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US offer to facilitate talks on Kashmir
NEW YORK, Sept 12: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured President Pervez Musharraf on Monday that the US would like to help out India and Pakistan in moving forward towards the resolution of the Kashmir issue....
Singh ‘continues to trust’ Musharraf
NEW DELHI, Sept 12: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that he continued to trust President Pervez Musharraf and believed that he could do “business” with him....
Border police to replace BSF troops in Valley
SRINAGAR, Sept 12: Federal police will take over from paramilitary troops in Indian Kashmir by 2007 because violence has fallen sharply since India and Pakistan began peace talks last year, a...
Freed Indian, Pakistani prisoners cross Wagah
LAHORE, Sept 12: Pakistan and India on Monday swapped the biggest-ever number of prisoners to bolster the ongoing peace process between the two countries. A total of 583 prisoners were exchanged...
US help sought for N-energy
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Pakistan on Monday made clear its intention to formally seek US cooperation in civilian nuclear technology to meet its growing energy requirements. “We would like the developed countries,...
Kasuri defends Israel contacts: Move to create diplomatic space
NEW YORK, Sept 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Monday that contacts with Israel would create diplomatic space for Pakistan. “But the contacts do not amount to the recognition of the Jewish state....
Militants kill three near Miramshah
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 12: Militants have killed three people accused of being spies for the United States in tribal region bordering Afghanistan, local officials said on Monday....
Gas pipeline attacked
SUKKUR, Sept 12: A Frontier Constabulary picket and the main Sui gas pipeline came under rocket and mortar attack in the Bhittai colony police area near Kandhkot on Monday morning....
Jubilant Palestinians take over Gaza
NEVE DEKALIM (Gaza Strip), Sept 12: Jubilant Palestinians planted flags on the rubble of Jewish settlements and set fire to synagogues on Monday as Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation....
France agrees to seal N-accord with India: Submarine, Airbus deals won
PARIS, Sept 12: France on Monday said it backed India’s plans to develop civilian nuclear energy after winning two multi-billion-euro contracts for the sale of Airbus aircraft and conventionally powered submarines....
England regain Ashes after 18 years
LONDON, Sept 12: England regained the Ashes for the first time in 18 years here on Monday after drawing the fifth and final Test with Australia. England won the series 2-1....
Huge power cut hits Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Sept 12: A major power outage hit Los Angeles area on Monday, knocking out electricity to thousands of customers as officials scrambled to determine the cause and police declared a state of emergency....
Iran insists it has right to make nuclear fuel
VIENNA, Sept 12: Iran said on Monday it would cooperate fully with UN atomic inspectors provided it was allowed to make nuclear fuel, according to a document presented on Monday to...
US warns Syria over role in Iraq
WASHINGTON, Sept 12: The US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, fired a strong warning to Syria on Monday over help that Washington accuses Damascus of giving to radical groups in Iraq....
KESC beefs up security after blast
KARACHI, Sept 12: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) on Monday announced that it had beefed up security at its installations in the city following Sunday’s blast that had badly damaged...
Apex court gets more judges
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday elevated the chief justice of the Balochistan High Court and two judges of the Lahore High Court to the Supreme Court....
Pakistan, UK to sign extradition treaty
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Pakistan and the United Kingdom will soon sign an extradition treaty, official sources told Dawn. The sources said that both sides have agreed in principle to sign the treaty....
South Asian nations asked to join forces for fair trade
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Trade experts said here on Monday that South Asian countries stand to gain by joining forces to fight for fair trade deals that provided a level-playing field to the regional countries in the multilateral trading system....
LAHORE, Sept 12: Pakistan and India on Monday swapped the biggest-ever number of prisoners to bolster the ongoing peace process between the two countries. A total of 583 prisoners were exchanged...
