Kashmiri Muslims stay away from polls: Six troops among 18 killed
 ANANTNAG/SRINAGAR, Oct 1: Eighteen people died on Tuesday in the bloodiest polling day yet as a third round of elections were held in occupied Kashmir....
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Iraq agrees on all sites inspection plan
VIENNA, Oct 1: UN and Iraqi officials agreed on Tuesday on arrangements for a return of arms inspectors to Iraq, the UN’s chief inspector Hans Blix said on Tuesday, adding that...
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Sindh wants end to disparities: Rs11bn SBP loan repaid
KARACHI, Oct 1: Despite the fact the Sindh government has paid back all its debts of Rs11 billion to the State Bank, the magnitude of the problems remains large owing to...
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Defamation Ordinance promulgated
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday promulgated two ordinances, one called the defamation ordinance 2002 and the other the family courts (amendments) ordinance 2002....
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Constitution’s revival must for transfer of power: Minto
LAHORE, Oct 1: While the elections are due to be held on Oct 10, it is for President Pervez Musharraf to take a decision on when the new prime minister should...
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3 Palestinians killed in fresh violence
NABLUS, Oct 1: Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in renewed violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and the Israeli army maintained a low-key presence...
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Remittances from US increase to $900m
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: The US-Pakistan Joint Economic Forum will hold its next meeting in Islamabad, but the date will be finalized later, Finance Minister, Shaukat Aziz, told reporters on Monday evening...
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Rocca calls for India, Pakistan talks
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca met President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday and called for dialogue with India over the disputed Kashmir region....
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PPP, PML men meet observers
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The leaders of the Peoples’ Party Parliamentarian and the Pakistan Muslim League(N) on Tuesday apprised a 22-member Commonwealth election observers delegation about what they termed massive pre-poll rigging...
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Supreme Court clarification
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Registrar of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Supreme Court bench hearing an election petition on Monday did not observe that the Legal Framework Order, 2002,...
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Benazir accuses ISI of rigging
NEW YORK, Oct 1: The former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, accused the Inter Services Intelligence of pre-poll rigging and maintained that it was the ISI which was calling the shots in...
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Pakistan to get $125m from US for Boeing deal
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: The US Export-Import Bank agreed on Tuesday to provide $125 million to Pakistan to help it buy passenger aircraft from the Boeing Co....
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Assassination of Saddam by Iraqis to be welcomed: US
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: The White House said on Tuesday that it would “welcome” the assassination of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by one of his own people or his banishment from Iraq,...
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OIC worried over US move to shift embassy
JEDDAH, Oct 1: A US Congress bill demanding the American embassy in Israel be moved from Tel Aviv to occupied Al Quds will only heighten Muslim resentment, the Organization of the...
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Pakistan termed epicentre of terrorism
NEW DELHI, Oct 1: India, after weathering a day of blistering attacks by rebels in occupied Kashmir, fired a salvo at Pakistan on Tuesday, insisting the country was the cradle of...
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LFO: NRB version
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The National Reconstruction Bureau has denied a report published in Dawn on Oct 1 that the government has decided to make amendments to the oaths of the members...
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