Kandahar, Aug 9 : Canadian troops seized bomb-making supplies, guns, narcotics and money during a major offensive into the northwestern part Afghanistan’s dangerous Kandahar province.
The Canadian soldiers, their NATO allies based in Kandahar, Afghan National Security Forces, and British troops from Helmand province moved into Band-E-Timour and the Maywand district northwest of Kandahar city on Sunday.
The offensive is taking large number of coalition forces in Kandahar further from their base than they normally venture and marks one of the rare times they have conducted a joint operation with the British next door, globeandmail reported.
Islamabad, Aug 9 : President Pervez Musharraf has called the crucial National Assembly session at 5.00 p. m. in the evening on August 11, following the ruling alliance’s announcement to go for the impeachment of the President.
Islamabad, Aug. 9 : President Pervez Musharraf may have taken some positive steps to promote Pakistan as a modern and enlightened Islamic state during the last nine years, but for an overwhelming majority of the peoples'' elected representatives, he remains the most unpopular man in the country for various reasons, says an editorial in the Daily Times.
While an announcement has been made by Pakistan''s ruling coalition to go ahead with the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, top constitutional experts in the country have differed on what the country''s Supreme Court can or cannot do with regard to the motion. But most of them said that the apex court has no jurisdiction in the matter.
Karachi, Aug. 9: The proposed impeachment of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is "nothing but an issue", an "eyewash" claims former caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Mumtaz Ali Bhutto. 
Lahore, Aug. 9 : A report appearing on the web site of the Voice of America (VOA) has claimed that the Bush Administration is pressing the Pakistan Government to bring the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, Pakistan''s primary spy service, under civilian control.
