ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has forwarded a summary to the Ministry of Petroleum recommending a major increase of Rs6.20 per litre in petrol price.According to sources, OGRA has also proposed a rise of Rs6 and Rs7.50 per litre in the prices diesel and kerosene oil respectively.
Monday, June 29, 2009
OGRA proposes Rs6.20/litre rise in petrol price
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Jackson's toxicology tests will disprove rumors, attorney says
(CNN) -- Toxicology reports from Michael Jackson's body will disprove rumors that the singer's personal physician injected him with powerful painkillers, the attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray said Monday.
The cause of pop star Michael Jackson's death has not been determined after Friday's autopsy.
"Dr. Murray never prescribed Demerol, never administered Demerol, never saw him -- Michael Jackson -- take Demerol," attorney Edward Chernoff told CNN's "American Morning."
"And that goes as well for Oxycontin. I think those are just rumors. When toxicology comes back ... that's going to be all cleared up," Chernoff said.
Murray met voluntarily for several hours with detectives over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department said late Saturday.
"We've let them know we're available to them any time they need us, any questions they have," Chernoff said. "We have told them that the medical examiner is free to call us. We'll be available to them. If they have any questions once toxicology comes out. I expect they will have some questions, and we'll be ready to answer them." 
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Murray found Jackson not breathing in bed when he entered the 50-year-old singer's estate on Thursday, Chernoff said. Jackson did have a slight pulse when Murray found him and tried to resuscitate the singer as he awaited paramedics, a representative with Chernoff's Houston, Texas, law firm said Sunday.
Jackson was rushed to a Los Angeles medical center, where he was pronounced dead. Watch latest developments in Jackson's death investigation »
An autopsy performed by a county medical examiner was inconclusive, although officials said there were no indications of external trauma or foul play. The Los Angeles County coroner's office has said toxicology results are needed before a cause of death can be determined. That could take four to six weeks.
Detectives impounded Murray's car, which was parked at the singer's rented home. Authorities said the vehicle may contain evidence related to Jackson's death, possibly prescription medications. Police have released no information on what they may have found.
Chernoff said there was nothing in Jackson's medical history that Murray was aware of "that would lead him to believe he would go into sudden cardiac arrest or respiratory failure."
"There was no red flag available to Dr. Murray, which led him to believe he would have died the way he did," Chernoff said. "It's still a mystery how he died to Dr. Murray. Listen to the 911 call »
"It was Dr. Murray ... as you know, that requested that the family ask for an autopsy, because he needed to know as well as his physician what caused Michael Jackson to stop breathing."
Five out of nine local staff from the UK embassy detained in Tehran have been released, Iranian officials say.
Iran's media earlier said local employees at the UK mission were held over their role in protests against June's disputed presidential election.
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has dismissed the allegations as baseless.
Separately, Iran's top legislative body began a partial recount of the poll - a move rejected by defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
 |  There is no plan at the moment to close any embassy or downgrade ties with them  Hassan Ghashghavi, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman |
"Out of nine people, five of them have been released and the rest are being interrogated," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said at a news conference, state television Press TV reported.
Iran's Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hoseyn Mohseni-Ezhei on Sunday said "the British embassy played a crucial role in the recent unrest both through its local staff and via media", Iran's Irna news agency reported.
"We have photos and videos of certain local employees of the British embassy, who collected news about the protests.
"The embassy sent staff among the rioters to direct them in order to escalate the riots so that the rioters could file fabricated reports about the [rallies] to the world from various locations," the Iranian minister added.
Britain has protested strongly over the arrests, which have now been been confirmed by the BBC. Mr Miliband described them as "harassment".
The British foreign office has not said what the four staff still in custody do at the embassy, but the BBC understands that one of them has the job of reviewing local news sources and keeping abreast of political developments, our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen in Tehran says.
He says that none of the nine who were detained has dual Iranian-British nationality.
Despite the releases, the fact that some employees are still being held means the issue remains a serious problem for the UK, our editor adds.
On Sunday, the European Union warned Iran that "harassment or intimidation" of embassy staff would be met with a "strong and collective" response.
| IRAN UNREST 12 June Presidential election saw incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected with 63% of vote Main challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi called for result to be annulled for electoral fraud Street protests saw at least 17 people killed and foreign media restricted  |
Iran has repeatedly accused foreign powers - especially Britain and the US - of meddling after the 12 June election.
