Pakistan test-fires Hatf-III missile
 KARACHI, Nov 29: Pakistan on Monday successfully test-fired indigenously developed short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf-III, Ghaznavi, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued here on Monday said. This was the third test of Ghaznavi missile which like other available Pakistan's missiles, is capable of carrying nuclear and other types of warheads to a range of 290 kilometres....
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Nuke, missile programme guarantee for peace: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday that Pakistan's nuclear and missile programme was the best guarantee of peace in the region and Islamabad did not harbour any aggressive designs against any country. "Pakistan's defence capability is key to Pakistan's survival and future," he told participants of the 5th National Security Workshop here at the National Defence College. "Our 150 million population can have a stabilizing influence and Pakistan can serve as an anchor of peace in the region," he said....
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Senate assured of FCR review
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Wasi Zafar told the upper house on Monday that the government was reviewing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) in consultation with tribal elders.
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Musharraf sees peaceful co-existence: Pakistan-India talks
BRASILIA, Nov 29: President Pervez Musharraf, said here on Monday that he is looking forward to "a peaceful coexistence" with India as the two neighbours seek to push their peace process forward.
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Musharraf wants face-to-face talks: Dialogue on Kashmir
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: President Pervez Musharraf wants to meet Indian leaders face to face to seek a settlement on the core dispute of Kashmir, as talks between foreign ministers have gone nowhere, an Indian magazine reported.
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Next round of talks set for Dec 23-24: Confidence-building measures
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet here on Dec 23-24 for the second round of talks under the ongoing composite dialogue process to discuss a wide range of issues
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Tariq, Dixit likely to meet in Amritsar
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Indian National Security Adviser J. N Dixit and his Pakistani counterpart Tariq Aziz who have been actively involved in back-channel diplomacy to take forward the dialogue process will meet in Amritsar this week
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Talks on Kishan-Ganga water issue in January
LAHORE, Nov 29: Pakistan and India on Monday set a timeframe of three months to solve the Kishan-Ganga water problem and hold the next meeting on the issue by mid-January 2005 at New Dehli.
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Chechen suspect held in Quetta
QUETTA, Nov 29: Police on Monday arrested an alleged Chechen terrorist who had attacked police and other people with a hand-grenade after failing to rob a money-changer in the Qandahri bazaar.
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Train, flight schedule disrupted
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Heavy fog on Monday hit the schedule of trains and flights by one to nine hours. Sources said that all the three domestic flights of Lahore-Islamabad and Islamabad-Lahore were delayed due to heavy fog.
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Heavy snowfall closes Lowari top road
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Chitral has been cut off from other parts of the country as the Lowari top road has been closed to traffic after a heavy snowfall.
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Indian strategy for Kashmir ignores Pakistan talks
NEW DELHI, Nov 29: India on Monday unveiled a new "strategy" to achieve peace and development in Jammu and Kashmir which, however, appeared to assign little or no role to composite dialogue with Pakistan
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Drug control talks postponed
NEW DELHI, Nov 29: India and Pakistan postponed talks to control drug trafficking that had been planned for Monday because both sides were busy with an international narcotics conference, officials said.
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Kashmir incursions down, says Delhi
SRINAGAR, Nov 29: Two people were killed and one injured Monday when Indian troops allegedly opened fire on protesters in Indian Kashmir, while 14 people were wounded in two separate grenade explosions
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US warned of more attacks
DUBAI, Nov 29: Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a videotape broadcast on Monday that the organization would continue to attack the United States until Washington changed its policies towards the Muslim world.
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IAEA endorses Iran's N-freeze: US insists on taking action
VIENNA, Nov 29: Iran escaped UN censure over its nuclear programme on Monday but Washington, which accuses it of seeking an atomic bomb, said it reserved the right to take the case to the Security Council on its own.
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WHO warns of bird flu pandemic outbreak
HONG KONG, Nov 29: Up to 100 million people could die within weeks if a bird flu pandemic broke out, a senior World Health Organisation official warned on Monday as he urged nations to make urgent preparations to mitigate its spread.
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Suu Kyi detention extended
YANGON, Nov 29: The detention period of the Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been extended by another year, her party officials said on Monday.
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