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None can undo reforms, Musharraf assures IMF
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf assured the senior officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) here on Saturday that various political and economic reforms currently being implemented by his...
No firm clue yet in Pearl’s case
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The abductors of US journalist Daniel Pearl made a telephone contact with the US Consulate in Karachi, however, the law enforcement agencies have so far been unable to...
PFLP withdraws from PLO
RAMALLAH, Feb 2: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is withdrawing from the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) until its leader, Ahmed Saadat, is released...
No Chinese help in missile programme: Foreign Office briefing
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Pakistan asserted on Saturday that its ballistic missile programme was entirely indigenous and said there was no truth in the US CIA report to the Congress, alleging continued...
Newspaper believes reporter still alive
WASHINGTON, Feb 2: Anxiety about the fate of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl remains high here, despite the fact that e-messages received through e-mail on Friday were believed to have...
Khalid Akhtar, eminent writer, is dead
KARACHI, Feb 2: Eminent writer and humorist par excellence Mohammad Khalid Akhtar, who died here on Saturday at 11am, was an engineer by profession. He retired in 1980 as a director,...
US renews call for release
WASHINGTON, Feb 2: The US State Department on Saturday reiterated its call for the “immediate and unconditional release” of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter abducted in Pakistan....
Washington to deport 0.3m visa violators
WASHINGTON, Feb 2: The United States believes there are 314,000 visa violators in the country targeted for deportation who have jumped bail and are classified as fugitive aliens....
Khattak, Palijo meet President
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf in the series of political consultations with political leaders, had a detailed meeting with veteran Pakhtoon leader and President of National Awami Party Pakistan...
Troops kill 12 in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 2: Indian troops claimed killing 12 Kashmiri Mujahideen in separate encounters on Saturday and Friday night....
Ban on Taliban, communists
KABUL, Feb 2: New political laws being drawn up in Afghanistan will demand all parties abide by democratic principles, and ban communists and Taliban leaders and followers from political activity, Justice...
Founder: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
KARACHI, Feb 2: Eminent writer and humorist par excellence Mohammad Khalid Akhtar, who died here on Saturday at 11am, was an engineer by profession. He retired in 1980 as a director,...
