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ISLAMABAD: Portfolios of Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar and Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar have been interchanged, Geo News reported.Ahmed Mukhtar has been made Minister for Water and Power while Naveed Qamar as Defence Minister.According to Geo News anchor and senior analyst Hamid Mir, portfolios have been changed after PML-N allegation about discrimination with Punjab in power misdistribution as Naveed Qamar belongs to Sindh.Ahmed Mukhtar belongs to Punjab and had accepted the challenge to overcome power outages to 50 percent in six months. |
Suicide of a Seventh Grader Child
Nawaz criticises PPP-led govt polices
ATTOCK: Former prime minister and president PML-N Nawaz Sharif has said that the integrity of Pakistan was the prime responsibility of his party and they would not allow anti state elements to destroy itAddressing a public gathering at Lalazar stadium here on Wednesday, Sharif said he had a special attachment with Attock because military dictator Pervez Musharraf had castigated him in Attock fort and he spent a difficult time there. He said now he was among his people and the dictator who had imprisoned him had fled the country.Sharif asked the people to strengthen his hands for bringing the country out of difficult times and assured that he would not let the people down. He criticised policies of PPP-led government.Speaking on the occasion opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan while criticizing Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf said that Tsunami Khan is a big supporter of Musharraf's dictatorship. They cannot end corruption in 90 days as all corrupt politicians have gathered around him.
He asked people to vote for Nawaz Sharif in the next general elections.
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NEW YORK: Oil prices slumped on Wednesday, falling to a six-month low under $90 in New York as the dollar rallied on eurozone debt tensions.
"Crude prices plunged today as the US dollar soared," said senior strategist at trading group GFT Markets."Investors sought out the relative safety of the greenback as fears grew over the outlook for the eurozone." As the euro dived to a 22-month low, New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in July, slid $1.95 to $89.90 a barrel -- the lowest level since October.Brent North Sea crude for July tumbled $2.85 to $105.56 a barrel in late London deals.A stronger US currency makes dollar-denominated oil more expensive for buyers using the European single currency -- denting demand for crude.Investors shunned risky assets before an informal EU summit and after the former Greek premier warned that Athens might leave the eurozone.Oil prices also dropped on easing tensions over the nuclear ambitions of major crude producer Iran, traders said. World powers pressing Iran to scale back its nuclear program Wednesday offered a new batch of incentives that however fell short of the sanctions relief sought by Tehran.
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Zardari, Obama meet in Chicago
CHICAGO: President Asif Ali Zardari met US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of Nato Chicago Summit, Geo News reported.
Earlier US media had reported that President Obama was struggling to balance the United States’ relationship with two crucial but difficult allies on Sunday, after a deal to reopen supply lines through Pakistan to Afghanistan fell apart just as Mr. Obama began talks on ending the NATO alliance’s combat role in the Afghan war. As a two-day NATO summit meeting opened in Chicago, Obama remained at loggerheads with President Zardari, refusing even to meet with him without an agreement on the supply routes, which officials in both countries acknowledged would not be coming soon.
Cameron Diaz To Replace Angelina Jolie In The Counselor
Cameron Diaz is reportedly set to play the leading female in Ridley Scott's upcoming drug thriller The Counselor, which was previously offered to Angelina Jolie.
Jolie had expressed an interest in signing on for the film, which already features Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem and her fiance Brad Pitt, but scheduling difficulties are thought to have thwarted her plans. Now, Diaz is in final negotiations for the project.
Robert Pattinson In A Film On Saddam Hussein
R-Pattz is better known for his role the Twilight series, but the 25-year-old star has also played a couple of dark roles in recent movies like Bel Ami and Cosmopolis. Now the latest reports say the hot hunk has landed a role in the much-hyped military thriller, Mission: Blacklist, based on Saddam Hussein's hunt. According to reports, the movie Mission: Blacklist is all about the search for former Iraqi leader and an interrogator named Eric Maddox, who spearheaded his capture. Pattinson is reportedly playing an important role in it, but it is not clear what role he will reprise in the flick.
Cameron Diaz To Replace Angelina Jolie In The Counselor
Cameron Diaz is reportedly set to play the leading female in Ridley Scott's upcoming drug thriller The Counselor, which was previously offered to Angelina Jolie.
Jolie had expressed an interest in signing on for the film, which already features Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem and her fiance Brad Pitt, but scheduling difficulties are thought to have thwarted her plans. Now, Diaz is in final negotiations for the project.
