|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| April 15, 2006 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 16, 1427 |
Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
|
|
|
|
|
Strike observed against Karachi killing
KARACHI, April 14: A protest was observed in Karachi and most cities and towns of interior Sindh on Friday in response to a strike call given by the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat... 
|
|
ST extends deadline for carnage probe
KARACHI, April 14: The Sunni Tehrik on Friday decided to give authorities more time to carry out what they called an in-depth inquiry into the Nishtar Park blast in which its top leadership had been killed on Tuesday....
|
|
|
||
|
Unlimited cement import allowed: ECC concerned over prices
ISLAMABAD, April 14: The government on Friday allowed unlimited import of cement at subsidised freight rates. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) presided over by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz “expressed serious concern...
|
|
Lacklustre opening of NA debate on prices: Opposition criticises govt’s economic policies
ISLAMABAD, April 14: Only low voices were raised against high prices of essential commodities in the country at the start of a National Assembly debate on inflation on Friday....
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Two bombs explode in Delhi Jama Masjid
NEW DELHI, April 14: Thirteen people were injured after two crude bombs exploded in Delhi’s Jama Masjid when it was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers....
|
|
PPP, PML-N vow to end army’s role in politics
LAHORE, April 14: The PPP and the PML-N, two major opposition parties, at a meeting in London on Friday decided to make concerted efforts to restore genuine parliamentary system in which the army would have no role in national politics....
|
Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) |
|
Government reform body set up: Harmony in tiers of governance
ISLAMABAD, April 14: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday approved a proposal to set up of a ‘National Commission on Government Reform’ to simplify rules and...
|
|
Pakistan a valuable ally against terror: US
WASHINGTON, April 14: Both the White House and State Department praised Pakistan as a valuable ally in the war against terror after the reported killing on Thursday of a key Al Qaeda operative....
|
|
|
||
|
Saudi crown prince due today on two-day visit
ISLAMABAD, April 14: Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz’s two-day visit from today will give a push to implementation of the five agreements signed between the two countries during King Abdullah’s...
|
|
Five dead, 32 hurt in Kashmir blasts
SRINAGAR, April 14: Five people were killed and 32 wounded on Friday when militants staged a wave of grenade attacks in occupied Kashmir, police said....
|
|
|
||
|
Yasin Malik arrested
NEW DELHI, April 14: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and six of his associates were detained on Friday while going to Baramulla for an election boycott campaign....
|
|
Bus service planned for Hassanabdal pilgrims
TAXILA, April 14: Minister for Religious Affairs and Minorities Ijazul Haq on Friday said that a proposal was under consideration to start Hassanabdal-Amritsar bus service for Sikh pilgrims....
|
|
|
||
|
Pakistan role in Afghan rebuilding praised
ISLAMABAD, April 14: The new special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Tom Koenig on Friday expressed appreciation of Pakistan’s contribution towards Afghanistan’s security and economic reconstruction....
|
|
Jemaah leader’s funds frozen by US
WASHINGTON, April 14: The United States has frozen the funds of jailed Jemaah Islamiah leader Abu Bakar Bashir and three other members of the Al Qaeda-linked militant network, the Treasury department said on Thursday....
|
Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) |
||
|
UK navy gets first Muslim admiral
LONDON, April 14: The Royal Navy has appointed its first non-white admiral, Pakistan-born Amjad Hussain, a British newspaper said on Friday....
|
|
11 abducted, shot dead in Basra
BASRA, April 14: Eleven employees of a building company in Basra were kidnapped and killed on Thursday. They were among 42 people killed in Iraq over a 24-hour period....
|
Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) |
||
Zionist regime a threat: Iran
TEHRAN, April 14: Iran’s hardline leaders fired off a barrage of vitriolic attacks against the United States and Israel on Friday, voicing ‘serious doubts’ over the Holocaust and predicting the ‘elimination’ of the Jewish state....
|
|
3 policemen killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, April 14: A Taliban suicide car bomb wounded three coalition soldiers and an Afghan guard on Friday, while three policemen were killed in another Taliban bombing, officials said....
|
Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)
Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)
Founder: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
The DAWN Group of Newspapers
Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.
Phone:+92 (21) 111-444-777 Fax: +92 (21) 569-3995
webmaster@dawn.com
Contributions
For Marketing: mktg@dawn.com
Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version.
