tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36540987708246189902024-02-07T23:45:27.418+05:00AWAD NEWS INTERNATIONALAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.comBlogger1398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-80510712434425455922013-11-22T11:30:00.001+05:002013-11-22T11:30:10.686+05:00Topper trampled to death<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">LAHORE - A Punjab University girl was crushed to death by a bus of the same institution, drawing ire of her fellows who took to the streets. The resident of Model Town topped the merit list of Institute of Communication Studies.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The first semester student, Alisha Khalid, fell off the overloaded bus in the morning when struggling to get in, according to eyewitnesses.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Mother too watched dying her glorious girl.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Bus conductor was also reported to have sustained injuries, while the driver fled the scene. The sad story shattered her fellows and other students, who took to the streets to vent their rage against the university administration for its ‘dillydallying’ to get over traffic troubles they have to face daily.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">It is learnt that the university has 56 buses to cope with 32,000 students’ transportation needs in the provincial capital. PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran handed over negligent driver Khurram to Model Town police after suspending him. He claimed to have taken up traffic troubles seriously, saying that his admin is “working to do away with it”.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“Due to increase in the number of female students, such problems had been created. One new bus has been added to the fleet of university buses for the past five years,” he added.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Dr Kamran blamed the dillydallying on the previous administration, saying: “The former admin never heeded over such matters but my administration will take the negligent staff to the task. “We arranged two courses in collaboration with National Highways and Motorway Police for the first time but our drivers won’t bother to follow their guidelines.”</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The VC also summoned an emergency meeting to discuss the issue on Thursday.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">ICS teachers and students visited the residence of deceased to condole with the bereaved family.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The ICS announced condolence reference at its auditorium today (Thursday at 12:00. Alisha Khalid was laid to rest at local graveyard. Her fellows and teachers attended the funeral.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Caught over murder</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Muslim Town Police arrested a sub inspector for his involvement in murder of the Punjab University guard as the Lahore High Court cancelled his bail application Wednesday.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">As hearing started, the court heard that Imran was murdered on the abetment of SI Mian Khan. Khan attempted to flee the court when he was denied bail. However police nicked him.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-56893090127682956472013-11-22T10:11:00.002+05:002013-11-22T10:11:56.309+05:00Stop playing on both sides of wicket: Imran Khan tells PM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and urged him to take a firm stand against US missile strikes inside Pakistan adding that time has come to stop playing on both sides of the wicket.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Addressing a press conference here‚ he strongly condemned drone attack in Hangu and said Thursday’s drone attack was carried out in settled area of the country for the first time and US has got courage to attack any where in the country including its capital due to cowardness of Pakistan government.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Imran Khan feared that after Hangu, United States now could hit missiles on Madarsa in federal capital’s posh E-7 sector as well.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said lives of people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are in danger as Americans have started missile attacks in the settled areas of the province.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">PTI chief said that Prime Minster has not bothered to condemn Thursday strike in country’s settled area added that Nawaz Sharif has no interest in country’s grave situation as he was busy in foreign trips.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“I ask a question from Nawaz Sharif have you adopted dual policies? People of Pakistan will no more accept your policies. He is busy in foreign visits while people are being killed from Peshawar to Karachi,” Khan said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Lashing out at government for its double standards, Khan said Nawaz government doing the same job as previous governments had done by secretly allowing US for drone attacks inside country’s territory.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said Nawaz Sharif has presented weak stance over drone issue with US President added that a brave leadership is need of time to rule the country.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Khan said government is showing more keen to establish peace with India while peace was first need of the country.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“Nawaz taking more interest in ‘Amman ki Aasha’” (desire of peace) with India but this is what Pakistan is lacking within its own soil, government wanted ‘Amman ki Asha’ with Modi who is killer of thousands of Muslims”, Khan said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said ‘Aman ki Asha’ with India is not possible on cost of blood of 70,000 Kashmiris.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“Honeymoon period for this govt is over. We gave time but now we won't. PM Nawaz is answerable to nation.”</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said that his party will stage a strong protest against drone attacks in Peshawar on Saturday and appealed the people to join him. He said that drone attacks are war crimes and Peshawar High Court has already given its verdict in this regard.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Khan vowed to block NATO supplies on official level saying that Thursday drone attack was carried out on KPK soil therefore provincial government ha right to halt these supplies officially.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said initially PTI workers were planning to stop NATO supplies within KPK but after Hangu attack, provincial government machinery could be used for this purpose.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Khan said his party would stage a strong protest on roads in KPK added that an emergency meeting of provincial cabinet has also been called to discuss post-drone attack in Hangu.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government will convene emergency meeting of the cabinet to discuss the issue of latest drone attack in the province.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">To a query will his party stop NATO supplies from Balochistan too, Imran Khan said if Balochistan government is handed over to PTI, they would obviously halt these supplies until US stops missile attacks in Pakistan.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Giving his views on Rawalpindi tragedy, Imran Khan termed Rawalpindi tragedy as part of international conspiracy.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Imran said Rawalpindi incident was failure of the government, whereas, major responsibility comes in PM Nawaz Sharif's domain.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Imran Khan underlined terrorism is a stumbling block in the way of foreign investment.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said he would soon release pictures and names of those killed in the latest drone attack in Hangu.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-64775160456358495222013-11-22T10:10:00.002+05:002013-11-22T10:10:46.242+05:00Govt playing constructive role: PM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has reiterated the importance that Pakistan attaches to a peaceful and stable Afghanistan and pledged all help on part of Islamabad to achieve this end.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He was talking to a delegation of Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) headed by Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani that called on the Prime Minister here on Thursday.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The Prime Minister also underscored Pakistan's resolve to continue extending all possible facilitation for the Afghan peace and reconciliation process. He further said that Pakistan has always supported a peaceful, stable and united Afghanistan and that Pakistan is playing a constructive and positive role to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process. The visiting Afghan High Peace Council delegation thanked the Prime Minister for his efforts to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. HPC Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani, briefed the Prime Minister regarding progress made in peace process till now.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Rabbani further said that People of Afghanistan are eagerly waiting for the Prime Minister of Pakistan to visit Afghanistan, which would provide momentum to peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The visiting Afghan delegation also included Secretary General HPC Masoom Stanekzai and Member HPC Asadullah Wafa. During the meeting Interior Minister Ch Nisar Ali Khan, Advisor to PM Sartaj Aziz, Special Assistant to PM Tariq Fatemi, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Muhammad Sadiq and Secretary to PM Javed Aslam were also present.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-47608226983922222972013-11-22T10:09:00.002+05:002013-11-22T10:09:48.302+05:00Nato supplies to be blocked indefinitely<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">ISLAMABAD - Condemning the US drone strike in the settled area of Hangu, PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday announced blocking of NATO supplies for indefinite period from KPK, urging the present government to take a firm stand against drone strikes inside Pakistan.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, PTI chairman said these are the defining moments for the nation to take its decisions.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He strongly condemned drone attack in Hangu and said the attack was carried out in settled area of the country for the first time and the US has got courage to attack anywhere in the country, including its capital due to dual policies of the present government. “I ask a question from Nawaz Sharif have you adopted dual policies like the previous government? People of Pakistan will no more accept your policies,” Imran said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said that the prime minister is busy in foreign visits while people are being killed from Peshawar to Karachi. Lashing out at the government for its double standards, he said that Nawaz government doing the same job as previous governments had done by secretly allowing US for drone attacks inside country’s territory. He said Nawaz Sharif has presented weak stance over drone issue with the US president added that a brave leadership is need of time to rule the country. He said that lives of people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are in danger as Americans have started missile attacks in the settled areas of the province. PTI chief said that prime minister has not bothered to condemn Thursday strike in country’s settled area added that Nawaz Sharif has no interest in country’s grave situation as he was busy in foreign trips.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“Honeymoon period for this govt is over and ended,” he added. He said that PTI will stage a strong protest against drone attacks in Peshawar on Saturday and appealed to the people to join this protest. He said that drone attacks are war crimes and Peshawar High Court has already given its verdict in this regard. Imran Khan vowed to block NATO supplies on official level, saying that Thursday drone attack was carried out on KPK soil therefore provincial government ha right to halt these supplies officially.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said that initially PTI workers were planning to stop NATO supplies within KPK but after Hangu attack, provincial government machinery could be used for this purpose. Khan said his party would stage a strong protest on roads in KPK added that an emergency meeting of provincial cabinet has also been called to discuss post-drone attack in Hangu.