Robert Pattinson In A Film On Saddam Hussein
R-Pattz is better known for his role the Twilight series, but the 25-year-old star has also played a couple of dark roles in recent movies like Bel Ami and Cosmopolis. Now the latest reports say the hot hunk has landed a role in the much-hyped military thriller, Mission: Blacklist, based on Saddam Hussein's hunt. According to reports, the movie Mission: Blacklist is all about the search for former Iraqi leader and an interrogator named Eric Maddox, who spearheaded his capture. Pattinson is reportedly playing an important role in it, but it is not clear what role he will reprise in the flick.
Happy Birthday TAURUSNadia Khan May 22nd
Nadia Khan, born on May 22nd, is a Pakistani television presenter, actress and producer. She made her television debut in 1991 and later hosted a show called
Daak Time with Uncle Sargam that was a hit amongst children. She then acted in a number of dramas including Maah Rukh, Bandhan, Pal Do Pal, and Des Pardes. She left the small screen after getting married in 2000, but made a comeback in the year 2005 with an Eid special play. Nadia is widely considered as the pioneer of the morning-show trend in Pakistani television.
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Penn opens wallets for Haiti at Cannes
CANNES: The Cannes film festival took time out from the movies to raise money for Haiti on Friday night, with Sean Penn at the helm pleading the humanitarian cause at a celebrity gala.
"Okay, room. Haiti is watching us tonight like you cannot believe," Penn told the black-tie crowd who had paid up to $100,000 for a table at the "Carnival in Cannes", just steps from the famous red carpet.Three people paid $100,000 each in an auction to accompany Penn on a three-day trip to Haiti where the actor, a two-time Academy Award winner, has been active since the country's devastating 2010 earthquake.
In an expletive-laden yet impassioned speech, Penn exhorted guests to give generously and not turn their backs on Haiti. Celebrities included members of the Cannes jury - actors Ewan McGregor and Diane Kruger and designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
Ben Stiller and Chris Rock, voice stars of animation blockbuster "Madagascar 3" also attended, and designer Giorgio Armani, an event sponsor, made an appearance at the event co-hosted by model Petra Nemcova and "Crash" director and screenwriter Paul Haggis.President of the Cannes jury four years ago, Penn was named "Ambassador at Large for Haiti" by new President Michel Martelly this year. In the days following the earthquake, Penn started the J/P Haitian Relief Organization with a goal of getting displaced people back into permanent homes."There's this very tangible success story that Haiti can be that could be a domino effect throughout the world," Penn told a news conference on Friday.It was only the third time in its 65-year history that Cannes has lent its name to a fundraising cause, but this time the gala for Haitian relief was not tied to any festival film. In the 1980s it helped raise funds for the Pasteur Institute and in the 1990s for a Venice opera house destroyed by fire.Penn said the event came together after Thierry Fremaux, the festival's general delegate, "called and asked how he could help".Rebuilding Haiti will depend on private funding and collaboration between donors, Penn said, citing the non-profit groups of Nemcova and Haggis - the Happy Hearts Fund and Artists for Peace and Justice - both of which have focused on schools.
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Penn lashed out at the media, however, for parachuting into Haiti but then not following through to keep reporting on the zone during its rebuilding."It's not only celebrities that just went for the day. It's the whole ... world. It's the entire media. It's all of you," he told the press. "The reason people get Haiti fatigue is because they never committed in the first place."Singer Lyle Lovett gave a short concert before Haitian band RAM performed and waved the country's blue and red colors on what was Haitian Flag Day.Martelly, elected president in 2011, appeared on pre-recorded video from Port au Prince, playing the piano, singing and calling Penn "a friend and an inspiration for our country."Haggis, who took his first trip to Haiti two years before the quake, tried to incite higher bidding on the auction items, announcing a "Golden Globes Weekend" package would also include a date with the Scottish actor Gerard Butler, whom he pulled up on to the stage, to the actor's embarrassment.
A man suddenly leapt up, yelling: "100,000 euros without Gerard Butler!" to seize the winning bid.Speaking at the news conference, Haggis said the world had largely washed its hands of Haiti throughout its troubled history."Honestly, until the quake, no one really gave a damn about Haiti," said Haggis, adding: "Like Sean said, 'Give these people a shot that they've never had'."
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Taliban stronger than before troop surge WASHINGTON:
The Taliban is stronger now than before President Barack Obama ordered a
surge of US troops to Afghanistan, two senior US lawmakers said on
Sunday, contradicting the administration's assessment of the insurgency.
