Hoon underlines need for de-escalation
 ISLAMABAD, July 3: British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon called on President Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday and discussed with him the current standoff with India and cooperation in war on terror....
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Consultations on amendments soon: President
ISLAMABAD, July 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet the politicians to try to achieve some consensus over the proposed constitutional amendments prepared by the National Reconstruction Bureau....
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US begins tracking foreign students
WASHINGTON, July 3: The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has implemented an Internet-based tracking system to monitor foreign students and more easily catch those who violate their visas, officials said...
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4 Al Qaeda men among 6 killed
KOHAT, July 3: Four Al Qaeda men and two members of law-enforcement agencies were killed and two policemen seriously injured in an encounter near the Jarma bridge in the south of...
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Air wing to be set up to monitor border
ISLAMABAD, July 3: The government has decided to set up an air wing under the Ministry of Interior for monitoring and surveillance, primarily of the country’s western borders witnessing war against...
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SC directs SGS not to take dispute to ICSID
ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Supreme Court of Pakistan directed the Swiss Company, Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS), on Wednesday not to take the dispute of termination of its pre-shipment inspection contract...
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Gang-rape case culprits still at large
MULTAN, July 3: The Muzaffargarh police have so far been unable to arrest any of the culprits involved in the Meerwala gang-rape case, including four rapists and three members of a...
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Indian minister sees increase in infiltration
NEW DELHI, July 3: India’s new foreign minister Yashwant Sinha said on Wednesday it was difficult to trust President Pervez Musharraf, a fear not helped by what he said was a...
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12 killed in fresh Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, July 3: Indian forces on Wednesday claimed killing nine Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir. Three other people were also killed in the held state during a 24-hour period beginning Tuesday midnight....
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CD$447m debt swap for social uplift soon
ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Canadian government would shortly be approving the conversion of Canadian dollar (CD)447 million debt into social sector funding to help Pakistan, said Canada’s Minister for International Cooperation,...
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Pakistan rejects Indian charge
ISLAMABAD, July 3: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected New Delhi’s accusation that it had broken its promise to halt militant incursions into Indian territory, and accused India of lying....
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Gang-rape case: SC summons Punjab IG
LAHORE, July 3: The Supreme Court has summoned the Inspector-General of Punjab Police to appear on Friday and apprise it of the action taken against the culprits involved in the gang-rape...
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8 Al Qaeda suspects arrested in Karachi
KARACHI, July 3: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) accompanied by personnel of law enforcement agencies raided a warehouse in Shershah on Wednesday night and picked up eight men, including foreigners...
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Five more ministers inducted into Sindh cabinet
KARACHI, July 3: The Sindh Cabinet was further strengthened on Wednesday with the induction of five new ministers....
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Musharraf to visit BD
DHAKA, July 3: Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is to visit Bangladesh for three days from 29th, officials said here on Wednesday....
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New Sindh Chief Secretary
KARACHI, July 3: Mr KB Rind has been made new Chief Secretary of Sindh, replacing Javed Ashraf Hussain, says a government notification issued here on Wednesday....
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