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Musharraf backs new initiatives, claims Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, Dec 9: All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Friday that President Gen Pervez Mushrraf had assured him of Islamabad’s support for the idea of ‘united...
LoC unaffected by landslides: Farooq
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 9: Chief Relief Commissioner Major-General Farooq Ahmad Khan has made it clear that there was no confusion about the status of Line of Control (LoC) as a result of landslides....
Forward bloc party’s internal issue: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday sided with ruling Pakistan Muslim League chief Chaudhry Shujaat Husain in the wake of a call from the so-called forward bloc in the party for resignation of PML’s central and Punjab presidents....
PML forward bloc demands president’s intervention: Chaudhrys urged to quit posts
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: In their first show of strength, members of the so-called forward bloc in the ruling Pakistan Muslim League called on the party’s president, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, and Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi to quit their party offices....
Thursday’s scuffle between MNAs hits session
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Almost the entire National Assembly sitting on Friday was wasted in suspension as negotiators failed to resolve a previous day’s scuffle between two opposition members, and the government seemed aiming to fuel the row....
Waziristan ‘Taliban’ kill two ‘extortionists’
MIRAMSHAH, Dec 9: Local militants, known as Taliban here, killed two more ‘extortionists’ and hung their decapitated bodies upside down on pylons. The victims, both Afghan refugees, were members of the...
ICRC raises its funding requirement by 10pc
GENEVA, Dec 9: Armed conflicts worldwide and the relief effort following the earthquake in Pakistan are forcing the International Committee of the Red Cross to raise its funding needs for next...
‘Democratic transition suffers setback’
NEW YORK, Dec 9: The promise of democratic transition by the military government has suffered a setback as the army dominates major reconstruction projects in the quake-affected areas, a US newspaper said....
NY paramedics returning to Kashmir
NEW YORK, Dec 9: The New York paramedics who rushed to the earthquake-ravaged areas of Pakistan immediately following reports of devastation caused by the disaster plan to return to Kashmir, a leader of the team said on Thursday....
24m euros EC grant accord signed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The European Commission will provide a grant of 24 million euros to Pakistan next year under its National Indicative Programme. An agreement was signed here on Friday by...
‘Al Qaeda-Iraq link testimony coerced’
WASHINGTON, Dec 9: A top Al Qaeda suspect whose testimony was used in part to justify the invasion of Iraq, has said his statements linking Baghdad to Al Qaeda were false...
IAEA warns against strike on Iran
OSLO, Dec 9: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, on Friday said the international community was losing patience with Iran over its nuclear programme but cautioned against using military action....
Delhi defies court over reservations
NEW DELHI, Dec 9: The Indian government says it plans to defy the Supreme Court and press ahead with a controversial measure to reserve private college places for students from low-caste or poor backgrounds....
Bulgarian troops to leave Iraq
SOFIA, Dec 9: Bulgaria will withdraw its 334-strong light infantry battalion from Iraq by the end of the year and after Iraqi parliamentary elections on Dec 15, Defence Minister Veselin Bliznakov said on Friday....
Quake delays democracy in Islamabad: National Assembly told
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Last October’s earthquake crumbled not just the Margalla Towers but, it seems, also the hopes that the capital city would get an elected administration any time soon....
Anti-aircraft gun seized
QUETTA, Dec 9: Police seized an anti-aircraft gun and arrested a man from a house near the airport here on Friday. Speaking at a press conference here, SSP Ghulam Mohammad...
Pakistan to preside over review conference
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Masood Khan, has been designated as the president of the sixth review conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) to be held in December 2006....
Senate body to probe tent scandal
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The senate standing committee on textile industry on Thursday constituted a sub-committee to probe the alleged non-observance of transparency and quality in the manufacturing of tents for the quake victims....
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