Irsa okays Thal canal project: Decision taken on split vote
ISLAMABAD, May 7: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Tuesday accorded certification to the controversial Greater Thal canal project with a 3-2 majority, while the Satpara dam project was approved...
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Nativity church deal held up at last moment: No country to accept Palestinians
 BETHLEHEM, May 7: A deal to end Israel’s siege of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity was held up on Tuesday because no country has been found to accept the Palestinians inside,...
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UN discusses ME crisis today
UNITED NATIONS, May 7: The UN General Assembly would hold its tenth emergency special session late Tuesday to consider an agenda item on illegal “Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and...
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US body lauds Pakistan govt steps
WASHINGTON, May 7: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has acknowledged Pakistan government’s move to abolish the separate electorate system and efforts undertaken to prevent militant religious groups and...
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Political activities to be restored before polls: Nisar
ISLAMABAD, May 7: Information Minister Nisar Memon said on Tuesday that political parties were free to hold indoor activities and express their views through media and it was the Election Commission...
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Commanders briefed on economic situation
ISLAMABAD, May 7: The two-day Formation Commanders Conference, which concluded on Tuesday at the General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi, discussed at length the current economic situation and expressed satisfaction over it....
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PML factions to discuss unification on 10th
LAHORE, May 7: Leaders of the PML(QA), the PML (Functional) and the PML (Chattha) have agreed to hold a meeting in Islamabad on Friday (May 10) to explore the possibility of...
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23 graves dug up in search of Osama’s body
 BAGRAM, May 7: Coalition forces have dug up 23 graves in an Al Qaeda cemetery in Afghanistan and taken DNA samples from the corpses after information that Osama bin Laden had...
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Dr Murtaza Malik, cop and driver shot dead
 LAHORE, May 7: Noted religious scholar Prof Dr Ghulam Murtaza Malik, his driver and a policeman were shot dead by two gunmen in Allama Iqbal Town, here on Tuesday night....
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ADB grants $5.2m for water plan
MANILA, May 7: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $5.2 million as technical assistance to Pakistan, and to a water management plan for Asia, the bank said on Tuesday....
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Tribunal restores services of 127
QUETTA, May 7: The Service Tribunal, headed by Balochistan High Court judge Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai, ordered here on Monday the restoration of 127 sacked employees of the Agriculture Department....
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138 perish in two air crashes
TUNIS, May 7: At least 138 people were killed on Tuesday in two crashes involving a Chinese and an Egyptian airliner....
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National Alliance meets today
ISLAMABAD, May 7: Heads of the component parties of the newly-formed National Alliance are holding their first formal meeting here on Wednesday to chalk out a strategy for expanding the alliance....
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Patten to visit Afghanistan, Pakistan
BRUSSELS, May 7: The EU Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten, is to visit Afghanistan and Pakistan from May 20-24, the EU announced here....
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American Muslim held
WASHINGTON, May 7: The US State Department said on Tuesday that an American-Muslim physician, said to have been investigating the aftermath of fighting at the Palestinian refugee camp at Jenin, has...
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11 Mujahideen killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 7: Indian troops claimed killing 11 Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday and Monday night....
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Rights group voices concern over fighting in Afghanistan
NEW YORK, May 7: Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday that factional fighting in Afghanistan has risen to dangerous levels in recent weeks, threatening the process for the selection of Afghanistan’s...
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Four die of sunstroke
NAWABSHAH, May 7: Four people died of sunstroke here on Tuesday, hospital sources said....
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