India rules out war, pullback: Danger persists: US envoy
NEW DELHI, June 28: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Friday ruled out going to war with Pakistan, but US Ambassador in New Delhi Robert Blackwill was quoted as saying...
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Iran’s help will be welcomed: Musharraf
 ISLAMABAD, June 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Friday that Pakistan will welcome third party intervention including Iran to resolve differences between India and Pakistan....
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No new tax in Rs48bn NWFP budget
PESHAWAR, June 28: NWFP Finance Minister Farid Rehman on Friday presented the provincial government’s Rs46.8 billion revenue receipts budget for the 2002-03 financial year, showing a projected budgetary deficit of more...
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Intra-party polls made mandatory
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The President on Friday promulgated the Political Parties (amendment) Order, 2002, requiring the political parties to hold intra-party polls before Aug 5, 2002, for becoming eligible to contest...
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32 killed in Spin Boldak explosions
KABUL, June 28: A series of overnight explosions in a munitions depot in the southern Afghan border town of Spin Boldak killed 32 people and injured 70, an aid worker said...
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G8 leaders call for India, Pakistan dialogue
CALGARY (Canada), June 28: Group of Eight leaders on Thursday called for an end to India-Pakistan tensions over Kashmir and said the two countries should hold dialogue to ease tension....
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More operations in Waziristan soon
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Intelligence reports put the number of Al Qaeda fugitives having regrouped in the Pakistani tribal belt at under 500 and suggest further operations in and around Waziristan to...
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‘Govt won’t supervise party polls’
LAHORE, June 28: The Political Parties Ordinance 2002 issued by the president is aimed at giving parties desirous of taking part in the elections time to hold their own elections in accordance...
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Pakistanis held in US
NEW YORK, June 28: Several Pakistanis were detained on Thursday on immigration charges as the FBI and US immigration department officials launched a joint investigation questioning about 70 “illegal immigrants,” mostly...
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Constituencies’ list finalized
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Election Commission on Friday finalized the list of constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies, and have been published in the Gazette of Pakistan Extraordinary June 28,...
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Army, tribesmen talks fail
KOHAT, June 28: The military authorities dispatched a contingent of 250 troops supported by air defence to launch fresh attack on the suspected hideouts of Al Qaeda members in the Darmilan...
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OIC flays rights violations in Valley
 KHARTOUM, June 28: The Orgnaization of Islamic Conference Foreign Ministers has condemned the flagrant human rights violations in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and called for appointing a special representative...
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Al Qaeda getting arms, says Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, June 28: Al Qaeda fighters in Pakistan and Afghanistan have received new shipments of weapons and other equipment, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told The Washington Times in an interview...
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Vajpayee tells VHP to respect ruling
LUCKNOW, June 28: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Friday urged Hindu leaders to abide by a court verdict that put on hold a controversial plan to build a temple...
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Qadhafi’s envoy holds talks with Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday observed that the Organization of Islamic Conference should play a more effective role in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute....
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Radiation detectors installed in New York
NEW YORK, june 28: The New York City police department has installed four radiation detectors to prevent terrorists armed with radioactive material from entering their offices....
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