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Pledge to build economic, political ties: Jakarta declaration
JAKARTA, April 23: Leaders from Asia and Africa on Saturday struck what they called a historic deal to build economic and political links, and South African President Thabo Mbeki said millions...
‘Amicable solution to issues possible’
JAKARTA, April 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday Pakistan and India had decided to solve their outstanding disputes in an amicable manner. He told Indonesian leading English language daily...
Singh reaffirms steps for peace
JAKARTA, April 23: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaffirmed India’s commitment on Saturday to finding a peaceful solution to a decades-old dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir. Both countries would...
Truce offer will be considered: Hizb
SRINAGAR, April 23: Held Kashmir’s main rebel group said on Saturday it would “seriously consider” any ceasefire offer by New Delhi to end bloodshed in the insurgency-racked region. The statement by...
PPP, PML-N try to repair rift
ISLAMABAD, April 23: Senior leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will meet here on Monday to repair a rift between their parties, two main...
11 shot dead in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 23: Indian troops shot dead 11 suspected militants, four of them near the Line of Control (LoC) while rebels killed two civilians, the army and police said. ...
Border forces sign accord
KARACHI, April 23: Border forces of Pakistan and India have made ‘significant progress’ on some ‘sensitive and delicate’ issues and agreed to complete joint verification, repair and maintenance...
40 Pakistani Christians held in S. Arabia
RIYADH, April 23: Saudi Arabia has detained 40 Pakistani Christians for holding prayers at a house in the kingdom, where practicising any religion other than Islam is illegal, newspapers said on...
Shells fired from Afghan border area
MIRANSHAH (North Waziristan), April 23: Artillery shells fired from across the border landed in the North Waziristan Agency on Saturday. Officials said that about six mortar shells fired from the other...
Accident claims seven lives
ISLAMABAD, April 23: As many as seven passengers, including a woman, were killed and 12 injured when a wagon overturned and crashed into a roadside tree here on Friday, police and...
6 children die of gastro
DADU, April 23: Six children died of gastroenteritis and 13 others suffering from the disease were admitted to different hospitals in the Mehar taluka, Dadu district, on Friday. ...
Man kills wife and four sons
KARACHI, April 23: A schoolteacher murdered his wife on suspicion of infidelity and then killed his four sons on Friday in the KMC Quarters in the limits of the Artillery Maidan...
22 die in Bhopal accident
BHOPAL, April 23: A truck crowded with religious followers skidded off a road and overturned as it rounded a bend in central India on Saturday, killing at least 22 people, police...
Musharraf briefs Annan on talks
JAKARTA, April 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday said Pakistan and India should take advantage of improvement in the bilateral environment and resolve all outstanding issues, including....
JI leader released
KARACHI, April 23: Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, Karachi, Dr Mairajul Huda was released late on Saturday night. The JI city chief was stated to have been whisked away by the personnel of...
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JAKARTA, April 23: Leaders from Asia and Africa on Saturday struck what they called a historic deal to build economic and political links, and South African President Thabo Mbeki said millions...
