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Musharraf hopes of Kashmir settlement
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13: President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that he was very hopeful that the decades-old Kashmir dispute with India could be resolved. “I am very hopeful. The most important thing is for the leadership...
Aziz urges tripartite talks
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here on Monday said human rights violations were still going on in Kashmir and the region was in the grip of many problems which needed to be addressed positively to give Kashmiris their rights to live with peace and honour and achieve development....
Indian threat still real: minister: Opposition move for budget cuts fails
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Federal Education Minister and former director general of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen (r) Javed Ashraf Qazi told the Senate on Monday that the Rs233 billion defence allocation was made in view...
‘Trans-Pakistan pipeline decision in two weeks’
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13: A decision on the multi-billion-dollar pipeline between Iran and India that will run across Pakistan will be made in two weeks, an Iranian official said on Monday....
28 PTCL union leaders sacked
ISLAMABAD, June 13: While the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) reiterated on Monday its claim that the entire system was running smoothly and over 80 per cent of its employees were reporting...
Govt defends privatization of PTCL amid protests
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The government declared in the National Assembly on Monday that it would go ahead with planned privatization of the PTCL on June 18...
Jackson cleared of all charges
SANTA MARIA (Calif), June 13: Pop star Michael Jackson was found not guilty on Monday of molesting a 13 year-old boy in 2003 and was acquitted of conspiracy and alcohol charges....
Mukhtaran shifted to Islamabad: HRCP
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Asma Jehangir, the chairperson of the Human Rights Commissionof Pakistan, said on Monday night that gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai had been shifted to an undisclosed location in Islamabad earlier in the day....
Increase in NAB’s budget questioned
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The opposition in the National Assembly on Monday questioned increase in the budgetary allocation for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and lashed out at the government over its claim of introducing good governance in the country....
14 die in Kashmir explosion
SRINAGAR, June 13: Fourteen people were killed and more than 70 wounded on Monday when a powerful car bomb exploded near a school in a busy town in Kashmir, security officials said. Witnesses said pieces of human flesh were scattered near the site of the explosion in Pulwama town south of Srinagar,...
Saddam grilled over 1982 killings
BAGHDAD, June 13: An Iraqi judge on Sunday questioned Saddam Hussein about alleged revenge killings in a Shia-dominated village after an attempt on his life, officials said. Silent film released of...
APHC leaders address big gatherings in AJK towns
MUZAFFARABAD, June 13: Thousands of people turned out to greet leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) who addressed public meetings in three major towns of Azad Kashmir on Monday....
UK relaxes travel advisory for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The United Kingdom has relaxed travel advisory for its nationals after improvement in the security situation in Pakistan. Speaking to the industrialists and traders at Islamabad Chamber of...
Over Rs381m allocated for Nust projects
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The government has allocated over Rs381.77 million for construction of the new campus and other projects of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in the...
ISLAMABAD, June 13: While the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) reiterated on Monday its claim that the entire system was running smoothly and over 80 per cent of its employees were reporting...
BAGHDAD, June 13: An Iraqi judge on Sunday questioned Saddam Hussein about alleged revenge killings in a Shia-dominated village after an attempt on his life, officials said. Silent film released of...
