Musharraf rules out rollback of N-plan
QUETTA, Sept 11: President Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan would not rollback its nuclear programme and would instead further improve it. Speaking to the officers and jawans at the Garrison Darbar here on Saturday, the president said during the last three to four years the government spent more amount on improving its nuclear capability than the spending made during last 30 years.
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Fazl warns of Jihad over tribal action: Issue can be resolved within days
ISLAMABAD Sept 11: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Secretary-General and leader of opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahman warned on Saturday that the moment the MMA gave a call to tribesmen to wage a jihad against state atrocities, the country would turn into another Iraq.
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Wana dead included 25 local militants
WANA, Sept 11: About 25 victims, who were killed in an airstrike on Budawaz Garang in the Luddah sub-division in the troubled South Waziristan region, were identified as local tribal militants and common tribesmen on Saturday.
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Terrorist information to be shared with Russia
MOSCOW, Sept 11: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Saturday that his country would more actively share its intelligence with Russia to assist in fighting terrorism, news reports said.
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Karachi power failure to be probed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Jatoi has taken serious notice of Friday's electricity breakdown in Karachi and appointed a federal inspector electricity to investigate the incident.
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Two die in Jacobabad mine blast
JACOBABAD, Sept 11: Two people were killed and two others injured when a pick-up moved over a landmine near the Sui FC picket in the jurisdiction of Kashmore police station on Saturday.
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Talks will lead to peace, hopes India
NEW DELHI, Sept 11: Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday that sustained talks with Pakistan would eventually lead to a settlement of all bilateral disputes.
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Three killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 11: One person died and 16 were wounded in revolt-hit Kashmir when suspected freedom fighters hurled a grenade in a busy market on Saturday while two soldiers died in other violence, police said.
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Police deployed at Afzal's tomb
BOMBAY, Sept 11: Hundreds of policemen have been deployed in western India to protect the tomb of a 17th-century Mughal general which rightwing Hindu activists have threatened to destroy this weekend, police said on Saturday.
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India to take up rebel camps issue with Bangladesh
GUWAHATI, Sept 11: India said on Saturday it would raise the issue of Indian rebels allegedly operating from bases in neighbouring Bangladesh during high-level talks in Dhaka next week.
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Karzai expels key governor
KABUL, Sep 11: Afghan President Hamid Karzai dismissed a powerful warlord from his post as provincial governor on Saturday in the latest move to solidify the central government's control of wayward provinces before October's polls.
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9/11 victims remembered by friends, parents
NEW YORK, Sept 11: Families, friends, dignitaries and onlookers gathered at the World Trade Center's site (Ground Zero) on Saturday to remeber nearly 3,000 people killed in terror attacks on WTC and other cities.
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US to continue war on terror, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Sept 11: In a message to his nation on the third anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush vowed on Saturday to continue the US-led offensive against terrorists and pursue them "wherever they train
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Iraqis try to lift town's siege
TALL AFAR, Sept 11: Hundreds of Iraqis left the trouble spot of Tall Afar, as regional heavyweights initiated contacts with the government on Saturday in a bid to end a US-led operation that has killed at least 50 people.
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Two blasts rock Jeddah
RIYADH, Sept 11: Two explosions of mild intensity hit Jeddah on Saturday, on the third anniversary of the Sept-11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
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LB polls in S. Arabia postponed
RIYADH, Sept 11: The first round of landmark municipal elections in Saudi Arabia will not take place before Feb 10, 2005, according to a timetable released Saturday by the ministry of municipal and rural affairs.
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