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Aziz, Hu pledge to deepen ties
ASTANA (Kazakhstan), July 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday reaffirmed their pledge to widen and deepen their multifaceted cooperation as the two countries prepare to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)...
Attacks aimed to disrupt peace process: Singh
NEW DELHI, July 6: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that India and Pakistan remained committed to making their current peace process irreversible, but cautioned that militant attacks such as the one carried out in Ayodhya on Tuesday could disrupt New Delhi’s relations with Islamabad...
Court orders Advani’s trial in Babri mosque case
NEW DELHI, July 6: A court here ordered on Wednesday that former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani be tried for his alleged role in the 1992 demolition of a mosque that sparked deadly riots between the Muslims and the Hindus....
Pipeline negotiations to be trilateral
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Islamabad and Tehran agreed on Wednesday that all future talks on the $4.2 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project would be held on a trilateral basis....
Fibre-optic cable fault detected
KARACHI, July 6: A fault was detected in the country’s only fibre-optic link when engineers pulled up the defective portion of the cable from under the seabed and carried out technical tests on Wednesday....
Baglihar tunnel collapses
NEW DELHI, July 6: A red alert was sounded in Doda district on Wednesday following the collapse of a diversion tunnel at Baglihar hydro-project dam, which started overflowing due to rise...
Aziz-Bush meeting on 29th
WASHINGTON, July 6: United States President George W. Bush will meet Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on July 29, the White House announced on Wednesday. Besides the talks at the White House,...
Bush injured in bicycle mishap
GLENEAGLES, (Scotland) July 6: US President George Bush, out for a spin on his bicycle at the Group of Eight summit venue on Wednesday, collided with a policeman and had to...
Six killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 6: Six people were killed in the latest bout of violence in occupied Kashmir while panic gripped the region’s main commercial hub as militants attacked a minister’s motorcade, police said on Wednesday....
JWP senator resigns
QUETTA, July 6: Senator Amanullah Kanrani of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) has resigned from Senate. In his letter to Senate chairman, issued here on Wednesday night, he said the attitude of the centre was hostile and discriminatory towards federating units....
Provinces told to keep vigil on embankments
ISLAMABAD, July 6: The federal government has directed the provinces to start round-the-clock patrolling on flood bunds and spurs throughout the country to prevent loss of life and property during the looming high monsoon floods....
Al Qaeda leaders in Fata: Kabul
KABUL, July 6: Afghanistan said on Wednesday that senior Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders were hiding in Pakistan’s tribal areas, the latest salvo in a row between the two neighbours over their success in the so-called “war on terror”....
‘Pakistani jailed for abduction of diplomat’
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6: A Malaysian court has sentenced a Pakistani man to seven years in jail for kidnapping and robbing a senior South African diplomat last year, an official said on Wednesday....
Dialogue moving ahead: Natwar
ASTANA, July 6: Indian Minister for External Affairs Natwar Singh on Wednesday said the Pakistan-India dialogue process was moving ahead positively and there was nothing to cause any disruption....
No decision yet on passport for Nawaz
LAHORE, July 6: The application of former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif for renewal of his passport has been referred to the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, a spokesman for Pakistan’s consulate in Jeddah told Mr Sharif’s son-in-law on Wednesday....
ASTANA (Kazakhstan), July 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday reaffirmed their pledge to widen and deepen their multifaceted cooperation as the two countries prepare to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)...
NEW DELHI, July 6: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that India and Pakistan remained committed to making their current peace process irreversible, but cautioned that militant attacks such as the one carried out in Ayodhya on Tuesday could disrupt New Delhi’s relations with Islamabad...
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Islamabad and Tehran agreed on Wednesday that all future talks on the $4.2 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project would be held on a trilateral basis....
ISLAMABAD, July 6: The federal government has directed the provinces to start round-the-clock patrolling on flood bunds and spurs throughout the country to prevent loss of life and property during the looming high monsoon floods....
