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Accord to demolish settlers’ homes: Gaza Strip pullout
AL QUDS, June 19: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice secured an agreement from Israel and the Palestinians for settler homes to be razed after the Gaza Strip pullout, hailing the withdrawal as an historic chance for peace...
Rs2.3 billion deficit budget for NWFP
PESHAWAR, June 19: The NWFP government on Sunday presented its budget for the 2005-06 financial year, projecting its total revenue and capital receipts at about Rs63 billion and showing a net deficit of Rs2.3 billion...
‘No deal in power sector without Kashmir solution’
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Pakistan has ruled out the possibility of cooperation with India in the power sector in divided Kashmir till the resolution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute....
‘N-missiles had been readied for launch’: Kargil crisis
WASHINGTON, June 19: The Pakistani military had prepared their nuclear-tipped missile to fight back a possible Indian attack during the Kargil crisis and former US President Bill Clinton had conveyed this...
‘Dr Khan underwent angioplasty’
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan underwent angioplasty during his two-day stay at the Armed Forces’ Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) this week, a source close to the scientist...
Information about FBI questioning sought
WASHINGTON, June 19: The American Civil Liberties Union and civil rights groups have filed a freedom of information act request seeking FBI records of the procedures and policies used during the...
CIA claims ‘idea’ about Osama’s whereabouts
NEW YORK, June 19: “I have an excellent idea of where Osama (bin Laden) is,” CIA director Porter Goss said in a first-ever interview with Time magazine since becoming head of the US intelligence agency....
5 suspects killed in Karachi ‘encounter’
KARACHI, June 19: Five suspects were gunned down by police in what was claimed to be “an early morning encounter” in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area on Sunday....
Iran wants end to US interference
TEHRAN, June 19: Iran said on Sunday that a rapprochement with Washington was impossible until the US stopped interfering in Tehran’s domestic affairs. Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi also fired back at...
Iranian oil minister due today
TEHRAN, June 19: Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh will visit Islamabad on Monday at the invitation of Pakistani officials to hold talks on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline....
US aircraft kill up to 20 Taliban
KABUL, June 19: United States warplanes killed 15 to 20 suspected Taliban in southern Afghanistan in the latest attack in a renewed wave of violence to hit the country, the US military said on Sunday....
Iran voters face difficult choice
TEHRAN, June 19: Iranians on Sunday grappled with a stark choice after moderate leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and an austere hardliner made it into a presidential run-off vote,...
Musharraf, Thaksin discuss ties
BANGKOK, June 19: President Pervez Musharraf and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra here on Sunday discussed enhancing bilateral ties through increased trade and economic cooperation....
Beijing to host photo exhibition on Pakistan
BEIJING, June 19: Three leading magazines of China will hold a photo exhibition on Pakistan social and cultural life in Beijing on June 28. The show would introduce Pakistan’s picturesque beauty...
PESHAWAR, June 19: The NWFP government on Sunday presented its budget for the 2005-06 financial year, projecting its total revenue and capital receipts at about Rs63 billion and showing a net deficit of Rs2.3 billion...
