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6 gunmen killed in Ayodhya raid
NEW DELHI, July 5: Indian security forces guarding a controversial Hindu shrine in Ayodhya killed six armed men on Wednesday after they apparently tried to raid the makeshift temple, officials said....
Pakistan joins SCO as observer
ASTANA (Kazakhstan), July 5: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Tuesday welcomed Pakistan, India and Iran into its fold and said their inclusion as observers would help the grouping play a positive role in promoting regional and international peace....
Pakistan’s envoy attacked in Iraq
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Pakistan is to withdraw its ambassador from Iraq after the envoy said he had a “very narrow escape” from an attack on his convoy in Baghdad on Tuesday....
Bahrain’s envoy wounded in kidnap bid
BAGHDAD, July 5: Bahrain’s top diplomat to Iraq was wounded on Tuesday in an apparent kidnap attempt three days after the abduction of Egypt’s ambassador designate, as the Iraqi government chastised diplomats for travelling without protection....
Islamabad, New Delhi committed to talks: PM
ASTANA (Kazakhstan), July 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that both Pakistan and India were committed to the composite dialogue process for resolving peacefully all outstanding issues, including the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir....
Balochistan projects bearing fruit: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, July 5: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that Balochistan’s mega projects, including the recently-constructed Mekran Coastal Highway and the under-construction Mirani Dam, Gwadar Deep-sea Port and Kacchi Canal...
Cable fault repair to take four days: Awais
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Internet traffic will be restored completely in three to four days after removal of the fault in the under-sea fibre optic cable SEA-ME-WE-3, said Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari on Tuesday....
Dozens of villages in Layyah inundated
MULTAN/PESHAWAR, July 5: The recent swell in the mighty river Indus has played havoc in the remote Layyah district as dozens of villages have been inundated, causing displacement of thousands of people....
Interest rate on saving schemes to go up
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The government has decided in principle to increase interest rates on saving schemes and convert the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) into an autonomous body....
Terrorists can’t cross border, says Sherpao
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The government has deployed 75,000 troops along the Afghan border and it is not possible for terrorists to move across it, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on Tuesday....
Accord to be signed with UK on illegal immigrants
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Pakistan has decided to immediately sign an agreement with United Kingdom on re-admission of managed Pakistani immigrants following threats from British government to deport all the illegal Pakistani immigrants in the UK and stop PIA flights....
NA committee displeased with Umrah, Haj arrangements
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr has expressed its reservations about Haj and Umrah arrangements. The committee met here on Tuesday at the...
100 sites identified for power projects
ISLAMABAD, July 5: A visiting official of the World Energy Council (WEC) was informed here on Tuesday that the government had identified 100 sites for hydel- and coal-based power projects in the country....
Probe against former NAB chief sought: Sale of Khoski Sugar Mill
ISLAMABAD, July 5: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Senator Farhatullah Babar on Tuesday said the party had filed a case in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the bureau’s former chairman, Lt-Gen (retired) Amjad, on charges of corruption....
‘Nawaz issue not discussed with Saudi prince’
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The government on Tuesday contradicted a news report that matters relating to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif came under discussion with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz during President Pervez Musharraf’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia....
‘PTCL workers to get retirement option’
QUETTA, July 5: Pakistan Telecommunication Company President Junaid I. Khan said on Tuesday that services of about 400 daily-wage employees of the PTCL in Balochistan had been regularized and the government was determined to give facilities to the staff....
NEW DELHI, July 5: Indian security forces guarding a controversial Hindu shrine in Ayodhya killed six armed men on Wednesday after they apparently tried to raid the makeshift temple, officials said....
ASTANA (Kazakhstan), July 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that both Pakistan and India were committed to the composite dialogue process for resolving peacefully all outstanding issues, including the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir....
MULTAN/PESHAWAR, July 5: The recent swell in the mighty river Indus has played havoc in the remote Layyah district as dozens of villages have been inundated, causing displacement of thousands of people....
