'I'm very proud of having worked with one of the finest minds of India and Indian cinema.'
Militants on Wednesday shot dead a youth and injured another, who were working as porters with the army, in Keran area of Kupwara district near the Line of Control in Kashmir, the army said.
The National award-winning MS Sathyu film has been digitally restored for a re-release.
The mission to secure a six billion pound ($10.18 billion) bailout package is led by Shaukat Tareen, Pakistan Prime Minister's Finance Adviser and Shamshad Akhtar, the Governor of Pakistan's central bank, Daily Telegraph reported. Oil-rich Gulf states have also been tapped to match Western funds with extra billions to ensure that Pakistan, which until recently touted itself as the 'next Asian Tiger', avoids a balance of payments crisis, the report said.
The United Stated deducted $55 million under its reimbursement programme -- for expenses incurred by Pakistan on the war on terror -- after American auditors raised objections to a claim submitted by the country.US authorities deducted the amount, while releasing only $101 million out of Pakistan's claim of $156 million for expenses incurred on the campaign against terrorism till April 2008. The move was the outcome of objections from American auditors.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said his country was committed to composite dialogue with India and the process "must continue uninterrupted".
Mumbai, who scored 488 in the first innings, riding on captain Aditya Tare's 154, enforced the follow-on and the match was called off with Tamil Nadu 48 for one in 22 overs at the tea break.
Faced with a financial crunch and its currency at its lowest, Pakistan's government has said it will not default on debt repayments, which are to the tune of $500 million.
On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of the most admired people in the world, her status secure as a style icon -- as is her legacy of having forever changed the British monarchy.
The Indian Army has not suffered any casualty in the month of July in these unprovoked ceasefire violations, the army spokesperson said.
The Babur or Hatf VII missile can carry conventional as well as non-conventional nuclear warheads.
'I was attracted to Javed because he was exactly like my father.'
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Islamabad would provide credit to Nepal to buy defence equipment from Pakistan.
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The president has categorically and repeatedly stated that the government was functioning successfully and noticeable progress had been achieved on many fronts, an official statement issued in Islamabad on Sunday said.
Issuing the notices, Justice Chaudhry said the court would ascertain whether Sharif had been sent to Jeddah on his own or deported and whether the exit seal was stamped on his passport.
The army carried out this operation in the South Waziristan tribal region after reports that 25 to 30 Al Qaeda men were hiding there.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has lauded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for responding positively to the proposals made by President Pervez Musharraf to resolve the Kashmir issue.
The list of contenders for this job include Vikram S Pandit, currently Citigroup's investment banking head and a former Morgan Stanley investment banker, and Shaukat Aziz, formerly the bank's global private banking business head and most recently the prime minister of Pakistan, according to various media reports.
The Islamabad high court on Monday barred cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's planned lockdown of the capital this week and ordered it to hold a sit-in at the designated place in the Pakistani capital instead, as authorities arrested at least 1,500 party activists in a crackdown.
Four Kashmiri students were arrested on charges of disturbing public peace following rumours that they had cooked beef in their hostel room in a private university in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district.
Musharraf and Aziz had both asked the Pakistan People's Party chief to defer her homecoming and the government had said she faced a threat from pro-Taliban militants, especially rebel leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Hu hoped that India and Pakistan would maintain the momentum of dialogue and jointly improve bilateral ties to promote peace, stability and development in South Asia.
"Pakistan is fighting a war against terrorism on principles. India blaming Pakistan for Mumbai bomb blasts is regrettable," Musharraf said during a meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
Clearing the decks for the $7-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, the Pakistan government on Tuesday approved the gas sharing arrangement with New Delhi.
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the October 6 presidential polls, formally launching his bid for another five-year term in the face of legal challenges and stiff protests by the opposition parties.
Earlier, the Pakistan Premier told reporters in Colombo that he expected substantive dialogue on all bilateral relations, including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, in his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday.
The action came after Justice Choudhary was called for discussions by Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and confronted with the charges in answer to which he could not give any satisfactory reply.
The summary is presently under review by the Finance Ministry that does not find the Foreign Ministry's proposal convincing enough to be given a serious thought, the newspaper quoted officials as saying.
He, however, said that India and Pakistan are proceeding with the composite dialogue process, which has led to reduction of tensions and resulted in several Confidence Building Measures.
Opposition parties which threatened to resign if he went ahead with the re-election plans say that it is an indication that Musharraf was not certain about pro-military alliance returning to power in general elections.
Road, rail and air services were affected due to the first heavy rainfall of this season.
A stable, conflict-free cooperative relationship between Pakistan and India held the key to durable peace and prosperity in South Asia, Aziz said.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday called for a "strong and vibrant" Pakistan-China economic partnership to promote comprehensive cooperation, especially in the field of nuclear power generation.
Last week, it was reported that Sharif is on the verge of a kidney failure and doctors have recommended to shift him to a hospital immediately.
The national parliament and provincial assemblies will complete their terms on November 15 and elections will be held 60 days after that
Aides of President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto will be holding a final round of talks in the United Arab Emirates from Tuesday to "devise a strategy for the coming general election," a media report said. The talks were earlier scheduled after Eid-ul-Fitr, but after Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and PML-N president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain ruled out any truck with the PPP for the polls, the meetings were urgently arranged.
An official statement said the blast caused no casualties or damage to property.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz Khan, the Durga Nag Trust has asked them to allow a delegation to visit the temple, located on the banks of Krishan Ganga in Neelam valley in PoK.
He called for initiating tangible projects to realise the objective of progress and development of the entire region and proposed strengthening the role of the SAARC Secretariat.
