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Pressure on Asif, Nawaz to work with president
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Western envoys in Islamabad continued on Friday what seemed to be hectic contacts with the leaders of parties that won last Monday’s elections amid mounting worries about President Pervez Musharraf’s political future....
Musharraf has a role in new set-up: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has warned not to make the assumption that President Pervez Musharraf will have no role in a future administrative set-up in Pakistan....
PPP-MQM embrace on the cards
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI, Feb 22: The Zardari House in Islamabad remained the centre of political activities on Friday and a number of key political players, including two allies of President Pervez...
Joint search for oil in Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Have geologists from India and Pakistan joined hands to explore oil in Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan?...
Asif for close economic ties with India
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has said that there is great potential for Pakistan and India to further strengthen their socio-economic ties....
CJ defuses tension between PHC judges, lawyers
PESHAWAR, Feb 22: A tussle between lawyers and Peshawar High Court judges is likely to end soon after Chief Justice Mohammad Raza Khan ordered on Friday the unsealing of bar rooms,...
EU calls for early govt formation
BRUSSELS, Feb 22: The European Union urged Pakistan on Friday to move quickly to form a new government and called for the immediate release of political prisoners....
C’Wealth praises peaceful election
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has welcomed the ‘fair and peaceful general election’ held in Pakistan....
Accord for attacks by pilotless planes: NYT
NEW YORK, Feb 22: American officials are reported to have reached a quiet agreement with Pakistani leadership to step up secret air strikes against suspected terrorists....
HRW seeks release of judges, lawyers
NEW YORK, Feb 22: The Human Rights Watch on Friday called on the leaders of Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N to make commitment that the government they will form...
Bride among 13 killed in Matta blast
SWAT, Feb 22: A bride and 12 other people were killed when one of the vehicles being used by a wedding party was hit by a roadside bomb near Sarbanda in Matta tehsil here on Friday....
Indian court not to hasten Kashmiri’s hanging
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: India’s Supreme Court decided on Friday that it could not issue directives to expedite the execution of Kashmiri convict Mohammad Afzal Guru who it had found guilty...
Iran cooperating but doubts remain: IAEA
VIENNA, Feb 22: The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday that Iran was being more transparent about its nuclear programme but doubts remained about whether it was entirely for peaceful purposes....
Talks on treaty to ban cluster bombs fail
WELLINGTON, Feb 22: More than 120 nations trying to negotiate a treaty banning most cluster bombs failed to reach an agreement in talks that ended on Friday here but achieved good progress, officials said....
Move to separate coal mining, power generation in Thar
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The government is reported to have been convinced that integrated coal mining and power production in Thar is not possible and, therefore, it should proceed with coal mining...
Pipeline blast
QUETTA, Feb 22: Gas supply to the Sui purification plant was suspended after a pipeline linking it with Loti field was blown up on Friday....
Turkey moves troops into N. Iraq against Kurds
ANKARA, Feb 22: Turkish ground troops crossed into northern Iraq in their hunt for Kurdish PKK rebels, the military said on Friday, describing the start of a campaign one report said could last 15 days....
Sadr extends ceasefire
BAGHDAD, Feb 22: Cleric Moqtada Al Sadr extended a ceasefire by his Mehdi Army militia for six months on Friday....
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ANKARA, Feb 22: Turkish ground troops crossed into northern Iraq in their hunt for Kurdish PKK rebels, the military said on Friday, describing the start of a campaign one report said could last 15 days....
