PM's election: ARD split over candidate
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy is still undecided about its candidate against Shaukat Aziz for the post of prime minister, whereas the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is firm on its decision to boycott the election process.
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ARD to work for resolving autonomy issue: Badr
QUETTA, Aug 22: People's Party Parliamentarians Secretary-General Jehangir Badr said on Sunday that the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy had formed a committee to determine the quantum of autonomy for the provinces to resolve the issue permanently.
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PML-N man behind attack plot, says Faisal
KARACHI, Aug 22: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat has alleged that Javed Ibrahim Paracha, a former member of the National Assembly belonging of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), was the main planner of the foiled plot to blow up some key buildings in Islamabad on the night between August 13 and 14.
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Libyan plotted attacks: President
WASHINGTON, Aug 22: President Pervez Musharraf has said that a Libyan Al Qaeda suspect masterminded the two attempts on him last December. He's "the mastermind behind the two plots," Gen Musharraf said this in an interview to the Time magazine, to be published on Aug 30.
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Nine suspects being grilled: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that law-enforcement agencies had arrested nine suspected terrorists, including two Egyptian masterminds, Qari Ismail and Sheikh Essa, in connection with a plot to attack important official buildings.
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Tribe pledges support to govt
PESHAWAR, Aug 22: The Ahmad Zai Wazir Gangi Khel tribe of South Waziristan Agency has entered into an agreement with the government under which it has resolved to keep its entire area free of foreign and unwanted elements.
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Move to seek support of ulema in anti-terror fight
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: In a belated move, the government has decided to seek support of ulema, mashaikh and intellectuals in its campaign against terrorism and terrorist networks across the country.
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Kabul to release Pakistani prisoners
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The US authorities have permitted the Afghan government to release Pakistani prisoners languishing in different jails for their alleged links with Taliban, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn on Sunday.
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Water resources body yet to present report
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The parliamentary committee on water resources (PCWR) is unlikely to submit its report to the president owing to some legal implications and would decide on Monday whether to present its interim report to the National Assembly Speaker.
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Pakistani charged with Briton's murder
BANGKOK, Aug 22: A Pakistani has been charged with the murder of a Briton who was found dead in Thailand's troubled deep south where bloody separatist violence has raged this year, police said on Sunday.
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India tests civilian aircraft prototype
BANGALORE, Aug 22: India successfully flight-tested on Sunday a prototype of its 14-seater civilian aircraft whose development had been delayed by US sanctions, officials said.
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US tanks advance towards shrine: Heavy clashes in Najaf
NAJAF, Aug 22: Heavy clashes flared between US troops and militiamen in Najaf on Sunday after the suspension of a proposed hand over of the militia's shrine stronghold to Iraq's religious leadership.
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Al Qaeda suspect held in S. Arabia
MANAMA, Aug 22: The brother of a man detained in Bahrain on suspicion of links with Al Qaeda has been arrested in Saudi Arabia, the family's lawyer told AFP on Sunday.
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Saudi Arabia moves to control labour influx
RIYADH, Aug 22: Saudi Arabia is restricting the number of workers an employer can import at one time in a bid to control the influx of expatriate labour.
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Widespread violence in BD over bomb attack
DHAKA, Aug 22: Supporters of the opposition Awami League party went on the rampage across Bangladesh on Sunday in protest against a bomb attack on the party's rally in the capital that killed 16 people and injured over 200 others on Saturday.
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Nepal Maoists kill soldier, kidnap six policemen
KATHMANDU, Aug 22: Maoist rebels killed a soldier, bombed government offices and kidnapped six policemen in a raid on a district headquarters in Nepal's far northwest, police said on Sunday.
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