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NASEERABAD -- An Anti-Terrorist Court handed down 25-year prison sentences to four men convict...Government sets 10% quota for women in civil service
ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced March 8 that the government would res...
DUSHANBE – Police have seized nearly 50kg of Afghan heroin in the Kabadiyan district of Hatlon...Kazakh PM promises to fight smuggling of Chinese goods
ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov promised to eliminate the “grey zones” on the Kaz...EU pushes harder for Nabucco pipeline
BRUSSELS – The European Commission is planning to allocate nearly € 200m (US $273.2m) to suppo...Authorities investigate tree felling in Tashkent
TASHKENT – Authorities have begun investigating the Neftgasmontazh construction firm, which fe...Kyrgyz opposition plans Bishkek rally March 17
BISHKEK – The Kyrgyz opposition plans to stage a national assembly on the Ala-Too square in do...Kazakh prison conditions improve with preparation
GENEVA – Members of the UN Human Rights Council heard March 8 the presentations of UN rapporte...Aerial attacks kill 5 in Miranshah
MIRANSHAH -- Aerial attacks on the market of Miranshah, North Waziristan, killed five suspecte...4 men get life in prison for burying women alive
NASEERABAD -- An Anti-Terrorist Court handed down 25-year prison sentences to four men convict...Government sets 10% quota for women in civil service
ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced March 8 that the government would res...
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A Pakistani farmer takes part in a traditional bull race during a festival March 8 in Lahore. The festival marks the start of spring. [Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images]
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Pakistani navy inducts Chinese-made frigate
ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani navy inducted a Chinese-manufactured F-22 frigate, named PNS Shamsheer, into its fleet February 8.
Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gilani opened the ceremony, Aaj News reported.
According to the navy’s website, PNS Shamsheer is the second of four warships being manufactured for Pakistan at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai.
The F-22P is fitted with long-range surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, automatic 76mm guns, and long-range surface and air surveillance radars.
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