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Change in govt ruled out
RAWALPINDI, May 12: President General Pervez Musharraf has ruled out any change in the government and described speculation in this regard as baseless. Talking to journalists after a ceremony held to confer the Hilal-i-Pakistan award on Shaikh Nahayan bin Mabarak Al Nahayan of the United Arab Emirates,...
Shujaat briefs Musharraf on PML issues, Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and secretary-general Mushahid Hussain Sayed held a meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday and discussed with him the...
Militants planned parliament raid
MULTAN, May 12: Police have arrested two members of an outlawed group suspected of plotting a series of attacks, including one on parliament, an official said on Thursday. The men arrested...
17 missing after boat sinks
KARACHI, May 12: Seventeen Pakistani fishermen were missing while two of their fellow crew members were found alive after their boat sank at sea, officials said on Thursday. The vessel had...
Sukkur prison guards taken hostage, freed
SUKKUR, May 12: An uprising by inmates of the Sukkur Central Jail-1 ended after 11 hours on Thursday night when groups of prisoners, who had taken a number of security guards hostage, agreed to free the guards and go back to their barracks....
Independent NFC sought by Sindh: Stand unchanged: minister
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Sindh has demanded an independent National Finance Commission (NFC) to give a just and fair award on the distribution of federal proceeds and has refused to give up...
Anti-terror pact with Australia soon: Kasuri
CANBERRA, May 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Thursday said that Pakistan was likely to sign a counter-terrorism pact with Australia next month when President General Pervez Musharraf would be on the first-ever visit to Australia by a Pakistani head of state....
Objectives of visit achieved, says Aziz
ON BOARD PM’S SPECIAL PLANE, May 12: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday night described his four-nation Southeast Asia tour as “very successful” and said assurance of host governments to support Pakistan’s bid for full dialogue partnership status with Asean and agreement on early conclusion ...
Minutes of dam meeting signed
LAHORE, May 12: India and Pakistan Commissioners of the Indus Basin Water Treaty signed minutes of the recently concluded meeting on Kishanganga dam here on Thursday. Both sides were unable to...
Two killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 12: Two women died and at least 50 people, including 20 children, were injured on Thursday in a grenade attack by freedom fighters outside a local missionary school, police...
Indian PM says peace process irreversible
NEW DELHI, May 12: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said he and President Pervez Musharraf were committed to making the peace process ‘truly irreversible’, facilitating resolution of all outstanding issues between the two countries. During special discussion in Lok Sabha regarding...
Aid staff leave Jalalabad: Anti-US protests widen
JALALABAD, May 12: International aid agencies evacuated workers from Jalalabad on Thursday as outrage at the defilement of the holy Quran by US soldiers turned into the biggest anti-Washington protests in...
US may promote India as global power: report
NEW YORK, May 12: The United States is evolving a new strategy for South Asian region which envisions to advance India as a global power while assisting Pakistan to become a successful state, said a report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Thursday....
Riyadh to fingerprint visitors
RIYADH, May 12: Saudi Arabia will soon start fingerprinting people entering the kingdom. Although no firm date has been announced, preparations are under way to enforce a law to this effect. Quoting a security official, the Arab News said that the law had already been approved ...
Abu Ghraib commander fined for abuses
WASHINGTON, May 12: A former top United States commander at the Abu Ghraib prison has been reprimanded and fined over the abuse of detainees. Earlier, an army court found Col M....
Govt defends import of vegetables, livestock
ISLAMABAD May 12: The treasury side in the National Assembly on Thursday defended government’s step of allowing the private sector duty free import of potato, onion, tomato and livestock to meet...
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MULTAN, May 12: Police have arrested two members of an outlawed group suspected of plotting a series of attacks, including one on parliament, an official said on Thursday. The men arrested...
SUKKUR, May 12: An uprising by inmates of the Sukkur Central Jail-1 ended after 11 hours on Thursday night when groups of prisoners, who had taken a number of security guards hostage, agreed to free the guards and go back to their barracks....
CANBERRA, May 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Thursday said that Pakistan was likely to sign a counter-terrorism pact with Australia next month when President General Pervez Musharraf would be on the first-ever visit to Australia by a Pakistani head of state....
