Fierce fight rages in Arma hideout: Taliban, Al Qaeda death toll rises to 400
SIRKANKEL (Afghanistan), March 6: US-led troops backed by punishing round-the-clock air bombardment pushed on Wednesday for control of one of the last Al Qaeda strongholds in Afghanistan in a fifth day...
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Powell slams Sharon’s war hysteria: 11 Palestinians, two Israelis killed
 GAZA CITY, March 6: Israel piled punishment on the Palestinians on Wednesday, killing 11 and losing two of its own soldiers as Arab and world leaders warned of the dangers posed...
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Punjab, Sindh stick to stands at Irsa
ISLAMABAD, March 6: A meeting of the Indus River System Authority convened for working out a compromised water sharing formula remained inconclusive on Wednesday....
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Musharraf opens Saarc moot today
ISLAMABAD, March 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate the second Saarc Information Ministers Conference here on Thursday afternoon....
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Provinces to maintain own constabularies: FC as federal force being disbanded
PESHAWAR, March 6: The Centre has decided to disband the Frontier Constabulary as a federal law enforcement agency from July, giving its control to the NWFP. Also, the federal government has...
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India braces for fallout of communal strife
NEW DELHI, March 6: Leaders of rightwing Hindu and Muslim fundamentalist groups who gained most from the recent carnage in Gujarat were regarding their political dividends with anticipation on Wednesday, their...
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‘Al Qaeda trying to regroup in Pakistan’
NEW YORK, March 6: The newly detected Internet traffic among Al Qaeda followers, including intercepted e-mail messages, indicates that elements of the terror network may be trying to regroup in remote...
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5 foreign troops die as missiles go off
BERLIN, March 6: Three Danish and two German soldiers were killed on Wednesday when munitions they were defusing in Kabul accidentally exploded....
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Hindu activists instigated riots: WP
WASHINGTON, March 6: The Feb 27 fire in the Sabarmati Express at the Godhra station in Gujarat state that led to vicious anti-Muslim riots in Ahmedabad and other places in the...
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China urges India, Pakistan dialogue
BEIJING, MARCH 6: Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan on Wednesday called for Pakistan-India dialogue for peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute....
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Expats to get rewards for remitting thru banks
SYDNEY, March 6: Overseas Pakistanis, who use banking channels to remit their money back home, are being rewarded with duty-free allowance on their personal baggage, free issuance and renewal of passports...
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Saudis rule out change in syllabi of Madaris
RIYADH, March 6: The Federation of Islamic Universities off Saudi Arabia, in a meeting here, has refused to discuss the issue of changing the syllabi of Islamic educational institutions, as demanded...
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Nisar pins hopes on information conference
 ISLAMABAD, March 6: Information Minister Nisar Memon said on Wednesday that the Saarc Information Ministers Conference will be an ice-breaking move towards attaining peace, progress and harmony in the region....
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Israel asks S. Arabia to present proposal
JERUSALEM, March 6: Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Wednesday called on Saudi Arabia to formally present its Middle East peace proposal to Israel, either in public or in private....
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Hubble ‘revived’
HOUSTON, Texas, March 6: “Hubble has been revived,” NASA announced on Wednesday, after an operation akin to open-heart surgery in which astronauts successfully replaced its main power unit....
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Carnage has hardened resolve, says MJC
MUZAFFARABAD, March 6: The Mutahidda Jihad Council, an alliance of the Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, on Wednesday said the recent anti-Muslim riots had further strengthened their resolve to rid the Kashmiris of...
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US seeks custody of Omar, others for Indian plane hijack
NEW YORK, March 6: The United States law enforcement officials are seeking the extradition of several other suspects, besides Ahmed Omar Shaikh, who have been connected to the 1999 hijacking of...
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KSE index up by 41 points
KARACHI, March 6: KSE 100-share index on Wednesday break through the psychological barrier of 1,800 points. It has crossed the barrier more than once during the last about two months but failed to sustain it owing to subsequent selling and lack of follow-up support....
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