Musharraf to review foreign policy
ISLAMABAD, May 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will hold an important foreign policy review meeting here at the Foreign Office later this week, it is learnt.
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National Alliance's merger with PML today
ISLAMABAD, May 18: The formal announcement of merger of three party National Alliance of Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari with the unified Pakistan Muslim league (PML) will be made on Wednesday.
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Fazl named opposition leader, says deputy speaker
ISLAMABAD, May 18: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob has said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman has been nominated leader of the opposition in the NA.
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Lashkar begins search for aliens
WANA, May 18: Around 1,200 armed volunteers of a tribal lashkar began a search for foreign militants in the South Waziristan tribal region of Azam Warsak about 15 km to the west of this regional headquarters here on Tuesday.
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Pakistan and Brunei agree to bolster economic ties
ISLAMABAD, May 18: Pakistan and Brunei agreed on Tuesday to strengthen their multi-faceted relationship through increased economic interaction, investment and joint ventures.
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US yet to pay $25m compensation: Airport, airspace shutdown
KARACHI, May 18: The US government has yet to compensate the loss of over $25 million caused to Pakistan due to suspension and curtailment of international commercial air traffic operations to and from Pakistan in the aftermath of 9/11.
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Change in govt not to derail peace process, hopes Kasuri
NEW YORK, May 18: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Monday that Pakistan would not rollback its nuclear programme. "We are a declared nuclear power and a responsible nuclear power," he said.
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UN seeks support from members
UNITED NATIONS, May 18: The United Nations Security Council on Monday called on member states to give the world body political and financial support, as well as the civilian and military personnel, "to allow the multiple operations to start optimally
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Tests find water not fit for drinking: Study on samples for Indus below Jamshoro
HYDERABAD, May 18: An analysis of samples of Indus water from the Kotri Barrage to Latifabad No 4 has found that it is not fit for human consumption.
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Provinces to get Punjab wheat: Import of one million tons ordered
ISLAMABAD, May 18: Pakistan will import one million tons of wheat to serve as reserve stock during 2004-05, a high-level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali decided here on Tuesday.
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Kher show cancellation: PHPL statement
KARACHI, May 18: Indian actor Anupam Kher and Indian playwright and director Feroz Khan's stage performances of the one-man play "Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai' (Anything can happen...) scheduled to be held in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad later this week have been cancelled
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Indian navy kills three Pakistani fishermen
AHMEDABAD, May 18: The Indian navy shot dead three Pakistani fishermen after their boat strayed into its territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Sonia declines to become prime minister
NEW DELHI, May 18: Italian-born Sonia Gandhi became the first Indian leader to decline the prime minister's post on Tuesday in the country's 56-year-old parliamentary history, saying she was interested in empowering secularism not seeking anything less.
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Iraqi leader was held up at US checkpoint: minister
BAGHDAD, May 18: Iraq's slain Governing Council chief Ezzedine Salim may have been held up at a US checkpoint just before he was killed in Monday's suicide attack, because he did not have proper ID, an Iraqi minister said.
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20 Palestinians fall victim to Israeli terror
RAFAH, May 18: Israeli forces killed 20 Palestinians on Tuesday in the biggest raid on the Gaza Strip for years as tanks and infantry thrust into a militant stronghold despite an international outcry.
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Amnesty accuses Israel of committing war crimes
AL QUDS, May 18: Amnesty International accused Israel of committing war crimes on Tuesday through its policy of destroying Palestinian homes in the occupied territories that had reached an unprecedented level.
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Muslim states discuss fiscal reforms
BEIRUT, May 18: Finance ministers from the Arab world, Iran and Pakistan started on Tuesday a two-day conference here on fiscal policies in their regions.
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Chechens kill 12 Russian soldiers
MOSCOW, May 18: Chechen fighters killed eight Russian soldiers and four pro-Moscow police in a double ambush in the restive province, security officials said on Tuesday.
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