The poll was won by a landslide by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but his opponents said the victory was achieved by massive fraud. Some 17 people are thought to have died in subsequent street protests.
In the fallout from the crisis, Tehran has expelled two British diplomats and the UK has responded with a similar measure.
However, Mr Ghashghavi said on Monday that "there is no plan at the moment to close any embassy or downgrade ties with them".
Some 17 people are thought to have died in street protests after the disputed presidential poll, which the opposition complains was rigged.
At least 1,000 opposition supporters are reported to have staged a noisy rally outside a mosque in Tehran on Sunday evening before it was broken up by police and militia.
Riot police used tear gas and clubs to disperse the crowd outside the Ghoba Mosque, Iranian eyewitnesses said.
The report could not be independently verified because of reporting restrictions on foreign media.
Poll verdict due
In a separate development, Iran's state TV said the recount had started on Monday in the capital Tehran as well as in the provinces.
Iran's Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the election.
The process was expected to be completed later on Monday and the result would be announced shortly afterwards, al-Alam television said.
But Mr Mousavi insists the poll was rigged and therefore should be annulled.
On Sunday, Mr Mousavi met members of a committee set up by the Guardian Council to examine the disputed poll, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.
It said Mr Mousavi was expected to present his proposal on the issue, without giving any further details.
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Obama praise for Iran's Mousavi
US President Barack Obama has praised the opposition candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election.
Mr Obama said Mir Hossein Mousavi had captured the imagination of groups in Iran that were interested in opening up to the world.
He spoke of the bravery of protesters in the face of "outrageous" violence.
Mr Obama's comments came hours after foreign ministers from the G8 nations issued a statement "deploring" the post-election violence in Iran.
In Iran itself, a spokesman for the powerful Guardian Council - which is due to give its final ruling on the election on Sunday - said there had been no election fraud.
And a member of Iran's top clerical body urged the judiciary to deal ruthlessly with the leaders of the protests.
Some 17 people are thought to have died in street protests in the past two weeks, and Tehran has imposed severe restrictions on journalists and the internet.
Rights group Amnesty International called on Iranian leaders to release more than two dozen journalists arrested since the polls.
'Condemn it'
Mr Obama made his comments at a news conference in Washington after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
| IRAN UNREST 12 June Presidential election saw incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected with 63% of vote Main challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi called for result to be annulled for electoral fraud Street protests saw at least 17 people killed and foreign media restricted |
Mr Mousavi had become the representative of protesters on the streets who, he said, had displayed "extraordinary courage".
"The violence perpetrated against them is outrageous," Mr Obama said. "In spite of the government's efforts to keep the world from bearing witness to that violence, we see it and we condemn it."
In Italy, meanwhile, G8 foreign ministers said they respected the sovereignty of Iran, but deplored the post-electoral violence.
"We express our solidarity with those who have suffered repression while peacefully demonstrating and urge Iran to respect fundamental human rights," their statement said.
"The crisis should be settled soon through democratic dialogue and peaceful means."
But the G8 leaders said the door to dialogue with Iran must remain open. And the G8's comments were not as strong as France and Italy had wanted, after Russia warned against isolating Iran.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said engagement with Iran was "the key word".
He stressed the need to focus on "the main task - to move toward resolving the issues of the Iranian nuclear programme".
| ANALYSIS  Jeremy Bowen BBC News, Tehran The Guardian Council is due to give its definitive verdict on Sunday. But the remarks by its spokesman are yet another indication that it will be a formality. The question though is whether the fracture in the ruling elite that this crisis has caused will heal. When you ask Iranians about the way this might go, a phrase keeps cropping up. They say it might seem quiet to an outsider but there is fire below the ashes. |
Before the G8 issued its statement, a spokesman for Iran's top election body, the Guardian Council, said the vote had been fair.
"We have had no fraud in any presidential election and this one was the cleanest election we have had," Abbasali Kadkhodai told Irna news agency.
Meanwhile, a senior hard-line cleric said in his Friday sermon that the leaders of the protests should be dealt with "severely and ruthlessly".
