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US House, Bush agree on Iraq resolution
WASHINGTON, Oct 2: A US congressional resolution authorizing President George Bush to use force against Iraq edged closer to reality on Wednesday when the White House and the House of Representatives...
War last option, says India
NEW DELHI, Oct 2: For India war with Pakistan is always the last option and it remains so today, Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Wednesday....
Parties shocked by ‘crescent’
ISLAMABAD Oct 2: Major opposition parties have failed to enter into a one-point-agenda alliance, and there are no chances of it happening before Oct 10, informed sources said....
CEC tells agencies to be alert
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The chief election commissioner on Wednesday asked the law enforcement agencies to be extra vigilant and remain alert throughout the election period, particularly, on the polling day and...
Anti-terror drive a principled stand, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Foreign Office spokesman Aziz Khan has said that Pakistan’s support to anti-terrorism drive is not merely an official line rather it is a principle stand having peoples’ support....
Wapda may face Rs30bn shortfall
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The cash shortfall of Water and Power Development Authority is expected to be close to Rs30 billion (0.8pc of GDP) in 2002 and will eventually be borne, to...
Saddam must disarm, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Oct 2: Bolstered by a deal with House leaders authorizing him to use force against Baghdad, US President George Bush said on Wednesday that attacking Iraq “may become unavoidable” if...
Harkat men remanded in judicial custody
KARACHI, Oct 2: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of Sindh High Court, who is also the administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts, on Wednesday remanded Mufti Zubair and Sharib, the two alleged hard-core members...
S. Arabia, Russia, Iran flay US over Al Quds
RIYADH, Oct 2: Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia on Wednesday condemned a US congressional bill recognizing Israeli-occupied Al Quds as the Jewish state’s capital as contravening international law and UN Security...
15 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: Five Indian soldiers and 10 others were killed in occupied Kashmir on Wednesday as controversial elections in the held state headed towards a climax....
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KARACHI, Oct 2: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of Sindh High Court, who is also the administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts, on Wednesday remanded Mufti Zubair and Sharib, the two alleged hard-core members...
RIYADH, Oct 2: Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia on Wednesday condemned a US congressional bill recognizing Israeli-occupied Al Quds as the Jewish state’s capital as contravening international law and UN Security...
