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Saeed serves legal notices on journos; seeks Rs 10 crore

Saeed serves legal notices on journos; seeks Rs 10 crore

Rediff.com16 May 2012

The Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has served legal notices on two Pakistani journalists for allegedly concocting a report about his secret meeting with United States Ambassador Cameron Munter, seeking Rs 10 crore as damages.

Journo's death: Scribes stage token walkout

Journo's death: Scribes stage token walkout

Rediff.com2 Jun 2011

Pakistani and foreign journalists on Thursday staged a token walkout of the weekly news briefing at the Foreign Office here to protest the killing of Asia Times Online bureau chief Syed Saleem Shahzad, whose body was found in Punjab province a day after he was reported missing.

Why Pak scribe Saleem Shahzad was silenced

Why Pak scribe Saleem Shahzad was silenced

Rediff.com1 Jun 2011

Exposing Pakistan Navy's link to the Al Qaeda cost journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad his life. But sources say there's more to it than what meet the eye. Shahzad next expose was on ISI men who were linked the Osama bin Laden, which left the spy agency with no choice but the eliminate him, says senior analyst B Raman.

Missing Pak journo who 'dared ISI' found dead

Missing Pak journo who 'dared ISI' found dead

Rediff.com31 May 2011

A prominent Pakistani journalist who went missing over the weekend, was found dead in Punjab province on Tuesday and his body bore marks of torture, police said.

Pak journo who wrote on Mehran base attack missing

Pak journo who wrote on Mehran base attack missing

Rediff.com30 May 2011

Shahzad, the Pakistan bureau chief of Asia Times Online, went missing last evening after he had left his house in Islamabad to participate in a television programme.

Don't visit India, Qaeda tells sportspersons

Don't visit India, Qaeda tells sportspersons

Rediff.com16 Feb 2010

Kashmiri militant Ilyas Kashmiri has reportedly warned the international community against sending sportspersons to India to participate in events like the IPL and Commonwealth Games.Asia Times Online claimed the top guerrilla commander, whose 313 Brigade is an operational arm of the Al Qaeda, has vowed to continue attacks across India, while threatening international sportspersons to face the consequences if they chose to visit the country.

Spy reveals back-door deals of ISI, US, Taliban

Spy reveals back-door deals of ISI, US, Taliban

Rediff.com26 Apr 2010

Former Inter-Services Intelligence official Khalid Khawaja, considered to be a close friend of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has exposed the murky deals between the spy agency, the Pakistan army, the militants.Khawaja, a former air force squadron leader, claims that he was captured by militants while trying to finalise a deal between them and the army. According to him, the ISI had sent him to North Waziristan to broker a deal between the militants and the Pakistan army.