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Saboteurs will fail, says Musharraf: Rockets fired during president’s Kohlu visit
KOHLU (Balochistan), Dec 14: Vowing continued focus on development of remote areas, President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Wednesday, “saboteurs and anti-development elements cannot deter the process of socio-economic progress as the masses want to move forward.”...
New UN move to raise funds for survivors
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14: In a bid to raise funds to provide shelter for Pakistanis who have been displaced by the massive earthquake that struck in October and the Zimbabweans who...
Bush senior ‘UN envoy for quake relief’
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to appoint former US president George Bush Sr as his special envoy for Pakistan relief operations, sources told Dawn on Wednesday....
MMA joins PPP in NA walkout: Telecom bill adopted
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) for the first time on Wednesday joined a protest walkout in favour of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto initiated by PPP lawmakers....
Ecnec approves Rs183.6bn projects
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Wednesday approved 29 development projects with an estimated cost of Rs183.6 billion....
Use of force against Iran opposed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: Pakistan is against use of force against Iran over its nuclear programme and wants the issue to be settled amicably, says Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri....
Reports of Pakistanis’ abduction in Athens rejected
ATHENS, Dec 14: The Greek public order minister on Wednesday strongly denied claims that a number of Pakistani immigrants were abducted and interrogated in Athens after the July bomb attacks in London, arguing that the whole affair was a “big misunderstanding”....
Hospital rape case accused exonerated
LAHORE, Dec 14: Police investigation has exonerated the Mayo Hospital surgeon from rape charges levelled against him by a Kashmiri quake survivor on Dec 7. This was disclosed by Lahore Investigation...
Bugti supports Sindh, NWFP on Kalabagh
QUETTA, Dec 14: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has supported the stand of nationalist parties of Sindh and the NWFP on the Kalabagh issue. Talking to newsmen in Dera Bugti on Wednesday, he said though the controversial dam would neither benefit nor harm the interest of Balochistan,...
Iraqis go to polls today with country almost locked
BAGHDAD, Dec 14: Iraq ground to a halt on Wednesday with sweeping security measures enforced on the eve of a landmark election aimed at restoring full sovereignty and stability to the turbulent country....
Paper highlights need for shelters
WASHINGTON, Dec 14: The Washington Post and the Voice of America (VoA) have detailed the relief and rehabilitation work under way in earthquake stricken areas of Pakistan and the need for shelter and funds....
Holocaust — a myth, says Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, Dec 14: Iran’s firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a fresh attack against Israel on Wednesday, dismissing the Holocaust as a ‘myth’ and saying the Jewish state should be moved as far away as Alaska....
Gujarat riots: 11 jailed, 18 acquitted
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: Eleven people were jailed for life by an Indian court on Wednesday for killing 11 men, women and children in the 2002 massacre in Gujarat state. The court in Godhra acquitted 18 others in the same case for lack of evidence....
Top militant arrested in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Dec 14: The law enforcers on Tuesday arrested Ataur Rahman Sunny, top military commander of the banned Islamist organization Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh. Sunny, brother of the supreme commander and spiritual...
Irsa meeting on barrage closure today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: An inter-provincial meeting of the Indus River System Authority to finalize strategy to provide water to Sindh and Balochistan from Punjanad head-works is being held on Thursday (Dec 15)....
EU to collect anti-terror data: law passed
STRASBOURG (France), Dec 14: The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted new rules drawn up by the European Union to store phone and Internet data for up to two years to fight terrorism and other serious crime....
Nato relief work to end by Jan 20: spokesman
BAGH, Dec 14: Nato Forces Bagh Communication Officer on Wednesday said relief work in the affected areas would be completed by Jan 20. “We have no political objective behind it and...
US lauds efforts against terror
NEW YORK, Dec 14: Expressing appreciation of Pakistan government’s efforts in dealing with terrorists, the White House said on Wednesday that the United States is getting ‘good cooperation’ from Islamabad....
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BAGHDAD, Dec 14: Iraq ground to a halt on Wednesday with sweeping security measures enforced on the eve of a landmark election aimed at restoring full sovereignty and stability to the turbulent country....
DHAKA, Dec 14: The law enforcers on Tuesday arrested Ataur Rahman Sunny, top military commander of the banned Islamist organization Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh. Sunny, brother of the supreme commander and spiritual...