"I
think we both say that what we found is the Taliban is stronger,"
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein told "Fox News
Sunday" in an interview that included House Intelligence Committee
Chairman Mike Rogers, who agreed with her statement. The two lawmakers
returned last week from a trip to Afghanistan.The Defense
Department said last week in a report to Congress that its surge of
33,000 extra troops in Afghanistan ordered in late 2009 had weakened the
Taliban but that the insurgency remained resilient. The report
said overall insurgent attacks declined in 2011 for the first time in
five years, even though violence increased in areas surrounding the
Taliban's southern stronghold of Kandahar, a region where US efforts
have been focused since 2009.Feinstein, a Democrat, said radical religious schools in Pakistan were providing new recruits to the Afghan insurgency."So an insurgency which one can expect will burn itself out after a period of time will not necessarily burn out," she said.Obama
traveled to Kabul last week to sign a strategic partnership agreement
with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The deal sets out a long-term US
role in Afghanistan, including aid and advisers, after most American and
NATO combat soldiers withdraw by the end of 2014.Rogers said
there was a danger that Obama's announcement of a date of withdrawal of
US combat forces in Afghanistan and Washington's decision to hold talks
with the Taliban could undermine the US objective of denying a safe
haven to terrorists."The first priority is to deny safe haven
and that means a strategic defeat of the Taliban and we have to also
defeat the safe havens in the tribal areas of Pakistan," said Rogers, a
Republican.The Obama administration is due to pull the last of
its 33,000 surge troops from Afghanistan by this fall, leaving around
68,000 US soldiers there.Rogers and Feinstein both said the
United States should designate the Haqqani network, an Afghan insurgent
group believed to be based in Pakistan, as a terrorist organization."They've
killed nearly 500 US troops. They are based in Miramshah... This is
something we have to be very aggressive to put an end to," Rogers said.
Man in Afghan uniform kills NATO soldier KABUL:
A
soldier with NATO's US-led coalition in Afghanistan was killed by a man
in Afghan army uniform on Sunday, a spokesman for the mission said, in
the latest so-called "green-on-blue" attack.The death takes the
number of foreign troops killed by Afghans they were working with to at
least 19 this year, in at least 13 separate attacks."An
individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon
against coalition service members in southern Afghanistan today, killing
one service member," NATO'S International Security Assistance Force
(ISAF) said."The individual who opened fire was killed when coalition forces returned fire."ISAF,
which does not list its wounded in any attack, gave no further details
and said the nationality of the dead soldier would be announced in his
home country.The shooting is the latest in an increasing number
of attacks by Afghan soldiers turning their weapons against NATO troops
who are helping Kabul fight a decade-long insurgency by hardline Taliban
Islamists.Some of the assaults are claimed by the Taliban, who
say they have infiltrated Afghan army ranks, but many are attributed to
cultural differences and antagonism between the allied forces.Little
more than a week ago, an American soldier, two Afghan troops and an
interpreter died when an Afghan special forces soldier opened fire on
his US allies in the southern province of Kandahar.In a separate
attack on the same day, two Afghan policemen turned their weapons on US
troops at a military post in in the same province. No ISAF troops were
killed, but both attackers were shot dead in return fire.In a
separate statement Sunday, ISAF announced that one coalition service
member died in a roadside bomb attack in the east of the country,
without giving any further details. (AFP)
Targeted action in Lyari: Rehman Malik KARACHI:
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Sunday that targeted action would be taken in Lyari. The Interior Minister was speaking to reporters after meeting with provincial minister Rafique Engineer. The
Interior Minister also warned PML-N President Nawaz Sharif that if he
included Uzair Baloch in his party then that would be against the law.Commenting
on the Aman Committee, Malik said that action against them would be
taken under the anti-terrorism act and there would be no negotiations.
“There can be no dialogue with criminals,” Malik added. Earlier,
the Interior Minister and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah jointly
presided over a meeting, reviewing the law and order situation in
Karachi.In the meeting, a consensus was achieved on taking strong action against criminal elements.Sources
said that Sindh I.G police, Mushtaque Shah, Home Secretary, Khawaja
Siddique Akbar, Additional Chief Secretary home, Sohail Akbar and Sindh
Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary, Agha Jan Akhtar also attended the
meeting.