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government would convene emergency meeting of the cabinet to discuss the issue of latest drone attack in the province. To a query will his party stop NATO supplies from Balochistan too, Imran Khan said if Balochistan government is handed over to PTI, they would obviously halt these supplies until US stops missile attacks in Pakistan. Giving his views on Rawalpindi tragedy, Imran Khan termed Rawalpindi tragedy as part of international conspiracy.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Imran said Rawalpindi incident was failure of the government, whereas major responsibility rests with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s domain. Imran Khan underlined terrorism is a stumbling block in the way of foreign investment. He said he would soon release pictures and names of those killed in the latest drone attack in Hangu. He said that government is keen to establish peace with India while peace was first needed for the country. “Nawaz taking more interest in ‘Amman ki Aasha’” (desire of peace) with India but this is what Pakistan is lacking within its own soil, government wanted ‘Amman ki Asha’ with Modi who is killer of thousands of Muslims,” Imran Khan said. He said ‘Aman ki Asha’ with India is not possible on cost of blood of 70,000 Kashmiris innocent people.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-14803528964003535552013-11-22T10:08:00.002+05:002013-11-22T10:08:26.308+05:00Collective efforts must for solidarity: CM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has stressed the need for making collective efforts to develop national solidarity and harmony in the country.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said that all the Senators, MNAs, MPA, ticket-holders of the PML-N, administration and police authorities should play a vigorous role for maintaining law and order and perform their responsibilities in a proactive manner in their respective areas to foil conspiracies being hatched by some anti-state elements.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The CM issued instructions for making foolproof security arrangements in the province on Friday (today) and directed administration and police to remain fully alert and depute more police force at mosques and Imambargahs.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He was addressing the MPAs, Commissioners, RPOs and other officers of nine divisions of the province through video link, here on Thursday.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The chief minister directed to activate peace committees at district-level and to take all-out measures for maintaining peaceful atmosphere. He said that no one would be allowed to disrupt law and order situation. He appreciated the role of Ulema in maintaining peace in the wake of Rawalpindi incident. He appealed to Ulema to play more active role for peace, unity and tolerance in the society.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said the elements involved in Rawalpindi tragedy would not escape punishment. He said that the shops, mosque and religious seminary damaged in Rawalpindi would immediately be reconstructed as the Punjab government has issued funds for this purpose.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">MasterCard Company delegation calls on CM: A delegation led by President MasterCard Company Middle East and Africa Michael Miebach called on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and exchanged views on the matter regarding introduction of MasterCard for improving performance of various sectors in Punjab.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The CM said efficiency of the government departments and service delivery system could be improved through introduction of the MasterCard. He said that transparency is the hallmark of the Punjab government and an effective strategy has been adopted for transparent completion of development projects and elimination of corruption from all government departments.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">OICCI heads call on CM: CM Shahbaz said the government is determined to end terrorism and energy shortage. He claimed that conducive atmosphere has been created in the province for investment and all-out facilities are being provided to local and foreign investors under one-roof. He invited the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry to invest in Punjab and assured that maximum facilities and security would be provided.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He was talking to OICCI president Kimihide Ando and vice president Asad Jaffar who met him here on Thursday. Provincial Minister for Industry Muhammad Shafique, Chairman Planning & Development, Secretaries of Finance and Industries, Vice Chairman Punjab Investment Board and other officers concerned were also present on the occasion. It was agreed in the meeting that the Punjab government and OICCI would cooperate in the energy and other sectors.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The CM said that promotion of social, economic and industrial activities is linked with production of electricity and the Punjab government is working on power generation from coal, solar, biomass and biogas. He said tough decisions have been taken to put the national economy on the right track. He said that the OICCI should come forward for promotion of cooperation in the energy sector. He assured that all-out facilities and incentives would be extended to the investors.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Kimihide Ando said that the Pakistani government is moving in the right direction to overcome the problems being faced by the country and making sincere efforts in this regard. He expressed the hope that the PML-N government would succeed in resolving the issues being faced by the country.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-13837362406696295732013-11-22T10:04:00.002+05:002013-11-22T10:04:29.833+05:00Canada to support Pakistan for GSP Plus status: Envoy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">LAHORE - The economic condition of Pakistan will improve after getting GSP Plus status from European countries and Canada will play its role for the purpose.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">These views were expressed by Canadian High Commissioner Greg Giokas while talking to Nawa-i-Waqt Group Managing Director Dr Majid Nizami and Deputy Managing Director Rameeza Majid Nizami n Thursday.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The Canadian envoy said his government wants peace in this region. He suggested that Pakistan should cement bilateral and trade ties with neighbouring countries.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“Canada wanted to boost trade ties with Pakistan,” he said, adding that measures have been adopted for wooing foreign investments and the Pakistan government should play its positive role in enticing Canadian investors.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He added: “After the announcements of different incentives, especially in taxes and duties, Canadian potential investors could invest heavily in different sectors of Pakistan.”</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">However, he stressed the need for drafting over the matter.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Quoting the example of Riko Diq project, the Commissioner revealed that Canadian investors already have immense apprehensions as they bore colossal losses in the project.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Had Pakistani government legislated in this regard before the deal inked, there would have not been any complications, he added.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Greg Giokas said that it was the need of the hour to take step for the exchange of trade delegations between two countries so investors of both nations could make investments in different sectors after understanding the circumstances of each other countries. About drone strike, he said that it is bilateral between Pakistan and America.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Separately, the envoy met acting Punjab Governor Rana Muhammad Iqbal and discussed matters relating to enhancing trade relations between the two countries and said that Canada was proud of its relations with Pakistan. Emphasising the importance of developing Pakistan's economy, the Canadian High Commissioner urged opening up trade relations with India and the rest of the world nations.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;"> “There are approximately 300,000 Canadians of Pakistani origin who contribute to the economy and enrich the multicultural fabric of Canada”, he told the governor. The Canadian High Commissioner appreciated the hospitality of the Lahorites describing them one of the liveliest, friendly and open hearted people.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Speaking on the occasion, Acting Governor Rana Muhammad Iqbal said that Pakistan-Canada relations were based on strong foundation of friendship and mutual interests. He said that Canada has been an important partner in Pakistan’s developments since 1947.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“The two countries are partners in the common endeavor to promote global and regional peace and stability. They have also vital resources, technological ability, the infrastructural and the manpower to give greater substance to the relationship”, the Acting governor said while emphasizing the importance of extending economic relations between Pakistan and Canada.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Rana also appreciated Canadian assistance for flood affected areas and contribution towards the rehabilitation and reconstruction phase. “Canada is our important trading partner and we appreciate the Canadian companies which are working in Pakistan and hope that export development Canada will continue its long term cover to these companies”, he concluded.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-86283536483530199142013-11-22T10:03:00.002+05:002013-11-22T10:03:31.375+05:00Bombs, bullets kill 11 in Balochistan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">QUETTA - At least seven people were killed and over 40 others wounded in separate incidents of bomb blasts, landmine explosions and armed attacks in various towns of Balochistan on Thursday. Four dead bodies too were recovered from Khuzdar and Panjgour districts.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">At least five people including police and security personnel were killed and 23 others including women and children wounded in a powerful bomb blast in Quetta.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Police said unidentified people had fitted explosives with a motorbike and parked it at Sirki Road. The bomb exploded as a vehicle of Frontier Corps (FC) approached near. Three security personnel, a policeman and a scavenger were killed on the spot.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Most of the injured were passersby. Police and personnel of Frontier Corps rushed to the site after the blast and cordoned off the area. The rescue workers shifted dead and injured to Civil Hospital Quetta. Later the seriously injured were shifted to CMH for further treatment. The condition of three injured is said to be serious.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;"> “The blast badly damaged over seven vehicles, including vehicle of security forces and shattered windowpanes of nearby markets and a bank,” a police official said, adding that 7 to 8 kilogram explosive material was used in the blast that was carried out through a remote controlled device. He said that the vehicle of security forces was the main target of the bomb blast.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Banned outfit United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the blast. Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch strongly condemned the bomb blast and loss of precious lives and said that those who are committing such incidents are not well wishers of anybody.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">In another incident, three people were wounded in a bomb blast in Chaman town bordering with Afghanistan. Chaman Assistant Commissioner Ismail Ibrahim said that the explosives were planted with a motorbike which was parked at Eidgha Chowk. The bomb was blasted through a remote controlled device, he said. The injured were moved to local hospital for medical aid and later shifted to Quetta where condition of one injured was said to be serious.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Two dead bodies were discovered from Grog area in Nal tehsil of Khuzdar. Levies official said Mir Muhammad s/o Rasul Baksh and Palan Khan s/o Raza Muhammad Sumalani were kidnapped by a group of armed men from Nal area and their bodies were found dumped on Thursday. A Balochistan National Party (BNP) spokesperson said the victims were their activists and they had been targeted because of party’s political views. “Despite the government’s tall claims, bodies of political activists are being dumped,” said BNP Information Secretary Agha Hassan.