By Alam Rind 

It was the charisma of Bulbul Shah a Sufi Saint that persuaded King Rinchan from Ladakh to embrace Islam. That laid the foundation of Sufiana Islamic culture where Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists co-existed in perfect harmony.

By  Bassam Javed 

As a sequel to the International Conference on Afghanistan in London on 28 January this year, around seventy representatives from around the globe will gather again in Kabul on 20 July today, to have an appraisal on the progress made in light of the decisions taken therein in London.

By Alam Rind 
 
President Asif Ali Zardari has recently concluded his second official visit to China and otherwise fifth visit to the country since he took the office. During his first visit he had desired to visit various provinces once a quarter to learn from Chinese experience in economic development.

By Momin Iftikhar

Ganj Bakhsh-e-Faiz-e-Aalam Mazhar-e-Nur-e-Khuda Naqisaan Ra Peer-e-Kamil, Kamilaan Ra Rahnuma (The bestower of spiritual treasure in both the worlds, the reflector of the splendour of God; A perfect teacher for the beginners, an accomplished spiritual guide for the perfect.)This timeless eulogy to the greatness of Hazrat Data Ganj Baksh, Abul Hassan Ali Ibn Usman Al-Hajvery, the patron saint of Lahore, was composed by another great Waliallah, Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti, whose shrine in Ajmer, Rajasthan (India), is a lodestone to the faithfuls seeking religious fulfilment and peace of mind.

By Afshain Afzal 

 The recent incident in which a serving India Army Major from 4 Rajput Regiment assigned a Special Police Officer (SPO) to trap three unsuspecting youth from Nadihal village to Indian Army Camp in Jammu & Kashmir, on the promise of jobs and money but were murdered. Later they were projected as hard core militant.

By Abdul Zahoor Khan Marwat

The basic principles of the Indian foreign policy claim that India will keep faith in maintaining good relations with neighbors as well as all other countries round the globe, non-interference with the sovereignty of all nations, non-partisan outlook towards world powers with stress on non-alignment and resolution of conflicts between nations through peaceful negotiations. 

By Dr Ghayur Ayub

On April 20^th as BP executives were celebrating the success of the Deepwater Horizon Rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a series of explosions hit its deck engulfing the rig in huge flames. Although this well cost BP over one billion US Dollars, executives were satisfied with paying this price as they were aware of its ability to produce oil worth $5,000,000 a day.

BEIJING, July 13 : Terming President Asif Ali Zardari’s just concluded 5-day official visit to China “as very successful”, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesmen said on Tuesday that it helped in promoting traditional friendship and boosted practical cooperation between the two countries.Spokesman Qing Gang at a regular press briefing said President Zardari paid a working visit to China from July 6-10.

By Muhammad Ali Siddiqi

Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly suffered great humiliation during his fourth meeting with Barack Obama on March 7. The Israeli prime minister was kept waiting for a long time, and when finally the president came there was no media.

By Sajjad Tarakzai

Political leaders called Monday for a landmark national conference to develop a strategy to counter the militant threat following the latest carnage targeting a place of worship.

By Momin Iftikhar 

Sikhs, by all accounts, are a dynamic and enterprising lot. Barely constituting a 2% segment of the Indian population pie they, as a community, have been upwardly mobile in social hierarchy of the Indian state.

BY MOMIN KHAN

Facing a staggering crunch of energy shortage, the reported Pakistan China Deal for provision of two Reactors [Chasma3&4] for the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant is very reassuring. But will the deal go through has become a knotty issue; thanks to the duplicitous double standards of the USA and the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG).

By Momin Iftikhar 

 In the killing fields of Kashmir no poetic justice could have been timelier. Just as Manmohan Singh was embarking upon his much awaited visit to Sri Nagar in the first week of June, to renew his offer of talks to the separatists, the entire IHK went on the boil over the exposure of a fake encounter by the Indian Army at Machil on 30 April.

By Imtiaz Alam 

As a sequel to the article published in the last issue of Rolling Stone magazine General Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has been removed from command on the charges of insubordination and for undermining the civil chain of command.

By Zarar Khan

Scores of Pakistani lawmakers may lose their seats for allegedly lying about their academic credentials, a growing scandal that adds to the woes of the US-backed leadership as it struggles with militancy and a weak economy.

Pakistani authorities now believe a dangerous new militant group, out to avenge a deadly army assault on a mosque in Islamabad three years ago, has carried out several major bombings in the capital previously blamed on the Taliban.

By Ishrat Ali Khan   

The publication of a controversial report by the London School of Economics that accuses the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of having complicity with the Afghan Taliban, should be viewed vis-à-vis ongoing tussle between all the players to secure “strategic influence” in the post-exit Afghanistan. 

By Dr Ghayur Ayub

Whenever the leadership of Pakistan starts tightening its belt of courage to take strong steps vis-a-vis Pak-centred realistic policies towards its neighbours; the Americans jump in and unwind it. This happened before during Musharaf’s regime and it is happening today in Zardari’s time.

The propaganda continues unabated, there comes another report that Pakistan’s premier spy agency, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), is still supporting the Taliban.

Around 15,000 feet over the US East Coast, the Gulfstream G3 jet flying General David Petraeus to Washington to face congressional misgivings about the Afghanistan war effort abruptly lost cabin pressure earlier this month.

By Iason Athanasiadis

A long and brutal fight between Turkey and Kurdish separatist fighters has erupted in a spate of violence that has claimed the lives of 15 Kurdish soldiers within the last five days.

By Gwynne Dyer

In the aftermath of the bloody events on the aid ship Mavi Marmara, where nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli commandos on May 31, Israeli has set up a judicial inquiry into the affair. Since Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who chose the members of the inquiry, has already described the victims as "violent Turkish terror extremists" on a "ship of hate", some people doubt that the investigation will be impartial.

While Pakistan is ranked world’s fifth most unstable country, in the report released by the US State Department’s Global Peace Index (GPI), on June 9, 2010, there are reasons of being an insecure country – ongoing security-related concerns contribute to its low rating at 145 on a list of 149 countries.

By Alam Rind 
 
The defeat of USSR in Afghanistan and its subsequent disintegration is attributed to inaptness of “communism” as an ideology vis-à-vis “Western Liberal Democracy”.

Dr Nazir Ahmed

Democracy came only occasionally to Pakistan. Its a gift politicians bring us but usually with a big price. It is sometimes the untimely death of good politicians like Bhutto and others and at other times the democracy rather than stopping facilitates the ascendency of the worst of the lot to the top.

