Iraqi kidnappers threaten to kill two Pakistanis
* Say Musharraf’s statement on sending troops to Iraq incited them
* Al Jazeera shows identity cards and video footage of kidnapped Pakistanis
* Foreign Office says effort being made to have the two Pakistanis freed
DUBAI: Iraqi kidnappers vowed in a videotape aired on Monday... 
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Egyptian diplomat freed, two Jordanian drivers kidnapped
DOHA: The Egyptian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq has been freed, according to a video broadcast on Monday night by the Al-Jazeera satellite news channel.
The Egyptian mission’s third most senior official, Mohamed Mamdouh Kotb, was shown giving a hug to one of the kidnappers in the video. Al-Jazeera...
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Islamabad and Riyadh will develop consensus on troops to Iraq: Shujaat
LAHORE: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will develop a consensus on sending troops to Iraq after consulting other Muslim countries, Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told reporters on his flight home from Saudi Arabia on Sunday night.
“I discussed the matter with Crown Prince Abdullah,” Shujaat...
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PML invites foreign envoys to observe by-polls
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has invited foreign diplomats and observers from the European Union, Commonwealth and other organisations to monitor the by-elections in Attock and Tharparkar from where prime minister-in-waiting Shaukat Aziz is contesting. Foreign...
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By the toss of a coin, jirga decides a woman’s fate
JARANWALA: A jirga decided a woman’s fate by tossing a coin. The woman married for a second time without divorcing her first husband and the issue was referred to a jirga, which decided the matter by the toss of a coin. Her neighbour in Hussain Colony, Molvi Arshad, told Daily Times, that on May 29...
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Government agrees to settle Wana issue under Shakai pact
By Iqbal Khattak
PESHAWAR: The government has agreed to settle the Wana issue in accordance with the principles set out in the Shakai agreement, NWFP Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah said on Monday.
The governor said tribes or sub-tribes of the Ahmedzai Wazir that agreed to accept...
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Dhaka | Drive and dedication
Rickshaws ply a flooded street in Narayanganj 20 kilometres from Dhaka on Monday. Thousands of people in the Bangladeshi capital took boats to work after floods inundated large parts of the city, forcing up to 100,000 people to cram into shelters. reuters
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