Musharraf says terror will be crushed
 ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: President Pervez Musharraf vowed on Saturday to crush Muslim militancy, saying there would be no let-up in the country's biggest crackdown on Al Qaeda operatives and other radicals.
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PM pledges end to hypocrisy in politics
 ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Saturday vowed to wipe out terrorism as a PML politician said security agencies had thwarted a plot to sabotage Independence Day celebrations and an attack on two cabinet ministers.
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2 held for attempt on Aziz's life
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: Security agencies have arrested two terrorism suspects, including an Afghan national, who are believed to be involved in an assassination attempt on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz last month that left nine people dead
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PML asks CEC to take action
LAHORE, Aug 14: The ruling PML has sent two letters to the Chief Election Commissioner seeking 'appropriate action' against opposition leaders who have involved themselves in 'corrupt practices'
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PAEC asked to make N-power plants locally
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: The government has directed the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) to make long-term plans to manufacture a series of nuclear power plants in the country to meet power requirements.
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World Bank wants domestic gas rates increased
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to raise domestic gas prices and reduce industrial and commercial rates as part of gas tariff rationalization but the Planning Commission is opposing the move.
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India wants more items traded
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: The Indian government has presented a fresh list of proposals seeking concessions in 24 areas to enhance commercial and economic cooperation between the two countries.
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Musharraf greets Kalam
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: President General Pervez Musharraf has extended greetings to his Indian counterpart A.P.J. Abdul Kalam over the country's independence day on August 15.
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Delhi satisfied with progress in ties
NEW DELHI, Aug 14: India greeted Pakistan on its Independence Day on Saturday and noted with satisfaction the continuing efforts towards good neighbourly relations, particularly the sustained progress of the peace process between India and Pakistan.
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Eight bomb blasts rock Quetta
QUETTA, Aug 14: Eight bomb blasts rocked Quetta on Saturday despite heavy deployment of law-enforcement agencies to check any untoward incident on the occasion of Independence Day celebrations.
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19 feared dead as boat capsizes
PESHAWAR, Aug 14: Nineteen picnickers are feared dead when a boat capsized due to overloading in the Kabul river near Khairabad on Saturday afternoon, officials and witnesses said.
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13 revellers killed in Lahore
LAHORE, Aug 14: Thirteen people, including three women were killed and hundreds injured during reckless driving on city roads on the Independence Day on Saturday.
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Pakistani immigrant deported
NEW YORK, Aug 14: Despite pleas from the community and US legislators the US immigration authorities have deported a Pakistani immigrant who was detained after snapping photos of a reservoir in upstate New York, after the 2001 terror attacks.
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Greece arrests Pakistani immigrants
KOMOTINI, Aug 14: Greek police arrested 21 illegal immigrants, 18 of them Iraqis and three Pakistanis, as well as their presumed Greek smuggler, near the border with Turkey, police said on Saturday.
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Prisoners being treated well: India
SRINAGAR, Aug 14: Indian authorities in Kashmir said on Saturday that prisoners were being provided regular medical check-ups after separatists charged that inmates in the insurgency-torn territory were being mistreated.
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Security alert in India
NEW DELHI, Aug 14: India sounded its highest security alert on Saturday and deployed tens of thousands of police and troops, especially in flashpoint areas such as Kashmir, on the eve of Independence day celebrations, officials said.
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21 killed in Afghan turf war
HERAT, Aug 14: At least 21 people were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday in factional fighting for control of a abandoned airbase in a western province where militia commanders have launched raids to oust the provincial governor.
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Fresh US attack on Najaf imminent: Truce talks fail; 50 die in Samara
NAJAF, Aug 14: The Iraqi government was poised to resume a US-led offensive on Shia militia in the holy city of Najaf on Saturday, as aides of Shia leader Moqtada Sadr blamed the caretaker prime minister for the breakdown of truce talks.
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Annan offers help to end Iraq fighting
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Friday offered the world body's help to end the current fighting in Iraq, particularly in the holy city of Najaf, in a statement issued by his spokesman.
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Brundi camp attack leaves 160 dead
GATUMBA, Aug 14: Nearly 160 people were slaughtered at a refugee camp for Congolese Tutsis in Burundi in an overnight attack which the country's president blamed on Hutu extremists from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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