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Ambassador of China to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui has vowed that China would take the trade with Pakistan to the highest level of Rs. 15 billion in the next five years. He expressed these views in his address to the investors and traders on the occasion of Iftar Dinner hosted by Islamabad Read the rest of this entry »
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CAIRO: Osama bin Laden will release a new message soon declaring war on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Al Qaeda announced on Thursday. The announcement of the upcoming message came as Al Qaeda released a new video in which bin Laden`s deputy boasted that the United States was being defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq and other fronts. Read the rest of this entry »
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Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Convenor All Parties Hurriyet Conference Thursday contradicted the statement of India's Deputy High Commissioner on the claim of Kashmiri's accession to India, arguing that such statements are contrary to India's international promises with Kashmiris, joint Indo-Pak statements on plebiscite, Security Council resolutions on the right of self-determination and ground political situation in Jammu & Kashmir. Read the rest of this entry »
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TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday successfully tested two more domestically-built fighter jets from its Azarakhsh (Lightning) generation and the new planes, named Saeqeh (Thunderbolt), will be displayed to the public during a military parade on National Army Day on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
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MADRID: Two Pakistani men were arrested in Spain on Thursday accused of channelling 1 million euros ($1.40 million) to Islamist militants, Spanish police said. Anar Muhammad Shan and Preces Mehmood Sandhu used money from drug trafficking to fund radical groups in Spain and abroad, a police statement said. Read the rest of this entry »
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WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush said Thursday that it was important to take the threats being made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seriously, but that he was committed to working with other nations to convince the Iranian regime to peacefully give up any ambitions it has in developing a weapons program. Read the rest of this entry »
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WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush will meet Monday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in New York, the White House said. The two leaders will "continue discussions on helping the Palestinian Authority and on issues related to an eventual two state Read the rest of this entry »
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WASHINGTON: The United States dismissed a call by Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden for holy war against Pervez Musharraf's government and pledged to work closely with ally Pakistan to confront extremism. "He can threaten whoever he wants," State Department spokesman Tom Casey told reporters. Read the rest of this entry »
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KABUL: A bomb attack Friday against a convoy of French troops killed one soldier and injured many Afghans near the blast, while heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan killed about 75 Taliban fighters and six civilians, officials said. The attack in western Kabul blew the windows out of a civilian bus and set at least one vehicle on fire. At least six civilians were in serious condition, and many others had lesser injuries, said Zormai Rasa, the local police chief. Read the rest of this entry »
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned that his country would fall into bloody chaos if foreign troops withdraw too quickly, in an interview with Canadian media. "Afghanistan will fall back into anarchy," he told the daily Globe and Mail, fearing a withdrawal of Canadian troops in February 2009, their current mandate. Read the rest of this entry »
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A US government incident report of a deadly shooting in Iraq involving the US security firm Blackwater says armed insurgents attacked a diplomatic convoy and the company`s guards returned fire, US media reported Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Brigadier retired Javed Iqbal Cheema, Spokesman of Interior Ministry on Wednesday underlined that valuable evidence have been found in the ongoing investigations in Suicide attack at Tarbela Ghazi . A gang involved in suicide attacks in Punjab, Rawalpindi and Islamabad has been arrested, Javed Iqbal Cheema Read the rest of this entry »
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WASHINGTON: Senate Republicans blocked a plan on Wednesday to give U.S. troops in Iraq more home leave, defeating a proposal widely seen as the Democrats' best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
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VIENNA: Indian officials met with top-ranking officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency on the sidelines of the UN watchdog's general conference here, diplomats said. "There was a bilateral meeting between agency officials and the Indians. It was the normal sort of meeting that member states would have" within the context of the general conference, a diplomat said on condition of anonymity. Read the rest of this entry »
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WASHINGTON: Iraq and the United States agreed to set up a joint commission to examine security of US government officials in Iraq following a deadly shooting involving private security firm, the State Department said Wednesday. "The commission's goal is to make joint policy recommendations, including specific suggestions for improving US and Iraqi procedures regarding government-affiliated personal security details," department spokesman said. Read the rest of this entry »
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