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PML-N and PPP agree on seat adjustment: LB polls
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have decided to fully participate in the local government elections...
Bush says time not ripe for UNSC expansion
WASHINGTON, June 27: President George W. Bush on Monday put a damper on the efforts of the G-4 nations to join the UN Security Council as permanent members by declaring that US wants the world body to adopt broad reforms before seeking to expand the council....
Talks with Pakistan promising: Natwar
NEW DELHI, June 27: Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh said on Monday that New Delhi’s ongoing dialogue with Pakistan looked promising. He also offered to consider unilateral steps to help remove lingering misgivings in the region....
Acquittal of 5 accused wrong, SC told: Mukhtaran case
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The government told the Supreme Court on Monday that the acquittal of five accused in the Mukhtaran Mai gang-rape case was based on wrong assumptions....
Pakistan frees 17 ex-Guantanamo inmates
ISLAMABAD, June 27: Seventeen Pakistanis held for months by authorities after being freed from US detention at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba were released on Monday, a government official said. Thirty-five Pakistanis were released...
Tribunal assails US, UK over Iraq occupation
ISTANBUL, June 27: The World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI), an anti-war grouping of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intellectuals and writers, on Monday harshly,...
River levels on rise in NWFP
PESHAWAR, June 27: Flood water swept into hundreds of homes and laid to waste vast tracts of agricultural land in the low-lying areas of Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera districts as the Kabul and Swat rivers continued to be in high flood....
Heatwave toll 196 as millions suffer
ISLAMABAD, June 27: A searing heatwave across Pakistan has killed at least 196 people including a newly-wed bride, with relief from annual monsoon rains not expected for days, weather and health officials said on Monday....
Asfandyar, Benazir meet in Dubai
ISLAMABAD, June 27: President of the Awami National Party (ANP), Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan, had a detailed meeting with PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto in Dubai on Monday, according to reports reaching here....
Kashmir now a bridge of friendship: Mufti
NEW DELHI, June 27: The Delhi-backed chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said on Monday that his Himalayan region was no longer a bone of contention between India and Pakistan, rather...
Al Qaeda men issue 28 death threats
MIR ALI, June 27: Suspected Al Qaeda linked militants in tribal belt have issued death threats to 28 tribal elders, prayer leaders and social workers accused of spying for the government....
Basmati support price may be raised by 10pc
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The federal government is likely to increase the support price of basmati rice paddy by about 10 per cent and import 250,000 tons of urea for Rabi season....
Infrastructure fund facing resistance
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The creation of a multi-billion dollar infrastructure fund is facing stiff resistance within the government from elements who fear it will lead to negative macro-economic consequences....
Four students die as dumper falls on car
KARACHI, June 27: Four students of a private university died while one of their associates survived a road accident on Tipu Sultan Road. Police said that a dumper loaded with gravel...
India, US begin talks
WASHINGTON, June 27: Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who begins his official meetings in Washington from Monday, is expected to focus on bilateral security cooperation when he meets his American counterpart Donald Rumsfeld....
President back home
ISLAMABAD, June 27: President General Pervez Musharraf returned home early Monday morning after paying a two-day offical visit to Saudi Arabia. During his visit the President held talks with Saudi Crown...
Oil prices hit new highs
LONDON: Oil prices rose a dollar to a new record near $61 on Monday, driven by the resilience of world energy demand in the face of high fuel costs and worries...
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ISTANBUL, June 27: The World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI), an anti-war grouping of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intellectuals and writers, on Monday harshly,...
