Quaid's 128th birth anniversary today
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The nation will celebrate the 128th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on Saturday with enthusiasm and fervour. The day has been declared a public holiday. The national flag will fly at principal government buildings throughout the country.
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Fazl gets go-ahead for talks with Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The Supreme Council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Friday authorized the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, to meet Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. A meeting of the MMA's supreme council was held here on Friday under the chairmanship of Qazi Hussain Ahmed which reviewed the political situation in the country
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'PPP-govt contact to bear result by April'
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The results of the 'ongoing reconciliation process' between the People's Party Parliamentarians and the government are expected by April, claims a PPP leader.
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Benazir urges people to reclaim rights
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Pakistan People's Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has urged the people to forge unity to reclaim their democratic and political rights.
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Continuity of policies stressed
RAWALPINDI, Dec 24: President Pervez Musharraf has urged elected representatives to make concerted efforts to take Pakistan forward on the path of sustainable development.
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Aziz wants education system revamped
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed the need for a major revamp of the country's education system to meet the challenge of the biggest skills gap with which it was faced today.
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Orders placed for US arms
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: Pakistan has already placed orders for three main items in a $1.2 billion arms package the United States has offered to sell, US sources said on Friday.
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Pakistani artefacts seized in US
NEW YORK, Dec 24: The United States customs authorities have intercepted a container of valuable Pakistani artefacts destined for an art collector in New York
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Privatization of Karachi Shipyard approved
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday approved privatisation of the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works. The decision was taken after the premier was briefed by the committee constituted for evaluating the KS&EW for privatisation
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Soldier to die for attack on Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: A military court has sentenced one soldier to death and another to 10-year rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf last year
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Four killed in Qambar clashes
LARKANA, Dec 24: Four people were killed and 12 others, five of them policemen, were injured in clashes in the Qambar town on Friday between police and a large crowd protesting against the Sindh government's decisions
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Kashmir situation improved: India
NEW DELHI, Dec 24: India has said that the overall situation in the Jammu and Kashmir has improved significantly in recent days, indicating that New Delhi's standard allegations of cross-border infiltration against Islamabad
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Two killed in Kashmir grenade attack
SRINAGAR, Dec 24: Two people died and 28 others, mostly civilians, were wounded when a grenade aimed at soldiers near a Muslim shrine missed its target and exploded in a busy market on Friday, police said.
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Indian team visits Israel
AL QUDS, Dec 24: A high-level Indian delegation on Friday completed a secret visit to Israel focused on arms sales and the fight against terror, Haaretz newspaper reported in its online edition.
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Rumsfeld admits US has suffered setbacks in Iraq
CAMP FALLUJAH, Dec 24: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vowed America would prevail in Iraq even as he admitted "setbacks" during a surprise Christmas Eve visit to raise the morale of US troops in the country.
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Israeli forces kill three Palestinians
RAMALLAH, Dec 24: Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian militants in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank town of Tulkarm on Friday.
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Sanctions imposed on Saudi dissidents
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 24: The UN Security Council's Al-Qaeda-Taliban sanctions committee on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Saudi dissidents allegedly linked with Al Qaeda and the leader of a Muslim extremist group in the Philippines.
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10,000 told to leave Lanka
COLOMBO, Dec 24: Sri Lanka said on Friday an estimated 10,000 illegal foreign workers have 17 days to leave voluntarily or face arrest.
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