MMA seeks debate on uniform issue
ISLAMABAD Sept 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has submitted an adjournment motion seeking a debate on a recent resolution passed by the Punjab chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League and the statement of the Punjab chief minister
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Musharraf's uniform a secondary issue: Altaf
PESHAWAR, Sept 7: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that whether President Gen Pervez Musharraf remains in uniform or decides to doff it is a secondary issue because every government in Pakistan has sought protection of the military uniform.
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Ministers told to outline six priority objectives
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed all federal ministers, ministers of state and federal secretaries to submit by Sept 11 their six-point priority goals along with their proposed implementation deadlines.
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No interference in affairs of madressahs: Musharraf assures ulema
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday assured religious leaders that the government would not interfere in the affairs of madaris and would resolve the issue of degrees issued.
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Osama claim termed political
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Pakistan on Tuesday dismissed a claim by a US counter-terrorism official that the United States and its allies were closing in on Osama bin Laden.
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Saudi suspect held
PESHAWAR, Sept 7: Security forces on Tuesday arrested a Saudi national suspected of links with Al Qaeda, officials said.
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Musharraf and Putin pledge to fight terror
MOSCOW, Sept 7: Russian and Pakistani leaders Vladimir Putin and Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday agreed to intensify their governments' efforts in the fight against terrorism following the Beslan siege. In telephone consultations initiated by Islamabad, the presidents "confirmed a mutual desire to step up joint efforts to eradicate international terrorism
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Pakistan, S. Arabia to boost trade ties
 JEDDAH, Sept 8: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday discussed the possibility of opening a Pakistani bank in Saudi Arabia, Pakistani sources told Dawn after meetings between Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and the Saudi leadership.
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Pakistan will undertake 20 projects in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Pakistan has agreed to undertake 20 projects in Afghanistan at a cost of $476.82 million especially to help improve airports, civil aviation, roads and highways, housing and urban renewal schemes, officials say.
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Noted writer Ashfaque Ahmed passes away
LAHORE, Sept 7: Noted short-story writer and playwright Ashfaque Ahmed Khan died here on Tuesday morning after a protracted illness. He was 79. He was laid to rest at the Model Town graveyard later in the evening.
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Kasuri hopeful despite slow progress on Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: India and Pakistan will eventually resolve their dispute over the Himalayan region through talks, the foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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Indo-Pakistan accord on free visa for newsmen
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: Yielding to a long pending demand of journalists from both countries, the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan on Tuesday promised them prompt visas to travel anywhere in each other's country.
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Muslims and Christians surpass Hindus in population growth
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: An Indian census based on religion has shown rapid growth in the number of Muslims and Christians, a trend an analyst warned could exacerbate friction with the majority Hindu community.
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Poll campaign kicks off in Afghanistan amid violence
KABUL, Sept 7: Campaigning for next month's presidential election in Afghanistan kicked off on Tuesday, opening a race in which a war-weary and ethnically-divided people will choose their leader for the first time.
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140 Iraqis killed in US air strikes, artillery fire
FALLUJAH, Sept 7: The Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Sadr came under heavy US artillery fire and air strikes on Tuesday, leaving up to 140 fighters killed, the US marines said in a statement.
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Two Italian women kidnapped in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Sept 7: Armed men kidnapped two Italian women working for a charity at gunpoint from their Baghdad offices on Tuesday along with two Iraqis.
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Israeli forces kill 14 Palestinians in fresh attack
GAZA CITY, Sept 7: Israeli tanks, helicopters and warplanes pounded a Hamas training camp on Tuesday, killing 14 militants in the deadliest ever strike against the group a week after it carried out a double suicide bombing.
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Mass rallies held in Russia
MOSCOW, Sept 7: Hundreds of thousands of Russians gathered in towns and cities across the country on Tuesday in a show of solidarity after the school hostage-taking in Beslan in which at least 335 adults and children died.
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