Scientists' assets not under probe: NAB
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is not investigating assets of senior officials of the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), a NAB spokesman told reporters here on Friday.
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Report about Dr Khan premature: Government
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: A spokesman of the Ministry of Interior on Friday clarified a news item published in a section of the press attributing it to Interior Minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat.
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ISPR: N-probe comprehensive
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: Pakistan Army spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan on Friday said the New York Times report suggesting that investigators in the ongoing nuclear inquiry were "glossing over the evidence that senior military officials might have approved the sales", was mischievous.
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LHC gives govt 'last chance' in KRL case: Submission of statement
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Friday ordered the government to arrange a meeting of the detained KRL employees with their relatives on Eidul Azha
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ECO states to set up trade bank: Experts to prepare cooperation strategy
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: Finance ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) decided on Friday to set up an Istanbul-based ECO trade and development bank with an initial paid-up capital of SDR 60 million.
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Journalist sent to jail on judicial remand
QUETTA, Jan 30: Judicial Magistrate Haroon Agha on Friday sent journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi and two others to jail on a judicial remand. The journalist was arrested on the charge of making a video-film on a fake Taliban training camp.
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Pakistan and India likely Nato partners
NEW DELHI, Jan 30: Pakistan and India are expected to be roped in as future Nato partners, the US ambassador to the western military alliance was quoted on Friday as telling an Indian newspaper.
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Coastguards of Pakistan, India to set up hotline
NEW DELHI, Jan 30: Indian and Pakistani coastguards are fine-tuning an accord for a second hotline to exchange information, including on fishermen straying into each other's territorial waters, officials said here on Friday.
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Ties will grow, says Indian Punjab CM
LAHORE, Jan 30: Indian Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Amrinder Singh said here on Friday that his visit to Lahore would help bring Pakistan and India come closer and resolve their differences.
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3 missiles seized in Kohat
KOHAT, Jan 30: Police and the military authorities averted a missile attack by defusing three long-range missiles fitted with timers here on Friday evening.
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Pakistani shepherd killed in US firing
QUETTA, Jan 30: A Pakistani shepherd was killed and two others were injured seriously when US forces opened fire on them after they mistakenly crossed into the Afghan area near Dobandi
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Kashmir Day to be observed officially
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The government announced on Friday that it would officially observe Feb 5 as Kashmir Day to reiterate solidarity with the people struggling to overthrow the Indian occupation of the valley.
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Doctors accused of using vet drugs on humans
SANGHAR, Jan 30: Three doctors arrested on charges of using multi-dose vials meant for animals on humans were released on bail on Friday.
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SBP declares 4-day holiday
KARACHI, Jan 30: The State Bank of Pakistan and all offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation will remain closed from Feb 2 to 5 on account of Eidul Azha and Kashmir Day, a SBP notification issued here on Friday said.-APP
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Indian troops kill 12 in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 30: Indian army said its soldiers shot dead 12 freedom fighters including five Mujahideen leaders on Friday in the bloodiest gunbattles since New Delhi began peace talks with Kashmiri leaders.
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Israelis blow up activist's home
BETHLEHEM, Jan 30: Israel withdrew from Bethlehem on Friday after troops rolled into the biblical city and dynamited the home of a suicide bomber who killed 10 people the previous day.
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Riyadh raid on terrorists' cells
RIYADH, Jan 30: Saudi Arabia said on Friday security forces had raided two hideouts of a group of militants in Riyadh that was planning a "terrorist act".
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Pilgrims gather at Mina
DUBAI, Jan 30: Two million pilgrims gathered on Friday in the town of Mina, five kilometres from Makkah, for prayer and meditation at the start of the Haj.
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Iran council refuses to postpone polls
TEHRAN, Jan 30: Iran's Guardian Council has withstood an onslaught of appeals from reformists and on Friday reversed candidacy bans on one-third of hopefuls for next month's parliamentary poll.
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Three juveniles released from Cuba camp
WASHINGTON, Jan 30: Three children held at the terrorist detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have been released and returned to their home country, said a VoA report.
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