Saddam ready to go into exile: Diplomats’ proposal in few days
DUBAI/CAIRO, Jan 16: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has agreed to leave Iraq and go into exile in an African country if certain conditions are met, three diplomats in the United Arab...
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Moscow moot may help reduce Indo-Pakistan tension
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: A global jamboree to mark the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg could be the setting for an India- Pakistan rapprochement where the heads of the two countries...
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US gives 2nd chance to immigrants
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: The United States government has decided to give a second chance to thousands of immigrants from 18 mainly Muslim countries to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service....
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PML-Q, MMA win majority seats
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: The PML-Q and MMA emerged as main winners in Wednesday’s parliamentary by-elections across the country for which the Election Commission announced unofficial results on Thursday....
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Talks with Russia on security begin
MOSCOW, Jan 16: A Pakistani delegation, headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Tariq Osman Haider, began the two-day talks on strategic security issues on Thursday with Russian officials, a Pakistani embassy spokesman...
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Sindh accused of violating Constitution
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: The federal government has accused the Sindh government of violating the Constitution of Pakistan through unilateral imposition of a tax on imports and called for its immediate withdrawal....
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Five more states placed on registration list
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: The Bush administration added five more Muslim countries to the Immigration and Naturalisation System (INS) registration list, as part of major effort to keep track of foreign visitors...
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US determined to attack Iraq: report
NEW YORK, Jan 16: The United States could launch military action against Iraq even if UN weapons inspectors do not turn up any new evidence against Saddam Hussein, the New York...
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Efforts on to seek INS relief, says govt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: The government said on Thursday it was doing its best to de-list Pakistan from the US National Security Entry-Exit Registration System procedures and to extend indefinitely the registration...
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MMA wants its own governors
ISLAMABAD Jan 16: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has formally demanded of president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to appoint new governors of its choice in the NWFP...
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India-US missile talks conclude
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: India and the United States on Thursday concluded two days of talks on missile defence, officials said....
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Indian forces brawl over N-arsenal leadership
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: The commander of the Indian armed forces on Thursday tried to bury a controversy that the army, air force and navy were reluctant to surrender their nuclear...
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IMF team due today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: A top level IMF mission is coming today (Friday) to discuss Jamali government’s economic policies....
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Sharifs won’t be allowed to return, says Faisal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on Thursday said no other member of Sharif family will return to Pakistan....
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