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Aziz rejects status quo on Kashmir
TOKYO, Aug 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that status quo on Kashmir was unacceptable to Pakistan as progress on other issues with India was not possible without resolving the core issue....
Pakistan, India discuss steps to boost trade
NEW DELHI, Aug 9: Pakistan and India on Tuesday appeared to have agreed to a slew of measures, including setting up branches of their banks across the border with prospects of...
President wants barriers lifted: Trade among Muslim countries
RAWALPINDI, Aug 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called for greater trade between the Muslim countries through removal of barriers for their rapid and sustainable socio-economic development....
Musharraf says UK too soft on radical clerics
LONDON, Aug 9: President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that Britain had been too lenient with radical clerics and advised it to clamp down on them after last month’s bomb attacks in London....
IMF terms graft as hurdle to investment
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Corruption remains a problem in Pakistan where enforcement of contracts, financial obligations, and bankruptcy laws and interpretation of tax laws remain difficult, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
Iran offers talks to defuse standoff: IAEA holds crisis meeting
VIENNA, Aug 9: The UN nuclear watchdog held a crisis meeting on Tuesday to try to stop Iran pursuing a nuclear programme after Tehran resumed work at a uranium plant, stoking Western fears it was bent on developing atomic weapons....
Discovery lands safely
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE (Calif), Aug 9: The space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely on Tuesday, successfully completing NASA’s troubled resumption of human space...
US tests new visa checking system
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: US immigration officials are testing a new visa programme for foreign visitors that embeds tracking technology into the documentation that also can access private information, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday....
Karachi hit by massive power failure
KARACHI, Aug 9: More than half of Karachi was plunged into darkness when the transmission system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation snapped in the early hours of Tuesday....
EC announces 9-hour polling
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar announced on Tuesday that there should be nine-hour polling from 8am to 5pm, without any break, on Aug 18, in...
‘Dutch let Khan go at CIA’s request’
THE HAGUE, Aug 9: At the request of the CIA, the Netherlands let go the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who worked in the country between 1975...
Anti-Sikh riot report stirs storm in India: Parliament session disrupted
NEW DELHI, Aug 9: India’s parliament was disrupted on Tuesday as rival lawmakers clashed over a report on anti-Sikh riots in 1984 which named ruling Congress party leaders in connection with the violence in which nearly 3,000 Sikhs died....
Indian firms in deal with PTCL
NEW DELHI, Aug 9: India’s leading private telecom companies Bharti and Reliance Infocomm will be partnering with Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd to lay a fibre optic network from Lahore to the...
US soldier among 28 killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug 9: Insurgents killed at least 27 Iraqis and one US soldier as a crucial meeting of top politicians began Tuesday to hammer out a deal on the country’s new constitution ahead of an Aug 15 deadline....
Pakistani held in France with fake UK IDs
PARIS, Aug 9: A Pakistani man arrested with several false British identity papers in his possession is in French custody after being arrested at a Paris airport, airport and law-enforcement officials said on Tuesday....
Saudi king pardons Libyans
RIYADH, Aug 9: Three Libyans, including two intelligence officers, allegedly involved in a plot to assassinate Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz have been pardoned by the new monarch, a Saudi security source said on Tuesday....
Rs20 note to be issued on Aug 13
RAWALPINDI, Aug 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday approved the issuance of a Rs20 denomination note on the eve of Independence Day on August 13....
Americans told not to visit Murree
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The US Embassy in Pakistan on Tuesday warned its citizens not to travel to Murree where a “sectarian attack” was feared during the upcoming Independence Day weekend, an official said....
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE (Calif), Aug 9: The space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely on Tuesday, successfully completing NASA’s troubled resumption of human space...
