Patience running out, warns US: Diplomacy to be abandoned soon: Rice
NEW YORK, Feb 16: US National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice said on Sunday that the United States was striving to win support for a new United Nations resolution on Iraq despite...
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Wapda threatens to increase power rate
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has told the federal government that an immediate increase of 40 paisa per unit electricity tariff was inevitable unless it was...
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Pakistan, India slash visas
NEW DELHI, Feb 16: India and Pakistan have drastically pruned the number of visas they issue to each other’s nationals amid a continuing deep chill in relations between the arch-rival neighbours,...
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Khalid bin Waleed gunned down
 KARACHI, Feb 16: The former member of the Sindh Assembly belonging to the Muttahida Quami Movement, Mr Khalid bin Waleed, was gunned down in an ambush here on Sunday evening....
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Mangla Dam drops to dead level
LAHORE, Feb 16: The Mangla Dam on Sunday hit the dead level — at least three weeks ahead of its planned date — and Tarbela dam may get empty by tomorrow...
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WB to continue fiscal support: Water and power sector reforms
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The World Bank will continue its financial support as well as deep engagement with the federal government to complete reforms programme in Pakistan’s water and power sectors....
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Jamali to discuss Iraq issue with politicians
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali has decided to meet politicians belonging to various political parties in order to take them into confidence on foreign policy issues, especially the...
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Bugti-Mazari feud hits Balochistan projects
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The feud between the Bugti and the Mazari tribes has resulted in the cancellation — at least for the time being — of two significant geology projects....
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Italian firm approaches world body to settle dispute
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The Italian contractor of Ghazi Barotha Hydro-electric Power Project, Impregilo, has drawn Pakistan into another costly legal battle, as it has approached the International Centre for the Settlement...
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Islamabad gives arms to Kabul
 RAWALPINDI, Feb 16: As part of Pakistan’s commitment to support and strengthen the new government in Afghanistan and raising the National Army of Afghanistan as envisaged under the Bonn Conference, the...
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Huge rallies held in Australia against war
SYDNEY, Feb 16: Hundreds of thousands of peace protesters marched here on Sunday, beginning a second day of global demonstrations calling on the United States not to go to war against...
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New dates for Saarc summit shortly
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Pakistan is likely to soon propose a new date falling at the year’s end for the 12th summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc),...
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Israeli troops kill nine Palestinians
 GAZA CITY, Feb 16: Six Hamas militants were killed on Sunday in a blast blamed by its leaders on Israel, as three other Palestinians were killed, and 28 wounded, in an...
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18 killed in 2 accidents
RAWALPINDI, Feb 16: Eighteen people were killed and 28 others injured in two different road accidents in Rawalpindi and Attock districts on Sunday, police said....
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BD violence toll hits 30
DHAKA, Feb 16: Violence in rural elections in Bangladesh has left more than 30 people dead and 2,500 injured since January 25, newspapers said on Sunday....
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15 killed in Lebanon tanker fire
 MASNAA (Lebanon) Feb 16: Fifteen people were killed...
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India to deport aliens: Advani
NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani pledged on Sunday that India would deport illegal migrants, as Indian border guards said they foiled an attempt by 200 Bangladeshis...
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Hameed Haroon injured inaccident
THATTA, Feb 16: The Chief Executive of Dawn Group of Newspapers and President of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Mr Hameed Haroon, suffered injuries in a road accident on the National...
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APNS award ceremony postponed
KARACHI, Feb 16: The Secretary-General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, Kazi Asad Abid, announced on Sunday that the APNS award ceremony, scheduled to be held on Feb 19 at Makli,...
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Congress okays funds for registration
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16: The US Congress has agreed to allocate $362 million for the INS registration programme which requires visitors from Muslim countries to be registered with the immigration officials. The...
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