Pakistan curbing terrorism: Musharraf tells Blair nothing happening along LoC
 LONDON, June 17: Pakistan is clamping down on all forms of extremism, President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday after talks in London with British Prime Minister Tony Blair....
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Proposals’ rejection angers senators: Minister’s explanation sought
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The ruling party members in the Senate on Tuesday took exception to the rejection of their budgetary recommendations by the National Assembly and demanded of Finance Minister Shaukat...
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Indian MPs arrive on peace mission
 LAHORE, June 17: Six Indian parliamentarians arrived here on Tuesday via Wagah on an eight-day unofficial peace mission....
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Turkish PM leaves
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan left Pakistan on Tuesday after a three-day state visit aimed at boosting trade and economic relations between the two Muslim countries, officials...
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2 US soldiers killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 17: The US army said on Tuesday it had rounded up more than 400 people in an operation against Saddam Hussein loyalists in northern Iraq, but reported two more...
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Movement against Thal canal project launched
HYDERABAD, June 17: A movement against Thal canal construction was launched in Sindh on Tuesday as hundreds of political leaders and activists, including some MNAs and MPAs, observed a token hunger...
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Senate divided over Musharraf’s visit
ISLAMABAD, June 17: A row erupted in the Senate on Tuesday over President Pervez Musharraf’s four-nation visit hours after the journey began, with the ruling coalition assuring him of full confidence...
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Yasin resumes signature drive
SRINAGAR, June 17: An influential separatist leader on Tuesday relaunched a signature campaign calling for Kashmiris to play a role in talks on the region’s future after he was released from...
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13,000 Muslims face deportation
NEW YORK, June 17: Over 13,000 Muslims, many of them Pakistanis, found to be living illegally in the United States during the special US Immigration registration process, are expected to be...
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Pakistan beat England
MANCHESTER, England, June 17: Pakistan beat England by two wickets in the first one-day international at Old Trafford on Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series....
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Doors still open for talks, says Soomro
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The ruling of the National Assembly Speaker declaring the Legal Framework Order (LFO) as part of the Constitution has not shut the doors for dialogue with the opposition,...
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Disputes can be resolved thru Asean
PHNOM PENH, June 17: Asean’s decision to push for Pakistan’s inclusion in Asia-Pacific’s top security grouping, the Asean Regional Forum (ARF), will boost moves against terrorism and towards resolving the India-Pakistan...
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Judge rules ‘Paki’ chant as racist
LONDON, June 17: A man who joined in a chant at a football match in which the word “Paki” — short for Pakistani — was used has been ordered to be...
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US sending Powell to salvage ME roadmap
GAZA, June 17: Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas failed to persuade militants on Tuesday to call a truce with Israel, in another blow to a peace plan US Secretary of State...
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Vajpayee warns Pakistan
NEW DELHI, June 17: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tuesday said Pakistan had lost three wars against India and would be “defeated” if there were another....
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Iraq: Blair accused of deceiving public
LONDON, June 17: Two former senior British ministers accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of deceiving the public at the start of a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday into the government’s justification for...
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