Pakistan offers 6 trust-building steps to India: PM asks Delhi to seize opportunity
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Pakistan on Tuesday made an unconditional offer of dialogue to India and proposed six steps as part of the confidence-building measures, including immediate resumption of air, rail and...
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Discussion on 58(2) b completed
ISLAMABAD, May 6: The 11-member constitutional committee on Tuesday completed discussion on Article 58(2)(b) relating to presidential powers of dissolving the National Assembly, and started deliberations on article 152/A pertaining to...
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Washington lauds Islamabad’s move
WASHINGTON, May 6: The United States on Tuesday welcomed the latest confidence-building measures announced by Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and said any step that lowers tensions between India and Pakistan...
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Indian response expected today
NEW DELHI, May 6: Indian Premier Atal Behari Vajpayee responded with a warm smile to Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s peace moves on Tuesday but declined to offer a hurried comment...
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Veteran African freedom fighter Sisulu expires
 JOHANNESBURG, May 6: Anti-apartheid icon Walter Sisulu, a veteran of the struggle against white rule in South Africa and long-time friend of Nelson Mandela, died on Monday night. He was 90....
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Pakistan hopes US will write off debt
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Pakistan said on Tuesday it hoped the United States would write off another $1.8 billion in debt to help its key ally in the war on terror fight...
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SC removes hurdle in award of posts
ISLAMABAD, May 6: The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the last hurdle in allocation of posts to those who had passed civil service competitive examinations in 2001 and 2002....
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13 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, May 6: Thirteen people were killed in a series of gunbattles and explosions in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday, police said....
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Armitage due today
ISLAMABAD, May 6: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is scheduled to arrive here on Wednesday evening with his key aides for top-level consultations with the Government of Pakistan....
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Amin Fahim briefed on LFO talks
ISLAMABAD, May 6: President of People’s Party Parliamentarians Makhdoom Amin Fahim was briefed on Tuesday on the ongoing government-opposition talks over the Legal Framework Order issue....
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India begins Preparation for resuming rail service
NEW DELHI, May 6: A team from the Indian railways arrived at Attari station on Tuesday, as preparations began to resume rail services to Pakistan....
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Journalist’s widow gets bail
ISLAMABAD, May 6: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Shamim Alim, widow of a former Dawn staffer Alimuddin Pathan. She was arrested by a National Accountability Bureau raiding party...
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Senior newsman passes away
 KARACHI, May 6: Syed Manzar-ul-Hasan, one of the country’s senior most newsmen and editor of The Leader, died here on Tuesday after a protracted illness. He was 83....
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Bomb blasts outside Tank hospital
PESHAWAR, May 6: A small bomb exploded outside a hospital in Tank, about 400km from here, but caused no casualties, police said....
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ICRC wants US to ensure security
BAGHDAD, May 6: The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on the United States on Tuesday as the occupying power in Iraq to fulfil its duty...
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1350kg of heroin seized
QUETTA, May 6: The Customs officials on Tuesday seized 1350 kg of heroin after heavy exchange of fire with smugglers in Koh-i-Sulaiman area of the Chaghai district, some 200 kilometres west...
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Kabul to get Nato forces
WASHINGTON, May 6: The Nato allies have accepted responsibility for the next deployment of the International Security Force for Afghanistan and are also considering a potential role in Iraq, the State...
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US tempts India, Pakistan with Nobel Prize
NEW DELHI, May 6: “Leaders of India and Pakistan are certain to win the Nobel Peace Prize if they succeed in implementing their new resolve to live in harmony, Karl Inderfurth,...
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