10 die in Karachi car-bomb blast: Terrorist act outside US consulate
 KARACHI, June 14: Ten people were killed and 51 others wounded when a car-bomb exploded outside the US consulate-general here on Friday. The dead included five women....
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India considers peace moves, LoC sensors
NEW DELHI, June 14: India condemned Friday’s car-bomb attack at the US Consulate in Karachi as an act of terror and indicated that its words of sympathy for the victims would...
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SC deviated from Quran & Sunnat: state
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The federation informed the Supreme Court’s Shariat Appellate Bench on Friday that the apex court had deviated, on some points, from Holy Quran and Sunnat while declaring all...
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55 exemptions on income tax being withdrawn
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The federal budget being unveiled on Saturday will indicate a Rs795 billion total capital outlay, remove 55 income tax exemptions and cut corporate tax by 5 per cent....
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President’s talks with opposition postponed
LAHORE, June 14: A consultative meeting between leaders of various opposition parties and President Pervez Musharraf, scheduled for June 18, has been postponed due to differences in the viewpoints of the...
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India will not launch attack on Pakistan: Delhi’s assurance to Washington
WASHINGTON, June 14. Two leading American newspapers reported on Friday that India has given assurances to the United States that New Delhi will not automatically respond to a terrorist attack inside...
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Six PML factions ready to unite
LAHORE, June 14: A dramatic shift in the attitude of the PML(QA) on Friday paved the way for the merger of about half a dozen factions of the Pakistan Muslim League,...
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PIA refuses to cut Haj fares
ISLAMABAD June 14: The air fare for the Haj pilgrims for the coming Haj season is expected to remain unchanged, informed sources said....
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Army reluctant to defend Jewish areas
BEIT EL (West Bank), June 14: Jewish settlers in the West Bank are demanding more military protection from Palestinian attacks but the army is reluctant to defend isolated wildcat outposts that...
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FBI teams to assist investigators
KARACHI, June 14: Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are coming in for technical assistance in the investigations of the car bomb explosion that left 10 dead and many...
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Washington blames ‘radicals’ for killing
HOUSTON, Texas, June 14: President George W. Bush on Friday blamed “radical killers” for the apparent suicide bomb attack on the US consulate in Karachi that killed 10 people and shuttered...
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US closes embassy, consulates
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The US government has temporarily closed its embassy and consulates in the country following Friday’s terrorist attack outside the US consulate in Karachi....
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Pakistan pulls back warships
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Pakistan has pulled back its warships from alert positions in the Arabian Sea after the Indian Navy withdrew from the area, a military spokesman told AFP on Friday....
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Remote control device used
KARACHI, June 14: The car bomb used in the attack on the US Consulate General on Friday was controlled by a remote device, well-placed sources in the police said....
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Warlords blocking Jirga process, says HRW
 NEW YORK, June 14: Afghan war lords are hindering the Loya Jirga, Afghanistan’s traditional assembly, in its efforts to set up a representative government, Human Rights Watch said Thursday....
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5 more die in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, June 14: Five persons, including three women and a child, were killed and eight others were injured in unrelenting Indian shelling from across the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir...
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