Kabul seeks help to fight terrorism: Islamabad not responsible for Taliban leaders’ stay: Karzai
KABUL, Dec 7: President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan believes that a number of....
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Palestinian truce talks collapse
CAIRO, Dec 7: The four-day-long Egyptian-sponsored Palestinian truce talks collpased after 13 factions failed to agree on a comprehensive ceasefire offer to Israel seen as being crucial to reviving the...
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Musharraf briefed on political scene
LAHORE, Dec 7: President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain held a meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Sunday, briefing him about the prevailing political situation in...
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C’wealth keeps Zimbabwe out
ABUJA, Dec 7: Commonwealth leaders agreed on Sunday to extend sanctions against Zimbabwe for violating the group’s democratic values, said a spokesman for the 54-nation club of mainly....
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FIA monitoring foreign missions: Human smuggling
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The Federal Investigation Agency has started monitoring some foreign missions to check their involvement in human trafficking, says Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat....
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Putin’s bloc leads in Russian polls
MOSCOW, Dec 7: The political bloc supporting President Vladimir Putin surged into the lead in Russia’s parliamentary election on Sunday as first results showed the once powerful...
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Nine Afghan children among 10 dead in US attack
KABUL, Dec 7: Nine children were among 10 people killed in a US air attack on a suspected “terrorist” in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday, the US military said....
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S. Arabia names terror suspects
RIYADH, Dec 7: Saudi Arabia has named 26 suspects wanted in connection with “terrorist events” in the kingdom and offered a 7 million riyal reward to anyone who helped thwart a...
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Investment pact with Kazakhstan today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Pakistan and Kazakhstan will sign a bilateral investment treaty to boost their economic cooperation during President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s two-day visit beginning on Monday....
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Jamali arrives in Paris
PARIS, Dec 7: An agreement with the Muttahida Majli-i-Amal on constitutional matters is “almost final,” says Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali....
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Aga Khan leaves for Paris
KARACHI, Dec 7: Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismailis, left for Paris on Sunday afternoon At the Karachi airport, he was seen off by Sindh Chief Minister ....
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Irsa rejects Sindh’s claim on water release
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The Indus River System Authority has rejected the Sindh government’s assertion regarding disproportionate depletion of Mangla and Tarbela dam in contravention of...
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US soldier killed in Iraq
MOSUL, Dec 7: Guerrillas blew apart a US Humvee with a roadside bomb in the northern Iraq city of Mosul on Sunday, killing one American soldier and wounding two in the...
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Blair supports Pakistan’s case
LONDON, Dec 7: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday Pakistan had made a lot of progress in meeting the criterion laid down by the Commonwealth, for its re-admission to...
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