27 die as suicide attacks hit UK mission, bank: Istanbul sees another assault
 ISTANBUL, Nov 20: Suicide car bombers blew up the British consulate and the British-owned HSBC bank...
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Three more outfits put under ban: Offices’ sealing ordered
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The government banned on Thursday three more religious groups in the country for allegedly spreading extremism and terrorism, bringing the total to six of such outfits outlawed within...
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LFO issue to be resolved very soon, assures Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has assured that the LFO issue would be resolved very soon as he has decided to get personally involved in the process of government-MMA...
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Bush, Blair reaffirm pledge to fight terrorism
LONDON, Nov 20: US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday vowed no let-up in the “war on terror” and denied their occupation of Iraq had sparked...
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Diplomats briefed on state of democracy: PML-Q counters opposition
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: In an effort to counter the opposition’s campaign to internationalize the LFO issue, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League...
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Iran must get credit for cooperation: IAEA chief
VIENNA, Nov 20: Iran must be cited for violating nuclear non-proliferation agreements, but credit must be given for its cooperation with international inspectors, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said...
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US officials offer no comment on ISI ties
WASHINGTON, Nov 20: Christina Rocca, US assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs, on Wednesday refused to say publicly whether Pakistan had purged pro-Taliban elements out of its intelligence services....
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Deportation of arrested Afghans begins
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Pakistani forces are swooping on suspected Taliban supporters near the southwest border with Afghanistan....
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Adverse remarks are not noted in officials ACRs: SC
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Supreme Court has observed that there is a growing trend among the reporting officers and countersigning officers to abstain from recording adverse remarks, even against the corrupt...
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Key envoys arriving for consultations
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Pakistani envoys serving in key world capitals will be arriving here on Friday for a special consultation session convened over the weekend by the foreign ministry, Dawn learnt...
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Mammoth Protest rally in London
 LONDON, Nov 20: Around 100,000 protesters marched through London and tore down a mock statue of visiting US President George Bush on Thursday....
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Pakistan Condemns human loss
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned the deadly and horrendous terrorist attacks in Turkey in which there has been tragic loss of lives and hundreds have been injured....
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2 blasts in Iraq leave seven dead
KIRKUK, Nov 20: A suicide car bomber killed at least five people in an attack near the offices of a leading Kurdish party in northern Iraq on Thursday, hours after two...
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ANP team leaves for Kabul
PESHAWAR, Nov 20: A high-level delegation of the Awami National Party left for Kabul on Thursday to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his senior cabinet ministers....
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Kashmir siege ends after army pounds building
SRINAGAR, Nov 20: Indian troops ended one of the longest sieges in Kashmir’s main city by blowing up a building on Thursday where gunmen had been holed up....
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JI leader, two others killed in ambush
QUETTA, Nov 20: The Dera Bugti district chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Amanullah Bugti, and two other men were killed in an ambush near Sui on Thursday, police said....
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Power tariff cut notified
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The federal government on Thursday formally notified an average seven paisa per unit reduction in power tariff with effect from Nov 1, 2003, a senior government official told...
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UN resolution not binding: Israel
AL QUDS, Nov 20: Israel said on Thursday it would not feel bound by the UN Security Council’s unanimous resolution on the internationally-backed “roadmap” for peace and would only accept US...
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