Deal ends siege of Nativity Church: Militants sent into exile
 BETHLEHEM, May 10: The volatile 38-day siege at Bethlehem’s Nativity Church ended on Friday after topsy-turvy negotiations the previous night yielded a final deal under which the Palestinians and Israelis agreed...
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Sindh antiques being shifted to Lahore
KARACHI, May 10: In a questionable move, the federal government has decided to wind up the Department of Archaeology and Museums in Karachi and relocate it along with all its possessions...
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Standoff helping Al Qaeda: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Pakistan said on Friday that a tense military standoff with India was compromising its efforts to secure its western borders against Al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives fleeing Afghanistan....
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FPSC seeks army officers
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The federal public service commission (FPSC) has asked the defence forces to nominate around 65 officers with “high average” service record for induction of six of them in...
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Noted poet Kaifi Azmi passes away
 BOMBAY, May 10: Renowned Urdu poet and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi died in Bombay on Friday after a prolonged illness. He was 82. A founder of the Progressive Writers Association, Azmi...
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Terrorists can’t stop investment: Aziz
 SHANGHAI, May 10: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday gave a positive assessment of Pakistan’s economic prospects in a speech to international bankers, despite this week’s suicide bombing in Karachi....
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Army commandos deployed in Fata
PESHAWAR, May 10: Pakistan Army has moved its special services force into the tribal areas with the twin objective of catching Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters and compliment the US-led coalition...
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8 Wapda firms get licences to qualify for WB loan
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has issued distribution licences to eight corporate companies of Wapda to qualify for the World Bank-funded $350 million structural adjustment credit...
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Lost deals: issue to be raised with Kabul
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Islamabad is taking up with Afghan interim authority the rising ratio of contracts and procurements slipping out of Pakistani contractors and businessmen’s hands due to Kabul authorities’ tilt...
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Rocca due in India, Pakistan next week
WASHINGTON, May 10: United States Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca is due to travel to Pakistan and India early next week, it was learnt here on Friday....
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250 Pakistanis to be airlifted today
ISLAMABAD, May 10: As many as 250 Pakistanis, detained in different prisons of Afghanistan, will be airlifted by a military plane on Saturday and Sunday, official sources told said here on...
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Musharraf says he is a democrat
DUBAI, May 10: After a resounding victory in the referendum, President Gen Pervez Musharraf said he was a “democrat by instinct” and was continuing in office in the interest of democracy....
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Powell, Blair express solidarity
ISLAMABAD, May 10: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday held separate telephonic conversations with President Gen Pervez Musharraf and condemned the heinous act...
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Five more die in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD, May 10: The government of Gujarat transferred the state’s police chief as fresh sectarian violence left at least five dead and 40 injured in Ahmedabad on Friday....
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400 held in countrywide crackdown
ISLAMABAD, May 10: In the countrywide crackdown against militant organizations initiated after the suicide bombing in Karachi over 400 activists were rounded up till Friday afternoon, official sources said....
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PML factions form body for reconciliation
KARACHI, May 10: leaders of various factions of the Pakistan Muslim League met at the Kingri House on Friday....
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Zafar case may be cited in marriage cases: SC
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Justice Munir A. Sheikh of Supreme Court on Friday observed that the Syed Zafar Ali Shah case, validating the military take-over on the doctrine of necessity, might be...
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6 Mujahideen killed
SRINAGAR, May 10: Indian troops on Friday claimed killing six Mujahideen in two different encounters in occupied Kashmir....
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