Neighbours ask US, UK to pull out of Iraq
RIYADH, April 19: Foreign ministers of countries bordering Iraq plus Egypt and Bahrain called on Saturday for US and British forces to pull out of Iraq and for the speedy formation...
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Vajpayee reiterates peace offer: Infiltration must stop
SRINAGAR, April 19: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee wound up a two-day visit to Indian Kashmir on Saturday by reiterating his peace offer to Pakistan and freedom fighters, but again raising...
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15 killed in four tribal clashes
SUKKUR, April 19: At least 15 people were killed and many others injured in four tribal clashes in Balochistan and Sindh on Friday night and Saturday....
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Musharraf’s call to guard Muslim interests
ISLAMABAD, April 19: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday urged the Organization of Islamic Countries to seriously take into account the fast developing situation in the world with a view to...
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Saddam’s finance minister arrested
DOHA (Qatar), April 19: Iraqi police arrested Saddam Hussein’s former finance minister — one of the 55 most-wanted members of the ex-regime — and turned him over to the US Marines,...
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Jamali offers help to rebuild Iraq
ISLAMABAD, April 19: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that if required Pakistan would gladly participate in the reconstruction of war-battered Iraq under the auspices of the United Nations....
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US can help end dispute with Kabul, says envoy
KABUL, April 19: The United States is willing to help resolve any disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, US presidential envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Saturday following a border clash earlier this...
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New Iraqi govt soon, says US
WASHINGTON, April 19: US officials entrusted with the task of setting up a new government in Iraq say that an interim authority could start functioning in Baghdad in weeks, rather than...
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MJC stresses tripartite talks
MUZAFFARABAD, April 19: Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC), an alliance of Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, on Saturday gave a guarded welcome to Indian prime minister’s offer for talks...
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Bandits kill passenger
RAJANPUR, April 19: Bandits allegedly belonging to the Bugti tribe struck again on Friday night at Indus highway near Rojhan when they looted a coach, killed one of its passengers and...
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Opposition mulls no-trust move against Soomro
ISLAMABAD, April 19: The combined opposition in the National Assembly and Senate announced on Saturday that it will consider moving a no-confidence motion against....
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Two killed in Israeli incursion
GAZA CITY, April 19: Two Palestinians were killed and several injured on Saturday during an incursion by Israeli troops into the town of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip....
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Powell won’t visit Syria
WASHINGTON, April 19: A US State Department official said on Saturday that Secretary of State Colin Powell has no plans to visit Syria or to launch a Middle East peace trip...
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US criticism on incursions rejected
ISLAMABAD, April 19: Pakistan on Saturday rejected criticism from the United States that it has not done enough to control rebel incursions into India’s zone of disputed Kashmir....
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Ahmadis’ Imam passes away
LAHORE, April 19: The Imam of the Jamaat, Ahmadia Alamgir Mirza Tahir Ahmad, died in London on Saturday. He was 74....
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3 US soldiers injured
QUETTA, April 19: Three American soldiers were injured when a United States military helicopter was struck by ground fire while...
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