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Need stressed for long-term strategy: Uninterrupted energy supply
RAWALPINDI, Aug 22: President General Pervez Musharraf has called for a target-oriented strategy to ensure uninterrupted supply of gas and electricity to potential investors in the industrial sector....
10 held near Miranshah
PESHAWAR, Aug 22: Security forces arrested 10 suspected militants and seized weapons, wigs and women’s outfits from a fake madressah near Miranshah, an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said on Monday....
Kidnappers in Iraq release 11 Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Kidnappers in Iraq have released 11 Pakistanis, three Egyptians and two Indians who were abducted earlier this month, the foreign office in Pakistan said on Monday....
‘Enhancing of air, rail links discussed’
NEW DELHI, Aug 22: Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh on Monday informed the Lok Sabha that New Delhi and Islamabad have discussed the possibilities of enhancing air, rail and road communications....
Bridge yet to be cleared for rail traffic
KARACHI, Aug 22: The rail traffic could not be restored till late Monday night as repair work on the railway line on the Malir railway bridge could not be completed....
Derailment not an act of terrorism, says minister
LAHORE, Aug 22: Minister of State for Railways Ishaq Khan Khakwani says the derailment of nine wagons of the Parcel Express is not an act of terrorism....
Additional $50m for Gwadar port project
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The federal government has provided an additional amount of $50 million to the ministry of communications to complete the first phase of the Gwadar deep-sea port project by June 2006....
Islamabad, IAEA review findings on uranium
VIENNA, Aug 22: UN atomic agency inspectors and Pakistani technicians met in Vienna on Monday to review the agency’s findings that weapons-grade uranium particles found in Iran were from smuggled Pakistani...
Rockets rock Kohlu after arrival of CM
QUETTA, Aug 22: The township of Kohlu came under a rocket attack on Monday soon after the arrival there of Chief Minister Jam Yousuf. Sources said that the chief minister visited...
Taliban ‘not to attack’ poll stations
KABUL, Aug 22: Taliban fighters will not attack polling stations during next month’s election in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the guerillas said on Monday, but he vowed that the war against the government and US forces would go on....
Shias, Kurds agree on constitution
BAGHDAD, Aug 22: Iraqi Shia and Kurdish negotiators on Monday finally agreed upon a draft constitution after weeks of tortuous talks and said they would present it to parliament regardless of whether the Sunnis agreed or not....
Pakistan sees pipeline work beginning next year
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Pakistan said on Monday it expected work on the $7.2 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline to start early next year while it was also pursuing plans for similar pipelines from Turkmenistan and Qatar....
Release of 60 Pakistanis held in Sudan urged
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Human rights activist Ansar Burney has urged the government of Sudan for early release of 60 Pakistanis languishing in its jails for the last six months....
Kashmiris plan NY rally
NEW YORK, Aug 22: The leader of a group of eight Kashmiri political parties Monday announced plans to stage a protest rally in front of the United Nations headquarters on Sept...
Islamabad asked to put off closure: Afghan refugee camps
KABUL, Aug 22: Afghanistan called on Pakistan on Monday to postpone the closure of all refugee camps in the Pakistani tribal regions, which are being shut by the end of the month for what Islamabad says are security reasons....
Voters may use old ID cards: CEC
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Monday allowed voters to show original computerized national identity cards or old identity cards to cast their votes during...
PESHAWAR, Aug 22: Security forces arrested 10 suspected militants and seized weapons, wigs and women’s outfits from a fake madressah near Miranshah, an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said on Monday....
KARACHI, Aug 22: The rail traffic could not be restored till late Monday night as repair work on the railway line on the Malir railway bridge could not be completed....
KABUL, Aug 22: Afghanistan called on Pakistan on Monday to postpone the closure of all refugee camps in the Pakistani tribal regions, which are being shut by the end of the month for what Islamabad says are security reasons....
