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Courage needed on Kashmir, says Kasuri
WASHINGTON, June 9: Foreign Minister Khrushid Kasuri said on Thursday that Pakistan was willing to show flexibility on Kashmir but India should also make an effort to resolve the dispute....
Seven killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, June 9: Six militants and a soldier were killed on Thursday in a fierce gun battle in Indian-held Kashmir, police said. It was the highest toll in a single encounter in recent weeks in the disputed region, where violence has declined since India and Pakistan...
Mirwaiz calls for new ideas on Kashmir
KARACHI, June 9: Leaders from occupied Kashmir, who arrived in the city on Thursday on the last leg of their visit to Pakistan, laid floral wreaths and offered...
Italian hostage in Afghanistan freed
KABUL, June 9: Italian hostage Clementina Cantoni was released on Thursday after an ordeal lasting more than three weeks and without any ransom being paid, Afghanistan’s interior minister said....
No new tax in Rs224bn Punjab budget
LAHORE, June 9: Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshek on Thursday presented in the provincial assembly a tax free, surplus revenue budget of Rs224.408 billion for the fiscal year 2005-06, indicating...
Govt accused of ignoring poor
ISLAMABAD, June 9: Opposition leaders came down hard on the government on Thursday as the National Assembly began its general debate on the national budget for fiscal year 2005-06...
Govt’s claims on GDP,fiscal deficit rejected
ISLAMABAD June 9: The opposition in the Senate on Thursday described the budget for 2005-06 as one meant for elite “which offered no relief to over 85 per cent of population...
Another Pakistani arrested in US
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9: An investigation into an alleged Al Qaeda cell in the city of Lodi, in which a man and his son and two Muslim religious leaders were...
Reports on Al Qaeda camp rejected
ISLAMABAD, June 9: Pakistan on Thursday denied claims that one of two terror suspects arrested in California had received training at an Al Qaeda camp in the country....
Workers of PTCL defer strike
ISLAMABAD, June 9: The workers’ action committee of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) deferred on Thursday its decision to resume strike and 22 of its 27 members who had gone...
Storm, rain disrupt life in Punjab
LAHORE, June 9: A strong windstorm followed by rain lashed Punjab on Thursday evening, bringing down trees and billboards, and disrupting power and telephone services....
Dubai paralysed by power cut
DUBAI, June 9: The Emirati boom town of Dubai was paralysed for several hours by a power blackout on Thursday amid the sweltering temperatures of the southern Gulf....
‘US resuming aid to Serbia’
BELGRADE, June 9: The United States is resuming financial aid to Serbia and Montenegro following progress in Belgrade’s cooperation with the Hague-based war crimes tribunal, US Undersecretary of State for Political...
Swiss court summons Benazir on July 13
ISLAMABAD, June 9: A Swiss court has summoned former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, her husband Asif Ali Zardari and their agent Jens Schlegelmilch on July 13 to attend the hearing...
KARACHI, June 9: Leaders from occupied Kashmir, who arrived in the city on Thursday on the last leg of their visit to Pakistan, laid floral wreaths and offered...
KABUL, June 9: Italian hostage Clementina Cantoni was released on Thursday after an ordeal lasting more than three weeks and without any ransom being paid, Afghanistan’s interior minister said....
