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Dear PDF member, I been working for past 2 years on a project to bringing Artists from countries like Pakistan, India and Bangladesh together, and finally I have accomplished that task. I am introducing a site on (12/12/12) where artist from these countries can share their music talent on one...

The foreign ministers of Germany and Pakistan signed an agreement Tuesday in which the two countries committed to a “strategic dialogue” on security issues, particularly regarding Afghanistan. The agreement, signed by Germany’s Guido Westerwelle and Pakistan’s Hina...

HONG KONG: China is moving ahead with the development of a new and more capable generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched missiles, giving it a greater capability to hit targets in the United States and to overwhelm any missile defense systems, military analysts...

DUBAI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday that Pakistan’s spy chief will call for an end to US drone strikes in its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and push for a sharing of technology and intelligence during a visit to Washington this week, . “We will push for no drones. If...

NEW DELHI: Russia, India's strongest international partner, is trying its hand at engaging Pakistan, an exercise that will be watched carefully in New Delhi. Vladimir Putin, Russian president, will be in Islamabad on September 26 for a "quadrilateral" meeting with Tajikistan, Pakistan and...

Classics, thrillers, murder mysteries, tales of loss and woe, love and life – fictional stories can range from being realistic to being completely magical. Where do writers get there ideas from and how much do their surroundings impact their imagination? Dawn.com speaks to Karachi based...

SLAMABAD: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan said that Pakistan would be left with no option but to support Iran if Israel attacks it. In an interview to a British newspaper The Sun published Wednesday, Hasan expressed his concerns over the United States’ “Drone Wars”...

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was embroiled in an ugly row on Monday after a female director accused him of assaulting her husband at a late-night party. Farah Khan, who directed Shah Rukh in blockbusters “Main Hoon Na” (I am there for you) and “Om Shanti Om”, claimed the actor...

YINCHUAN (CHINA): With 22 million Muslims, China has just one-eight of India's Muslim population. But China has managed to play an effective role in the $500 billion export market for halal food by capitalizing on its influence as the world's biggest buyer of petroleum products. This was...

Justice delayed in some cases isn’t always denied. After a year since the senseless and utterly tragic deaths of two brothers in Sialkot, the jury has given a judgment. Talking to Dawn, the family of Mughees and Muneeb said they were satisfied with the verdict in which the court...

Shoshana Hebshi will never forget where she was on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. She and two other airline passengers were handcuffed and strip-searched after flying into Detroit on Sunday. No charges were filed against Hebshi, a self-described "half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife...

BEIJING: A teenager in China's Anhui province has sold his right kidney to buy an iPad 2. His mother, who knew nothing of his plans, now hopes to hunt down the criminals who disabled him, a media report said. Seventeen-year-old Xiao Zheng had been dreaming of a new iPad 2 for a while, but the...

KARACHI: Former captain Shahid Afridi appealed to Pakistan’s president for help Wednesday after his central contract was suspended when he announced his retirement from international cricket. The 31-year-old all-rounder, dumped as one-day captain following a row with coach Waqar Younis last...

NEW DELHI: Faced with a dual threat from China and Pakistan, which have even come together to manufacture fighter jets, India is really cranking up military aviation contracts. Even as the $4.1 billion deal for 10 American C-17 Globemaster-III strategic airlift aircraft awaits the final nod from...

DUBAI: The man who committed suicide by jumping off the world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa has been identified as an Indian, the Consulate General of India here confirmed on Wednesday. The 38-year-old, who jumped off the high-rise yesterday, was identified as Athiraman Kannan from Tamil Nadu...

YEMEN: Osama bin Laden once gave his wives the option of leaving Afghanistan, but his young Yemeni bride was determined to stay and be ``martyred'' alongside him. The pledge early in her marriage to the terrorist leader, recounted by her family, reflected the determination of Amal Ahmed...

KARACHI: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in an interview with Time Magazine, on Thursday revealed that cooperation between the CIA and its Pakistani counterpart, the ISI (Inter Services Intelligence), had broken down. Gilani said that, continuing to work with the United States could...

NEW DELHI: Stepping up pressure on Pakistan, India on Wednesday came out with a list of 50 "most wanted fugitives" from law here hiding in Pakistan that includes underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, 26/11 mastermind and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and dreaded terrorist Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. The list...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will deliver a speech reaching out to the Muslim world, in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden and amid ongoing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Obama is preparing a wide-ranging address to...

NEW DELHI: India has named five Pakistani army officers in a list of 50 criminals it wants extradited to stand trial on terror charges, the first time India has directly accused serving Pakistani military officers of being involved with militancy. The “most-wanted list” was handed to Pakistan...