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Contacts with PPP two-way: president
LAHORE, May 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday that the government-PPP dialogue was an ‘ongoing process’ in which both the parties were interested Answering reporters’ questions after inaugurating...
Kishanganga talks inconclusive
LAHORE, May 10: The third round of Kishanganga project talks collapsed on Tuesday with the Indian side refusing to accept the issue as a ‘dispute’ between the two sides and Pakistan insisting on the word. According to insiders,...
Progress in talks on Amritsar bus service
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Pakistan and India made substantial progress in talks held on Tuesday over starting a bus service between Lahore and Amritsar. The Indian side led by Joint Secretary, Transport,...
Mirwaiz offers to quit for unity
SRINAGAR, May 10: The head of the moderate wing of Indian Kashmir’s main group offered on Tuesday to step down in the larger interest of unity among Kashmiris. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq,...
Pakistan likely to take legal actions: Desecration, cartoon
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The government on Tuesday hinted at the possibility of initiating legal actions against reported desecration of the Holy Quran by the US military interrogators and publication of an...
Jamali pessimistic about assemblies’ future
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has expressed pessimism about the assemblies completing their term. Talking to newsmen in the parliament house lobby and later in an...
Nazims’ removal set aside
KARACHI, May 10: The Sindh High Court reinstated the relieved nazims and naib nazims of Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Jacobabad and Dadu, but suspended the operation of its order for 10 days to...
Pakistan, Singapore to step up FTA talks
SINGAPORE, May 10: Pakistan and Singapore on Tuesday decided to hold the next round of talks on the Free Trade Agreement in June for its early conclusion and signed a Memorandum...
Four killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 10: Militants shot dead four people in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday in an apparent bid to warn Kashmiri fighters not to give up arms for the freedom cause, police said. Freedom fighters shot dead three men...
Gas pipeline project has scope for success: India
NEW DELHI, May 10: Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday assured the Upper House that neither he nor the government would be influenced by any big...
Governor kidnapped
RAMADI, May 10: Gunmen kidnapped the governor of Iraq’s Al Anbar province on Tuesday and demanded he tell members of his tribe to end fighting with Al Qaeda’s leader Abu Musab...
Seven die in Iraq suicide attacks
BAGHDAD, May 10: Two suicide car bombs exploded in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing seven Iraqis, as a 1,000-strong US force backed by aircraft struck at guerillas in the northwest of...
Two experts selected for Baglihar arbitration
WASHINGTON, May 10: Pakistan has selected two from a list of three neutral experts the World Bank had recommended last month to help resolve a water dispute with India, official sources...
NFC: Sindh’s stand unchanged
KARACHI, May 10: The Sindh government has not changed its stand on the National Finance Commission award formula, senior provincial Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad told the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday. He...
Move for consensus on UN reforms
UNITED NATIONS, May 10: In a bid to reach a compromise on United Nations Security Council reforms, the Uniting For Consensus group led by Pakistan and the Group of Four states...
Maritime issues discussed with India
RAWALPINDI, May 10: Maritime officials of Pakistan and India on Tuesday underscored the need for establishing a communication link to exchange information on boats engaging in illegal fishing...
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