No-trust move against Speaker soon: MMA
ISLAMABAD, June 18: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on late Wednesday night decided to move a no-confidence motion against the National Assembly speaker and resist any move by the government to recognize Israel....
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LFO can’t be undone: Musharraf: No timeframe on uniform
LONDON, June 18: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday declared that the Legal Framework Order could not be undone and he would continue as the chief of army staff as “unity of...
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Delhi move against Islamabad slammed
ISLAMABAD, June 18: Pakistan on Wednesday criticized India for opposing its entry into the Asean Regional forum (ARF)....
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Iran rejects pressure
TEHRAN, June 18: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami refused to buckle in face of international pressure for tougher inspections of his country’s nuclear programme on Wednesday, while also demanding France extradite detained...
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Indian tea traders due on 28th
CALCUTTA, June 18: A delegation from India’s tea industry will visit Pakistan at the end of the month on hopes of winning export deals amid a thaw in tension between the...
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Talks with Washington on F-16 deal to reopen
WASHINGTON, June 18: The United States and Pakistan are working on a deal for reviving the sale of F-16 jetfighters to Pakistan blocked more than 12 years ago following a dispute...
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China, India, Russia to counter US influence
PHNOM PENH, June 18: Nuclear powers Russia, China and India want to forge strategic partnerships with Southeast Asia to counter growing US influence and assertiveness in the region, officials said on...
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UNSC seat can be offered to Delhi
WASHINGTON, June 18: The prospect of India being offered a permanent seat in the UN Security Council in return for peacefully resolving the Kashmir dispute was reporte-dly discussed during Indian Deputy...
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Indian MPs urge trade ties
LAHORE, June 18: The leader of the Indian parliamentarians peace delegation, Kuldip Nayar, has emphasized the need for developing trade relations between Pakistan and India....
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Advani sees deal on Kashmir: report
NEW DELHI, June 18: Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishan Advani was quoted on Wednesday as accepting the inevitability of a compromise on the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan....
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Three killed as US troops, Iraqi protesters clash
BAGHDAD, June 18: A US soldier killed two protesters during a confrontation with former Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad on Wednesday and an American soldier was killed in a drive-by shooting in...
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Al Qaeda suspect arrested
PESHAWAR, June 18: Security agencies arrested an Algerian man from Peshawar believed to be on the list of Al-Qaeda suspects wanted by the United States....
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Role in war on terror to continue: Musharraf
LONDON, June 18: President Pervez Musharraf has said the government was striving to build a modern, tolerant and Islamic state....
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Two women, man attempt to immolate
PARIS, June 18: Three people set themselves on fire here on Wednesday to protest a French crackdown on the People’s Mujahedeen, amid calls by Tehran for detained members of the Iranian...
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Saarc moot to be held in Kathmanduon July 9
NEW DELHI, June 18: A meeting of the standing committee of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), comprising the foreign secretaries of the seven member nations, will be held...
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PM undergoes medical checkup
ISLAMABAD, June 18: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali visited hospital on Wednesday for medical checkup as he was not feeling well....
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