Opposition plans to step up pressure: Protests to be taken to PAs
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The combined opposition on Friday said it would consider extension of the on-going protest in the National Assembly to four provincial assemblies besides looking for other options to...
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IAEA sets Iran Oct 31 deadline over N-plan: Tehran threatens to review cooperation
VIENNA, Sept 12: The UN’s nuclear watchdog on Friday set Iran an Oct 31 deadline to prove it had no secret atomic weapons programme, prompting Tehran to threaten a “deep review”...
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US ‘friendly fire’ kills 11 in Iraq: Two American soldiers die
FALLUJAH, Sept 12: Ten Iraqi security personnel and a Jordanian guard were killed by US “friendly fire” here early Friday as this flashpoint erupted in a frenzy of violence, officials and...
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Indian SC asks Modi to quit
NEW DELHI, Sept 12: In a ruling that could set India’s political agenda in an election year, the supreme court on Friday asked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to quit if...
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India, US military exercises to continue
 NEW DELHI, Sept 12: India and the United States on Friday completed a week of joint military exercises in the Ladakh region, as Washington said it was offering spy aircraft to...
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NA business continues amid quorum row: Slogans, walkout mar proceedings
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The National Assembly plunged into confusion on Friday as opposition parties walked out to continue their anti-LFO protest and the treasury benches pressed on with the agenda amid...
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Kasuri regrets past atrocities: BD’s war of independence
DHAKA, Sept 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri echoed President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday as he regretted the atrocities Pakistani soldiers had committed during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971....
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UN Security Council lifts sanctions on Libya
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 12: The United Nations Security Council on Friday lifted sanctions on Libya imposed some 15 years ago after the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland....
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World blasts Israel on Arafat decision
RAMALLAH, Sept 12: Israel faced an international outcry on Friday over its decision to expel Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a threat that drew tens of thousands of his supporters to rally...
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No place for extremists in country: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday warned extremist groups to stop their activities, saying there was no place for this menace in Pakistan....
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Jamali invites MMA for talks
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Friday invited the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leadership to talks on the Legal Framework Order on Sept 16....
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Pakistan flays Israel’s decision
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Pakistan on Friday condemned Israel’s decision to oust Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from Palestine and called upon the international community to urge Israel to reconsider the decision....
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Musharraf to address nation
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will address the nation on PTV and Radio Pakistan at 8pm on Monday.—APP...
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Rocca’s Delhi remarks decried
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Pakistan on Friday expressed surprise at the reported remarks by US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca she made in New Delhi on cross-border infiltration, and firmly stated...
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Benazir’s case SC allows court to announce verdict
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Supreme Court on Friday withdrew its order in which it had restrained the Accountability Court, Karachi, four years ago not to pass its judgment in a case...
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President to visit Canada
MONTREAL, Sept 12: Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will visit Canada late this month for talks with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, a government spokesman Steven Hogue said on Thursday....
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Nepal’s PM invited to Saarc moot
KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri on Friday officially invited Nepal’s Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa to a South Asian regional summit, officials said....
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PM arrives in Karachi
KARACHI, Sept 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali arrived here on Friday on a three-day visit....
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