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| December 04, 2007 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 23, 1428 |
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BB, Nawaz agree to act in unison : • Fair polls deemed unlikely • Committee to draft charter of demands
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Pre-election politics on Monday took yet another dramatic turn as former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif decided to bury the hatchet on the issue of general...
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Nawaz’s papers rejected
LARHOE / ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: A returning officer rejected on Monday nomination papers of former prime minister and PML (N) leader Nawaz Sharif for NA-120 on the grounds that he had been convicted in two cases....
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Gul urges help for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Monday urged the international community to adopt a ‘constructive’ attitude towards Pakistan in its present difficult period....
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Swat valley almost clear of militants
MINGORA, Dec 3: Security forces claimed on Monday to have found a huge arms cache in a school in Swat. They also said that a militant commander had been arrested in Shangla district....
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Balochistan seminary blast kills six students
QUETTA, Dec 3: Six students of a seminary near Qila Saifullah were killed and four others injured in a bomb blast on Monday....
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US ambassador denied access to Aitzaz
LAHORE, Dec 3: United States Ambassador Anne W. Patterson cast doubts about the sincerity of the government to hold free and fair elections after she was denied access to Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan here on Monday....
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Oil price freeze to cost Rs101bn
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The government estimates that a continuous freeze on oil prices despite hike in the international market would cost an additional Rs101 billion to the exchequer during the current financial year....
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Spanish court drops probe against Benazir
MADRID, Dec 3: A Spanish court has dropped a money laundering probe investigating PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, Spanish media reported on Monday....
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Official team in US to win support for Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Dec 3: While the Foreign Office in Islamabad is busy denying US media’s claim that religious extremists are about to grab Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, an official Pakistani delegation currently visiting the United States is busy reinforcing such fears....
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Journalists’ protest in Washington
WASHINGTON, Dec 3: US and Pakistani journalists protested outside the White House on Sunday evening to press for their demands for the restoration of the judiciary and a free media in Pakistan....
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Indian troops in Siachen battle corruption
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Known as the world’s highest battlefield, the disputed Siachen glacier has become a scourge for the Indian army even in peacetime as news surfaced on Monday that...
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CD, barber shops blown up
PESHAWAR, Dec 3: A CD shop and a barber shop were blown up in the Sheikh Mohammadzai area on Monday, police said....
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Sudan pardons British teacher
KHARTOUM, Dec 3: A British woman jailed in Sudan for insulting the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was released on Monday hours after being granted a presidential pardon....
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Steps urged to meet climate challenge
BALI, Dec 3: Pakistan on Monday called upon the developed countries to fulfil their commitments to urgently and effectively meet the challenges of climate change and global warming....
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Court stays execution of Pakistani
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: India’s Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to a Pakistani national and Lashkar-i-Taiba militant, Mohammad Afshaq, for the Red Fort attack in...
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Iran stopped N-work in ’03: US report
WASHINGTON, Dec 3: An official US intelligence report released on Monday said that Iran halted work on its nuclear weapon programme in 2003 and was unable to make a bomb in the near future....
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President Gul meets leaders of opposition parties
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Monday discussed the political situation in the country with reference to the coming general election with Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan...
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BNP(M) to back APDM decision
QUETTA, Dec 3: The Balochistan National Party (Mengal) on Monday called upon all opposition parties to boycott the elections held under the Musharraf government....
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