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Saturday, September 05, 2009
Two cops killed in Peshawar ambush
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: A police constable and a Frontier Constabulary soldier were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a patrolling vehicle of the Nasir Bagh Police Station in Mian Khan Garhi area early on Friday morning. A police party of the Nasir Bagh Police Station was on routine patrol in the area when the gunmen hiding there attacked the vehicle around 4 am on Friday. Frontier Constabulary soldier Mula Jan and police constable Arbab Khan were killed in the attack. The assailants fled the scene.
Impatience growing with Afghan war: Gates
WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Robert Gates is taking issue with any notion that the war in Afghanistan “is slipping through the administration’s fingers”. Gates acknowledged during a meeting with reporters at the Pentagon that impatience was growing with the war. But, he said, that must be expected, given that the US has had a presence there for eight years. He said he believed “it is important for us to be able to show over the months to come” that Obama’s strategyfor both Afghanistan and Pakistan is succeeding.
US embassy in Kabul fires guards for lewd acts
KABUL: The US embassy in Afghanistan said Friday that it had fired security guards, who were photographed engaging in lewd acts at alcohol-fuelled parties. In a letter this week to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a group called the Project on Government Oversight said private guards from security firm ArmorGroup North America were staging abusive hazing rituals, jeopardising diplomats’ safety. “Ten guards seen in the offensive photos are leaving the country today; eight were terminated and two resigned,” the embassy said in a statement. “The entire senior management team of ArmorGroup in Kabul is being replaced immediately. The embassy security office continues its interviews of every one of the ArmorGroup guards”.
FC kills five militants in Khyber
PESHAWAR: The paramilitary Frontier Corps killed five suspected militants and arrested 24 in an ongoing operation in the Khyber tribal region, the FC said in a statement here on Friday. The region is home to one of the main routes used to ferry supplies to the NATO and the US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. Taliban militants frequently attack supply trucks using the Khyber Pass. Authorities claim that scores of militants had been Killed in the latest operation, which began last week in response to a suicide bombing at a border checkpoint that killed 19 policemen.
‘Senate services to attract quality manpower’
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Farooq H Naek hoped that the establishment of Senate of Pakistan Services on the pattern of Federal Public Service would attract talent and quality manpower. “The things in this regard are moving in right direction for bringing the talented bureaucratic cadre in the services of the Senate of Pakistan,” he said while talking to journalists at the Iftar dinner hosted by him for the senior journalists at the Parliament House on Friday. The Iftar dinner was also attended by Deputy Chairman Senate Jan Muhammad Jamali, Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and Wasim Sajjad.
12 killed in rain-related incidents in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Indian police officials said heavy rain late on Thursday triggered a landslide in a densely populated Mumbai slum, killing at least 12 people and injuring 25 others. Police said around 20 tin-roofed shanties were buried under mud and rocks in Sakinaka, a northeast Mumbai suburb after a late night heavy downpour. They said on Friday that policemen, fire fighters and slum dwellers pulled 25 people from the debris, but many others remained trapped under piles of mud and stones.
Pilgrims asked to stick to Makkah, Madina
Islamabad: The government of Saudi Arabia has said that the pilgrims cannot visit cities other than Makkah and Madina while in the Kingdom for Haj or Umra. The Saudi Interior Ministry warned that anyone, who provides transport to any place other than the designated cities, would be fined 100,000 riyals
Indian troops kill six Kashmiris
ISLAMABAD: Indian troops, in their fresh acts of state terrorism, martyred six more innocent Kashmiri youth, five of them at Machil in Kupwara and one at Mahore in Reasi. An Assistant Commandant of Indian Border Security Force committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon at Chadwal in Kathua. This brought the number of such deaths among the troops to 148 since January 2007, the KMS reported.
Jaswant’s book demand high
ISLAMABAD: Demand of Jaswant Singh’s book Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence took surge in the Delhi Book fair. Not only Jaswant Singh’s Jinnah chronicle is enjoying a” very good sale” in the ongoing Delhi Book fair but other publications on Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and partition of the sub-continent are in high demand too, Zee News reported.
Babar’s brother passes away
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Khalid Awan, elder brother of Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan died of aliment on Friday. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed grief and sorrow over his sad demise.
Power supply restored
ISLAMABAD: The problem in the Guddu Thermal Power Station in Kashmor has been fixed and the electricity restored to different areas of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.According to a private news channel, the power station had caught fire on Thursday. As a result, the power supply to various areas was suspended. However, fire brigades controlled the flames after an hour’s efforts. The incident resulted in suspension of power supply to Ghotki, Deharki, Mir Pur Mathelo and Jacobabad while power supply suspended in different areas of Sindh like Sibbi and Nasir Abad and some areas of Punjab. The DCO Kashmor said that the power station was saved by immediate fire-control efforts.
