Dialogue alone can help settle dispute: War no solution: Straw
 ISLAMABAD, May 28: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said here on Tuesday that the international community regarded terrorism as terrorism and urged Pakistan to help create an environment conducive to dialogue...
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Series of missile tests completed
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Pakistan on Tuesday completed a series of tests of its missile systems with the successful test-fire of a short-range Hatf-II (Abdali) missile....
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India rules out talks with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, May 28: India on Tuesday ruled out any talks with Pakistan, saying diplomatic efforts to convince it to close down militants’ camps in Kashmir had so far failed and...
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GST on domestic power soon
LAHORE, May 28: The federal government plans to impose 15 per cent general sales tax on domestic and agricultural electricity consumers from July 1 and expects to collect over Rs16 billion....
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New Delhi reaction to speech regretted
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Pakistan on Tuesday said it regretted India’s reaction to President Musharraf’s national address which was delivered amid rising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals....
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No compromise on principles: Musharraf
LONDON, May 28: President Pervez Musharraf has said sanity demands avoidance of war between two South Asian neighbours but Pakistan could not compromise its honour in pursuit of peace....
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France offers to mediate in Kashmir dispute
PARIS, May 28: France is telling India and Pakistan that it would like to be able to mediate in their dispute over Kashmir, with President Jacques Chirac revealing to his official...
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Punjab windstorm death toll rises to 12
LAHORE, May 28: The death toll as a result of the Monday night’s windstorm in Punjab has risen to 12....
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Al Qaeda, Taliban plan attacks, says NYT
NEW YORK, May 28: The US intelligence reports indicate that Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders, now in Pakistan, are plotting terrorist attacks, including car and suicide bombings, to disrupt the selection...
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Muslims in India vulnerable: AI
LONDON, May 28: The Muslim community in India became increasingly vulnerable to victimization after the Sept 11 attacks in the United States and an attack on the Indian parliament in December,...
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Amnesty concerned over detentions in US
LONDON, May 28: Rights group Amnesty International voiced concern in its annual report released Tuesday about the fate of some 1,200 people detained in the United States since Sept 11 suicide...
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Two die in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, May 28: Two people were killed and at least eight others, including two women, were injured as Indian troops shelled different areas of Azad Kashmir on Tuesday, police and administration...
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Nato-Russia council urges talks
PRATICA DI MARE (Italy), May 28: The Nato-Russia Council urged India and Pakistan at its first meeting to reduce tensions and resume talks to avoid a conflict, Nato Secretary General George...
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Washington welcomes Musharraf’s statement
WASHINGTON, May 28: The United States State Department here did not have a direct reaction to Gen Pervez Musharraf’s speech of Monday, but it reiterated on Tuesday that it welcomed the...
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702 Afghan detainees may be released
RAWALPINDI, May 28: The government is likely to offer to interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai the release of Afghan nationals detained in Pakistan’s various jails, an official source said on Tuesday....
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Demo against globalization dispersed
 MOSCOW, May 28: Russian police used truncheons to break up a demonstration here by a few dozen anti- globalization demonstrators, estimated at around 70 people, lay down on central Pushkin square...
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