Investors turn violent
KARACHI, July 17: Investors at the Karachi Stock Exchange resorted to violence on Thursday, ransacking the bourse’s furniture, pelting the glass doors and windows of the trading hall with stones and raising slogans against the government and the KSE management....
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86 per cent think Pakistan headed in wrong direction
ISLAMABAD, July 17: An overwhelming majority of Pakistanis believe that the country is moving in a wrong direction and want the government to immediately impeach President Pervez Musharraf....
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Baitullah’s ‘five-day ultimatum’ to NWFP government
KHAR, July 17: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud has asked the NWFP government to either resign within five days or “prepare itself to face the consequences”....
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Fierce clashes continue in Hangu
KOHAT, July 17: Security forces continued their operation against heavily-armed Taliban militants in different areas of Hangu district on Thursday, taking full control of Zargari town....
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US agrees to meet request for wheat aid
WASHINGTON, July 17: The United States has agreed in principle to meet Pakistan’s request for 500,000 tons of wheat to deal with the food crisis which is threatening to get out of control, US and diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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Oil import bill surges by 55pc to $11.38 billion
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Pakistan’s oil import bill surged to $11.38 billion in 2007-08, up by more than 55 per cent over the $7.33 billion a year before, mainly due to higher international prices and increased consumption....
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Official claims big rise in arms exports
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Pakistan’s defence exports have tripled to around $300 million because of the quality of its ammunition, anti-tank guided missiles, rocket launchers and shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles....
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12 killed in accident near Daska
SIALKOT, July 17: At least 12 people, most of them factory workers, were killed and 15 others were injured when an overloaded bus collided with a van in front of the Motra police station on the Daska-Sialkot road on Thursday....
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Most Pakistanis, Indians flexible on Kashmir: Opinion poll in subcontinent
NEW DELHI, July 17: People in India and Pakistan show a readiness to let the disputed region of Kashmir decide its own fate, and many will tolerate independence if that ended the long-running dispute, a rare poll on the crisis shows....
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‘Bid and offer’ option
A SPECIAL trading session was held between 7pm and 8:30pm at the KSE on Thursday, where investors wanting to buy or sell at the closing prices were given an opportunity to bid and offer, through the National Clearing System....
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Soldiers injured in blast
QUETTA, July 17: Three personnel were injured when a road-side bomb blew up an army vehicle in Kahan area of Kohlu district on Thursday....
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Italian ‘dies’ while trying to scale Nanga Parbat
ROME, July 17: A renowned Italian mountain climber is missing and believed dead after falling into a crevasse on one of the world’s deadliest peaks in the western Himalayas, rescuers said on Thursday....
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US-led forces confirm killing Afghan civilians in air strike
KABUL, July 17: US-led coalition troops killed eight Afghan civilians in an air strike in the western province of Farah during a Tuesday raid against suspected militants, the US military said....
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NAB recovered Rs413m in Balochistan
QUETTA, July 17: National Accountability Bureau’s director-general for Balochistan Brig (retd) Mussadiq Abbasi has said that an amount of Rs413 million has been recovered from corrupt elements in the province over the past eight years....
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Fata people will be consulted on tribal issues, says PM
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has assured Fata legislators that in future all decisions about tribal areas will be taken in consultation with the tribal leadership....
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BD attorney general quits
DHAKA, July 17: Bangladesh’s attorney general has stepped down, saying he was unable to work with “dignity and integrity” under the country’s interim army-backed government....
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Four Madrid train bombing convicts acquitted
MADRID, July 17: Spain’s supreme court on Thursday overturned the guilty verdicts on four of the 21 people convicted over the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people in 2004....
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Victims of last year’s blast in capital remembered: Lawyers convention
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry visited District Court’s complex on Thursday and laid a floral wreath at the spot where a lawyers’ convention in his support was...
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