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Focus remains on Kashmir: Wullar Barrage talks on 28th: FO
ISLAMABAD, June 20: Pakistan on Monday declared that focus in the ongoing dialogue process with India remained on the Jammu and Kashmir issue. In reply to a question at his weekly news briefing,...
‘Announcement on Kalabagh, Bhasha dams this year’
ISLAMABAD, June 20: President General Pervez Musharraf would announce that work on Kalabagh and Bhasha dams would begin this year, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afgan Niazi said...
Pakistan’s image getting a boost: Musharraf
ON BOARD PRESIDENT’S AIRCRAFT, June 20: President General Pervez Musharraf has described his visit to Australia and New Zealand as extremely successful and vowed to build on worldwide recognition of his...
Mukhtaran free to travel, says FO: Islamabad under no pressure
ISLAMABAD, June 20: The foreign office on Monday said that there was no pressure on Pakistan regarding the Mukhtaran Mai’s case and reiterated that Islamabad had always endeavoured to uphold the...
Kabul foils plot to kill Khalilzad
KABUL, June 20: Afghan authorities have arrested three Pakistanis armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades for a plot to kill US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, officials and reports said on Monday....
‘US unable to verify facts about attempt on Khalilzad’
WASHINGTON, June 20: The US State Department said on Monday that it was unable to “verify facts” about an alleged assassination attempt on the outgoing US ambassador in Afghanistan as reported by Afghan authorities....
Nine killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, June 20: Nine people, including five militants, were killed in fresh violence in occupied Kashmir as authorities set free on Monday 30 jailed Kashmiris, police said. A police spokesman said militants attacked a police station in the town of Mendhar in the southern district of Poonch late on Sunday with grenades and machine guns...
New Delhi test-fires Akash missile
BHUBANESWAR (India), June 20: India successfully tested an Indian-built surface-to-air missile on Monday for the second time in two days, a defence ministry official said....
Court notice to BD govt on suspension of relief
DHAKA, June 20: The High Court of Bangladesh on Monday asked the government to explain within two weeks why the cancellation of payment of gratuitous relief to the stranded Pakistanis should...
Pakistan-US naval drill
KARACHI, June 20: Pakistan and United States navies will conduct a joint exercise in the North Arabian Sea from Wednesday, it was announced on Monday by US and Pakistani naval officials....
Rail concession for senior citizens
LAHORE, June 20: The Pakistan Railways will extend a 25 per cent concession to senior citizens in all classes on all routes. According to a press release issued here on Monday, the decision comes into effect immediately. Source said the facility would not available on some trains, including Karakoram and Millat express....
Karzai alleges interference
KABUL, June 20: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused Pakistan of interfering in his country’s internal affairs. According to an Online news agency, Mr Karzai said in a speech to a...
13 die in Iraq suicide attack
ARBIL (Iraq), June 20: A suicide bomber killed 13 Iraqi traffic police on Monday when he rammed an explosives-packed car into them on a sports field in the Kurdish city of...
Sherpao says Osama, Omar not in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, June 20: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Monday rejected a claim of former United States Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad that Mulla Omar and some other Taliban leaders were hiding in Pakistan...
No change in Rashid’s plan to visit Srinagar
ISLAMABAD, June 20: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Monday said that he would certainly go to Srinagar through Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus on June 30. Talking to a private television channel,...
KARACHI, June 20: Pakistan and United States navies will conduct a joint exercise in the North Arabian Sea from Wednesday, it was announced on Monday by US and Pakistani naval officials....
