Ban on political activities to go on Sept 1: No rallies, processions to be allowed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The government on Tuesday lifted the ban on political activities with effect from Sept 1, allowing political parties 39 days for election campaign before polling, scheduled to be...
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Improving law, order to take time: President
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that the law and order situation in the country could not be improved overnight because of a host of reasons. He, however,...
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Tensions have decreased: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 27: The United States has again asserted that tensions between India and Pakistan have decreased despite the presence of more than a million troops on the border, which it...
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No guarantee Benazir won’t be arrested: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 27: The US State Department has said it cannot guarantee that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto would not be arrested if she returns to her country to contest the...
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Afghanistan, Pakistan to jointly fight terrorism
 ISLAMABAD Aug 27: Pakistan and Afghanistan said on Tuesday that they have agreed on security forces’ cooperation to fight terrorism, hunt down suspected terrorists and wage a battle on drugs....
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Kashmiri Hindu migrants to boycott polls
JAMMU, Aug 27: Four groups representing approximately 200,000 Kashmiri Hindu migrants on Tuesday announced their intention to boycott elections in occupied Kashmir scheduled to start next month....
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Survivors to get old age benefits
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The president on Tuesday introduced amendments in the Employees Old Age Benefits Act, which provide the “survivors” of an employee the same benefits which were earlier guaranteed to...
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Washington may write off $1bn debt
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The US government has indicated that it would write off Pakistan’s roughly $1 billion out of the total of $3 billion debt which has just been rescheduled for...
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APHC rejects US move for polls
 NEW DELHI, Aug 27: Kashmir’s All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Tuesday rejected a US move to get pro-freedom groups to participate in Indian-backed state polls in Kashmir, news reports said....
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China praises Musharraf’s anti-terror measures
NEW DELHI, Aug 27: A senior Chinese official told an Indian news channel on Tuesday that President Pervez Musharraf was firmly fighting terrorism in his country, and said nuclear ties between...
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Judgment in Meerwala case on 31st
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 27: The verdict in the Meerwala gang-rape case has been postponed until Saturday....
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Warrants for Benazir sent to all provinces
RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s “perpetual arrest warrants” issued by the National Accountability Bureau has been sent to the IGPs of the four provinces and the federal capital...
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7 killed, six hurt in Lahore accident
LAHORE, Aug 27: Seven people were killed and six injured in a head-on collision between a double-cabin van and a trailer on Ferozepur Road in Nishtar Colony late Tuesday night....
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Lawyers observe black day
LAHORE, Aug 27: Lawyers throughout the country observed black day on Tuesday to condemn the promulgation of the Legal Framework Order, 2002, on the unanimous call of all bar bodies....
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Shahbaz cleared for PP-141
LAHORE, Aug 27: Mian Shahbaz Sharif’s name was cleared on Tuesday to contest the provincial seat PP-141, and his papers for the PP-142 and NA-119, would come up for scrutiny on...
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PoWs to be sent back soon: Kabul
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah announced here on Tuesday that the first group of Pakistani prisoners from Afghanistan will be repatriated to Pakistan shortly....
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