By Afshain Afzal 

Pakistan aims at a constructive and result-oriented dialogue with India, especially when Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visit Islamabad July 15, as a follow-up to the meeting of the two Prime Ministers on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in April this year

There is general consensus about how suicide bombers are brainwashed in religious seminaries. They attack groups belonging to the opposite religious sects and supporters of American interests. But what about those who bomb innocent people in the market places who have no religious or political inclinations? 

By: Bassam Javed 

Today, the Muslim world faces a dilemma removing misconceptions about Islam. The process is becoming more and more difficult as the western media continues to hype non-events and minor incidents and concoct conspiracies to malign Islam and the Muslims.

By: Bassam Javed 

 Israel’s lethal attack on Gaza aid flotilla on 31st of May has once again put Israel in the realm of Zionist pugnacity that has really shaken the global conscience on human rights.

LONDON,Jun16: Their dissatisfaction was blamed on getting stuck in a routine and having no social life along with constant pressures at work.

Dr Shabir Choudhry     

Legally and constitutionally areas of Gilgit Baltistan are part of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, but practically Pakistan has annexed these areas.

The last SAARC Conference at Thimpu, Bhutan was no different from the ones held earlier. This time also the forum was over shadowed with India-Pakistan tensions and the prospects of resumption of dialogue between the two nuclear armed nations.

By Ibn-e-Rehmat  

Can anybody imagine a place on this divine earth where innocent, naïve, plain, ignorant simpleton people fear to tread? Many would point their fingers at Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Sudan. But all these states are perhaps more victims of secret aggression than the indigenous troubles.

ISLAMABAD,Jun13: Pakistan is a water scarce country and according to United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report most of the glaciers will deplete in next 50 years and if the situation was not arrested immediately it could lead to catastrophe.

By Michael Georgy

Standing beside a machinegun in a sand-bagged watch tower, an Afghan soldier contemplates a future once Western forces leave the country.

KABUL,Jun8: Two more NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military said, a day after international forces lost 10 soldiers in a string of attacks.

By Bassam Javed

The Operation ‘Blue Star’ was conducted by the Indian Army from 3 to 6 June 1984 inside the worship place of Sikhs holiest shrine the ‘Golden Temple’. Golden Temple is a nerve centre of the Sikh religious and political authority.

KARACHI,Jun5: Students of NED University of Karachi have made cars that are not only unique in design, but they also cover more distance with the less fuel.

By Momin Iftikhar 

Jun 4, this year marks the twenty sixth anniversary of Indian Army’s assault on the holiest of the Sikh shrines, the venerated Golden Temple, in 1984.

By Gilad Atzmon

As I write this piece the scale of the Israeli lethal slaughter at sea is yet to be clear. However we already know that at around 4am Gaza time, hundreds of IDF commandos stormed the Free Gaza international humanitarian fleet.

 A new U.K. study explains the reason why teenagers find it difficult to concentrate on studying their lessons and homework. The report attributes the concentration difficulty to the brain structure of teens being similar to that of younger children.

By U.K. Dar

Israeli commandos stormed six aid ships enroute to the blockaded Gaza Strip, killing at-least 20 un-armed people and injuring dozens. The aid convoy was organized by the Free Gaza Group, who were trying to carry basic humanitarian items like cement, paper and medical aid to the besieged Gaza.

By M Rafic Soormally

When the British army occupied Palestine, Palestinians were almost 100% Arabs of whom around 95% were Muslims.  The British allowed in Jewish Europeans into the country and, with the complicity of the United Nations, they forcefully allowed Jewish Europeans to take over the country. 

By Kathy Kelly

One is a journalist, Safdar Dawar, General Secretary of the Tribal Union of Journalists. Journalists are operating under very difficult circumstances in the area, pressured by both militant groups and the Pakistani government.

ISLAMABAD,May24: National Assembly has 51 standing committees and two special committees while the Senate has 44 bodies to carry out legislative business, the house was informed Monday.

ISLAMABAD,May24: National Assembly has 51 standing committees and two special committees while the Senate has 44 bodies to carry out legislative business, the house was informed Monday.

By Huma Yusuf

The United States and Nato have long been pressuring Pakistan to launch a military operation in North Waziristan. Now that the army has indicated it will open that Pandora’s box of militancy, the instigators are dissociating themselves from the operation.

By U.K. Dar

So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.

Marine turtles are one of the longest living groups of animals to have ever existed, but human activities have placed them under increasing pressure. According to experts turtles are an endangered specie and can vanish within coming 50 years.

By Shahid R. Siddiqi

Those were the good old days — the 1950s. Pakistanis enjoyed hip hop American culture that made inroads into their households without worrying about its mean political attitude. Majority of Pakistanis looked upon America as an icon of capitalism, progress and democracy.

By Afshain Afzal 

The arrest of Ms Madhuri Gupta on leaking sensitive information to adversaries has exposed India’s passion to destabilize Pakistan. India, during the last 62 years failed to divert Pakistanis strive to remain united under Islamic ideology.

 By Adam Entous

By all appearances, the Obama administration wanted him alive, not dead. It posted a $5 million reward for information leading to the "location, arrest, and/or conviction" of Baitullah Mehsud, the fierce leader of the Pakistani Taliban, in a March 25, 2009 notice.

GILGIT,May21 Thousands have been evacuated from their homes this week in north Pakistan amid fears a lake formed by a landslide could soon burst, triggering massive flooding and severing an important trade link with China.

By Ayesha Marium

Corruption is unethical, immoral, and illegal in all societies, religions, and countries. Corruption undermines economic growth, creates institutional mismanagement and hurts society by holding back economic development at all levels.

WASHINGTON,May18: The year 2010 is turning out to be the warmest ever in recorded history, with the first four months reporting an average temperature of 13.3 degrees Celsius, which is 0.69 degrees above the 20th century average.

Iran agreed with mediators Brazil and Turkey on Monday it would send some of its uranium abroad, abruptly ending its refusal to countenance such a deal.

Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, who plays a snake-woman in her forthcoming film, brought real snakes to unveil the film at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.

One year after Pakistan witnessed its worst internal displacement crisis since its creation in 1947, the government and humanitarian agencies are still struggling to respond to the needs of over 3 million people affected by an on-going military offensive against Taliban insurgents.

By Murtaza Ali Shah

LONDON,May12: In a historic breakthrough for race relations and community cohesion, Britain got it’s first ever Pakistani-origin woman as a full cabinet minister in the new coalition government, led by British Prime Minister David Cameron.

The two-day 16th summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) held in Bhutanese capital of Thimpu on April 28-29 concluded with a joint declaration expressing the resolve of their leaders to wage common struggle for economic development, improve their inter-connectivity, promote people to people contacts and evolve a joint strategy to tackle the issues of climate change, water and food shortages.

By Saritha Rai

In populous India, more people have access to mobile phones than to toilets.Shocking as that statistic may be, a combination of social, cultural and economic factors are at play, depriving millions of Indians access to better sanitation.

