DGMOs talk, ease threats of war
NEW DELHI, Jan 8: The Directors-General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan held their weekly talks on a dedicated hotline on Tuesday, keeping alive hopes of peace and hinting that...
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US lauds Musharraf’s remarks on terrorism
WASHINGTON, Jan 8: The United States has welcomed Gen Pervez Musharraf’s statement made on Monday signifying Pakistan’s rejection of “terrorism in all its forms and manifestation”, but there are few other...
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‘Omar in central Afghanistan’
KANDAHAR, Jan 8: Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar is currently hiding “in the centre of Afghanistan”, a spokesman for Haji Gul Agha, the governor of this southeastern city said on Tuesday....
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Politicians may be sent as envoys
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The government is considering sending delegations of politicians to various countries to explain Pakistan’s position on the current situation in South Asia and seek their support for peaceful...
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Pakistan allows trade in rupee: Kabul invited to open embassy in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Pakistan has asked the interim authority in Afghanistan to set up its embassy in Islamabad as soon as possible and has allowed Pakistan-Afghanistan trade in Pakistani Rupee on...
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Blair’s visit to ease tension: politicians
ISLAMABAD Jan 8: The Musharraf government appears to have succeeded in assuring the British prime minister Tony Blair during his recent visit to Pakistan that it was ready to take steps...
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‘Tough times ahead for Musharraf’
NEW YORK, Jan 8: Many in Pakistan believe that a war with India could touch off an upheaval in which President Pervez Musharraf would be replaced by a more hardline military...
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British PM visits Afghanistan
 BAGRAM AIR BASE, Jan 8: Flying in under cover of darkness on a camouflaged Royal Air Force plane amid tight security, British Prime Minister Tony Blair became the first western leader...
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US senators pin hopes on Musharraf’s speech
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: A nine-member bipartisan delegation of US Senators on Tuesday said President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s address to the nation in a few days time would defuse the tensions between...
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Irsa allows supply from Mangla for mly needs
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The crucial meeting of Indus River System Authority on Tuesday failed to create a consensus on a formula of water distribution among the provinces, official sources told Dawn....
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Plan to counter aggression approved
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday reviewed the operational plans and gave his approval “to respond to any and all conceivable types of aggression that could be launched...
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Zhu due in India on 13th
BEIJING, Jan 8: Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji who is paying an official visit to India from Sunday will ask Indian leadership to resolve their differences with Pakistan through peaceful negotiations....
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Ogata briefs Sattar on Afghan moot
 ISLAMABAD Jan 8: Japanese prime minister’s representative for Afghanistan’s assistance, Sadako Ogata, on Tuesday briefed Foreign Minister Abdus Sattar about arrangements for the ministerial conference on economic rehabilitation of Afghanistan, being...
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UN urged to help defuse tension
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8: Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, Shamshad Ahmed Khan, on Monday called on the UN security council to intervene and defuse tensions between India and Pakistan which...
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Italy wants 90m euro debt used on refugees
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Italy has cancelled about 90 million euros of Pakistan’s foreign debt making it conditional for Islamabad to use the finances to assist Afghan refugees, Dawn learnt from UN...
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4 injured in Indian firing
SIALKOT, Jan 8: Four Pakistani villagers were seriously injured by the fresh Indian spell of heavy mortar shelling on Bholli Sumbali, a village in the Sialkot working boundary’s Bajwat sector, here,...
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