Exports can be doubled in 3 years: Musharraf: Pakistan crosses $10.4bn mark
KARACHI, June 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday said Pakistan could double its export earnings every three or four years if it was able to maintain the momentum of foreign...
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US troops kill 27 as pipeline blown up: 74 Iraqis arrested
BAGHDAD, June 13: US troops pressed at least three massive operations around Iraq on Friday, killing 27 assailants in the northeast, but their drive to take the battle to the enemy...
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PM denies pressure over Sharifs’ return
SUKKUR, June 13: There is no pressure from the Saudi Arabian government for repatriating the Sharif family, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Friday....
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NA okays govt demands for grants
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The National Assembly on Friday approved all government demands for grants in the federal budget for fiscal 2003-4, which was set for passage on Saturday after what would...
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SC issues notices to 65 MMA lawmakers
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The Supreme Court on Friday admitted a constitutional petition challenging the educational qualifications of 65 MMA legislators, and issued notices to top leaders of the alliance....
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Rollback of nuclear plan ruled out: Rashid warns NWFP govt of extreme steps
ISLAMABAD June 13: Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed has ruled out the possibility of rollback or capping of Pakistan’s nuclear programme and allayed the opposition’s suspicions in this regard....
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President links talks’ success to Kashmir: Kargil was not a mistake
NEW DELHI, June 13: Talks between India and Pakistan cannot succeed if the issue of Kashmir is not addressed in the process, President Pervez Musharraf was quoted on Friday as telling...
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Bush ignored aides to greet Musharraf at Camp David
WASHINGTON, June 13: President George W. Bush settled a debate within his government and decided to invite President Pervez Musharraf to Camp David later this month, the Washington Post reported on...
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Punjab budget today
LAHORE, June 13: Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dreshak will present before the Punjab Assembly the provincial budget for the fiscal 2003-04 on Saturday amid loud protests against the LFO by the...
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Nine killed in blast, shootings in Valley
SRINAGAR, June 13: Nine people, including three members of a family and two Indian soldiers, were killed in violence in occupied Kashmir, police said on Friday....
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NA pays tribute to Khalid
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The National Assembly on Friday paid rich tributes to the services of former caretaker prime minister and speaker Malik Meraj Khalid who died in Lahore....
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Meraj Khalid passes away
LAHORE, June 13: Malik Meraj Khalid, former caretaker prime minister and one of the country’s leading political figure, died on Friday after a week’s hospitalization for chest congestion and high fever....
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Hamas activist killed
GAZA, June 13: An Israeli missile strike killed a Hamas militant and wounded 23 other Palestinians in Gaza City on Friday as the Zionist state promised a “war to the bitter...
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Infiltration continuing, says US envoy
NEW DELHI, June 13: The US ambassador to New Delhi said on Friday that terrorism was continuing to come from Pakistan and the United States was determined to put a stop...
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Erdogan arrives tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive here on Sunday on a three-day-long official visit to Pakistan....
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Nuke site visited on PM’s behalf, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday it was on behalf of Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali that he made a trip to a nuclear site that has...
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