Climate change could make much of the world too hot for human habitation within just three centuries, research released on Tuesday showed.

WASHINGTON: Babies aged six months old have already developed a strong moral code, according to psychologists.

WASHINGTON: Babies aged six months old have already developed a strong moral code, according to psychologists.

Mortality rates worldwide among adults under 60 have dropped over four decades by 34 percent for women and 19 for men but show a sharp increase in inequality across nations, according to a major study released Friday.

LONDON,Apr30: A new species of tiny moth has been discovered by an amateur naturalist who spotted its caterpillar digging through an oak leaf.

WASHINGTON,Apr30: Floppy disks, which once littered home offices around the world are finally heading to the great electronics scrap yard in the sky.

NEW YORK: Modifiable risk factors such as cigarette smoking and fructose consumption can worsen nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), scientists have claimed.

BERLIN,Apr29: All these masterpieces of origami art are created by a 29 years old guy Sipho Mabona.

VATICAN CITY,Apr29: The number of Catholics in the world rose by 11.5 percent to 1.166 billion between 2000 and 2008 that includes a "dramatic increase" in Africa and Asia, the Vatican has said.

LONDON,Apr28: British researchers claim that a sudden plummeting in the sea temperature of 16F (9C) more than 137 million years ago was the first step towards their eventual road to extinction.

NEW YORK,Apr28: Grape consumption can lower blood pressure, improve heart function and reduce other risk factors for heart disease and metabolic syndrome, according to a new study.

LONDON,Apr27: Women are putting their health at risk by dabbing on lipstick, moisturiser and mascara from cosmetics tester packs at high street beauty counters.

By Glenn Chapman

YouTube turned five on Friday. In the scant time since the first video was uploaded to YouTube on April 23, 2005, the website has rocketed to global stardom and become a key player in a shift to Internet television.

NEW YORK,Apr26: For some people, quitting smoking could be especially difficult because their dependence may be explained in part by genetics, three new studies suggest.

NEW YORK: Beneficial ingredients in green tea penetrate into the tissues of the eye and may help protect against glaucoma and other eye diseases, says a new study.

WASHINGTON,Apr25: A man who underwent the world’s first full facial transplant has had his first shave in five years, the surgeon who operated on him said.

PARIS,Apr25: Oceanographers said on Sunday they had measured a system of mighty currents off Antarctica that are a newly-discovered factor in the equation of climate change.

WASHINGTON/Apr24: Researchers say food companies have been consistently increasing the sugar content of their products to make them more enticing to customers.

TOKYO,Apr22: A cup of green tea a day may keep the dentist away. That`s the conclusion of a new study published in Preventive Medicine.

BAHAWALPUR,Apr20: Pakistan is flexing its military might near the Indian border in massive war games analysts say are aimed at putting on a show of force for its nuclear-armed rival.

SYDNEY: A 1200kg hammerhead shark caught off the coast of Australia could become a tourist attraction in Queensland.

WASHINGTON,Apr19: Researchers have found a way to test blood for the cells that spread cancer and said they might be able to use the method to predict whose cancer will come back after treatment.

By Tariq Butt

ISLAMABAD , Apr17: The report of the UN fact-finding commission says the then Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO), Saud Aziz, had ordered to hose down the scene of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination at the Liaquat Bagh on the order of the chief of the Military Intelligence of the time, Major General Nadeem Ijaz, who was not only a relative of Pervez Musharraf but also a known crony of the former dictator.

LONDON: Cocoa-rich dark chocolate could be prescribed for people with liver cirrhosis in future, following the latest research to show potential health benefits of chocolate.

Ice deposits at least 6 feet (2 metres) thick can be found in some small craters on the moon, researchers reported on Monday in one of two studies showing more evidence of water on the moon and Mars.

Nuclear Summit opens today

WASHINGTON,aPR12: US President Barack Obama on Monday will open an unprecedented summit of 47 nations focused on global action to secure nuclear materials and keep them out of the hands of terrorists.

BY SALMAN TANVIR
 
SIRIKOT-HARIPUR,Apr7:Prominent political,religious leaders,Journalists,general public have condoled the death of Haji Noor Shah, father of leading journalist and Editor-in-Chief 'WORLD TRIBUNE PAKISTAN'Iftikhar Mashwani. 

 SINGAPORE ,Mar24: Singapore retained its number one spot as the best place to live for Asian expats followed by Sydney, a survey by human resources consultancy ECA International showed Wednesday.

TOKYO ,Mar11: In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims turn them into marriage material.

‘Pakistan wants result-oriented talks with India’

MULTAN ,Mar 7: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday that Pakistan had suggested a roadmap for structured dialogue with India, stressing that the interaction should be meaningful and result-oriented.

By Dr Nazir Ahmed

Dear Justice Ramday, As I read your letter I experienced a strong rush of emotions. Among the mix of emotions the one I could recognise was gratitude. I am sure every one who read your letter that you wrote to the Chief Justice of Pakistan must have been through something similar.

 MELBOURNE: Australian researchers Wednesday said a new study supported the use of lap-band surgery for severely overweight teenagers after it found the procedure helped them lose 80 percent of their excess fat.

LONDON ,Jan 15: Britain issued a long-awaited expression of regret Thursday over the thalidomide drug scandal which left hundreds of babies deformed 50 years ago, and confirmed 32 million dollars in support.

 LONDON ,Jan 13: Exposure to a chemical found in plastic containers is linked to heart disease, scientists said on Wednesday, confirming earlier findings and adding to pressure to ban its use in bottles and food packaging.

Islamabad, Jan7 : According to Gallup Pakistan, one third claim to use some form of special heating to protect from themselves from the cold weather; 19% claim to use gas heaters, 11% make use of coal, 7% use electric heaters, and 1% say they use some other form of heating.

 NEW YORK Dec 24: Was it only a decade ago that a blackberry was a mere warm season fruit? That green was, well, a color, and reality TV was that one show sandwiched between music videos on MTV?

UNITED NATIONS ,Dec 24: A United Nations agency UNFPA has said in its report that India lags behind Pakistan in literacy rate as the literacy rate here in Pakistan is much more higher than that of its rival neighbor.

 NEW YORK , Dec 24: Air pollution may double the risk that an elderly person will be hospitalized for pneumonia,according to a new study.

 WASHINGTON: More than eight in 10 American adults believe in God but only three in 10 believe He controls what happens on Earth, and a mere one percent believe He is a She, a poll showed Tuesday.

 OSLO , Dec 18: President United States Barrack Hussain Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize here at a prize distribution ceremony on Thursday.

