No halt to raids in Ramazan: Rumsfeld holds talks with Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld gave no indication of any let-up in bombing of Afghanistan during Ramazan as desired by President Gen Pervez Musharraf....
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Gaza factories, workshops destroyed
JABALIA (Gaza Strip) Nov 4: Israeli helicopters and ground-to-ground missiles blasted metal works and other plants in the Gaza Strip which the Israeli army said were being used as illegal arms...
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Vajpayee, Putin to discuss post-Taliban setup
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov 4: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee arrived here on Sunday, on the first stop of a 10-day tour aimed at ensuring India plays a key role in...
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Heaviest bombing on Taliban frontlines
KHWAJA BAHAUDDIN, Nov 4: US B-52 bombers unleashed their heaviest payloads on Taliban frontline positions on Sunday as militia and opposition forces battled for a key area in northern Afghanistan....
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Bombing: Muslim MPs demand shift in UK stand
LONDON, Nov 4: Five Muslim Labour members of parliament after their initial backing of Prime Minister Tony Blair has now revolted against his ‘bombing Afghanistan’ policy....
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Wapda, SPPs row may end today: Sale of surplus power
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The government is expected to ask around 52 small power producers (SPPs) to supply their surplus power to the Wapda directly or through intermediaries instead of its sale...
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Agencies put on alert during CE’s visit to US
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The government has directed all the law enforcement agencies to strictly maintain law and order during President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to the United States, starting from Wednesday....
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26 die in two Punjab road accidents
MULTAN, Nov 4: Twenty-six people, including 10 members of Tableeghi Jamaat, were killed and 50 injured in two road accidents in Muzaffargarh and Faisalabad districts on Sunday....
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American detainee dies
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The Taliban said on Sunday that an American citizen arrested in Afghanistan 10 days ago had died in hospital in Kandahar, the Afghan Islamic Press reported....
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Pakistan win Sharjah title
SHARJAH, Nov 4: Pace trio Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis shared eight wickets as Pakistan took the Khaleej Times Trophy with a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the...
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35 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 4: At least 35 people including 27 Kashmiri freedom fighters and five Indian soldiers were killed in occupied Kashmir on Sunday in separate clashes, including a suicide attack on...
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‘US commandos forced to flee back’
WASHINGTON, Nov 4: A crack US Delta Force commando unit had been forced to fight its way back to safety by the Taliban in the wake of a “near-disaster” assault on...
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Explosive hurled on police
KARACHI, Nov 4: A one-kilogramme explosive device was diffused two minutes before it could explode on Hub River Road on Sunday night....
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Rocket explodes in Quetta
QUETTA, Nov 4: Quetta was rocked late on Sunday evening by a rocket explosion in an open field near Killi Deeba. However, no loss of life or property was reported in...
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Shujaat urges political solution to Afghan crisis
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Former interior minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has urged the Muslim countries to initiate diplomatic efforts to resolve the Afghan crisis....
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Another 800 volunteers enter Kunar for Jihad
KHAAR, Nov 4: Another 800 volunteers of the Tehrik-i-Nefaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi on Sunday entered Afghanistan’s Kunar province from the Bajaur Agency through the Ghaani Pass....
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