Kashmir won’t be sidelined: commanders
ISLAMABAD, May 20: The military leadership on Tuesday declared that Pakistan wanted resolution of all issues with India but would not “sideline” the core issue of Kashmir....
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Jamali wants compact bloc with India
NEW DELHI, May 20: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said in remarks televised on Tuesday that an India-Pakistan rapprochement spurring them into a “compact bloc”, was the surest way to fend...
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Crackdown on Aceh separatists begins
BANDA ACEH, May 20: Indonesia’s military chief ordered his men on Tuesday to “exterminate” Aceh separatist guerillas if they refuse to surrender as a major offensive in the province went into...
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Investment in equities Jamali announces tax exemption
KARACHI, May 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Tuesday announced exemption of capital gains tax on investment in equities, which was earlier available only up to the assessment year 2004-05....
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US favours more UN role in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, May 20: In an effort to lift the 13-year-old economic sanctions against Iraq by the UN Security Council, the United States on Monday made some more concessions upgrading the...
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High alert in S. Arabia after attack threats
WASHINGTON, May 20: The FBI warned on Tuesday that Al Qaeda was planning “something terrible” in the United States or abroad, a view also echoed by the Saudi ambassador in Washington....
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American Muslims reluctant to join FBI
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20: American Muslims and Arabs are reluctant to join the FBI as they remain suspicious about its recruitment programme, said Ronnie Amen, Secretary of the Arab-American Law Enforcement...
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Islamabad denied re-entry into Commonwealth
LONDON, May 20: Commonwealth foreign ministers on Tuesday welcomed steps towards democracy in Pakistan, but upheld its exclusion from the group until parliament wins “full sovereign authority”....
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Shujaat contacts Fazl and Amin
ISLAMABAD, May 20: The government on Tuesday launched fresh efforts to persuade opposition, especially Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, to show flexibility on contentious issues of the Legal Framework Order....
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US to introduce new rules for visitors
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20: The United States will introduce a high-tech border security system from Jan 1, 2004 to track all foreigners entering the country on a visit or student visa....
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French experts to help Morocco
PARIS, May 20: Fourteen of France’s foremost scientific and technical police specialists in anti-terrorism have been at work along with Moroccan investigators since Friday evening in investigating the series of explosions...
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Notice issued to Sindh govt in Hakim Said murder case
ISLAMABAD, May 20: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the government of Sindh on the bail application of three persons accused of murdering former governor of Sindh Hakim Mohammed...
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Pakistan, Turkey to promote trade
 ISLAMABAD, May 20: Dr Abdullah Gul, deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs of Turkey, who arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday on a two-day official visit, had a round of...
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Israeli army pulls back from Gaza
BEIT HANOUN, (Gaza Strip), May 20: Israel, acting despite a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings, relaxed its military grip on Tuesday from a Gaza Strip area where first steps could be...
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Weapons’ control discussed with US
ISLAMABAD, May 20: Pakistan and US officials discussed global disarmament and arms control issues here on Monday with both sides agreeing to continue discourse on these issues in future....
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5 US soldiers dead as copter crashes in Iraq
TAMPA (Florida) May 20: Five US Marines died after a helicopter crashed into a canal in Iraq, the United States Central Command confirmed on Tuesday....
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Bush to meet Musharraf at Camp David
WASHINGTON, May 20: US President George W. Bush will welcome President Pervez Musharraf to Camp David on June 24, said a statement issued by the White House on Tuesday....
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Four coal miners die of gas suffocation
QUETTA, May 20: Four miners died of gas suffocation in a coal mine in the Surranj area, some 40 km east of here, the other day, officials said on Tuesday....
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Bomb blast kills one in Ankara
ANKARA, May 20: A woman was killed and one other person injured when a bomb went off in a cafe in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday, officials...
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Raids launched to arrest Saddam’s aides
BAGHDAD, May 20: The United States army has launched several raids outside the capital to trap aides of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the London-based Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Tuesday....
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