 COPENHAGEN ,Dec 16: Even in this city where bicycles outnumber cars on virtually every street, officials are hoping to persuade more people to give up four wheels for two.

BY TERRY LACEY

The Copenhagen climate change summit will be on December 7 to 18 and at the moment the climate for reaching global agreement on targets to control emissions of greenhouse gases and for financing clean technology transfer from North to South, or West to East, looks decidedly frosty.

NEW YORK , Sep 10: Women labour leaders say there's a “dark side” to Statistics Canada figures suggesting that for the first time in history there are more women than men in Canada’s workforce.

NEW YORK,Sep 10: Most Americans with diabetes are eating too much fat and sodium, and not enough fruits, vegetables, grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.

N I N E-9.9.2009
Neither literate nor poet to compose on all nine
Iqbal decided to write even if had to drink brine

NEW YORK.Sep 4: If you're having trouble remembering where you left your keys or recalling a word, mull over the number of times and how many years you've continued unhealthy behaviors.

KATMANDU,Sep 3: Effects of climate change including the melting of Himalayan glaciers threaten water and food security for more than 1.6 billion people living in South Asia, according to a study released Wednesday.

WASHINGTON,Aug 29: Six million people worldwide will die from smoking-related illnesses next year, according to the annual Tobacco Atlas report from the American Cancer Society.

SINGAPORE, Aug 27 :  It pays to work in Switzerland: employees in Zurich and Geneva have the highest net wages in the world, a study by banking group UBS shows, while those in Mumbai take home the lowest.

WASHINGTON,Aug 25 :Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills, global cancer experts said in a report issued on Tuesday.

PARIS ,Aug 13: Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times per week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to those who never touch the stuff, scientists have reported.

BERLIN ,Aug 13: Germany should try to launch an unmanned mission to the moon by around 2015, the government official in charge of aerospace matters said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK , Aug 13:  An inadequate amount of nightly sleep on a recurring basis, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle and overeating, may fuel the development of diabetes, results of a new study hint.

LONDON , Aug 8: Drinking beetroot juice can increase stamina, allowing keep-fit enthusiasts and athletes to exercise for longer”, according to a research carried out by British researchers.

By 2010, Seoul's women should officially be happy - at least the ones with driver's licenses. In May, the city government started to paint 4,929 public and private parking places pink throughout the city, with thousands more slated to come under the brush next year.

SYDNEY,Aug 7: Researchers at JCU have reached a milestone in their project to identify the genes responsible for creation of gem quality, highly desirable, South Sea pearls. The researchers have just completed the most comprehensive sequencing to date of the pearl oyster genome.

LONDON ,Aug 7: Men with angina are much more likely than women to develop further serious heart problems, a study suggests.

NEW YORK , Aug 6 :  Sixty-one percent of Americans believe the United States did the right thing by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 64 years ago, according to a new poll.

LONDON,Jul 29: Caffeine-drinking teens are likely to stay up late at night and doze off during the day, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON ,Jul 29: The US medical system spends around twice as much treating preventable health conditions caused by obesity than it does on cancer, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday.

MILAN , Jul 21 : Milan will become the first Italian city to bar drinking for youths aged under 16 when a ban takes effect on Monday, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he favored extending the ruling nationwide.

LONDON, Jul 21:  Tens of thousands of people may have entered Britain on fraudulently obtained student visas, legislators said on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES ,Jul 18: Onions make you cry, add flavor to food and are touted for their medicinal benefits. Now the vegetable has another use -- powering up green energy.

SYDNEY , Jul 17 : Living happily ever after needn't only be for fairy tales. Australian researchers have identified what it takes to keep a couple together, and it's a lot more than just being in love.

LONDON , Jul 17: Tart and tangy with an underlying sweetness, grapefruit has a juiciness which rivals that of the ever popular orange and sparkles with many of the same health promoting benefits.

SHARM-el-SHEIKH ,Jul 16: Following is the text of the joint statement issued here on Thursday at the conclusion of meeting between Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Sharm-el-Sheikh on sidelines of 15th NAM summit.

SEATTLE, USA ,Jul 13: Microsoft Corp. is giving a select group of technology-savvy testers an early peek at Office 2010, but it is still keeping Web-based versions of Word, Excel and its other go-to programs under wraps.

ISLAMABAD ,Jul 10: More than two third of Pakistanis, near 72 percent, use toothpaste for dental care followed by 'Miswak' and 'Manjan' powder, a recent survey revealed.

LONDON ,Jul 10: A new television advertisement featuring infants, which stirs you to smile, is among the most watched clips over the webscape, Geo News reported Friday.

LONDON ,Jul 8 : British scientists claimed Wednesday to have created human sperm from embryonic stem cells for the first time, an accomplishment they say may someday help infertile men father children.

SHANGHAI,Jul 6: Global travel may be ailing, but China's biggest city of Shanghai is pursuing luxury travelers with a vengeance, bent on restoring a reputation for opulence and elegance that once made it the Paris of the Orient.

LONDON, Jun 23: Listening to the right kind of music can slow the heart and lower blood pressure, a study has revealed.

LOS ANGELES , Jun 18: Five clones of a search and rescue dog which helped locate people trapped in the rubble of the 9/11 attacks were formally presented Wednesday to their ancestor's former handler.

NEW YORK ,Jun 18: A pilot on a Continental Airlines flight died mid-flight and the plane was due to make an emergency landing under the control of two co-pilots near New York City, authorities said on Thursday.

Afghanistan's National Museum is not yet ready to display a treasure trove of 2,000-year-old gold thought lost during three decades of war, but in the meantime Americans and tourists can see it in New York.

WASHINGTON ,Jun 18: A long, deep canyon and the remains of beaches are perhaps the clearest evidence yet of a standing lake on the surface of Mars -- one that apparently contained water when the planet was supposed to have already dried up, scientists said on Wednesday.

Crowds of tourists stroll along Prague's famous Charles Bridge, but the Czech capital and other places in Europe expect a lacklustre tourist season amid the economic crisis.

ISLAMABAD,Jun 3:Scientists say a natural supplement made from tomatoes, taken daily, can stave off heart disease and strokes

TEHRAN, May 24: Following is the text of joint declaration issued at the conclusion of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan trilateral summit here Sunday.

ISLAMABAD,May19: An All Parties Conference (APC) was convened by the Government of Pakistan here Monday at the Prime Minister’s House to evolve a national consensus on the situation prevailing in Swat and Malakand Division, NWFP, says a handout issued here by the state.

The North West Frontier Province, due to its geographic location, received the major setbacks in terms of terrorist incidents and suicide attacks after the US and NATO forces came into Afghanistan.

