Saddam’s sons killed in US raid at Mosul
 WASHINGTON, July 22: Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay Hussein were among four Iraqis killed in a raid in the northern Iraq on Tuesday, the US Central Command confirmed....
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Sindh canal system to be revamped: Ecnec to okay Rs13bn project
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) will meet on July 30 to approve a Rs13 billion project for revamping and rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage...
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Rough road ahead for LFO talks
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The ruling and opposition parties are likely to find themselves on a rough road when they begin another round of talks, possibly at the weekend, to resolve their...
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New twist to Miss Jinnah controversy
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, senior adviser to the prime minister on Tuesday said Akbar Pirbhai, nephew of the Quaid-i-Azam, had told President Ayub Khan that Miss Fatima Jinnah was...
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Iran may allow surprise inspections of N-sites
PRETORIA, July 22: Iran softened its position on Tuesday on signing a protocol to allow surprise inspections of its nuclear sites, with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi declaring in Pretoria that a...
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Saddam was not a popular figure
SULAIMANYA (Northern Iraq), July 22: It is not difficult to get inside Iraq nowadays, as this reporter found on Monday morning, crossing the Iraqi-Jordanian border along with a Kurd driver and...
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UK to make four-fold increase in aid to Pakistan
LAHORE, July 22: British High Commissioner Mark Lyall Grant disclosed on Tuesday that his country has decided to make a four-fold increase in its aid programme to Pakistan...
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Thal project to go on at all costs
ISLAMABAD, July 22: President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday directed that concerns of stakeholders in the Rs30 billion Greater Thal canal be removed through dialogue but the project should continue at...
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UN stresses timeframe for end to US occupation of Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, July 22: “The day when Iraqis govern themselves must come quickly, and a clear timetable for the restoration of sovereignty with specific steps for the end of United States...
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Liberian rebels not ready to sign accord
ACCRA, July 22: Liberian rebels fighting to oust President Charles Taylor announced here on Tuesday that they have refused to sign a peace agreement drafted by west African mediators....
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ARD to back Amin for opposition leader’s slot
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy has decided to support People’s Party Parliamentarians president Makhdoom Amin Fahim’s candidature for opposition leader’s slot in the National Assembly....
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Ex-US envoy says govt targeting him
WASHINGTON, July 22: A former US ambassador who earlier this month alleged the US government exaggerated the nuclear threat posed by Iraq, accused the White House on Tuesday of trying to...
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Centcom chief arrives
RAWALPINDI, July 22: US Central Command chief General John P. Abizaid arrived here on Tuesday evening on a three-day official visit to Pakistan....
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Brigadier killed, two generals hurt in Valley
NEW DELHI, July 22: India’s army commander for Jammu and Kashmir and another general were injured on Tuesday, and a brigadier killed, in an attack by suspected militants in an attack...
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Opposition doubts Pirzada’s claim
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Opposition parties on Tuesday voiced doubts about Senior Adviser Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada’s reported claim that Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was murdered 36 years ago, some saying he might be...
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MJC terms Hindus’ killing terrorism
MUZAFFARABAD, July 22: The Muttahida Jihad Council, an alliance of Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, on Tuesday condemned the killing of Hindus in occupied territory, terming it an act of terrorism....
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Israeli Arab killed mistakenly
TEL AVIV, July 22: Israeli policemen shot dead an Israeli Arab motorist on Tuesday near a village close to the West Bank after mistaking him for a Palestinian militant preparing an...
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Inquiry body seeks time: PIA chief
KARACHI, July 22: The tripartite committee, set up to determine the causes for the failure of PIA’s B-747 Combi to take off from Islamabad airport on Sunday, has asked for two...
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Indian Jaguar crashes
NEW DELHI, July 22: An Indian air force Jaguar plane crashed while taking off from a military air base in the northern Indian town of Ambala on Tuesday, a military spokesman...
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RSF says clear media laws needed in Iraq
PARIS, July 22: In a report published on Tuesday, and based on a fact-finding mission it just sent to Iraq, international journalists’ rights organisation Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) says that it...
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