Defence officials signalled to discuss standoff: New Delhi says ‘infiltration’ has come down
NEW DELHI, June 19: The Indian army, in a sign of easier days ahead on the border, may be deployed in strength for state elections in October in the disputed region...
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No help to Madaris without registration: Ordinance okayed; NCC, Girls Guide disbanded
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The federal cabinet here on Wednesday approved the promulgation of “Madrassah Registration Ordinance 2002” to regulate religious schools by bringing them under normal educational system of the country....
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Delivery of US choppers delayed
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The delivery of five armed helicopters and three fixed wings planes by the United States for the surveillance of Pakistan’s western borders has been delayed till next month,...
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Israel decides to re-occupy West Bank parts
TEL AVIV, June 19: Israel took over two West Bank towns on Wednesday, announcing a new, hardline policy to occupy Palestinian territory and exact other reprisals until suicide attacks on its...
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Second suicide bombing kills 8 in Al Quds
 AL QUDS (occupied), June 19: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in occupied Al Quds on Wednesday, killing at least seven other people, including an Israeli...
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UN warns of fresh crisis in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday said it was “not encouraging” Afghans to return home because many parts of the country were unsafe, unclean and lacked enough...
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N-deterrence prevents war: Kalam
NEW DELHI, June 19: Nuclear deterrence kept India and Pakistan from going to war, India’s President-in-waiting and author of the country’s “missile doctrine”, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, said on Wednesday, apparently unmindful...
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APHC renews offer for brokering peace
SRINAGAR, June 19: The All Party Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday asked the Indian government to allow its leaders to visit Azad Kashmir to negotiate a ceasefire....
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Rocket fired near US base
MIRANSHAH, June 19: A rocket was fired near a building housing US forces in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, but the rocket landed in wasteland and no one was hurt, a...
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National Conference leader shot dead
SRINAGAR, June 19: Unidentified men shot dead an official of occupied Kashmir’s ruling party in Srinagar on Wednesday, police said....
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Wapda faces public wrath at Nepra hearing today
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Around 17 interveners would oppose here on Thursday a Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) petition seeking an 88 paisa per unit across-the-board increase in power tariff when...
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Inam ul Haq made new foreign minister
ISLAMABAD, June 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr Inam ul Haq, as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs....
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Border firing lessens
SIALKOT, June 19: A man was wounded as Indian and Pakistani troops traded small-arms and mortar fire but both sides said on Wednesday the intensity of exchanges between them had eased...
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Pakistan clinch One-day series
BRISBANE, June 19: Superb pace bowling from Shoaib Akhtar steered Pakistan to a 91-run win over Australia in the third and deciding one-day international to clinch the three-match series 2-1 at...
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Abdullah, Fahim in new Afghan cabinet
KABUL, June 19: Hamid Karzai won approval on Wednesday for his new-look cabinet from Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga as he kept defence minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim and foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah in...
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Pakistan violating HR, says Amnesty
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Pakistan is flouting its own laws and violating human rights by arresting and deporting hundreds of people in pursuit of the US-led war on terrorism, Amnesty International said...
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Tension in Dera Bugti mounting continuously
QUETTA, June 19: The tension in Dera Bugti further mounted on Wednesday as the number of deployed Frontier Corps’ personnel reached over 50,000 in the area, reliable sources told Dawn....
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President wants to meet politicians, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD, June 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is still willing to meet opposition leaders to discuss the stand-off between India and Pakistan, Information Minister Nisar Memon said, while talking to newsmen...
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Osama in Afghanistan: French paper
PARIS, June 19: In the first of a major series of investigative articles on the disappearance of Osama bin Laden, French daily Le Figaro says that after a long investigation...
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BNM leader’s father shot dead
QUETTA, June 19: Father of Mir Aslam Buladi, a leader of the Balochistan National Movement (BNM) and a former provincial agriculture minister, was gunned down by unknown armed men in Turbat,...
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