CAPE CANAVERAL , May 23: The crew of the US space shuttle Atlantis planned to make another attempt to land in Florida Saturday after bad weather forced NASA to put off the spacecraft's return by one day.

LONDOM,May17: British explorers in northern Canada to measure the thickness of floating Arctic sea ice ended their expedition short of reaching the North

HOUSTON,May17: US astronauts on Sunday will undertake a fourth in a series of five daily spacewalks intended to equip the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope for at least another five years of valuable scientific work.

ISLAMABAD,May15: More than half of all Pakistanis like spring season the most, a season which is perceived as the most colorful time of the year.

By  Sebastian Smith

The Empire State Building is switching its windows, all 6,500, as part of a retrofit meant to transform the tower, scene of King Kong's last stand in the Hollywood classic, into an eco-friendly model for the world.

In a few days, India will have a new Prime Minister. It's as good a time as any to take stock of the men -- and one woman -- who have served us. Who's been the best PM India's had, and who's done the most damage?

BY DR TERRY LACEY

The Pope has been to Bethlehem, the birth place of Jesus Christ, and he has now seen for himself the disastrous mess we have made of the Holy Land. Bethlehem is surrounded by a new wall of Jericho,

CAPE CANAVERAL,May15: After months of delay, the space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts embarked on a risky mission Monday to breathe new life into the Hubble Space Telescope.

About two million state school students do not have access to safe drinking water and about 75 percent of these schools in Afghanistan do not have safe sanitation facilities, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Qayyum Khan, 50, and his wife, Durdana Bibi, who live in a small house in Peshawar, are becoming increasingly worried about the growing number of relatives landing on them from Swat and Buner in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

With Hindu extremists and nationalists rising in influence across India, Christians in that country are praying a secular party comes to power for the protection of their rights.     

Husain Haqqani was yanked off a Pakistani street and bundled into a car, a blanket thrown over his head. He managed to keep his cellphone hidden in his pocket, and surreptitiously dialed a friend’s number to let her know he was in trouble.

By Mariana Babar

Under normal circumstances Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib, Hasanabdal (0ne of the holiest Sikh shrines) remains empty this time of the year, barring the few permanent resident families of caretakers. But then, these are hardly normal times for the people of Swat and Orakzai. The hallways of Panja sahib are resounding with the laughter of rosy cheeked children running around without the slightest care for their crumbling world as over a hundred families of displaced Sikhs try settling down in their temporary new home. And this number, unfortunately keeps growing by the hour.

These are dangerous times: suicide rates go up in the Spring and during an economic downturn, an analysis of suicide trends published Friday shows.

NEW YORK,Apr18: The faculty of a US university has determined that an overpopulated planet is the biggest problem that we face today, followed by climate change and a need for renewable energy resources.

RIYADH,Apr10: A Saudi man has divorced his wife by text message, a newspaper said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI,Aprl8: On the morning of 7th April, Jarnail Singh, a senior defence journalist with the Hindi daily, Dainik Jagran, was at the Congress headquarters in Delhi. The Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, was addressing the media.

PARIS,Apr7: The number of foreign tourists coming to France declined last year, but it retained its position as the number-one destination for international visitors, the government said Monday.

LOS ANGELES,Apr7: The world's oldest person celebrated her 115th birthday here Monday with music, cake and a letter of congratulation from US President Barack Obama.

PARIS,Apr7: The World Digital Library, a website offering free access to rare books, maps, manuscripts, films and photographs from across the globe, will launch April 21 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

RIYADH,Apr7: A group of Saudi women launched an electronic campaign under the slogan “Let Her Get Fat” in opposition to the decision by the Ministry of Local Affairs to close down all female wellness centres that are not under the supervision of a government hospital or clinic.

DUBAI,Apr7: A fleet of seven women-only buses will start operating in Dubai from April 10.

 The US unemployment rate soared to 8.5 percent last month, a 25-year high, as employers slashed jobs and cut workers' hours to the lowest level on record, the government said on Friday.

LONDON,Apr5: A gem-encrusted gold finial from the octagonal golden throne of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore,hteenth century item was bought by an unidentified private collector. There were only two bidders for what was billed as one of the most important Tipu items ever to appear for sale.

WASHINGTON,Apr5: One Antarctic ice shelf has quickly vanished, another is disappearing and glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought due to climate change, U.S. and British government researchers have reported.

UNITED NATIONS, April 2: Rapid population growth, fueled by high fertility, presents a barrier to reducing poverty levels and reaching other internationally agreed development goals, experts attending the current session of the U.N. population body said Wednesday.

SYDNEY,Apr1: The wreck of the first US ship sunk during World War II has been revealed in detail for the first time on the seabed off southeastern Australia, researchers said Wednesday.

DHAKA,Apr1: Thousands of rare Irrawaddy dolphins have been found in Bangladeshi waters, a wildlife advocacy group said Wednesday, a hopeful sign for a vulnerable species found only in small numbers elsewhere.

SYDNEY,Apr1: A woman was convicted Wednesday of fatally stabbing a neighbor who complained about her barking dog in Australia's biggest city.

Nothing can be more pathetic than bringing forward youngsters of political monopolists as future leaders. This trend not only encourages hereditary politics in Pakistan it is also a serious danger to the establishment of healthy democratic traditions in the country.

The brain of the beholder dictates the manner in which beauty will be appreciated. While men process beauty with only the right side of their brains, women employ their entire brain for the activity.

LONDON,Mar28: Almost 2,400 people were executed last year, including more than 1,700 in China alone, but the world moved closer towards abolishing the death penalty, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

CAIRO,Mar27: Egypt is in talks with US authorities to repatriate a 3,000-year-old pharaonic-era wood coffin that was intercepted by US customs officials, Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities said on Sunday.

SINGAPORE,Mar28: Want to get across to Asia's youth? Do it through media or music, with a survey revealing that most spend on average 10 hours a day watching TV, on the Internet, reading magazines or listening to the radio.

NEW YORK,Mar25: The global recession manifests itself in big and small ways, most gloomy, some quirky and often reflecting the inventive human spirit. Here is a look at some signs of the times.

WASHINGTON,Mar28: Adult Americans spend an average of more than eight hours a day in front of screens -- televisions, computer monitors, cellphones or other devices, according to a new study.

ISLAMABAD, Mar 28: Following is the text of address of President Asif Ali Zardari to the joint sitting of parliament here on Saturday at the Parliament House:

LONDON,Mar21: Ten years after being found lying in the vaults of an English bank, a gem-encrusted gold finial plundered from Tipu Sultan's huge golden throne is being put up for sale in London.

SDEROT, Israel,Mar14: Brightly painted walls surround a mini-soccer field, video games, a climbing wall and play areas. The converted warehouse also has a new thick concrete roof, a half dozen shelters and an alert system to give a 15-second warning of incoming rockets.

