Pressure on PM over choice of ministers
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The new federal cabinet is likely to be sworn in on Friday, informed sources told Dawn on Monday. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz who held consultations with President General Pervez Musharraf and ruling PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on the composition of his cabinet
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Aziz wants purposeful, substantive dialogue: Kashmir must not be left out - FO
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said that Pakistan attached great importance to composite dialogue with India for the resolution of all outstanding issues
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'Musharraf to meet Singh on Sept 22'
WASHINGTON, Aug 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is expected to have his first meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York on Sept 22.
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Aziz calls on Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Aug 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Monday. During the meeting they discussed matters of national importance and international issues. -APP
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'RAW camps in Balochistan'
 KARACHI, Aug 30: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yusuf on Monday said that involvement of external elements, including the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), in the current acts of terrorism in Balochistan could not be ruled out.
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3 security men die in encounter
QUETTA, Aug 30: Three personnel of the Balochistan Reserve Police and the Levies were killed and another injured in an encounter with unknown men in the Chatar area of Nasirabad district on Monday. According to sources, Chatar Naib Tehsildar Khadim Hussain Khosa was patrolling with Levies and Balochistan Reserve Police on Monday morning.
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Bodies of militants handed over
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 30: Military authorities on Monday handed over in Rawalpindi bodies of three 'militants' to tribesmen of North Waziristan. The bodies of Munirullah Borakhel Wazir, Ahmad Hassan Dawar and Azam Khan Borakhel Wazir
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Donors want major changes in policy: Poverty alleviation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: International donor agencies and financial institutions want the new government to introduce 'major changes' in policies to address issues pertaining to poverty alleviation, employment generation, illiteracy and sustained GDP growth.
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10 AJK court employees suspended
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 30: Chief Justice of the Azad Jammu Kashmir High Court Reaz Akhtar Chaudhry on Monday suspended 10 junior grade judicial employees and served show-cause notices on some revenue and judicial officers for being absent from their respective offices.
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Amnesty urges probe into Kashmir abuses
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: Amnesty International urged India on Monday to be more serious about probing alleged human rights violations in occupied Kashmir, where three more people died in the latest violence.
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Two held for possessing Taliban leaflets
KABUL, Aug 30: Afghan security forces have arrested two men distributing Taliban leaflets calling for a holy war against US-led coalition forces and the government, an official said on Monday.
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Afghan, Iraq wars will end extremism, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Aug 30: US President George Bush defended his decision to topple Saddam Hussein in an interview broadcast on Monday and said success for the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq will mark the "beginning of the end for extremists".
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Sadr orders militia to end attacks
BAGHDAD, Aug 30: Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr on Monday ordered his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces and said he would soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict.
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Deadline for French hostages extended
DUBAI, Aug 30: Militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq gave France another 24 hours on Monday to agree to their demands and scrap a ban on headscarves in schools, Al Jazeera reported.
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Republicans back conservative plan
NEW YORK, Aug 30: Republicans opened their four-day national convention on Monday with salutes to US President George Bush's leadership and repeated reminders of his response to the Sept 11, 2001, attacks.
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US diplomatic car attacked in Jeddah
JEDDAH, Aug 30: Shots were fired at a US diplomatic car near the consulate in Jeddah on Monday, but there were no injuries, the US embassy said. "There was a Jeddah consulate vehicle that was fired on this morning.
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