N. Alliance plans polls in two years: Osama, Omar war criminals: Abdullah
KABUL, Nov 14: Northern Alliance leaders seized the reins of government in Kabul on Wednesday despite Western calls for broad consultation on a post-Taliban regime....
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Punjab spurns Irsa notification on ’94 agreement
LAHORE, Nov 14: Punjab refused again on Wednesday to accept the “notification” issued by the Indus River System Authority on the grounds that under the law the Authority could not issue...
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Revolt, fighting in Kandahar
 KABUL, Nov 14: Local warlords grabbed major chunks of territory in the eastern and central provinces from the retreating Taliban on Wednesday, amid conflicting claims about the fighting in Kandahar....
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US vows to chase Taliban soldiers
WASHINGTON, Nov 14: Following the entry of Northern Alliance elements into Kabul, United States special forces are now operating in southern Afghanistan in an apparent effort to pursue and tighten the...
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Creditors to bridge $3.2bn financing gap
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Pakistan’s $3.2 billion financing gap for 2001-2002 will be jointly bridged by the IMF-led bilateral and multilateral creditors and a decision in this respect is expected to be...
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Factional fights break out in Mazar-i-Sharif
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Factional fighting has broken out in Mazar-i- Sharif, United Nations said on Wednesday....
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WTO agrees to tariff-slashing negotiations
DOHA, Nov 14: The World Trade Organisation agreed late Wednesday to new global tariff-slashing talks after India finally lifted an eleventh-hour opposition to the negotiations expected to start next year....
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Norway doubles annual assistance
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Norway has doubled its annual assistance programme to Pakistan from Norwegian Kronnas 33 million to 66 million....
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Pakistan, Iran to enhance anti-terror cooperation
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance cooperation to fight against terrorism, smuggling, sectarianism, extremism and narcotics....
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Islamabad asks UN to check HR abuses
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Pakistan on Wednesday deplored killing of innocent people in Afghanistan and called upon the United Nations to take cognizance of human rights abuses by the Northern Alliance forces....
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Musharraf returns
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf returned home early on Wednesday morning by a commercial flight after a six-day visit to three countries — France, the United Kingdom and the...
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Group-21 may replace Six-plus-Two
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14: The UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, said on Tuesday that he wanted to revive the Group of 21 nations to help chart the future strategy...
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UK to send 4,000 troops
LONDON, Nov 14: The British government, worried by the capture of Kabul by the Northern Alliance, is sending 4,000 paratroopers and marines to Afghanistan over the next few days to take...
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Fatyana gets 5 years in fraud case
LAHORE, Nov 14: An accountability court on Wednesday awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs1 million on former education minister Riaz Fatyana for fraud. In case of default, he...
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Taliban Jirga today
QUETTA: Thousands of Taliban fighters are converging on Kandahar to attend a Jirga being held on Thursday to decide the future course of action, writes our staff correspondent....
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‘Osama alert’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Pakistan has ordered a special watch on its border with Afghanistan in case Osama bin Laden tries to slip across, officials said on Wednesday....
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