Delhi responsible for Gujarat riots: HRW: Musharraf’s efforts led to pro-military democracy
NEW YORK, Jan 14: India witnessed its worst episode of communal violence in over a decade in 2002, demonstrating the increasingly volatile consequences of a broad and government-supported Hindu nationalist agenda...
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Unlawful residents in US will be detained
WASHINGTON, Jan 14: The US Justice Department has warned that it is the duty of the immigration authorities to detain any individual living in the country illegally....
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Second sub to start operating in March
KARACHI, Jan 14: The second conventional Agosta 90B submarine, PNS Saad, currently undergoing sea trials, is expected to be commissioned in the Pakistan Navy in March this year, a senior Naval...
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Countrywide by-elections today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) appeared set on Tuesday to make gains in Wednesday’s by-elections across the country as opposition parties complained of foul play by the ruling...
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4 Sharifs arrive in Lahore
LAHORE, Jan 14: Four of the 18 members of the Sharif family, banished to Saudi Arabia about two years back, flew into the city on Tuesday morning, triggering speculations about the...
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Differences persist in PML-Q over tickets issue: Upper House poll
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Differences among the PML-Q and its allied parties and President Pervez Musharraf’s nominees over the distribution of Senate tickets, which has forced revision of schedule for filing of...
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Kasuri rushing to US before schedule: Registration of Pakistani immigrants
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has been directed by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to rush to Washington on Saturday, 10 days before his scheduled visit, for...
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No US pressure on Russian sales: India
NEW DELHI, Jan 14: There is no American pressure on Russia to cancel a deal with New Delhi by which Moscow would hand over two nuclear submarines to the Indian Navy,...
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Afghan fuel suppliers threatened with death
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: A clandestine Afghan group has threatened to blow up fuel suppliers if they continue supplying US forces in Afghanistan, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported on Tuesday....
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Delhi to upgrade LoC vigil
NEW DELHI, Jan 14: Indian Army Chief General N. C. Vij was quoted on Tuesday as saying his forces would adopt stronger counter infiltration measures on the Line of Control and...
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PPP issues list of Senate candidates
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The People’s Party Parliamentarians announced on Tuesday the final list of party candidates with the hope to win more than 20 seats in the forthcoming Senate elections....
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Reforms to continue, donors assured
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Over 25 foreign envoys were assured on Tuesday that there would be continuity of reforms and other policies by the new government, aimed at improving the economy....
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Justice Ejaz made Acting CJ of FSC
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The President on Tuesday appointed Justice Ejaz Yousaf, a Judge of the Federal Shariat Court, as Acting Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court....
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Sajid, Sami, Noorani, Mir get tickets
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, Allama Sajid Naqvi, Prof Sajid Mir and Maulana Samiul Haq are among the prominent MMA leaders who have been given tickets by the Muttahida...
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Pakistani jailed for entering HK by suitcase
HONG KONG, Jan 14: A Hong Kong court jailed a Pakistani national for 18 months after he tried to illegally enter the territory in a suitcase, the South China Morning Post...
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US bases attacked
KABUL, Jan 14: US forces hunting Al Qaeda remnants in Afghanistan came under another rocket attack at the weekend but there were no casualties, a US military statement said on Tuesday....
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