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Australia hopeful of Kashmir settlement
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Tuesday appreciated the progress that Pakistan and India had made in their composite dialogue over the past three-four years and expressed the...
Unanimity of views on major issues: Howard meets Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: President General Pervez Musharraf and Australian Prime Minister John Howard held a 45-minute meeting on Tuesday and expressed unanimity of views on major international issues....
Senate approves new contempt of court bill
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The Senate on Tuesday passed new contempt of court law before the opposition and the treasury benches engaged in another bout over how the state machinery handled last month’s earthquake disaster....
Annan asks survivors to leave mountains
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appealed to the people living in the high mountains in the earthquake affected areas of Kashmir valley, to come down “so that we can look after them”....
Nato troops find children’s bodies in rubble
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The grim task of recovering childrens’ bodies is far from over for Nato engineers helping the relief effort in northern Pakistan more than six weeks after the earthquake struck....
Communists seek Kashmir solution
NEW DELHI, Nov 22: India’s main communist party called on Wednesday for an urgent resolution of the Kashmir dispute but ruled out any solution that was based on a religious division...
India urged to consider idea ‘with open mind’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Pakistan on Tuesday urged India to consider with “an open mind” its proposals on demilitarization and self-governance in Kashmir. Reacting swiftly to the unenthusiastic and negative feedback of...
Poverty, inflation dismay IMF
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over widespread poverty, high inflation, widening of the current account and budget deficits, continued power sector’s drain on budget and stagnation in Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio....
ICG terms local polls ‘deeply flawed’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The government in Pakistan distorted its own devolution plan by manipulating the recent local bodies’ elections to weaken the mainstream opposition parties and control parliament and the presidency in 2007 and beyond....
High alert in Pakistan, China on terror fax
RAWALPINDI, Nov 22: Law enforcement agencies and immigration authorities have been put on high alert in Pakistan and China after a fax message was received by the consulate-general of China in...
Germany has first woman chancellor
BERLIN, Nov 22: Angela Merkel became Germany’s first woman and youngest post-war chancellor on Tuesday, ending months of political uncertainty and ushering in a fragile new coalition of left and right that must prove it can revive Europe’s biggest economy....
Taliban claim killing Indian
KANDAHAR, Nov 22: A purported spokesman for the Taliban said on Tuesday the group had killed an Indian roadworker they kidnapped at the weekend, but authorities could not confirm the claim....
Proper building code urged for reconstruction
LONDON, Nov 22: The British Department for International Development (DFID) has suggested to the relevant authorities to incorporate proper building codes in post-earthquake reconstruction in Pakistan....
Deportation snag keeps man in jail
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 22: Nasir Qureshi, a Pakistani national has been in a Houston detention facility for a year and a half with no pending criminal charges against him but no prospect for release, the Houston Chronicle reported on Tuesday....
Blair’s expulsion threat to ‘fanatics’
LONDON, Nov 22: British prime minister Tony Blair issued a stern expulsion warning to fanatics posing threat to the United Kingdon, as he faced questions before a Liaison Committee of the House of Commons....
US sailors adopt AJK village
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: American sailors on Tuesday adopted Miani Bandi village adjacent to the Muzaffarabad airport as part of the US support to relief efforts....
Jolie, Pitt to visit quake-hit areas
GENEVA, Nov 22: Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who have been romantically linked, plan to visit quake survivors in northern Pakistan in coming days....
Poultry import from seven countries banned
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Pakistan on Tuesday imposed a ban on import of poultry products from seven more countries as a precautionary measure against any outbreak of avian flu in the country....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Tuesday appreciated the progress that Pakistan and India had made in their composite dialogue over the past three-four years and expressed the...
