President hints at giving up uniform before term ends: •Economic recovery by year end: •Parts of LFO negotiable
ISLAMABAD, April 24: President General Pervez Musharraf indicated on Thursday that he would be giving up his uniform long before completing his five-year presidential term....
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Govt-opposition talks today with stiff stances
ISLAMABAD, April 24: The government and opposition parties begin critical parleys on Friday, with both sides affirming tough positions that hardly bode well for an early end to a bitter controversy...
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PM rules out assemblies’ dissolution
USTA MOHAMMAD, April 24: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has ruled out any possibility of winding up of the democratic set-up as result of the present crisis and said all...
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Waiting for Pakistan’s reply, says Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, April 24: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Thursday he was waiting for a response from Pakistan on his offers to resume talks on vexed bilateral issues,...
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Iran warns US not to violate ‘red line’
TEHRAN, April 24: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi on Thursday warned US troops not to violate the “red line” on its border with Iraq, and voiced alarm over a ceasefire deal...
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N. Korea tells US it has nukes
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, April 24: North Korea told the United States that it had nuclear weapons during talks in Beijing, which ended on Thursday, Bush administration sources said....
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China seals off major hospital
BEIJING/TORONTO, April 24: China sealed off a major Beijing hospital on Thursday to quarantine SARS-affected areas, and angry Canadian officials rejected the World Health Organization’s warning to travellers to stay away...
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2 provinces asked to send names for NFC
LAHORE, April 24: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked Balochistan and NWFP governments to nominate their private non-statutory members on the National Finance Commission to pave the way for its reconstitution....
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Baghdad ministries to reopen next week
 BAGHDAD, April 24: Iraq’s civil US administrator Jay Garner pledged on Thursday to reopen the country’s ministries soon and sounded out prospective local leaders with...
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Flights may be suspended to SARS-hit destinations
 ISLAMABAD, April 24: The government is considering halting flight operations to SARS-stricken destinations temporarily as a safety precaution....
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India seeks cooperation with China
BEIJING, April 24: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes, who once irked China by branding it India’s main threat, has called for greater cooperation to foster friendship during a week-long visit....
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Armitage’s visit to ease tensions
WASHINGTON, April 24: The State Department hopes that Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will be able to initiate steps to ease India-Pakistan tensions and to stop...
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BNM tells govt of launching agitation
QUETTA, April 24: Executive committee of the Balochistan National Movement (BNM) has warned the government of launching an agitation if Gwadar master plan is carried out...
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One dies, 13 injured in suicide attack
KFAR SABA (Israel), April 24: A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber killed at least one other person and injured 13 when he blew himself up at a train station in the central...
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Musharraf welcomes Vajpayee’s initiative
ISLAMABAD, April 24: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday welcomed Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s initiative for resumption of talks between...
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MNAs’ funds formally approved
ISLAMABAD, April 24: The government has formally approved the distribution of Rs5 million development funds for each Member of National Assembly....
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Kabul claims Taliban criminals in Pakistan
KABUL, April 24: Top Taliban leaders wanted for crimes in Afghanistan are believed to be in Pakistan, Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said on Thursday....
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Tareq Aziz in US custody
WASHINGTON, April 24: The United States has detained former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, US media claimed on Thursday....
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Opec reduces production
VIENNA, April 24: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) on Thursday announced that it would cut production by two million barrels per day from June and might even reduce output...
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Five of a family shot dead
MIAN CHUNOON, April 24: Two assailants shot five persons of a family dead, including a woman, over a petty dispute here in Chak No. 15/104 late on Wednesday night....
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