Benazir welcomes support to US
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 21: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has praised President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to allow the United States to use Pakistan’s airstrips and intelligence information for its military operation...
Govt seeks waiving of Saudi penalty on NPCC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The military government is sending federal secretary of water and power to Saudi Arabia to seek withdrawal of a penalty imposed on a state-owned company for delaying a...
Taliban claim recapturing Ghor province
KABUL, Oct 21: The Taliban on Sunday claimed to have regained control of the central Afghan province of Ghor from the opposition Northern Alliance....
China sends relief goods for refugees
BEIJING, Oct 21: China on Sunday dispatched relief goods worth Rs94 million to Pakistan for the help of Afghan refugees....
Kuwait appeals for aid to DPs
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 21: Kuwait on Sunday appealed to its citizens to contribute in a donation campaign for Afghan refugees....
US to reduce tariff, increase quota for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: US Under-Secretary for Economic Affairs Alan Larson has said that his government is aware of the problems Pakistani industrialists are facing due to air attacks on Afghanistan....
Taliban deploy Arab fighters at key points
PESHAWAR, Oct 21: The Taliban have deployed Arab fighters at key strategic positions around Afghanistan as more Arab supporters of Osama bin Laden arrive from neighbouring Iran to wage a Jihad...
5,000 ready to take part in Jihad
MANSEHRA, Oct 21: Over 5,000 volunteers in Mansehra, Battagram, Kohistan and tribal belt of Kala Dhaka have registered their names to take part in the ground war in Afghanistan, while thousands...
Nazims’ work to be monitored
ABBOTTABAD, Oct 21: District Nazim, Abbottabad, Mustafa Jadoon has said that a vigilance committee would be formed to monitor the working of district Nazim and Naib Nazim....
Security near relief camps tightened
KOHAT, Oct 21: Large numbers of troops have been deployed along 245km-long Hangu-Parachinar Road up to the Pakistan-Afghan border to the west of Kohat, where several places are being marked as...
Four POs arrested in Swabi
SWABI, Oct 21: The Chotta Lahore police have arrested four proclaimed offenders, wanted in a number of cases....
Dist hospital doctors ‘fleecing’ patients
HANGU, Oct 21: The district hospital does not have all treatment facilities despite a huge population of the locals and Afghans....
Death of Malik Nawab Khan condoled
HANGU, Oct 21: District Nazim Pir Haider Shah has condoled the death of Malik Nawab Khan advocate who died at CMH Rawalpindi....
Pathetic civic conditions in Sargodha
SARGODHA, Oct 21: People of Sargodha have been longing for clean drinking water and better sanitation system for quite sometime now. In spite of the fact that loads of money have...
Police investigators need to be trained
LAHORE, Oct 21: The long overdue separation of investigation from the watch and ward duties is expected to bring relief to police and litigants and help expedite the judicial process....