No Al Qaeda role in Kashmir: Rumsfeld urges revival of dialogue
 ISLAMABAD, June 13: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said here on Thursday the United States did not have any evidence of Al Qaeda men being active in Kashmir....
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Exports, crops yield fall; GDP at 3.6pc: Economic Survey 2001-02
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Pakistan’s economy showed mixed trends during the outgoing financial year 2001-2002, achieving a 3.6 per cent GDP growth but witnessing a decline in revenues, exports, fixed investment, wheat,...
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Surveillance devices to arrive soon: Moin
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Borders surveillance equipment, which included five armed helicopters, three fixed wings planes, and night vision devices, worth US$73 million, will reach Pakistan in the next few days....
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Jirga elects Karzai head of transitional setup
 KABUL, June 13: Hamid Karzai, the leader of the current interim administration, was elected Afghanistan’s head of state on Thursday by delegates at the Loya Jirga, officials said....
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Introduction of interest-free system not possible, SC told
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The federal government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that transformation of economy into the interest-free mode was impossible and any such attempt would result in anarchy in...
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G8 will keep up pressure to prevent confrontation
WHISTLER (Canada), June 13: G8 foreign ministers warned India and Pakistan Wednesday there would be no let up in the intense diplomatic drive to ensure their simmering crisis does not escalate...
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Bush discusses Mideast plan with Faisal
 WASHINGTON, June 13: US President George W. Bush took a step closer to publicly laying out the next step towards his vision for Middle East peace on Thursday by meeting Saudi...
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Arab accomplice of ‘dirty bomb’ suspect held
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Pakistani security agencies, following a tip-off from the FBI, have arrested an Arab national, an alleged accomplice of the Al Qaeda terrorist Abdullah al Muhajir involved in the...
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Three killed in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, June 13: Two women and a child were killed and 12 other people injured in pre-dawn Indian shelling in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Thursday amid efforts by US...
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Five suspected Al Qaeda men arrested in Paris
PARIS, June 13: The French police say they’ve arrested five men — two of them apparently Pakistani nationals — in an early-morning raid staged on Wednesday (June 12) in two suburbs...
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11 killed as jeep falls into ravine in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD, June 13: Eleven persons were killed and seven others injured when a vehicle they were travelling in veered off a hilly road in Neelum Valley and plunged into a ravine...
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India rules out foreign troops in Valley
SRINAGAR, June 13: India on Thursday ruled out the deployment of foreign troops in held Kashmir to help flush out Al Qaeda fighters which US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said are...
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US sees progress in easing tensions
ISLAMABAD, June 13: US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday that progress was being made towards de-escalation of tensions between Pakistan and India....
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Diplomats continue to leave India
NEW DELHI, June 13: India’s militarist bellicosity and Pakistan’s matching bravado continued on Thursday to drive out worried foreigners from the region despite emerging signs that a nuclear standoff between the...
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Congress backs Kalam’s candidature
NEW DELHI, June 13: The Congress party on Thursday threw its weight behind presidential candidate Abdul Kalam, the architect of India’s ballistic missile programme, ensuring he will become India’s next president....
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Vajpayee on Abu Sayyaf’s hit list: report
NEW DELHI, June 13: The Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf militant group is planning to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, an Indian online newspaper reported on Wednesday, the day US Defence...
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