Jiang calls for talks to ease tension
 BEIJING, Aug 2: Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Friday praised the “firm” stand against terrorism taken by President Pervez Musharraf, state media said....
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Raise in power rate reduced by 20 paisa
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has reduced power tariff from 39 paisa to 19 paisa per kwh for domestic consumers....
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Israel expels Palestinians
 NABLUS, Aug 2: Israeli troops, backed by more than 100 tanks, poured into the centre of the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, killing four Palestinians as Israel hit back...
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Subs deal high on French FM’s agenda
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: France’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin will arrive here from New Delhi on Saturday (today) on his first-ever trip to Pakistan....
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French FM calls for talks resumption
NEW DELHI, Aug 2: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin called on India and Pakistan on Friday to resume dialogue to reduce tension between the two South Asian nuclear-armed rivals....
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‘Invisible forces’ trying to spoil polls: Muttahida
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has informed the government that some “invisible forces” are reactivating criminal elements in Sindh, particularly in Karachi, with clear indications to spoil the...
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PML(N) reposes trust in Nawaz Sharif: Party poll to be held today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The Central Working Committee of the PML (Nawaz) on Friday reposed confidence in the leadership of exiled party chief Nawaz Sharif and recommended his name for the post...
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Young woman hurt in Indian firing
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 2: A woman was injured and many houses were damaged in Neelum valley in Indian shelling which continued on the fifth consecutive day on Friday, officials said....
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Govt set to miss senate election deadline
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The government is set to miss the October 12 deadline for the holding of elections to “the Senate of Pakistan”....
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New Delhi rejects ‘preaching’ on Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Aug 2: India’s election chief said on Friday that prescriptions from the ubiquitous “white-man” on conducting democracy were not avoidable but he also admitted that the proposed polls in...
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Nawaz’s daughter on way back home
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and son-in-law left Jeddah for London on Friday en route to Pakistan for their first visit since the Sharif family was...
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US likely to go to war with Iraq: Australia
CANBERRA, Aug 2: Australian Prime Minister John Howard warned on Friday that the United States was likely to attack Iraq and Australia would probably be asked to join in....
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Indian bid to set up new post foiled
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The Pakistan army successfully foiled an attempt by the Indian troops to establish a new post along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Neelum Valley sector of...
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CEC issues directive on poll material
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Chief Election Commissioner, Irshad Hasan Khan, on Friday issued special directives to the returning officers, asking them to ensure proper distribution of election material and ballot boxes to...
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Weapons seized near Chaman
QUETTA, Aug 2: The Pishin Scouts, a wing of Frontier Corps, seized illegal weapons from Durga Nallah, an area close to Pakistan-Afghanistan border near Chaman, on Friday evening....
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BBC office in Kashmir raided
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: The chief of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in South Asia has urged the Indian army to look into the circumstances that led to a raid on the...
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Talks should not wait for halt in terrorism: France
NEW DELHI, Aug 2: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, starting a South Asian peace tour in New Delhi on Friday, has said that waiting for a complete halt in terrorist...
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Pakistan Stunned in hockey
MANCHESTER, Aug 2: New Zealand defeated Pakistan for the first time to cruise into the Commonwealth Games men’s hockey final with a stunning 7-1 upset here on Friday....
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