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Kamran Faisal was killed: Brother-in-Law ISLAMABAD: Brother-in-law of slain National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigation officer Kamran Faisal has said that he is 100 percent sure that Kamran Faisal got killed, requesting Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo moto notice on the issue, Geo News reported. According to details, Hamid Muneer, brother-in-law of Kamran Faisal, Wednesday reached Supreme Court to submit a plea from his sister seeking suo moto notice on this case. SC Registrar directed Hamid Muneer to submit regular petition and bring the petitioner to court.
Pakistan supreme court admits petition against Sherry Rehman on blasphemy ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan supreme court on Thursday admitted a businessman's petition seeking action against Sherry Rehman, Pakistan's ambassador to the US, for allegedly committing blasphemy over two years ago. The petition filed by Fahim Akhtar Gill, a trader from Multan in Punjab province, was heard by a two-judge bench.
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Eight killed in Karachi KARACHI: Five people were killed in firing incidents, while two bodies of men and strangled body of a woman were found in different areas of the city on Tuesday. Thirty-five-years-old Shahzed S/o Ghulam Hussain, resident of Golimar was gunned down by unidentified armed men near Golimar Number-1 in the Limit of Rizvia Police Station. The body was moved to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for autopsy. Medico-Legal Officer said the victim received one bullet in face and another in chest and died on spot. Twenty-two year old Nadeem S/o Waqar was killed in firing by two
'India minister admits terror mongering' LAHORE: Chief of Jamat-ud-Dawah Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said on Monday that Indian Home Minister confessed that few Indian parties are involved in carrying out terrorism in Pakistan, demanding to declare the neighbouring country a 'terrorist state'. Talking to press conference here on Monday, Hafiz Saeed said India tries to hide its terrorism on the basis of incidents like Mumbai attack. There is no advantage in trade agreement between the two countries until India
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changed its behaviour towards Pakistan, he added. 'America and India have evil eyes on Pakistan's atomic and missile programs', said Hafeez Saeed. He said that rulers should come up with a solid reply over protection of its atomic reactors and 'Indian terrorism'.
unidentified men riding a motorcycle in MalirKhokhrapar Number 2/12 area in the precinct of Malir-Khokhrapar Police Station. The body was moved to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for postmortem. Separately, 50-yearsold Muhammad Jamil
Govt firm, says polls by May 15 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government said it is determined to complete its five-year term and to hold the polls by May 15. "All the parties and real stakeholders have agreed that assemblies will complete their term on March 16," information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said. Earlier, oppposition parties had demanded that government should announce the schedule for the polls.
was killed in firing of unknown attackers near Northern Bypass, Khairabad area in the limits of Manghopir police station. The body was moved to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for autopsy. The victims received three bullets and died on way to hos-
pital. Similarly, a man, aged around 25 was killed by unidentified armed men near a garbage dumping point in Old Hajji Camp area in the jurisdiction of Napier police station. The body was taken to Civil Hospital Karachi Hospital for postmortem. A 22-years-old, Javaid s/o Allah Wasaya was gunned down by unidentified armed men in Ibrahim Goth, Maripur area in the limits of Maripur Police Station. The body was moved to CHK for autopsy. Meanwhile, two dead bodies with their hands and legs tied up with ropes were found from Baldia Town in the limits of SITE B Police Station.
Only UN can find the truth, says Pakistani daily ISLAMABAD: Only the UN can find the real truth behind the India-Pakistan clashes on the Jammu and Kashmir border, a Pakistani daily said on Sunday. There was "no better forum" than a UN observer group for this task, the Dawn said in an editorial. New Delhi cannot bypass the UN Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) although it keeps referring to the 1972 Shimla pact to keep away third parties in India-Pakistan conflicts. The Simla agreement, it
said, aims to settle differences between India and Pakistan "by peaceful means through bilateral negotiations or by any other peaceful means mutually agreed upon". The UNMOGIP's role was one of an observer to "monitor developments pertaining to the strict observance of the ceasefire of 17 Dec 1971", the day the last major IndiaPakistan war ended, the daily said. "Mercifully, the two governments have decided not to exacerbate matters," it said.
