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Musharraf rules out return of Benazir, Nawaz
SARGODHA, May 11: President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday declared that exiled political leaders, including Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, would not be allowed to come back or participate in the...
Swiss expert picked to end Baglihar row
ISLAMABAD, May 11: The World Bank has appointed a Swiss professor and civil engineer as neutral expert ‘to address differences’ between Pakistan and India on the Baglihar hydropower project being built...
Pakistan, India agree on new bus routes
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Pakistan and India agreed in principle on Wednesday to operate a new bus service between Amritsar and Lahore and another between the Sikh holy place of Nankana Sahib....
Afghan envoy summoned
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Pakistan summoned the Afghan ambassador to the Foreign Office on Wednesday and conveyed the government’s serious concern over the attack on its consulate general by a mob in...
Pakistani consulate torched by mob in Jalalabad
JALALABAD, May 11: Afghan troops were deployed on the streets of an eastern city on Wednesday after four people died and scores were injured in riots sparked by reports that US...
Stray aircraft sparks panic in Washington
WASHINGTON, May 11: The official district of the US capital was in total panic for one hour on Wednesday afternoon as a small plane intruded into the restricted airspace over Washington....
76 killed in Iraq suicide attacks
TIKRIT, May 11: At least 76 people were killed in a bloody wave of bomb blasts in three Iraqi towns on Wednesday, as US troops battled guerillas in the western hinterland...
Car bomb kills two in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 11: At least two people died and 34 were injured on Wednesday when militants opposed to the trans-Kashmir bus service detonated a huge car bomb in occupied Kashmir’s main...
Desecration: probe ordered
WAHINGTON, May 11: The US State Department announced on Wednesday that the Pentagon would investigate the allegations that interrogators at a US military prison in Cuba had desecrated the Holy Quran....
Punjab, NWFP reject Sindh’s NFC formula
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Punjab and the NWFP have rejected the resource distribution formula for the National Finance Commission (NFC) award proposed by Sindh, stipulating a two per cent weight to be...
Al Libbi was behind attempt on Aziz, says Sherpao
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Pakistan said on Wednesday that recently-captured top Al Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj Al-Libbi had also been involved in an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz before he...
Proposal to blacklist Pakistan: Religious freedom
WASHINGTON, May 11: A US Congress-mandated commission advised the government on Wednesday to blacklist Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for alleged violation of religious freedom and beliefs. The US Commission on International...
Hand-grenade found near Bush
TBILISI, May 11: A hand- grenade was discovered near US President George Bush during his joint appearance with the Georgian leader at a rally in Tbilisi, but was not in position...
Shoe bomber’s ‘helpers’ go on trial
PARIS, May 11: A Pakistani national and two Frenchmen went on trial in a Paris criminal court on Wednesday for allegedly aiding convicted ‘shoe-bomber’ Richard Reid in his bid to blow...
Rs21.7bn environment projects planned
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Federal Minister for Environment Tahir Iqbal has said his ministry has envisaged around 150 projects worth Rs21.7 billion for the next five years. He was speaking at the...
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WASHINGTON, May 11: The official district of the US capital was in total panic for one hour on Wednesday afternoon as a small plane intruded into the restricted airspace over Washington....
