Shahbaz to return before May 10
LAHORE, April 22: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif will return to Pakistan any time before May 10, ending his exile of four years. Mr Sharif announced at the end of four-day consultations with party elders
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Swiss judge resumes probe into Benazir case
GENEVA, April 22: A Swiss judge resumed hearings on Thursday into accusations of money laundering against former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband, but both were absent for medical reasons.
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Militants agree to surrender
PESHAWAR, April 22: The year-long Wana conflict is likely to come to an end after wanted militants in the South Waziristan tribal region agreed to lay down their arms in return for clemency from the government. The militants conveyed their willingness to lay down arms to the military bosses
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Musharraf wants return of money stashed abroad: Foreign banks' help sought
ISLAMABAD, April 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday called for an international legislation to help return the looted wealth of developing countries stashed away in banks of the developed world by corrupt leaders, politicians and businessmen.
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Government employees to get raise
ISLAMABAD, April 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday announced that the salaries of government employees would be increased from the next fiscal year. Speaking at the concluding session of an international conference on "UN Convention Against Corruption" at a local hotel
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EU approves trade pact with Pakistan
BRUSSELS, April 22: The European Parliament on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new trade and cooperation agreement with Pakistan, giving a vital boost to Islamabad's relations with the European Union.
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Ratification welcomed
ISLAMABAD, April 22: Pakistan welcomed on Thursday the European Parliament decision to ratify Pakistan-European Union third generation agreement. Talking to PTV, foreign office spokesman Masood Khan said:
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Sindh wheat procurement policy announced
KARACHI, April 22: The Sindh Food Department has announced wheat procurement policy for year 2004. According to instructions issued by the department to the deputy directors of food of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur
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Kashmir solution to ensure peace: Jamali
VIENTIANE, April 22: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Thursday that Pakistan and India had to sit together and settle all their outstanding disputes, including the core issue of Kashmir, to usher in an era of peace and stability in the region.
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Shuttle diplomacy prevented Indo-Pakistan war: Bush
WASHINGTON, April 22: President George Bush has said that America's shuttle diplomacy prevented a war between India and Pakistan three years ago. "2001 was the year that we had shuttle diplomacy to convince Pakistan and India not to go to war with each other,"
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Eight drown in Jhelum River
MUZAFFARABAD, April 22: A jeep carrying passengers plunged into the River Jhelum near here on Thursday morning, leaving eight people dead and three injured, police said.
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Vajpayee sees new alignment after polls
NEW DELHI, April 22: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, facing uncertainty over his bid for a fourth term in office, declared on Thursday that a new alignment of political forces was possible after the current general elections.
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OIC criticizes US backing for Sharon's plan
PUTRAJAYA, April 22: The world's Muslim nations urged the United States on Thursday to drop its support for a so-called Israeli peace plan and called for a new UN mandate on Iraq, describing the situation in the Middle East as "alarming".
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3,000 dead or injured as trains collide: Disaster in North Korea
SEOUL, April 22: Some 3,000 people were killed or injured after two trains carrying fuel collided and exploded on Thursday at a North Korean railway station near the Chinese border, reports said.
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