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ARD asks Nawaz, Benazir to return
LAHORE, Aug 9: ARD president Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan has sent separate messages to PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and PML- N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif, urging them to return to Pakistan even...
President urges human resource development
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday Pakistan was focused on its human resource development as this was what constituted the foundation of a nation’s progress....
11 killed in Faisalabad accident
FAISALABAD, Aug 9: Eleven passengers, including four women, were killed while 13 others sustained injuries, three of them serious, when two buses collided head-on near Sadhar village, about 14kms from here...
MQM backs Musharraf on LFO, uniform
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s deputy convener Dr Farooq Sattar has urged opposition parties to stop forcing the president to divest his uniform....
Anti-British riots break out in Basra
BASRA, Aug 9: Riots broke out on Saturday in the southern port of Basra as tensions exploded over the British control of Iraq’s second largest city, leaving seven soldiers and four...
11 indicted in US for planning Jihad
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: The United States has formally indicted 11 citizens, including three Pakistanis, for allegedly planning to launch Jihad against India, officials said on Saturday....
‘BJP not to sacrifice govt for temple’
NEW DELHI, Aug 9: Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani said on Saturday the BJP would not “sacrifice” its government to meet the demands of hardliners campaigning for the building...
Nine die in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Aug 9: Nine people, including an elderly Muslim and his son, were killed on Saturday and overnight in occupied Kashmir, where the residence of a state lawmaker was also attacked,...
Two US boys charged with murder of Pakistani
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 9: Two teenaged boys accused of robbing and killing a 69-year-old Pakistani, Anwar Sheikh, in Detroit have been charged with murder....
Owais Ghani nominated governor
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Mr Owais Ahmed Ghani has been nominated as governor of Balochistan, it was officially announced here on Saturday....
Musharraf to address UN on Sept 24
NEW YORK, Aug 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly on Sept 24 when he arrives here on a 10-day visit during which he will...
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
LAHORE, Aug 9: A 59-member Indian delegation, including parliamentarians and journalists, arrived here via Wagah on Saturday with a pledge to create an atmosphere conducive to talks between New Delhi and...
