Saarc summit in doubt as tempers rise
NEW DELHI, Dec 15: A spiralling verbal duel between India and Pakistan, triggered by a terrorist attack on New Delhi’s Parliament House on Thursday, could derail an important summit of regional...
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Pakistan will reply with force, says CE: India must avoid adventurism
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday warned India that any adventurism against Pakistan would be met with force....
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US vetoes draft resolution on ME
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15: Using its veto power the United States on Saturday killed an Arab sponsored UN resolution that condemned ‘acts of terror” against Israelis and Palestinians....
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33 bodies found in Tora Bora
TORA BORA, Dec 15: Afghan militia leaders said on Saturday they had found the bodies of 33 Al-Qaeda fighters as they pushed deeper into the mountain strongholds of Osama bin Laden’s...
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18 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Eighteen people were killed in gunbattles and other violence on Saturday in Kashmir, police said....
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US forces detect Osama’s voice on radio
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: In efforts to pinpoint the location of Osama bin Laden, United States forces are said to have detected Osama’s voice as he was talking on a hand-held radio...
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FBI agents raid two Muslim charities
NEW YORK, Dec 15: FBI agents raided the offices of two of the US Muslim charities on Friday in what US officials described as a broadening of the government’s campaign to...
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Paris deal to improve cash flow by $2.7bn
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Paris Club’s $12.5 billion debt rescheduling will provide an exceptional cash flow savings of $2.7 billion for the next three years, enabling the government to increasingly divert...
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New Delhi detains suspects in attack
NEW DELHI, Dec 15: Indian police on Saturday questioned at least four people in connection with the deadly attack on parliament as Islamabad demanded proof that Pakistan-based Muslim groups were behind...
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Two shot dead by Israelis in Gaza
 GAZA, Dec 15: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man trying to infiltrate a Jewish settlement in the southern Gaza Strip and killed a Palestinian policeman in northern Gaza early on...
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Sherpao to be arrested on arrival
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Former NWFP chief minister Aftab Sherpao, who may return home on Jan 5, will be arrested the moment he lands in the country, said NAB Prosecutor General Raja...
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Bukhari condemns attack on parliament
NEW DELHI, Dec 15: The Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, on Friday condemned the terrorist attack on Parliament House, but regretted the fact that whenever there was such an...
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UK team to visit Afghanistan
LONDON, Dec 15: A British military team is arriving in Afghanistan for talks over peacekeeping deployments with the country’s new administration....
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US fears attack in Germany
BERLIN, Dec 15: A US intelligence agency has warned the German federal crime bureau, BKA, that an attack by terrorists in Germany “is imminent”, a news magazine reported on Saturday....
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Turkish FM due today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem is expected to arrive here on Sunday to hold talks with Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar on the role of a multinational force and...
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Eidul Fitr tomorrow
KARACHI, Dec 15: The Shawwal moon was not sighted anywhere in Pakistan on Saturday. Hence, Eidul Fitr will be observed on Monday, the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced.—APP...
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HSD prices reduced
KARACHI, Dec 15: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee on Saturday reduced the prices of high speed diesel and light diesel oil by 13.4 per cent and 3.5pc, respectively....
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US, India conduct naval exercise
MUMBAI, Dec 15: Two US warships conducted a joint exercise this week with the Indian navy as part of increasing military cooperation between the two countries, a US navy official said...
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