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Rafsanjani: Benazir failed to control Taliban
TEHRAN, Nov 25: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto expressed her helplessness vis a vis fundamentalists in Pakistan when Iranian leader Hashmi Rafsanjani told her not to support the Taliban, because her...
Friendship will remain intact: Hu
LAHORE, Nov 25: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday declared that the Sino-Pakistan traditional strategic partnership would remain intact under all circumstances....
Siachen issue resolution needs political will: Kasuri
NEW DELHI, Nov 25: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri arrived here on a private visit on Saturday, igniting speculation on a range of issues between India and Pakistan, which he could...
‘150 BNP-M workers arrested’
QUETTA, Nov 25: More than 150 workers of the Balochistan National Party have been arrested all over the province, including Khuzdar, Kalat, Gwadar, Pasni, Turbat, Jewani, Ormara, Panjgur, Nushki....
Eight kidnapped in Fata
PARACHINAR, Nov 25: Armed men raided a cluster of houses in Khafyanga, Lower Kurram Agency, on Friday night and kidnapped eight people, residents and officials said....
Pakistan, China agree to improve economic ties
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Pakistan and China have agreed to forge closer economic and trade ties besides promoting cooperation in agriculture, manufacturing, infrastructure, mineral, energy, information and communication technology, education and technical sectors....
Democrats hint at shift in Iraq policy
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: Democrats on Saturday promised to help ‘forge a new direction’ in Iraq when they take control of the US Congress in January from President George Bush’s Republicans....
Hamas warns of fresh uprising
GAZA CITY, Nov 25: The Hamas warned Israel on Saturday of a third uprising if it failed with the United States and Europe to make progress towards a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders....
Washington working on Iraq summit
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: President George W. Bush, when he meets Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Jordan on Thursday, will propose calling a summit of Arab states to halt bloodletting in Iraq, official said....
Dr Khan in good health, says ISPR
RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: Dr Abdul Qadeer has satisfactorily recovered from prostate cancer surgery as the minor complication has been overcome with medical treatment....
Pakistani jailed in UK for speed camera scam
LONDON, Nov 25: Mr Nawaz Sharif, not the former prime minister but a namesake, was jailed for five years here for masterminding a speed camera scam which made him a millionaire....
Cooperation with Russia increasing, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the recent interaction with the Russian leadership has resulted in enhanced cooperation between the two countries in several areas including railways, construction, energy and tourism....
BD govt to probe meeting of officials with Khaleda’s party
DHAKA, Nov 25: The Bangladesh caretaker government has decided to investigate a secret meeting of a section of retired and in-service bureaucrats allegedly hosted by a BNP leader on Friday....
France was involved in genocide: Rwanda
PARIS, Nov 25: Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Saturday repeated accusations that France was implicated in his country’s 1994 genocide in a television interview one day after Rwanda broke off diplomatic ties with its former ally....
Two Chinese engineers, worker killed
CHAKWAL, Nov 25: Two Chinese engineers were killed while working at a private cement plant here on Saturday, police said....
Taliban detain two Pakistani journalists
KABUL, Nov 25: The Taliban in Afghanistan said on Saturday they were holding two Pakistani journalists because they had not been carrying travel documents....
Four soldiers among six killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, India, Nov 25: Four Indian soldiers and two Islamic militants were killed in a fierce gun battle in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, the army said on Saturday....