PML-Q names Jamali for PM: Shujaat-Musharraf talks precede announcement
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The PML-Q on Friday announced the name of Mir Zafarullah Jamali as its candidate for the prime minister’s office....
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C’wealth stays suspension
LONDON, Nov 1: The Commonwealth has decided to uphold the suspension of Pakistan from the councils of the group despite the October elections....
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Fazl claims PPP will back him
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Secretary General of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the alliance’s candidate for prime minister, on Friday claimed that the MMA had made some progress with the ARD...
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US has no secret plan for Kashmir: envoy
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: United States has no secret plan for resolution of Kashmir issue and it should be resolved among India, Pakistan and people of Kashmir, said Ambassador Richard Haass, Director...
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Karachi being used by Al Qaeda: NYT
NEW YORK, Nov 1: The teeming city of Karachi is being used as a base by the Al Qaeda operatives on the run said the New York Times on Friday quoting...
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Pakistan demands sanctions on India: Violation of Security Council resolutions
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 1: Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its call for the establishment of an International Criminal Tribunal for full accountability by India “of the ghastly murderers of innocent Muslims in...
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UN accord on Iraq soon, says Russia
MOSCOW, Nov 1: Russia said on Friday the UN security council was nearing an accord on the terms for resuming weapons inspections in Iraq, but added a “serious” disagreement remained over...
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Qazi reiterates condition for taking oath
LAHORE, Nov 1: No legislator elected on a Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) party ticket would take oath under the Legal Framework Order that radically changed the unanimous 1973 Constitution, Qazi Hussain Ahmad...
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Muttahida, PPP leaders trying to patch up
KARACHI, Nov 1: The Pakistan People’s Party has denied that its chairperson has said any thing that should have affected the coalition negotiations between it and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement....
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Jamali an absconder: PPP leader
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Former president of Pakistan People’s Party, Balochistan, Sadiq Umrani, on Friday alleged that Mir Zafarullah Jamali “is an absconder” of accountability court, Quetta....
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Stage set for NA session, says EC: Minorities MNAs’ names notified
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The Election Commission on Friday notified the results of 10 seats reserved for non-Muslims, setting the stage for holding of inaugural session of the National Assembly on Nov...
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49 die in Rabat jail blaze
RABAT, Nov 1: Forty-nine people were killed and some 40 injured when a fire ravaged a jail 200 kilometres south of Rabat, the Moroccan capital, on Thursday night....
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Vajpayee keeps up tough talk
NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee kept up his tough talk against Pakistan on Friday, saying it must rebuild an atmosphere of trust before dialogue can resume....
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Quake hits Italy again as death toll rises to 29
 SAN GIULIANO DI PUGLIA (Italy), Nov 1: A major fresh tremor shook southeastern Italy on Friday, just as rescue workers pulled the last bodies from a school reduced to rubble by...
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216 Indian fishermen to be released
KARACHI, Nov 1: Pakistan said on Friday it has decided to release 216 Indian fishermen detained for entering its territorial waters, along with their vessels....
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Composition of assemblies complete
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday issued a final notification in respect of completion of results on all the national and provincial assemblies’ seats....
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