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Finding Osama not easy, admit US officials
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The Post Monitoring
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WASHINGTON: After al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has successfully evaded arrest for the past seven years, the US intelligence officials have begun admitting that it is really a difficult task to catch him, dead or alive.
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Oil soars to record near $146
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Associated Press
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New York: Oil briefly soared to a record near $146 a barrel Thursday, but fell back after the European Central Bank held back from signaling further rate hikes and rising unemployment in the United States underlined the fragility of the economy there.
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Army ready for any challenge, says COAS
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Staff Reporter/Agenies
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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Thursday underlined that the moral of Pakistan Army is in high esteem urging that it is fully equipped to tackle any challenges.
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No one can launch action on Pak soil: FO
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Iqbal Choudhry
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has ruled out possibility of launching offensive inside its territory by any other country and said only Pakistani forces are allowed to carry out action on the country's soil.
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PPP pro-people, says PM's son
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Special Correspondent
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LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani's son and Punjab Assembly member Abdul Qadir Gillani has said that the restoration of judiciary is also on PPP's agenda, adding that the real problems are poverty and inflation.
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India alerts forces to infiltration threat
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Army chief thinks some militants linked to Taliban,
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Monitoring/Agencies
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NEW DELHI/JAMMU: Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said on Thursday that the security forces have been put on high alert in Jammu Kashmir in the wake of state assembly elections expected to be held in October.
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Geelani put under house arrest
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Monitoring/App
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SRINAGAR: The state administration has put senior Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani under the house arrest on Thursday to prevent him from leading a march to Hazrat Bal shrine, scheduled to be held on Friday (today).
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Saarc summit on August 2 in Colombo
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Lankan FM invites Pakistan to attend moot
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Staff Reporter
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ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama has called on President Pervez Musharraf at the camp office in Rawalpindi and later Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani at the PM House on Thursday.
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Mullen urges quick action against militants
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The Post Monitoring
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Lahore: The US defence department chose to sidestep queries on whether it had the authority to carry out unilateral action against Taliban or al Qaeda leadership on Pakistani soil but pressed Islamabad to 'move rapidly' against the militants in its restive tribal areas.
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India, Iran to seal gas deal next month
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Agencies
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ISLAMABAD: India expects to finalise a deal by next month on a pipeline that will transport gas from Iran, Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora told Thursday.
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Pakistan, Lanka to ink deal for prisoners swap
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Staff Reporter
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ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has said that both Pakistan and Sri Lanka are working to sign an agreement for exchange of prisoners so that Pakistani prisoners can be repatriated to complete their remaining sentences.
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IHC summons AG over Qadeer’s detention
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Agencies
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court here Thursday directed the Attorney General for Pakistan to appear in person on July 15 and apprise the court of facts regarding nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan's alleged detention.
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UK doubles Pakistan aid to fight poverty
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Staff Reporter
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ISLAMABAD: The fight against poverty in Pakistan is to be stepped up with a doubling of UK assistance to £480 million by 2011, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced Thursday.
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‘PPP to reinstate judge at all cost’
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Associated Press of Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party is committed to restoring the deposed judges and resolving the issue of missing persons, Spokesman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Farhatullah Baber said Thursday.
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Shutter-down strike in Quetta
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App
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QUETTA: A complete shutter down was observed on the appeal of Balochistan National Party (Mengal) and Traders' Union here on Thursday.
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