Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper.
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT).
Forms to be issued next week: Kashmir bus service
ISLAMABAD, March 5: Initially the frequency of the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service, scheduled to be launched on April 7, would be fortnightly, diplomatic sources told Dawn on Saturday.
...
Pakistan to seek easing of curbs: Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service
ISLAMABAD, March 5: The Pakistan government has decided to ask the Indian government to improve travelling facilities between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad by easing restrictions on the people of occupied Kashmir.
...
Appeal to be filed in Meerwala case: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, March 5: Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday said that the government would file an appeal in the Supreme Court in the Mukhtaran Mai case.
...
Five killed as train derails
LAHORE/SHEIKHUPURA, March 5: Five people were killed and over two dozen others injured when the bogie of a Narowal-bound train derailed near Ferozwala on Saturday.
...
Two die in Waziristan clash
MIRAMSHAH, March 5: Security forces killed two militants and captured 11 others after heavy exchange of fire with suspected militants in Deogar Sidgai area of North Waziristan Agency on Saturday morning, officials and eyewitnesses said.
...
Musharraf condoles with Hariris
BEIRUT, March 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday visited the residence of the late Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri and condoled his death with the members of his family.
...
Pakistani & Indian troops come together in solidarity
NEW DELHI, March 5: Indian and Pakistani soldiers of the UN contingent in Congo came together in exemplary solidarity earlier this month to hunt militants who had killed their Bangladeshi colleagues, it was reported on Saturday.
...
Delhi-Multan peace march planned
NEW DELHI, March 5: A group of peace activists from Pakistan and India is planning to undertake journey on foot later this month from Delhi to Multan through the route that Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin Aulia (RA) used in the 13th century.
...
10 Mujahideen shot dead in Valley
SRINAGAR, March 5: Indian troops shot dead 10 Mujahideen overnight in separate gun battles in occupied Kashmir, an army spokesman said.
...
Five die in Afghan gunbattle
KABUL, March 5: Three insurgents and two Afghan civilians were killed in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday after US-led troops came under fire from unidentified militants, the US military said in a statement on Saturday.
...
'Muslim opinion of US improving'
WASHINGTON, March 5: Muslim opinion of America is improving gradually despite the war in Iraq and troubles in some Muslim nations, says an opinion poll released this weekend by the Washington-based Heritage Foundation.
...
Iran warns Europe, US of oil crisis
TEHRAN, March 5: Iran's top nuclear official on Saturday warned the United States and Europe of the danger of an oil crisis if Tehran is sent before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, but said that a deal with Europe could be near.
...
Syria to pull back troops in Lebanon
DAMASCUS, March 5: President Bashar al-Assad announced on Saturday that Syria would redeploy all its troops in Lebanon to the Syrian border but did not set a timetable for a full withdrawal.
...
Dhaka denies it sought diplomat's withdrawal
DHAKA, March 5: Bangladesh on Saturday denied a press report that it had requested Pakistan to withdraw its High Commissioner in Dhaka Manzar Shafiq.
...
Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
