UN asks Israel to end siege: US abstains from Council voting
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24: The United Nations Security Council demanded on Tuesday that Israel end its siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s compound in Ramallah and withdraw its “occupying...
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30 killed in Gujarat temple firing
GANDHINAGAR, Sept 24: Thirty people were killed and over 70 injured when gunmen stormed a temple in Gujarat on Tuesday.
At least 100 people were feared trapped inside with the unidentified gunmen who stormed....
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EU faces split over US policy on Iraq
COPENHAGEN, Sept 24: The European Union governments faced further splits over the US policy towards Iraq on Tuesday as British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a case for Washington’s policy of...
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Poverty report suppressed for outcry fear
KARACHI, Sept 24: Final estimates of poverty in the country for the year 2000-01 and provisional estimates for 2001-02 have been drawn up, but government is reluctant to make it public,...
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Lopsided TV coverage to ‘favourite’ political parties
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Notwithstanding the government’s claim of holding free, fair and impartial elections, the state-owned electronic media is giving maximum coverage to election campaign of Pakistan Muslim League (Q), followed...
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Kashmiris boycott 2nd phase of elections
SRINAGAR, Sept 24: Polls closed in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday after a day which saw a near total boycott in Srinagar, where a gunbattle and and a general strike kept voters...
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Israeli troops kill nine in Gaza raid
GAZA CITY, Sept 24: Israel killed nine Palestinians in a massive military raid into Gaza City on Monday night, then rejected a UN security council vote calling it to end its siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Israeli troops launched their biggest incursion....
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Pakistan, US discuss defence cooperation
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: US and Pakistani defence officials gathered here on Tuesday to discuss boosting cooperation between the two countries and restoring formal ties suspended since Pakistan’s 1998 nuclear tests....
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Inam discusses economic assistance in Washington
NEW YORK, Sept 24: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Inamul Haque on Monday discussed with top US officials the possibilities of expanding the US economic assistance to Pakistan, including a...
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Islamabad condemns attack
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Pakistan condemned the attack on an Indian Hindu temple in Gujarat on Tuesday, and denied any role in the violence....
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Blair seeks Bush help for Iraq resolution
WASHINGTON, Sept 24: Two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, United States and Britain, have prepared a draft resolution, asking the world body to endorse US military strikes against...
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Musharraf rules out arms race
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: President Pervez Musharraf has said that nation’s strategic capability was for deterrence of aggression and defence of our sovereignty....
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Removal of Qadianis’ names: writ filed in SC
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Supreme Court has been approached to end discrimination against Qadianis in the forthcoming general elections, as by deleting their names from the voters lists, they have been...
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Rocca in India for 4-day talks
NEW DELHI, Sept 24: US Assistant Secretary of State, Christina Rocca, arrived here on Tuesday, a US embassy spokesperson said....
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PLF counsel allowed to implead CEC
LAHORE, Sept 24: Mr Justice Asif Saeed Khosa of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday allowed Pakistan Lawyers Forum counsel to implead the chief election commissioner as a party by amending...
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Iraq can attack UK bases: documents
LONDON, Sept 24: The much-awaited dossier on Iraq was published here on Tuesday which claims that “Saddam Hussein’s armoury of chemical weapons is on standby for use within 45 minutes.”...
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India tests Trishul
BALASORE, Sept 24: India on Tuesday successfully test-fired its most sophisticated short-range missile, the Trishul, from a range on the country’s eastern coast, defence sources said....
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Farooq quits politics
SRINAGAR, Sept 24: The long-serving chief minister of occupied Kashmir, Mr Farooq Abdullah, on Tuesday bowed out of politics....
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