Pakistan came out of N-crisis safely: No question of rollback, NA told
ISLAMABAD, March 16: The government told the National Assembly on Tuesday that Pakistan had come out 'clear' from the nuclear proliferation scandal and there was no question of rolling back its nuclear programme.
...
|
|
14 paramilitary troops among 38 killed in Wana: Militants seek exchange of captives
PESHAWAR, March 16: Pitched battles between hundreds of troops and suspected militants in the remote South Waziristan tribal region on Tuesday left at least 14 paramilitary soldiers and 24 suspected militants dead
...
|
|
Musharraf: Islam prohibits killing innocent people
PESHAWAR, March 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday reiterated that the country's security, solidarity and territorial integrity would be safeguarded at all costs.
...
|
|
Powell due today for talks on key issues
ISLAMABAD, March 16: US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives here on Wednesday for a two-day visit during which he will conduct 'comprehensive' consultations with the Pakistani leadership.
...
|
|
|
'Cricket diplomacy' praised
NEW DELHI, March 16: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday the high-drama cricket series between India and Pakistan can help end decades of hostility just as ping-pong did between China and the United States.
...
|
|
Infiltration reduced significantly: Powell
NEW DELHI, March 16: US Secretary of State Colin Powell told India on Tuesday Washington had not taken a final decision on the supply of F-16 warplanes to Pakistan even as he promised to press President Pervez Musharraf to plug all avenues of nuclear proliferation.
...
|
|
|
Peace award for Pakistani, Indian leaders
WASHINGTON, March 16: The Search for Common Ground - a non-profit NGO of Austria - has announced 'Common Ground International Diplomacy Award' for President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of India this year
...
|
|
'Men executed by Jirga were innocent'
HANGU, March 16: A boy who accompanied the seven alleged bandits publicly executed by a jirga in the Orakzai Agency has denied their involvement in any crime. Riffatullah, 15, was undergoing treatment in a hospital with a fractured leg.
...
|
|
|
3 Pakistanis released from Guantanamo
WASHINGTON, March 16: Three Pakistanis are among those 26 prisoners that the United States released from the Guantanamo Bay prison for transfer home. All others - 23 - are Afghans.
...
|
|
Advani to meet APHC leaders on 27th
NEW DELHI, March 16: Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani on Tuesday announced he would hold a second round of talks with moderate Kashmiri leaders on March 27 in the Indian capital.
...
|
|
|
Two Western engineers killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 16: Two Western engineers and three Iraqi policemen were shot dead south of Baghdad on Tuesday, in the latest in a series of killings of foreign civilians in Iraq.
...
|
|
Blix criticizes Bush, Blair
UNITED NATIONS, March 16: Former UN weapons inspector, Hans Blix, said on Monday that US President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had lost credibility.
...
|
|
|
Slain militant was Al Qaeda leader: Riyadh
RIYADH, March 16: A Yemeni militant killed in a shootout with Saudi security forces was Al Qaeda's head of operations for Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf, Saudi security sources said on Tuesday.
...
|
|
6 Moroccans behind blasts: Spain
MADRID, March 16: Police believe six Moroccans were behind last week's Madrid train bombings, a Spanish newspaper said on Tuesday, as the country prepared to bury more victims and the outgoing prime minister was accused of trying to orchestrate a cover-up.
...
|
|
|
OIC states oppose UN order on same-sex family help
UNITED NATIONS, March 16: Muslim countries led by Iran on Monday objected to a new directive by the UN secretary-general allowing UN staffers from countries that recognize same-sex marriages
...
|
|
Fed rates at 1958 low
WASHINGTON, March 16: US Federal Reserve policy-makers on Tuesday held short-term interest rates unchanged at a 1958 low to spur economic activity and escape a three-year jobs rut.
...
|
|
|
