Suicide car bomber kills 6 in Baghdad: Three US soldiers hit by roadside bomb
 BAGHDAD, Oct 12: A suicide car bomber killed at least six Iraqis in an attack on a Baghdad hotel used by US officials on Sunday, shaking buildings blocks away with the...
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Troops for Iraq only after UN resolution: Kasuri reiterates conditions
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12: Pakistan said on Sunday it would not follow Turkey’s lead and offer troops to help the US-led occupying forces in Iraq unless their presence was legitimized by...
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MPs accept Kalabagh as carry-over dam
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Parliamentarians belonging to treasury benches from Sindh have agreed in principle to support the Kalabagh dam if it is constructed as a carry-over dam and have asked Wapda...
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Iran’s N-sites under threat
AL QUDS, Oct 12: Newspapers were gripped here on Sunday by US and German press reports of Israel’s nuclear capabilities and that spy agency Mossad has drawn up preemptive plans to...
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Indonesian militant killed
 MANILA, Oct 12: The Philippine military said it killed escaped Indonesian militant Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi on Sunday, eliminating a major security threat just six days before US President George Bush visits...
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Saarc bodies suggest 5 years’ Bachelor degree
DHAKA, Oct 12: The first meeting of the heads of university grants commissions or equivalent bodies of the Saarc countries ended here on Sunday by emphasising that the medium of instruction...
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OIC FMs meet today to okay draft declaration
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12: The foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference will meet on Monday ahead of meeting of their leaders on Oct 16, to adopt the agenda and...
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Islamabad rejects HR body report
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: An official spokesman has described the Human Rights Watch report on Pakistan a travesty of truth based on unfounded allegations and hearsay....
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Hudood cases domain of Shariat Court
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has ruled that high courts have no jurisdiction to interfere with cases relating to Hudood laws as those fell into the exclusive jurisdiction...
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Poll for Loya Jirga begins on 15th
KABUL, Oct 12: The first election of Loya Jirga members to approve the new Afghan constitution will begin on Wednesday in the northeast of the country due to an early onset...
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Suspects held in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Oct 12: Saudi security forces on Sunday arrested a number of suspected militants in the northeast of the kingdom, officials said....
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Pakistani force by December, hopes US
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: The United States hopes that at least two of its Muslim allies — Pakistan and Turkey — would be able to send their troops to Iraq by the...
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Pakistan, China naval exercise from 21st
BEIJING, Oct 12: Pakistan-China joint naval exercise will begin from October 21 to further develop bilateral cooperation in the defence sector....
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Lawyers’ march today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Lawyers will stage a long march from Lahore to Rawalpindi on Monday to protest against the Legal Framework Order....
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Seven die, 22 hurt in Sheikhupura accident
SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 12: Seven people were killed and 22 sustained injuries when their wagon rammed into a tree near Dhool bus stop on the Lahore-Jaranwala Road, some 40km from here on...
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Khad refuses to release Karachi traders
QUETTA, Oct 12: The Afghan secret agency ‘Khad’ has refused to release three Karachi-based Pakistani businessmen, who were arrested in Spin Boldak three days back, when they crossed into Wash Mandi...
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HR moot begins in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Oct 12: The first-ever human rights conference in Saudi Arabia is to begin on Monday in Riyadh. The Saudi interior minister Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz will inaugurate the landmark conference,...
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Fire kills 30 mental patients in Belarus
MINSK, Oct 12: A psychiatric patient set fire to a hospital in western Belarus on Sunday and at least 30 patients died in the blaze before firefighters managed to evacuate the...
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