32 ministers take oath: Cabinet includes 11 new faces
 ISLAMABAD Sept 1: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday administered oath of office to 32 federal ministers of the cabinet of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, at a ceremony held at President's House.
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Two foreigners arrested for Al Qaeda links
QUETTA, Sept 1: Law-enforcement agencies have arrested an Egyptian and a Saudi national for their alleged links with Al Qaeda. Abdul Sattar Shariful Misri, an Egyptian, and Abdul Hakim, a Saudi national were taken into custody on Sunday in Quetta," sources said on Wednesday.
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Republicans for strong ties with Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Sept 1: The ruling Republican Party's manifesto for President George W. Bush's second term mentions America's long-standing relationship with Pakistan but fails to list India among America's allies in Asia.
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Sindh relief for co-op societies
KARACHI, Sept 1: The Sindh Cabinet on Wednesday offered to waive off Rs711.2 million interest outstanding against defaulting cooperative societies if they pay back only the principal by Dec 31st.
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Impact of increase in oil prices being studied
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The government is considering different options to offset the revenue impact of the freeze on domestic petroleum prices if the international prices remain high beyond the current month, sources said on Wednesday.
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FO terms killing of Nepalese horrendous
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the execution of 12 Nepalese by their kidnappers in Iraq as 'horrendous', while expressing regret that a mob had attacked its airline office in Kathmandu.
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Skopje urged to speed up judicial process
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Pakistan Wednesday called upon the Macedonian government to speed up the judicial process to bring the culprits, behind the murder of six innocent Pakistanis, to task.
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AJK cabinet approves privileges for former PMs
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 1: The AJK cabinet on Wednesday approved some privileges for former prime ministers of the state for the first time in the parliamentary history of the state.
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Kashmir on agenda: Natwar
NEW DELHI, Sept 1: Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh met a group of visiting Pakistani parliamentarians on Wednesday and assured them that the Kashmir issue would be taken up for serious discussion with Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri next week.
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India, US discuss terrorism
NEW DELHI, Sept 1: India and the United States concluded their sixth meeting on counter-terrorism on Wednesday, that discussed among other issues, the cross-border terrorism in South Asia.
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26 US soldiers face prisoner abuse charges
WASHINGTON, Sept 1: More than two dozen US soldiers could face charges related to prisoner abuse in Afghanistan after a probe into the deaths of two detainees at the US base in Bagram, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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Kidnappers release 7 drivers
BAGHDAD, Sept 1: Militants released on Wednesday seven truck drivers held captive for 43 days, a day after 12 kidnapped Nepalese were murdered by their captors.
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Sadr's aide killed
BAGHDAD, Sept 1: Gunmen ambushed and killed a senior aide to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr and two other people on the road between the holy city of Najaf and Baghdad, an official from the movement and relatives said on Wednesday.
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Chalabi's convoy attacked
BAGHDAD, Sept 1: Gunmen opened fire on former Iraqi governing council president Ahmed Chalabi's convoy on Wednesday, wounding two of his bodyguards, the politician and his aides said.
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400 taken hostage in Russian school
MOSCOW, Sept 1: A heavily armed gang seized up to 400 hostages at a Russian school near Chechnya on Wednesday and threatened to kill 50 children for any member of their group killed.
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Kathmandu under indefinite curfew: Protests against murder of captives
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: Police shot dead two men on Wednesday after crowds attacked a mosque in Kathmandu.
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