NEW YORK,Mar14: The World Wide Web (WWW) on Friday marked its 20th anniversary and one of its founders admitted there are bits of the phenomenon he does not like.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla: NASA has prepared the shuttle Discovery for another launch attempt on Sunday night while engineers replaced parts of a fuel tank fixture in an attempt to plug a hydrogen leak.

MOSCOW,Mar13: Ninety of Russia's MiG-29 fighter jets have been rejected by military inspectors during checks after a crash last December, an air force spokesman said on Friday, quoted by media.

It is not exactly Riyadh Spring, but first female minister of Saudi Arabia and the free mixing of the sexes at a recent conference are giving Saudi women hope that some of the world's tightest restrictions on their gender may be easing.

Women have certainly boosted their presence in European governments, thanks in part to electoral quotas, but are still under-represented despite high profile exceptions like Angela Merkel and Margaret Thatcher.

WASHINGTON,Mar9: wide-ranging study on American religious life has found the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all.

WASHINGTON,Mar5: President Barack Obama's young daughters Malia and Sasha got a huge surprise when they got home from school on Wednesday -- a brand new swing set, climbing frame and slide outside the Oval Office.

LONDON,Mar4: Prince Charles has beaten off competition from US President Barack Obama to be named the world's best dressed man by Esquire magazine.

BEIJING,Mar3: The number of labour-related law suits nearly doubled in China last year as layoffs spiked due to the global economic crisis, while a new employment law also kept the courts busy, state media reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON,Feb23: Brace yourself: The recession is projected to worsen this year.The country stands to lose a sizable chunk of economic activity in 2009 as consumers at home and abroad retrench in the face of persistent economic troubles.

BAGHDAD,Feb23: Iraq's National Museum was officially reopened on Monday, showcasing thousands of returned treasures almost six years after it was looted in the wake of the 2003 US-led invasion.

WASHINGTON,Feb19: The US space agency's Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space which scientists say is the biggest gamma-ray burst ever detected, a report published Thursday in Science Express said.

"I am a staunch Pakistani from each and every angle though living overseas since 1976 but yet, come what may, on principles I have never ever compromised and let me re-assure you once again that in future too I will never ever bulge even fraction of an inch so far as Pakistan in considered".

WASHINGTON,Jan22: Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new study suggests.

Belittled you many who didn't recognize you

African born is USA President none but you

Obama set to become 44th US president amid huge expectations

WASHINGTON,Jan20: Amid high expectations of a change in some controversial policies pursued in the last eight years, Barack Hussein Obama assumes power today as the first ever African-American of the United States.

SINGAPORE,Jan13: The consumers worldwide say they will still be spending on some things that count more beauty and health-care products.

KANDAHAR,Jan6: Justice comes swift and severe in the town of Senjaray. It comes in tarrings and in public humiliation. The guilty are sometimes banished from town, or lose their hands to an axe’s blade. Someare executed.These are not punishments decided by Kandahar’s coalition-backed courts.

PESHAWAR,Jan6: Million of residents of Frontier and Fata are worried about the future of their families and the fate of their homeland in the wake of unprecedented crises that the region has been facing for the last many years.

ISLAMABAD,Jan3: More than 684,000 people have become drug addicts especially heroine who are using different means of taking narcotics in the country. According to information gathered from different sources including Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) here on Tuesday, upto 125,000 people take drugs through

ISLAMABAD,Jan3: The Internet improves people's ability to make snap decisions and filter large amounts of information, according to a new study. In the study found that the brains of those tested were markedly more active when carrying out Internet searches than when reading books, Health news reported

BY M S TANVIR

AMID the jubilation and celebration of New Year’s Eve, another feeling is present for many as a decidedly rocky 2008 comes to a close.

PESHAWAR,Jan2: Frontier and Fata remained open field for terrorists as the worst year for Pakistan in terms of terrorism ended with witnessing 62 suicide blasts, almost half of which ripped through cities of the NWFP and a quarter in tribal areas.

KARACHI,Dec31:Women have not been given the right to demand divorce in Islam; it is only the right of men to divorce women, Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh Amir Asadullah Bhutto said. He disagreed with recommendations made by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and said that these were against the Qura’an and Sunnah. He also lambasted the media, claiming it was preaching obscenity.

KARACHI,Dec31:There has been 40 per cent decrease in overall street crime in Karachi; cell phone snatching has been reduced by 52 per cent and vehicle snatching has reported a significant decease of 50 per cent, Provincial Police Officer (PPO) Sindh, Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak, said during a press briefing on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON,Nov27: If reports are to be believed, the Tibetan glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought, putting nearly a billion people living in South Asia in peril of losing their water supply.

LONDON,Nov27: Muslim communities have "enriched Britain in every sense", Prince Charles said as he attended an award ceremony for talented British Muslims alongside Jordan's Princess Badiya bint El Hassan.

BY MUHAMMAD ILYAS KHAN 

ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Once Islamabad Model Schools and Colleges were regarded as prestigious institutions of the capital but now these have been over-shadowed by the private educational institutions.

WASHINGTON, Nov 23: Pakistan needs to pursue a strategic approach combining conservation, research, grassroots awareness and international collaboration initiatives to address impending scarcity of water, experts said here at a conference while analyzing criticality of the resource to the country’s future.

KUALA LUMPUR,Nov22: Malaysia's National Fatwa Council on Saturday banned Muslims from practicing yoga, saying the Indian physical exercise contains elements of Hinduism that could corrupt Muslims.

DUBAI,Nov21: There was no evidence of the global financial crisis as tycoons and celebrities streamed into Dubai last night for the world’s most expensive private party.

BY SYED IRFAN ASHRAF

Sitting cross-legged along with her five children in a tent, the helpless Hajra Bibi said this painful time will pass but she worried the most about education of her eight years old son. Leaving Mamond Tehsil of Bajaur Agency on the 10th of Ramazan in October 2008, Hajra Bibi said her husband Tajullah forced her to join other relatives on their way rushing out of Bajaur. She said, "Tajjullah was confident that he himself can avoid death being male but was worried about me and five children."

BY JASON BURK

Ali Hussein, a sergeant in the Sindh Regiment of the Pakistani Army, peers over the lip of his sandbagged machinegun pit to see the following: a muddy patch of farmland divided into a chaos of individual fields, a row of slender birch trees, a dry river valley and, almost invisible among the trees half a mile away, a village called Khusar.

KARACHI,nOV18: After another deadly earthquake killed up to 300 people in Balochistan, there is fear that 14 million people of Karachi could face deaths and destructions in future following a lethal tremor.

