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Turkestan miscreants trying to harm ties, says China
ISLAMABAD, April 18: China on Friday said the Turkestan Islamic Movement, a militant separatist group in its Xinjiang province, was an ‘unfriendly’ force trying to disrupt its relations with Pakistan....
Qureshi pledges foreign, defence policies of self-respect
ISLAMABAD, April 18: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi assured the National Assembly on Friday the present government would show wisdom and self-respect in its foreign and defence policies as he rejected...
Khosa gets vote of confidence
LAHORE, April 18: The Punjab assembly on Friday reposed confidence in Chief Minister Dost Mohammad Khosa with a huge majority as the opposition boycotted the proceedings....
Graduation condition termed ‘hostile discrimination’
ISLAMABAD, April 18: The government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the condition of graduation for legislators imposed by President Pervez Musharraf in 2002 was discriminatory in nature because it...
Pakistan policy flawed, admits State Department
WASHINGTON, April 18: The US State Department said on Friday that it shares the concerns of a congressional department that the United States needs to get its Pakistan policy right....
ADB willing to finance four-nation gas project
ISLAMABAD, April 18: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is willing to invest $5 billion in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline and wants to support energy sector projects in Pakistan....
Pipeline meeting next week, says minister
ISLAMABAD, April 18: A high-level meeting will be held here next week to resolve the thorny issues which have been delaying finalisation of the four-nation $4 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline project....
$956 million US funds for infrastructure likely
WASHINGTON, April 18: The United States intends to provide $956 million to Pakistan between 2008 and 2011 as part of a comprehensive plan to expand its engagement with the country from military to civilian sectors....
Three cases of ‘suicide’ in Karachi
KARACHI, April 18: Three people committed suicide here on Friday, two of them by throwing themselves in front of moving trains....
Runaway boys reunited with families
HYDERABAD, April 18: Two boys, who ran away from home and were detained by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) after they crossed the border last week, were reunited with their families here on Friday....
UN plans summit on food crisis
UNITED NATIONS, April 18: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is expected to convene a meeting of world leaders to address the issue of skyrocketing food prices which threaten to undermine political...
Muslim scholar honoured by Austria
VIENNA, April 18: The Austrian capital has named one of its squares as Muhammad Asad Platz as part of its two-day programme on European Year of Intercultural Dialogue focussing on Islam and its relationship with Europe....
Respect for HR answer to problems: Pope
UNITED NATIONS, April 18: Pope Benedict XVI said on Friday that respect for human rights was key to solving many of the world’s problems, while cautioning that international cooperation was threatened by “the decisions of a small number.”...
Jinnah and Ruttie — a wedding to remember
Exactly 90 years ago today, the Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, married Ruttenbai Dinshaw Petit, a charming Parsi girl; Mr Jinnah was 42, while Ruttie, as she was known more commonly, was 18....
Mugabe accuses UK of fuelling unrest
HARARE, April 18: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe bitterly attacked former colonial ruler Britain on Friday in his first major speech since disputed elections, saying London was paying the population to turn against him....
Whizkid challenges Nasa estimates
POTSDAM (Eastern Germany): Nico Marquardt, a 13-year-old school student, poses behind a model depicting Apophis, a near-earth asteroid, in relation to the orbit of the earth around the sun, at his school on Friday....
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LAHORE, April 18: The Punjab assembly on Friday reposed confidence in Chief Minister Dost Mohammad Khosa with a huge majority as the opposition boycotted the proceedings....
HYDERABAD, April 18: Two boys, who ran away from home and were detained by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) after they crossed the border last week, were reunited with their families here on Friday....
Exactly 90 years ago today, the Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, married Ruttenbai Dinshaw Petit, a charming Parsi girl; Mr Jinnah was 42, while Ruttie, as she was known more commonly, was 18....
POTSDAM (Eastern Germany): Nico Marquardt, a 13-year-old school student, poses behind a model depicting Apophis, a near-earth asteroid, in relation to the orbit of the earth around the sun, at his school on Friday....