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Two unidentified dead bodies were also recovered from Panjgour district. In another incident, unidentified armed men riding a motorbike hurled a hand grenade in Turbat town of Kech district that killed two persons who are said to be labourers hailing from Gilgit Baltistan. Three women were wounded in a landmine blast in Dera Bugti district who were shifted to hospital in serious condition. Reportedly, a blast also took place in Kuchlak area, some 20 km from Quetta, which injured three people.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“At least five people including two policemen were killed and 25 others wounded in the Quetta blast,” senior local police official Samiullah Soomro told AFP.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said eight of the wounded, including six policemen and two FC officials, were in a critical condition.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Senior local administration official Zahid bin Maqsood also confirmed the incident and casualties.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the bomb blast targeting a FC vehicle in Satellite Town area of Quetta, that resulted in loss of life and property.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The Prime Minister also condemned the Chaman blast which caused injuries to two people, a press release in Islamabad said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">While sympathising with the families of the victims, the Prime Minister prayed to Almighty Allah for resting the departed souls in eternal peace and granting courage to the bereaved to bear their loss with fortitude.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-15197807726749883242013-11-22T10:02:00.001+05:002013-11-22T10:02:26.410+05:00Afghan peace in Pak, US hands: Karzai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">KABUL - President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai on Thursday said that peace in Afghanistan is in the hands of Americans and Pakistanis.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The Afghan President told the consultative Loya Jirga (national meeting of tribal elders) in Kabul that he had received a letter from his American counterpart President Barack Obama, promising respect for Afghanistan’s sovereignty and protection of the US troops staying in the country after 2014.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Karzai told the Jirga that China, India and Russia were supportive of the security deal with the US, despite their differences with Washington on other issues, adding that Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey also overtly back the deal that is stoutly opposed by Iran. Karzai gave his backing to the proposed security pact with the United States that will see up to 15,000 foreign troops stay in the war-torn country.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">But he said it would not be signed until after next year’s election.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">A grand assembly of tribal chieftains, community elders and politicians began four days of debate on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), which will shape Washington’s future military presence in Afghanistan.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">A letter to Karzai from US President Barack Obama confirmed an agreement announced by Afghan officials on Tuesday over the vexed question of US forces raiding Afghan homes.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The letter released by Karzai’s office said US forces would not enter Afghan homes for military operations “except under extraordinary circumstances involving urgent risk to life and limb of US nationals”.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The issue is a sensitive one in Afghanistan and had for a time appeared to pose a serious threat to the deal.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">If the “loya jirga” assembly approves the BSA, it must then be passed by the Afghan parliament. It has been touted as vital to the country’s future after 2014, when the bulk of NATO’s 75,000 troops will pull out. The Taliban insurgency this year has reached levels of violence not seen since 2010, according to the United Nations.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Karzai urged the 2,500 delegates to consider Afghanistan’s “future prosperity” as they made their decision, saying the deal gave the country a chance to move on after more than 30 years of war.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“This agreement provides us a transitional period to reach stability in the next ten years ahead of us,” he said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He signalled yet another delay to the pact, which Washington had wanted completed by the end of October, saying it would only be signed “when our elections are conducted, correctly and with dignity”.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Afghanistan goes to the polls on April 5 to elect a successor to Karzai, who must step down after serving two terms. A credible election is seen as crucial to the country’s future stability. Karzai told delegates Afghanistan needed Washington’s cooperation in ensuring a clean, fair ballot.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The deal will see 10,000-15,000 foreign troops remain in Afghanistan after NATO pulls out the bulk of its forces by the end of 2014, Karzai said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">But he stressed that not all would be American, saying there would be troops from other NATO countries and “some other Muslim nations”.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">And he gave a frank assessment of his often thorny relationship with Washington, his principal foreign backer.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“America does not trust me and I do not trust them. I have had struggles with them and they have spread propaganda against me,” he said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The Taliban have condemned the jirga as an American plot and threatened to target its delegates if they approve the deal.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Last week a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near the jirga area, killing 12 people. A draft text released by Kabul late Wednesday appeared to show Karzai had bowed to a US demand that American troops would not be tried in local courts if they are accused of crimes - an issue that became a major hurdle in the negotiations.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">A similar security deal between the United States and Iraq collapsed in 2011 over the issue of whether American troops would be answerable to local courts, leading Washington to pull its forces out.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">But the text, published on the Afghan foreign ministry website, said Kabul had agreed that the United States should have “the exclusive right to exercise jurisdiction” over its forces in Afghanistan.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“Afghanistan authorises the United States to hold trial(s) in such cases, or take other disciplinary action, as appropriate, in the territory of Afghanistan,” it said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">It adds the deal will remain in force “until the end of 2024 and beyond”, unless either side ends it. The draft deal also said that while US military operations against Al-Qaeda may be “appropriate” in the fight against terrorism, the two sides would cooperate closely to protect US and Afghan interests “without unilateral US military counter-terrorism operations”.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-44175350788643756642013-11-22T10:00:00.002+05:002013-11-22T10:00:17.107+05:00Broad defies boos to put England on top<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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BRISBANE - England's Stuart Broad hit back at booing fans with a devastating five-wicket haul Thursday but Brad Haddin's fighting knock kept Australian hopes alive in a compelling start to the Ashes Tests. Wicketkeeper Haddin and Mitchell Johnson came to the rescue after Broad, loud boos ringing in his ears at Brisbane's Gabba ground, ripped through Australia's top order on day one.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The pair combined in a counter-punching 114-run stand for the seventh wicket before the outstanding Broad bowled Johnson (64) with the second new ball for his fifth wicket of the innings. Just before stumps, Australia lost another wicket when Peter Siddle was caught in the slips for seven off James Anderson. At the close, Australia were 273 for eight and well short of what skipper Michael Clarke would have expected after winning the toss, with Haddin unbeaten on 78 and Ryan Harris not out four.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Haddin made his 13th Test half-century as runs came easily in the last session. Johnson racked up his eighth Test 50 with a booming boundary before Broad had the last word. Had it not been for Haddin and Johnson's fightback, Australia would have been in a parlous state after Broad struck twice in the morning session and twice more after lunch to have the home side teetering on 132 for six.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Broad, who was vilified in the build-up to the series for not walking at a key moment during the summer's Ashes Tests in England, was unconcerned at his bad-boy role. "We don't read the papers in the changeroom so I haven't been aware of too much, but it doesn't spur me on...you don't need any more inspiration in playing for your country in Australia's backyard in the first Test of a series," Broad said.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />"To be able to come here and pick up wickets like I did today and as a team to stamp our authority on the series like we have today, that's all we're here for." The boos rang out when Broad, branded a "smug Pommy cheat" by a local newspaper, stepped up to bowl but he quickly snared opener Chris Rogers for one in his second over. Broad also accounted for Shane Watson (22) just before lunch, and he then took the prized scalp of Australian skipper Michael Clarke in the second over after the first break. Clarke looked uncomfortable against a short-pitched delivery and popped a gentle catch to Ian Bell at short leg for one, in what was a quick and tame end for Australia's premier batsman. Opener David Warner had smashed Broad's first ball of the day for four but his determined innings ended with a whimper as he became the tall quick's fourth victim just short of his half-century.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Warner looked disgusted at himself as he drove lazily at a short ball from Broad and spooned a catch to Kevin Pietersen in the covers, for 49 off 82 balls. The England batsman is playing in his 100th Test. The innings continued to unravel for Australia and debutant George Bailey edged Anderson to Alastair Cook for three, leaving the home side 100 for five in the 36th over. Steve Smith looked effective with his unconventional shot-making, but perished when he sparred at Chris Tremlett away from his body and was caught by Cook at slip for 31.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />It was not the start Australia needed as they try to avoid losing four successive Ashes series -- something which last happened in 1890 -- and defend an unbeaten record at the Gabba stretching back 25 years. "I think we're in a great position. We have two wickets in hand and we can put some more runs on the board," Johnson said. "We're going to put it back on them. The position we're in is definitely par for today." Broad had a fascinating duel with the pugnacious Warner, who hooked his first ball to the boundary and then dabbed an audacious upper-cut high over the slips for four. But Broad then prised the key wicket of Watson, who needlessly played outside his off-stump and was snapped up by Graeme Swann in the slips.</div>
