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Pakistan not to resume N-tests first, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Pakistan on Monday declared that it would not be the first country in the region to resume nuclear testing. “In our region we are committed not to be the first country to resume nuclear testing. This is a solemn commitment,” Foreign Office spokesman Naeem Khan categorically stated on Monday...
Six Stinger missiles seized
PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The paramilitary Frontier Corps has seized six US-made Stinger missiles and a huge cache of arms and ammunitions dumped in a compound in Mohammad Gath area of Mohmand Agency and arrested an accused....
Iran, Tajikistan offer to supply electricity
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Iran and Tajikistan have offered to substantially help Pakistan in meeting its growing energy requirements in the absence of any decision on big dams....
Musharraf asks League leaders to end rifts
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: President Pervez Musharraf has called upon leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League to shun their internal differences and make the party more vibrant in order to promote democratic norms....
KESC sale approved
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The cabinet committee on privatisation (CCOP) on Monday approved the sale of 73 per cent stake along with management control of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) to...
US urges close coordination to tackle terror threat
KABUL, Sept 26: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States must cooperate much more closely if they are to deal with the threat posed by militants, President George W....
Bush to visit Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: President George W. Bush will visit Pakistan on the invitation of President Pervez Musharraf, US ambassador Ruan C. Crocker said here on Monday....
Aziz to visit Washington in November
WASHINGTON, Sept 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to the United States, already postponed twice, has now been rescheduled for Nov 1, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
10 devotees die in accidents
MULTAN, Sept 26: At least 10 devotees coming from Sehwan, two of them children and five women, were killed and over 30 others injured near the Shah Rukn-i-Alam shrine in two identical accidents on Monday....
US offers N-fuel to stop proliferation
VIENNA, Sept 26: The United States said on Monday it would provide nuclear reactor fuel to countries that refrain from enriching uranium in an effort to prevent the process from being used to make atomic weapons....
Iran threatens retaliation if UNSC move not reversed
TEHRAN, Sept 26: Iran on Monday threatened to restart uranium enrichment and to stop allowing UN snap inspections of its atomic facilities, if moves to send it to the UN Security Council were not reversed....
Mufti Saeed seeks restoration of Kashmir phone-link
SRINAGAR, Sept 26: Occupied Kashmir’s chief minister called on Monday for restoration of telephone links with Pakistan to further an ongoing peace process. India barred calls from occupied Kashmir to Pakistan in 1992 to thwart the insurgency in the region....
170 Muslim groups issue edict against extremism
WASHINGTON, Sept 26: North American Muslims have issued a religious edict against extremism and terrorism to prevent disgruntled Muslims who might be tempted to use their religion to justify violence, says...
Canada to help India’s nuclear programme
OTTAWA, Sept 26: Canada reversed itself on Monday and said it would supply material for India’s atomic energy programme, even though India has tested nuclear bombs in the past....
15 killed in Iraq suicide bombing, shooting
BAGHDAD, Sept 26: Gunmen dressed as policemen shot dead five teachers and a driver in their school south of Baghdad on Monday, and a suicide bomber killed 10 people when he rammed a bus full of oil ministry employees....
Helmand explosion claims four lives
KANDAHAR, Sept 26: Two civilians and two policemen were killed on Monday when a bomb ripped through their vehicle in Afghanistan, an official said. The remote-controlled device in insurgency-hit Helmand province...
PRCS gives $50,000 for Katrina victims
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) here on Monday presented a $50,000 cheque to US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C. Crocker for hurricane Katrina victims....
Ministry asked to issue driving licences to the disabled
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education Zobaida Jalal on Monday asked the Ministry of Interior to issue driving licences to the special persons in order to bring them on a par with normal people....
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PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The paramilitary Frontier Corps has seized six US-made Stinger missiles and a huge cache of arms and ammunitions dumped in a compound in Mohammad Gath area of Mohmand Agency and arrested an accused....
MULTAN, Sept 26: At least 10 devotees coming from Sehwan, two of them children and five women, were killed and over 30 others injured near the Shah Rukn-i-Alam shrine in two identical accidents on Monday....
TEHRAN, Sept 26: Iran on Monday threatened to restart uranium enrichment and to stop allowing UN snap inspections of its atomic facilities, if moves to send it to the UN Security Council were not reversed....