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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has announced that they would hold rallies
as a counter to the PML-N protest movement which is scheduled to begin
from Saturday. During a meeting of the top brass of the PPP held
under the chair of President Asif Zardari, it was decided not to give
the PML-N a free hand. The PML-N has announced that it will hold
a protest movement in an effort to pressure Yousuf Raza Gilani to
resign as the prime minister and implement the orders of the Supreme
Court. Prime Minister Gilani was convicted in the contempt of court case following which opposition parties including the PML-N started calling for his resignation.The PML-N on Friday continued to protest inside the National Assembly chanting slogans and calling for the resignation of Gilani. Law Minister Farooque Naik said the PML-N protest was against rules and Yousuf Raza Gilani was still a member of the National Assembly and the prime minister. The court or the Election Commission has not disqualified Gilani, he said. |
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ARLINGTON: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday dropped his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, but pledged to take up the role of "active citizen.""Today I am suspending the campaign. Suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship," Gingrich said in a speech in the Washington suburb of Arlington, Virginia. (AFP) | |||||
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WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday released 17 documents recovered from Osama Bin Laden's Abbottabad compound in the raid that killed the Al-Qaeda chief a year ago.The White House allowed the declassified documents to be published online by the Combating Terrorism Center at the West Point military academy. The papers include letters or draft letters dated from September 2006 to April 2011, a total of 175 pages in the original Arabic.The documents recovered show that Osama bin Laden was apprehensive about dysfunction in his network and the loss of trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West.Al- Qaeda was also concerned with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacking ordinary Pakistani muslim citizens. A letter regarding this was written by Al-Qaeda representatives to Hakimullah Mehsud. The letter dated 3 December 2010 was critical of the ideology and tactics of the TTP and made clear that Al-Qaeda’s senior leaders had serious concerns about the TTP’s trajectory inside Pakistan. Despite problems within the organization, the documents indicate that bin Laden was focused on attacking US nationals and coming up with plots, to assassinate US leaders.Osama bin Laden wished specially to target airplanes carrying Gen. David Petraeus and even President Barack Obama, reasoning that an assassination would elevate an “utterly unprepared” Vice President Joe Biden into the presidency and plunge the US into crisis | |||||
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'N' govt longmarch tantamount to treason
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday said no province could
launch a long-march against the federal government because it it would
be tantamount to be treason. He was speaking in a Pakistan Television (PTV) programme “Prime Minister Online”. Replying
to a question regarding the long-march announced by the Punjab
government, the Prime Minister said such act could be considered as
“treason” as it would be a step of the provincial government against the
federal government. “It is totally unacceptable,” he added.Earlier,
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President Mian Nawaz Sharif had
said that Gilani was no longer the prime minister of Pakistan anymore
since his conviction and vowed that every option including a long-march
would be launched to honor the verdicts of the SC.
Govt fixes headmoney for Lyari gangsters KARACHI:
Chief
Minister Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has undersigned the home ministry’s
summary regarding the bounties on the heads of most vicious of Lyari
gangsters, Geo News reported. The details of headmoney fixed for the felons are as under: Uzair Baloch: Rs3million,Baba Ladla: Rs3 million,Rahsid aka Rekha: Rs1.5 millionIbrahim: Rs1 million. Khair Mohammad: Rs2 million, Ilyas Pappu: Rs2 million,Zaman Mehsud: Rs2.5 million. Earlier,
the government of Sindh also offered a “surrendering option” to the
Lyari gangsters waging war against the state for the last five days,
which has claimed dozens of lives.According to a statement
issued by interior provincial, Shazia Marri, the option was up or the
grabs for the criminals who would down their arms and cooperate with the
government.Moreover, in another development police killed Tariq Sayapa, one of the most wanted Lyari gangsters.SSP CID, Chaudhry Aslam, told Geo News that the Tariq Sayapa was involved in gun as well as hand-grenade attacks.There was a bounty of Rs500,000 on his head, Chaudhry told Geo News.Earlier,
IG Sindh Mushtaq Shah said that the operation would continue in Lyari
until all the criminals were arrested or killed, adding that police were
striving to stop miscreants from fleeing to other areas.Talking
exclusively to Geo News on Saturday, IG Sindh said that no time frame
could be given for the conclusion of Lyari operation. He said that
reserve police personnel were also summoned to join the personnel
engaged in action.The IG said that sophisticated weapons were being used in the operation against miscreants.
