IAEA denied access to A.Q. Khan
VIENNA, Sept 30: Pakistan has refused to let the UN nuclear watchdog interview scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in an interview with the BBC on Thursday.
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Aziz wants long-term energy plan by Dec 15
ISLAMABAD Sept 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed the Planning Commission to prepare a long-term energy plan by Dec 15.
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PML-N leaders to discuss cooperation with MMA
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: A meeting of senior Pakistan Muslim League-N leaders will be held here on Friday to take a decision on a request formally made by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) for cooperation
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Pope urges Musharraf to promote dialogue
 VATICAN CITY, Sept 30: Pope John Paul II urged President Pervez Musharraf to work for dialogue and tolerance in the sub-continent during an audience at the Vatican on Thursday.
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IFAD, FAO heads call on Musharraf
ROME, Sept 30: President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development Lennart Bage and Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization Dr Jacques Diouf called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Thursday.
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Musharraf standing at right place: US
WASHINGTON, Sept 30: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Thursday it was for the Pakistanis to decide whether Gen Pervez Musharraf could continue to retain the posts of the president and the army chief.
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Libyan suspected of Al Qaeda links held
PESHAWAR, Sept 30: Security agencies have arrested a foreign national suspected to be linked with the Al Qaeda terror network after a raid near the border with Afghanistan.
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Haj applicants
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: The ministry of religious affairs has sent letters to all intending pilgrims selected for Haj-2005.
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Nankana attack saddens Sikhs in US
WASHINGTON, Sept 30: The Sikh community in the United States has urged the Pakistan government to punish those responsible for attacking the birthplace of the founder of their faith in Nankana Saheb last week.
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Four killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Three civilians were killed and another five injured when a bomb hidden in a scooter exploded on a key highway on Thursday, a paramilitary official said.
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Sonia pledges steps to resolve Kashmir issue
NEW DELHI, Sept 30: The Indian government would take every step needed to peacefully resolve the Kashmir issue with Pakistan, Congress Party leader and chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi said on Thursday.
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Attacks on China embassy feared: New Delhi tightens security
NEW DELHI, Sept 30: The Indian government has stepped up security at the Chinese embassy in Delhi over fears that Chinese extremists linked to Al Qaeda could be looking for soft targets here
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49 killed in Iraq car bombings: Two women among 10 abducted
BAGHDAD, Sept 30: At least 49 people were killed, most of them children, in a series of devastating car bombs that left a trail of carnage in Baghdad and northern Iraq on Thursday.
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Blair accused of lying about Iraqi WMDs
LONDON, Sept 30: Britain's main opposition Conservative leader Michael Howard has accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of lying to the British people about Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction in the run up to the Iraq conflict.
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Spain calls for UN initiatives on Iraq crisis
MADRID, Sept 30: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Thursday urged the United Nations to undertake initiatives to resolve the crisis in Iraq.
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British PM to have heart treatment
LONDON, Sept 30: British Prime Minister Tony Blair will go into hospital on Friday for a procedure to correct heart palpitations but will be fully functioning and back at work next week, his office said in a statement.
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31 die in Gaza violence
JABALYA, Sept 30: Twenty-eight Palestinians and three Israelis were killed on Thursday, Gaza's bloodiest day for more than two years, as Israel's army struck back after a rocket attack killed two Israeli children in a border town.
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'Sudan must resolve Darfur issue'
NEW YORK, Sept 30: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Sudan must immediately resolve the problem in Darfur to avoid economic sanctions by major powers.
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S. Arabia, US discuss terms of terror supect's release
WASHINGTON, Sept 30: The United States and Saudi Arabia are still haggling over the terms of terrorism suspect Yasser Esam Hamdi's release and his return to the kingdom, which will not likely occur before Thursday's agreed-upon deadline, a State Department official said.
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No socialism without Communist Party: Wen
BEIJING, Sept 30: China will remain firmly in the grip of the ruling Communist Party, but corruption will be rooted out and "socialist democracy" expanded, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday.
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