No deal yet on troops for Iraq: Musharraf tells Chirac request agreed in principle;
 PARIS, July 2: President Pervez Musharraf reiterated on Wednesday Islamabad’s willingness in principle to send peacekeepers to Iraq in response to US and British requests, but said a deal had not...
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Palestinian forces take control of Bethlehem: Israeli troops withdraw
 BETHLEHEM (West Bank), July 2: Palestinian security forces returned to the streets of Bethlehem on Wednesday after Israel handed over responsibility for control of the town in the latest move to...
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Public sector to be de-politicized: PM
KARACHI, July 2: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that it would be his government’s endeavour to ensure that vital public sector organizations like the Pakistan Steel Mills are...
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Iran wants more N-reactors
MOSCOW, July 2: Iran offered Russia a chance on Wednesday to build more nuclear power stations in the Islamic state....
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No early talks seen between opposition, ruling party:
ISLAMABAD July 2: The chances of talks’ resumption between the government and the combined opposition were distant, informed official and opposition sources said on Wednesday....
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Release of terrorism suspect in US delayed
WASHINGTON, July 2: A US federal judge granted on Wednesday government’s request to delay the release of a man accused of links to Lashkar-i-Taiba, which has been designated a terrorist organization...
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Wapda-CBR row delays plan for corporatization
ISLAMABAD, July 2: A row between Wapda and the Central Board of Revenue over tax exemptions to 12 corporate entities of Wapda has become a hurdle in the corporatization programme that...
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Saudi Arabia to convene world moot on HR
RIYADH, July 2: Amidst reports that the New York-based Human Rights Watch has urged the government of Saudi Arabia to impose a moratorium on executions until all death penalty cases are...
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Bus service may begin on 11th, says India
PORT LOUIS, July 2: Bus services between India and Pakistan are expected to resume on July 11 as part of measures to ease tensions between the two nuclear neighbours, India’s foreign...
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US Marine killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 2: A US Marine was killed and three others were injured on Wednesday while conducting mine-clearing operations in Iraq, US military officials said....
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Informal cabinet meeting on 4th
ISLAMABAD, July 2: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has convened an informal meeting of his cabinet members on July 4 to discuss political situation in the country and peace negotiations...
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22 dead as train falls off bridge
NEW DELHI, July 2: At least 22 people were killed and another 30 injured when a train derailed and fell off a bridge in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh...
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40,000 illegal expatriates held in UAE
DUBAI, July 2: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has arrested some 40,000 illegal expatriates in recent months, during which another 100,000 overstayers left under an amnesty, a newspaper said on Wednesday....
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Bush lauds role of Pakistan
WASHINGTON, July 2: During a speech on Afghanistan and Iraq on Tuesday night, President George W. Bush told the Americans it was important for them to know that Pakistan was playing...
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Mukhtar Zaman passes away
 KARACHI, July 2: One of the old-timers of Pakistani journalism, Mukhtar Zaman, died of brain haemorrhage here on Wednesday at a hospital. He was 80....
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Delhi opens office in Herat
HERAT, July 2: India on Wednesday officially opened a consulate in the main western Afghan city of Herat....
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