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Pacts with China for warships signed
RAWALPINDI, April 4: Islamabad and Beijing have signed contracts for the construction of four F-22P frigates for the Pakistan Navy. The signing ceremony was held at the ministry of defence production...
3rd round of talks with Bugti Monitoring team takes shape
ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA, April 4: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and party’s secretary-general Mushahid Hussain returned to Islamabad on Monday evening after holding another round of talks with Jamhoori Watan...
US urges Pakistan, India, Israel to give up nukes
WASHINGTON, April 4: In a surprising move, the United States has compared Israel’s nuclear programme with that of India and Pakistan and has urged the three nations to give up their...
SC takes up constitutional petitions
ISLAMABAD, April 4: The Supreme Court on Monday commenced hearing on constitutional petitions challenging the 17th Constitutional amendment and the dual office of President Pervez Musharraf. Advocate A. K. Dogar of...
7 militants killed in Riyadh gunbattle
RIYADH, April 4: At least seven militants were killed and a number of security personnel received injuries in a marathon gunbattle that lasted over 30 hours in the town of Al-Ras...
India steps up security for bus passengers
SRINAGAR, April 4: Indian authorities have moved passengers due to take the first bus in decades between held Kashmir and Azad Kashmir to a heavily guarded complex in Kashmir’s main city,...
Irsa gives NOC for Chashma project
ISLAMABAD, April 4: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Monday gave a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the construction of the Rs25.34 billion Chashma Right Bank Canal (lift-cum-gravity) project in the...
Democracy can end unrest: Benazir
LARKANA, April 4: As Pakistan People’s Party observed the 26th death anniversary of its founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto all over the country on Monday, the party’s chairperson Benazir Bhutto demanded free...
Three new districts carved out of Hyderabad
KARACHI, April 4: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim announced the creation of three new districts, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allahyar and Matiari. Addressing a press conference at...
Oil hits all-time high
LONDON, April 4: Oil prices soared to all-time peak on Monday, climbing above $58 a barrel as Opec producers said they had begun discussing a second output rise to try to...
Delhi’s main worry is ‘nuclear threat’
NEW DELHI, April 4: Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told senior army commanders on Monday that a future conventional war in the region was neither likely nor something to worry about,...
Trans-Kashmir bus makes test drive
MUZAFFARABAD, April 4: A bus and two coasters, meant to transport passengers of the trans-Kashmir journey, reached here on Monday and made test drives up to the Line of Control in...
Kashmiri driver thrilled to take bus
MUZAFFARABAD, April 4: The man chosen to drive the first bus linking divided Kashmir says his selection for the job was a blessing from God and he is thrilled to be...
Passengers’ names finalized
MUZAFFARABAD, April 4: The authorities have finalized 30 names of the 40 verified by India to travel on the inaugural bus to Srinagar on April 7. Those settled in Muzaffarabad,...
Bangladesh to set up tsunami warning centre
DHAKA, April 4: Bangladesh will set up a National Tsunami Warning Centre amid fears that earthquakes off the coast could trigger destructive waves, an official said on Monday. The need for...
Thousands gathering to pay respects to pope
VATICAN CITY, April 4: Keen to pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II, some 10,000 mourners gathered in Saint Peter’s Square here on Monday hours before the body of...
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