Delhi mulls response to Jammu killings: Washington slammed for supporting Islamabad
 NEW DELHI, May 16: Top Indian ministers and army commanders met on Thursday to draw up a response to a bloody attack in occupied Kashmir that New Delhi alleged was carried...
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WB chief seeks easing of tension in region
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The president of the World Bank, James D. Wolfensohn, has called upon India and Pakistan to reduce growing tension in the region and divert their resources for poverty...
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China urges talks to resolve issues
BEIJING, May 16: China on Thursday asked India to resolve its disputes with Pakistan through peaceful means....
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Israel continues raids in W. Bank, Gaza
RAMALLAH, May 16: As the West welcomed Yasser Arafat’s pledge for reforms and elections, a sceptical Israel on Thursday kept up the military pressure on the Palestinians....
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Pakistan rejects Indian charge
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The foreign office on Thursday said that wild allegations of Pakistan’s involvement in the Jammu incident and threats of retaliation by the Indian government were part of Delhi’s...
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Islamabad, Kabul fail to remove trade differences
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan and Afghanistan failed to thrash out differences over Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA) as the visiting trade delegation from Kabul could not hold out any guarantee against...
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Arabs revive peace offer to Israel
RIYADH, May 16: The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council in an extraordinary meeting of its foreign ministers here, convened by Saudi Arabia to discuss the current political situation concerning the Palestine issue,...
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Deal with govt in the offing, says PML
ISLAMABAD May 16: The information secretary of PML(N) Siddiqul Farooq has claimed that Gen Musharraf, after the referendum fiasco, was working on a ‘face-saving exit’; Sardar Qayum’s recent meetings with Nawaz...
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French TU wants subs project halted
PARIS, May 16: A major French trades union on Thursday called for an immediate halt to the joint submarine construction programme in Pakistan after 11 French naval workers were killed last...
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Govt renews offer to Benazir, claims PPP
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan People’s Party has claimed that the government has renewed its offer to Benazir Bhutto to step aside from contesting the elections and convert her exile into a...
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Commission on status of women to review Hudood law
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The National Commission on Status of Women, a statutory organisation established under a presidential ordinance, through a special committee, will review the controversial “Hudood Ordinance” to eliminate all...
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Verification of voters not possible, says EC
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Election Commission on Thursday announced that due to constraints of time it was not possible to conduct a door-to-door verification of the new category of voters, 18...
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Pearl’s body recovered?
KARACHI, May 16: The Karachi police on Thursday reportedly recovered the body of Daniel Pearl, the slain correspondent of the Wall Street Journal....
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Emergency services law under study
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The government is considering promulgating an Emergency Services Ordinance, 2002, for providing a response service to ensure safety of life and protection of property....
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Three die in building collapse
KARACHI, May 16: Three people were killed and another 18 injured when a factory building collapsed in North Karachi’s industrial area on Thursday....
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US envoy’s transfer reports dismissed
WASHINGTON, May 16: At a time of a fresh bout of brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, America’s top diplomatic posts in the two countries have been in the news here, but...
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‘Pakistan not to accept threats from India’
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Director-General of ISPR, Major General Rashid Qureshi, said on Thursday Pakistan would not accept threats from India and was fully prepared to respond to any aggressive action....
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Kashmiri group vows to continue struggle
SRINAGAR, May 16: Kashmir’s main militant alliance vowed on Thursday to continue its armed struggle against Indian troops as New Delhi contemplated its response to a bloody attack in the state....
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Hafiz Saeed arrested
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The police have arrested the founder of an outlawed militant group linked to a bloody attack in occupied Kashmir this week, official sources said on Thursday....
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Amardeep shifted to Peshawar
PARIS, May 16: Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) says that its local correspondent in Pakistan was able to visit Amardeep Bassey, the British journalist of Indian origin who was arrested six days...
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