ARD, MMA agree on joint candidates
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal announced on Tuesday that they had reached an understanding on the formation of a coalition government but delayed...
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Mufti seeks truce during Ramazan
NEW DELHI, Nov 5: The chief minister of the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir has urged New Delhi to declare a ceasefire in the region during Ramazan while the region’s...
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Balochistan cabinet resigns
QUETTA, Nov 5: The seven-member Balochistan cabinet resigned here on Tuesday after attending the last cabinet meeting here on Tuesday....
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An odd but credible combine
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: In a move to break the political deadlock, the two main opposition parties on Tuesday announced an odd but credible combine to form the next civilian government that...
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Washington agrees to help in trade
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The United States and Pakistan agreed on Tuesday to work together to encourage bilateral private sector investment, expand trade and pursue poverty alleviation efforts....
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Akbar Bugti refuses to support Jamali
QUETTA, Nov 5: The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) has refused to extend support to Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, nominated by PML-Q for premiership....
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SC admits SSGC appeal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear appeals of the Sui Southern Gas Company against the reinstatement orders issued by the Federal Service Tribunal for 281 trainees....
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Aimal Kasi to be executed on 14th
WASHINGTON, Nov 5: A Pakistani national convicted of killing two CIA employees outside the agency’s Virginia headquarters in 1993 is slated for execution on Nov 14....
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8 of a family die in Sohawa accident
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Eight members of a family, including four women, were killed and two other women injured in a road accident near Sohawa, late Tuesday night, police sources said....
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Invited scholars stuck up for visas
LOS ANGELES, Nov 5: The Muslim communities in the United States that have invited scholars to recite the holy Quran during Ramazan celebrations may have to make changes as those invited...
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US to put visa curbs on C’wealth countries
TORONTO, Nov 5: Foreign nationals living in Canada from about 50 member countries of Commonwealth, including Pakistan, will require visas to enter America if legislation prepared by the US immigration authorities...
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Sharon calls new elections in February
AL QUDS, Nov 5: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced on Tuesday an early election for February after failing to form a new right-wing coalition government....
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Shujaat asks govt to put off NA session
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on Tuesday demanded postponement of the inaugural session of the National Assembly, a move immediately condemned by the ARD chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan....
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Jakarta claims held militant is Pakistani
JAKARTA, Nov 5: A self-confessed Al Qaeda operative who has implicated militant Indonesian leader Abu Bakar Bashir in a series of church bombings is a Pakistani national, Indonesia’s police chief said...
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TPO injured as parcel bomb explodes
SUKKUR, Nov 5: The taluka police officer (TPO), Kandhkot, Niaz Chandio, was injured when a parcel bomb exploded in his house at about 3pm on Tuesday....
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Holiday on Iqbal Day
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The government has declared Saturday as public holiday in connection with the Iqbal Day....
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Six members of a family gunned down
GUJRANWALA, Nov 5: Six members of a family were gunned down by their close relatives over a farmland dispute in a village near Wazirabad on Tuesday, police said....
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Ramazan moon not sighted
PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Ramazan will start on Thursday as the moon was not sighted in any part of the country on Tuesday....
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