Killing Arafat an option, says Israel
AL QUDS, Sept 14: Israel’s vice premier said on Sunday killing Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was an option in its threat to “remove” him and the United States rejected the idea,...
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Jamali rules out in-house change: Opposition’s role criticized
HYDERABAD, Sept 14: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said there is no likelihood of an in-house change, stressing he is not aware of such a move....
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MMA threatens mass movement: Third round of talks tomorrow
LAHORE, Sept 14: The stage is set for a dialogue between the ruling coalition and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in Islamabad on Tuesday with the MMA sticking to its stance that the...
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WTO talks fail over rich-poor rift
CANCUN, Sept 14: - Trade talks in Mexico critical to the health of the world economy collapsed on Sunday after rich and poor states failed to bridge deep divisions over agriculture...
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Pakistan rejects US report on backing Al Qaeda
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Pakistan on Sunday dismissed as baseless a US intelligence report claiming that Pakistan helped Al Qaeda members launch their operations in Afghanistan in the 1990s....
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Kashmir issue, trade inter-linked: envoy: Sinha calls for end to verbal duels
NEW DELHI, Sept 14: Pakistan sees the unresolved issue of Kashmir as a key hurdle to normal ties with India, including bilateral trade, Islamabad’s High Commissioner to New Delhi, Mr Aziz...
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Pakistan pledges to match Indian arms build-up
COLOMBO, Sept 14: Pakistan warned on Sunday that it would do whatever was needed to match any advanced weapons systems Israel may sell to India....
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President seeks funds for education
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf appealed on Sunday to all Pakistanis living in Pakistan or abroad to donate generously to the fund set up for the health care and...
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2 die in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 14: Two people died and six others were injured on Saturday and Sunday in Azad Kashmir along the Line of Control in unrelenting Indian shelling, police said....
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India sees no early talks, says report
NEW DELHI, Sept 14: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha has ruled out talks with Pakistan unless it stops what he called “cross-border terrorism”, saying ‘military’ government in Islamabad government is a...
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WB asks govt to furnish details of liabilities
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The World Bank has asked the government to make public billions of rupees worth of direct and contingent liabilities which pose a serious risk to the economy....
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Another US soldier dies in Iraq
 FALLUJAH, Sept 14: A US soldier was killed and three wounded on Sunday in a new roadside attack in this town seething over the deaths of nine Iraqi security men and...
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India-Pakistan business executives’ forum set up
NEW DELHI, Sept 14: Leading businessmen from India and Pakistan launched an India-Pakistan CEOs’ Business Forum on Sunday and set up a website to facilitate future bilateral trade, which they hoped...
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Swedes vote ‘No’ to euro
STOCKHOLM, Sept 14: Swedes voted “No” to the euro on Sunday, an exit poll showed, despite some last-minute gains for the “Yes” side after the murder of pro-euro Foreign Minister Anna...
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Musharraf to meet Bush on 24th
WASHINGTON, Sept 14: President Pervez Musharraf will have a separate, one-on-one meeting with President George W. Bush in New York on Sept 24, official sources told Dawn on Sunday....
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Iran condemns Israel over Arafat decision
TEHRAN, Sept 14: Iran on Sunday condemned an Israeli cabinet decision to expel or isolate Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, slamming Israel as the real obstacle to peace....
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