Russian President Medvedev welcomes leaders at the SCO summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) welcomes Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari during a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg on June 16, 2009. The SCO groups Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan but leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and Iran will also attended the summit. (UPI Photo/Alex Volgin)
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Pakistan aims to finalize the contracts necessary to start work on a section of a natural gas pipeline planned from Iran, a government official said.
Pakistani political parties should stop vilifying President Asif Ali Zardari in their election campaigns, the president's spokesman said.
Pakistani police Friday took ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf to court from his farmhouse where he went the previous day after being ordered arrested.
Pakistan election officials, assessing security during the general elections, have designated a third of the polling stations as sensitive, sources told Dawn.
A bombing at a rally of Pakistan's secular Awami National Party in Peshawar killed 17 and wounded dozens in the latest election-related attack, police said.
Pakistan's Election Commission says candidates in next month's general elections cannot seek vote in the name of religion, caste or sex.
A secular party candidate in Pakistan's upcoming general elections was shot and killed by Pakistani Taliban militants in Sindh province, authorities said.
Iran aims to increase its natural gas production substantially by launching additional phases in the South Pars gas complex, an energy official said.
A Pakistani Supreme Court Tuesday heard more treason allegations against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
The U.S. has lost the media war in Pakistan. Popular talk show hosts have already made up their minds that America is preparing a war against their country.
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