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Musharraf denies making insensitive remarks
NEW YORK, Sept 16: President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that he was not so insensitive that he would blame rape victim for exploiting their ordeal, as reported by a US newspaper....
Musharraf, Ahmadinejad discuss ties
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Iranian President Ahmadinejad held talks here on Friday at the UN, covering the ‘whole range’ of bilateral relations....
Troops move to border with Afghanistan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 16: Seven battalions of regular troops backed by helicopters moved to Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Friday, officials said. Some 5,000 fresh troops left a military base in Miramshah, the North Waziristan Agency’s headquarters, and headed towards the border....
Candidate shot dead in Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept 16: Less than 48 hours before Afghanistan’s first parliamentary polls for a generation, Taliban rebels said on Friday they had killed another election candidate and called on Afghans not to vote....
No let-up in Senate row over chair
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The Senate went through the third day of a noisy row over the legality of its presiding officer on Friday before recessing for a two-day weekend and seemed...
Walkouts impede NA business
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The National Assembly, which resumed its proceedings after a two-day recess on Friday, failed to dispose of the scheduled legislative business owing to walkouts by the combined opposition and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal....
Mufti Sayeed invited
NEW YORK Sept 16: President Pervez Musharraf has invited Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to Pakistan, a well informed official here told Dawn on Friday....
Atmosphere congenial for Kashmir solution: Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, Sep 16: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that present atmosphere is congenial for resolution of longstanding Kashmir issue. In an interview with an Indian TV channel, the minister...
HR activists plan demo in NY
NEW YORK, Sept 16: Hundreds of South Asian women, international human rights activists and their supporters are expected to hold a rally on Saturday for women’s rights Pakistan in front of the Roosevelt Hotel where President Musharraf is staying....
India claims arrested Pakistani is a spy
NEW DELHI, Sept 16: Indian police said on Friday they had arrested a Pakistani on spying charges after military papers were recovered relating to a clash between the two South Asian nuclear rivals in 1999....
Pakistan, China agree to strengthen military ties
BEIJING, Sept. 16: General Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission and Chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), held talks with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Ehsan Ul Haq....
‘Bush wants Iraq pullout’
NEW YORK, Sept 16: President Pervez Musharraf advised the international community on Friday to focus on seeking a resolution to the Iraq dispute instead of criticizing President Bush’s decision to invade that country....
Bush accepts blame for flawed response: Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 16: President George Bush on Thursday accepted blame for the US government’s flawed response to Hurricane Katrina in a nationally televised speech here, and promised one of the...
11 killed in Iraq suicide attack
BAGHDAD, Sept 16: A suicide car bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque north of Baghdad on Friday, killing 11 and wounding 21, the latest attack in a three-day surge of violence that has killed more than 200 people....
Israel plans no-man’s land near Gaza
JERUSALEM, Sept 16: Israel said on Friday it was considering creating a no man’s land to the north of the Gaza Strip to bolster security after its pullout in a move set only to further isolate the impoverished Palestinian territory....
Scrutiny of papers for 3rd phase begins
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The scrutiny of nomination papers for the third phase of the local government election began on Friday. During this phase, election to the posts of zila nazim, tehsil/town...
Ahmadinejad meets Annan, E-3 leaders
UNITED NATIONS Sept 16: Iran’s nuclear plans and the situation in neighbouring Iraq topped the agenda during talks between Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday evening....
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday ruled out the possibility of starting trade with Israel. Speaking at a press conference in the Parliament House, he said the purpose...