"I want the judiciary to... punish leading rioters firmly and without showing any mercy to teach everyone a lesson," Ahmad Khatami told worshippers at Tehran university in comments broadcast nationwide.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it's just one -- if that one is Michael Jackson.
Jackson's death caused Twitter outages, as portrayed by Raul Orozco in this take on Twitter's fail whale
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The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice of the Internet with him, as the ripples caused by the news of his death swept around the globe.
"Between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson," a Google spokesman told CNET, which also reported that Google News users complained that the service was inaccessible for a time. At its peak, Google Trends rated the Jackson story as "volcanic."
As sites fell, users raced to other sites: TechCrunch reported that TMZ, which broke the story, had several outages; users then switched to Perez Hilton's blog, which also struggled to deal with the requests it received.
CNN reported a fivefold rise in traffic and visitors in just over an hour, receiving 20 million page views in the hour the story broke.
Twitter crashed as users saw multiple "fail whales" -- the illustrations the site uses as error messages -- user FoieGrasie posting, "Irony: The protesters in Iran using twitter as com are unable to get online because of all the posts of 'Michael Jackson RIP.' Well done." The site's status blog said that Twitter had had to temporarily disable its search results, saved searches and trend topics.
Wikipedia saw a flurry of activity, with close to 500 edits made to Jackson's entry in less than 24 hours. CNET reported that by 3:15pm PDT, Wikipedia seemed to be "temporarily overloaded."
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The LA Times, the first news organization to confirm Jackson's death, suffered outages. The site also reported that AOL's instant messenger service had been hit, quoting an AOL statement that said, "AIM was down for approximately 40 minutes this afternoon." The statement said, "Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We've never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth."
By Friday morning, news sites seemed to be coping with traffic but Jackson fan site mjfanclub.net was still performing sluggishly. Mashable.com reported that tributes to, and remarks upon, Michael Jackson's death were responsible for 30 percent of tweets.
As with any breaking piece of news on the Web, the reports of Jackson's death sparked something of a feeding frenzy -- and with that came rumor that dragged in other celebrities completely unconnected to the King of Pop's death.
One Wikipedia prankster wrote that Jackson had been "savagely murdered" by his brother Tito, who had strangled him "with a microphone cord."
Soon rumors spread online that movie star Jeff Goldblum had fallen from the Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand while filming his latest movie. On several search engines, "Jeff Goldblum" soon became the only non-Jackson-related term to crop up in the top 10.
The rumors forced Goldblum's publicist to issue a statement to media outlets, saying: "Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue. He is fine and in Los Angeles."
At the same time Harrison Ford was also rumored to have fallen from a yacht off the south of France.
Web site snopes.com, which shoots down rumors, gossip and urban legends -- and how they originated -- said the likely culprit was a Web site which allows users to input celebrity names -- and then inserts them into fake templated stories (a further variant has stars dying in a plane crash).
In a sense the feeding frenzy was understandable -- Jackson's death, coming only hours after that of 1970s icon Farah Fawcett, left many Web users, shocked by the news of Jackson's death, asking what would happen next. In this febrile climate any rumor runs the risk of being seized on, believed and treated with more credulity than usual.
The need of the professional media to be first with the news -- many did for a short time report the Goldblum rumor as fact -- adds further veracity. And, of course, the whole process is speeded up by the Web.
There is also, of course, the old adage that celebrities die in threes, with the deaths of Gianni Versace, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa in 1997 frequently held up as an example of this.
Michael Jackson started singing with the Jackson 5 when he was 5, their first album came out when he was 11.
Michael Jackson, singer, performer, eccentric, and American icon died in his Los Angeles home on Thursday after suffering a heart attack. He was just 50 years old. In recent years, many of us had a complicated relationship with Jackson, but none could deny his massive talent or the impact he had on the entertainment community, worldwide. He was a musical visionary, creative in every aspect of his life--including his clothes. His outlandish, unique sequined style has influenced decades of designers, including many of the retro-'80s fashions we see on runways today. Despite the scandals of recent years, we honestly can't imagine our childhoods without him. Above, a style tribute to the King of Pop.
17 persons injured in Gharibabad blast
KARACHI: At least 17 persons were injured when a powerful explosion occurred in a firecracker-producing factory in Karachi area of Gharibabad, Geo News reported Friday.
