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Pakistan wants to promote ME peace: Shaukat phones Turkish, Lebanese counterparts
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Talking to the Turkish and Lebanese leadership by telephone, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday Pakistan wanted to engage Israel to promote the Palestine cause and Kasuri-Shalom meeting in Istanbul was part of that policy....
Options on ties with Israel under study
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: Pakistan would not formally recognize Israel, but an informal arrangement could be worked out to have some sort of ties with the Jewish state, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
350 fighter planes take part in PAF’s largest-ever exercise
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The largest-ever strategic exercise of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF, High Mark-2005) started on Sunday. According to a PAF spokesman, Air Commodore Sarfraz Ahmad Khan, the month-long exercise will be conducted in three phases....
Opposition calls for strike on 9th
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The National Leaders Conference (NLC) convened by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Sunday announced it would launch a struggle to end military dictatorship and put the country on...
Rashid rules out polls before 2007
LAHORE, Sept 4: The government has rejected all demands made by various opposition parties that attended the national conference organized by the Jamaat-i-Islami in Islamabad on Sunday and by the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy a day before....
It’s time for solution: Mirwaiz
SRINAGAR, Sept 4: India’s prime minister is to hold talks on Monday with Indian Kashmiri leaders amid what analysts say are brightening hopes of a settlement in the decades-old dispute over the future of the revolt-hit region....
Gas pipeline explodes in Kashmore
KASHMORE, Sept 4: An explosion was reported from the Ghot Riyano area in a 13-inch diameter gas pipeline of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited, disrupting gas supply to some areas of Kashmore, Guddu city and Rahimyar Khan....
Hurricane toll in thousands, admits US
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: A top US federal official admitted for the first time on Sunday that thousands of people died in the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the southern United States....
Pakistan offers help for hurricane victims
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: Pakistan on Sunday offered to send a team of doctors and paramedics to the hurricane-hit region of the United States to support the relief agencies....
Friendship motor rally heads for Islamabad
QUETTA, Sept 4: The London-Sydney Friendship motor rally 2005 left for Islamabad after an overnight stopover here on Sunday. Fifteen vehicles, including 12 vintage 1970 models of Jaguar, Mercedes, Pontiac, Porsche...
‘Sonia not to be barred from going abroad’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The government has no problem if Sonia Naz wants to leave the country and is ready to provide facilities to her in this regard, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Women Development Nilofar Bakhtiar said here on Sunday....
UK police seek to determine where video was made
LONDON, Sept 4: Investigators were trying to determine on Sunday whether a London suicide bomber made his posthumous “war” video in Britain or Pakistan as they probe how deeply Al Qaeda was involved in the coordinated attack....
Marathon talks to avoid UN crisis
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4: UN ambassadors conducted marathon crisis talks over the weekend to rescue a world summit and some questioned whether a meaningful document could still be produced in two weeks’ time....
Saddam’s trial to begin on Oct 19
BAGHDAD, Sept 4: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and seven of his former associates will go on trial on Oct 19 over the massacre of 143 people in the village of Dujail, a government official announced on Sunday....
Iran rejects threats over nuclear programme
TEHRAN, Sept 4: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said on Sunday that Iran would not halt its nuclear drive despite fresh international criticism and threats of being referred to the UN Security Council....
Subscription rate for G.P. fund revised
KARACHI, Sept 4: The Sindh Finance Department has revised the rate of subscription to the general provident fund (G.P. fund) consequent upon the revision of basic pay scales of civil employees of the provincial government....
Third Paris fire in over a week kills 15
PARIS, Sept 4: A fire killed 15 people in a suspected arson attack in a high-rise apartment block in Paris on Sunday, the third major blaze in the French capital in just over a week, police said....
Sharapova beats Sania Mirza
NEW YORK, Sept 4: Top seed Maria Sharapova of Russia reached the last eight at the US Open on Sunday defeating India’s Sania Mirza 6-2, 6-1....
14 fishermen held in India
AHMEDABAD, Sept 4: Indian security officials claimed to have arrested 14 Pakistani fishermen in the Sir Creek area of Gujarat. “Fourteen Pakistani fishermen were arrested and two of their boats seized...
Shaaban moon not sighted
PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Sunday announced that Shaaban moon had not been sighted and the Ist of Shaaban would fall on Sept 6.—APP...
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The National Leaders Conference (NLC) convened by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Sunday announced it would launch a struggle to end military dictatorship and put the country on...
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: A top US federal official admitted for the first time on Sunday that thousands of people died in the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the southern United States....
QUETTA, Sept 4: The London-Sydney Friendship motor rally 2005 left for Islamabad after an overnight stopover here on Sunday. Fifteen vehicles, including 12 vintage 1970 models of Jaguar, Mercedes, Pontiac, Porsche...
PARIS, Sept 4: A fire killed 15 people in a suspected arson attack in a high-rise apartment block in Paris on Sunday, the third major blaze in the French capital in just over a week, police said....
