Kashmiri fighters kill 3 NC activists: Strike observed in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, July 26: Freedom fighters shot dead three activists of occupied Kashmir’s ruling party on Friday. Six freedom fighters, a civilian and two policemen were also killed in the held state...
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Powell may ask New Delhi to reciprocate
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Recognizing that Pakistan has taken a major step to stop cross-border infiltration across the Line of Control, the US Secretary of State Colin Powell is likely to push...
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4 Israeli settlers shot dead
TEL AVIV, July 26: Four Israelis were killed on Friday when gunmen sprayed fire at two vehicles at a road junction in the West Bank....
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SSGCL seeks increase in prescribed gas price
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The Sui Southern Gas Company on Friday sought about Rs5.11 per million cubic feet (MCF) increase in its prescribed price amid strong opposition from various consumer groups....
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Political parties vow to dislodge govt: Package assault on federation
PESHAWAR, July 26: Heads and top leaders of major political parties at a seminar here termed the constitutional package and the political parties order “an assault on the federation” of the...
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Meerwala accused chargesheeted
 MULTAN, July 26: The Anti-Terrorism Court, Dera Ghazi Khan, began hearing the Meerwala gang-rape case in camera on Friday....
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Al Qaeda no longer a threat: Karzai
KABUL, July 26: Al Qaeda no longer poses a military threat in Afghanistan but it retains the capacity to launch terrorist attacks, President Hamid Karzai told AFP on Friday, while pledging...
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Muslims criticize raid on UK mosque
LONDON, July 26: Muslim religious parties have strongly criticized the police raid on a mosque to detain an Afghan couple whose asylum bid had failed....
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Bush says 2,000 terrorists eliminated
WASHINGTON, July 26: United States President George W. Bush said on Friday that the US forces and their allies had killed more than 2,000 terrorists since Oct 7, when Washington launched...
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IMF may give fourth tranche in October
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The International Monetary Fund has indicated to disburse the fourth tranche of $120 million in early October to further help improve Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves....
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Musharraf stresses peacetime mly training
 ISLAMABAD, July 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that peacetime training at all levels is essential as the country is faced with an adversary that has made no secret of...
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Girl wants Wani custom abolished
 MIANWALI, July 26: The 18-year-old student, one of the six girls of Abbakhel village rescued by the administration from the age-old ‘Wani’ tradition, demanded on Friday eradication of this social malaise....
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Eight die in road accident
QUETTA, July 26: Eight people were killed and 12 others injured, four of them seriously, when a Pishin-bound minibus plunged from a 700-ft high Khojak Pass into a ditch after colliding...
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Pakistani’s motel set on fire in US
LOS ANGELES, July 26: A 22-room motel, owned by a Pakistani family in Heber, near Salt Lake city, Utah, was put on fire this weekend amid the ongoing wave of arson...
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Pakhtoons warn Karzai of revolt
CHAMAN, July 26: Pakhtoon leaders in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat on Friday told President Hamid Karzai to remove the ethnic Tajik governor or risk an armed revolt....
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Pakistanis seek dual nationality
LAHORE, July 26: The Lahore High Court will hear detailed arguments on July 30 on the loss of Pakistani citizenship rights by Pakistanis who acquire US nationality....
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7 US soldiers killed in ambush
DUBAI, July 26: Abu Dhabi Television said on Friday that seven American soldiers had been killed and 14 injured in an ambush at a US facility in eastern Afghanistan, but US...
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Heirs pardon killer father under Qisas law
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Zakir Hussain Shah, a resident of Bara Kau locality who had murdered his daughter last month, will be absolved of the charge as his wife and son in...
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