30 ministers, advisers take oath today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: About 30 ministers and advisers, including a few new faces, will take oath of office here today. President Gen Pervez Musharraf will administer the oath to the new cabinet at a ceremony to be held at the presidency.
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IAEA report likely to increase pressure on Islamabad
WASHINGTON, Aug 31: The pressure on Pakistan to allow international observers to visit its nuclear sites may increase when the International Atomic Energy Agency releases a report on Iran's programme on Sept 13.
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Al Qaeda suspect arrested
QUETTA, Aug 31: Security agencies raided a local Madressah and arrested a suspected Al Qaeda member on Tuesday. The Madressah is located at the Brewery Road and is said to be run by the deputy parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Majlis Amal in the National Assembly, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed.
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Pakistan, India swap 55 prisoners
LAHORE, Aug 31: Pakistan and India swapped 55 prisoners at the Wagah crossing on Tuesday. Pakistani authorities handed over 36 men to Indian officials and got the custody of 19 people, including 10 members of a family comprising three women and six children.
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Discussion on NFC to resume soon: IMF briefed on privatization
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is expected to invite provincial finance ministers soon to resume negotiations on the sixth National Finance Commission (NFC) award.
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Irsa warns of 'calamity'
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The Indus River System Authority has forecast 'a looming calamity' during the forthcoming Rabi season owing to erratic and low inflows which may trigger an "unprecedented situation throughout the post-Tarbela Dam period".
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No change in oil prices
KARACHI, Aug 31: The prices of petrol, HOBC, kerosene oil, and light diesel will remain unchanged for a fortnight. According to an announcement by sub-committee of the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) here on Tuesday
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Kalat bomb explosion claims three lives
QUETTA, Aug 31: Three persons were killed and 11 others injured on Tuesday in a bomb blast at a sweetmeat shop in Kalat town, some 145 kilometres from here. The powerful blast, which occurred at around 11.40am, shook the entire town.
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Downgrading of ties was a mistake: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 31: Two senior officials of the Bush administration - deputy defence secretary and chairman joint chiefs of staff - have once again reiterated America's desire to stay engaged with Pakistan and have regretted the downgrading of bilateral ties in the 1990s.
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Dixit wants stress on Kashmir reduced
NEW DELHI, Aug 31: India's National Security Adviser Jyotindra Nath Dixit urged Pakistan on Tuesday to see the Kashmir dispute as an issue to be resolved but not the one that should be allowed to hold their 1.3 billion peoples hostage to it.
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Air strike leaves 8 Afghans dead
KABUL, Aug 31: Eight Afghan villagers were killed and an Afghan aid worker was injured when planes of the US-led coalition bombed a north eastern village after a firefight with militants late on Monday, a Danish aid group said on Tuesday.
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12 Nepalese hostages executed
BAGHDAD, Aug 31: A militant Iraqi group said on Tuesday it had killed 12 Nepal hostages and showed pictures of one being beheaded and others being shot dead, the worst mass killing of captives since a wave of kidnappings erupted in April.
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Twin suicide blasts kill 16 in Israel
BEERSHEBA, Aug 31: Palestnian suicide bombers killed at least 16 people in simultaneous attacks on two Israeli buses on Tuesday, breaking a long lull in such attacks and potentially disrupting an Israeli plan to pull out of Gaza.
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Saudi police kill extremist
RIYADH, Aug 31: Saudi police killed one suspected extremist and wounded three when their car drove through a security checkpoint in the east of the kingdom, an Interior Ministry official said on Tuesday.
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10 killed, 51 injured in Moscow blast: FSB
MOSCOW, Aug 31: Ten people were killed and 51 injured on Thursday in an explosion outside a Moscow subway station shortly after rush hour, a spokesman for Russia's FSB security service said.
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Macedonia's ex-minister held for killing Asians
ZAGREB, Aug 31: The Croatian police on Tuesday arrested a former Macedonian interior minister accused of ordering the murder of six Pakistani and one Indian nationals who were made to look like militants bent on attacking Western targets.
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