40 dead as riots erupt in India: large-scale arson, looting after train fire
 NEW DELHI, Feb 28: At least 40 people were killed in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday, mostly Muslims, as mob violence swept across the communally volatile region and...
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Delhi hikes military budget by 4.8pc
NEW DELHI, Fed 28: India unveiled a Rs650 billion defence budget for fiscal 2002-2003 (April-March) on Thursday, registering a relatively moderate 4.8 per cent increase over its outlay in the previous...
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No arms race with India: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Pakistan may reassess its defence requirements in the light of the proposed big increase in the allocation for armed forces in the Indian budget on Thursday, Director-General of...
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Thal canal project okayed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The controversial Thal Flood Water Canal project was approved by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec), following a heated debate between the officials of Sindh and...
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US sends official to Riyadh on peace plan
WASHINGTON, Feb 28: Official reaction here to the Saudi peace plan has been circumspect, but the Bush administration on Thursday despatched a senior State Department official to Saudi Arabia to discuss...
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Plan afoot to set free some held militants
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Pakistan is considering the release of some of 2,060 Muslim militants detained in a sweep last month despite its current crackdown on such activists, a senior government official...
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Death toll rises to 5 in LoC firing
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 28: India and Pakistan briefly exchanged fire on Thursday evening across the restive Line of Control in Kashmir after observing silence earlier in the day, but no fresh casualty...
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Legal channels for human movement demanded
NUSA DUA (Indonesia), Feb 28: Pakistani, Afghan and Iranian officials at the first international talks on people-smuggling on Thursday called for more legal channels of labour migration, to beat ruthless syndicates...
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Sadequain at Mohatta
KARACHI, Feb 28: An exhibition of Sadequain’s 214 paintings got under way in Mohatta Palace here on Thursday evening....
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Musharraf Supports Saudi peace proposal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Pakistan on Thursday expressed its support for Saudi Arabia’s peace initiative for the resolution of Palestinian issue....
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Nazimeen to be held responsible for madaris activities
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The government has decided to make district Nazimeen responsible for keeping a strict watch on the activities of madaris in their jurisdiction, and no religious institution could be...
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Fresh violence claims 12 Palestinian lives
TEL AVIV, Feb 28: Violence exploded in the Middle East on Thursday, with 12 Palestinians and an Israeli killed, overshadowing a new round of joint security talks and dashing hopes raised...
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Pakistan reaffirms pledge to peace
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28: Pakistan on Thursday reaffirmed its policy of “utmost restraint and responsibility and commitment to seek peace with India on the basis of final settlement of the unresolved...
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3 Mujahideen killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 28: Six people, including three Mujahideen, were killed in occupied Kashmir and police recovered 20kg of explosives, police said on Thursday....
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Qazi Husain formally released
LAHORE, Feb 28: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Amir Qazi Husain Ahmad was formally released on Thursday afternoon following acceptance of his bail bonds by Judge Maqbool Mahmood Bajwa of the anti-terrorist court....
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Petroleum prices up
KARACHI, Feb 28: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) on Thursday increased the prices of petrol, diesel, light diesel oil (LDO), high octane blending component (HOBC), JP-4 and JP-1 by 0.29...
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