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Rain, snow halt relief flights
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Rains and winter’s first snowfall hit the earthquake-devastated areas of Azad Kashmir and the North- West Frontier Province on Sunday, halting relief helicopter flights and bringing feared chill that could cause more deaths....
Decision on two offices after 2007 elections
LAHORE, Nov 27: President Pervez Musharraf would take a decision about giving up one of the two offices he was holding at present after the 2007 general elections, his spokesman said on Sunday....
Two F-16s reaching this week
WASHINGTON, Nov 27: Two F-16 fighter jets will be flown to Pakistan this week as part of a deal between Washington and Islamabad while a P-3C Orion aircraft has already been delivered to the Pakistan Navy, US sources told Dawn....
‘No loan offered at 0.5pc rate’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The Group-7 of leading international donors is facing internal differences over the disbursement of over $6 billion funds for reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in Pakistan’s earthquake-hit areas, it has been learnt....
India sees Pakistan’s hand in killing
NEW DELHI, Nov 27: India’s National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has alleged that Pakistan has a hand in the killing of an Indian worker in Afghanistan after he was taken hostage there by the Taliban, The Hindu reported on Sunday....
Benazir says govt offered to freeze cases against her
LONDON, Nov 27: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Sunday the government had offered to ‘freeze’ cases against her if she promised to quit politics....
Strong quake kills 10 in south Iran
TEHRAN, Nov 27: Ten people were killed and 50 injured when an earthquake razed mud-brick villages on the Gulf island of Qeshm off Iran’s south coast on Sunday, officials and state media said....
Rocket attack leaves Afghan official dead
KHOST, Nov 27: An Afghan intelligence official was killed and several government buildings were damaged in a rocket attack by suspected Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday....
Chechnya votes as Kremlin pushes to ‘normality’
GROZNY, Nov 27: Voters in war-ravaged Chechnya cast ballots on Sunday in their first parliamentary elections in eight years, billed by the Kremlin as a milestone in restoring normal life but already dismissed by rights groups as a fake....
Democracy report irks McKinnon
VALLETTA (Malta), Nov 27: Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon on Sunday strongly reacted to media reports about his remarks that he viewed democracy as anything other than the cornerstone of the Commonwealth....
S. Asians to benefit from new US bill
NEW YORK, Nov 27: A bill being co-sponsored by United States Senator Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, that will permit undocumented (illegal) immigrants who grew up in the US to become legal citizens may help hundreds of South Asian students, particularly Pakistanis....
Suu Kyi’s detention extended
YANGON, Nov 27: Myanmar’s military junta has extended opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s period of house arrest for another 12 months, a Home Ministry source said on Sunday....
Iran says fresh talks offered by EU
TEHRAN/BARCELONA, Nov 27: Britain, France and Germany agreed on Sunday to hold talks with Iran on resuming negotiations on the Tehran’s nuclear programme, which broke down in August, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said....
Malaysia to give $1.2m for reconstruction
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27: Malaysia has pledged to contribute at least $1.2 million for reconstruction efforts in the earthquake-hit areas of Pakistan, news reports said on Sunday....
Quake areas hits by mild tremors
PESHAWAR, Nov 27: An earthquake of mild intensity was felt in the towns of Balakot and Mansehra at 18:00 hours on Sunday. According to preliminary analysis of the meteorological station in Peshawar, the earthquake measured 4.4...
Road accidents trigger violence in Karachi
KARACHI, Nov 27: Two persons, including a woman, died and four others were injured in two road accidents within a short span of time in Liaquatabad, triggering law and order situation...
Arrest warrants against editor issued
GILGIT, Nov 27: Northern Areas Chief Court Registrar Mir Jameelur Rahman has issued arrest warrant for the editor of a local weekly for not appearing before the court in connection with an article printed in his weekly last month....
Founder: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
TEHRAN, Nov 27: Ten people were killed and 50 injured when an earthquake razed mud-brick villages on the Gulf island of Qeshm off Iran’s south coast on Sunday, officials and state media said....
