Syria rules out inspections: Powell to visit Damascus shortly
CAIRO, April 17: Syria will allow no inspections of its military arsenal or its territory to refute US accusations that it possesses chemical weapons, Foreign Minister Faruq al Shara said here...
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Jamali offers 33pc subsidy to growers: Power consumption by tubewells
LAHORE, April 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday announced 33 per cent subsidy on electricity consumed by agricultural tubewells for the coming Kharif season....
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Islamabad, Kabul trade charges: Border clash in Waziristan Agency
PESHAWAR, April 17: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday accused each other of intruding into their territories following an overnight clash between border forces of two countries....
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PPP accuses govt of obstinacy
ISLAMABAD, April 17: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) hit back at the government on Thursday, accusing it of obstinacy over the controversial presidential powers that it said endangered a transition to...
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US will not find WMDs in Iraq, says Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, April 17: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday that he does not think the United States is going to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq....
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Syria tables resolution to get Middle East free of WMDs
UNITED NATIONS, April 17: Syria on Wednesday introduced a draft resolution backed by Arab nations in the UN Security Council calling for the Middle East to be free of weapons of...
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US disowns Baghdad ‘governor, mayor’
BAGHDAD, April 17: Iraq’s confusing post-war administrative landscape became even more blurred on Thursday as US forces denied sanctioning the appointments of two Iraqis claiming to be the governor and mayor...
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Regional FMs to discuss Iraq issue today
RIYADH, April 17: The foreign ministers of five countries bordering Iraq, as well as those from Egypt and Bahrain, are due to start arriving here early Friday for a crucial one-day...
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EU wants central role for UN in Iraq
ATHENS, April 17: European Union leaders on Thursday called for a leading United Nations role in post-war Iraq but in a concession to the United States also said coalition forces had...
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Kasuri leaves for S. Arabia today
ISLAMABAD, April 17: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri will be leaving for Saudi Arabia on Friday (today) for consultations between the two countries on the Iraq situation and the post-war setup...
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Punjab seeks interim NFC award
LAHORE, April 17: Punjab has begun lobbying with other provinces to prepare ground for an interim National Finance Commission (NFC) Award for the fiscal year 2003-04 on the basis of negotiations...
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Blix asks arms experts to resume work
HAMBURG, April 17: The chief United Nations arms inspector, Hans Blix, has called for experts to return to Iraq to check whether Baghdad had a programme to develop weapons of mass...
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Occupation root cause of crisis: Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, April 17: Pakistan on Wednesday told the UN Security Council that the root cause of the problem in the Middle East remains foreign occupation of Arab territories....
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Vajpayee told to hold talks with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, April 17: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will embark on a two-day visit to the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir from Friday amid calls by much of...
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Govt-opposition talks on LFO soon: Jamali
RAWALPINDI, April 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that the government was serious in holding negotiations on the Legal Framework Order with the opposition; they would be invited...
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Saddam’s another brother arrested
WASHINGTON, April 17: US special operations forces claim to have captured Saddam Hussein’s half brother, Barzan Ibrahim Hasan, US military officials said on Thursday....
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