Musharraf denies reports about talks with Benazir: NSC to block martial law in future
KARACHI, Feb 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has claimed that the National Security Council was essential for blocking the path of martial law in future and ensuring continuity of the democratic process.
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Tunisian held for attack on president
PESHAWAR, Feb 13: Security officials here arrested two militants, one of them Tunisian, on suspicion of their involvement in the two recent assassination attempts on President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a senior official said.
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Musharraf to visit Azerbaijan
BAKU, Feb 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is to visit Azerbaijan in the near future to discuss military and trade ties, a senior Azeri official said Friday.
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PM urges media to be cautious
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said the government holds media in high esteem, reiterating that it had no intentions to come in the way of the Press
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Visa rules for Indians invited to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: The Ministry of Interior said on Friday that it had adopted criteria for grant of visa to Indians invited by Pakistani organizations for cultural shows, seminars, conferences, business trips etc
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US official checks on Indo-Pakistan talks
NEW DELHI, Feb 13: US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca on Friday met the two Indian officials who would be leading theresumption of formal talks between India and Pakistan in Islamabad next week.
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PAF to get new US radar systems soon
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is likely soon to get new radar systems and other related items from the US, costing a total of around $365 million, to boost up its air defence capabilities.
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Balochistan wins other provinces' support: NFC issue
QUETTA, Feb 13: The Balochistan government has succeeded in its efforts to develop a consensus among all the four provinces on the formula it had presented for distribution of resources in the next National Finance Commission award.
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Laleka dies of heart attack
 LAHORE, Feb 13: Federal Minister for Labour and Overseas Pakistanis Mian Abdus Sattar Laleka died here on Friday of cardiac arrest. He was 51. Mr Laleka came to Lahore from Islamabad on Thursday night. He was to leave for Chishtian when he suffered a heart attack that proved fatal and he died at around 12:15pm before getting any medical help.
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UN envoy says early Iraq polls impossible: Brahimi sees many dangers
BAGHDAD, Feb 13: The UN envoy sent to Iraq to see if early elections were feasible said on Friday credibility was more important than timing, after one of his aides ruled out holding polls before Washington hands back power in June. The United Nations is trying to resolve a dispute between Iraq's Shias, who want elections before the transfer, and Washington, which says there is not enough time to organize them.
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Guantanamo inmates' cases to be reviewed
WASHINGTON, Feb 13: About 650 Taliban and Al Qaeda suspects who are in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba will have their detentions reviewed by a new panel once a year.
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IAEA for Big-5 move towards disarmament
NEW YORK, Feb 13: The head of the International Atomic Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, on Thursday called upon the five nuclear states recognized under the non-proliferation treaty (NPT)
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Cyprus unification by May 1
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13: Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on Friday accepted a UN plan for reaching a deal on reunifying Cyprus before its May 1 entry into the European Union
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Khamenei calls for big poll turnout
TEHRAN, Feb 13: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday urged Iranians to turn out in force to vote in parliamentary elections next week and thwart what he called the Islamic regime's enemies hoping for mass abstentions.
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Ex-Chechen president killed in Qatar blast
DUBAI, Feb 13: The former president of the Chechen republic, Zelimkhan Yanderbiyev, died on Friday when a bomb exploded next to his automobile in Qatar.
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Fresh UN warning to Asia on bird flu
BANGKOK, Feb 13: The United Nations issued a sharp warning on Friday to Asian countries not to relax in the war on a bird flu virus that has killed 19 people in the region because the epidemic was still spreading.
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