Up to 80pc water shortage feared: Wheat crop faces big loss
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Water situation owing to the lingering drought has taken a turn for the worst and the experts fear that the provinces during the wheat maturity period of February...
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IFC observes improvement in economy
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said that Pakistan’s balance of payment position remains fragile and foreign investment modest, although economic indicators have improved....
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Snowfall in Kabul breaks four-year dry spell
 KABUL, Feb 1: Snow blanketed Kabul for the first time in years on Friday, raising spirits by bringing hope for an end to four years of withering drought in Afghanistan....
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Sattar hopes to meet Mishra
BERLIN, Feb 1: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said on Friday he hoped to hold talks with India’s national security adviser during a conference in Munich over the weekend....
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Pakistan, India still acquiring N-tech: CIA report to Congress
WASHINGTON, Feb 1: A new report by the United States Central Intelligence Agency cites both Pakistan and India among states that continue to acquire nuclear technology and says New Delhi remains...
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27 officers made Majors-General
RAWALPINDI, Feb 1: A meeting of the Selection Board for promotion of brigadiers to the rank of Majors-General for the year 2002 was held at the General Headquarters here on Friday....
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Vajpayee rules out early talks resumption
NEW DELHI, Feb 1: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Friday ruled out resuming talks with Pakistan while his defence minister held forth against any military de-escalation on the borders,...
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Justice Riaz takes oath as CJ
 ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad on Friday took oath as the Chief Justice of Pakistan....
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US to fight poverty, says Powell
NEW YORK, Feb 1: The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, told the World Economic Forum on Friday that the United States was committed not only to fighting terrorists, but also...
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Conflicting reports about Pearl’s fate: Suspect’s ‘death’ a mystery too
KARACHI/MULTAN, Feb 1: The city police began on Friday night a search for US journalist Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal following a tip-off that he had been killed....
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AJK govt lifts ban on employment
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 1: The ban on employment in the AJK Government departments has been lifted with immediate effect....
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Bush voices concern over reporter’s kidnapping
WASHINGTON, Feb 1: President George Bush on Friday joined media personalities and other governmental leaders in expressing concern over the abduction of Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl, who went missing...
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IMF favours Kabul’s plan to adopt dollar
NEW YORK, Feb 1: The International Monetary Fund has extended support to the Afghanistan government’s plan to adopt US dollar as its legal tender until it introduces a new currency....
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Power project: pact signed with Chinese firm
GILGIT, Feb 1: A formal pact was signed in Beijing on Friday between a Chinese electric firm and Pakistan government to launch 18 megawatt hydro-electric project in Nalter valley, some 25km...
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