PARIS,Nov18: Scientists unveiled Sunday the first direct evidence that massive floods deep below Antarctica's ice cover are accelerating the flow of glaciers into the sea

CAIRO,Nov12: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a pyramid buried in the desert and thought to belong to the mother of a pharaoh who ruled more than 4,000 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief said on Tuesday.

LONDON, Nov 12:The author of a new book on young Muslims in the UK says there is a exciting dynamism across social political and cultural levels amongst young Muslims in Britain.

JAKARTA,Nov11: Indonesia launched a high-tech tsunami warning system Tuesday in a bid to prevent a repeat of tragedies like the 2004 Asian tsunami that killed around 170,000 people in the archipelago nation.

 The growing prevalence of genetic disorders throughout the Arab world will place greater financial strain on health systems and public health infrastructure across the region, a Dubai-based research centre has warned.

Thundering clouds give clue of getting rain

Having withdrawn two now three are main

ISLAMABAD,Aug20: Awami National Party under the leadership of Khan Abdul Wali Khan(late) had always played a positive role in Pakistan’s politics.  He rejected the idea of Pakhtoonistan and preferred to work for safeguarding the geographical and ideological frontiers of Pakistan with focus on protecting the rights of not only the Pakhtoons but also all the other deprived  people of the society. 

Wonder and bewilder I what has now proved true

How come ex president has proved so against hue

Top TTP leader  killed in Bajaur

WTP REPORT

BAJAUR,Aug14:A top leader of  Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Maulavi Faqir Mohammad has been killed in Bajaur Agency. Amid reports of the killing of  Maulana Faqir Mohammad in Bajaur Agency, the security forces on Thursday intensified the ongoing military operation against the militants in the troubled tribal region, killing 40 more Taliban fighters.

Karzai,US,UK,Arabs  trying safe exit for Musharraf

WTP EXCLUSIVE REPORT

ISLAMABAD,Aug14:According  to competent sources the Afghan President Hamid Karzai is considering to reconcile the impeachment of President Pervez Musharaf. The sources disclosed that Karzai  is in contact with US and Westerns Allies to protect the office of his Pakistani counterpart. The sources confirmed that Karzai is in continues consultation with his reliable friends in Kabul and Washington.

' Clock is ticking '

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 6 : While child survival in Asia and the Pacific has improved considerably, deepening economic disparities have meant that the region’s poor are often unable to access proper health care, according to a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

NEW YORK, July 14: U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says a New Yorker magazine cover depicting him in an Islamic dress and his wife toting a gun is “taseteless and offensive.”

A new research has suggested that hot and massive, rocky worlds called ‘super-Earths’, may provide the right conditions for life, even those orbiting close to their stars. According to a report in New Scientist, at up to 15 times the mass of Earth, the rocky bodies are bigger and easier to spot than Earth-sized worlds, which have yet to be detected.

WTP REPORT

WAH CANTT, June 20 : The archaeologists team of the Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums found a statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya made of black shiest stone belongs to second century AD at the Buddhist monastery locally called Badal Pur situated about 13 km north-east of Taxila Museum. While talking to newsmen here Friday, Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Khan, Director Exploration of Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums who is conducting the excavation and preservation of this ancient site unveiled that during excavations recently a sculpture of Bodhisattva Maitreya, future Buddha discovered.

 ISLAMABAD,Jun 17:The international and national conventions on child rights and child labour appears futile when it comes to the children like Mohammad Munir who is striving hard for the survival of his family.

WASHINGTON: The average life expectancy in the United States reached 78 years for the first time in 2006, according to government figures.

The figures also show a clear drop in the number of Americans killed by eight of the 10 leading causes of death.

Being a trade route and a way towards their final destination of the conquerors from Central Asia that was the throne of Dehli, Pothohar region bears its historical and strategic importance and that is why the conquerors built forts here in this region to consolidate their positions.

Beyond Reach

For decades, the change in government has always marked an increase in prices of essential items. Though everyone is affected by the situation, it is the woman of the house, who bears the brunt of these spike prices as she has to manage within the limited home budget. YOU! talks to a number of women to see how they are coping with inflation

 By Gul Nasreen

Every time a new government takes over; we hear unlimited promises and assurances of a better lifestyle. It then takes just a few days for these promises and pledges to fizzle out and the truth is revealed to the people, as inflation and corruption at the higher levels erode their existence. Our leaders go into frenzy just before the elections promising anything and everything, if not more. But it is the same story of disappointment for the voters, as year after year, election after election their leaders let them down.

NEW YORK, May 2: General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of staff of Pakistan Army, has been named in a list of 100 most influential people in the world by Time, a leading American magazine. The list also includes international figures like US President George George W. Bush as well as three presidential aspirants Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain, former British prime minister Tony Blair and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.The annual Time 100 list, published in the latest issue of Time magazine hitting the news-stands on Friday, has been divided into five categories— leaders and revolutionaries, heroes and pioneers, scientists and thinkers, artists and entertainers, and builders and titans.

KARACHI,Apr27: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ms. Sherry Rehman, has underlined the need for concerted efforts to help the country tide over the economic difficulties facing it. She was speaking as chief guest at the launching of Yousuf Nazar’s book “The gathering storm, Pakistan: Political economy of a security state.” The ceremony was held in Karachi.

WASHINGTON,APR20: Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan -- 300,000 in all -- report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slight more than half have sought treatment, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

LONDON, April 19:Airborne military technology developed to track the Taliban in Afghanistan will be deployed in England to spot muggers, stolen cars and even illegal immigrants arriving by sea, reports ‘The Times’.The paper in its Saturday edition said  Police forces in Kent and Essex, South East England,  have begun a development project with BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defence company, to make unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) part of their arsenals.

BEIJING, April 20:Construction has begun on the world’s largest giant panda breeding base at a major habitat in southwest China’s Sichuan Province amid efforts to increase the population of the endangered species.Set in Gengda Town of Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve, the base will be able to hold about 200 pandas

ISLAMABAD, Apr 11: The draconian laws that threatened coercive actions against the press would be removed via this bill to begin the process of providing for a free press in Pakistan.This involves, as a first step, the withdrawal of the provisions of Ordinance XIII of 2002, inserted through Ordinance LXV of 2007 on 3rd November, 2007.

ISLAMABAD,Apr4:Number of the poor in the country has increased to 73.6 per cent of the total population from 33.6 per cent during the last eight years on the basis of two dollars per day purchasing power. Federal Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, said Thursday that eight years ago there were only 33.6 per cent poor in the county on basis of two dollars purchasing power that have alarming increased to 73.6 per cent. 

By Dilshad Azeem
ISLAMABAD,Apr4: Rare stone carvings, sculptures and statues of the Buddha have been found from the Diamer-Bhasha dam site and more discoveries are expected when work on the main reservoir begins.