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AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS:<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Chris Rogers c Bell b Broad 1<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />David Warner c Pietersen b Broad 49<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Shane Watson c Swann b Broad 22<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Michael Clarke c Bell b Broad 1<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Steve Smith c Cook b Tremlett 31<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />George Bailey c Cook b Anderson 3<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Brad Haddin not out 78<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Mitchell Johnson b Broad 64<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Peter Siddle c Cook b Anderson 7<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ryan Harris not out 4<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />EXTRAS: (lb11, w1, nb1) 13<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />TOTAL: (8 wkts; 90 overs) 273<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />FOW: 1-12, 2-71, 3-73, 4-83, 5-100, 6-132, 7-246, 8-265<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />BOWLING: Anderson 22-5-61-2, Broad 20-3-65-5, Tremlett 19-3-51-1, Swann 26-4-80-0, Root 3-1-5-0<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />TOSS: Australia<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />UMPIRES: Aleem Dar (PAK), K Dharmasena (SRI)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">HANGU/ISLAMABAD - A US drone strike in northwest Pakistan early Thursday morning killed nine people including a senior leader of the dreaded Haqqani network, a militant group affiliated with Afghan Taliban, in only the second such strike in settled areas outside the country’s tribal districts.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The attack is the first drone strike since Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed on Nov 1 and it comes just a day after a senior Pakistani official said Washington has assured it will not make drone hits while Islamabad tries to engage Taliban in peace talks.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Pakistan government responded with issuing a traditional condemnation stating the attack, at a seminary in Tal tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Hangu district, to be violation of its sovereignty and international laws.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Maulvi Ahmad Jan, an adviser to Sirajuddin Haqqani, the feared head of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, was said to be killed when an unmanned US aircrafts fired four missiles targeted two rooms of Madrassa Muftahul Quran, where reportedly some leaders of Haqqani group were staying.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Eight others, mostly students of the seminary in Bejigar Tandaro village, were also injured and they were taken to Tal tehsil hospital. Local sources said that the drones continued to hover over the area after the attack that came at around 4:30am, creating panic among the locals and causing delay in relief activities.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“Yes it’s true, we lost another valuable figure this morning,” a senior Haqqani official told Reuters. A source with Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security intelligence agency confirmed Maulvi Ahmad Jan’s death. A Pakistani intelligence source said that Sirajuddin Haqqani himself was spotted at the same seminary just two days earlier.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Besides Ahmad Jan, three others killed in the attack – namely Maulana Hameedullah, Karim and Maulana Gul Marjan – were stated to be from Paktia province of Afghanistan and affiliated with the Haqqani network. Another of the deceased, Maulana Abdur Rehman, was a resident of Doaba Kurram Agency, while one Maulana Abdullah reportedly belonged to Sadda area of Kurram Agency. The rest three dead were students of the seminary.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Haqqani network is one of the main enemies of US-led forces in neighbouring Afghanistan, frequently launching attacks on foreign troops. But it has been under considerable strain this month since its chief financier, Nasiruddin Haqqani, was shot dead in Islamabad on November 11. No one claimed responsibility for that shooting.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“Jan, in his 60s, was the spiritual leader and head teacher of the Haqqani network,” one source told AFP, adding that Jan was a member of the group’s ruling council. “He was receiving people who were coming to condole the death of Nasiruddin Haqqani because followers of were not able to meet any other member of Haqqani family.”</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The US has been alleging that Haqqanis have hideouts in Pakistan’s mountainous North Waziristan region, an area that have faced most of the US drone strikes. Sources said that the attacked seminary in the Tandar area belonged to one Qari Noor Muhammad, a previously unknown figure, who set up it seven years ago. It was not clear if Qari Noor, a religious figure from North Waziristan, was present in the seminary at the time of attack.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">A Haqqani source said the seminary was an important rest point for members fighting in Afghanistan’s restive Khost province. “The seminary served as a base for the network where militants fighting across the border came to stay and rest, as the Haqqani seminaries in the tribal areas were targeted by drones,” the source told AFP. The area was earlier designated as a refugee camp for Afghans displaced by war in their country and it is still predominantly inhabited by Afghan nationals.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">It was the second US drone strike in KPK, as the first strike in this province was carried out in Bannu in 2008. Only the other day PM’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz had told a Senate Committee that US had assured Pakistan of not conducting drone strikes while Pakistan is in the process of peace talks with the TTP.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Foreign Office Spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry in a statement on Thursday said that these strikes are violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He said there is a consensus in Pakistan that drone strikes must end. He said Pakistan has been raising its concern with the US administration and at the United Nations.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Aizaz said PM Nawaz during his recent visit to the US had raised the issue with President Barack Obama and other senior US leaders. He said these drone strikes have a negative impact on Pakistan’s efforts to bring peace and stability within the country and the region. Such strikes, he added, also set dangerous precedents in the inter-state relations.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">On the other hand, KPK Chief Minister Pervez Khattak also protested aga-inst Thursday’s drone strike.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said due to the ill-conceived foreign policy of the federal government the drone strikes being continuously carried out in the tribal areas have now been extended to settled areas of KP, which was an open aggression against Pakistan. He demanded Sartaj Aziz to explain his position to the nation viz a viz his recent policy statement.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-91864818405129611822013-11-22T09:48:00.003+05:002013-11-22T09:48:57.566+05:00Dr Shakeel booked in murder case<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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LANDI KOTAL, Nov 21: The administration of Khyber Agency registered on Thursday a murder case against Dr Shakeel Afridi on a public complaint, charging him of operating on a patient that resulted in his death.</div>
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Official sources said that Naseeba Gul, mother of Salman Afridi, a resident of Sipah area in Bara, lodged a complaint with the political agent some five months ago, accusing Dr Shakeel of conducting a surgery on her son when he was not qualified to do so.</div>
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The complainant pleaded that Dr Shakeel, presently imprisoned in Peshawar jail on charges of having links with a banned outfit, was not a surgeon and unlawfully conducted the surgery that resulted in death of her son. The surgery was conducted in 2007 in the private clinic of Dr Shakeel, situated in Bara.Officials said that they sought opinion of the agency surgeon about the professional qualification of Dr Shakeel. The agency surgeon, they said, told the administration that Dr Shakeel was a general cadre doctor and not a specialist surgeon. He was not authorised to conduct any surgery.</div>
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It was also learnt that a brother of Salman Afridi had raised the issue in the press after his requests for registering a case against Dr Shakeel were not entertained by the administration when the incident took place.</div>
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The political administration has registered a case against the accused under sections 302 and 419 of Pakistan Penal Code and section 11 of Frontier Crimes Regulation. A warrant of the case was sent to the superintendent of Peshawar prison.</div>
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The administration fixed Dec 20 for hearing the case inside the jail. Political Agent Mutahir Zeb will hear the case.</div>
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Dr Shakeel was taken into custody in May 2011 on suspicion of helping the American CIA in tracing Osama bin Laden by conducting a fake vaccination campaign in Abbottabad.</div>
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Subsequently in May 2012, he was convicted by an assistant political agent for having links with a Bara-based banned organisation. He was sentenced to 33 years imprisonment. However, the FCR commissioner set aside his conviction and remanded the case to the political agent for re-hearing.</div>
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Meanwhile, Khasadar force on Thursday found bullet-riddled bodies of three persons in Sheen Drand area of Akkakhel in Bara.</div>
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Officials said that all the dead were buried in local graveyard as no one claimed the dead bodies.</div>
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Also in Akkakhel, militants destroyed the house of a khasadar on Thursday. Officials said that militants took along all the household items before destroying the house.</div>
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WASHINGTON, Nov 21: A bilateral security agreement between the United States and Afghanistan does not endorse the Afghan demand for joint actions against military aggression by other nations, specifically Pakistan.</div>
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A draft of the agreement, posted on the official website of the Afghan Foreign Ministry, only says that the United States will regard any external aggression with “grave concern” and will “strongly oppose” military threats or force against Afghanistan after 2014.</div>
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The United States plans to withdraw most of its combat troops from Afghanistan by 2014. Under the bilateral agreement, 8,000 to 12,000 US troops will remain in Afghanistan till 2024. They will participate in counter-terrorism operations, conduct search operations and will also train Afghan defence forces.</div>
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When negotiations on the security agreement began, President Hamid Karzai demanded a full-fledged defence treaty, with the US obliged to respond militarily to aggression by other nations, specifically Pakistan.</div>
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Although the draft says that the two countries “agree to consult on mutual responses to external aggression,” it excludes the Afghan demand.</div>
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On Wednesday night, US Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced in Washington that the United States and Afghanistan had reached an agreement on a security partnership which would allow American troops to stay in the country after 2014. But he refused to disclose the details.</div>
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“As we sit here tonight, we have agreed on the language that would be submitted to a Loya Jirga, but they have to pass it,” Secretary Kerry told a news briefing in Washington. “So I think it’s inappropriate for me to comment at all on any of the details. It’s up to the people of Afghanistan.”</div>
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Secretary Kerry also rejected a claim by a senior Afghan official that US President Barack Obama had agreed to apologise to the Afghan people over civilian deaths in Nato military raids. The aide said that Mr Karzai demanded the apology when he spoke to Mr Kerry on Tuesday and the secretary accepted his demand.</div>
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“President Karzai didn’t ask for an apology. There was no discussion of an apology,” Mr Kerry said. “I mean, it’s just not even on the table.”</div>
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While the secretary did not disclose details of the deal, the US media on Thursday quoted unnamed administration officials as saying that 8,000 to 12,000 mostly American troops will stay in Afghanistan till 2024.</div>
