43 killed in Baghdad suicide bombings: ICRC, police offices attacked
 BAGHDAD, Oct 27: Guerillas orchestrated a series of bold attacks around the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing 43 people...
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Bill targeting zero deficit presented
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The government on Monday introduced in the National Assembly the Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Bill 2003 to make it binding on the government to bring down revenue...
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‘Islamabad serious on talks with Delhi’
ISLAMABAD Oct 27: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that Pakistan is seriously pursuing the path of peace with India, but “if a war is imposed on our country, we...
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$225m IMF tranche soon
WASHINGTON, Oct 27: The IMF board on Monday approved the 6th and 7th PRGF reviews for Pakistan, paving the way for Islamabad to receive 172 million SDRs as two combined installments...
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MMA told Jamali urges ‘restraint’ on revival of LFO talks : Consultations completed,
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Monday personally contacted a top leader of the MMA and told him that the official response to the three queries the...
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New system impedes SC’s working: Running list
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Supreme Court could not function properly on Monday as the newly introduced system of fixing cases from a “running list” not only confused the litigants but also...
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Bomb attacks can’t change policy: Bush
WASHINGTON, Oct 27: US President George Bush, who presided a meeting of his security team on Monday to discuss the situation in Iraq, said that the bomb attacks in Baghdad could...
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Indian CBMs under study: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: India has suggested two sets of dates in November for air link talks and Pakistan will soon respond to that, Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said on Monday....
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New Delhi suggests dates for air link talks
NEW DELHI, Oct 27: India has proposed two sets of dates in November to Pakistan for next round of technical level talks to resolve the issue of restoring air links between...
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Ramazan begins today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Ramazan-ul-Mubarak commences in the country on Tuesday and President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali have, in their separate messages, urged the nation to forge unity, shun...
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President, PM applaud steps for consensus
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali have welcomed steps taken by provincial governments to promote consensus on vital national issues, including the building...
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9/11 probe body’s visit kept under wraps
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Three professional staff members of the United State’s Independent National Commission investigating the Sept 11 terrorist attacks to draw possible linkages are currently in Pakistan but their visit...
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Nine killed in Lahore building collapse
LAHORE, Oct 27: Nine persons, including seven women and an infant, were buried alive under the debris after the collapse of a two-storey building near the Samanabad Morr on the Multan...
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No change in policy on troops for Iraq: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Pakistan has not deviated from its policy on the issue of sending troops to Iraq under the new UN resolution and implied it is incorrect to say that...
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Black day observed in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: A strike marking the anniversary of the arrival of Indian troops in Kashmir closed most shops and businesses in the main city on Monday, as authorities said they...
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‘India won’t pull out from key posts’
NEW DELHI, Oct 27: Indian Chief of Army Staff, Gen N.C. Vij, said on Monday that troops would not be withdrawn from key forward posts along the LoC in occupied Kashmir...
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PM’s presence ensures NA quorum, spirited debate
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s presence throughout its sitting kept the National Assembly in quorum on Monday even after an opposition walkout, inspiring his coalition to speak up...
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20 Taliban, Al Qaeda men killed
KABUL, Oct 27: US-led forces and their Afghan allies have killed at least 20 members of Al Qaeda and remnants of the Taliban in a clash in southeastern Afghanistan, a top...
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