No voting facility for overseas Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Election Commission has no plan to extend the facility of casting vote to the overseas Pakistanis in the forthcoming elections, sources told Dawn....
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New body to hold talks with tribal chiefs: Oil exploration in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, July 21: A ministerial committee that was holding negotiations with Baloch Sardars to enable over 20 petroleum companies to start exploration activities in Balochistan has been dissolved, an official source...
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Pakistan says ball in India’s court
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Pakistan told Britain on Saturday that it had done its best and there was nothing more it could unilaterally do to end the standoff with India....
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Landmine kills 13 Afghans
KABUL, July 21: A landmine killed 13 bus passengers and six others were injured in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan, a United Nations spokesman said on Sunday....
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Ban on non-prohibited bore weapons lifted
SUKKUR, July 21: The federal government has lifted the ban on issuing of arms licences with immediate effect and necessary notification to this effect has been sent to all provincial governments,...
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Peres satisfied with Palestinian talks
AL QUDS, July 21: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said on Sunday he was satisfied with his meeting the night before with Palestinian officials, and said more would be held...
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400 Afghans may have been killed due to error
NEW YORK, July 21: Relying on mistaken and unverified information American commanders in Afghanistan could have killed as many as 400 innocent civilians as it proceeds with its war against terrorism...
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Women guards take to the air today
 KARACHI, July 21: Pakistan’s first batch of women sky marshals will take to the air from Monday as part of a plan to tame would-be hijackers, an officer, who trained them,...
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Baloch leader shot dead
QUETTA, July 21: A prominent leader of the Balochistan National Movement (BNM) and Nazim of Union Council Sri-kahan, Mir Ghulam Qadir Baloch, was gunned down by unknown assailants in the main...
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Eight killed in Sicily
 ROME, July 21: Eight people were killed and 47 injured when a Venice-bound train veered off the rails in Sicily, a police spokesman said Sunday....
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Missiles fired at US camp in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Unidentified attackers fired rockets in a pre-dawn attack on a United States military camp outside the city of Gardez in eastern Afghanistan, a news report said on Sunday....
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Al Qaeda trained 3,000 Britons: report
LONDON, July 21: Senior security sources of Britain believe that at least 3,000 British-based Islamic extremists have been trained in Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorist camps in Afghanistan over the past...
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Saudis still being denied US Express Visa facility
RIYADH, July 21: The fate of the US Visa Express programme, which facilitated the obtaining of the US entry visas from the US embassy in Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah,...
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MMA team meets CEC today
ISLAMABAD, July 21: A delegation of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will meet Chief Election Commissioner Justice Irshad Hassan Khan (retired), here on Monday....
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5 expats die of sunstroke in Dubai
DUBAI, July 21: Five labourers in the Gulf emirate of Dubai have died from sunstroke over the past week, police said on Sunday, urging employers to grant their staff a three-hour...
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Nasrullah invited to meet president
LAHORE, July 21: Federal Information Minister Nisar A. Memon phoned ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan on Sunday to extend him an invitation for a consultative meeting with President Musharraf on the...
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