Polls on schedule in '07: Shujaat - National govt, martial law ruled out
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The general elections will be held according to schedule in 2007 and assemblies will complete their tenure for the first time in Pakistan's history, says PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
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Nawaz dissolves party's working committee
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Chief of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday dissolved the party's central working committee and all provincial organizations
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US sees 'lack of move' towards democracy
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: The US State Department on Monday described President Pervez Musharraf's decision not to step down as Chief of the Army Staff as a "lack of move" towards democracy. But when reminded of a recent statement by former prime minister Benazir Bhutto that she expected a stronger reaction from the United States, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said
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Pakistan hopeful of broad-based govt in Baghdad
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday assured the visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mr Hoshyar Zebari, of Pakistan's full support for the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iraq.
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Ehsan presides over military commanders meeting
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: In his capacity as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Ehsanul Haq presided over the first meeting of the top military commanders of the three services at the Joint Staff Headquarters here on Monday.
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Four Al Qaeda activists arrested in Lahore
LAHORE, Dec 20: Police on Monday claimed arresting four suspected Al Qaeda operatives, including a close associate of top terrorist Abu Fraj, allegedly involved in two attempts on the life of President Pervez Musharraf.
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Plea against wedding meal ban dismissed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking review of a ban on serving meals at wedding parties with an observation that it was the responsibility of the provincial and district governments
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NWFP regularizes contract employees
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The NWFP government has regularized the services of thousands of employees who were appointed on contract basis from July 1, 2001, onwards under the contract employment policies of 2001 and 2002.
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Railways fares up by 5pc
LAHORE, Dec 20: Pakistan Railways on Monday increased fares by 5 per cent with effect from Dec 21. However, according to a PR announcement, the increase will not be applicable to travelling distance up to 100km.
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Record cotton harvest likely
MULTAN, Dec 20: The Standing Committee on Cotton Crop Assessment has forecast an all-time high cotton production of 13.2m bales in the country for the current season (2004-05).
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Lahore girls stranded in Changla Gali
ABBOTTABAD, Dec 20: Forty-four girl students and nine other tourists from Lahore are stranded in the Changla Gali hill resort which was cut off from the rest of the country because of heavy snowfall in the region on Sunday.
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Student dies in explosion
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: An improvised explosive device went off outside a seminary in Kaniguram, South Waziristan, on Monday, killing a student, military officials said here.
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Five killed in attack near Kandahar'
KANDAHAR, Dec 20: Four policemen and a militant were killed after insurgents opened fire on a security checkpoint from a moving vehicle in southern Afghanistan, police said Monday.
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Iraq election won't be trouble-free: Bush
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: President George Bush acknowledged on Monday that US-trained Iraqi troops were not ready to take over their country's security and cautioned that next month's elections were not going to be trouble-free.
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