All wounded were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where two of them are in critical condition. According to hospital sources, the injured include five women and a female child. A state of emergency has been announced at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where para-medical staff have been summoned.
According to eyewitnesses, three houses have been completely damaged.
The blast sound was heard far and wide.
The ambulances arrived on the spot and fire fighters have been called. The local residents and rescuers are taking out the trapped injured people from under rubble.
A lot of people gathered on the blast site, police had to resort to break them up.
According to police, a blast occurred in a house causing many houses to cave in completely. A two-storey house turned into pile of rubble.
According to preliminary reports, a factory making firecrackers caught fire triggering many crackers to blast. The house was being used as a godown of firecrackers.
Pop star Michael Jackson dies at 50
LOS ANGELES: Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and set the world dancing to the thumping rhythms of his music in the 1970s, died on Thursday, online website reported. He was 50.
The website reported that Jackson suffered a heart attack just after 12:00 pm (1900 GMT) local time and paramedics were unable to revive him.
Jackson's manager Tohme E. Tohme was not immediately available for comment when contacted by media. Officials at UCLA Medical Center where Jackson was treated also could not be reached for comment.
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Devin Gales would not confirm Jackson's identity but said paramedics went to an address corresponding to the star's home at 12:21 pm (1921 GMT) and the person was taken to UCLA Medical Center.
An unidentified family member earlier told TMZ -- the first outlet to report that Jackson had suffered a cardiac arrest -- that the star was in "really bad shape."
Michael's father Joe Jackson told E! Online he was aware of the emergency but did not know further details.
"I am in Las Vegas, but yes, people in Los Angeles called me and are with Michael and tell me he was taken to the hospital," he said. "I am not sure what's wrong. I am waiting to hear back from them."
The reports came as Jackson prepared to make a keenly anticipated concert comeback in London, his first series of shows in more than a decade and the first since his 2005 acquittal on child molestation charges.
However those concerts -- billed as the "final curtain" -- had been thrown into doubt after Jackson pushed back the opening dates last month.
Organizers of the concerts had stressed the delay was not linked to Jackson's health.
Promoters and producers AEG Live said the rescheduling was done because of the "sheer magnitude" of the show and the desire for fans attending the opening nights to get the same experience planned for all 50 shows.
In a press conference from the United States broadcast over the Internet, AEG Live president Randy Phillips was asked about Jackson's health and said: "I would trade my body for his tomorrow. He's in fantastic shape."
While Jackson reigned as the "King of Pop" in the 1980s, his once-stellar career had been overshadowed by his colorful public behavior, his startling physical transformation and multiple allegations of child abuse.
Jackson lived as a virtual recluse following his 2005 acquittal on charges including child molestation and plotting to kidnap his young accuser.
Despite his acquittal, the trial was a body blow from which the pop music superstar struggled to recover.
Four years later, Jackson is still worshipped by fans for revolutionizing music, dance and music videos at the peak of his success.
The attention however paid to him in recent years has been less flattering, focusing on apparent cosmetic surgery -- which he denies -- his baby dangling antics and a decade of swirling child abuse allegations.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Qari Zainuddin Mehsud shot dead in DI Khan
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A gunman shot dead Qari Zainuddin, a rival commander of Baitullah Mehsud in Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday morning.A close aide of Qari Zainuddin while confirming the killing of Qari Zainuddin claimed that he was shot dead by Gulbadeen Mehsud who was managed to flee from the scene. Gulbadeen is a resident of Makeen area. Another associate of Qari Zainuddin sustained injuries in the incident. Qari Zainuddin had recently given stat .... Full Story
Younis Khan receives hero's welcome in Karachi
| KARACHI: A jubilant crowd gathered at Jinnah international airport to greet Pakistan cricket team’s skipper Younis Khan.Younis’ family members, friends and large number of cricket lovers were present at the airport to welcome victorious captain. Fans showered flower petals as soon as Younis came out from the airport. They chanted sologans in Younis Khan and Pakistan’s favour. Younis at this occasion avoid media. |
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Pakistani offensive 'nears end'
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The military offensive against Taliban militants entrenched in north-western Pakistan is nearly over, the defence minister has said.