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The media reported that “this was the last sticking point in negotiations” but the Afghans accepted the US demand after Washington made it clear that it would deploy its troops in Afghanistan without this guarantee.</div>
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Although the Afghan government had earlier rejected the demand for allowing US troops to conduct search operations and make arrests, the draft posted on the official Afghan website indicated that they are willing to allow both.</div>
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The United States, however, has made it clear that without a bilateral security agreement, billions of dollars in annual military and development aid to Afghanistan would be at risk.</div>
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Other Nato nations have also said that they would make no post-2014 commitments to Afghanistan while some aid agencies probably would cut back operations because of security concerns.</div>
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According to the draft, the United States has the right to deploy American forces on nine bases, including the two biggest, the airfields in Bagram and Kandahar. US military planes can fly in and out of Afghanistan from seven air bases, including Kabul International Airport.</div>
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US forces can transport supplies from five border crossings, described along with the air bases as “official points of embarkation and debarkation”.</div>
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All bases in Afghanistan would revert to Afghan ownership and sovereignty after 2014.</div>
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) increased on Thursday electricity tariff by 73 paisa per unit for distribution companies of Wapda to be paid by consumers from next month.</div>
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The increase was allowed under a monthly fuel adjustment formula under which actual variations in cost of power supply are transferred to consumers. The tariff increase because of high generation cost in October will not apply to consumers using less than 50 units per month or to those getting power from the Karachi Electric Supply Company and the Peshawar Electric Supply Company.</div>
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Approving the new rates at a public hearing, Nepra’s acting chairman Khawaja Mohammad Naeem said the increase had forced people to reduce consumption which led to almost no loadshedding these days. But he had no facts and figures to corroborate the claim.</div>
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Officials of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) said the demand had come down mainly because of winter and also owing to substantial hydropower generation.</div>
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Some officials quietly remarked that the regulator should be ready to take the blame for loadshedding next month when hydropower generation would decline because of annual canal closure and diversion of gas to the domestic sector.</div>
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The Central Power Purchase Agency (CPPA) said at the hearing that Nepra had approved a reference fuel price of Rs7.49 per unit for October, but actual generation cost surged to Rs8.23 per unit. The CPPA sold 8.169 billion units of electricity costing of Rs67.28 billion, necessitating an increase in tariff by 73 paisa per unit.</div>
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Nepra was informed that the generation cost of plants using coal stood at Rs3.61 per unit, of those using diesel at Rs22.15, furnace oil at Rs15.88 and gas at Rs5.07. The generation cost of hydropower plants was less than 10 paisa per unit.</div>
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The CPPA said transmission losses of the national grid stood at 3 per cent, which Nepra found to be quite high.</div>
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The regulator also questioned generation of electricity by high speed diesel and wondered if all furnace oil-based capacity had been exhausted before utilising diesel-based plants. It directed the CPPA and the NTDC to provide five-year data of transmission losses and engage an independent auditor to verify the losses.</div>
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Nepra said power authorities had engaged two companies for loss assessment but their reports were not bankable. Therefore, it added, a new independent consultant should be appointed and its assessment would be examined by Nepra through its in-house expertise.</div>
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KARACHI, Nov 21: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that Sindh and federal governments have agreed to start work on the Karachi Circular Railway Project to provide modern, rapid and low-cost transportation facilities to the people of Karachi.</div>
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He said a committee, comprising representatives from the federal government, the Sindh government and other stakeholder organisations, had been constituted to undertake the groundwork to start physical work on the project.</div>
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Talking to newsmen after a meeting with Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq at the CM House on Thursday night, the chief minister said two major problems – encroachment on railways land and government land within operational area of the project – had been identified as hurdles in implementation of the project, while terms of reference for foreign loans had to be decided by the federal government.</div>
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Mr Shah said because of lack of interest by the previous federal government the main donor agency — Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) — was discouraged on one hand and encroachments by land-grabbers remained intact on the other.</div>
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He said the present government was keen to start this project at any cost because it was the need of the citizens of Karachi. He said that keeping in mind the difficulties of the people of Karachi he had requested the prime minister during his last visit to the city for help in implementation of the project and expressed his gratitude to him for sending Khwaja Saad Rafiq for this purpose.</div>
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The chief minister said today they had a meeting with experts from the federal and provincial governments, discussed the project in detail and decided that the federal and provincial governments would sort out the bottlenecks at the earliest.</div>
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He said his government had formed an anti-encroachment task force (AETF) headed by the inspector general of Sindh police. The task force will also be represented by the IG of Railway Police and other stakeholder organisations.</div>
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After conducting the field survey, the task force will prepare a strategy in such a way that the railway land will be got evacuated by land-grabbers without any loss or law and order situation.</div>
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The chief minister said his government had also planned to ply 200 new buses on the different routes to ensure competitive but low-cost communication facilities to people.</div>
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Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq appreciated the Sindh government for taking an initiative for implementation of the Karachi Circular Railway Project and assured Syed Qaim Ali Shah to extend all facilities and help from the federal government to complete the project.</div>
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He said as far as the development work was concerned the federal and Sindh governments were on the same page.</div>
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The railways minister said that removal of encroachments was essential before starting work on the project and added that it had been decided that this hurdle would be removed on a priority basis.</div>
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Responding to a question about law and order, the federal minister lauded the efforts of the chief minister to control the situation through a targeted operation against criminals and hoped that the situation created from the removal of encroachers would be controlled administratively.</div>
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The chief minister said the Sindh government would consider providing alternative land to very poor families but those who had occupied the land with commercial intention would have to face the music.</div>
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In reply to another question, he said the MQM was being taken on board as he had discussed the project with the prime minister in the presence of the Sindh governor.</div>
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Earlier, addressing a meeting on implementation of the Karachi Circular Railway, the chief minister reaffirmed that the project was very important for the people of Karachi and it would be completed at any cost.</div>
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He said that the financing offer from JICA was still workable and the government would avail this loan at a rate of 1 per cent mark-up despite having such offers from other organisations.</div>
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The railways minister told the meeting that the trust deficit between stakeholders of the project would be removed by the federal and provincial governments by initiating work on the project.</div>
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While accepting the demand of representatives of JICA, the chief minister assured the railways minister that levy of provincial tax on the loan for the project would be resolved in the next meeting of the Sindh cabinet.</div>
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Election Commission has decided not to use magnetised ink in the local government elections, after discovering that credible post-election biometric verification was possible with a high quality ink having no iron particles.</div>
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According to sources, the decision was taken in order to cut the huge expenditure that was to be incurred on procuring magnetised ink. The Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) had estimated the cost of the ink at around Rs2.5 billion.</div>
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An official said there were 130 to 150 ridges in the thumb and if around 15 of them could be read, the identity of the person could be verified. He said the magnetised ink, which contained iron particles, was ideal, but an effective exercise to track down bogus voting was possible with an ink of a lower grade without iron particles. But in this case the quality of inkpads should be high and they must be cotton-based, instead of low quality sugarcane husk.</div>
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Thumb impression verification carried out by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) had revealed that magnetised ink had not been used in at least four constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies in Sindh. The ink had been supplied by the PCSIR, which insists that it had been prepared in accordance with the given specifications.</div>
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The task has once again been given to the same organisation, which will produce a small fraction of the required quantity and procure the rest from the market.</div>
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Since Nadra has so far carried out the verification of cases from Sindh only, it is unclear whether the ink with required properties had reached any part of the country.</div>
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QUETTA, Nov 21: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch told a United Nations delegation on Thursday that his government needed assistance and cooperation in the fields of fisheries, agriculture and livestock management.</div>
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“Development of these sectors will not only usher in an era of progress in Balochistan but will also help in eliminating poverty in the province,” he told members of the delegation led by Timo Pikkala here.</div>
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The chief minister said a large quantity of rainwater was wasted in Balochistan and if big dams were built there would be an agricultural revolution in the province. He said plans were being made to develop Balochistan in consonance with the federal government’s Vision 2025, which would increase the provincial autonomy if acted upon in accordance with the spirit of the 18th Amendment.</div>
