Weapons balance upset by India: Musharraf to raise issue with leaders
NEW YORK, Sept 21: President Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that he would raise the issue of conventional arms imbalance in South Asia with US President Bush and other international leaders....
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Package not last word: Shujaat: Govt willing to hold talks
LAHORE, Sept 21: PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain indicated on Sunday that the constitutional package approved by the cabinet was not the final word and could be amended to the satisfaction...
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Jamali rules out fresh elections
JACOBABAD, Sept 21: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Sunday ruled out the possibility of dissolution of assemblies or fresh elections and cautioned people spreading rumours in this regard, saying...
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Concessional lending assured
DUBAI, Sept 21: World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, while welcoming the thrust of Pakistan’s priorities, has said the country will continue to receive concessional lending from the bank in subsequent...
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MMA leaders divided over package: Govt wants uniform issue deferred
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: The government had proposed to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to keep the uniform issue away from the constitutional package for a couple of months, sources told Dawn....
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Musharraf not empowered to amend constitution: PPP
KARACHI, Sept 21: Chief of the People’s Party Parliamentarians Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Sunday rejected the government’s claim that Gen Musharraf had been vested with powers to amend the Constitution by...
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Global recovery prospects improving: IMF
DUBAI, Sept 21: The prospects for a “steady and strengthening” global recovery have improved but risks remain in many countries, the International Monetary Fund’s Financial Committee said here Sunday....
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21 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Sept 21: Twenty-one people died on Sunday in violence in occupied Kashmir, including four civilians killed by a bomb outside a liquor shop, police said...
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3 US troops killed
 BAGHDAD, Sept 21: Two US soldiers were killed in a mortar attack while a third died from a roadside bomb blast in the latest strikes against the US occupation forces in...
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No need for further dialogue, says MMA
LAHORE, Sept 21: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will not repose confidence in Gen Pervez Musharraf during his recourse to electoral college for validating his term as president even if it reaches agreement...
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Peace Day observed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Peace Day was observed all over the world including Pakistan on Sunday.
Islamabad reaffirmed its commitment to the UN charter and its principles of peace and development as well as peaceful settlement of disputes.
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Dr Akila in critical but stable state
BAGHDAD, Sept 21: Iraqi Governing Council (GC) member Akila al-Hashimi was in “critical but stable” condition on Sunday after two operations for gunshot wounds suffered in an assassination attempt, officials here...
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Six children drowned in Tarbela lake
HARIPUR, Sept 21: Six children are feared dead as a boat capsized due to overloading in the Tarbela lake on Sunday evening....
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Israeli tanks re-enter Jenin
JENIN, Sept 21: The Israeli army imposed a curfew on Sunday in Jenin after tanks, jeeps and armoured vehicles re-entered the centre of the West Bank town, Palestinian and Israeli security...
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Death penalty sought
NEW DELHI, Sept 21: Indian police will seek the death penalty for 13 men convicted of murdering an Australian missionary and his two young sons, an official said on Sunday....
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Indian liquor death-toll rises to 16
LUCKNOW, Sept 21: Twenty officials in northern India were suspended as the death toll from a batch of tainted liquor rose to 16 on Sunday, officials said....
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