Command structures watertight: Musharraf: Hatf-V given to army
 RAWALPINDI, Jan 8: Pakistan Army was formally handed over here on Wednesday an indigenously developed Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (Hatf-V Ghauri) system at a special ceremony held at Khan Research Laboratories...
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Listen to the world, Blair tells Bush
 LONDON, Jan 8: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday warned US President George Bush to “listen back” to the international community’s fears over Iraq and other global concerns or risk...
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N-technology can’t be transferred: Qadeer: FO dismisses reports against scientist
LAHORE, Jan 8: The special adviser to the prime minister, Dr Qadeer Khan, has said news items alleging his involvement in selling nuclear technology are baseless, concocted and malicious....
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Pakistan-India tensions more dangerous than Cold War: US
NEW DELHI, Jan 8: The United has described the tensions between India and Pakistan as more dangerous than the scariest period during the Cold War, according to the text of an...
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Washington deploys B-1 bombers in Gulf
WASHINGTON, Jan 8: The United States said on Wednesday it was deploying B-1 bombers in the Gulf as part of its military buildup against Iraq....
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Al Qaeda an ‘insidious mass movement’: UN
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Despite the considerable degree of success in the fight against Al Qaeda and groups closely associated with it, Al Qaeda remains active and continues to pose a significant...
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Cabinet expansion postponed
ISLAMABAD Jan 8: The planned expansion in Jamali cabinet has been put off for the time being, at least till the Senate elections were over on Feb 24, official sources told...
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SC allows Jabbar to amend petition
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed former minister Javed Jabbar to amend his constitutional petition as he wanted to challenge the legality of the Legal Framework Order....
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Registration deadline for some expires tomorrow
WASHINGTON, Jan 8: The Immigration and Naturalization Service issued a reminder Wednesday to citizens of 13 nations with temporary visas that they need to register themselves with the department by Jan...
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Pakistan asked to withdraw immunity of its UN envoy
NEW YORK, Jan 8: The US State Department has asked Pakistan to withdraw diplomatic immunity of its Ambassador Munir Akram at the world body following a request by the New York...
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Illegal immigrants set eyes on Canada
LOS ANGELES, Jan 8: Hundreds of undocumented Pakistanis and Arabs, many of whom have lived in the United States for years, have crowded Canadian border crossings in recent days to seek...
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Gas supply to some industries stopped
LAHORE, Jan 8: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited on Wednesday snapped gas supply to fertiliser, power and cement units and sounded a warning to the general industry that it could...
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Indian threats ‘fantasy’: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Minister for Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday termed the latest nuclear threats by India fantasy of Indian leadership....
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Losers can file papers for Senate
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Losers of the October elections may file nomination papers to contest the Senate elections subject to the decision of Supreme Court....
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74 killed in Turkish plane crash
DIYARBAKIR (Turkey), Jan 8: At least 74 people were killed when a Turkish Airlines passenger plane on a domestic flight crashed in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said....
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President to visit Moscow next month
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: President Pervez Musharraf will visit Russia in February on the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday....
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Terror alert in Britain
LONDON, Jan 8: British police launched an urgent hunt on Wednesday for deadly ricin after traces of the poison found in a dingy London suburb heightened fears of a chemical terror...
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Saddam says troops unbeatable
BAGHDAD, Jan 8: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said on Wednesday that the American GI’s 21st-century kit would count for nothing against the Iraqi infantryman armed with a rifle, God’s blessing —...
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Man killed in shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 8: A man was killed and a woman and a minor boy were wounded in Neelum valley of Azad Kashmir overnight on Tuesday in Indian shelling from across the...
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Rs161bn being spent on social sector, says Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Prime Minister’s Advisor on Finance, Shaukat Aziz, said here on Wednesday that a record amount of Rs161 billion was being spent during the current financial year for development...
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