ANP blames MMA for 'imposition' of NSC
ISLAMABAD April 11: The Awami National Party has criticised the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal for resorting to what it termed politics of convenience, accusing it of indemnifying Gen Pervez Musharraf's actions by passing the 17th Amendment
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Musharraf steps in to break NFC impasse
ISLAMABAD, April 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has convened a meeting of provincial governors and chief ministers on Tuesday to help forge "political consensus" on the sixth National Finance Commission (NFC) award.
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Uniform issue is settled: Jamali
FAISALABAD, April 11: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Sunday that President Gen Pervez Musharraf had made a promise to shed uniform by Dec 31 and there should be no doubt over this matter.
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Kashmir bus talks unlikely before Indian elections
ISLAMABAD, April 11: There are strong indications from across the border that the twice-postponed technical-level talks between Pakistan and India on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service may be put on hold till elections in India are over.
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Industrial relations law may be amended
ISLAMABAD, April 11: A bill to amend the Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO) 2002, will soon be presented in parliament for debate.
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8 villagers killed in shootout
KHAIRPUR, April 11: Eight men were killed and three injured in an exchange of fire near Lal Watni village in the Ranipur area on Sunday. A group of villagers, belonging to the Watni clan, went to harvest wheat crop
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Kashmir minister demands probe
SRINAGAR, April 11: A senior minister in held Kashmir accused police of ineptitude during a rebel attack on an election rally where he was injured, as seven more deaths were reported on Sunday in the insurgency.
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Fighting erupts in Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, April 11: Up to five people were injured and two killed when troops of a powerful warlord blamed for a resurgence in provincial unrest clashed with rivals in northern Afghanistan, military commanders said on Sunday.
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Chehlum at Karbala observed peacefully
KARBALA, April 11: Tens of thousands of Shia pilgrims headed home on Sunday after Chehlum overshadowed by a rally in support of the Shia leader. Several hundred thousand pilgrims from Iraq and Iran had thronged the street of Karbala for Chehlum.
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Uneasy truce in Fallujah: US 'copter shot down near Baghdad
FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 11: Civilians fled Fallujah on Sunday after an informal truce halted a week of fighting between US forces and guerillas in which hundreds of Iraqis died.
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Iraqi army refuses to fight locals
WASHINGTON, April 11: A battalion of the new Iraqi army refused to go to Fallujah earlier this week to support US Marines battling Muslim insurgents for control of the city, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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Bush was forewarned of hijackings
WASHINGTON, April 11: At least a month before the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, the FBI sent a memo to President Bush warning him that terrorists might hijack planes and carry out terrorist attacks in the United States.
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Sharon plans to get US approval: Occupation of West Bank
AL QUDS, April 11: Israeli political sources said on Sunday Washington will give Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a written pledge promising that in exchange for a planned pullout from Gaza
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14 dead in BD storms
DHAKA, April 11: Eight more deaths were reported on Sunday in seasonal storms in Bangladesh taking the toll to 14 in two days with as many as 200 others injured.
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Tigers open new front
TRINCOMALEE, April 11: Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Sunday launched a new front in their offensive to remove a renegade commander in a further blow to the island's faltering peace process, officials said.
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Kuwait fears Iraq's division
KUWAIT CITY, April 11: Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah warned in remarks published on Sunday that the scheduled June transfer of power to Iraqis could lead to a partition of the war-ravaged country.
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Back Palestine state, Jordan tells US
AMMAN, April 11: Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday sent a message to US President George W. Bush urging him to work for a "UN Security Council resolution" that endorses his vision for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state
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Mine blast toll 38
OSINNIKI, April 11: The death toll from a gas explosion at a Siberian colliery rose to 38, officials said on Sunday as rescuers dug with their bare hands to try to reach eight more miners still missing underground. -Reuters
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