Kidnapped Sikh man beheaded in Pakistan's tribal belt ISLAMABAD: A militant group in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt beheaded a Sikh man kidnapped over a month ago after accusing him of acting as a "spy" for a rival outfit, media reports said today. Mohinder Singh, 40, was kidnapped from his shop in Tabbai village of Khyber Agency by unidentified armed men on November 20. Singh was a seller of herbal medicines, a trade that is common among Sikhs in northwest Pakistan. Singh was beheaded yesterday and his body was mutilated before it was packed in a
The bodies were shifted to CHK for medico-legal formalities. The identity of both victims could not be ascertained. One of the bodies had been beheaded and the head was found from Shershah area. The strangled body of 25-years-old woman Latifa w/o Bilal was found from her home in Mubarak village Mauripur area in the limits of Mauripur Police Station. It was moved to CHK for medico-legal formalities. A 35-year-old, Muhammad Ramzan S/o Bahadur was injured in firing of unidentified attackers near Liaquatabad Number-4. He was rushed to ASH for treatment.
sack and dumped at Zakhakhel Bazaar in Khyber Agency, unnamed officials were quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper. The officials said Tawheedul Islam, a militant group, had claimed responsibility for killing Singh. A note left with the body said Singh had been killed for spying for a rival militant group, the Lashkar-e-Islam. The body was identified by the slain man's brother Daswant Singh. He said his brother's killing was a "cruel act" against members of the minority Sikh community. "We have no enmity
with anyone and have lived peacefully in Khyber Agency for more than six decades," he said. Daswant told The News daily that his family had earlier approached the Tauheedul Islam, a pro-government militia of Zakhakhel tribesmen, but it had claimed it did not know the whereabouts of Singh. "After we tried and used all tribal channels and sources for the recovery of my brother, we sent an application to Mutahir Zeb, Political Agent of the Khyber Agency, on December 13 to seek his support," Daswant said.
Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said the border clashes should not be allowed to derail the India-Pakistan peace process. "But that doesn't mean that the facts regarding these recent LoC (Line of Control) incidents should not be established," the daily said. "If Pakistan and India cannot establish the truth themselves through cooperation and in an impartial manner, then there is no better forum than the UNMOGIP to do so," it said.
Army role on borders commendable: Nisar ISLAMABAD: Leader of the opposition Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan praised the efforts of the Pakistan Army in defending the borders. Addressing the National Assembly session, he said that the whole nation is right behind our Army for protecting every nook and corner of the country. He also said that the head of our soldier that was beheaded at the border must be returned.
Pakistan has world's fastest growing nuclear stockpile LONDON: Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal with around 115 warheads, MIT-educated Pakistani scientist Pervez Hoodbhoy says in a book Confronting the Bomb published by Oxford University Press, which is to be launched in London next week. Hoodbhoy also maintains Pakistan has made "phenomenal progress in missile making" and that over the next
5-10 years missiles will replace aircraft as far as its delivery of weapons infrastructure is concerned. Ghauri, of course, is virtually imported from North Korea with China's assistance. Of the five kinds of missiles deployed so far, Babur, with a 500700km range, is a nuclear-capable cruise missile comparable to the American Tomahawk. This has been developed to try and avoid radar detection.
Besides, a 1,000km version is reported to be in the making. However, Hoodbhoy argues there are "various constraints that might limit a still larger increase" in the Pakistani nuclear stockpile, which is considered to be the world's fifth largest. At the same time, as per an estimate projected by the Federation of American Scientists in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and quoted by
him, this could reach 150200 in a decade. Hoodbhoy points out: "Pakistan has not denied The Bulletin's report." Based on satellite images of reactors, the author goes on to say: "Pakistan almost certainly has a handful of plutoniumbased warheads (the majority still emanating from uranium-enrichment) whose smaller weight makes them more suitable for delivery by missiles
over longer ranges." According to an American assessment: "Pakistan's construction of these new reactors at the Khushab site will result in a dramatic increase in plutonium production capability. Combined, the three new reactors will be able to produce enough plutonium for over 12 nuclear weapons per year, depending on the reactors' size and operating efficiencies."
Pakistan is building a fourth plutonium processing plant, which could increase the number of weapons manufactured per annum to between 19 and 26. However, since India is believed to possess fusion weapons (or hydrogen bombs, which are many times more powerful), which were tested in May 1998, Pakistan is said to be anxious to match this capability