Lawmakers to test PM's mettle today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Opposition parties are likely to raise angry voices on Friday at the start of the first regular National Assembly session after Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz took office about two weeks ago. The issues opposition plans to raise during the session, range from President Pervez Musharraf's military office to a large new cabinet ....
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Air raid on camp kills 50 foreign, local militants: 'Training centre' near Wana eliminated
WANA, Sept 9: Air Force planes on Thursday bombed what the military called a terrorist training facility in the South Waziristan Agency, killing at least 50 foreign and local militants.
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Tribesmen vow not to give shelter to foreigners
MIRANSHAH, Sept 9: Tribal representatives in the North Waziristan tribal agency on Thursday signed an agreement with the administration, pledging that they would not provide shelter to foreign militants.
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Aziz calls for steps to boost power output
ISLAMABAD Sept 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday called for adopting a proactive policy to boost power generation to meet growing demand of electricity in the country.
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Shahbaz's family delays return
LAHORE, Sept 9: Former Punjab chief minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif's wife and two daughters, who were expected to come to Pakistan on Thursday, have put off their plan and are waiting for government's permission to travel to the country.
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Delivery of 20 Mashak to S. Arabia by year-end
KARACHI, Sept 9: Delivery of 20 Super Mashak aircraft to Saudi Arabia will commence towards the end of this year. This was stated by Maj-Gen Syed Ali Hamid, director-general of the Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO)
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Suparco site explosion leaves 2 dead
QUETTA, Sept 9: Two people were killed and another injured in an explosion purportedly caused by an oxygen cylinder at the coastal town of Somiani, about 640km from here, on Thursday.
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Musharraf aide likely to meet Dixit
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf's close confidant and Secretary of National Security Council Tariq Aziz will meet his Indian counterpart J.N. Dixit in New Delhi this week.
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Natwar, Kasuri see mature talks ahead
NEW DELHI, Sept 9: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan have come out of their rare talks pleased with the modest gains they made and confident of tackling the more complex political agenda that lies ahead with mature diplomacy
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Natwar says Kashmir is not N-flash point
NEW DELHI, Sept 9: Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Thursday that the dispute over Kashmir was not a nuclear flash point and that there had been progress in recent talks with his Pakistani counterpart.
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India approves plan to build Awacs
NEW DELHI, Sep 9: India has given the green light for its military scientists to build an indigenous Airborne Warning and Control System (Awacs) to be completed in seven years at a cost of 18 billion rupees.
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57 Iraqis die in US attack
TALL AFAR, Sept 9: At least 57 people were killed when US-led forces spearheaded overnight assaults on Iraq's northern trouble spot of Tall Afar and Fallujah, officials said on Thursday.
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Israel kills 4 in Gaza
JABALYA, Sept 9: Israeli forces thrust into Gaza's largest refugee camp on Thursday, killing four Palestinians including a nine-year-old boy, as the army tightened its grip on the northern part of the coastal strip.
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Bomb blast kills 9 near Australian embassy: Big terror strike in Jakarta
JAKARTA, Sept 9: A car bomb exploded outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on Thursday, killing at least nine people and injuring nearly 170 a month before Australia - a key US ally in Iraq - votes in general elections.
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