Bush pledges help to boost economy
WASHINGTON, Sept 26: President George W. Bush has assured Pakistan that his government wants to help bolster the South Asian country’s economy.
Accepting credentials of the newly-appointed Pakistani ambassador to Washington, Jehangir Ashraf Qazi, here on Wednesday, Bush described Pakistan....
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Seven killed as train derails near Sibi: Old bridge collapses
 QUETTA, Sept 26: At least seven people were killed and 57 injured when eight bogies of Quetta Express derailed as a railway bridge on Sibi-Jacobabad section collapsed on Thursday morning....
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Israeli gunships continue onslaught: Infant among seven killed
GAZA CITY, Sept 26: Seven people, including two Hamas militants hit in a helicopter missile strike, a Palestinian baby and an Israeli army officer, were killed in the Palestinian territories on...
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Defence ties: Pakistan seeks fair deal
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The first formal meeting of the recently revived Pakistan-US Defence Consultative Group (DCG) was held here on Thursday which discussed, among other issues, threat perceptions and security environment...
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AJK to get power generation royalty : Launch of Mangla Dam raising project on 30th
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The federal government agreed on Thursday to pay Azad Kashmir royalty for power generation from the Mangla Dam on the pattern of the NWFP....
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American planes bomb Basra civilian airport
BAGHDAD, Sept 26: Iraq said on Thursday US warplanes had raided Basra civilian airport and damaged its radar system, in the latest attack by Western jets enforcing no-fly zones over Iraq....
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Ex-minister provisionally allowed to contest poll
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The Supreme Court allowed on Thursday Maqbool Shaikh, former Sindh food minister and PML(Q) candidate from Shikarpur (NA 202), to contest election....
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Christians’ killing: police inquiring into survivor’s role
KARACHI, Sept 26: The police have begun investigating the role of the only survivor of the Rimpa Plaza massacre as he has been continuously changing his statements since on Wednesday. The...
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Washington tightens rules for Pakistanis
LOS ANGELES, Sept 26: The US Justice Department on Wednesday put visitors from Pakistan on the list of Special Registration category with Saudi Arabia and Yemen....
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Delhi under pressure to act against Islamabad
SRINAGAR, Sept 26: India’s junior home minister I.D. Swami said here on Thursday that India did not rule out war with Pakistan, as pressure mounted on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee...
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Explosive devise defused in Lahore
LAHORE, Sept 26: A live bomb weighing 20kg was recovered from outside the Township police station here on Thursday....
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India, US begin joint wargames
NEW DELHI, Sept 26: India and the United States began joint naval exercises on Thursday in the Arabian Sea in another sign of growing defence ties between the two countries....
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20 Al Qaeda suspects shifted to ’Pindi
RAWALPINDI, Sept 26: A group of Al Qaeda suspects arrested from different parts of the NWFP was shifted to Rawalpindi on Wednesday evening amid high security, an official source said....
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UK troops to prepare for Iraq war
LONDON, Sept 26: Thousands of British troops assigned for training to provide cover in the event of a strike by fire-fighters have been pulled off training in case they are needed...
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