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N-restraint regime will help peace, says Aziz
HONG KONG, Aug 12: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Friday that India’s acceptance of a nuclear restraint regime offered by Islamabad would reduce the risk of nuclear conflict and promote durable peace in the region....
Parliament is working smoothly: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that he did not need Article 58 2(b) to dissolve parliament as it was working smoothly in the interest of nation....
Cleric barred from returning to UK
LONDON, Aug 12: Britain barred hard line Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed on Friday from returning to the country, part of a government crackdown on Islamic preachers it fears inspire bombers such as those who attacked London in July....
Bush hints at use of force against Iran
AL QUDS, Aug 12: US President George W. Bush refused to rule out the use of force against Iran over the Islamic Republic’s resumption of nuclear activities, in an interview with Israeli television aired on Friday....
Task force formed to combat human smuggling
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The government has formed a task force to eradicate human smuggling in the country, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn on Friday....
Ties with India should not alarm neighbours: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 12: The US State Department has said that America’s rapidly growing relationship with India is no cause of alarm for New Delhi’s neighbours. Department’s Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli told...
Security along border to be strengthened
RAWALPINDI, Aug 12: Pakistan will further beef up security along its porous border with Afghanistan in the run up to polls in Afghanistan. This was stated by Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations...
Sanad-holders provisionally allowed to contest poll
LAHORE, Aug 12: The Supreme Court on Friday provisionally allowed seven candidates for the office of nazim, possessing the Shahadatul Aalmia Fil Arabia sanad from a religious school, to...
Sri Lankan foreign minister shot dead
COLOMBO, Aug 12: Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was assassinated on Friday night by an unidentified sniper in the capital, military and hospital sources said....
Poll officers get powers of magistrate
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Friday authorized senior election officers to exercise powers of a magistrate during the local government elections 2005....
Blast destroys Workers Party office in Kalat
QUETTA, Aug 12: The offices of the Pakistan Workers Party was destroyed in a powerful bomb blast in Kalat, 150 km south of here, on Friday night....
State Bank issues Rs20 note
KARACHI, Aug 12: The State Bank on Friday announced the issuance of new currency note of Rs20 denomination having attractive design and features of leading currencies to prevent imitation....
Dr Khan’s relative held in attack case
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: A district court here on Friday sent Dr A.Q. Khan’s son-in-law to the Adiala jail on the charge of assaulting two members of the British High Commission, police said....
Niamatullah apprises CW team of poll situation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Former Karachi city nazim Niamatullah Khan on Friday met the visiting Commonwealth monitoring team and apprised it of the complaints about pre-poll rigging in the local body elections with particular reference to Karachi....
Oil prices hit new highs
LONDON, Aug 12: World oil prices advanced for the fifth straight day on Friday, hitting new heights above $66 on strong global demand and continued refinery production problems in the US, dealers said....
