Invitation to Vajpayee still stands: PM
KARACHI, April 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Wednesday said his invitation to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for talks still stood as it was in the interest of...
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US troops again fire on Iraqis: 3 killed
 FALLUJAH (Iraq), April 30: Three Iraqis were killed and two critically wounded on Wednesday after US troops opened fire on angry anti-American protesters here for the second time in three days....
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State should decide on meeting people’s needs: Wapda chairman’s interview
KARACHI, April 30: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman retired Lt-General Zukfikar Ali Khan wants a quick decision on a fundamental issue before he draws up a long-term perspective plan...
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President may surrender power to dismiss assembly
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The government is likely to offer a package of “certain favours” to the opposition, including accepting the leader of the opposition in the Senate as one of the...
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Differences emerge in ruling alliance
ISLAMABAD, April 30: Differences of serious nature are reported to have arisen between Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and his party chief, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, over the growing influence of...
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Pakistan, China agree not to open border
ISLAMABAD, April 30: Pakistan and China have formally agreed not to open the Kunjerab border for at least one month in the wake of SARS outbreak, senior officials in the interior...
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Bush to declare Iraq operation is over
WASHINGTON, April 30: President George W. Bush will address his nation from the deck of an aircraft carrier on Thursday to say that major combat in Iraq has ended, the White...
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US lauds Pakistan’s cooperation
WASHINGTON, April 30: A new US report released on Wednesday termed Pakistan a “key” anti-terror ally, and ranked Pakistan third in the world (behind the United States and Switzerland) in seizing...
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New Delhi admits Islamabad’s intent
NEW DELHI, April 30: India acknowledged on Wednesday that Pakistan was trying to create the right atmosphere for talks even as Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s government was slammed by the...
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Pakistan has no C-weapons: FO
KARACHI, April 30: Pakistan does not posses or produce chemical weapons, said a Director-General of the Foreign Office here on Wednesday....
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Nine killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, April 30: Nine people, including five militants, were killed and eight schoolchildren seriously injured in incidents across occupied Kashmir, police said on Wednesday....
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US presents ‘roadmap’ to Israel, Palestinians
WASHINGTON, April 30: Formally unveiling the much-awaited international “roadmap” for peace in the Middle East, US President George Bush on Wednesday urged Palestinians and Israelis to “immediately end the violence and...
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Palestinian Cabinet sworn in
 RAMALLAH, April 30: The new Palestinian cabinet of moderate prime minister Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in by veteran leader Yasser Arafat on Wednesday....
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9 bus passengers drown
LARKANA, April 30: Nine persons, including three school-going boys, drowned in an irrigation channel after a Shahdadkot-bound bus they were travelling in plunged into it on Wednesday....
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Wapda clarifies position
LAHORE, April 30: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Wednesday issued a press release to, what it called, clarify its position regarding a news published in Dawn on April...
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Widow’s arrest: CJ takes suo motu notice
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Chief Justice of Pakistan on Wednesday termed the arrest of Shamim Alim, wife of former Dawn staffer late Alimuddin Pathan, “shocking” and directed the NAB to submit...
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Petrol, diesel prices cut
KARACHI, April 30: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) has slashed the ex-depot fixed sales price of petrol by 0.45 paisa per litre, while oil marketing companies (OMCs) have also curtailed...
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Meeting Convened to review India policy
ISLAMABAD, April 30: A high-level meeting has been convened on Friday to review Pakistan’s national policy on India in the wake of recent peace overtures by the leaders of the two...
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