Musharraf hints at flexibility on LFO: Political parties urged to abandon opposition
ISLAMABAD, July 9: President Pervez Musharraf asked political parties on Wednesday to give up their opposition to the LFO to strengthen the country politically and militarily....
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Over 400 feared drowned in BD
DHAKA, July 9: Over 400 people were feared dead when an overloaded three-decked motor launch, with more than 600 passengers on board, sank at the confluence of Bangladesh’s three mighty rivers...
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President, PM discuss Kabul embassy attack: More anti-Pakistan demos
ISLAMABAD, July 9: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah khan Jamli on Wednesday discussed the situation arising out of the attack on Pakistani embassy in Kabul and the proposed...
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Talks on LFO this week
ISLAMABAD, July 9: The government-opposition dialogue promised by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on the floor of the lower house on Monday is likely to start in three to four...
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Islamabad, Delhi talks in Nepal unlikely: Saarc meeting begins
KATHMANDU, July 9: Pakistan said it was open for informal talks with India at a Saarc diplomats’ conference that started here on Wednesday, but New Delhi said Islamabad had to end...
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Anti-Taliban operation concluded, says US
BAGRAM AIR BASE, July 9: US and Italian troops have concluded a four-day operation against Taliban remnants and Al Qaeda fighters in southeast Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said on Wednesday....
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Gas project needs more study: ADB
MANILA, July 9: Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan need more studies carried out before they proceed with the 2.5 billion-dollar trans-Afghan gas pipeline project, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday....
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Regime should decide who is real ruler: Asif
KARACHI, July 9: Asif Ali Zardari claimed on Wednesday that the Musharraf regime was on the defensive against political forces, and urged it to put its act together to decide who...
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Hamas says it remains committed to ceasefire
GAZA CITY, July 9: The leader of the radical Palestinian group Hamas on Wednesday told an Egyptian military delegation which helped persuade it to call a halt to anti-Israeli attacks that...
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Fatima Jinnah’s death anniversary observed
KARACHI, July 9: The 36th death anniversary of Madar-i-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was observed on Wednesday with solemnity....
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US wants dispute settled
WASHINGTON, July 9: The US urged Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday to over their differences amicably....
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India asks Pakistan to define views on Kashmir
NEW DELHI, July 9: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Wednesday that Pakistan should define its views about the Jammu and Kashmir when talks begin for the resolution of the...
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Three killed in Peshawar factory blast
PESHAWAR, July 9: Three persons were killed and 21 were injured in an explosion in a factory in Hayatabad Industrial Estate....
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Iranians pay tribute to twin sisters
 SINGAPORE, July 9: Members of the Iranian community streamed into a Singapore mosque on Wednesday where messages from around the world were read paying tribute to the Iranian conjoined twins who...
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Curfew in Quetta to be lifted today
QUETTA, July 9: Curfew in the provincial capital will be lifted on Thursday morning following the return of normalcy in the city....
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Granada has new mosque
MADRID, July 9: Six centuries after the Moors were expelled from Granada, the capital of the last Arab kingdom in Spain now has a mosque again....
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Bush ducks questions on false Iraq intelligence
PRETORIA, July 9: US President George W. Bush on Wednesday ducked questions over a White House admission that he used flawed intelligence on Iraq’s nuclear programme, while insisting he was right...
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Aziz Khan to present credentials today
NEW DELHI, July 9: Pakistan’s new High Commissioner in New Delhi Aziz Ahmed Khan will present his credentials to President Abdul Kalam on Thursday while his Indian counterpart Shivshankr Menon is...
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First bus for Delhi leaves tomorrow
LAHORE, July 9: Federal Culture and Tourism Minister Raees Munir Ahmed will inaugurate the Lahore-Delhi bus service at its terminal here on Friday at 5.30am....
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Lawyers’ protest day today
ISLAMABAD, July 9: The lawyers community all over the country will observe Thursday as a protest day to condemn the Supreme Court decision of sealing the SC Bar Association’s offices....
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