India-Bangladesh trade body launched
Businessmen from India and Bangladesh on Sunday launched a trade body with a call for unfolding scopes and boosting trade and commerce between the two next-door neighbours. ANI
NWFP CM can stop Musharrafs re-election: PPP
North Western Frontier Provinces (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Durrani enjoys constitutional powers to halt the re-election of President Pervez Musharraf, said Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). ANI
UK media terms Pak CJ Chaudhury as first civilian hero
The Fridays ruling of the Pakistan Supreme Court, reinstating suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has been hailed by the British media, which termed him as the countrys first civilian hero. ANI
Dialogue with India on Kashmir is progressing: Kasuri
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that the dialogues with India at various levels over the Kashmir dispute are progressing. ANI
Pak Opposition to start anti-government campaign from Aug 9
The newly set up All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will launch a campaign to register their protest against the Musharraf regime from Quetta on August 9, opposition leaders have said. ANI
Teachers boycott classes to protest political repression in Bangladesh
Teachers in Bangladeshs main Dhaka University on Sunday observed a five-hour work abstention as a mark of protest against repressive measures on top political leaders by the army-backed administration. ANI
Portions of Canada collided 500 mln years earlier than previously thought
A team of geologists from the University of Alberta have found in a recent study that portions of Canada collided a minimum of 500 million years earlier than previously thought. ANI
Al Qaeda has found safe haven in Pakistan: Bush
US President George W Bush has said that he was troubled by the National Intelligence Estimate report that the al Qaeda has found a safe haven in Pakistans tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. ANI
Brit women bronze up to mask their worst features
A new survey has found that British women, who are dissatisfied with their bodies, would rather opt for a fake tan to mask themselves up, than do some exercise. ANI
Joint Russian-German North Pole expedition to leave this August
A joint Russian-German expedition will leave on an eight-month voyage across the Arctic Ocean this August as part of the NP-35 North Pole drifting station project, aimed at better understanding the regions of global climate change in the frigid zone. ANI
US ready to flatten FATA if attacked by al-Qaeda from there
American intelligence officials have said that should a resurgent al-Qaeda think of attacking the United States again after a gap of six years from Pakistans volatile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the Bush Administration would not hesitate to move in troops to flatten the area. ANI
Justice Chaudhry to resume work from Monday
The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, will preside over the three-member bench of the apex court from Monday after he was reinstated by the full bench of the court on Friday. ANI
Pak national arrested in US on charge of weapon smuggling
A Pakistani national has been arrested by the US law-enforcement authorities on charges of illegally exporting weapons to Malaysia, American media reports said. ANI
Pak trying to avert direct US strike in its tribal areas: Kasuri
In a bid to avoid direct strikes by the US in its tribal areas, Pakistan has informed the western countries that it is trying to control cross-border movement of militants. ANI
Pak govt not to file review petition or fresh reference against CJ
No review petition or a fresh reference would be filed against the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was reinstated on Friday through a landmark judgment of a 13-member bench of the countrys Supreme Court. ANI
Trans-Antarctic mountains likely remnants of gigantic high plateau
The 3000 kilometre long Trans-Antarctic Mountains are most likely the remnant edge of a gigantic high plateau that began stretching and thinning out some 105 million years ago, according to a new study by geologists from the Columbia Universitys Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. ANI
PoK PM welcomes Manmohans Line of Peace idea
Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has welcomed Indian PM Manmohan Singhs proposal of transforming the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan into a Line of Peace, saying the suggestion is very positive and realistic.Khan welcomed the idea while refuting the claim of some observers that the India-Pakistan peace process has been derailed in the wake of recent surge in violence in Islamabad and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). ANI
Bangladeshi teachers to boycott classes demanding Hasinas release
Teachers of Bangladeshs Dhaka University are observing a half-day work abstention today, demanding immediate release of the countrys former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and halt repressions on other former primer Khaleda Zia. ANI
Type of peer group determines early teen behaviour
The status of adolescent peer groups plays a significant role in determining the extent of influence a group may have on the behaviour of their members in their early teens, according to researchers at the university of Western Ontario. ANI