No pressure over elections: FO: India’s jets purchase to start arms race
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Pakistan on Monday denied it was under foreign pressure over its electoral process and stated that there was no ban on any party or individual to contest elections,...
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Six killed in attack on Murree school
 JHIKA GALI, Aug 5: Six people were killed and at least three wounded on Monday when masked men burst into the compound of a Christian missionary school in Murree and opened...
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Over 30 political parties submit papers to EC
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The Election Commission on Monday received documents from more than 30 political parties for registration....
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Bomber blows himself up prematurely
 TEL AVIV, Aug 5: New bloodshed in an Israeli city was averted on Monday evening, when a would-be suicide bomber blew himself up prematurely as Palestinian attacks showed no sign of...
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35 paisa hike in gas price likely
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) is expected to announce here on Tuesday around 35 paisa per thousand cubic feet (MCF) increase in the prescribed price of...
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‘Someone else’ planned US attacks: Musharraf
NEW YORK, Aug 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said in an interview with a magazine that he believed that while Osama bin Laden was “sponsor, the financier, and the motivating force”...
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Pearl’s remains to be flown to US
KARACHI, Aug 5: The remains of the slain US journalist Daniel Pearl, which were kept at Edhi Home, were transferred to a coffin provided by the US officials on Monday to...
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Villepin ‘prudent’ on S. Asian tour
PARIS, Aug 5: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, just back in Paris following a two-day whirlwind visit to Pakistan and India, says he prefers to remain “prudent” with regard to...
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Omanese minister calls on Musharraf
 ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Oman has lauded President General Pervez Musharraf for his courageous leadership and for the positive steps taken by him for reducing tension in the region....
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US consulate in Karachi closed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: In a sudden move the US authorities announced the closure of their Consulate-General in Karachi on Monday morning....
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UK move shows raid on Iraq imminent
LONDON, Aug 5: As a strongest signal Britain is preparing for war against Iraq the navy’s flagship fighter aircraft carrier Ark Royal is to sail for the Mediterranean next month, with...
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PPP Parliamentarians set up to contest polls
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Pakistan People’s Party on Monday formed a new political entity, PPP Parliamentarians, in a bid to avert the imminent threat of losing the chance for contesting election....
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Accused says he sheltered Chechens, Arabs
KOHAT, Aug 5: The prime accused in whose house 10 armymen were killed by 42 Al Qaeda members in Azam Warsak area of the South Waziristan Agency in June, and recently...
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Armitage to visit Delhi, Islamabad
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will leave here later this month for high-level talks in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, China and Japan, the State Department announced...
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Ministers must quit before polls: CEC
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Chief Election Commissioner, Irshad Hasan Khan, on Monday reiterated that the sitting ministers desiring to contest the upcoming general elections must relinquish their offices before they file nomination...
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Two fighters killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 5: Indian forces claimed killing two Mujahideen in a search operation in a village in occupied Kashmir onMonday, officials said....
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Pakistani, Indian FMs may meet in Nepal
NEW DELHI, Aug 5: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are due to attend a regional summit in Kathmandu later this month, providing them a possible opportunity to meet and...
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US rethinks decision to send detainees on chartered flights
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: The US government is reconsidering its decision to send hundreds of Pakistani detainees home on chartered flights, US and Pakistani officials told Dawn on Monday....
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