Life-threat holding me from coming home
KARACHI:
Former Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani declared Saturday
that he was determined not to return home to Pakistan for the time being
due to health concerns, adding that his life was still in danger. Speaking
to Sana Bucha in the Geo News programme ëLekin,í Haqqani said he would
not be travelling to Pakistan anytime in the near future owing to the
fact that he was not feeling well and that travel to Pakistan was linked
to his doctorís advice. At the same time, the former ambassador
referred to the assassination of governor Salman Taseer and said he
would not take the risk of travelling to Pakistan because he could be
killed by any agency terming him as a traitor.Haqqani claimed
that he had been blamed by a person sitting overseas on the basis of an
assumption, but that those charges had failed to be proven. ìI went
abroad because I am not a criminal and there were no cases pending
against me. Nor am I under trial,î he maintained, adding that there was
no truth in the alleged memo and the nation knew it.
I am not afraid, but am still being made a target of prejudices,î he lamented.Haqqani recalled Imran Khanís charges, asking the ambassador whether he was an ambassador of Pakistan or the United States. ìIn fact there are many people who are interested in amplifying the differences between the US and Pakistan,î he said, adding that Pakistan would have to explain how and why former al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was living in the country.The former envoy to the US said no investigation had been conducted against him by either General Pasha or the ISI. ìEverything was taken for granted after listening to Mansoor Ijaz for four hours. Those who could not trace Osamaís presence in Pakistan had been following the memo and on that basis I was called a traitor,î he claimed.In response to a question he said he had been a public servant and knew well that it was not suitable time to reveal everything openly. There were elements who were interested in running the foreign policy in a manner that was not in the countyís best interests, he maintained. Haqqani said he was not Mansoor Ijaz, and that he was Husain Haqqani, whoís BlackBerry was being talked about but Mansoor Ijaz had not handed over his BlackBerry. About Mansoor Ijaz, the ambassador said he was simply a businessman. He maintained that those failing in the investigation into Osama Bin Ladenís presence in the country had now turned towards the memo issue. Haqqani explained that the BlackBerry company did not keep a record of spent messages beyond three months. He also asked that if the incident took place in May, then why was the article written in October, adding that he received more than 800 phone calls in three months and just three of those calls were from Mansoor Ijaz.So what is the significance?î he asked, adding that the president and the prime minister had both come to know about the memo in November, but by that time General Pasha had already landed in London. He also explained that he had little knowledge about diplomacy which was why he had resigned before coming to Pakistan. A Great Leader & Great byaan of Dr Israr Ahmed
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How Obama fulfilled the dreams of Osama?
Osama bin Laden is history now but Al-Qaeda is still determined to make some new history. US officials have rightly claimed many times that Al Qaeda has become weaker after the death of Osama bin Laden but they cannot deny the fact that bin Ladenism is still a source of inspiration for the militants fighting from Afghanistan to Yemen and from Iraq to Palestine. Dead Osama is as dangerous as living Osama.The Obama administration has foiled at least 8 terrorist plots on the US soil since the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. President Obama can take credit of bin Laden’s death but he is not aware that actually bin Laden got the death of his own choice. It was his old dream not to be captured by enemy but to be killed by enemy and no burial in any grave.Osama bin Laden always prayed to become a martyr like his old friend Shafiq-al Madni. I heard the name of Shafiq from bin Laden first in 1997. I was the first Pakistani journalist to meet Osama bin Laden in March 1997 and I was the last journalist to interview him seven weeks after 9/11. I started writing his biography in 1998 and once I asked him about the people who impressed him a lot and created big impact on his life. Osama said that he was lucky to have brave friends like Shafiq-al Madni who always loved martyrdom.
Shafiq from Madina was a very good player of soccer but he joined the Jihad against the Soviet troops in Afghanistan with Osama bin Laden. He remained on the frontline during the battle of Jalalabad in 1989.
Shafiq al-Madni always wanted a unique and different kind of martyrdom. Once he told him: “oh my Sheikh Osama, please pray that when I become a martyr the stomach of birds and animals should become my grave, I don’t want to be buried in ground; I want that on the day of judgment birds and animals should tell the Allah Almighty that the body of Shafiq al-Madni was torn into pieces by the enemies of Islam because he was fighting in the name of Allah”.
Osama said that Shafiq al Madni was very good in destroying Russian tanks with his RPGs. One day Shafiq and two other Arab fighters were trapped by the Russians in the battle for Jalalabad. The three men tried to escape but they were surrounded from all sides. Shafiq was senior to the other two.
He decided to provide them fire cover and ordered them to escape. He destroyed the tank coming from the front but became target of another tank gunfire from his left. His body was torn tosmall pieces. His dream came true.
