Foreign suspects among 20 held in Wana operation: Arms, documents seized
ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR, Feb 24: At least 20 suspected terrorists, including some foreign nationals, were arrested during a day-long operation conducted jointly by the army and paramilitary troops in South Waziristan Agency on Tuesday, sources told Dawn.
...
|
|
Benazir claims she refused to sell N-technology
LONDON, Feb 24: Ms Benazir Bhutto said on Tuesday that she was approached several times when she was prime minister of Pakistan by military officials and scientists seeking permission to export nuclear technology, but turned down their requests.
...
|
|
Detained scientists to move SC
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Lawyers representing the six detained nuclear scientists and officials on Tuesday said they would appeal to the Supreme Court after applications for their release were rejected.
...
|
|
EU reviews ties with Pakistan
BRUSSELS, Feb 24: Last week's visit to Islamabad by a team of European Union foreign ministers has prompted a long-overdue review of the bloc's relations with Pakistan but EU governments remain divided and uncertain over how best to develop ties with the country.
...
|
|
|
ECC approves guarantee for Rs2.5bn PS bank finance
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) on Tuesday approved government guarantees to the Pakistan Steel Mills to arrange a Rs2.5 billion bridge financing from the banks.
...
|
|
US plans $701m Pakistan package
WASHINGTON, Feb 24: The Bush administration is increasing financial assistance to Pakistan and during the next fiscal year it has proposed a package of $701 million for the country, US and diplomatic sources told Dawn on Tuesday.
...
|
|
|
Salaries to be paid by Feb 28
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The government has decided to pay salaries and pensions for the month of February by February 28 to the government servants, due to Ashura.
...
|
|
3 policemen arrested
KARACHI, Feb 24: After evidences of murder and criminal neglect surfaced in the case of two girls whose bodies were found from a compound under the use of the personnel of the Gadap police station, steps were taken against four policemen on Tuesday.
...
|
|
|
Blast in Quetta
QUETTA, Feb 24: A powerful bomb exploded near the building of a daily newspaper but did not cause any loss to life or property.
...
|
|
US wants religious freedom improved in India, Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 24: An official US body has recommended that 11 countries, including India and Pakistan, be designated as "countries of particular concern" for committing serious violations of religious freedom.
...
|
|
|
Millions of Indians protest for strike right
NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Tens of millions of Indian workers went on strike on Tuesday in protest at a Supreme Court ban on strikes, shutting down government offices, schools and banks and hitting public transport.
...
|
|
BJP expels defamed politician
NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's party on Tuesday booted out a controversial politician whose decision to sign up with the ruling Hindu nationalists stirred a hornet's nest in party ranks, an official said.
...
|
|
|
US women's team in Kabul
KABUL, Feb 24: A United States delegation which includes the wife of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul early Tuesday for meetings on women's issues, a spokeswoman for the US embassy here said.
...
|
|
Al Qaeda claims Kirkuk attack
DUBAI, Feb 24: A group, Ansar Al Sunna, with alleged links to Al Qaeda network, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the suicide bombing at a police station in Kirkuk which killed seven policemen and wounded 46 other people.
...
|
|
|
US had information of attacks
NEW YORK, Feb 24: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was given the first name and telephone number of one of the September 11 hijackers two-and-a-half years before the attacks on New York and Washington
...
|
|
Two Guantanamo detainees charged
WASHINGTON, Feb 24: Two men, alleged to have been key members of the Al Qaeda network, have been charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes. According to a BBC web site report
...
|
|
|
Malaysia allows UN to inspect N-parts
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24: Officials from the UN nuclear watchdog may inspect a Malaysian firm as part of investigations into parts and uranium allegedly contacted by Pakistan, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Tuesday.
...
|
|
300 dead in Morocco earthquake
IMZOUREN, Feb 24: At least 300 people were feared dead after a powerful earthquake rocked northeastern Morocco on Tuesday, leaving hospitals struggling to cope with a flood of injured amid a desperate search for survivors.
...
|
|
|
