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Musharraf links Israel ties to Palestine state
NEW YORK, Sept 18: In the first ever address to a Jewish congregation by a Pakistani head of state, President Pervez Musharraf assured America’s powerful Jewish community that he would take...
I am not indispensable to Pakistan: Musharraf
NEW YORK, Sept 18: President Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that he was not indispensable to Pakistan and expressed the hope that the existing political system in the country would continue to function even after his departure....
‘Progress made in talks with India’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18t: India and Pakistan have made considerable progress on resolving border disputes in the Himalayan mountains and on the shores of the Arabian Sea, President Pervez Musharraf has been quoted as saying....
Iran maintains tough N-stance
TEHRAN, Sept 18: On the eve of a key meeting of the UN atomic watchdog, Iran has signalled it will never bow to Western demands to dismantle parts of its nuclear programme and is ready to face the consequences....
Centre proposes multi-factor NFC formula: Sindh’s demand accommodated
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The federal government has proposed a multi-factor formula for horizontal distribution of the net proceeds of the federal divisible pool among the provinces to finalize the seventh National Finance Commission (NFC) award, it is learnt....
Dirty water toll rises
KARACHI, Sept 18: With the death of a three-year-old boy, the toll in the waterborne epidemic outbreak in a Karachi locality rose to nine on Sunday....
Attacks fail to subdue Afghan voters
KABUL, Sept 18: Taliban fighters failed on Sunday to sabotage Afghanistan’s first legislative elections in decades, with voters braving threats and turning out in force for a ballot President Hamid Karzai called a defining moment for the nation....
Germany in political limbo after close polls
BERLIN, Sept 18: Voters plunged Germany into political limbo on Sunday, splitting their ballots between Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democrats so closely that both claimed victory....
Amendments to Iraqi constitution approved
BAGHDAD, Sept 18: Iraq’s parliament finally signed off on amendments to a much-awaited draft constitution on Sunday, paving the way for the charter to be put to a national referendum on Oct 15....
Last-ditch efforts to end N-standoff
BEIJING, Sept 18: North Korean nuclear talks entered a make-or-break day of wrangling on Sunday to strike a deal on a joint document to help resolve the deadlock, with Japan saying there was still a chance for agreement....
Pakistan buys four planes from Indonesia
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Pakistan has bought four military transport planes CASA CN-235 from Indonesia. “We have inducted all the four twin-engine planes in our transport fleet,” a PAF official told UNI....
Saudi lead likely for higher Opec output
VIENNA, Sept 18: Opec kingpin Saudi Arabia was set on Sunday to lead the oil cartel to higher production quotas despite a slight easing of crude prices, saying it was looking ahead to when the northern hemisphere would head into winter....
KGB bribed Indira’s ministers: book
NEW DELHI, Sept 18: India’s main opposition party on Sunday called for an investigation into claims made in a new book that the former Soviet Union bribed senior figures of the Indira Gandhi government during the Cold War....
Advani to step down as BJP chief in Dec
NEW DELHI, Sept 18: India’s opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani announced on Sunday he would step down from the presidency of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in December....
Free trade only after settlement of Kashmir: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday said Pakistan and India should resolve their disputes, especially the issue of Kashmir, before launching free trade with each other....
Trade minister in Delhi
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan will meet officials of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi on Monday, sources said here on Sunday.—Online...
World urged to bridge digital divide
ISLAMABAD Sept 18: Pakistan has called upon the international community to accelerate the pace of Internet intervention in bridging the digital divide and ensuring sustainable levels of prosperity for the bulk of the humanity....
Canada pledges more support for N. Areas development
GILGIT, Sept 18: Canadian Deputy Prime Minster Anne McLellan has assured continued support of her country in the socio-economic development of Northern Areas. She was addressing a gathering at the Aga Khan Girls Academy, Karimabad, in Hunza on Saturday....
NEW YORK, Sept 18: In the first ever address to a Jewish congregation by a Pakistani head of state, President Pervez Musharraf assured America’s powerful Jewish community that he would take...
KABUL, Sept 18: Taliban fighters failed on Sunday to sabotage Afghanistan’s first legislative elections in decades, with voters braving threats and turning out in force for a ballot President Hamid Karzai called a defining moment for the nation....
BERLIN, Sept 18: Voters plunged Germany into political limbo on Sunday, splitting their ballots between Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democrats so closely that both claimed victory....
