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NA at standstill as opposition rejects LFO
ISLAMABAD, March 5: Protesting opposition parties brought the National Assembly to a standstill on Wednesday as they rejected the Constitution as amended by President Pervez Musharraf’s controversial Legal Framework Order (LFO)...
No war, say Paris, Bonn, Moscow: Iraq’s disarmament stressed
PARIS, March 5: Russia, Germany and France said that they remain definitely opposed to a war with Iraq, and that their “common objective remains the effective and complete disarmament of Iraq,...
Khalid’s arrest; Osama alive?
PESHAWAR, March 5: Documents, CDs and a computer recovered after Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s arrest indicate that Osama bin Laden may be alive, according to knowledgeable sources....
Saddam trying to divide UN, says Powell
WASHINGTON, March 5: US Secretary of State Colin Powell accused Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Wednesday of deliberately trying to divide the UN Security Council and “split us into arguing factions”....
Pakistan not to sign CTBT, NA told
ISLAMABAD, March 5: Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Wednesday informed the National Assembly that Pakistan was not considering signing the CTBT (comprehensive test ban treaty) as it had no...
Provinces told to finalize awards by early May
ISLAMABAD, March 5: Provincial governments have been directed by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to finalize their finance commission awards latest by the first week of May....
Dr Khwaja’s two sons, nephew released
LAHORE, March 5: Three members of the Khwaja family, who were ordered by the LHC to be set free on Feb 27, were released from jail here on Wednesday night....
Arab FMs leave for NY to avert war
RIYADH, Marsh 5: A delegation of Arab foreign ministers has left for New York in a last-minute bid to stave off the war against Iraq....
Four ministers on ECL
ISLAMABAD, March 5: The National Assembly was informed here on Wednesday that four federal ministers were on the Exit Control List (ECL), including the interior minister, in keeping with the recommendations...
OIC states oppose US attack
DOHA, March 5: Muslim states, some of which host US troops, said on Wednesday they “totally rejected” the anticipated US invasion of Iraq at the close of an extraordinary summit, during...
US plays down veto threat
WASHINGTON, March 5: US President George Bush said on Wednesday he was confident that a UN resolution seeking authorization for an invasion of Iraq would pass despite a threat from France,...
France’s move to arrest Khalid
PARIS, March 5: French anti-terrorist magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguiere says he has issued an international arrest warrant against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who was arrested Saturday in Pakistan to interrogate him with regard...
Terror, trade to top Karzai’s agenda
NEW DELHI, March 5: Cross-border terrorism and trade ties will dominate talks between Indian leaders and Afghan President Hamid Karzai who arrived here on Wednesday to begin a four-day visit to...
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HAIFA, March 5: At least 15 people were killed and more than 30 wounded on...
DOHA, March 5: Muslim states, some of which host US troops, said on Wednesday they “totally rejected” the anticipated US invasion of Iraq at the close of an extraordinary summit, during...
NEW DELHI, March 5: Cross-border terrorism and trade ties will dominate talks between Indian leaders and Afghan President Hamid Karzai who arrived here on Wednesday to begin a four-day visit to...