“At least 1,000-1,500 different kinds of rock carvings, sculptures and statues have been found during the technical work, and the archaeology department expects huge consignment when full-fledged reservoir building is started,” sources told The News here on Thursday

PESHAWAR,Apr2: Welcoming the Prime Minister’s decision regarding the demolishing of Frontier Crime Regulation (FCR), FATA Lawyers Forum (FLF) has demanded establishment of separate Provincial Assembly for FATA representatives or a platform for them to resolve their issues by themselves, adding that the lawyers could give alternative system within three days.

ISLAMABADmar29: Pakistan Army has said that as yet it has not decided to cooperate with Afghanistan and the United States over opening of any joint military intelligence centres along the Pakistan-Afghan border.

According to a news report, Maj Gen David Rodriguez, the Commander of US troops in Afghanistan told about 100 military personnel from the three countries that they were taking "a giant step forward in cooperation, communication and coordination" while opening up these centres.

When American soldiers get off duty in Iraq, the men usually return to their quarters, the women to theirs. But Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier gets to go back to a small trailer with two pushed-together single beds that he shares with his wife.

Top secret visit of US Senators to South Waziristan

WTP EXCLUSIVE REPORT

PESHAWAR,Mar31:A high profile six member US Congressmen delegation, visited South Waziristan,during recent visit to Pakistan on March 29.During the visit they were briefed about the ongoing military operation against Baitullah Mehsud and his men ,sources from the volatile troubled agency told "WORLD TRIBUNE PAKISTAN" Investigative Unit.The US Senators called on  pro-talibans and neuteral tribal chieftains and explained the US policies regarding FATA areas.The pro-talibans  tribal chieftains Jirga were headed by JUI(F),Senator Moullana Saleh Shah.According to the sources the Senators said that United State is fully aware of the problems of the tribesmen and will take solid steps to improve the living conditions of the people of the area and provide them opportunities for social and economic development.  The visit of US  congressional delegation was not pre-arrenged and it was top secret.

ISLAMABAD, Mar29: The National Assembly Saturday made history by passing a unanimous resolution of vote of confidence in Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.  Parliamentary leaders in the Lower House of the Parliament Saturday announced their support to Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani for the vote of confidence in the Prime Minister under clause (3) of Article 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.Soon after the resolution was moved in the House, Member National Assembly Faisal Saleh Hayat on behalf of Pakistan Muslim League-Q said PML-Q wholeheartedly accepted the mandate of the people given in the general elections.He said PML-Q announced their support to Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani as a goodwill gesture so that the new government could meet the challenges facing by the country and the nation. Parliamentary Leader of PML- Functional Jahangir Tareen speaking on the occasion also announced their full support to Yousuf Raza Gilani.

ISLAMABAD, Mar 29: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday spelt out the priorities of his government by announcing measures to combat terrorism, price hike, unemployment and poverty, setting up of new power plants and fixing minimum wage of Rs 6000 for the labourers. Speaking in the National Assembly after taking vote of confidence, he said maintaining law and order in the country would be the top priority of his government for which terrorism needs to be rooted out.“We are ready to talk to all those who are ready to lay down their arms and wanted peace,” he said.He said he would announce a special package for tribal areas to give them employment and to remove their backwardness and other social evils.

  Qudssia Akhlaque

ISLAMABAD: "I was just thinking that Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto must be so happy. I wanted to thank GodÖ.and her." These were the sentiments that overwhelmed the PPP parliamentarian Dr. Fehmida Mirza as she walked up to the podium to take oath as the Speaker of Pakistan's 13th National Assembly on March 19, she recalled in an exclusive interview with The News at her office on Saturday when proceedings of the House had adjourned for Zohar prayers.

ISLAMABAD,Mar25:Newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Makhdoom Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani sworn in as 24thPrime Minister of Pakistan,at Presidency Islamabad on Tuesday.President Pervez Musharraf has administered the oath to the new prime minister in presidency.

RAWALPINDImAR24: Lieutenant General Shafaat Ullah Shah, Corps Commander Lahore, has been posted as Chief of Logistic Staff (CLS) at the General Headquarters, whereas, Lieutenant General Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi has been posted as Corps Commander, Lahore.

NEW YORK, Mar 22 : The leaders of PPP-PML(N) coalition say they will negotiate with the militants believed to be orchestrating the suicide attacks, and use armed force only as a last resort, according to a leading U.S. newspaper.

By Rauf Klasra

 ISLAMABAD,Mar9:Co-chairperson PPP Asif Ali Zardari is believed to have shared the multi-million dollar secret with his party MPs from Hyderabad Division when on Saturday night he told them that he had finally decided to become the prime minister of Pakistan after three months. Before that he would bring a prime minister from the Punjab for only 90 days.

MURREE,Mar9: Following is the text of the six-point summit declaration regarding the formation of the government finalized between the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N) at Murree on Sunday.PML (N) leader Mian Nawaz Sahrif and co-chairman PPP Asif Ali Zardari signed this declaration in Bhurban on Sunday

BY IFTIKHAR MASHWANI

ISLAMABAD,Feb23: President Perwaiz Musharar may resign within in the next 48 to 72 hours due to the emerging political situations in the country, reliable sources said here on Saturday.“President is watching the fast developing situation  vary closely and has  realised that he will  not be able to  work  as  President with the new government,"the sources disclosed to the "World Tribune Pakistan".The President is holding  close consultations with his aids and is  mentally prepared to resign within  72 hours. President has been embattled and find himself in deep waters following crushing defeat of “his” party (PML-Q) in the free, fair, transparent elections ever held in the 60-year history of Pakistan.His die-hard opponents, particularly PML-N have secured comfortable majority that could help them form governments at the Centre as well
as in Punjab and NWFP with PPPP.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has pledged to mobilise national leaders in a drive to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) “a set of anti-poverty targets for the year 2015” when they come to New York for the General Assembly’s high-level debate in September.

Pakistan won’t stop improving nuclear capability on any pressure: Musharraf

PARIS,Jan23: President General Pervez Musharraf has ruled out to yield any international pressure to stop further improving the nuclear capability.He stated this here while addressing a gathering of Pakistani community. Pakistan is the only nuclear power among the Muslim countries, he remarked.The atomic missile programme of Pakistan is mush better than the same programme of many countries, he said.

Islamabad(Shahina Maqbool)
Of the 98 districts where immunisation and reproduction health coverage, coupled with the performance of the health system, was measured against a set of nine indicators, 15 districts have qualified for highest performance level, 42 for high performance, 33 for medium-level performance and 8 to the low-performing category. Gwadar is the top performing district while Qilla Abdullah stands at the lowest 98th rank in Pakistan.