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He said the provincial government’s economic team was working to improve the performance of institutions and 24 per cent of the total budget had been allocated for the education and health sectors for the purpose.</div>
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“Six universities and three medical colleges are being established in the province,” Dr Baloch said, adding that his government was focussing on technical education to meet market and employment needs of the contemporary age.</div>
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He said gynaecological and surgical facilities were being provided in seven district hospitals while a vertical programme had also been initiated to reduce the mortal rate of mothers and infants.</div>
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About relief work in earthquake-hit Awaran district, the chief minister said that so far 1,000 trucks loaded with goods, including edibles, had been distributed among the affected people, adding that no reports of corruption or mismanagement were reported from any quarter.</div>
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He said plans were being worked out to rehabilitee the affected people and build for them houses equipped with modern facilities.</div>
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Additional Secretary Aslam Shakir and Director General of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority Abdul Basit also attended the meeting</div>
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet on Thursday approved a policy framework for regulation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) receiving foreign contributions to ensure transparent utilisation of funds and streamline their activities.</div>
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Presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, the meeting was informed that the Economic Affairs Division had been constrained to sign new memoranda of understanding with International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs), particularly those relating to ongoing operations.</div>
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“The objective of the government is to bring transparency to the working of the organisations receiving…foreign funding and remove any difficulty which these organisations may have been facing…[in absence of] such a framework,” said Mr Dar.</div>
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Under the policy framework, the memoranda with INGOs will be signed for a period up to five years. They will have to maintain a full disclosure of their activities, areas of work and sources and use of their funds.</div>
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The policy says the government encourages philanthropic activities and shall not restrict any INGO from working in Pakistan in case of any calamity. However, they will need to obtain approval from the government to carry on with their work.</div>
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The NGOs shall maintain local accounts for the execution of their activities and for opening and operating foreign currency accounts, they shall seek permission of the State Bank under the applicable rules.</div>
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The government will grant work permit to expatriate employees and entry permit to their families in accordance with the relevant Pakistani law and they will be allowed to open and maintain offices with prior approval subject to the concurrence of the provincial or local government.</div>
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The NGOs will be allowed to raise funds locally after getting prior approval from the government. Such local funds shall be exempted from income tax, subject to the provisions of Clause (58) of Part I of the second Schedule to the Income Tax Ordinance 2001.</div>
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The government will also allow the income of expatriate experts to be exempted from income tax, subject to fulfilment of the requirements of section 44 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. It will allow them duty-free import of goods for consumption, subject to applicable laws and prior written approval of the Federal Board of Revenue and any other relevant agency.</div>
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The NGOs will be required to use money, goods and services emanating from foreign sources for its specified activities and provide complete information about it as and when required by the government. They will also be required to obtain prior concurrence of the government for any additional funding or different source of funding other than that specified in the MoU.</div>
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They would appoint a country representative or other senior management personnel to implement the projects and supervise the staff and maintain contact with the government.</div>
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The NGOs will employ foreign nationals against not more than 10 per cent of the total staff positions, and give preference to Pakistani nationals for key positions. The NGOs shall not employ expatriates who are in the country on any other visa and obtain prior permission from the government for visits to prohibited areas by expatriate personnel.</div>
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The NGOs shall ensure that all expatriate staff, as residents or visitors, shall follow the laws and regulations of Pakistan and respect religious injunctions and cultural norms of the country. They will ensure that all Pakistani staff pay taxes besides providing annually, or when required, written reports covering their activities.</div>
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The NGOs shall offer their accounts for annual audit by chartered accountants registered in Pakistan and shall not transfer, rent or lease out its possessions or allow their use for purposes other than those agreed upon in the MoU. They would also provide on yearly basis to the government independent or third party evaluation of its work and not indulge in distribution of any material or pamphlets causing, or likely to cause, religious resentment in the area of its activities.</div>
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The government will immediately terminate the MoU and cancel registration of an NGO in case of non-adherence to any provision of the MoU if its activities were considered detrimental to national interest, sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan or dubious in nature, or in violation of cultural and religious sentiments of people, or for providing false information or no reasonable activity in a year. However, the NGO will be given an opportunity of being heard before the cancellation of its registration.</div>
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The MoU shall come into force from the date of signatures and remain valid for a period of five years, extendable for further periods by mutual written consent.</div>
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The ECC maintained that the manufacturer-cum-exporter of ghee can avail of DTRE approval for a quantity of 1,000MT at a time, which is to be consumed and exported within 90 days. Once such 1,000MT is consumed and exported, the manufacturer-cum-exporter can apply for another DTRE of the same quantity after 90 days.</div>
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LONDON: Three women have been rescued from a house in London where they had been held as slaves for at least 30 years, including one who had spent her entire life in servitude, police said Thursday.</div>
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The victims were a 69-year-old Malaysian, a 57-year-old from Ireland, and a 30-year-old Briton who had had “no contact with the outside world”, said Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland.</div>
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He said his team had never seen anything of this magnitude before and described the women as “deeply traumatised”.</div>
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Earlier Thursday, detectives arrested a man and a woman, both 67, at their home in the Lambeth borough of south London.</div>
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Police said they did not know if the 30-year-old woman was born in the house.</div>
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She and the older women had “controlled freedom”, Hyland said, but police were seeking to establish what that meant in practice.</div>
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The women's first step to liberation came when they contacted the Freedom Charity last month after learning about the group in a television programme.</div>
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The charity usually deals with forced marriage and honour-based abuse but is also used to working with women who feel trapped in difficult situations.</div>
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The charity negotiated with the women via secret telephone calls to gain their trust over the course of a week, before it contacted the police.</div>
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“It's clear that they've been in this situation for at least 30 years,”said Hyland, who leads Scotland Yard's Human Trafficking Unit.</div>
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“We have seen some cases where people have been held for up to 10 years but we have never seen anything of this magnitude before,” he said.</div>
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“They did have some controlled freedom but we are establishing the facts of how that controlled freedom operated.</div>
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“Their life was greatly controlled and for much of it they would have been kept in the premises.”</div>
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He said police were not sure where the 30-year-old was born, but it was not thought the women were related.</div>
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Aneeta Prem, the founder of the Freedom Charity, said their treatment was “barbaric” and their liberation an “amazing story”.</div>
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“You're basically looking at domestic slavery, and you wouldn't expect that to be happening in the UK, in London, in 2013,” she told Sky News.</div>
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“They did manage to get a phone and they did manage to make a call to us,” she said.</div>
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Prem said she thought the women had suffered physical abuse but that they had not reported any sexual abuse.</div>
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She said the two people arrested were the “heads of the family” in which the three women were kept.</div>
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“The ladies were absolutely terrified of these people,” she said.</div>
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“They did have rooms that they could use but they were very restricted on everything they could do.</div>
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“I don't believe the neighbours knew anything about it at all.</div>
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“I think you would describe it as just an ordinary house in an ordinary street that wouldn't raise any concerns with any neighbours or anyone else.</div>
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She said she found it hard to believe “that human beings can treat each other that way”.</div>
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“It's something that's so barbaric and so out of everyone's imagination that anybody could treat anybody in such a way that people feel that they are slaves.”</div>
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She said the women had been taken together to a place of safety, and were doing well considering their ordeal.</div>
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“They're going to hopefully have happy, fulfilled lives once they get over this horrendous trauma, if they ever will get over the trauma that they've been in,” said Prem.</div>
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Earlier this year, three women who were imprisoned in a house in Cleveland, Ohio, for more than a decade were freed.</div>
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The inaugural Global Slavery Index published last month ranked Britain as having the joint lowest prevalence of modern-day slavery out of 160 countries.</div>
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The index, compiled by the Walk Free Foundation, estimated that between 4,200 and 4,600 people were held in modern-day slavery in Britain.</div>
