Pakistan, India close to war, says Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Describing the situation on Pakistan’s eastern borders as “grim,” President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Wednesday that Pakistan and India were closer to war than they had...
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President to continue consultations: Troops on western border may be thinned out
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Pakistan has decided that if need be it will call back its peace-keeping forces from Sierra Leone, thin out troop presence on the western borders and to launch...
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EU signs 50m euro assistance accord
 ISLAMABAD, May 22: The European Union (EU) Commissioner for External Relations Chris Patten has said that he is visiting Pakistan and India to assess the security situation in the region....
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Warships move as Vajpayee warns of ‘decisive fight’
NEW DELHI, May 22: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday told Indian soldiers confronting Pakistani forces across the Line of Control (LoC) that the time had come for a...
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US hopes Islamabad will end terrorism
WAsHINGTON, May 22: The United States believes that the political will exists in Pakistan to stop terrorism and that Gen Pervez Musharraf is committed to removing extremism as an activity in...
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Pakistan prepared to match attack
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Pakistan on Wednesday said it was prepared to defend itself against any Indian attack, but called for negotiations and vowed to maintain a crackdown on terrorism....
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Six die in shelling along LoC, Sialkot: Four Indian bunkers destroyed
MUZAFFARABAD/SIALKOT, May 22: Three persons died in overnight Indian shelling in different sectors of Azad Kashmir on Tuesday, and firing resumed on Wednesday, leaving three more people dead, officials said....
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Diplomatic activity picks up steam
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Finally weeks after heightened tension between Pakistan and India after the Jammu killing, Pakistan’s diplomatic activity has picked up some steam. Tensions between India and Pakistan have assumed...
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Pakistan army has higher quality: UK experts
LONDON, May 22: As the crisis over Kashmir deepens, British military experts say that while India’s armed forces would enjoy a numerical superiority if a war broke out, Pakistan’s army is...
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SC sets aside ATC verdict against three MQM men
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the judgment of the Anti-Terrorism Court convicting three MQM workers on the charge of murdering PML(N) leader Zohair Akram Nadeem, and...
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Vajpayee told not to whip up war hysteria
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Amidst heightening tension between the two South Asian neighbours reeling on the verge of war, Pakistan on Wednesday rebuffed Indian prime minister’s threat of “decisive war” urging him...
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EU appeals for peace, warns of instability
BRUSSELS, May 22: The European Union on Wednesday made a strong appeal for India-Pakistan peace and said it was worried current tensions between the two countries could lead to ‘unpredictable consequences.’...
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UK cuts diplomatic strength
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The British High Commission has decided to close down its visa sections in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, and drastically reduce its diplomatic presence in Pakistan....
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Intimation on water moot not received
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Pakistan has not yet received official indication with regard to the cancellation of Indus Water Commissioners’ annual meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on May 29,...
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Newspapers to observe holiday
KARACHI, May 22: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has decided that its member publications will observe Sunday as closed holiday instead of Saturday on account of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, falling on the...
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Suicide bomber kills 2 Israelis
AL QUDS, May 22: A Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and two other people, as well as wounding around 20 on Wednesday night in Rishon Letsion on the southern outskirts of...
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Noted artist Ali Imam passes away
KARACHI, May 22: Noted artist and director of Indus Art Galley, Ali Imam, died of heart attack here in the wee hours of Thursday. He was 69....
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Gold soars, stocks decline
KARACHI, May 22: Gold in the international market soared through $319 an ounce, hitting the $319.60 mark, and looked to be heading towards levels last recorded on Oct 14, 1999, when...
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