland. The new chief minister of the province bordering Afghanistan and Iran urged security forces, who deny ...
    June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Pakistan threatens to ban Google over ‘blasphemous’ YouTube content
    Millions of Internet users in Pakistan could soon lose access to Gmail to Google Maps unless Google bows to demands being made by the Pakistani government. The Times of India reports that Anusha Rahman Khan, Pakistan’s IT and telecommunication minister, said the government may block access to all Google sites unless the company removes “blasphemous and objectionable material” from YouTube ...
    June 11, 2013 - BGR News via Yahoo! News

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