All fuel subsidies withdrawn
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The government decided on Friday to eliminate subsidies on oil and gas and to phase out the subsidy on electricity by June 2009 under a plan to stabilise the economy....
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Six killed in Balochistan seminary blast
QUETTA, Sept 19: At least six people were killed and 14 others injured in an explosion in a seminary near Kuchlak on Friday....
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‘Air strikes carried out on flawed intelligence’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: President Asif Ali Zardari is reported to have said that national sovereignty would get precedence over everything else and it would not be compromised....
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Plan to buy N-power plants discussed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani approved on Friday constitution of a committee to work out modalities for buying nuclear energy plants and satellite communication system....
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High hopes pinned on Zardari’s address
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: President Asif Ali Zardari will restore a constitutional norm ignored for years by addressing a joint session of parliament on Saturday, when he is likely to unveil the path his yet-powerful presidency will tread in a parliamentary democracy....
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War against terror tops agenda of Bush-Zardari meeting
WASHINGTON, Sept 19: The meeting between Presidents George W. Bush and Asif Ali Zardari in New York on Tuesday will focus on combating terrorism, says the White House....
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Brown against US attacks
LONDON, Sept 19: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced opposition on Friday to US strikes against militants in Pakistan but said the two sides were close to reaching a deal on the issue....
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Two alleged terrorists, police inspector killed: Two suspects escaped raid in New Delhi: police
NEW DELHI, Sept 19: Two alleged terrorists and a police inspector were killed in a fierce shootout near Delhi’s Jamia Milia Islamia on Friday....
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20 injured in fresh Kashmir unrest
SRINAGAR, Sept 19: Twenty people were wounded in clashes during fresh protests against Indian occupation in Kashmir on Friday, ending a week of calm in the violence-hit region, police and residents said....
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Bush says intervention needed to protect US economy
WASHINGTON / NEW YORK, Sept 19: US President George W. Bush said on Friday that government intervention was necessary to solve the problems roiling the financial markets, calling it a “pivotal moment for America’s economy”....
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Top Muslim officer suspended in UK
LONDON, Sept 19: The second most senior Muslim policeman in Britain has been suspended, officials said on Friday, days after the country’s top Muslim officer was forced to take leave after alleging racism by bosses....
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Britain’s ‘youngest terrorist’ jailed
LONDON, Sept 19: A schoolboy, said by prosecutors to be the youngest Briton to be convicted of a terrorism offence, was jailed for two years on Friday for his part in what prosecutors called a worldwide plot to target non-Muslims....
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Protesters disrupt anti-mosque conference in Cologne
COLOGNE (Germany), Sept 19: Protesters throwing stones and paintballs disrupted the opening of an ‘anti-Islamification’ conference on Friday organised by a right-wing German nationalist group that opposes the building of a large new mosque....
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Call for investment in agriculture to reduce food prices
MANILA, Sept 19: The International Rice Research Institute (Irri) on Friday called for sustained global re-investment in agriculture to cut soaring food prices that it said have made 75 million more people hungry....
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India, France close to nuclear energy accord
NEW DELHI, Sept 19: India and France are close to signing a nuclear energy agreement similar to a deal New Delhi has already struck with Washington, India’s top diplomat said on Friday....
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Prosecutors move to exploit plot video
MADRID, Sept 19: Prosecutors investigating an alleged plot to bomb Barcelona’s public transport system want to add a video claiming responsibility for the plan to their dossier, the prosecution said on Friday....
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12 held in Bajaur as air strikes continue
KHAR, Sept 19: Planes and helicopters bombed militants’ hideouts in Damadola and ground forces arrested 12 suspects in Lowi Sam area of Bajaur Agency on Friday....
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Pakistani women legislators ask US to stop attacks
NEW YORK, Sept 19: A delegation of Pakistani women parliamentarians now visiting the United States has pleaded with US lawmakers and the Bush administration to stop US attacks inside Pakistan and provide free trade opportunities to women....
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