Over 1,000 die as earthquake rattles Algeria: Worst disaster in 20 years
 ALGIERS, May 22: Almost 1,100 people were killed and 7,000 injured as an earthquake rocked the Algerian capital and nearby towns on Wednesday night....
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UN approves lifting of sanctions on Iraq
 UNITED NATIONS, May 22: The UN Security Council on Thursday gave a near-unanimous approval to end 13-year-old sanctions on Iraq, and the United States and Britain obtained approval to run the...
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Kashmir be put on top of agenda: PML-Q
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) on Thursday advised its government to put Kashmir on the top of agenda in the forthcoming talks with India and diversify country’s foreign...
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Parliament, premier powerless, says Qazi
DUBAI, May 22: Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Thursday criticised the government, saying that the parliament was powerless and even the prime minister of the country had “no...
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Iran rebuts US allegations
TEHRAN, May 22: Iran is protesting vociferously against US charges that it is harbouring Al Qaeda operatives on its territory, as it faces increasing anger from Washington....
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US endorses Israeli radar sale to India
WASHINGTON, May 22: The United States said on Thursday it has approved the sale of Israel’s Phalcon airborne early warning system to India....
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No trade till talks: minister
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan has said that trade talks with India will remain suspended for as long as the process of a political dialogue between the two...
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Lawyers to launch protest on June 9
LAHORE, May 22: The joint action committee of lawyers has chosen the Supreme Court building in Islamabad as the spot for launching a “direct action” on June 9, against the superior...
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Kabul seeks world aid to end drug tide
PARIS, May 22: Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah appealed to the international community on Thursday to do more to stem a growing trade in heroin from his country, now ranked as...
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No summit meeting in few weeks, says India
NEW DELHI, May 22: India denied on Thursday that it was being pressured by the United States to launch a peace initiative with Pakistan....
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97 surrender in Philippines
ILIGAN CITY (Philippines), May 22: Ninety-seven Muslim separatists surrendered on Thursday amid a large-scale military offensive against the guerillas in the southern Philippines, officials said....
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Dostum moved to Kabul
KABUL, May 22: The northern Afghan warlord has become the first target of President Hamid Karzai’s effort to bring unruly provinces into line....
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Musharraf grieved over deaths in earthquake
ISLAMABAD, May 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has expressed his deep sense of grief and shock on the earthquake in Algeria which has claimed over 1,000 lives....
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Shahbaz again says he will return
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The government is reluctant to say as to how it will respond in case Pakistan Muslim League (N) president Shahbaz Sharif returns to the country while the latter...
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5 Afghan fighters killed
BAGRAM, May 22: US forces killed up to five opposing fighters in a firefight in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday night, the US military said....
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Mangla Dam project gets less money
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The federal government has refused to allocate more than Rs2 billion in budget 2003-04 for Raising of Mangla Dam project owing to Wapda’s failure to get the Azad...
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