Musharraf hopes war will not take place: Armed forces ready to thwart any aggression
 ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: President Pervez Musharraf said here on Friday that Pakistan desired peace but if war was thrust upon it, the country was ready to defend its sovereignty with full...
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India softens tone after Powell’s visit: Jaswant wants action on terrorists’ list
NEW DELHI, Jan 18: A much milder India and an equally reassured United States seemed to be the main outcome on Friday of three days of sustained high pressure diplomacy between...
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UK team arrives at US base for probe
LONDON, Jan 18: The British government is getting increasingly uneasy about the reports of the United States treatment of suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners at the US base in Guantanamo,...
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Al Qaeda suspects shifted to Islamabad
LAHORE, Jan 18: Seven suspected members of Al Qaeda, brought here on Thursday night, were shifted to Islamabad on Friday, sources said....
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Israel strikes as six revellers shot dead
 RAMALLAH, Jan 18: Israel destroyed a Palestinian security compound in an air strike and tightened a ring of armour around Yasser Arafat on Friday after a Palestinian killed six people at...
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APHC urges US to help resolve dispute
SRINAGAR, Jan 18: Kashmir’s main separatist alliance urged the United States on Friday to take steps to resolve a dispute over the Himalayan region which is at the heart of a...
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EC finalizing code of conduct for polls
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hassan Khan has said the election commission is finalizing a code of conduct for candidates to ensure implementation on the election reforms announced by...
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UK security forces put on high alert
LONDON, Jan 18: British security services are on high alert after US Attorney-General John Ashcroft warned that five more Osama bin Laden terrorists are at large....
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Indian UAV shot down: report
JAMMU, Jan 18: An Indian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down by Pakistani troops in Londi area of Kathua district of Jammu on Thursday....
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Suspects in Masood death quizzed
PARIS, Jan 18: A French anti-terrorist investigator quizzed two suspects on Friday in relation to the assassination of Afghan anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Masood last September, judicial sources said....
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Crisis may be resolved quickly: Fernandes
WASHINGTON, Jan 18: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes has reiterated his belief that his country’s crisis with Pakistan may be on way to resolution....
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Rs22 billion CBR bonds for banks okayed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Vakil Ahmed Khan, a spokesman for the Central Board of Revenue, informed the Ad-hoc Public Accounts Committee here on Friday that the Finance Ministry has approved the issuance...
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Karzai stops over in Karachi
 KARACHI, Jan 18: The head of the Afghan interim administration, Hamid Karzai, made a brief stopover here on Friday afternoon en route to Saudi Arabia....
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Noted artiste Yasmeen Ismail passes away
 KARACHI, Jan 18: Renowned artiste Yasmeen Ismail died of ovarian cancer in the early hours of Friday. She was 52....
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US not aware of President’s statement on Osama
WASHINGTON, Jan 18: The White House said on Friday it had no information relating to President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s reported statement that he thought Osama bin Laden most likely had died...
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30 Al Qaeda men flown to Pakistan
KANDAHAR, Jan 18: US forces have flown another 30 prisoners out of their base at Kandahar airport, but this time the men have been flown to Pakistan....
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