Offenders to get 10 years jail: Terror funding made non-bailable act
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The cabinet on Saturday approved amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and increased the minimum and maximum punishment for financiers of terrorism, besides making it a non-bailable offence.
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Jamali, Karzai to discuss security issues
KABUL, Jan 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is due to arrive here on Monday on his first visit to Afghanistan. In his day-long visit, the prime minister is scheduled to meet President Hamid Karzai and former king Mohammad Zahir Shah
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Ultimatum given to tribesmen
PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Authorities in the South Waziristan tribal region on Saturday gave tribesmen until Monday to contemplate action against those involved in Thursday's rocket attack that left four Pakistani soldiers dead, and hand over those harbouring Al Qaeda remnants.
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Coalition will deal with threat: US - Fresh operation in tribal belt
WASHINGTON, Jan 10: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that Pakistan is conducting new military operations in the tribal belt along its border with Afghanistan
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Muttahida's Dr Brohi wins Senate seat
KARACHI, Jan 10: Dr Mohammed Ali Brohi of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, who was a joint candidate of the ruling coalition in Sindh, won the by-election for the Senate seat by a margin of 39 votes.
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French journalists awarded jail term
KARACHI, Jan 10: The two French journalists were sentenced on Saturday to a six-month jail term for violating visa regulations by an additional district and sessions court.
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Eidul Azha likely on Feb 2
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Astronomical calculations showed that the Eid-ul-Azha would be observed in the country on Feb 2. Director of the Meteorological Office Malik Ghulam Qadir said on Saturday
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Pakistan committed to peace, says US
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: Pakistan is sincere in seeking peace with India after its pledge not to allow "terrorism" from its territory, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said in an interview broadcast on Saturday.
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Vajpayee briefs Kalam on visit
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Saturday briefed President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on his just-concluded visit to Islamabad for the Saarc summit and his meetings with the Pakistani leadership to carry forward the peace process in the region.
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Eight killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 10: Two of 20 worshippers injured on Friday in a grenade attack outside a mosque in occupied Kashmir died in hospital on Saturday, while six more people were killed in violence, police said.
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India, China to discuss border dispute
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: Indian and Chinese negotiators will meet in Beijing on Monday for a new round of talks aimed at resolving the ongoing border dispute between the two countries, an Indian official said on Saturday.
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Karzai to contest election
KABUL, Jan 10: President Hamid Karzai on Saturday said that he would be a candidate in Afghanistan's first democratic presidential elections and that he would try to hold them as scheduled in June.
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'Blister gas weapons found in Iraq'
BAGHDAD, Jan 10: The Danish army claimed on Saturday its soldiers in Iraq had found dozens of buried mortar rounds that initial chemical weapons tests showed could contain blister gas.
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Seven shot dead in Iraq
AMMARA/TIKRIT, Jan 10: A total of seven Iraqis including five civilians and two policemen were shot dead when British and US troops opened fire in two different incidents on Saturday.
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Alert level high at 8 US airports
WASHINGTON, Jan 10: The United States is keeping eight airports and other unspecified facilities on high alert for terrorist attack, after lowering the general threat level to "elevated" from "high", US media reported on Saturday.
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Rebels blow up oil pipeline in Assam
GUWAHATI, Jan 10: Separatists in India's restive northeastern state of Assam on Saturday blew up a crude oil pipeline, forcing authorities to raise a security alert across the region, officials said.
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