Five die in Islamabad church attack: US diplomat’s wife, daughter among victims; 41 hurt
 ISLAMABAD, March 17: Five people, including a US diplomat’s wife and daughter, were killed and 41 others injured in a grenade attack on a church in the heavily guarded diplomatic enclave...
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Militants mount pressure for temple building: Tense calm in Gujarat with sporadic trouble
NEW DELHI, March 17: Rightwing Hindu nationalists mounted pressure on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday to pave the way for a controversial temple in Ayodhya, with one senior leader...
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Japan likely to cut interest: Shaukat
NEW YORK, March 17: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Saturday the new joint Japanese-Pakistan Economic Forum, set up during President Musharraf’s visit, would consider new Official Development Assistance (ODA)...
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Law, order meeting summoned
ISLAMABAD, March 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called an inter-provincial law and order meeting on Tuesday to review the security situation in the country after an attack on the Protestant...
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Violence mars Zinni’s truce efforts
TEL AVIV, March 17: US envoy Anthony Zinni vowed to press ahead with a ceasefire mission clouded on Sunday by a Palestinian shooting in Israel, a suicide bombing in Al-Quds and...
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US may ask for Omar’s extradition in Pearl case
LAHORE, March 17: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said here on Sunday the United States might ask for the extradition of Ahmad Omar Shaikh in the Daniel Pearl case also but, he...
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EU ‘resigned’ to attack on Iraq
PARIS, March 17: Although the European Union has expressed its opposition in recent weeks to a US-led incursion into Iraq, the EU is nevertheless “resigned” to an attack on Iraq, say...
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Zahir Shah to return on 25th
KABUL, March 17: Former Afghan king Mohammed Zahir Shah will return home on March 25 after nearly three decades in exile, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday....
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Officials believe suspect is dead
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The authorities investigating the Protestant International Church attack believe the suspect died while detonating the grenades....
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Iran agrees to talks with US
TEHRAN, March 17: Iran’s government announced on Sunday it will not oppose talks between Iranian and US legislators and wants to clear up mistrust between Tehran and Washington....
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New courts to be set up at tehsil level soon
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The government is all set to introduce new kind of courts at tehsil level as part of its devolution plan, under which about 170 courts will be established...
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11 die in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, March 17: Indian security forces shot dead 11 mujahideen in Kashmir overnight, while four other people including two students were killed by suspected militants, police said on Sunday....
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Musharraf, Bush outraged
ISLAMABAD, March 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday condemned the act of terrorism in which five people attending Sunday Mass at the International Protestants’ Church in the Diplomatic Enclave were...
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President may seek advice on referendum
ISLAMABAD, March 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday may solicit views of the corps commanders on holding referendum for the continuation of his tenure as president, sources informed Dawn....
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Saudi military team, US general arrive
RAWALPINDI, March 17: A 10-member Saudi military team headed by Maj-Gen Ahmed Bin Muhammad Al-Qamish, director training and exercises of the Royal Saudi Army, arrived here on Sunday....
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Rocca in India for talks
NEW DELHI, March 17: United States Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca, will hold talks with senior Indian leaders starting on Monday, the latest in a spate of...
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Indian army kills 11 Naga rebels
GUWAHATI, March 17: Eleven ethnic Naga rebels were killed by Indian soldiers after the guerrillas fired at a military patrol in the mountainous northeastern state of Manipur, a defence spokesman said...
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Govt target of attacks: report
NEW YORK, March 17: Against the backdrop of the spate of sectarian attacks in Pakistan, the New York Times quotes Pakistani officials and Western diplomats as saying that the militants in...
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