He was killed on enemy territory and his dead body was not available. He was not buried in a grave. The stomach of birds and animals became his ultimate grave. Osama bin Laden said: “Allah Almighty fulfilled the dream of Shafiq al-Madni, he became a martyr and I pray to Allah that I should also become a martyr like Shafiq al-Madni who never wanted to be buried in the ground”. Osama was so much impressed with Shafiq al-Madni that he purchased a speedboat and docked it at the bin Laden marina at the Jeddah harbour. He named it after Shafiq al-Madni. The engine of the boat was removed and replaced with a more powerful one. This “Shafiq al-Madni boat” was the first step towards Al Qaeda men’s training in operations in the seas. Osama loved sea a lot. He read many books of Syed Qutab while fishing in the Red Sea.He had never imagined that the US Marines would bury him in the sea and he will not be buried in the any grave like his friend Shafiq al-Madni. The Obama administration never provided a grave to Al Qaeda but it certainly gave a martyr to Al Qaeda. The Pakistani authorities have demolished bin Laden’s house in Abbotabad where he was killed on May 2, 2011 but Al Qaeda is not demolished.The Obama administration fears that maybe Dr. Ayman al Zawahri is still present on the Pakistani soil but there is lack of cooperation between Pakistan and US against Al Qaeda after the Abbottabad operation and attack on Salala check post. Pakistan never gave CIA full access to interrogate Osama bin Laden’s family. The big family was handed over to the Saudi authorities a few days back. Pakistanis were careful because they feared a serious backlash from Al Qaeda. They knew many Al Qaeda leaders were hiding quietly in big cities like Karachi and they can become a big danger anytime. Why Pakistanis are not ready to underestimate Al Qaeda? They know that Al Qaeda operators started moving from Karachi to Afghanistan after the attack on Mehran base in Karachi last year.
These operators helped Afghan Taliban launch attacks on the NATO forces in a more organised manner. They also advised Taliban not to listen to Pakistan for starting a dialogue with the US. Most of them are not active militants but they have become terror consultants.
Incidents like the desecration of Holy Quran in Afghanistan and the detention of a Pakistani woman Afia Saddiqui in a US prison are enough for Al Qaeda terror consultants to exploit the religious sentiments of the Muslim youth. The Obama administration must tell the world what actually motivated young American Muslims like Sami Osmakac and Amine El Khalafi to organise terror attacks in US. Both were arrested in January and February this year in the US. They never visited Pakistan or Afghanistan, they never met any Al Qaeda leader in their whole life but even then they developed hatred against US. Sami was caught because he was trying to find out the Al Qaeda flag on web before hitting the targets.
If some boys living in the US can develop hatred against America then what about those boys who live in Afghanistan and Pakistan, who see the occupation forces with their own eyes and who participate in the burials of those innocent children and woman killed in US drone attacks? It is this pressure from these angry young boys, which stopped the senior Taliban leadership from opening formal negotiations with Washington. The US prevented more than 50 terror attacks on its soil since 9/11 but Afghanistan and Pakistan are not America. These two countries are the biggest victims of US war against terrorism since 9/11 and are still unsafe even after the death of Osama bin Laden. One can differ with the ideology of Al Qaeda but the fact is that his ideology still exists and is getting stronger because of the US policies. The combination of flawed US policies and dangerous Al Qaeda ideology creates angry boys who want to become martyrs like Shafiq al-Madni and Osama bin Laden. Obama can throw the dead body of Osama bin Laden in the deep sea but he cannot drown the ideology of Al Qaeda in the sea. If the US and its allies want to prevent Al Qaeda attacks in future they must throw out their bad policies in the sea. The least they should do is punish the US soldiers responsible for the burning of Holy Quran in Bagram; punish the soldier who killed many innocent people in Kandhar and punish the officers who organised attack on Salala check-post. Don’t protect them, or you will be fulfilling the dreams of Osama bin Laden.
Egypt's 'plans for farewell intercourse law so husbands can have sex with DEAD wife's branded a 'complete nonsense'
Alleged proposals to allow Egyptian
husbands to legally have sex with their dead wifes for up to six hours
after their death have been branded a 'complete nonsense'.The
controversial new 'farewell intercourse' law was claimed, in Arab
media,
to be part of a raft of measures being introduced by the
Islamist-dominated parliament.They reported it would also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment.
Islamist-dominated parliament.They reported it would also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment.
Controversial: The 'farewell intercourse' law is 'a complete nonsense', according to sources
But sources inside the Egyptian
Embassy in London have said the claims were 'completely false',
'forbidden in Islam' and 'could never imagine it happening'.
