US asks India to hold talks on all issues: Islamabad may deport some non-Pakistani suspects: Powell
 NEW DELHI, Jan 17: The United States on Thursday asked India to start talks with Pakistan on all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, but said it was India’s sovereign right to say...
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Fuel policy sparks PSO-Wapda row
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has lodged a strong protest with the federal government, saying Wapda has created imbalance in its fuel oil volumes and business operations....
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SC issues notice to NAB on jurisdiction: HC judges hearing bail pleas
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to National Accountability Bureau for Jan 21 to examine the jurisdiction of high court judges, which has been curtailed to...
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Tension will ease soon, says Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expressed hope on Thursday that tension between nuclear neighbours India and Pakistan will ease soon, warning that it was in neither country’s interests...
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US pledges support to Kabul govt
 KABUL, Jan 17: US Secretary of State Colin Powell made a brief but historic visit to Kabul on Thursday, pledging staunch US support for Afghanistan’s interim government in its reconstruction efforts....
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Reduce forces in Chechnya, UN tells Russia
MOSCOW, Jan 17: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers on Thursday urged Russia to cut back its military and police presence in Chechnya in order to boost confidence among...
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Algerian accused of directing UK Al Qaeda network
LONDON, Jan 17: The British police charged on Thursday a 37-year-old Algerian man with directing the Al Qaeda network while another of his compatriot was named as an Al Qaeda member...
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US, India move to resume arms transfers
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: The United States took the first step towards resuming arms deliveries to India on Thursday by signing an agreement under which the two countries would protect technology secrets...
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Curbs on Afghanistan revised
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 17: The UN Security Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to revise Afghanistan sanctions in order to target the Al Qaeda network and its supporters, wherever they may be....
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Food supplies looted in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Two World Food Programme (WFP) trucks, carrying emergency food supplies in northern Afghanistan, have been robbed at gunpoint, highlighting continuing security concerns in the region, a spokesman for...
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Envoys to apprise world of tension
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The government announced on Thursday sending of special envoys to various countries to brief them about the obtaining situation on Pakistan-India border in the wake of amassing of...
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Bomb blast in Jammu claims two lives
JAMMU, Jan 17: A bomb exploded in the main grain market of occupied Jammu on Thursday, killing two civilians and injuring eight more, police officials said....
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S. Arabia, UN deplore prisoners’ treatment
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Saudi Arabia have reportedly joined those expressing concern over conditions in which Al Qaeda\Taliban suspects are being kept at...
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USAID set to reopen mission
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell, announced on Thursday that the United States had decided to reopen the mission of the US Agency for International Aid...
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Bush, Blair discuss situation
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: US President George W. Bush spoke by telephone to British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday to discuss the war on terrorism and tensions between India and Pakistan....
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35,000 refugees return home
QUETTA Jan 17: According to the UNHCR staff monitoring selected border points from Iran and Pakistan, over 35,000 Afghan refugees returned home during the last two weeks, a UNHCR press release...
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