Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Two outlaws, three troops killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 2: Pre-dawn rocket attacks on military posts and a camp in the North Waziristan Agency killed three soldiers and wounded six others, officials said on Sunday....
Aziz emphasizes conflict resolution
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed the need for resolving outstanding disputes in the Middle East and Kashmir and said that President Pervez Musharraf’s concept of enlightened moderation could assist such a process....
Rise in bilateral trade pledged
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2: The prime ministers of Pakistan and Malaysia on Sunday reiterated their desire for strengthening bilateral economic ties and hoped the volume of two-way trade would rapidly increase to mutual advantage of the two countries....
WB expert studies Baglihar design
NEW DELHI, Oct 2: World Bank-appointed Swiss neutral expert Raymond Lafitte on Sunday began inspecting the dam design and “peripheral setup” of the 450-MW controversial Baglihar hydel project in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian news reports said....
Power rate issue gets tricky
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The federal government is facing serious difficulties in separating and revising the electricity tariff for distribution companies of Wapda because it would have to provide a minimum of...
Irsa advisory body meets on Tuesday: Water shortage sharing plan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: A meeting of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) advisory committee will convene on Tuesday to consider Sindh’s demand for implementation of the 1991 water accord for sharing...
Punjab CM violating LB law, says Malik
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Senior vice-president of the Pakistan Muslim League Lt-Gen Majid Malik (rtd) on Sunday accused the Punjab chief minister of violating the local body law and PML central executive...
Petroleum price hike widely condemned: Transporters threaten strike
KARACHI, Oct 2: Amid widespread condemnation by political and religious parties, as well as social organizations, of the increase in fuel prices on the eve of Ramazan, transporters have announced a two-day wheel-jam strike starting Tuesday (Oct 4)....
CNG kit prices shoot up
KARACHI, Oct 2: The skyrocketing oil prices have prompted the rates of compressed natural gas kits to jump by 65 per cent, a survey of the market by Dawn shows....
‘Suicide bombers behind Bali blasts’
BALI (Indonesia), Oct 2: Suicide bombers were behind the three attacks in Bali which killed as many as 26 people and wounded 122, the island’s police chief said on Sunday....
Two US marines held, claims Al Qaeda
DUBAI, Oct 2: Al Qaeda said on Sunday it had captured two US marines in western Iraq and issued a 24-hour ultimatum to US forces to release female Sunni prisoners, a statement posted on a Web site said on Sunday....
Militant commander killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: Indian troops said on Sunday they had shot dead a senior rebel commander in held Kashmir, terming it a ‘major success in the fight against insurgency’ in the state....
4 Pakistanis hanged in Kuwait
KUWAIT, Oct 2: Kuwait on Sunday publicly hanged four Pakistanis convicted of smuggling heroin into the country in 2002, state news agency KUNA said....
Suspected bomb plotter arrested
DHAKA, Oct 2: Security forces in Bangladesh have arrested Mufti Abdul Hannan, accused of leading the Bangladesh chapter of the Islamist militant group Harkatul Jihad, police said on Sunday....
Riyadh denies secret talks with London
RIYADH, Oct 2: Saudi Arabia denied on Sunday holding secret talks with Britain to buy Eurofighter Typhoon jets but said Britain was one of several countries which have expressed an interest in supplying planes to the kingdom....
OIC condemns attack
JEDDAH, Oct 2: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) denounced on Sunday the deadly bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali as terrorist acts which contradict Islamic teachings....
Israeli forces suspend offensive in Gaza
JERUSALEM, Oct 2: Israel suspended an offensive against militants in the Gaza Strip, including targeted killings, as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas agreed on Sunday to meet in the near future....
>
Founder: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Foreign ministers of Pakistan and India are all set to hold the second round of all-encompassing talks here on Monday amid guarded optimism of some forward movement on Siachen and Sir Creek issues....
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed the need for resolving outstanding disputes in the Middle East and Kashmir and said that President Pervez Musharraf’s concept of enlightened moderation could assist such a process....
