2 bills passed amid boycott by opposition
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The National Assembly on Monday passed the anti-terrorism bill and the contempt of court bill after the opposition walked out of the house in protest against the president's uniform. Opposition members chanted slogans before their walkout.
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'Govt members to abstain from vote'
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has hinted that treasury members will abstain from voting on the opposition's no-confidence motion against the speaker of the National Assembly.
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ARD team to brief EU envoys on uniform bill
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: A three-member team of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) would brief on Tuesday the ambassadors of European Union (EU) countries on the controversial bill enabling President Gen Pervez Musharraf
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Membership of 12 MPAs restored
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Election Commission on Monday restored the membership of 12 provicial legislators who had been suspended for failing to submit annual statements of their assets and liabilities with the commission.
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Islamabad, Beijing will jointly fight terror
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday assured the visiting Chinese state councillor, Mr Tang Jiaxuan, that security measures for the protection of Chinese nationals working in the country...
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Army to ensure security of Chinese workers
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The government has chalked out a comprehensive plan for the security of all Chinese nationals working on various projects in Pakistan, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn on Monday....
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SC asks govt to submit statement in a week: Army officers' detention
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Supreme Court on Monday again asked the federation to submit a concise statement within a week regarding six army officers and a civilian being held by the military authorities for more than 18 months.
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Removal of subsidy on power planned
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The federal government has directed the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to fix consumer tariff on the basis of the actual cost of supply of electric power by eliminating the subsidy factor.
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Rocca visits Gilgit
GILGIT, Oct 18: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca visited Gilgit on Monday. Official sources told APP here that her visit was official- cum-private.
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Advani invited to visit Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Indian opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani was named the new president of the rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, days after his party received a major drubbing in the Maharashtra state polls and hours after he was formally invited to visit Pakistan.
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Two children die as power cable falls on school
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: Two schoolchildren died and six were hurt Monday when an 11,000-volt electric wire fell on the courtyard of a school on the outskirts of Srinagar, police said.
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India's most wanted bandit shot dead
BANGALORE, Oct 18: Indian police have shot dead the country's most wanted bandit Koose Muniswamy Veerappan in a shootout in southern India, officials said on Tuesday.
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Karzai leading in Afghan polls
PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to maintain his lead over his rival candidates in the presidential elections.
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Afghan blast kills five
KABUL, Oct 18: A blast killed five people travelling in an election commission vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Monday, a UN spokesman said.
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Fate of two French hostages unknown
BAGHDAD, Oct 18: Two French journalists abducted in Iraq marked their 60th day in captivity on Monday, with an agonizing uncertainty persisting over the pair's fate despite intense diplomatic efforts for their release.
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Rights group accuses Israel of violating law
TEL AVIV, Oct 18: Israel's hardline policies in the Gaza Strip came under double attack on Monday when a leading rights group and a UN agency chief both accused it of violating international law.
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Presidential polls begin in Florida
MIAMI, Oct 18: Courted by the candidates, some Florida residents headed to the polls on Monday in early voting instituted after electoral chaos in the state held up the 2000 presidential election for five weeks.
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18 killed in Nepal accidents
KATHMANDU, Oct 18: At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured in road accidents in various parts of Nepal on Monday as people began rushing home for Nepal's biggest Hindu festival of Dasain, police and media reports said.
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