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Summit did not fail: Musharraf
NEW YORK, Sept 15: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday dispelled the impression that his talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had failed, but acknowledged that it involved ‘complex and difficult issues’ that could not be resolved in ‘two days’....
Musharraf briefs Annan on S. Asia
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf held a meeting with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the United Nations headquarters on Thursday. During the meeting, they discussed issues pertaining...
‘Baglihar issue being pursued’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Minster for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi said on Thursday that the design of Baglihar dam, being constructed by India on River Chenab in held Kashmir, violated...
NFC: 48pc offered to provinces
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The federal government on Thursday proposed a new formula envisaging 48 per cent share of the divisible pool for provinces, saying that the additional burden of higher petroleum prices had made it impossible to concede more....
Noise, walkout mar Senate session: Row over presiding officer persists
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Opposition parties shouted out another day in the Senate on Thursday as political rivals failed to convince each other in an unprecedented row over the legality of a presiding officer named to stand in for the house chairman....
5-day week proposed to reduce oil consumption
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The government has directed the ministry of petroleum and the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to examine the impact of a proposal to observe two holidays a week to reduce oil consumption....
POL prices
KARACHI, Sept 15: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) on Thursday kept the prices of petrol and other petroleum products unchanged for the fortnight starting from September 16, 2005....
Tehran offers N-technology to Muslim countries
TEHRAN, Sept 15: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his country was ready to share its nuclear technology with Muslim nations. The president made the offer on the sidelines of...
Vote against Iran unlikely
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15: Washington and the European Union may lack the votes next week to haul Iran before the UN Security Council for breaching its nonproliferation obligations, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said....
Suicide bombers kill 24 Iraqi policemen
BAGHDAD, Sept 15: Suicide bombers killed 24 policemen in Baghdad on Thursday. Three blasts in the southern district of Doura, which also wounded 21 people, dealt another blow to the Iraqi...
Indian fireworks inferno leaves 32 dead
PATNA, Sept 15: At least 32 people including children were killed Thursday when a blaze at an eastern Indian fireworks factory set off explosions so powerful that the building collapsed, an official said....
Five killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 15: Suspected rebels shot dead four people in occupied Kashmir while another man was killed in crossfire between militants and troops, police said on Thursday....
Mumbai-Dubai ferry via Karachi likely
KARACHI, Sept 15: The federal government has issued a licence for a ferry service linking Mumbai, Karachi and Dubai. This was announced by the federal Minister for Ports and Shipping, Senator Babar Khan Ghauri, here on Thursday....
No timetable for pullout: Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15: Home-grown units could replace some of the foreign troops in Iraq by the end of this month, but no timetable exists for a pullout of US-led forces, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Thursday....
Deployment for polls in Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept 15: Afghanistan would deploy about 100,000 troops and police for this weekend’s landmark elections, the interior minister said on Thursday amid fears of attacks by militants loyal to the ousted Taliban regime....
Explosive seized at border
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Sept 15: The political authorities on Thursday seized explosive material and foreign-made fabrics from a minibus at the border with Afghanistan in Torkhum....
US climbers scale Nanga Parbat
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: A climbing expedition from the United States has conquered the treacherous Nanga Parbat from a new, steep route, according to reports available here on Thursday....
NEW YORK, Sept 15: The third summit meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday ended without any breakthrough on troops’ withdrawal from occupied Kashmir....
TEHRAN, Sept 15: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his country was ready to share its nuclear technology with Muslim nations. The president made the offer on the sidelines of...
KABUL, Sept 15: Afghanistan would deploy about 100,000 troops and police for this weekend’s landmark elections, the interior minister said on Thursday amid fears of attacks by militants loyal to the ousted Taliban regime....
