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Musharraf urges US action over sacrilege
ISLAMABAD, May 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri conveyed to US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca on Thursday the ‘deep dismay’ of the people of Pakistan over desecration of the Holy Quran in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre....
Siachen talks begin on positive note
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Defence secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan on the Siachen issue began on a positive note here on Thursday with clear signals from both sides that some breakthrough...
Travel permit only for AJK: India
NEW DELHI, May 26: India tersely told Kashmir’s resistance leaders on Thursday that they are not allowed to travel beyond Azad Kashmir if they cross the Line of Control by the...
Five killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, May 26: Three Indian soldiers and two militants were killed and four soldiers wounded in two separate clashes on Thursday in remote villages of occupied Kashmir, police said. One gun...
Pakistan wants 86 F-16s: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, May 26: The Pentagon said on Thursday that Pakistan wants to buy as many as 86 F-16 fighter jets from the United States. Of these, 75 would be new F-16C/D...
Centrifuge parts sent to IAEA
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Pakistan has sent parts of a nuclear centrifuge to Vienna to help the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its proliferation investigation and its analysis to check if...
Three provinces agree on new NFC formula
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Three provinces — Punjab, Balochistan and the NWFP — agreed on Thursday to give up population or multi-factor formula for horizontal distribution of net proceeds of the federal...
‘Pakistan’s observer status in SCO soon’
BEIJING, May 26: China on Thursday hoped that Pakistan would soon get ‘Observer status’ in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a key regional security grouping. A spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry...
SBP plea illegal, declares LHC
LAHORE, May 26: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed as unconstitutional and illegal an intra-court appeal moved by the State Bank of Pakistan seeking that its...
PN warships take part in US Fleet Week
NEW YORK, May 26: Two ships of the Pakistan Navy participated in the US Fleet week in New York on Wednesday. When the Pakistani ships, Tippu Sultan and ...
Industrial sector allowed to produce electricity
ISLAMABAD, May 26: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday allowed the industrial sector to produce power for their own consumption to reduce input costs as well as...
‘Hiding Osama was a mistake’
WASHINGTON, May 26: Former Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, in his first interview after three years in detention, said the regime erred by hosting Osama bin Laden but could still...
Muslim scholars urged to shun dogmatism
ISLAMABAD, May 26: President Gen Pervez on Thursday called for reviving critical thinking in interpretation of Islamic laws and dispensation of justice in accordance with Islam’s thrust on tolerance, justice, moderation...
10 killed in Baghdad violence
BAGHDAD, May 26: At least 10 people were killed in violence in Baghdad on Thursday, three of them civilians allegedly shot by US troops, as Al Qaeda’s Iraq branch denied it...
WI all out for 345
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), May 26: Pakistan dismissed the West Indies for 345 on the opening day of the first Test on Thursday. Brian Lara completed a majestic 29th Test hundred and paved the way for West Indies to stage a recovery....
Rocca meets speaker, parliamentarians: Fair polls only way out: Rabbani
ISLAMABAD, May 26: US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca on Thursday held separate meetings with parliamentarians and discussed with them different facets of bilateral relations and cooperation between the democratic...
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Defence secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan on the Siachen issue began on a positive note here on Thursday with clear signals from both sides that some breakthrough...
