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Ministerial talks with EU as scheduled
BRUSSELS, April 24: Pakistan and the European Union will hold ministerial talks in Luxembourg on April 27 despite recent tension over the European Parliament’s decision to boycott talks with a Pakistani...
Commitment to Bandung principles reaffirmed
BANDUNG, April 24: President Pervez Musharraf joined leaders of 106 Asian and African countries on Sunday to renew a shared commitment to carry forward the 1955’s spirit of cooperation for the...
Kidnapped Pakistani freed: FO
ISLAMABAD, April 24: An official of Pakistani embassy, Malik Mohammad Javed, who went missing on April 9, was released by the kidnappers on Sunday. Jalil Abbas Jilani, spokesman for the foreign...
Decision on Sindh PML affairs after polls
ISLAMABAD, April 24: The PML leadership in Islamabad has decided in principle to maintain the status quo in the party’s Sindh chapter for some time, sources told Dawn. ...
S. Arabia approves citizenship for expats
RIYADH, April 24: The government of Saudi Arabia has amended a bylaw to the Naturalization Law as a result of which qualified expatriates can apply for Saudi citizenship from May 23....
HR bodies demand inquiry against Bush, Rumsfeld, Tenet
WASHINGTON, April 24: Prominent human rights groups have urged Congress to launch an independent and bipartisan probe to determine the roles of senior US leaders in prison abuses in Iraq. One...
Bomb blasts damage railway track
SUKKUR, April 24: Train service between Quetta, Peshawar and Lahore was suspended when two powerful bomb blasts ripped apart a portion of the Kashmore-Sibi section between Tangwani and Bijarani railway station...
India ready for Saarc summit
NEW DELHI, April 24: India has said it is prepared to attend an Asian summit it bowed out of in February due to security concerns and other issues, a television station...
Baghdad blasts leave 23 dead
BAGHDAD, April 24: Two bombs exploded near a Shia mosque in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 23 people coming out of the mosque, a police official said. The official said...
Abbas asserts control over security
GAZA CITY, April 24: A new Palestinian security leadership began a mission to end armed chaos on the streets of the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Sunday after Mahmoud Abbas...
Cotton bales worth Rs423m gutted
MULTAN, April 24: Cotton bales worth Rs423 million procured by the Trading Corporation of Pakistan have been reduced to ashes in two incidents of fire in a warehouse in Rahim Yar...
PIA flight diverted to Karachi
QUETTA, April 24: A PIA flight on the Karachi-Quetta-Islamabad sector was diverted to Karachi due to inclement weather on Sunday. According to reports, the PIA flight Pk-352 had taken off for...
School uniform colour changed in Sindh
KARACHI, April 24: The Sindh government has decided to change the colour of uniform of government school students from light yellow to light blue with dark blue shirt collar. The decision...
Army top brass meeting begins today
ISLAMABAD, April 24: The top army brass will meet at the General Headquarters (GHQ) from Monday to discuss matters relating to internal and external security and review regional developments, especially those...
Proclaimed offenders arrested
MANSEHRA, April 24: Havellian police arrested 11 proclaimed offenders and seized three Kalashnikov rifles, five 7mm rifles, three shotguns, 2,000 rounds, 6kg of hashish and 130 grams of heroine during the...
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