Envoy to Kabul goes missing: Tariq Azizuddin feared kidnapped in Khyber Agency
LANDI KOTAL, Feb 11: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin was kidnapped along with his bodyguard and driver in Khyber tribal region’s Jamrud sub-district on Monday....
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Taliban commander Dadullah captured
QUETTA, Feb 11: Security forces captured an important Taliban commander, Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, along with five other Taliban after a gunbattle near the Afghan border on Monday....
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Army officers recalled from civil departments
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Pakistan Army on Monday called back all its serving officers from 23 civil departments, in what is being termed here as part of a plan to improve the image of the armed forces....
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Six pro-govt elders killed by suicide bomber
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 11: A suicide bomber killed six pro-government tribal elders and wounded nine others in Edak village in North Waziristan’s Mirali sub-district on Monday....
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Six security men injured in explosion
QUETTA, Feb 11: Six security men were injured in an explosion near Dera Bugti on Monday....
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Two PAEC officials kidnapped
LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 11: Two officials of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, their driver and five local men were kidnapped on Monday in Sheikh Badin area adjacent to the Lakki Marwat and Dera Ismail Khan districts....
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IRI survey sees opposition sweeping polls
WASHINGTON, Feb 11: President Pervez Musharraf’s popularity has hit an all-time low while opposition parties can have a landslide victory in the Feb 18 elections, said an opinion survey released on Monday....
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21pc less water for Rabi
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The country experienced a 21 per cent water shortage during the first five months of the current Rabi season, but Balochistan which had been exempted from a cut in share suffered more than 26 per cent shortage....
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Karachi desalination, power plant opened
KARACHI, Feb 11: President Pervez Musharraf has asked the Karachi Port Trust, Port Qasim Authority, Pakistan Steel Mills and the city and Sindh governments to set up desalination and power generation plants all over the city....
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600,000 houses being built in quake-hit areas: Project will be completed by June: Erra
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Chairman of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) Altaf M. Saleem said on Monday the rural housing programme in quake-hit areas, which once appeared to be an...
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US seeks death penalty in 9/11 case
WASHINGTON, Feb 11: The US government on Monday announced murder and war crimes charges against six suspects in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and is seeking death penalty against them....
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Kashmiris observe strike on Maqbool’s anniversary
SRINAGAR, Feb 11: Occupied Kashmir was brought to a halt by a general strike on Monday as locals marked the anniversary of the execution of a prominent freedom leader....
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East Timor president injured in assassination attempt
DILI, Feb 11: East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was seriously wounded on Monday by rebel soldiers in an assassination attempt that plunged the fledgling nation into a fresh crisis....
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Militant killed near Tank
TANK, Feb 11: A militant was killed in an exchange of fire with army troops here on Monday, reportedly when he was about to throw a hand-grenade at the soldiers....
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Taliban no threat to US, Europe: Omar
KABUL, Feb 11: The reclusive leader of the Taliban said on Monday the Islamic militia is not a threat to other countries and he called on citizens of Nato nations to pressure their governments to withdraw troops from Afghanistan....
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Indian police claim foiling attack on stock exchange
NEW DELHI, Feb 11: Police in northern India have held six alleged militants suspected of planning an attack on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), a report said on Monday....
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Senate body for restructuring of women ministry
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The Senate standing committee on women development on Monday recommended complete restructuring and revamping of the ministry of women development to make it more effective with regard to improving the lot of women in the country....
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Elections: law violation not to be tolerated
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Caretaker Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retired) Hamid Nawaz on Monday said no one would be allowed to violate the law during the election process for which all security arrangements had been put in place....
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