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Peace linked to resolution of conflicts: Aziz
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Friday that Pakistan would continue to play a key role in promoting peace and security in the region and at the global level. Delivering his keynote address at a function organized ...
Population awareness among Muslims urged
RAWALPINDI, May 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday urged Muslim scholars to raise awareness about population planning, saying that the growth of population had hampered economic growth in Muslim countries...
ARD supports Bugti’s stand: Judicial probe into clash urged
QUETTA, May 6: Leaders of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have expressed solidarity with Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti and fully supported his stand against what they...
Centrifuge parts to be sent to IAEA: PM
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday that Pakistan would, under certain conditions, send centrifuge parts for tests by the UN’s atomic agency to help determine whether...
Tory leader quits after poll setback
LONDON, May 6: Britain’s Conservative party faces a period of turbulence after Michael Howard said he would quit as leader of the once-mighty party of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher following...
Pakistan protests at derogatory cartoon
WASHINGTON, May 6: The Pakistan Embassy in Washington has protested against a cartoon appearing in a section of the US press that ridicules the country’s role in the war on terror....
Kashmir group claims 14 fighters dead
SRINAGAR, May 6: Leading militant Kashmiri group Hizbul Mujahedin said on Friday 14 of its members were believed to have died in a fierce battle with Indian troops. The militant death toll from the clash on Wednesday in Bandipora town was the biggest in years, police said...
Govt denies reports of new attempt on Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday dismissed as baseless reports circulated by some foreign news agencies that intelligence agencies had foiled a new attempt by terrorists to...
Two FC men injured in Naseerabad explosion
QUETTA, May 6: A blast injured two militiamen in the Bakhtairabad area of Nasirabad district while insurgents fired rockets damaging two pylons in Bolan Mountains on Friday. Levy sources in Bakhtairabad...
Bomb destroys music shops in Miranshah
MIRANSHAH, May 6: A bomb blast wrecked a cluster of music and video shops in a remote town where militants had warned people of possible attacks, police said on Friday. There...
Issuing of manual passports to stop by June 30
ISLAMABAD, May 6: The Directorate of Immigration and Passport will stop issuing manual passports by June 30 this year, Director-General of Immigration and Passport Mian Khalid Habib said on Friday. “With...
Kasuri, Natwar discuss Saarc dates
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Foreign ministers of Pakistan and India on Friday held talks over telephone to finalize dates for the 13th Saarc summit scheduled to be held in Dhaka. According to...
Stiffer US bill on immigration rules approved
WASHINGTON, May 6: The US House of Representatives has approved tighter immigration and driver’s licence regulations, which were included in an $82 billion spending bill for military operations in Iraq and...
India criticised for delaying mines removal
NEW DELHI, May 6: The Indian army came under heavy attack on Friday for putting soldiers at risk in a gigantic operation to clear more than a million landmines laid along...
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LONDON, May 6: Britain’s Conservative party faces a period of turbulence after Michael Howard said he would quit as leader of the once-mighty party of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher following...
