| Country profile: Pakistan |
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The Muslim-majority state of Pakistan occupies an area which was home to some of the earliest human settlements and where two of the world's major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, were practised.
The modern state was born out of the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947 and has faced both domestic political upheavals and regional confrontations. |
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| Country profile: Afghanistan |
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Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during its modern history that its economy and infrastructure are in ruins, and many of its people are refugees.
After the fall of the Taleban administration in 2001, adherents of the hardline Islamic movement have re-grouped and are now a resurgent force, particularly in the south and east. A fledgling democratic government faces the challenges of extending its authority beyond the capital and of forging national unity. |
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| Faisalabad police torture a woman in public |
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RAWALPINDI,May3: A woman was flogged during the presence of high rank officials in the Civil Line Police Station Faisalabad. The officers present at the scene were laughing.
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| 'Al-Qaeda activists enter Gujranwala' |
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GUJRANWALA,May3: Security has been beefed up in Gujranwala on the tip- off that Al-Qaeda activists have entered the city on Monday.
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| BB's assassins will be brought to justice: Gilani |
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ISLAMABAD,May3: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday categorically stated that anybody involved in assassination of Benazir Bhutto would be brought to justice.
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| Kashmir vital part of Pak foreign policy: Qureshi |
ISLAMABAD,May4: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Kashmir is a vital part of Pakistan’s foreign policy.
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| Times Square suspect says he acted alone: official |
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NEW YORK,May4: A law enforcement official says the man accused of driving a bomb-laden vehicle into Times Square was arrested onboard a flight set to leave a New York airport for Dubai.
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| Taliban cut off hands of three thieves in Orakzai Agency |
Orakzai Agency,May 6: Taliban militants on Wednesday cut off the hands of three alleged thieves in a Orakzai Agency.
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| The real Hazara problem |
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By Kashif Jahangiri
The grievances of those living in Hazara division, the Hazarewals, are not over the name Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, since a large population of Hazara is of Pakhtun origin, myself included. The renaming of NWFP merely triggered expression of their frustration against the treatment meted out to them. The name issue is just a symptom, the root lies elsewhere.
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