EU agrees to cut tariffs, raise textile quotas: Memorandum of understanding signed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The European Union and Pakistan government signed an agreement on Saturday to reinforce political cooperation. The two sides also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for preferential trade...
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1,000 Taliban troops surrender at Kunduz: Foreign fighters to be handed over to UN: Dostum
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: Hundreds of the Taliban fighters gave themselves up to the Northern Alliance forces on Saturday to end the siege of Kunduz as part of an agreement to surrender...
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CE, Indian premier may not meet
NEW DELHI, Nov 24: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was quoted on Saturday as raising hopes of a meeting with President Pervez Musharraf during a regional summit of South Asian...
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US a terrorist state: Chomsky
LAHORE, Nov 24: Renowned American scholar Dr Noam Chomsky said on Saturday that the United States did not seek authorization for launching air strikes on Afghanistan from the United Nations because...
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Efforts on for Pakistanis’ evacuation from Kunduz: Violators to face legal action
RAWALPINDI, Nov 24: The Director-General, ISPR, Maj- Gen Rashid Qureshi, said on Saturday that the government is engaged in negotiations with the coalition forces and the International Committee of the Red...
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Musharraf ready to meet Vajpayee
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Pakistan said on Saturday that President Pervez Musharraf was ready to meet Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee during the South Asian summit in Nepal early next year....
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America for quick accord at Bonn
WASHINGTON, Nov 24: The United States would like the intra-Afghan talks, beginning in Germany on Tuesday, to come to a quick agreement on a broad-based administration in Kabul to finesse warlords...
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Sattar, Tanaka discuss Afghan situation
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar held talks with the visiting Foreign Minister of Japan, Makiko Tanaka, here on Saturday evening....
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Alliance leader arrives for talks
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: A key Northern Alliance leader arrived here on Saturday for talks with Pakistani officials in what appears to be the first direct contact between the two sides....
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10 killed in Kashmir explosions, shootouts
SRINAGAR, Nov 24: At least 10 people were killed and 32 wounded on Saturday in explosions and shootouts in occupied Kashmir, police said....
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Rabbani ready to step down
LONDON, Nov 24: Burhanuddin Rabbani, still officially the president of Afghanistan, says he would relinquish any claims to power if next week’s talks in Germany succeed in naming a transitional leader....
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6 Pakistanis arrested in America
NEW YORK, Nov 24: The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested six more Pakistani nationals and handed over to the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) on violation of immigration laws....
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No Pakistan aircraft in Afghanistan, says official
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: No Pakistani aircraft has flown into Afghanistan since the world coalition began its military action against the Taliban regime, said a government spokesman here on Saturday....
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Kashmir leaders want talks on issue
SRINAGAR, Nov 24: Pakistan and India should resolve the Kashmir dispute with talks similar to the forthcoming conference on Afghanistan, a senior Kashmiri leader said on Saturday....
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