Sacking powers may be restored : Constitutional amendments proposed
ISLAMABAD, June 26: The government on Wednesday unveiled its proposed constitutional package that seeks to restore the discretionary powers of the president and the governors to remove the prime minister and...
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10 soldiers, two fugitives killed: Al-Qaeda hideout in tribal area raided
PESHAWAR, June 26: Ten Pakistan army soldiers and two Chechen members of Al-Qaeda were killed in a gun-battle in South Waziristan Agency, an official said on Wednesday....
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Palestinians set election date
JERICHO (West Bank) June 26: The Palestinian Authority, under pressure from U.S. President George W. Bush to dump Yasser Arafat as its leader, announced on Wednesday that presidential elections would be...
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India, Pakistan may revive phone diplomacy: report
NEW DELHIi, June 26: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan could hold telephone talks this weekend in a revival of their “hotline diplomacy”, an Indian news group said on Tuesday...
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Muslims target of terrorist attacks: OIC discusses Mideast conflict
KHARTOUM, June 26: Foreign ministers of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference continued on Wednesday their debates on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how to brighten an image of Islam tarnished...
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Israelis hunt suspects in captive towns
 AL KHALIL (West Bank) June 26: Israeli tanks laid siege to Yasser Arafat’s local offices here on Wednesday to smoke out suspects, as the army hunted Palestinian militants and entered more...
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Strong control of radioactive material urged
UNITED NATIONS, June 26: The radioactive materials needed to make a “dirty bomb” can be found in almost any country in the world, and more than 100 may have inadequate controls...
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US deplores loss of soldiers’ lives
WASHINGTON, June 26: The United States on Wednesday publicly thanked Pakistan for its overnight military operation against Al Qaeda fighters, calling it another sign of Islamabad’s commitment to the war on...
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Musharraf promises free and fair polls
 ISLAMABAD June 26: President Gen Musharraf on Wednesday reiterated his government’s resolve to hold free and fair polls....
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Madaris reject ordinance
ISLAMABAD, June 26: An umbrella organization of different madaris on Wednesday rejected the government’s (proposed) “madaris education ordinance” and announced to resist its enforcement tooth and nail....
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QJP demands judicial inquiry into Omar’s death
ABBOTABAD, June 26: A high-powered judicial inquiry was demanded in the death of Omar Asghar Khan by the Qaumi Jamhoori Party as the party does not believe that his death was...
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Balochistan budget today
QUETTA, June 26: Balochistan’s Finance Minister, Jalil Dotani, will present the provincial budget for the financial year 2002-03 on Thursday....
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327 Al-Qaeda suspects handed over to US
ISLAMABAD, June 26: Pakistan government has handed over to the US authorities some 327 suspected Al-Qaeda members since the launch of the US-led anti-terror campaign in Afghanistan last year....
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Bodies of fire victims to be flown
NEW YORK, June 26: The family of seven who died in the fatal Brooklyn apartment fire on Sunday would be flown to Pakistan on Wednesday following a prayer service in Coney...
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India accuses Pakistan HC of aiding ‘terrorists’
NEW DELHI, June 26: Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani on Wednesday accused Pakistan’s High Commission of channelling funds that “go into fomenting terrorism in Kashmir”....
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Balochistan AG sacked
QUETTA, June 26: The Governor of Balochistan, Justice (retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal, removed Mohammad Ashraf Khan Tanoli, from his position as Advocate-General Balochistan, with immediate effect....
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Riyadh to seek clarifications on Bush move
 JEDDAH, June 26: Saudi Arabia will seek clarification from the United States about how President George Bush’s Middle East peace initiative will be implemented, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said on Wednesday....
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Delhi rules out early pullback
NEW DELHI, June 26: Ruling out any immediate pullback of troops from the India-Pakistan borders, Deputy Chief of the Army Staff Lt-Gen R S Kadyan on Tuesday said the decision on...
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Indian fighter plane crashes
NEW DELHI, June 26: An Indian fighter jet crashed into a paddy field on Wednesday in northern India, an Air Force spokesman said....
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Appellate forum to review Nepra decisions
ISLAMABAD, June 26: The government has decided in principle to set up a three-member appellate forum of experts to review decisions of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra)....
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