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Border tension to be reduced: Accord in Delhi talks
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: India and Pakistan kept intact their fundamental differences on key conventional CBMs they discussed on Monday, but agreed to observe a 20-month old ceasefire along the Line of Control....
Delegation in India for trade talks
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: Pakistani delegates arrived here on Monday for a two-day discussion with India on bilateral trade amid small concessions and yawning differences on the tariff and non-tariff barriers....
Islamabad against proliferation: PM
ON BOARD PM’S SPECIAL PLANE, Aug 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is against nuclear proliferation by any country and its nuclear programme is under a strict command and control regime....
Iran restarts uranium conversion facility
ISFAHAN, Aug 8: Iran resumed uranium conversion on Monday at its facility near Isfahan, a move EU officials have warned will probably see its nuclear case sent to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions....
Sept 1 deadline to relocate camps
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: The government has set Sept 1 deadline for moving Afghan refugee camps out of Islamabad and Kurram and Bajaur agencies, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao said on Monday....
Extradition treaty with UK soon
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Pakistan and Britain will soon sign an extradition treaty, Foreign Office spokesman Naeem Khan said on Monday. “The treaty will be ready for signing as soon as the...
Faith-hate crimes up 600pc in UK
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Speaking on behalf of 57 Muslim countries, Pakistan on Monday called upon the international community to stop maligning religions, especially Islam. Speaking at a meeting of the Sub-Commission...
Renowned scholar Ahmed Deedat dies
LOTUSVILLE (South Africa), Aug 8: Renowned religious scholar Sheikh Ahmed Deedat passed away here on Monday after a protracted illness. He was 87. Sheikh Deedat had been ill since suffering a...
US denies joint air exercises in Kashmir
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: The US State Department denied on Monday that the United States and India were conducing joint air exercises in occupied Kashmir. “We have no knowledge of such an...
Strike paralyses Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 8: A strike was observed in the occupied Kashmir on Monday on the call of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) to protest against the death sentence of a man convicted in the attack on Indian parliament in 2001....
Blood relatives included in gift scheme, says minister
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Overseas Pakistanis can now send cars to their blood relatives under a gift scheme announced as part of the new trade policy, a federal minister said on Monday....
Oil hits record high price
LONDON, Aug 8: Oil prices hit a new record high near $64 on Monday after warnings of militant attacks in the world’s biggest oil exporter Saudi Arabia and on worries about refinery outages in the United States....
Warnings of possible attacks in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Aug 8: Australia and Britain Monday warned that terror attacks could be imminent in Saudi Arabia, following a US move to temporarily close its missions in the country that pushed oil prices to record levels....
Japan PM seeks new reform mandate
TOKYO, Aug 8: In the biggest gamble of his career, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called a September election for parliament’s lower house on Monday in hopes of winning a new mandate for reform....
Visa uncertainty for Iran president: Visit for UN assembly session
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: The US State Department said on Monday that the alleged involvement of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 1979 hostage crisis could play a decisive role in determining whether Washington could issue him a visa....
Saddam’s foreign lawyers sacked
AMMAN, Aug 8: The family of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein said on Monday it had sacked all members of his foreign defence team and would deal only with his Iraqi lawyer....
ISFAHAN, Aug 8: Iran resumed uranium conversion on Monday at its facility near Isfahan, a move EU officials have warned will probably see its nuclear case sent to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions....
LOTUSVILLE (South Africa), Aug 8: Renowned religious scholar Sheikh Ahmed Deedat passed away here on Monday after a protracted illness. He was 87. Sheikh Deedat had been ill since suffering a...
