Second test of Hatf V conducted
 ISLAMABAD, June 4: Pakistan on Friday conducted the second test of Hatf V since India's new government took power a fortnight ago, but President Gen Pervez Musharraf insisted that it was meant to silence domestic critics rather than send signals abroad.The ballistic missile, Hatf V, having a range of 1,500km (930 miles), was successfully test-fired early on Friday, a military statement said.
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N-arsenal to be cut if India follows suit: Musharraf urges peace in region
DUBAI, June 4: President Pervez Musharraf, in remarks aired on Friday as Pakistan conducted a test of a nuclear-capable missile, said he was prepared to reduce his nuclear arsenal if India did the same. We maintain a force for deterrence ... If there is a discussion or a deliberation (with India) on mutual reduction, we have been saying that let's make South Asia a nuclear-free zone," he told Al-Arabiya news channel.
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Offer misunderstood, claims Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, June 4: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the "political arrangement" reached between coalition partners at the time of formation of Sindh government is still intact
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Budget to be based on old formula: No consensus on NFC award
ISLAMABAD, June 4: Final efforts to evolve a consensus on the sixth National Finance Commission (NFC) award failed on Friday after a meeting held here could not reach a decision on a fund-sharing formula.
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Big army movement begins in Wana
WANA, June 4: Army and paramilitary troops started massive mobilization in the South Waziristan tribal region on Friday amidst apprehensions of a fresh military operation against foreign militants and their protectors.
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Ministers' absence embarrasses govt: Speaker expresses concern
ISLAMABAD, June 4: Absence of ministers and inability of parliamentary secretaries to give satisfactory replies to questions created an embarrassing situation for the government during the question hour in the National Assembly session on Friday.
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Speaker ignores demand to produce Hashmi in NA
ISLAMABAD, June 4: In a National Assembly sitting marked by heated exchanges and shouting, Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain once again ignored opposition's demand on Friday to call jailed Javed Hashmi to the lower house.
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34 arrested in Gilgit as protests continue
GILGIT, June 4: At least 34 people were arrested here on Friday for their alleged involvement in violent protests and clashes with security personnel on Thursday.
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Pakistani held in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4: Malaysian police have arrested a Pakistani national and launched a manhunt for four others alleged to have kidnapped and tortured a South African diplomat, a senior police official said on Friday.
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Balochistan flour mills call off strike
QUETTA, June 4: Flour mills owners have called off their strike on Friday after receiving assurances from the provincial government that Punjab will supply 15,000 tons of wheat to Balochistan.
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Army called out in Sukkur to help police
SUKKUR, June 4: Army and Rangers personnel have been called out to assist police in an operation against outlaws in the Shah Belo forest, in which two more bandits were killed and four were injured on Friday.
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Iraq election panel named
BAGHDAD, June 4: Iraq named a team on Friday to organize its first free polls in January, the next step in establishing its independence from US occupation.
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4 American soldiers dead
BAGHDAD, June 4: Four US soldiers were killed on Friday in an attack on their convoy near a Baghdad slum, underscoring the relentless insecurity in Iraq that provoked Russians helping rebuild the country to pull out a third batch of workers.
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Immediate pullout to create chaos: Iraqi FM
UNITED NATIONS, June 4: The new foreign minister of Iraq on Thursday asked the UN Security Council to adopt the resolution underlining the transfer of sovereignty back to the country's people and their representatives
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US troops told not to leave units
WASHINGTON, June 4: The US Army's orders blocking soldiers scheduled for discharge from leaving units heading for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan shows the number of forces deployed there are insufficient, analysts here said.
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Pope tells Bush to ensure normalization in Iraq
ROME, June 4: Pope John Paul told US President George Bush on Friday the situation in Iraq must be "normalized as quickly as possible" as anti-Bush protests on the first day of his European visit fizzled out under blanket policing in Rome.
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Bomb blast kills nine Russians
SAMARA, June 4: Nine people were killed and more than 40 others injured on Friday when a powerful explosive device went off outside a bustling open-air market in the central Russian city of Samara, officials said.
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Bahraini Shias, Sunnis hold first mass wedding
MANAMA, June 4: The first mass wedding involving members of both Bahrain's Shia majority and the Sunni minority took place in the Gulf kingdom on Thursday night, a statement from parliament said on Friday.
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