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India’s response awaited: FO: Kashmir demilitarization, self-governance
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Pakistan on Monday declared that India had taken note of its proposal on demilitarization and self-governance in Kashmir, indicating that there could be a forward movement on both proposals if New Delhi responded positively....
Protesters halt N-convoy
DANNENBERG (Germany) Nov 21: Anti-nuclear protesters repeatedly halted a controversial shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste from France on Monday bound for a temporary storage facility in northern Germany....
Chinese ships arrive for wargame
KARACHI, Nov 21: Two Chinese Navy ships arrived here on Monday to carry out first-ever joint exercise with the Pakistan Navy outside the Chinese territorial waters....
Australian premier in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Australian Prime Minister John Howard flew into Islamabad late on Monday for talks with Pakistani leaders on cooperation in the aftermath of last month’s devastating earthquake, officials said....
Treasury slated for bypassing parliament on rebuilding plan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The government came under scathing criticism in the Senate on Monday over its “delayed response” to the earthquake disaster, its act of presenting the rebuilding plan at the...
Sikandar supports Kashmir proposal
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 21: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat on Monday welcomed Pakistan’s proposal of demilitarization of Kashmir and self-governance in its divided parts. “As prime minister of this part...
Student challenges terror charge
SYDNEY, Nov 21: A Pakistani-born former medical student facing trial in Australia for training with a terrorist organisation launched a court challenge on Monday against the legality of putting him on trial for crimes allegedly committed abroad....
US denies contacting Taliban, Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: The US State Department on Monday rejected media reports that Washington is holding indirect talks with Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders as “total fabrication.”...
British engineer faces gun-running charge
LONDON, Nov 21: A British electrical engineer arrested in Afghanistan last month has been charged with gun-running, the Foreign Office in London said on Monday....
Nine more Kashmiris cross LoC
TITHWAL, Nov 21: Nine more people on Monday walked across the heavily militarized border in disputed Kashmir in a further sign of easing tensions. Indian officials said a Pakistani man and...
Kasuri leaves for Malta
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri left here for Malta to attend the meeting of the Commonwealth heads of government (CHOGM) from Nov 25-27....
Aftershock jolts northern areas
PESHAWAR, Nov 21: An aftershock from last month’s giant earthquake jolted northern Pakistan on Monday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said....
Five soldiers wounded in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 21: Three bombs exploded in Mirali Bazaar of the North Waziristan Agency on Monday, wounding five soldiers of the Frontier Corps, officials said. The three powerful blasts, going off...
Iran backs political process in Iraq
TEHRAN, Nov 21: Jalal Talabani, the first Iraqi president to visit Iran for nearly four decades, received assurances on Monday that Tehran supported its neighbour’s transition to democracy....
5 of a family killed in Iraq
BAQUBA, Nov 21: Five members of an Iraqi family, three of them children, were shot dead on Monday when US forces opened fire on their car outside a military base northeast of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said....
Sharon quits Likud as Israel heads for election
AL QUDS, Nov 21: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon unleashed a political earthquake in Israel on Monday by splitting from his Likud Party as parliament began paving the way for a general election early next year....
Self-governance New Delhi plays down idea
NEW DELHI, Nov 21: India on Monday acknowledged Pakistan’s claim of a discussion between the two prime ministers in Dhaka on the idea of self-governance for Kashmir but denied any endorsement...
Kidnappers threaten to kill Indian hostage
SPIN BOLDAK, Nov 21: Taliban have threatened to kill an Indian engineer they are holding hostage unless his company stops work in Afghanistan by Tuesday....
PM sets up parliamentary committee
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday constituted a ‘Committee of Parliamentarians’ to review the relief and rehabilitation work in the earthquake-battered areas and summoned its first meeting here on Wednesday....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
DANNENBERG (Germany) Nov 21: Anti-nuclear protesters repeatedly halted a controversial shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste from France on Monday bound for a temporary storage facility in northern Germany....
TEHRAN, Nov 21: Jalal Talabani, the first Iraqi president to visit Iran for nearly four decades, received assurances on Monday that Tehran supported its neighbour’s transition to democracy....
