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UN Council asks Israel to pull out troops
UNITED NATIONS, March 30: The UN Security Council on Saturday morning voted for a resolution calling on Israel to pull its troops out of Palestinian cities and urged Israelis and Palestinians...
Saudis withdraw $27bn
RIYADH, March 30: Some $27 billion was withdrawn from foreign banks by Saudi investors after the Sept 11 attacks up to January this year, market sources told the daily Asharq Al-Wast....
Boy killed in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, March 30: A minor boy was killed and his two sisters were injured in shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of Control in the Bhimbher district of Azad...
PLA okays hike in fines for 52 offences
ISLAMABAD, March 30: The Pakistan Law Commission at a meeting here on Saturday approved that the penalties of fine for some 52 offences listed in the Pakistan Penal Code should be...
UN okays Afghan mission
UNITED NATIONS, March 30: The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously voted to establish a UN assistance mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA), endorsing the mandate and structure laid out earlier this...
Framework for Loya Jirga agreed
KABUL, March 30: The framework for a traditional Loya Jirga that will choose a transitional leader and government for Afghanistan has been agreed 10 weeks before the convening of the council,...
Balochistan government official shot dead
QUETTA, March 30: The deputy director, Balochistan Public Relations Department, Yousaf Mansoor, was gunned down by unknown killers near Dhadar, some 140km from here, late on Friday night....
Queen Mother dies at 101
LONDON, March 30: The Queen Mother, the 101-year-old mother of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, died in her sleep on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said....
Two injured Al Qaeda men shifted to Islamabad
FAISALABAD, March 30: Two injured Al Qaeda members who were arrested by a joint team of the FBI and police on Thursday were shifted to Islamabad from a local Allied Hospital...
Six killed in Jhang accident
JHANG, March 30: Six people were killed and seven others injured, three of them seriously, in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a trailer near Taqiabad, on the Jhang-Chiniot...
Chinese PLA chief meets President
ISLAMABAD, March 30: Lt-Gen Zheng Shenxia, Chief of Staff, Peoples Liberation Army, Air Force China, with the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir, called on President Gen...
India refuses to cut troops along border
BANGALORE, March 30: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes on Saturday ruled out a reduction in Indian troops along the border with Pakistan and reiterated that Islamabad must stop “cross-border terrorism”....
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LONDON, March 30: The Queen Mother, the 101-year-old mother of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, died in her sleep on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said....
