Nine children among 15 dead: Israeli F-16 bombs residential area
 GAZA, July 23: Israel on Monday night killed the commander of the military wing of Hamas and 14 other Palestinians, including nine children, in an air raid on his home that...
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Delhi will not allow UK MPs to visit Gujarat
NEW DELHI, July 23: India escorted the defence attaches of 15 diplomatic missions from New Delhi for a tour of Kashmir on Tuesday, but the foreign ministry indicated a delegation of...
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Rulers have no right to amend Constitution, say leaders
ISLAMABAD, July 23: President Pervez Musharraf continued his consultative process on the constitutional packages on Tuesday, holding separate meetings with the GDA party heads and six other politicians, majority of whom...
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Election Commission bans officials’ transfers until polls
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Election Commission on Tuesday restrained the federal and provincial governments from reshuffling bureaucracy till the completion of elections in October....
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Graduation condition to change culture: SC
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that minimum qualification of BA or its equivalent for the members of the parliament and provincial assemblies, was first step towards change...
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No secrecy about Lyari Expressway, says NHA
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The National Highway Authority (NHA) finalized the design of the Lyari Expressway (LEW) and handed it over to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) in January 2002 for public...
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Pakistani journalist’s ordeal in Afghanistan
PARIS, July 23: A Pakistani journalist, Hayatullah Khan, correspondent for The Nation, detained with his two guides and driver, by the US forces in Afghanistan, was freed on July 7....
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M.M. Ahmad dies
 WASHINGTON, July 23: A former finance minister and presidential adviser of Pakistan, Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Maryland. He was 97....
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Govt will seek cut in power tariff rate
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The government will file a review petition before the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) for reducing the increase in power tariff by 20 paisa per unit on...
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Bhat may be retained as APHC head
NEW DELHI, July 23: The head of Kashmir’s All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Prof Abdul Ghani Bhat, whose tenure ends on Wednesday, may continue to be the chairman of the pro-freedom group...
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Pakistan, US talk revival of defence body
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Pakistan and the United States on Tuesday initiated talks for reviving Defence Consultative Group as agreed between the leaders of two countries during the visit of President Gen...
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Order for LB polls in Fata issued
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The President on Tuesday issued Order for holding of local government elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas....
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12 killed as Afghan factions clash
CHAMAN, July 23: At least 12 people have been killed in clashes between rival Afghan factions in the western province of Herat bordering Iran, an Afghan commander said on Tuesday....
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Court’s competency in rape case questioned
MULTAN, July 23: The prosecution in the Meerwala gang-rape case has admitted that the anti-terrorism court lacks competency to hear the case....
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Archbishop Williams new Church of England head
LONDON, July 23: The Pakistani-born Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester, a strong candidate for the position of Archbishop of Canterbury, has not been chosen to be the next head...
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Girls & gold save four from gallows
MIANWALI, July 23: Four murder convicts managed to save themselves from the gallows after agreeing to pay Rs8 million and eight girls of their family as “compensation” to the aggrieved party....
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