Bush, Putin ask Iran to give up nuke plans: Russia seeks US security for N. Korea
 CAMP DAVID, Sept 27: US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Iran on Saturday to give up any ambitions it might have of building nuclear weapons....
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Ecnec okays 28 schemes worth Rs193 billion
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The second meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Saturday okayed 28 projects with a total outlay of around Rs193 billion including the foreign...
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ARD leaders meet today: Post-Nasrullah situation
LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy may disintegrate, or become an unwieldy entity, after the death of Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, who was the binding force for...
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US troops kill four Iraqis; guerillas target hotel
FALLUJA, Sept 27: Iraqi police said on Saturday that US forces shot dead four Iraqis on a road just outside the volatile town of Falluja and angry residents vowed to avenge...
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World leaders chide US for Iraq war
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 27: Most world leaders attending the special UN General Assembly session lambasted the United States for its war on and occupation of Iraq, and its inordinate support for...
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Nasrullah’s death termed loss to democratic forces
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: A large number of politicians from across the country paid glowing tributes on Saturday to the services of the late Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan for the cause of democracy...
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No deadline for Iraqi constitution: Bremer
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: Washington’s newly announced six-month time frame for the Iraqi government to write a new constitution is not a deadline, with the clock only beginning to run once Iraqis...
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Six killed in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 27: Six Muslim militants, two civilians and a soldier were killed in separatist violence in occupied Kashmir, police said on Saturday....
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Nawabzada’s burial today
MULTAN, Sept 27: Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan’s body arrived at his ancestral village here on Saturday by road from Islamabad amid a gloomy atmosphere....
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Six more Pakistanis cleared of charges
OTTAWA, Sept 27: Canadian authorities have dropped what they called “security concerns” against six more Muslim suspects, including a student-pilot who was allegedly scouting around the Pickering nuclear plant near Toronto....
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CIA urges probe into uranium report
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: The CIA has asked the US Justice Department to investigate allegations that the White House broke federal laws by revealing the identity of one of its undercover agents...
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11 injured in Karachi minibus explosion
KARACHI, Sept 27: Eleven people were injured when a bomb went off in a minibus on M.A. Jinnah Road near Capri Cinema on Saturday evening....
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Busy agenda awaits Jamali in Washington
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali was due to leave in the early hours of Sunday on his first official visit to the US where he will meet US...
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President, PM condole death
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has expressed his deep grief over the death of veteran politician Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan....
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Anti-govt protest in BD leaves one dead, many hurt
 DHAKA, Sept 27: Police used batons to disperse protesters and a political activist was gunned down as Bangladesh was shut down by an opposition-called strike on Saturday....
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15 more die in Nepal ahead of Maoist holiday truce
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Another 15 people were killed on Saturday in surging violence across Nepal a day after the rebels announced a nine-day ceasefire from Oct 2 during the country’s biggest...
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Riyadh will not send troops to Baghdad
RIYADH, Sept 27: Saudi Arabia will not deploy any military forces to neighbouring Iraq, Deputy Defence Minister Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz told Saturday’s Okaz newspaper....
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India seizes explosives
NEW DELHI, Sept 27: Police seized 300 kilogrammes of explosives, complete with detonators and fuse wires from the Orai railway station in Uttar Pradesh, a report said on Saturday....
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Musharraf back home
LAHORE, Sept 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Saturday night after a week-long visit to the United States and Canada.—APP...
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Sha’aban moon sighted
KARACHI, Sept 27: The Sha’aban moon has been sighted, says an announcement by the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee here on Saturday. Accordingly, the first of Sha’aban will fall on Sunday, Sept 28.—APP...
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