India must hold talks with Pakistan: US
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: For the second day in a row the United States on Tuesday expressed its strong disapproval of India’s hostile stance towards Pakistan, as a visiting senior envoy...
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Senate elections put off until Feb 24
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday postponed the Senate elections until Feb 24 and 27, for the provinces, and the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas and the federal...
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Islamabad to challenge UN monitors’ report: Support to anti-Karzai forces
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Pakistan will be challenging the UN Monitoring Group’s report at a Security Council meeting later this month, it has been reliably learnt by Dawn....
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Dr Qadeer suspected of links with ‘axis of evil’ states
WASHINGTON, Jan 7: The information that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has been offering nuclear and nuclear related technology to other nations is being circulated in Washington since early December....
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Britain, France order reservists to get ready for action
LONDON, Jan 7: Britain called up reserve forces on Tuesday for a possible invasion of Iraq and earmarked naval ships for the Gulf, but insisted military action was not a foregone...
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Ties with Islamabad to be affected, says Japan: Alleged shift of N-technology
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The Japanese and Indian foreign ministers both expressed concerns in talks on Tuesday over Pakistan’s alleged role in transferring nuclear technology to North Korea, officials said....
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Donors team to review tax machinery’s reforms
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: A joint International Monetary Fund and World Bank staff mission is scheduled to arrive here on Jan 20 to carry out review of steps taken so far for...
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Kasuri briefs Nafis on anti-AIDS steps
 ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Dr Nafis Sadik, former executive director of UNFPA and currently special envoy of the secretary-general of the United Nations on HIV/AIDS in Asia said that although Pakistan was...
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AI concerned over arrest of Kashmiri leaders
LONDON, Jan 7: Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog, has expressed concern over the detention of many Kashmiri leaders in the Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) and said it had taken up the...
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Blix may report Iraq has no WMDs
 BERLIN, Jan 7: UN weapons chief Hans Blix is expected to report on Thursday that inspectors have found no proof to date that Iraq has acquired or is developing Weapons of...
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Trade ties with EU to be enhanced
BRUSSELS, Jan 7: Pakistan’s new Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan is set to meet European Union trade commissioner Pascal Lamy in Brussels this week in an effort to revitalise EU-Pakistan trade...
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Overstaying Pakistanis to be deported, says Advani
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Conjuring images of Pakistani visitors to India as potential terrorists, Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishan Advani said on Tuesday that everyone from across the border...
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Shujaat elected party chief
ISLAMABAD Jan 7: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Salim Saifullah Khan returned unopposed as president and secretary-general of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) respectively, party sources said....
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India threatens to wipe out Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes warned Pakistan on Tuesday that it would be completely wiped out if it ever launched a nuclear attack against India....
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Energy pact to be signed with China
BEIJING, Jan 7: Pakistan and China will sign an agreement next week to promote bilateral cooperation for development of renewable energy....
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Jilani calls on Yasin
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Acting High Commissioner for Pakistan in India, Jalil Abbas Jilani, on Tuesday called on chairman, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Yasin Malik, who is in hospital and...
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PM meets President
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here at the Aiwan-i-Sadr on Tuesday....
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Canadian minister’s visit likely
TORONTO, Jan 7: Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham said here on Monday that he may visit Pakistan later this year....
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India will deport 20m Bangladeshis
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: India will launch a drive this year to deport more than 20 million illegal Bangladeshi immigrants considered to pose a “security threat”, the interior ministry said on...
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FBI suspects: Pakistan off the hook
WASHINGTON, Jan 7: Investigations in Pakistan convinced FBI that they have been sent on a wild goose chase by an informant who told them that five suspected terrorists had entered the...
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