President will appoint army chief, CEC: Defecting MPs to lose seat, suggests package
ISLAMABAD, July 14: The government on Sunday unveiled the second package of proposed constitutional amendments, seeking power for the president to appoint, on his discretion, the armed forces’ chiefs, head of...
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India angry but subdued on Jammu incident
 NEW DELHI, July 14: Outraged by yet another massacre of Hindu civilians in Jammu, India on Sunday warned that it would get the perpetrators whoever they are, but diplomats expressed relief...
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20 arrested for attack on tourists
PESHAWAR, July 14: Police on Sunday arrested 20 persons in connection with a grenade attack on a group of European tourists in the NWFP, officials said....
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River diversion disallowed
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Pakistan has refused to allow even a minor diversion of Neelum River by India because that could jeopardize the development of Rs87 billion Neelum-Jhelum power system in Azad...
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30 held on eve of Pearl case verdict
HYDERABAD, July 14: At least 600 policemen and Frontier Constabulary personnel will be deployed by the district administration in and outside the central jail as Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Syed Ali Ashraf...
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Israeli aircraft strike Gaza Strip
 GAZA CITY, July 14: The Israeli air force on Sunday destroyed two buildings in the Gaza Strip, including one said to have been the home of a slain militant, while Israel...
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Al Qaeda hunt: US agencies working with army
NEW YORK, July 14: American law enforcement agencies have been working in tandem with the American military in Pakistan in an unusual and sustained manner to hunt down Al Qaeda fighters...
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Bar Council not to challenge package
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Pakistan Bar Council, the apex body of legal practitioners in the country, on Sunday announced that it had dropped the idea of challenging the proposed constitutional amendments package...
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PPP questions mode of election to reserved seats
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Pakistan People‘s Party has asked the Election Commission to define the term “technocrat” and clarify the manner in which it wants to hold elections to the reserved seats...
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UK to send DPs back home
LONDON, July 14: Britain has declared that Afghanistan is safe enough to send thousands of Afghan asylum seekers back home, as the Home Office believes that conditions in their country have...
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Powell, Straw visits to focus on easing tension
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Reports from London and Washington and statements by officials indicate that the visits by United States Secretary of State Colin Powell and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to...
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Chirac escapes attempt on life
PARIS, July 14: A deranged neo-Nazi fired a rifle shot in an attempt to assassinate President Jacques Chirac during France’s Bastille Day parade on Sunday, but the man was quickly subdued...
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Pakistan condemns killings
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Pakistan on Sunday condemned the killing of a number of civilians and injuries to many others in a terrorist attack on the outskirts of Jammu on Saturday....
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Lankan FM arrives
COLOMBO, July 14: Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando arrived in Islamabad ahead of an official three-day visit to talk about regional peace moves, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on...
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Electioneering after Aug 10, says Nisar
KARACHI, July 14: Information Minister Nisar Memon said on Sunday that political activities will start after the publication of electoral rolls and announcement of election schedule by Aug 10....
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Pro-Kashmir rally held in London
LONDON, July 14: Several hundred Pakistanis and Kashmiris staged a peaceful but rather noisy rally against Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir, here on Sunday....
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