Israel to pursue re-occupation: Army kills 10 Palestinians
 TEL AVIV, June 21: Israel decided on Friday to press ahead with its reoccupation of West Bank self-rule towns, as 10 Palestinians were killed in the army’s hunt for guerillas after...
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EU asks India to take de-escalatory steps
SEVILLE, June 21: European Union leaders on Friday urged India to take “further de-escalatory steps” in response to Pakistan’s clampdown on “cross-border terrorism”....
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10 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, June 21: Indian forces claimed killing 10 Kashmiri Mujahideen on Friday....
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G-8 to discuss border standoff
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The current Pakistan-India crisis with particular reference to the resolution of core issue of Kashmir will be discussed at the Group of Eight summit scheduled to be held...
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Crackdown against extremist groups intensified
ISLAMABAD, June 21: Pakistan has intensified crackdown on extremist groups after last week’s car-bomb blast outside the US Consulate in Karachi, arresting dozens of suspected militants and placing police on the...
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Bugti tribesmen take up positions
QUETTA, June 21: The Frontier Corps was strengthening its position in Dera Bugti, deploying more militiamen in the area to launch an operation, Jamhoori Watan Party sources said here on Friday....
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Experts agree to uphold 1991 Water Accord
BHURBAN, June 21: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development, Nisar A. Memon inaugurated a two-day workshop on ‘Water for National Integration’ on Thursday to create awareness about water strategy....
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Mahathir speaks to Musharraf, Vajpayee
KUALA LUMPUR, June 21: Malaysia’s prime minister spoke on Friday of a botched attempt to engage him in telephone diplomacy with President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee...
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Firing declines along border
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, June 21: Firing has dropped sharply on the front line between India and Pakistan in the last week but villagers who had fled the area are still reluctant to...
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BJP opposes Hurriyat leaders’ visit to Pakistan
NEW DELHI, June 21: A day after India raised hopes of a thaw over Kashmir, there were signs on Friday of a stiff resistance from Hindu hardliners, who opposed any move...
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Provinces directed to check price hike
ISLAMABAD, June 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has directed the provinces to check “profiteering” being experienced by a common man in the wake of new budget announced on June 15....
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Husband kills wife, ‘lover’ & 3 children
LAHORE, June 21: A shopkeeper shot dead his wife, her alleged lover, and three children in Usman Nagar, Ghaziabad, on Friday....
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Nisar to lead delegation at ICFM
ISLAMABAD, June 21: Information Minister Nisar A. Memon will lead the Pakistan delegation at the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) meeting in Khartoum next week....
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Rumsfeld sees situation improving
WASHINGTON, June 21: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday said tensions between Pakistan and India appeared to be “improving modestly” and he was hopeful the conflict would continue to ease....
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Afghan DPs being freed from jails
ISLAMABAD June 21: Pakistan government ordered on Friday the release of 690 Afghan refugees from various jails. The refugees were arrested under the Foreigners Act in the second week of May...
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India test-fires missile
NEW DELHI, June 21: India twice on Friday test-fired a home-grown anti-tank missile from its eastern coast, but officials said the tests were routine and had nothing to do with the...
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World Bank concerned over Tarbela Dam victims’ misery
PESHAWAR, June 21: Islamabad is apprehending that the World Bank loan for Ghazi Barotha Hydro Power (GBHP) project may be cancelled in view of the failure of provincial governments of the...
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Wildfires
DENVER, June 21: Thousands of people fled rampaging wildfires that left firefighters helpless in Colorado and Arizona as a government agency warned Thursday of “extreme” fire danger across the Western United...
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