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Occupied Kashmir minister shot dead
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: Held Kashmir’s junior education minister, Ghulam Nabi Lone, was shot dead in a raid on his home by militants on Tuesday in the region’s main city of Srinagar, police said....
Opposition refuses to attend briefing
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Members of opposition in the National Assembly on Tuesday refused to attend an official briefing on relief activities at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat after opposition and treasury benches...
21 MNAs, 71 MPAs suspended
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday suspended 21 members of the National Assembly and 71 provincial legislators for their failure to submit the mandatory annual statements of their assets and liabilities on time....
Export of tents banned: Plea for tetanus medicine
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Pakistan has banned the export of tents as it needs as much makeshift shelter as possible after the quake that left three million people homeless, the national disaster response chief said on Tuesday....
President pledges model villages
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday his government had planned to construct safe buildings and model villages under a reconstruction and rehabilitation programme for the earthquake-devastated areas of Azad Kashmir and the North West Frontier Province....
EU promises ‘generous’ assistance
LUXEMBOURG, Oct 18: European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday promised to help Pakistan rebuild northern areas of the country devastated by the recent earthquake. EU governments would be ”generous” in providing...
Nato allies asked to increase quake aid
BRUSSELS, Oct 18: Nato urged member states on Tuesday to come forward with helicopters and specialised forces such as construction engineers and medics to boost alliance efforts to help victims of the Kashmir earthquake....
New fleet of helicopters coming: US admiral
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Some of the 13 US helicopters engaged in relief operations in earthquake-stricken areas may be withdrawn for maintenance but 20 more helicopters would arrive this week to join...
Muslim leaders urged to reject terror
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: US President George W Bush has urged ‘all responsible Islamic leaders’ to denounce terrorism and stop terrorists from exploiting their faith. Addressing the 5th Iftar-dinner at the White...
90-ton consignment by China
BEIJING, Oct 18: China sent 90 tons of relief material, including tents and blankets, to Pakistan on Tuesday for quake victims. The China Red Cross Society and the Communist Party of China (CPC) have sent the donation....
Turkish PM to visit quake-hit areas
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit quake-hit Pakistan this week after his country took a leading role in rescue efforts, officials said on Tuesday....
Bus talks postponed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The devastating October 8 earthquake has forced Pakistan and India to postpone talks on Lahore-Amritsar bus service, which were to be held on October 25-26 in Islamabad....
ARD not invited to APC: Fahim
LAHORE, Oct 18: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) chief, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, has said that they had neither received any invitation from the government to attend the All...
Pakistani, four Americans charged with terror plot
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: A Pakistani and four Americans have been charged with plotting terror attacks on military facilities and synagogues in the United States, prosecutors said....
One killed as Mengal clans clash
QUETTA, Oct 18: One person was killed and five others were injured, two of them seriously, in an armed clash between two clans of the Mengal tribe in Wadah area, some 400km south of here, on Tuesday....
Saddam’s trial begins today
BAGHDAD, Oct 18: Saddam Hussein and seven members of his Baath party, including his half-brother, will file into a marble-lined, chandelier-hung courtroom in Baghdad on Wednesday to face the stares of five judges and the world....
US troops kill four Afghan policeman
KANDAHAR, Oct 18: US troops shot four Afghan policemen dead and wounded another after mistaking them for militants during an operation in southern Afghanistan, a senior local official said on Tuesday....
Eid likely on Nov 4: Met office
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Pakistan Meteorological Department spokesman has said that there are bright chances of sighting the Shawwal moon of the 1426 Hijri on the evening of Nov 3, subject to the confirmation by the central Ruet-i-Hilal committee....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday that Pakistan was ready to open the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir to allow the people from across the Line of...
