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‘Asian dialogue to boost Pakistan’s role’
ISLAMABAD, April 1: Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and ministers from 25 countries will participate in the 4th Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) ministerial meeting here on April 6, Foreign Minister Khurshid...
MMA alleges mass-scale arrests
ISLAMABAD Mar 31: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) said on Friday that its call for a nationwide strike for Saturday had met with success even before being observed as the government, in...
Pakistan and India called US partners
WASHINGTON, April 1: The White House said on Friday that Pakistan and India were both US partners in the global war on terrorism and the United States administration would continue to...
India caucus opposes F-16s’ sale to Pakistan
WASHINGTON, April 1: Two US legislators who co-chair the India Caucus have written to President George W Bush urging him to stop the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. Congresswoman...
Uneven field helping MMA, says Benazir
DUBAI April 1: Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister and Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has alleged that MMA, the alliance of religious parties, has been given a free hand as...
BJP plans to ‘reignite’ Babri mosque issue
MUMBAI, April 1: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan said on Friday that a controversial campaign to build a temple on the ruins of the Babri mosque would be reignited....
Religious scholar shot dead
LAHORE, April 1: Two motorcyclists shot dead Jamia Al Muntazir Vice-Principal Ghulam Hussain Najfi in Model Town on Friday. Police said Mr Najfi, 65, had left his house-cum-seminary Madressah Sakina Binte...
Shujaat’s visit to quicken peace process: Mushahid
NEW DELHI, April 1: Visit of PML president and former prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to India has injected new impetus into the ongoing confidence-building process between the two countries for...
Shujaat urges end to rights abuses
NEW DELHI, April 1: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that being a big country India must show large-heartedness to find out solution of issues, including that of...
Bus link not an end in itself: Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, April 1: Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has termed the threats issued by Kashmiri militants a week ahead of the launch of the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus...
Four killed in Kashmir clashes
SRINAGAR, April 1: Indian troops gunned down four Mujahideen in separate clashes in occupied Kashmir, the army said on Friday. Three militants were shot dead during a night-long clash near the...
Bus ride denied to 8 politicians: reports
NEW DELHI, April 1: Pakistan is believed to have turned down permission to a group of pro-India Kashmiri politicians who were expecting to travel in a separate bus on April 7...
Taliban leader surrenders
KABUL, April 1: A former Taliban commander has surrendered to the Afghan government, one of the most high-profile figures to do so since the regime was toppled more than three years...
‘Spadework for bus service complete’
ISLAMABAD, April 1: Azad Jammu and Kashmir premier Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Friday informed Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz that arrangements for the commencement of the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service were complete....
Five children die in fire
MULTAN, April 1: Five children of a family were burnt alive on Friday in Khairpur Saadat village of Muzaffargarh district. Reports reaching here revealed that Shakir, Aasia, Irfan, Rehana and Sajid...
Condition of Pope worsens
VATICAN CITY, April 1: Pope John Paul neared death on Friday as his health suddenly worsened, drawing anguished prayers from Catholics around the world reluctant to accept his historic pontificate was...
13 suspects in Madrid attacks held
MADRID, April 1: Spanish police on Friday arrested 13 people with suspected of links to Islamic extremist movements and those who carried out the Madrid train bombings last year, the interior...
Police chief gunned down in Iraq
SAMARRA, April 1: Guerillas gunned down an Iraqi police chief in the tense town of Baladruz, northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday night. Colonel Hatem Rashid was killed in the latest assassination...
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