Vajpayee will attend Saarc summit: Fazl: Kashmir, other issues discussed
 NEW DELHI, July 20: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Sunday that he would attend the Saarc summit in Islamabad in January and that he wanted bilateral talks with...
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Industrial units to produce power: minister
ISLAMABAD, July 20: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said here on Sunday the government would shortly amend the Wapda Act to allow major industrial units to acquire gas-fired self-power generation capacity...
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Debt crosses Rs1.7 trillion mark
ISLAMABAD, July 20: Pakistan’s total outstanding domestic debt has crossed Rs1.787 trillion mark on May 31, 2003, up by about Rs70 billion, from Rs1.718 trillion in June 2002....
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US forces kill 24 in Afghanistan
SPIN BOLDAK, July 20: The US military said on Sunday its forces had killed up to 24 fighters who attacked a coalition convoy in southern Afghanistan at the weekend....
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Sharon to visit India in Sept
NEW DELHI, July 20: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will discuss counter-terrorism and defence cooperation with Indian leaders during a visit to the country in September, the Press Trust of India...
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FC forcibly occupies youth hostel in Quetta
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The Frontier Constabulary has forcibly occupied a youth hostel in Quetta run by Pakistan Youth Hostels Association (PYHA) after laying siege to the hostel and the residence of...
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Major air disaster averted at Islamabad
RAWALPINDI, July 20: A major air disaster was averted early Sunday morning at the Islamabad international airport as the pilot of Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 747 with 264 people aboard aborted...
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BBC says Kelly was its key source: Blair declines summoning parliament
LONDON, July 20: Britain’s state broadcaster said on Sunday a defence expert who committed suicide three days ago was the source for the BBC claim that the government exaggerated intelligence about...
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PML-N calls APC on 26th
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has convened an all parties conference in Islamabad on July 26, before the proposed government-opposition talks on the Legal Framework Order (LFO)....
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Abbas-Sharon talks fail on prisoners’ issue
AL QUDS, July 20: Heated talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas ended without a commitment on Sunday from Israel to release more Palestinians in...
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US accused of ‘very severe’ HR abuses in Iraq: AI condemns denial of access to prisoners
BAGHDAD, July 20: Amnesty International accused US troops on Sunday of “very severe” human rights abuses in Iraq and complained that it had been denied access to thousands of prisoners held...
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Three American soldiers killed
BAGHDAD, July 20: Two US soldiers were killed early on Sunday when they were ambushed by guerrillas firing guns and rocket-propelled grenades near the northern city of Mosul, a US military...
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Saddam’s arrest will end attacks: US
WASHINGTON, July 20: The US administrator for Iraq, Paul Bremer, said on Sunday that as long as former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is alive, his supporters would continue to attack US...
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Preparatory meetings for Saarc moot in Dec
ISLAMABAD, July 20: Preparatory meetings for the 12th Saarc Summit to be hosted by Pakistan in January will begin in December, foreign Office sources told Dawn on Sunday....
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Pakistanis held in Sri Lanka
 COLOMBO, July 20: Sri Lankan police said Sunday they had arrested 114 would-be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan who had arrived on the island to travel illegally to Italy....
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Liberian rebels asked to stop fighting
MONROVIA, July 20: Mortar and gunfire rocked the war-battered Liberian capital Monrovia early on Sunday after a night of fighting as the US urged advancing rebels to hold their fire and...
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