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Thursday, July 23, 2009
$2.5 billion to rebuild Swat infrastructure
PESHAWAR: NWFP Minister for Environment Wajid Ali Khan on Wednesday said about $2.5 billion would be required for the reconstruction of infrastructure in the militancy plagued Swat Valley. “These are initial estimates. We are preparing a comprehensive report about the damages in Swat,” he said.
Pakistan’s needs increased 10-fold: UN
ISLAMABAD: United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes has said he estimates a 10-fold increase in the ‘needs’ in Pakistan. “The global recession puts pressure on the aid budgets of all donor governments, but of course it puts immeasurably more pressure on crises-stricken people in poor countries,” he said.
Benazir murder probe body to contribute to justice: Munoz
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations commission looking into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will contribute to cause of justice by indicating the facts and circumstances behind the December 2007 tragedy, its Chairman Heraldo Munoz said on Wednesday. “We’ll contribute to justice the Pakistani authorities are seeking by identifying facts and circumstances of the assassination,” he told reporters. Munoz, who is Chile’s UN ambassador, said that the commission’s mandate was agreed between the United Nations and the Government of Pakistan and they would be operating under its limitations.
India to procure $8.5 bn military hardware
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has earmarked $8.5 billion for procurement of military hardware during 2009-10. Defence Minister AK Antony informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that modernisation plan in the form of Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan, five-years Services Capital Acquisition Plan and Annual Acquisition Plan are prepared with due consideration to Indiaís security concerns, perspective defence capabilities and equipment profile. India will spend $30 billion during the next five years to procure advanced aircraft, guns, helicopters and naval vessels for its three services.
LI takes control of strategic position
By our correspondent
BARA: The volunteers of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) on Wednesday took control of a strategically important position of outlawed organisation Ansarul Islam (AI) in Ghulam Ali area after fierce clashes in Tirah Valley. After occupation of a key position of the AI in Ghulam Ali area by the LI, the whole Kamarkhel area came under their control. The LI volunteers also set on fire the houses of AI supporters, including Lachi Gul, Jan Muhammad, Zabit Khan and Mian Khan.
British troops facing shortage of helicopters
ISLAMABAD: A British minister has admitted for the first time that British troops fighting in Afghanistan do not have enough helicopters. Lord Malloch-Brown, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister responsible for Afghanistan, admitted that there was a shortage after public criticism from leading figures in the Army, the Times Online reported. Senior military figures and MPs have accused the government of failing British troops on the front line. Last week General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the Army, claimed that government ministers were failing to supply enough men and equipment for the conflict.
Nato chief recovering
BRUSSELS: Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was recovering well in a Brussels hospital Wednesday, a day after he was taken ill and operated on for a blood clot in his heart, his spokesman said.
Three hurt in Quetta blast
QUETTA: Three people were wounded when a homemade explosive device ripped in a shop in Liaquat Bazaar, the City Police said on Wednesday. The blast took place inside a busy “Chaat Shop”, a police official said adding that initial investigation suggested that it was a homemade explosive device. The blast wounded three people, including the owner of the shop. They were rushed to the hospital where their condition was stated to be out of danger. The City police have started investigating the incident.
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CJ says good governance being compromised
By Sohail Khan
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that good governance is being compromised as it is believed that the administration of justice is the sole duty of courts or the legal fratern more |
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Hakimullah dies of wounds in Multan?
By Mushtaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR: Reports about the death of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud once again started circulating on Tuesday and this time it was being reported that the militant commander had succumb more |
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MNAs seek solution to Sindh-Punjab water rift
ISLAMABAD: Members of the National Assembly on Tuesday urged for the resolution of the water crisis between Punjab and Sindh, failing which would lead to serious repercussions for the country.
Yousuf Tal more |
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Good governance hinges on change in national behaviour: PM
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that change in the collective behaviour of the nation is necessary for the promotion of good governance. He said that his government believed in streng more |
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NIC made mandatory to get sugar from USC outlets
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Tuesday made it mandatory to produce national identity cards to get a pack of 2kg sugar from the USC outlets.
The ECC met here unde more |
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Three provinces to hold LG polls in four months
By Hanif Khalid & Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: A high level meeting here on Tuesday at the Aiwan-e-Sadr decided that the chief ministers of Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan would hold local government elections in four months.
President Asif Al more |
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Senators condemn attack on Sh Rashid
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Senators on Tuesday strongly condemned the murder attempt on Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) members advised Sheikh Rashid to stop more |
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PIA obliges religiously; latest being religious minister
By Rauf Klasra
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), facing a mind-boggling loss of about Rs70billion, has quietly upgraded two seats of Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi and his wife fr more |
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A brigadier without brigade has a history of thrashing
By Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: The basher-brigadier of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), who assaulted his professor colleague late Thursday, has a long list of such incidents on his credit as his resume is sprin more |
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PAC settles drought money misuse
By Rauf Klasra
ISLAMABAD: A special committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) probing misuse of drought funds worth million of rupees on Tuesday conveniently settled majority of charges against deputy auditor general o more |
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NA-55 by-polls
By our correspondent
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has urged all the political parties, including the PML-N, to withdraw from the NA-55 by-polls in favour of Sheikh Rashid.
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Point scoring be avoided in Rashid attack case: Shahbaz
By our correspondent
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said the Rawalpindi incident on Monday had grieved every Pakistani.
He said a joint investigation team comprising federal and provincial agencies including I more |
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SC moved against delay in judges’ appointment
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was moved on Tuesday against the government’s delay in the appointment of judges in the apex court and was prayed for directing the government to perform its constitutional duty by more |
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‘74 killed in Bajaur operation’
By Hasbanullah Khan
KHAR: Security forces claimed to have killed 74 militants and injured 54 others and wrested the strategically important hilltops and areas from the insurgents during the weeklong military operation in the Mamon more |
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Afghan unrest kills US, French soldiers
KABUL: A US and French soldiers were killed in attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the alliance said.
The US service member was killed in an improvised bomb blast in southern Afghanis more |
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Army called in for today’s Lakki by-election
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: The government has requisitioned the services of the Pakistan Army to augment the police and civil security forces for conducting the NWFP Assembly by-election on PF-75 Lakki Marwat for which polling more |
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Meeting discusses political issues
ISLAMABAD: A meeting held here at the presidency on Tuesday and presided over jointly by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani discussed political and development issues in the N more |
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Rashid accuses PML-N of promoting criminal culture
ISLAMABAD: Head of Awami Muslim League, Sheikh Rashid, on Tuesday criticised the PML-N-led Punjab government for promoting criminal culture in Rawalpindi and the province.
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Over 64 dead in Afghan avalanches
KABUL: At least 24 bodies have been recovered and 40 other people are feared dead after avalanches swept vehicles into a ravine and trapped cars in a mountain pass overn more |
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