The
source said the proposal, if it even existed, had not reached the
parliament - although it was also admitted it could be the work of an
extremist politician.
Although
not officially rebutted, the claims that someone inside Egypt could
introduce such a law provoked widespread scepticism.
The initial report, published on reputable English language website alarabiya.net, claimed Egypt's National Council for Women was
reportedly campaigning against the changes.
It said the group said that 'marginalising and
undermining the status of women would negatively affect the country's
human development'.
Dr
Mervat al-Talawi, head of the NCW, wrote to the Egyptian People’s
Assembly Speaker Dr Saad al-Katatni addressing her concerns.
Outrage: The 'proposals' could have seen Egyptian husbands allowed to have sex with their dead wife's (file picture)
Egyptian
journalist Amro Abdul Samea reported in the al-Ahram newspaper that
Talawi complained about the legislations which are being introduced
under 'alleged religious interpretations'.
The
subject of a husband having sex with his dead wife arose in May 2011
when Moroccan cleric Zamzami Abdul Bari said marriage remains valid even
after death.
He also said that women have the right to have sex with her dead husband.
TV anchor Jaber al-Qarmouty slammed
the notion of letting a husband have sex with his wife after her death
under the so-called 'Farewell Intercourse' draft law.
He
said: 'This is very serious. Could the panel that will draft the
Egyptian constitution possibly discuss such issues? Did Abdul Samea see
by his own eyes the text of the message sent by Talawi to Katatni?
'This
is unbelievable. It is a catastrophe to give the husband such a right!
Has the Islamic trend reached that far? Is there really a draft law in
this regard? Are there people thinking in this manner?'
Egypt’s women urge MPs not to pass early marriage, sex-after-death laws: report
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
This is very bad and ignorant of egypt government so give comments in your views this is question of Our great religion Islam we are cannot tolerant this because this is against of Islam.
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Good Boy, Bad Boy
He may be accused of being wild but he's also alleged to have a golden
heart. Salman Khan's efforts and energy have made Being Human one of
young India's most popular brands. Of course, the idea is charitable but
its success is nothing short of a financial revelation. Salman Khan's
foundation works for underprivileged people and children. It produces
exclusive merchandise like watches, clothing etc and uses the money to
finance livelihood and education for the needy. The art division of
Being Human auctions paintings by 'Picasso' Khan and uses the money for
good use.
That's not where Salman's good intentions end. He's proactive in
organising cricket and football matches for charitable causes. Some of
Salman's most notable efforts have been to help the needy in Sri Lanka.
Also he forwarded all the earnings of his recently produced Chillar
Party to the Being Human trust. Leave it to the bad boy then, to deal
with matters of the heart.
Rescue operation continues in Siachen SIACHEN:
As
military personnel and volunteers work round the clock on the extensive
rescue operation in the Gayari Sector in Siachen, a total of 1.73
million cubic feet area has been shifted since the avalanche engulfed
the battalion headquarters. According to an update issued by the
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), despite cold weather hindering
the operation, frequently causing equipment to break down, all efforts
were being made to extract the trapped soldiers and civilians.The
platforms, constructed on all sites, have been consolidated, however
excavation work is being focused on expansion of the sites. The
ground-penetrating radar teams have identified two more points.
Meanwhile, a Norwegian team has returned to Islamabad after providing
critical technical information.
Shahzain with associates offers arrest
Shahzain Bugti on this occasion said that he was not afraid of arrest and an appeal would be filed against it.
Following termination of the bail by the Supreme Court in the arms recovery case, Quetta Additional Session Judge yesterday had issued a warrant of arrest against Shahzain Bugti. In compliance of the same the police and the anti-terrorist force personnel today arrived at his residence. Meanwhile provincial home minister, Zafrullah Zehri also reaching there met with Shahzain Bugti and showed him the warrant of arrest that led to Shahzain coming out of his house and offer arrest to the police. Talking to media on this occasion Shahzain Bugti said that he was not afraid of arrest, but he has been involved in a false case He said that the federal interior minister on the one hand offered holding talks with all those living in self-exile on their home coming, while we living within the country were being treated like this.Shahzain further said that the murderers of Nawab Akbar Bugti were being given protocol reception and they were not being arrested. He complained that his lawyer also had been abducted to weaken his case.
Provincial home minister, Zafrullah Zehri on this occasion said that while offering arrest Sahahzain had neither presented any demand nor put forth any condition.
Later, the provincial minister took Shahzain in his car and to the District Central Jail.
Strict security arrangements were made on this occasion.
