Peace push should lead to talks: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday discussed Pakistan-India relations with former US president Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton, hoping that the recent developments would lead to dialogue...
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Ceasefire holding on, says ISPR: Troop pullback linked to solution of issues
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The ceasefire between Pakistan and India on the Line of Control, Working Boundary...
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LFO negotiations in a week likely
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: A meeting between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and the leadership of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is expected in the first week of December to discuss the issues of...
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Vajpayee hopes to meet Jamali
NEW DELHI, Nov 28: In a further boost for South Asian peace hopes, India’s Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajapyee said he hoped to meet his Pakistani counterpart in January as a...
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Ceasefire can prove harbinger of peace: Pakistan has changed its mindset: India
 NEW DELHI, Nov 28: Indian Foreign Minister Yahswant Sinha has said that the latest ceasefire with Pakistan along the Line of Control in Kashmir...
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Palestinians, Israelis step up contacts: Sharon hints at pullback from some areas
TEL AVIV, Nov 28: Israel and the Palestinians were stepping up contacts on Friday after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon admitted some withdrawals from occupied land were inevitable but also warned of...
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Raise in lawmakers’ salaries challenged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The recent increase in the salaries of parliamentarians has been challenged in the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court by a petitioner, who stated that the one-year...
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Bush pays secret visit to Iraq, reiterates policy
WASHINGTON, Nov 28: President George W. Bush made a secret visit to Iraq on Thursday and told stunned and cheering US troops that there will be “no retreat” in the face...
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First liver transplant carried out at SIUT
KARACHI, Nov 28: A team of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), in collaboration with the King’s College Hospital, London, has successfully carried out the first liver transplant...
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Three killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 28: Two Mujahideen were gunned down by security forces on Friday as they tried to cross into occupied Kashmir, police said....
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Bush’s visit showed US fear of Iraqis: Iran
 TEHRAN, Nov 28: Iran’s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said on Friday that US President George W. Bush’s top secret visit to Baghdad showed that Washington was afraid of the Iraqi people,...
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Proposals to cut power tariff
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The federal government has decided, in principle, to restructure Wapda’s loans worth Rs100 billion to reduce power rates by 40 paisa to Re1 per unit from the existing...
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US troops kill two Iraqi sisters
BAQUBAH, (Iraq), Nov 28: Two young Iraqi sisters were killed by US troops, some 60 kilometres north of Baghdad, police and family members said on Friday....
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Chandrika agrees to share defence portfolio
COLOMBO, Nov 28: Sri Lanka’s president Friday agreed to share defence matters with her rival prime minister in a bid to end their bitter power struggle that has undermined peace efforts...
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Ceasefire will lead to talks, hopes Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said the ceasefire is the beginning of a process which would lead to a dialogue for resolving all outstanding issues between Pakistan...
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Students face stricter US visa regime
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 28: Foreign students are facing stricter visa regime as well as discrimination on an increasing number of university campuses in the United States....
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Meeting with Vajpayee possible: Jamali
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has expressed the hope that Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will visit Islamabad to attend the upcoming Saarc Summit, saying a bilateral...
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17 die in two road accidents
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 28: At least 15 people were killed and 50 others received injuries when a passenger bus overturned near Darazinda, some 95kms from here on Friday....
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