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Talks moving in right direction, says Singh
NEW DELHI, May 29: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan was quoted on Sunday as welcoming a recent proposal by President Gen Pervez Musharraf to demilitarize parts of Jammu and Kashmir followed by partial autonomy. India’s NDTV news channel and a Pakistani..
OIC needs reform, says Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, May 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday stressed the importance of reforming the Organization of Islamic Conference into a vibrant organization capable of meeting political and economic challenges confronting the Muslim world....
Restrictions do not apply to APHC leaders: FO
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Foreign Office Spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani on Sunday sounded confident that All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders would board the June 2 bus for Muzaffarabad and made it...
No headway on Sir Creek
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The two-day talks on the Sir Creek maritime border dispute between Pakistan and India ended on Sunday without making any headway as both sides stuck to their positions....
Govt’s tribal ally gunned down
WANA, May 29: Suspected militants on Sunday killed a key tribal ally of the government in the restive South Waziristan tribal region along with his cousin and bodyguard, witnesses and a...
French say ‘no’ to EU treaty
PARIS, May 29: France overwhelmingly rejected the European Union’s constitution in a referendum on Sunday, pollsters’ projections showed, plunging the EU into crisis and dealing a possibly fatal blow to a...
PTCL headquarters standoff continues
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Amid reports of a deadlock in talks between the PTCL management and union leaders on Sunday night, knowledgeable sources in the capital said there was a possibility of police and Frontier Constabulary storming...
Iran N-bomb comment denied
ISLAMABAD, May 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf did not say that Iran was very anxious to acquire a nuclear bomb, foreign office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani categorically stated here on Sunday....
Pakistani, French ships collide
NEW YORK, May 29: A French naval ship collided with a Pakistani ship in New York harbour. The collision caused minor damage to both vessels as they arrived to participate in...
Baghdad clampdown fails to stop car bombings
BAGHDAD, May 29: Thousands of Iraqi soldiers on Sunday threw a security net over Baghdad to snare guerillas, who quickly struck back with a string of car bombings said to have been masterminded by Al Qaeda’s Abu Musab al Zarqawi....
Hostage on Afghan TV
KABUL, May 29: Looking tense and wrapped in a brown blanket, kidnapped Italian aid worker Clementina Cantoni appeared in a videotape broadcast on Afghan television on Sunday, flanked by gunmen pointing...
Landslide for Hariri’s party in Beirut
BEIRUT, May 29: Candidates led by the son of assassinated premier Rafik al Hariri won all the seats in Beirut in Lebanon’s general election on Sunday. “The count is nearly over and it’s a landslide for Hariri’s list,” said the source....
‘Zarqawi not in Iran’
TEHRAN, May 29: Iran on Sunday rejected a British newspaper report that Al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, had fled the country for emergency surgery in the Islamic republic “It is a naive fabrication of the news.....
Team for water talks
LAHORE, May 29: A seven-member delegation, led by the Pakistan Commissioner on Indus Basin Water Treaty, is leaving for India on Monday on a seven-day tour. Though the delegation will be...
Wapda gets Rs27bn subsidy
LAHORE, May 29: Wapda has received an ‘unprecedented’ subsidy of Rs27 billion to meet its deficit for the current fiscal year. With this amount, the total subsidy given to the authority...
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KABUL, May 29: Looking tense and wrapped in a brown blanket, kidnapped Italian aid worker Clementina Cantoni appeared in a videotape broadcast on Afghan television on Sunday, flanked by gunmen pointing...
BEIRUT, May 29: Candidates led by the son of assassinated premier Rafik al Hariri won all the seats in Beirut in Lebanon’s general election on Sunday. “The count is nearly over and it’s a landslide for Hariri’s list,” said the source....
