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Sunday, July 05, 2009
MOSCOW: Russia will grant President Barack Obama permission next week to ship US weapons supplies across its territory, or through its airspace, en route to Afghanistan, sources on both sides said on Saturday.
The transit deal will open up an important corridor for the United States as it steps up its Afghan war against the Taliban insurgents by sending in more troops. Routes via Pakistan have come under attack by the militants.
It will be one of the main agreements signed during Obama’s Moscow summit next week with Kremlin Chief Dmitry Medvedev, the sources said.
“The agreement will include the transit of all US goods, including military ones (to Afghanistan),” a senior Kremlin source told Reuters.
A US source confirmed the deal would be signed and said it would mark a step forward in cooperation on Afghanistan, which Russia views as a key area where both the former Cold War foes can work together to mend ties. It was not immediately clear if the deal would allow the United States to fly troops over Russian territory to Afghanistan.
Russia has already granted Washington the right to transit ‘non-lethal’ supplies, such as food, overland via Russia and Central Asia — to Afghanistan.
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Zardari lashes out at ‘political actors’
By Imtiaz Ali
KARACHI: PPP Co-chairperson President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday claimed that the establishment was not conspiring against the government.
“Neither the establishment nor parliament or any political pa more |
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Zardari pounces on media
By our correspondent
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also Co-chairperson Pakistan People’s Party, and some other PPP leaders on Wednesday severely criticised the media during their speeches at a public meeting, held to more |
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Army capable of fighting terror war, says COAS
PESHAWAR: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said the nation is fighting the war against terrorism like a solid rock and every citizen has matchless spirit of making his contributio more |
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Pemra to get tough with media
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), during its meeting on Wednesday, took a serious note of the fact that certain satellite TV channels were using extra time for advertisements du more |
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Taliban acceptable if they renounce al-Qaeda: Holbrooke
WASHINGTON: The Taliban can rejoin the “social and political fabric of Afghanistan” if they renounce al-Qaeda, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Tuesday.
In an interview with SPIEGEL, Holbrooke more |
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Mulla Omar rejects talks offer
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: Taliban supreme leader Mulla Muhammad Omar has reiterated his resolve to fight the foreign forces, rejecting any talks offer as an American ploy to prolong what he called the process of colonialism of more |
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Court issues arrest warrant for Bhutta
News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Additional Sessions Judge, Islamabad, Muhammad Tanvir Mir, has issued an arrest warrant for Muhammad Shoaib Bhutta, publisher of a daily in Islamabad.
The judge summoned him on December 4 to more |
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Forget about a Bhutto, Islamabad
News Desk
RAWALPINDI: Islamabad Police flatly refused to lodge a formal FIR against self proclaimed journalist Mohammad Shoaib Bhutta for leveling baseless and slanderous charges against the Jang Group. The personnel of more |
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Seven indicted for Mumbai attacks
RAWALPINDI: A special anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Rawalpindi on Wednesday framed charges against operational commander of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others for their alleged invol more |
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People have faith in judiciary, media
KARACHI: Pakistan’s television networks are heaping political pressure on an increasingly unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari with critical and influential programming that offers a voice to the poor.
I more |
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Zardari’s approval rating declines
ISLAMABAD: The collapse of a deal granting Pakistan’s president and thousands of other officials freedom from prosecution on graft charges has triggered fresh political turmoil.
Some analysts are predict more |
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FIA asked to complete PSM scam probe in two weeks
By Sohail Khan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the FIA to complete investigations within a fortnight against all the accused involved in the Pakistan Steel Mills’ Rs 22 billion corruption scam.
The c more |
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Have a heart, you are the president, Mr Zardari!
By Shaheen Sehbai
WASHINGTON: When an elected head of the state, who is also the head of the largest political party of the country, the Supreme Commander of the country’s armed forces and (at least on papers) the man with his f more |
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A thunderous speech devoid of vision
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari created history on Wednesday evening when he addressed a public meeting in Karachi by sitting in his fortified Presidential Palace in Islamabad while warning that he was ne more |
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PM seeks PML-N’s help to implement Balochistan package
NAWABSHAH: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has made it clear that the dreams of the Baloch people would come true through the Balochistan Package, adding the government is committed to making available n more |
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Malik sees potential for spread of Talibanisation in India
ISLAMABAD: There is the potential for spread of the trends of Talibanisation in India and it would be in mutual interest of India and Pakistan to sincerely cooperate with each other to eliminate the menace of t more |
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Ten militants killed in SWA, Orakzai
By our correspondents
WANA/KALAYA: Security forces claimed to have killed three militants and injured eight others in operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency on Wednesday.
Official sources said security forces and mi more |
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Two women die in Tirah shelling
By our correspondent
BARA: Two women were killed and as many injured when an artillery shell landed in a house Storikhel area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency on Wednesday. Local sources said three children from the same family wer more |
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LHC rejects appeals against delay in by-polls
By our correspondent
LAHORE: Lahore High Court has dismissed three intra court appeals against postponement of by-elections in Punjab by upholding the single bench’s decision.
In its judgment announced Wednesday, the divisi more |
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US to release $525 million in December: Patterson
By Mehtab Haider
ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Anne W Patterson said on Wednesday that the Obama Administration was going to release direct budgetary support of $175 million hard cash to Pakistan besides giving $350 million in shape more |
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‘Qadiani lobby’ behind campaign against Babar: spokesman
RAWALPINDI: A spokesman for Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and senior advocate Dr Babar Awan has alleged that the recent campaign against Mr Awan has been launched at the behest of “Qadiani lobby”, more |
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SCBA to move SC against ban on ‘Meray Mutabiq’ after Eid
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) would move Supreme Court after Eidul Azha against the ban on Geo TV popular programme “Meray Mutabiq”.
Earlier on Tuesday, SCBA President Qazi Muhammad more |
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Obama to announce Afghan strategy on Tuesday
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is set to announce a revamped US strategy for Afghanistan in a speech next on Tuesday night at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, White House spokesman Robert Gi more |
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Lawyers thrash TV reporter, cameraman
By our correspondent
LAHORE: A group of lawyers of the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) on Wednesday once again manhandled a private television news reporter and its cameraman on the premises of district and sessions court for no obvio more |
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Shahbaz leaves for UK for ‘talks’
By our correspondent
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is proceeding to the United Kingdom Thursday (today) on three-day private visit where he is expe more |
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