US to help raise conventional arms capability
RAWALPINDI, Sept 27: The United States has agreed to enhance Pakistan’s conventional defence capability by making substantial military cooperation with it....
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Musharraf sees no imminent danger of war
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf advised India here on Friday to overcome its internal problems rather than putting blame on Pakistan for everything....
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20 killed as bus falls into ravine
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 27: At least 20 people were killed and 25 others injured when an overloaded passenger bus fell into a deep ravine near Pir Galli village on the Khuiratta-Mirpur Highway...
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Protesters demand better IMF policies
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: World financial leaders, gathered here for the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meeting, were greeted on Friday by hundreds of activists demanding better policies for developing...
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Delhi designs to undermine economy foiled, says Shaukat
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: India had amassed hundreds of thousands of troops along the border to cause an economic collapse of Pakistan, but the government’s economic planning has failed the Indian designs,...
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17 die as rival Afghan commanders clash
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Sept 27: At least 17 people were killed and another 23 wounded in a fresh outbreak of fighting between forces of rival commanders in volatile northern Afghanistan, witnesses and travellers...
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Hamas leader survives attack
TEL AVIV, Sept 27: Israel admitted on Friday that a wanted leader of the Hamas military wing had survived a Gaza rocket attack, as the army pressed on with its crackdown...
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Gulf War cost Riyadh $80 billion: Prince Naif
RIYADH, Sept 27: The Saudi Arabia had bankrolled the US-led 1991 Gulf war to the tune of $80 billion....
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Transport flaws cause Rs220bn loss: WB
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The World Bank has estimated that transport weaknesses in Pakistan are causing annual competitiveness-based loss of Rs220 billion, which is six per cent of the gross domestic product...
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Omar, Osama alive: ex-envoy
PESHAWAR, Sept 27: A former Taliban diplomat claimed here on Friday that their supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar and Osama bin Laden were both alive and in good physical condition....
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Pakistan elected to UN Council
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 27: Pakistan was elected to the UN Security Council on Friday after seven years. Although Pakistan was unopposed in the Asian group, it secured 172 votes in the...
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India inducts 10 Sukhoi jets into air force
NEW DELHI, Sept 27: India on Friday inducted 10 of the latest Sukhoi jets into its air force and said the warplanes would send a signal to those with an “evil...
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New Delhi accusations rejected
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: Pakistan on Friday rejected as a bunch of lies Indian accusations of its involvement in this week’s attack on a Hindu temple in Gujarat and demanded an impartial...
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Washington pays $317 million to Islamabad
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: The United States has paid $317 million to Pakistan to meet the expenses incurred during the US-led war on terror in West Asia, Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said...
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Shahbaz, Kulsoom pleas rejected
LAHORE, Sept 27: A bench of the Lahore High Court on Friday refused to give relief to PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and Kulsoom Nawaz and upheld the verdict of the election...
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Killed men Pakistanis, claims India
AHMEDABAD, Sept 27: India alleged on Friday that the two militants who gunned down 31 people in a temple in Gujarat state earlier this week were Pakistan nationals....
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