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The definition includes slavery itself, plus slavery-like practices, such as debt bondage, forced marriage and the sale or exploitation of children, as well as human trafficking and forced labour.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">LAHORE - The treason case against former military dictator Pervez Musharraf took a major stride on Tuesday when the federal government notified names of three judges for the special court. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved the names of three judges out of the five sent by the Supreme Court of Pakistan earlier in the day.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The announcement came hours after the Supreme Court forwarded the names of five judges suitable to sit on the special court, following a government request on Monday.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“The Prime Minister has approved names of judges for special court for trial of high treason under article 6 (of the constitution),” PM’s office said in a statement.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Justice Faisal Arab of Sindh High Court will head the special court with Justice Yawar Ali and Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar of Lahore High Court and Balochistan High Court, respectively, its members.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">“The government has notified the tribunal,” the statement added.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Earlier, the matter made headway when the Supreme Court of Pakistan received names of five judges, one each of the high courts. The registrar of the Supreme Court sent these names along with their profiles to the Law Ministry, asking it to choose any three of them for initiating trial of the former dictator under Article 6 of the Constitution.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The names given by the high courts on a letter from the Supreme Court registrar included Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi of Islamabad High Court, Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar of Balochistan High Court, Justice Yehya Afridi of Peshawar High Court, Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali of Lahore High Court and Justice Faisal Arab of Sindh High Court.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The Law Ministry had written to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to name judges for a special court to try Pervez Musharraf.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">It may be recalled that hearing a petition seeking the high treason case against Musharraf, the Supreme Court in June last had required the federal government to find out and decide whether a sedition case had been framed against Pervez Musharraf. The Ministry of Interior got the matter probed through the FIA and concluded that a high treason case, prima facie, could be framed over the proclamation which not only subverted the Constitution but also meted out maltreatment to the judges of the superior courts, who were deposed in the light of the PCO.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">A convict of high treason under the law is liable to punishment of death or life term.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">On the question of formation of a forum for the trial of former dictator Pervez Musharraf, the jurists say the federal government adopted an indirect course instead of pursuing a direct one.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Whether the selection of the special court judges was the prerogative of the chief justice of Pakistan or the government is a moot point.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Jurists in their expert opinion have consensus that by approaching the chief justice of Pakistan to get the names of judges for the special court, the government, in fact, went an extra mile. They say in terms of Section 4 of the Criminal Law Amendment (Special Courts) Act, 1976, it was the prerogative of the government to establish a special court for the purpose of Musharraf’s trial under Section 2 of the High Treason (Punishment) Act 1973.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Senior jurist Abid Hassan Minto says the government acted wrongly by seeking names for the special court judges from the chief justice of Pakistan. Under the law, he said, the government was required to write to the chief justices of the respective high courts to give names. Minto, however, did not disapprove the course adopted by the government. He also appreciated the chief justice of Pakistan for following the law and sending names of the high court judges to the government for picking three of them. Minto said a special court, and not a bench of the court, was authorised to try Musharraf. So it is the government that figures in its formation and not the judiciary, he said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Minto, answering a question, said the special court would proceed with the case the same way as a court does. After judicially perusing the record of the case, recording evidence, hearing the witnesses and cross-examining them, it would give a decision whose implementation would come through the executive.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The senior jurist was of the view that the right of appeal against the decision of the tribunal would be available before the Supreme Court.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Former Supreme Court judge Wajihuddin Ahmad endorsed the views of Minto and said though the government was fully competent to directly reach out to the high courts to get names of judges for the special court, but it acted more fairly by forgoing its right and urging the SC to give the names. He also lauded the SC for seeking one name from each high court and sending it to the executive as per the law. He said it would infuse confidence in the special court and give transparency and impartiality to the trial. However, in reply to a connected question, he said, no hard and fast criterion or yardstick had been laid down to select three of the five. Nevertheless, he said, while picking up three judges, the Law Ministry should take care that no one could raise question of bias or partiality against anyone.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">There are a number of judicial norms which the government can follow in this behalf, he added. Justice Wajih replied in the affirmative when asked whether the constitution of the special court was challengeable on the ground that the government approached the SC instead of exercising its own authority in this regard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">A wave of attacks, most of them car bombs targeting Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad, killed 33 people on Wednesday in the latest bout of deadly violence to hit Iraq.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The bombings and shootings, which left more than 70 people wounded in all, come amid a protracted surge in bloodletting just months ahead of general elections that has forced Iraqi officials to appeal for international help in combatting the country's worst unrest since 2008.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">At least eight explosions, including seven car bombs, went off mostly against Shiite Muslim neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital from about 7:30 am (0430 GMT) onwards, leaving 28 people dead and more than 70 wounded, according to security and medical officials.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">They come after similarly coordinated bombings in Baghdad on Sunday evening left 21 dead, and pushed the overall death toll for November above 300.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Wednesday's attacks occurred in areas ranging from the city's main commercial district of Karrada to the predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Shaab, as well as Sadriyah, one of Baghdad's oldest districts.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">One car bomb also went off in the Sunni-majority neighbourhood of Adhamiyah in north Baghdad, the officials said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The blast in Karrada struck near a car dealership as Shiites were gathering to mark the anniversary of the death of a venerated figure in Shiite Islam, when Sunni militants often step up their attacks.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">"We were cooking and giving food on the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein," said Ahmed Abu Ali, an employee of the Al-Baldawi car dealership.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">"Many people were gathering at the dealership and suddenly a car blew up 20 metres away," said the 40-year-old, clad in a traditional black Arab robe.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">"Even if they bombed us and tried to stop us, we will not stop commemorating the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein."</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Security forces imposed tough measures in areas hit by attacks, in many cases barring journalists from filming video or taking photographs at bomb sites.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">No group immediately claimed responsibility for the violence, but Sunni militants linked to Al-Qaeda's front group often set off coordinated bombings across Baghdad, typically targeting Shiites, whom they regard as apostates.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">In a separate attack in the normally-peaceful northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, gunmen assassinated Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's chief bodyguard, according to a police spokesman.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The trio of attackers entered Colonel Sarwat Rashid's home and shot him three times in the head in front of his wife, the spokesman said.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Authorities were still investigating the motive behind the attack.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Talabani has for nearly a year been recovering in Germany from a stroke and Rashid had been due to depart Sulaimaniyah to visit the president, for whom he had been head of personal security since 1994.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Multiple shootings in Baghdad and the main northern city of Mosul, along with a bombing in Abu Ghraib, left four others dead, while authorities near the restive city of Baquba found the bodies of three men who suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The unrest is part of a surge in bloodshed that has pushed violence to its highest level since 2008, when Iraq was recovering from the worst of its Sunni-Shiite sectarian war.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has called for Washington's help in the form of greater intelligence sharing and the timely delivery of new weapons systems in an effort to curb the attacks, which officials fear are being driven by the ongoing civil war in neighbouring Syria.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">But diplomats and analysts say the government is not doing enough to address the root causes of the unrest, particularly frustration within Iraq's Sunni Arab minority which alleges it is mistreated by the Shiite-led authorities.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">With elections due on April 30, officials fear the level of violence could rise further as militants seek to destabilise the country ahead of the polls.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">In addition to failing to stem the bloodshed, authorities have also struggled to provide adequate basic services such as electricity and clean water, and corruption is widespread.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-43562962071885517912013-11-20T21:57:00.004+05:002013-11-20T21:57:44.355+05:00President Mamnoon desires to enhance cooperation with South Korea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">President Mamnoon Hussain has said Pakistan desires to enhance cooperation with South Korea in every field including economic sector.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He was speaking to the South Korean Ambassador who called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The President said Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with South Korea.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-66617522926955355982013-11-20T21:55:00.001+05:002013-11-20T21:55:58.080+05:00US assures no drone strikes during Pak-Taliban peace talks: Sartaj Aziz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Prime Minister’s Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said the US has assured Pakistan it will not carry out any drone strike during proposed peace talks between Pakistan government and Taliban.