Islamabad rules out nuclear rollback
ISLAMABAD, June 23: On the eve of the Camp David talks between President George Bush and President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan on Monday reaffirmed that Islamabad would remain a nuclear power and...
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Control in Mohmand Agency established: Paramilitary official killed
PESHAWAR, June 23: A paramilitary official was killed and another wounded on Monday as clashes between Pakistani forces and pro-Afghan tribesmen in Mohmand Agency along the Pakistan- Afghanistan border continued for...
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Election tribunal verdict on 30th: Madaris’ sanad as graduation degree
PESHAWAR, June 23: Attorney-General Makhdoom Ali Khan contended before an election tribunal here on Monday that sanads of different religious schools possessed by parliamentarians were not equivalent to graduation....
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ISPR denies foreign troops presence
ISLAMABAD, June 23: A Pakistan Army spokesman on Monday said coalition forces were carrying out operations in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan and there were no foreign troops operating on...
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Musharraf has a busy schedule
WASHINGTON, June 23: President Pervez Musharraf, who arrives in Washington on Monday evening, starts his official visit on Tuesday with a meeting with President George Bush at the Camp David....
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Speaker should quit before no-trust move, says MMA
PESHAWAR, June 23: Muttahida Majli-i-Amal’s secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday advised the National Assembly speaker to resign before the opposition parties tabled their no- trust move and dislodged him....
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India told to stop demonizing Musharraf
NEW DELHI, June 23: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri on Monday urged India to stop demonizing President Pervez Musharraf and stressed that he (Gen Musharraf) was as much a statesman as...
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Vajpayee, Wen agree to build trust
 BEIJING, June 23: China and India agreed on Monday on the need for more trust and cooperation to give new impetus to often-frosty bilateral ties which Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari...
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16 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, June 23: Sixteen people were killed and 40 wounded in occupied Kashmir on Monday and Sunday night— one of the worst 24 hours of violence since Pakistan and India began...
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US proposes free trade area in ME
SHUNEH (Jordan), June 23: The United States pushed a free trade plan for the Middle East on Monday, dangling economic preferences as a prize for political cooperation....
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No early recognition of Israel: Khokhar
WASHINGTON, June 23: Foreign Secretary Riaz M. Khokhar said on Monday that sooner or later Pakistan will have to recognise Israel....
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Expensive debt to be retired in three years
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The government has finalized a strategy to remove the country’s most expensive debt amounting to $4.5 billion over the next three years....
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Ship carrying explosives seized in Greek waters
ATHENS, June 23: A ship seized in Greek waters packed with explosives equivalent to an “atomic bomb” was on its way to Sudan with the shipment addressed to a non-existent chemicals...
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Delhi seeks end to ‘cross-border terrorism’
BEIJING, June 23: India on Monday called upon Pakistan to end “cross-border terrorism”....
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Ibad discusses Thal canal with Jamali
KARACHI, June 23: Dr Ishrat Ul Ibad, governor of Sindh, on Monday held a telephonic discussion with Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and Punjab governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool and Chief...
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Another attack on Iraqi pipeline
 BAGHDAD, June 23: Iraq’s fuel pipelines came under fresh attack on Monday by elements apparently bent on disrupting US plans to use Iraqi oil revenues to rebuild the country, as Saddam...
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Four die in Gaza blast
 GAZA CITY, June 23: Efforts to implement the roadmap for Israeli-Palestinian peace stumbled on Monday, after more deaths and warnings from the architects of the plan that the cycle of violence...
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Farooq wins NA-255 byelection
KARACHI, June 23: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Dr Farooq Sattar emerged victorious in the by-election to the National Assembly constituency NA-255 by securing 73,334 votes here on Monday, according to unofficial...
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