Pakistan not to launch offensive: Islamabad ready to pull back troops: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Pakistan reiterated here on Tuesday it would not be the first to initiate military action along the international border with India, working boundary and the Line of Control,...
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No compromise on national interests: Musharraf addresses soldiers
LAHORE, Jan 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that his government would never compromise on vital national interests and reiterated his resolve to guard strategic assets of the country....
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Action plan okayed for sale of KESC
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: A high level meeting here on Tuesday approved an action plan for marketing of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation (KESC) in March and to complete the deal by...
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Inflation hits food budget
KARACHI, Jan 29: Rising transport cost, increasing house rent and mounting pressure of children’s education fees in last 10 years has forced an average income Pakistani household to cut down on...
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Pakistan had little choice on US demands: paper
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: Pakistan was given a list of seven demands by the United States in the aftermath of the Sept 11 attacks and apparently left with little choice except to...
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Asylum seekers extend deadline
SYDNEY, Jan 29: Eleven teenage asylum seekers at Woomera who had threatened to poison themselves by 5pm Australian time on Tuesday unless they are removed from detention centre, have extended the...
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CJC explains reasons for delay in ATCs’ cases
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Chief Justices Committee (CJC) on Tuesday released a list of factors owing to which the government had failed in supporting the anti-terrorism courts (ATCs), a day after...
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Some clues to missing reporter found, says Cheema
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The group which has claimed to have kidnapped a Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl, six days ago has eluded the law enforcement agencies, so far....
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Chances of Sattar-Mishra meeting in Munich brighten
NEW DELHI, Jan 29: Chances of a meeting between senior Indian and Pakistani officials in Munich at the weekend have brightened after US Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed serious concern...
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US embassy staff allowed to return
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: All the US embassy and consulate personnel — and their family members — posted in Pakistan had been authorised to return though on-going events in the region require...
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92 feared dead in Ecuadoran plane crash
BOGOTA, Jan 29: An Ecuadoran jet missing for more than 24 hours with 92 people on board was found on Tuesday at the base of Cumbal volcano in southern Colombia, with...
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No Pakistani detained at US base
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: There are no Pakistanis among the Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners held by the United States at its naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, according to information received here...
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Report on Osama’s visit denied
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Pakistan said on Tuesday a report that Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden underwent secret kidney dialysis in one of its hospitals a day before the Sept 11 attacks...
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Bush speech to focus on war against terrorism
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: US President George W. Bush will seek to parlay his popularity as a wartime leader into support for a more contentious domestic agenda on Tuesday as he gives...
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UK Chief of Defence Staff calls on President
 RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Chief of Defence Staff UK, Admiral Sir Michael Boyce called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the General Headquarters on Tuesday....
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14 US troops injured in ’copter crash
KABUL, Jan 29: Fourteen US soldiers were injured when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on Monday night....
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Karzai wants best ties with neighbours
 WASHINGTON, Jan 29: Afghanistan’s interim leader Hamid Karzai said here on Tuesday his country hoped to have the best of relations with Pakistan, Iran and all neighbours....
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US official due next week
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: US Deputy Treasury Secretary Ken Dam will begin a 10-day visit to Pakistan and India this weekend....
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