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Pipeline talks begin on optimistic note: Joint statement today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: Pakistan and India on Thursday made progress in talks on financial, technical, security and legal issues of the 7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, agreeing to finalise a framework accord in two months....
Re-election plea rejected in Egypt
CAIRO, Sept 8: The Egyptian authorities on Thursday rejected a request from President Hosni Mubarak’s most prominent rival for a rerun of presidential elections. With Mr Mubarak reported to have taken...
Strike: claims & counter-claims
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: While the combined opposition claimed that it would effectively prove its nationwide popularity with a complete shutdown on Friday, government leaders continued to insist that it would be ‘business as usual’ and ‘the wheel will continue to move’....
Explosion in Waziristan; three soldiers injured
MIRAMSHAH (North Waziristan), Sept 8: Three soldiers were wounded when a military truck was hit by an explosive device in Soor Bagh area of the North Waziristan Agency on Thursday....
Late-night blasts in Karachi
KARACHI, Sept 8: At least eleven people were injured late on Thursday night in two bomb explosions in two outlets of fast food chains, one in the Defence Housing Authority and the other in Clifton, police and witnesses said....
Growth projection lowered to 6.5pc: ADB report on development
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The Asian Development Bank has lowered Pakistan’s growth projection to 6.5 per cent (from seven per cent) for 2005-06, owing mainly to an expected deceleration in agriculture, high oil prices and comparatively reduced manufacturing growth....
$1.8bn deal for French submarines approved by India
NEW DELHI, Sept 8: The Indian government has approved a long-pending multi-billion dollar arms deal to buy submarines from France, a defence official said on Thursday, five days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Paris....
Militants killed in Dammam named
DAMMAM: Saudi Arabia on Thursday released the names of five militants killed during this week’s operation in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia. The militants killed are Zeid bin Saad bin Zeid Al-Samari,...
Strike in Kashmir over arrests
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: Shops, schools and businesses were closed on Thursday in Kashmir’s main city Srinagar in response to a strike call to protest against the arrest of women separatists....
Australian police to get tougher laws
CANBERRA, Sept 8: Australian police will be able to use electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on terror suspects, and detain people for up to 48 hours without charge under new security laws unveiled on Thursday....
Six Afghan policemen, two Taliban killed
KABUL, Sept 8: Six Afghan policemen and two suspected Taliban insurgents were killed early Thursday after militants attacked a police post in the latest violence ahead of key elections next week, officials said....
Saddam did not confess: lawyer
AMMAN, Sept 8: Saddam Hussein’s chief attorney denied on Thursday that the ousted leader had confessed to ordering executions and waging a campaign against Kurds in which thousands of people are said to have been killed....
Student held for terror links
KARACHI, Sept 8: A Pakistani studying in Britain has been picked up by intelligence agency personnel here for suspected links with Al Qaeda. Shoaib Siddiqui had come to Karachi in early...
Haj ballot on 15th
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The religious affairs ministry will hold balloting on September 15 to select intending Hajis for 2006, it has been learnt. The ministry has received more than 120,000 Haj applications under government scheme, said an official.—Online...
Fahim says strike will be peaceful
KARACHI, Sept 8: Chairman of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy Makhdoom Amin Fahim has called upon democracy-loving people to observe nationwide strike on Friday which, according to him, is a first step towards banishing ‘dictatorship and military rule’....
UNHCR stops aid for two refugee camps
QUETTA, Sept 8: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has stopped providing assistance to the Girdi Jungle and Jungle Pir Alizai refugees camps in Balochistan....
MIRAMSHAH (North Waziristan), Sept 8: Three soldiers were wounded when a military truck was hit by an explosive device in Soor Bagh area of the North Waziristan Agency on Thursday....
