Petroleum prices to go up by 14pc
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Prices of all the petroleum products and furnace oil are set to go up by 14 per cent across the board in two phases....
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Islamabad proposes monitoring of LoC: Infiltration allegation by Delhi
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Pakistan said on Thursday it has been closely watching massive acquisition by India of all sorts of arms and equipment which can be used only for offensive, and...
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Annan offers help to revive Kashmir talks
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday said that India and Pakistan must start talking to resolve their dispute over Kashmir and he offered the UN help to...
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US to get money transfer data
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Pakistan has agreed to share information with the United States on transfer of money and channels mainly relating to money laundering, hundi and hawala....
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Russia sees high risk of nuclear war
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: Russia on Thursday emphatically backed the American assessment that the risk of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan was very high today and counselled New Delhi...
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13th, 14th amendments to be repealed: PML-Q team meets Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The government has decided to repeal 13th and 14th amendments introduced by the Nawaz Sharif government to largely restore the original 1973 Constitution....
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UK toughens citizenship laws
LONDON, Feb 7: The British government announced on Thursday toughening of the citizenship laws, and in the future people wanting to become UK citizens will have to undergo stringent tests to...
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Over 30 Saudis still missing in Afghanistan
RIYADH, Feb 7: Over 30 Saudis are still missing in Afghanistan, unaccounted as yet, the Saudi ambassador in Pakistan Ali Bin Awad Asiri told the local Saudi daily Al-Jazirah....
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Wapda chief opposes sales tax
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Wapda chairman Lt-Gen Zulfikar Ali Khan on Thursday urged the government to refrain from charging 15 per cent General Sales Tax on electricity consumption and “be sensitive to...
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India allows Pakistanis to return home
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: The Indian government has decided to allow Pakistani nationals stranded in India following the suspension of all travel links between the two nuclear neighbours to return home,...
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Governor sees Pearl’s recovery in a day
KARACHI, Feb 7: Law enforcement agencies are getting closer to the culprits who had kidnapped US journalist Daniel Pearl some two weeks ago in the city....
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Geneva Convention applies to Taliban, not Al Qaeda: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 7: The White House on Thursday declared that the Geneva Convention applies to Taliban forces in the Afghanistan phase of the war on terrorism, but not to Osama bin...
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Appropriate utilization of Italian funds discussed
 ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Mrs Margherita Boniver here on Thursday met Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz and discussed with him modalities of utilizing $85 million Italian debt swaps by...
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Karzai arriving today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The foreign office announced here on Thursday that Hamid Karzai, chairman of the Afghanistan interim authority, will arrive here on Friday on an invitation of President Pervez Musharraf...
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Israeli gunship attacks PA compound
NABLUS, Feb 7: Israel launched a second retaliatory air strike on a Palestinian Authority (PA) compound in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday night, wounding at least one person....
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Musharraf due in Boston today
NEW YORK, Feb 7: President Pervez Musharraf is expected to arrive in Boston on Friday on a private visit three days ahead of his official visit to the United States which...
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Thai FM due in March
BANGKOK, Feb 7: Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai will visit Pakistan next month to prepare the way for a trip by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, officials said on Thursday....
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Quetta Valley in grip of cold
QUETTA, Feb 7: Quetta valley and the northern parts of Balochistan are in the grip of severe cold as gusty winds blew for the second day on Thursday....
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