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Indian pilots to test skills against US F-16s
CALCUTTA, April 8: Indian air force (IAF) pilots will face off against US airmen in F-16 fighters in mock dogfights in November, officials said on Friday, two weeks after Washington agreed...
Balochistan issue to be resolved politically
ISLAMABAD, April 8: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday agreed that efforts to find a political solution to the Balochistan issue would continue and the parliamentary committee’s...
Only parliament can amend constitution: AG
ISLAMABAD, April 8: The federal government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it could not direct legislators to amend the constitution, under any circumstances....
Musharraf to leave for Philippines on 18th
MANILA, April 8: President Pervez Musharraf is to make a state visit to the Philippines on April 18-20, the first by a leader of Pakistan, the presidential palace here said on...
LoC bus reunites mother and son after 15 years
MUZAFFARABAD, April 8: The more Ghulam Fatima tried to control herself, the more her eyes filled with tears as she saw her son Naseer Ahmed after 15 years. The emotional meeting...
Back from business trip after 57 years
SRINAGAR, April 8: When three-year-old Farida Gani’s parents took her with them on a business trip from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad, the family expected to be home in a few days....
Meeting called to discuss gas pipeline security
ISLAMABAD, April 8: A three-nation ministerial steering committee on gas pipelines project will meet here on April 12-13 to discuss security situation in Afghanistan, underground gas storage capacity in Pakistan and...
Top US aviation security official to step down
WASHINGTON, April 8: The agency created to oversee airport security after the Sept 11 attacks is losing its third director in as many years, after the White House requested his resignation,...
75 dead in Yemen fighting
SANAA, April 8: At least 75 people have been killed in the fiercest battles between Yemeni security forces and Shia rebels in northern Yemen, medics said on Friday....
Iraqi PM promises clean govt
BAGHDAD, April 8: Iraq’s newly appointed Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari began on Friday the process of building a cabinet which, he said, must include efficient technocrats and nationalists with a “clean...
Palestinians warn of ending truce
GAZA, April 8: Leading Palestinian militant groups on Friday vowed renewed attacks on Israelis if Jewish ultra-nationalists enter a sensitive Al Quds from which Israeli police intend to bar them this...
Security check in Australia Indian speaker cancels visit
NEW DELHI, April 8: - The speaker of India’s lower house of parliament has cancelled a visit to Australia following Canberra’s refusal to exempt him from security checks before boarding a...
Home secretary, FC officer put on notice
QUETTA, April 8: The Balochistan High Court has issued notices to the provincial home secretary, Frontier Corps’ inspector general, Nasirabad district police officer and SHOs of Sui and Dera Bugti in...
Israeli president meets Bashar, Khatami at funeral
TEL AVIV, April 8: Israel’s president said he shook hands with the leaders of Syria and Iran at a Vatican funeral on Friday when in his death Pope John Paul brought...
Doctor’s home and office raided
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8: The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division has raided the home and office of Pakistani-American Dr Nasar Chaudhry for making donations to a Muslim charity in 1996....
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