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Sartaj Aziz revealed it at a meeting of Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, presided over by Senator Haji Adeel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said that the United States has assured Pakistan that missile strikes would not be carried out inside the tribal region of Pakistan during the planned peace talks of Pakistani government and Taliban insurgents.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He said a three-member committee was to meet Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud the day he was killed in US missile strike earlier this month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Mehsud, along with at least four other militants, was killed when a US drone targeted his car in the North Waziristan. He was one of the most wanted and feared men in Pakistan with a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, leading an insurgency from the Taliban stronghold.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">On Nov 2, Pakistani’s Foreign Office summoned US ambassador Richard Olson and denounced the killing, saying that it has “derailed planned peace talks”.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan vowed to block US supply lines into Afghanistan in retaliation as resolutions were tabled in KPK and Punjab assemblies in support of his demand.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-32261350018939800292013-11-20T21:50:00.002+05:002013-11-20T21:50:20.973+05:00No one is indispensable for any post in Pakistan: CJ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked “ no one is indispensable for any post in Pakistan.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">A 3-member bench of Supreme Court (SC) headed by the CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the Hajj corruption case Wednesday.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">He further remarked if some competent person goes then 50 persons who are more competent than he come to replace him.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">A retired person is granted extension for the reason that no business can be run without him. There are very competent people present in Pakistan. Forget it that any institution will not run without any person. All jobs be done on merit.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Justice Amir Hani Muslim remarked “ there is no concept of adhocism in the law. Any officer who completes tenure of his service has to go and he will have to go. If retired people are reappointed then the officers who are waiting for their promotion will go where.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Justice Jawwad S Khawaja remarked “ General De Gaulle had said the graves are full of indispensable people. Anti courts amendments are introduced in the parliament on every other day to harass the courts. We will not only recover every pie but also initiate criminal proceedings against those whosoever have plundered the national wealth.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">FIA investigation officer Hussain Asghar told the court that Rs 5000 per each have been returned to 1089 Hajjis. The court reserved the judgment of Hajj corruption case.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ while addressing to Hussain Asghar remarked “ our country is an independent country and our citizen is involved in this corruption. Hajj is part of our faith. Why you don’t try to arrest Ahmad Faiz while remaining within your jurisdiction.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Zulfiqar Naqvi told the court he had been appointed as special prosecutor.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ remarked “ tour operators have created trouble for the Hajjis. Why you receive Rs 250000 from every Hajji. Government says that only Rs 200000 be received but you collect money ranging between Rs 250000 to 350000 and do business.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Justice Khawaja remarked “ government has not spared the Hajjis even. Such treatment with the guests of Allah is detestable and condemnable. Pockets of the Hajjis are being robbed of. It is proverb “ Bedouins of Mecca looted the caravans and now this job is done by government and tour operators.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Naqvi told that these funds are meant for providing assistance to the Hajjis and these are kept in joint accounts. If any loss is caused or any fraud is committed with any Hajji then he is helped out from this fund.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ remarked “ you should pay the money out of the profit. Why the amount is deducted from the amount paid by Hajjis.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Naqvi told the court that 25 to 30 tour operators have received Rs 5000 per hajji which have been returned.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ remarked additional amount to the tune of Rs 5000 was charged to Hajjis. FIA has to review this matter, Let it review the matters. Whosoever has done injustice with the Hajjis will be proceeded against under law.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Justice Amir Hani remarked if FIA will not take action if court does not say so.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ observed “ whosoever has received money should return it. Tour operators will have to face the music too.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ remarked “ business is being done in the name of religion. Business is going on in every matter. Tour operators have earned so much money that they should send some one to Hajj on voluntary basis.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Hussain Asghar told 500 million rupees is lying and ministry of religious affairs and tour operators are spending it on themselves.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ inquired as to why ministry of religious affairs is spending the Hajjis money as it can not do so.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ observed “ it is matter of shame. As to why you have not brought back Ahmad Fayyaz.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Hussain Asghar told his wife and children are living in Saudi Arabia illegally. Saudi government is sending them back. The matters will be resolved within a month. The entire family will come back. 4 challans have been presented.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">CJ remarked “ officers were appointed on adhoc basis. Where this matter stands now. We have framed a law on this count that you can not do so. A full court decision is there also.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The court also reviewed the case of a lady dental surgeon who was appointed after creating a grade 19 post.</span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">The lady surgeon told not a single pie has been paid to her and she has no personal interest in the post. The judgment of Hajj corruption case was reserved.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833532974601434494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654098770824618990.post-64912896111155256322013-11-14T12:38:00.003+05:002013-11-14T12:38:28.664+05:00 Court allows extension in LG poll dates, finally<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>ISLAMABAD - </b>In a sudden shift, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed rescheduling of Local Government (LG) elections, bringing a sigh of relief to the electoral body.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The same three-judge SC bench, which had twice rejected the pleas of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to delay the polling dates, allowed the commission to hold LG polls in Punjab and Sindh in January next year.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The polls would now be held on January 18, 2014 in Sindh, on January 30 in Punjab, and on any date in February in KPK and cantonment boards. However, the polls in Balochistan would be held as per the earlier fixed date –December 7.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Reportedly, a senior ECP official wrote a letter to the SC registrar, explaining the problems with holding elections on the earlier announced dates. The registrar asked for a new schedule, which was duly supplied through a second letter. The letter was then converted into a petition and the relaxation granted.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The sudden change of heart notably came only a day after the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution, the second within a week, pressing for “practical dates” to hold LG polls. The MPs had also vented out anger and frustration as they believed that the SC was not paying heed to legitimate logistic and technical constraints such as printing of ballot papers and procurement of magnetic ink pads, which are used to verify thumb impressions in case of bogus votes claims.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />During Wednesday’s hearing, Attorney General Pakistan Munir A Malik informed the court that the federal government has requested the ECP to hold elections but the commission asked the federation to fulfil certain requirements and the same would be done in the due course.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The Sindh government on Tuesday requested the court to change the poll date to Dec 7, 2013. The Punjab and the Balochistan did not make any request to the court for the change of dates. The KPK province did not file any request even with the ECP for holding of local bodies elections.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Speaking at a news conference after the court decision, ECP Secretary Ishtiak Ahmad Khan announced that the previous election schedules for Punjab and Sindh have been recalled, to be issued afresh along with the nomination forms. He said a meeting of all relevant federal and provincial authorities had been called at the ECP on the 19th of this month to chalk out a plan to hold elections. “After the meeting, the new schedule for local body polls will be announced,” he added.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />To a question, the secretary said that thousands of people had submitted nomination forms in Punjab and Sindh but as the elections would be rescheduled they would have to submit the forms again. “However, they would not be required to deposit fee again,” he said.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />To another query, he said that elections in Balochistan would be held as per earlier schedule, while the KPK, cantonment boards and Islamabad had been asked to fulfil requisites so that they could be given dates to hold elections in February.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />According to an ECP insider, along with the cancellation of polls schedule for Punjab and Sindh, the commission has also withdrawn its order which had suspended appointment of new Sindh chief secretary and Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP) managing director. “The authorities concerned would be intimated shortly,” the official said.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The federal government last Saturday made new appointments on the two slots without seeking the ECP approval whereas the commission had barred the transfers and postings of civil servants in those provinces wherein the LG polls schedule were issued. The ECP had taken notice of the matter after the related stories appeared in The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt on Sunday, and ordered suspension of these orders.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Secretary Ishtiak Ahmad said the commission had requested the court to allow it to change the schedule as credible elections were not possible in the given timeframe and the court granted it. The ECP was thankful to the court for this, he said. “The Supreme Court in its today’s order has also written that provincial governments and ECP seem committed to holding local body elections,” he added.</div>
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<b>KAKAMIGAHARA -</b> Defending champions Pakistan on Sunday retained their title by defeating hosts Japan 3-1 in the final match of the third Asian Champions Trophy field hockey tournament being played in Japan's Kakamighara city.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The Japanese team took an aggressive start scoring one goal to take the lead in the first half. Pakistan replied with a comeback in the second half scoring three goals before the 66th minute. Pakistan replied strongly in the second half and a goal each from Haseem Khan, Ammad Shakeel Butt and Rizwan Senior sealed the Championship for the side.<br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 8px; content: ''; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Pakistan remained undefeated in the tournament. The green shirts had beaten Oman, Malaysia, China and India to reach the final. The match between Japan and Pakistan ended in a 1-1 draw. Malaysia claimed the third position in the tournament after defeating China while India were on fifth spot with win over Oman.</div>
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