Six die of gastro in Kalash
By our correspondent
CHITRAL: Six persons, including two women, died on Friday due to the outbreak of gastroenteritis in Birir village here in Kalash Valley. Sources said most of the affected persons belonged to the Kalash community. Medical Superintendent (MS) District Headquarters Hospital Dr Nazir Ahmad while talking to local journalists said the use of contaminated water caused the outbreak.
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Three killed as Sh Rashid escapes attempt on life
By Shakeel Anjum
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief and a candidate for NA-55 (Rawalpindi) by-election Sheikh Rashid Ahmad was wounded, while three people — a guard and two party workers — were killed when four gunmen more |
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12 soldiers killed in South Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: Twelve soldiers embraced martyrdom while two others were injured in a clash with militants during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency (SWA), the ISPR said on Monday.
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Plan to attack five-star hotel foiled
By our correspondent
LAHORE: The CIA police here on Monday claimed to have foiled an attack on Americans staying at a five-star hotel and arrested six terrorists, including a suicide bomber.
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Govt taking court for a ride
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: She fought her case in the media. She won her battle in the judicial forum too. But still the government is bent on making an example out of her for refusing to follow the illegal dictates of her min more |
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Pakistan against arms race: Gilani
By Azeem Samar
KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said Pakistan does not want to be engaged in an arms race with any country.
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Punjab-Sindh water row Centre’s intervention sought
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Tension between Punjab and Sindh over opening of the Chashma-Jhelum and Taunsa-Punjnad link canals has touched a new high as the former has sought the Centre’s intervention.
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French, Dutch fight over giving LNG to Pakistan
By Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and his team is all set to thwart the attempt of an unscrupulous combine of oil industry heavyweights and some functionaries of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Re more |
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Nine killed as no let-up in rains
By Nisar Mahmood
PESHAWAR: Nine people were killed and scores of others injured as heavy rains and snowfall lashed various parts of the country for the fourth consecutive day on Monday.
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Malik orders NUML closure as protest enters 5ht day
ISLAMABAD: The protest of the students of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) against thrashing of Professor Malik Tahir by Registrar Brigadier (R) Obaidullah Ranjha entered its fifth consecutive more |
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Malik insists no Blackwater in Pakistan
By Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik while responding to an accusation from a PML-N parliamentarian told the National Assembly that Blackwater was not providing security to the president and the prime mini more |
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FBR gets list of properties rented out to foreigners
By Hanif Khalid
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received list of properties from Foreign Office, which were in use of foreigners in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Lahore, but these were not shown in annual tax more |
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Repealing of 17th Amendment
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has begun efforts to create consensus on repealing the 17th Amendment before presidential address to the joint sitting of the parliament.
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Three suspects held in Mohmand
By our correspondent
GHALLANAI: The security forces arrested three suspected persons during search operation in Safi subdivision of Mohmand Agency, official sources said Monday. The sources said the security forces carried out sear more |
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No presence of Blackwater, DynCorp in Pakistan, NA body told
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Interior Qamar Zaman again negated on Monday the presence of Blackwater, DynCorp or any other foreign security agency in the country. “Neither the Blackwater and the DynCorp nor any other s more |
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Govt urged to take up water issue with India
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat while urging the government to take up the issue of ‘water terrorism’ with New Delhi, has question more |
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Avalanche kills 17 Indian soldiers in held Kashmir
HELD SRINAGAR: Seventeen Indian soldiers were killed on Monday in an avalanche that slammed into a group of 70 combat troops at a high-altitude warfare training camp in Kashmir, the army said on Monday.
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Taliban defiant as Afghans flee ahead of assault
KANDAHAR: The Nato commanders urged the Taliban to surrender as troops dug in on Monday for a major assault on their key stronghold in southern Afghanistan, sending thousands of residents fleeing.
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Plea to freeze foreign accounts
By our correspondent
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered the federal government to submit a reply within four weeks on a petition seeking freezing of accounts in foreign banks and recovery of illegal assets accumu more |
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Attack on Sh Rashid
RAWALPINDI: The PML-N candidate for by-polls from NA-55, Malik Shakil Awan, has announced suspension of electioneering for a day to mourn the death of those killed in the attack on the office of his rival, Shei more |
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Indian forces to halt Kashmir rally outside UN office
HELD SRINAGAR: The held Kashmir authorities deployed thousands of police and troops on Monday to prevent a protest outside the UN office here over the recent killing of two teenage boys by Indian security force more |
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20 die in Afghan floods, avalanches
KANDAHAR: Twenty people have died in floods and avalanches triggered by some of the heaviest rain and snow in Afghanistan for 50 years, an official said on Monday. At more |
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