Leaders agree on using peaceful means: Putin: Talks with Musharraf, Vajpayee held
ALMATY, June 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin told India’s Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tuesday that President Pervez Musharraf had offered serious positive signals to end the military standoff in...
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S. Asia paying heavy price for standoff: President’s address at Almaty
ALMATY, June 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday the people of South Asia were paying the price for what he termed India’s unwillingness to end the standoff over disputed...
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Most troops still along border: US
WASHINGTON, June 4: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld believes that most Pakistani troops positioned along the border with Afghanistan remain in place, despite tensions with India....
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Water inflow increases
ISLAMABAD, June 4: For the first time in almost a year, provinces will get irrigation water as per their requirement from the middle of June as the flows in all the...
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Armitage asks India to behave responsibly
WASHINGTON, June 4: With two-high level US missions poised to be in Pakistan and India in the next few days, it is still unclear whether American officials have a definite game...
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Almaty summit approves anti-terrorism declaration
ALMATY, June 4: A 16-nation Asian summit in Kazakhstan approved on Tuesday an anti-terrorism declaration which commits its signatories including India and Pakistan to not support separatist movements....
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Vajpayee rejects talks offer
ALMATY, June 4: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Tuesday that the “epicentre of terrorism and religious extremism” was close to India’s borders, and rejected an offer of talks...
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SC suspends termination order of 98 workers
ISLAMABAD, June 4: The Supreme Court suspended on Tuesday the Sui Southern Gas Company order of terminating services of 98 employees who were recruited in 1994/95.
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PAF ready to face any challenge: Mushaf
FORWARD PAF OPERATING BASE, June 4: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir said on Tuesday that Pakistan Air Force is fully prepared to accept any challenge....
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Two die, 15 injured in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, June 4: Two people were killed and at least 15, including seven women, injured in different areas of Azad Kashmir in unabated Indian shelling from across the Line of Control...
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US introduces new visa category
LOS ANGELES, June 4: The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from this month has introduced a new visa category, called “T-visas” for the victims of trafficking under the Victims of...
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Putin voices concern over situation
ALMATY, June 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concern on Tuesday about the explosive situation in South Asia ahead of expected talks with the leaders of India and Pakistan on the...
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Edhi’s brother injured in attack
KARACHI, June 4: Three miscreants attacked and injured Abdul Aziz Edhi, a younger brother of the noted social worker Maulana Abdul Sattar Edhi, while he was going to his house in...
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Indian official stopped
ISLAMABAD, June 4: Pakistan stopped an Indian Embassy official, accused of spying, from leaving the country on Tuesday....
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