Earlier, JWP Central President, Nawabzada Talal Bugti talking to Geo News urged Shahzain Bugti to offer arrest immediately in respect of the Supreme Court order and if he disobeyed the order of the Supreme Court, then he would be dismissed from the party provincial president slot.
The biggest movie stars at their humble best. Here we disclose the efforts of tinsel town's most popular humanitarians
Voice Of Reckoning
Two spoken lines from Amitabh Bachchan urged
every citizen in rural India to take his child for polio vaccinations.
There's a reason we call him the biggest superstar of all time. Because
when he speaks the entire nation tunes in. Amitabh Bachchan uses the
enchanting effect of his voice and persona to good effect as he
continually associates himself with charitable causes like polio
prevention. His humanitarian work is not just for the impoverished but
extends to the unfortunate as well. Bachchan's recent efforts to
rehabilitate the families of India's martyred policemen and servicemen
are a shining example. Bachchan supports and participates in concerts
and albums whose sale proceeds are utilised for education and aid. After
watching Paan Singh Tomar, Bachchan has lent support to a project to
help needy sportsmen. His towering personality becomes bigger and better
through his extensive humanitarian efforts.
Today Hot Issue of Sunakshi Bollywood actor and others Bollywood Actress
Sonakshi, Asin Refuse Film With Shahid Kapoor
Rumour has it that not one, but two actresses have turned down a film opposite Shahid
Kapoor. According to reports, Sonakshi Sinha and Asin Thottumkal have
both said no to the Hindi remake of Tamil blockbuster film, Vettai, in
which Shahid is the male lead.
Sonakshi reportedly felt that the hero-centric
film would not be the right career move for her, given that she has
played prominent roles in Dabangg and Rowdy Rathore.
On the other hand, Asin has moved on to
greener pastures – namely, the Khans. She will appear in Most Wanted in
2013 with Salman and with SRK in Sajid Nadiawala's upcoming film based
on Chetan Bhagat's novel, 2 States.
Industry insiders believe that South Indian
actress Ileana D'Cruz has agreed to do the role opposite Shahid. The
movie will be an action flick directed by Tamil director N. Linguswamy,
who also directed the original Tamil film, with Shahid in the lead role.
Today Hot Issues of (PM) Yousaf Raza Gillani
ISLAMABAD: A seven-member bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday convicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in contempt of court proceedings against him for refusing to comply with an order to write a letter to the authorities in Switzerland asking them to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
The ruling said that Gilani was guilty of contempt, but would serve a sentence only "until the rising of the court," or by the time the judges left the chamber. That happened about three minutes after the verdict was handed down.
"For reasons to be recorded later Prime Minister and chief executive Yousuf Raza Gilani is found guilty and convicted for contempt of court," Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, the head of the seven-judge Supreme Court bench, said.
Counsel for Premier Aitzaz Ahsan said he would appeal the verdict, further delaying any action that could see Gilani lose his job.
According to the order issued by the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Gilani was found guilty and convicted for contempt of court under Article 204(2) of the constitution read with section 3 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance for willful flouting, disregard and disobedience of this Court’s direction.
The court’s order further stated that as regards the sentence to be passed against the convict we note that the findings and the conviction for contempt of court recorded above are likely to entail some serious consequences in terms of Article 63(1)(G) of the constitution which may be treated as mitigating factors towards the sentence passed against him. He is, therefore punished under section 5 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance with imprisonment till the rising of the Court today.
Prime Minister Gilani stood before the SC to hear the verdict in contempt case for not implementing the apex court’s ruling on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and smiled when the verdict was read out in a packed court house.
Under Pakistan's constitution anyone convicted of defaming or ridiculing the judiciary is barred from being an MP, but legal experts say the process to disqualify Gilani could be a lengthy one, involving the parliamentary speaker and the Election Commission.
Gilani is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Pakistan, where civilian governments have repeatedly been toppled by the country’s powerful military, often with the support of the Supreme Court, which critics allege is heavily politicized. Corruption charges have routinely been used to target those in power, or seeking to return.
It is pertinent to note here that the court issued contempt notice to the premier in February for refusing to write to the Swiss authorities to re-open graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari The prime minister has appeared twice before in court and has maintained his innocence throughout, saying he had done nothing against the rules of business. Aitzaz, meanwhile, had argued that the bench was not eligible to hear the case as it had taken the notice itself.
It should be mentioned here that it was the first time in the history of Pakistan that a prime minister appeared before the court and was convicted of contempt.