29 killed as rain lashes country: •Dam washed away near Quetta •Emergency in Hyderabad
 KARACHI, Feb 17: At least 29 people were killed and 158 others injured when torrential rains and strong winds lashed the country on Monday. Dozens of houses were flattened....
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Ties with India still exist: FO
ISLAMABAD Feb 17: Pakistan on Monday stated that so far as it was concerned, diplomatic relations with India still existed and said it would be very unfortunate if New Delhi snapped...
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Urban-rural row must end, says Musharraf
KARACHI, Feb 17: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday took serious note of the bickering over urban-rural divide in Sindh and the reported conflict between the local and provincial governments, saying this...
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EU struggles to overcome rift
BRUSSELS, Feb 17: European Union leaders meeting for talks on Iraq were struggling on Monday to overcome differences on US calls for military action against Baghdad....
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Senate race to get hotter with PM’s tour
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The race for the Senate will get hotter as Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali begins on Tuesday a nationwide tour that has already been clouded by weather and...
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Talks refusal India’s internal compulsion: Kasuri urges civilian forces’ role
LAHORE, Feb 17: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri believes that top Indian leaders are repeatedly ruling out the possibility of talks with Pakistan because of their internal political compulsions....
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Release of junior Khwajas ordered
LAHORE, Feb 17: The Lahore High Court on Monday ordered the release of two sons and a nephew of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja from the detention imposed under the Security of...
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Turkey delays US troop deployment
ANKARA, Feb 17: Turkey entered into a political war of nerves with the United States on Monday when it signalled it was delaying a decision on allowing US troops to deploy...
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Diplomats to get visas
NEW DELHI, Feb 17: India and Pakistan have agreed in principle to grant visas to new deputy high commissioners appointed by them by Tuesday, Press Trust of India (PTI) said on...
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21 die in Chicago stampede
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: At least 21 people were killed and 19 others critically injured in Chicago early Monday when hundreds of panicked nightclub patrons rushed down a stairwell and were crushed,...
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US military action to follow diplomacy
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: The diplomatic exercise to get UN support for a possible US military offensive against Iraq would be over in a week or two, diplomatic sources told Dawn on...
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NA session on 26th
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday called the National Assembly to meet on Feb 26 for what an official source said would be the first regular session of the...
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Jamali voices concern over law and order
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with the law and order situation and directed that the interior ministry maintain peace and the rule of law,...
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Kashmiri women seek leader’s release
 SRINAGAR, Feb 17: Dozens of Kashmiri women took to the streets Monday to demand the release of a female separatist leader whose arrest outside the Pakistani mission in New Delhi caused...
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U2 spy plane overflies Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 17: A first U2 spy plane overflew Iraq on Monday as part of the UN disarmament inspections, the foreign ministry announced....
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Israelis kill Hamas leader
 GAZA, Feb 17: Israeli forces killed a Hamas leader on Monday, drawing calls for revenge at a massive Palestinian funeral in the Gaza Strip, as Israel appeared set to launch a...
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Seven feared dead as pick-up falls into ravine
MARDAN, Feb 17: At least seven people disappeared and nine — five men, two women and two children — were saved who received injuries when a pick-up drowned into a flood...
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Saudi deputy governor shot dead
RIYADH, Feb 17: An unidentified gunman shot dead the deputy governor of Saudi Arabia’s northern Jouf province on Monday, a Saudi Interior Ministry official said....
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