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...Pakistan’s powerful new army chief General Syed Asim Munir is visiting Saudi Arabia, a historic lender to Islamabad in times of crisis....
...“It’s worse than the regime of General [Pervez] Musharraf,” said Pakistan journalist Azaz Syed, author of The Secrets of Pakistan’s War On al-Qaeda. Mr Khan’s office denies any censorship....
...Additional reporting by Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad...
...“The need to clamp down hard on militants is very urgent,” said Syed Muhammad Raza, a member of the Baluchistan provincial assembly. “We can’t afford to lose more time.”...
...Syed Muhammad Raza, a member of the provincial legislature of Baluchistan province, of which Quetta is the local capital, said the attack on Wednesday reflected the challenges that lay ahead for Pakistan...
...A young couple — Syed Rizwan Farook, of Pakistani origin who was born and raised in the US, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, a more recent immigrant from Pakistan — carried out the carnage before being shot...
...As Pakistani ministers visited Riyadh last week to discuss a Saudi request for support in the military campaign in Yemen, Syed Raza Agha, a politician in Quetta, warned of “getting it wrong and living with...
...Syed Akbaruddin, India’s foreign ministry spokesman, announced that the Modi government had cancelled a visit to Islamabad next week by Sujatha Singh, foreign secretary, because of Pakistani “interference...
...Syed Qaim Ali Shah, chief minister of Sindh province, said Sindh could not afford cope with an influx of displaced people as a result of the North Waziristan operation....
...“Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani stands disqualified as a member of [parliament],” said Iftikhar Chaudhry, chief justice of the Supreme Court. “He has also ceased to be the prime minister of Pakistan”....
...Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, said, “The US strongly condemns the abduction and killing of reporter Syed Saleem Shahzad....
...Besides, in the current economic situation [of a global economic slowdown], quite a few western countries may well be willing to sell technology to the Chinese for money,” says Syed Pervez Shahid, a retired...
...If the appointment is confirmed, Mr Kardar would replace Syed Salim Raza, who resigned in June amid speculation over his policy differences with Pakistan’s ruling politicians....
...When the shooting in the mosque died down, Syed Rashid Rahim heard a softer chorus: the trilling of mobile phones in the pockets of the dead....
...Syed Ali Raza, president of the government-owned National Bank of Pakistan, says that three years ago, about $4bn was transferred via banks while about $6bn was believed to be coming through hawala....
...“They [the militants] have made a commitment that they will observe a permanent ceasefire and we will do the same,” said Syed Mohammad Javed, a senior government official in Swat....
...Syed Kamal Shah, interior ministry secretary, said 133 people had been killed and 290 wounded....
...The US embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday condemned Mr Syed’s statement as “outrageous and highly reprehensible”....
...Separately, Syed Hammad Raza, a Supreme Court official, was killed in his home on Monday. The motive was not known....
...But bankers such as Syed Ali Raza, president of the National Bank of Pakistan, the only public sector commercial bank, believe that successful privatisation of two of the largest public sector banks – Habib...
...One hardline Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, said: “Pakistan has fallen into the Indian trap.”...
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