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    Refugees pay price of Pakistan's Taliban war

    Refugees pay price of Pakistan's Taliban war By Paula Newton, CNN March 30, 2010 8:59 a.m. EDT Jalozai Camp, Pakistan (CNN) -- There is a frontline here in this dusty corner of Pakistan, but not the kind where guns blaze and tanks roar. On this frontline U.N. tarps flutter in the breeze...
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    Mullen: Kandahar Victory Depends on Wiping Out Corruption

    Mullen: Kandahar Victory Depends on Wiping Out Corruption Despite US Pressure, Little Indication Karzai Intends to Target Corruption by Jason Ditz, March 29, 2010 In a high profile meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai today, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Michael Mullen...
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    Obama Team Is Divided on Anti-Terror Tactics

    Obama Team Is Divided on Anti-Terror Tactics By CHARLIE SAVAGE Published: March 28, 2010 In defending Guantánamo, the Bush administration said the president could imprison people without trial as wartime detainees WASHINGTON — Senior lawyers in the Obama administration are deeply...
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    Russia and India

    Russia and India Reaction from Recent Putin's trip to India Putin recently made a trip to India and signed a plethora of deals worth $10 billion. The deals include several nuclear power plants and military contracts worth $4 billion. I find it interesting that the Western media's...
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    Next 'Bomber' May Be a Family of Systems

    Next 'Bomber' May Be a Family of Systems By JOHN T. BENNETT Published: 29 Mar 2010 The U.S. Defense Department is examining how to fit "complementary" tools on the "family of systems" that would replace a long-range bomber concept terminated last year, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton...
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    Changing demeanor of USA towards Pakistan

    Changing demeanor of USA towards Pakistan Asif Haroon Raja 9/11 stunned and terrorized American public while the whole world watched the clips on television sets of airplanes hitting twin towers with shock and bewilderment. George W. Bush and others in corridors of power huffed and...
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    How do u see Pakistanis?

    Yaar, I would request that be nice to Jana and don't be harsh on her. She is one of the few ladies that we have in this forum. Let’s give her due respect. Regards
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    Pakistan to set Earth Hour World Record.

    Jana, Yes! The Pakistanis are the most romantic people but I thought, please correct me if I am wrong, nowadays their romance never stops and is independent of light and stays in action all the time whether there is light or no. :rofl:
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    NYT says India’s pace of IT innovation slow. How is Pakistan doing?

    You live in India, so you have no clue how the startup works in USA. You think US investors are so stupid that they are willing to waste their money for any stupid idea that comes along. Those .com days are gone when all that happened. Nowadays, the investors are very selective and know where...
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    CJ warns Nawaz of opening cases if he supported judicial commission

    Zardari camp believes Nawaz was under pressure Monday, March 29, 2010 By Tariq Butt ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari’s confidantes, though optimistic about breaking the deadlock over some clauses of the proposed constitutional package this week, assert that PML-N chief Nawaz...
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    CJ warns Nawaz of opening cases if he supported judicial commission

    CJ warns Nawaz of opening cases if he supported judicial commission WASHINGTON: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary had warned PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif of opening all cases against him incase he supported Government proposed judicial commission regarding judges’...
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    Pak Army gains excellence in IT

    Just putting thousands of COBOL programmers “experts” round the clock is not the solution. To help build the cyber experts require quality and not quantity. I hope you are aware that one needs expertise and training in security technologies for Infrastructure protection in the following...
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    Courting Pakistan

    Courting Pakistan By SHUJA NAWAZ The United States and Pakistan is the world's oddest couple, with an on-again, off-again friendship that has survived since the 1950s. Last week both sides completed a "strategic dialogue" in Washington amid fears that they were headed for another...
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    US deaths double in Afghanistan as troops pour in

    US deaths double in Afghanistan as troops pour in Mar 27, 11:24 PM (ET) By SEBASTIAN ABBOT KABUL (AP) - The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period last year as Washington has added tens of thousands...
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    That's great. But usually when a thread is moved, it says 'moved' and I did not see that. Also...

    That's great. But usually when a thread is moved, it says 'moved' and I did not see that. Also threads are being closed without giving any explanation. It would be nice to add an explanation. Thank you very much.
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    Hello! Any idea why threads disapper from the forum? I opened a thread as follows and now it's...

    Hello! Any idea why threads disapper from the forum? I opened a thread as follows and now it's gone: PAF ready to thwart Indian designs: air chief - Pakistan Defence ForumPAF ready to thwart Indian designs: air chief Sunday, March 28, 2010 Air force to get 14 more sophisticated F-16s By our...
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    Economic aid for Pakistan a victim of corruption worries

    Economic aid for Pakistan a victim of corruption worries In the Bajaur tribal area, the Pakistani generals who say they have cleared it of the Taliban lament the limited infrastructure aid. The slowing of U.S. funds over corruption fears spurs resentment. Tribal militiamen gather on...
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    14 More F16 for PAF (Approved by US)

    ISLAMABAD – After delivery of 18 already paid F-16 aircrafts in middle of June this year, Pakistan would get another batch of 14 of 5th generation warplanes free of cost as a gift from the United States of America. Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman told this to journalists while...
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    Pak Army gains excellence in IT

    Pak Army gains excellence in IT ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army while gaining excellence in information technology has introduced E-Governnance system in all headquarters including General headquarters. On the directives of Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, not only his office...
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    14 More F16 for PAF (Approved by US)

    We originally bought 40 and lost 8 in accidents, hence 40-8=32 Then we received 14 refurbished from the 28 we bought but got embargoed, hence 32+14=46 Then recently we lost one in accident, hence 46-1=45 We will receive 18+14=32, hence 45+32=77 I hope now it's clear.
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