Way clear for Aziz as Shujaat steps down: Nomination today
 ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain resigned on Wednesday after a 57-day transitional term, clearing the way for Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz to be elected as his successor on Friday.
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ARD again fails on joint candidate
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: The Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and the Pakistan Muslim League-N on Wednesday failed again to agree on a joint ARD candidate for the election of the prime minister's office against Shaukat Aziz. Sources told Dawn that the leadership of the two major component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy held two futile rounds of talks
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Kasuri made ambassador at large
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has appointed ex-foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri ambassador-at-large with the status of a federal minister with immediate effect and till a new cabinet is sworn in.
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Faisal, Baloch discuss raids on seminaries
ISLAMABAD Aug 25: Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat on Tuesday held an informal meeting with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Deputy Secretary-general Liaqat Baloch in the Parliament House in a bid to convince him about the ongoing crackdown on seminaries.
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Pact signed with tribesmen
PESHAWAR, Aug 25: The Utmankhel tribe of the South Waziristan region has signed an agreement with the political administration under which they would purge their area of anti-social elements and protect it from foreign militants.
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Nowshera SP terms rail line blast sensitive case
NOWSHERA, Aug 25: Police have started investigation into a railway track blast about 44km east of Peshawar. Some miscreants on Tuesday evening blew up the track in an attempt to derail a Peshawar-bound passenger train.
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US deports 64 more Pakistanis
WASHINGTON, Aug 25: Sixty-four Pakistani immigration detainees left for home on Wednesday on a chartered flight from Louisiana. This was the 8th chartered flight repatriating Pakistani detainees deported from the US for violating immigration laws.
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US must stay as ally of Pakistan, panel told
WASHINGTON, Aug 25: US lawmakers and members of the 9/11 Commission have once again emphasized the need to stay engaged with Pakistan, describing President Pervez Musharraf as an "unquestionable ally" in the war against terrorism.
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ADB to give $600,000 for Balochistan project
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $600,000 technical assistance for a Balochistan project to reduce rural poverty and mitigate the impact of drought, says an ADB press release issued here.
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Afghan polls: no plan made for refugee registration
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has not made any arrangement to register Afghan refugees in Sindh, Punjab and tribal areas.
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Pakistan beats India
ATHENS, Aug 25: Pakistan beat India in the Olympic hockey classification matches for 5-8 position by 3-0 goals played here on Wednesday.
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1,400 Indians in Pakistani jails: Delhi
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: About 1,400 Indian prisoners, including 54 prisoners of war, were lodged in jails in Pakistan, the Indian Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
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India, Kuwait sign trade, extradition agreements
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: India and Kuwait on Wednesday signed three agreements including an extradition treaty and another to boost economic, political and security cooperation between the two, a foreign ministry statement said.
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Militants to be tried in Afghanistan: US
KABUL, Aug 25: Hundreds of suspected militants held by US-led forces in Afghanistan since the overthrow of the Taliban in late 2001 will be tried in Afghan courts under local laws, a US army spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Sistani back home to save 'burning city'
NAJAF, Aug 25: Iraq's top Shia leader made a sudden return to the country on Wednesday and said he had a plan to end the uprising in the "burning city" of Najaf, where fighting is creeping ever closer to the Imam Ali Mosque.
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US spy in Iraq beheaded
DUBAI, Aug 25: An Islamist website posted photos on Wednesday of a man it said was a US "spy" beheaded in Iraq by the Army of Ansar al-Sunna, which is linked to the Al Qaeda terror network.
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Group threatens South Korea of retaliation
SEOUL, Aug 25: A militant group suspected of Al Qaeda links has threatened to attack South Korean troops and nationals in retaliation for the dispatch of more than 3,000 soldiers to Iraq, officials said on Wednesday.
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89 killed as 2 Russian planes crash
MOSCOW, Aug 25: Two Russian passenger planes crashed almost simultaneously, killing all 89 people on board in what investigators said on Wednesday was probably a freak coincidence but might have been a terrorist attack.
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