Trilateral gas pipeline agreement signed: Musharraf, Niyazov & Karzai vow to boost trade
 ISLAMABAD, May 30: Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan signed a trilateral agreement on Thursday for a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline which would run from Daulatabad gas-fields in Turkmenistan to Gwadar....
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Rumsfeld coming on peace mission
WASHINGTON, May 30: American diplomatic efforts aimed at containing the present tensions between Pakistan and India went up another notch or two on Thursday when it was announced that Defence Secretary...
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Eastern border to get more troops: Avoid war, Musharraf advises Vajpayee
ISLAMABAD, May 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that Pakistan was seriously considering withdrawing troops from anti-terrorist operations on the western borders for their deployment to eastern borders....
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Islamabad refuses to accept ‘no first strike’ doctrine
UNITED NATIONS, May 30: Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram on Wednesday defended Pakistan’s decision not to promise “no first nuclear strike” in case of an attack by India...
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More Palestinians held, shot at in West Bank
 RAMALLAH, May 30: The Israeli army captured at least 12 Palestinians and injured as many civilians on Thursday as its forces raided autonomous regions across the West Bank while keeping the...
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Bush mulls how to protect US citizens: War threats in region
WASHINGTON, May 30: US President George W. Bush said on Thursday that the United States was assessing how to protect Americans should war erupt between Pakistan and India, as newspaper reports...
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Three cops killed in Mujahideen attack
JAMMU, May 30: Mujahideen attacked a police post in occupied Kashmir on Wednesday night, sparking a 17-hour gunfight which left three Indian policemen and two of the freedom fighters dead....
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Decision soon
WASHINGTON: The United States is close to a decision to evacuate US personnel from its embassy in New Delhi, possibly in conjunction with a more urgent warning to Americans in India,...
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No plan to build dam with Indian help: Karzai
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Afghanistan has refuted reports that it was considering constructing a dam in the Kunar province on the Kabul river with Indian assistance....
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De-escalation: G8 initiative next month
OTTAWA, May 30: The Group of Eight leading nations will decide next month whether to launch a special coordinated initiative to try to defuse tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, G8...
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Musharraf leaves for Tajikistan on Sunday
ISLAMABAD, May 30: President Pervez Musharraf will leave here for Tajikistan on Sunday for a one-day visit after which he will proceed to Kazakhastan to attend the regional Summit in Almaty,...
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Benazir’s proposal to prevent war
NEW YORK, May 30: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said on Tuesday that a war between India and Pakistan could be prevented with the “change of regime” in Pakistan....
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New Delhi monitoring situation: spokesman
NEW DELHI, May 30: India is “in full knowledge” of the movement of troops by Pakistan to the two countries’ common border and is monitoring the situation, army spokesman Colonel Sruti...
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ARD defers decision to meet president
LAHORE, May 30: The top leaders of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on Thursday deferred a decision on their formal response to the fresh invitation extended to them for a...
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US influence with India weakened, says expert
PERTH, May 30: The “war on terror” has complicated Washington’s ability to defuse tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi, the head of an international think-tank said here on Thursday....
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Nancy Powell set to take over
WASHINGTON, May 30: The United States envoy in Ghana, Nancy Powell, was getting ready on Thursday to leave for Pakistan to take over as charge d’affaires at the American embassy in...
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Washington offers to share intelligence
WASHINGTON, May 30: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday he was prepared to share with leaders of India and Pakistan US intelligence in the consequences of a nuclear war....
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Russia calls on Pakistan to end stand-off
MOSCOW, May 30: Russia called on Pakistan on Thursday to “take the first step” in ending its standoff with India, saying that it supported the position of New Delhi on “cross-border...
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