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President denies second term claim
ISLAMABAD, May 20: President Pervez Musharraf on Friday denied a minister’s statement that he would seek another term of office after the present one expires in 2007. “This is a personal opinion and not my opinion, and I have never said anything in this regard,”...
Budget deficit 3.2pc likely: No foreign aid to be sought
ISLAMABAD, May 20: The government has decided not to seek any direct foreign assistance to fund the next budget which is likely to show a deficit of 3.2 per cent of the GDP....
DNA test rejected in adultery case: LHC verdict
LAHORE, May 20: Justice Ali Nawaz Chauhan of the Lahore High Court has observed that the DNA test is not acceptable as evidence to establish the offence of zina under the Hudood laws which require a direct testimony in such cases....
Comment with care, SC tells high courts
ISLAMABAD, May 20: The Supreme Court has cautioned the high courts to comment with care on judgments of the apex court to avoid possibility of suo motu action by the Supreme...
India calls for joint power projects
SRINAGAR, May 20: Held Kashmir’s chief minister on Friday urged India and Pakistan to cooperate on developing hydroelectric power in the divided Kashmir in a bid to avert further rows over...
Body meets to approve OIC revitalizing plan
ISLAMABAD, May 20: The second and final meeting of the Commission of Eminent Persons (CEP) will begin here on May 28 to finalise recommendations for restructuring and revitalizing the 57-member Organization...
ICRC says it received ‘credible’ reports: Desecration of Quran
WASHINGTON, May 20: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that it had received ‘credible’ reports about US personnel at Guantanamo Bay disrespecting the Holy Quran, but the...
Czech, German MPs expelled by Cuba
HAVANA, May 20: Cuba expelled a Czech senator and a German MP on Thursday, hours before they were due to attend a meeting sponsored by Cuban President Fidel Castro’s foes. Czech...
US warns Iran of ‘changes’
WASHINGTON, May 20: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran on Thursday to engage in more “stabilizing behaviour” in the Middle East, warning Tehran that they were not immune...
Saudi clerics differ on Iraq ‘jihad’ fatwa
RIYADH, May 20: Leading Saudi clerics are now openly dissenting against a fatwa describing the war in Iraq as jihad and one of them has urged Saudi youths not to go...
Four ‘held’ in DG Khan are BSO leaders
DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 20: Four people the Sakhi Sarwar police claimed to have arrested here on Wednesday are leaders of the Baloch Students Organization who had been reportedly picked up...
New condition for US travel
ISLAMABAD, May 20: The United States has announced that it would enforce machine-readable passport requirements upon all travellers from visa waiver programme countries from June 26, 2005. The requirements regarding machine-readable...
Srinagar-Leh highway cleared
ZOJILA PASS, May 20: Indian engineers reopened a highway in held Kashmir on Friday that is a lifeline to troops deployed in the frigid wastes of the world’s highest battlefield after...
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WASHINGTON, May 20: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that it had received ‘credible’ reports about US personnel at Guantanamo Bay disrespecting the Holy Quran, but the...
