Crackdown signals easing of tension: New Delhi gives list of ‘terrorists’ to Islamabad
NEW DELHI, Dec 31: India on Monday welcomed the steps taken by Pakistan against Jaish-i-Mohammed and Lashkar-i-Taiba and said it was forwarding a list of wanted terrorists who it says escaped...
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Commanders review border situation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: A corps commanders conference on Monday reviewed the situation in the region with reference to increased war threats by India....
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100 die as US bombs Paktia
KABUL, Dec 31: Afghan villagers said on Monday an American air strike killed more than 100 civilians as United States forces combed rugged mountain terrain for Osama bin Laden....
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End of people-to-people contact
I HAVE not been able to see the logic of closing all avenues of people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan. Newspapers and books are already banned. Visitors are not allowed to...
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Pakistan welcomes Indian message
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The foreign office on Monday cautiously welcomed a reconciliatory message emanating from New Delhi which spoke of exhausting diplomatic channels for defusing tension with Pakistan....
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Peace rally at Wagah baton-charged
 LAHORE, Dec 31: A peace rally organised by various human rights and professional organisations, trade unions, lawyers, writers, political workers and intellectuals, led by Asma Jehangir, was heavily baton-charged at Wagah...
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Rangers sent to eastern border
KARACHI, Dec 31: A large number of Pakistan Rangers, deployed in Karachi in aid of the police for maintaining law and order, has been withdrawn and sent to eastern border of...
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13 die in accident
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 31: At least 13 people were killed and 35 others injured when a bus plunged around 200 feet down an escarpment near the Lamian Pattian village, 10km from here,...
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Musharraf satisfied with PAF readiness
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf expressed “complete confidence” on Monday in the war-preparedness of the air force, amid mounting military tension with India....
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Bush hails action against extremists
CRAWFORD (USA), Dec 31: US President George Bush said on Monday President Pervez Musharraf was “cracking down hard on “extremists” who seek to harm India, calling this “a good sign”....
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Petrol, diesel prices up
KARACHI, Dec 31: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) on Monday raised the petroleum products prices by 2.52 per cent to 12.87 per cent. The new prices will be effective from...
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Air, train travel comes to an end
LAHORE, Dec 31: The operation of the Samjhota Express from the Lahore Railway Station to the Atari Railway Station came to an end on Monday....
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11 killed in Kashmir violence
NEW DELHI, Dec 31: Kashmiri freedom fighters attacked an Indian army convoy in occupied Kashmir on Monday, killing one soldier, while security forces shot dead eight militants in a separate encounter...
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8 injured in Karachi blast
KARACHI, Dec 31: At least eight people were injured when a bomb exploded soon after the midnight on Monday when the revellers were embracing the new year inside Area 51, adjacent...
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Bank holiday
KARACHI, Dec 31: The Karachi office of the State Bank of Pakistan (including the Public Debt Office) will remain closed for public business on Tuesday, Jan 1, 2002....
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Euro launched
FRANKFURT, Dec 31: More than 300 million people in 12 countries were on the verge of getting hold of “a little piece of Europe” as they prepared to start using a...
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