PM will not take oath under PCO: Musharraf rejects pre-poll rigging
 MANGLA, Sept 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Monday that the new prime minister would take the oath of his office under the Constitution and not under the Provisional...
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Pakistan should get economic help: US: Fight against terrorism
WASHINGTON, Sept 30: Pakistan needs economic assistance to defeat terrorists who use the country as a hub, Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said on Monday....
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LFO needs approval of parliament: SC
 ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: A Supreme Court bench has observed that the Legal Framework Order, promulgated by the chief executive, has no value till the time it is validated by parliament and...
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Benefits must reach the poor: WB
WASHINGTON, Sept 30: World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn Monday urged Pakistan to make greater efforts to ensure that the country’s poor also benefit from the economic reforms introduced by the...
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Chances of Benazir’s return remote
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: The Pakistan People’s Party says it is confident of winning the elections, but the question of its leader Benazir Bhutto’s return remains unanswered because there is still no...
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Tension has not eased much, says Inam
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Inamul Haque, said here on Monday that the tensions between India and Pakistan had of late lessened, but went on to declare...
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US move to recognize Al Quds as capital
WASHINGTON, Sept 30: The US Congress has voted to make the administration identify occupied Al Quds as the capital of Israel and President George Bush is expected to sign the provision...
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Observers meet CEC
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: A 22-member Commonwealth Observer Group led by former deputy prime minister of Malaysia Tan Sri Dato’ Musa bin Hitam on Monday called on Chief Election Commissioner Justice Irshad...
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Three die in Indian shelling along LoC
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 30: Three people were killed and five others were wounded in Azad Kashmir on Monday in unprovoked Indian shelling from across the Line of Control after a long lull,...
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MNAs will swear to protect LFO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: The government has decided to make “appropriate changes” to the oaths of office for the prime minister and parliament members, as envisaged in the 1973 Constitution, to give...
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India braces for Kashmir polls fallout
NEW DELHI, Sept 30: India briefed China on Monday on its relations with Pakistan while Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, eyeing prospects ahead after the controversial polls in Kashmir, prepared to...
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Abdullah favours dialogue
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: The head of occupied Kashmir’s ruling party said on Monday he supported talks with Pakistan over the fate of the divided province but added current conditions were not...
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Attackers were suicide bombers: investigator
AHMEDABAD, Sept 30: The two militants who last Tuesday attacked a temple in Gujarat state were on a suicide mission aimed at causing casualties but not destroying the building, an investigator...
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Temple raided in Mastung
QUETTA, Sept 30: Some unknown people raided a small Hindu temple and tried to set fire to the building, near Mastung, police said here on Monday....
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