No-trust motion withdrawn on PM’s talks offer
ISLAMABAD, July 7: Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Monday withdrew their no-trust move against deputy speaker Sardar Mohammad Yaqub after accepting Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s offer to resume...
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Islamabad calls for composite dialogue
NEW DELHI, July 7: With a fresh call for the resumption of a “composite dialogue” with India to tackle all outstanding problems, including the core issue of Kashmir, Pakistan said on...
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Dialogue offer seen opposition’s gain
ISLAMABAD, July 7: The combined opposition appeared to have won the first round of battle on the controversial Legal Framework Order (LFO) on Monday when Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali...
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‘Pakistan committed to non-proliferation’
ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pakistan has taken adequate measures to prevent nuclear proliferation and the country’s custodial control was strong enough to deter its assets ever falling into wrong hands, President Pervez...
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Truce success linked to prisoners’ release: Palestinians arrest suicide bomber
AL QUDS, July 7: Palestinian militants will resume attacks on Israelis at the end of the three-month ceasefire if Israel has not released all Palestinian prisoners by that time, a spokesman...
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Jamali optimistic about LFO talks’ outcome: Musharraf’s statement welcomed
ISLAMABAD, July 7: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Monday said the government was encouraged by President Pervez Musharraf’s statement expressing his willingness to discuss all the contentious issues, including...
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‘Incursions’ anger Afghan tribe
JALALABAD, July 7: A recent deployment of Pakistani troops to the eastern Afghan border has angered the area’s powerful Mohmand Pashtun tribe, which has accused Pakistan of a major incursion into...
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Anti-Taliban operation launched
BAGRAM AIR BASE, July 7: Some 1,300 US-led coalition troops are engaged in a major operation against Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters in southeast Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said on...
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Two more US troopers killed
BAGHDAD, July 7: Two US soldiers and two Iraqis were killed on Monday as violence against the US-led coalition escalated, while Ankara said the US arrest of Turkish troops had sparked...
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Mufti Ibrar moves apex court
ISLAMABAD, July 7: Unseated member of the National Assembly Mufti Ibrar Sultan of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Monday approached the Supreme Court for setting aside the Election Tribunal’s judgment, rendering him...
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Country cut off from Web
KARACHI, July 7: The country lost its connection to the world wide web on Monday when two Internet links of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company gave way....
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Balochistan minister resigns
QUETTA, July 7: Balochistan Home Minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri has tendered resignation from his office, sources close to the minister said here on Monday....
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India asked to end HR violations in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pakistan on Monday asked India to end repression and human rights abuse in held Kashmir in the wake of Islamabad’s assurance that no cross-border activity or LoC violation...
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Seven killed in Kashmir violence
 JAMMU, July 7: Suspected Mujahideen dressed in army fatigues on Monday gunned down five Hindu villagers in occupied Kashmir, where two former freedom fighters were killed in separate violence, police said....
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New Delhi proposes S. Asian trade union
NEW DELHI, July 7: India’s Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday suggested forming a South Asian union to promote economic and political cooperation in the region, as business leaders from India...
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Rain claims 5 lives in Sindh
SUKKUR, July 7: Five persons were killed and many others injured in rain-related incidents in the interior of Sindh on Monday....
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Indian MiG crashes
NEW DELHI, July 7: An Indian Air Force MiG-23 fighter went down on Monday after the pilot was forced to eject in mid-air due to a technical snag in the northern...
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Myanmar FM due today
ISLAMABAD, July 7: Myanmar Foreign Minister Win Aung is due here for talks with Pakistani leaders, the foreign ministry announced on Monday....
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