Ahmed Mukhtar says people displaced by the fighting in the Swat valley can start returning home from Saturday.
About two million people fled the area as the army took on the militants after they reneged on an earlier peace deal.
The minister said the army would now set its sights on South Waziristan, the stronghold of Pakistan's Taliban chief.
Pakistan's army is in the preparatory stages of a full-scale assault on the mountainous tribal territory bordering Afghanistan.
It is said to be the hiding place of Baitullah Mehsud who is at the helm of Tehreek-e-Taliban, the Pakistani Taliban group blamed for a string of deadly attacks across Pakistan.
"As soon as Baitullah [Mehsud] is spotted, he will be killed," Mr Mukhtar said in an interview on Pakistan's Dawn News television channel.
The army has advanced north from its base in the town of Wana in South Waziristan towards the hills in the Madijan area.
Witnesses have told the BBC that soldiers are digging trenches and positioning artillery weaponry there.
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says Mr Mukhtar's remarks about the operation in Swat nearing completion must be taken with a pinch of salt.
Pakistan has conducted operations in several parts of the north-west since 2004 - and has declared victory on a number of occasions - but this has never prevented militants from staging a comeback.
The army has also failed to eliminate the militant leadership in Swat, our correspondent says. There have been many questions about the true success of the operation with the fate of top Swat militant leaders still unknown.
Swat displaced
The fighting in the Swat valley began two months ago when Pakistani Taliban forces expanded their operations into districts only 60 miles from the capital.
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Under the terms of a peace deal, militants were expected to disarm in exchange for the implementation of Sharia law throughout the Malakand division, which includes Swat valley.
As the fighting to dislodge the Taliban intensified, some two million people were displaced. The majority of these are living in overstretched camps on the fringes of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Although the defence minister says the displaced can start to return home from Saturday, the UN says there are still significant concerns about their safety and welfare once they return.
Unrest
Meanwhile, sporadic violence has continued to afflict Pakistan's restive north-west.
Two boys' schools are reported to have been blown up by Taliban militants.
A number of educational institutes in the area, close to the Swat valley, have been targeted in recent months.
The United Nations upgraded its security risk rating in Pakistan to Level 3, which means that expatriate UN officials cannot keep their families in Pakistan.
It comes just one week after deadly attack on Peshawar's Pearl Continental hotel, in which 18 people were killed including two UN members of staff.
Ayatollah backs election result
Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a stern warning that protests against the country's disputed presidential election results must end.
In his first public remarks after days of demonstrations, Ayatollah Khamenei said the outcome must be decided at the ballot box, not on the street.
He said political leaders would be blamed for any violence.
Demonstrators calling for a new election earlier vowed to stage fresh protests on Saturday.
Addressing huge crowds at Tehran University, the ayatollah voiced support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying the president's views on foreign affairs and social issues were close to his.
Mr Ahmadinejad was among the thousands of people who packed the campus and surrounding streets, punctuating the ayatollah's speech with chants.
| LATEST FROM TEHRAN  Marcus George Very robust words indeed from the Supreme Leader. Ayatollah Khamenei said the election results are fine and there's no way that any vote rigging could have happened in this nation. That would be treacherous, he said. He has effectively endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide win. He said it just isn't possible to have vote rigging here. In the meantime, he has told Western nations "keep your nose out of our business, these are domestic affairs you are meddling in and you are responsible for the allegations of vote rigging to begin with". |
Responding to allegations of electoral fraud, the ayatollah insisted the Islamic Republic would not cheat.
"There is 11 million votes difference," the ayatollah said. "How one can rig 11 million votes?"
He appealed to candidates who had doubts about the election result to pursue any challenges through legal avenues.
BBC Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne says that Ayatollah Khamenei appears to have staked everything on this election result and Mr Ahmadinejad.
It all points to heavy crackdowns if the protests continue, our correspondent says.
'Political earthquake'
In his highly anticipated address after Friday prayers, the ayatollah said despite differences of opinion among the presidential candidates, they were all trustworthy and loyal to the Islamic Republic.
| Some of our enemies... intended to depict this absolute victory, this definitive victory, as a doubtful victory Ayatollah Khamenei |
He said the election was a "political earthquake" for Iran's enemies - singling out Great Britain as "the most evil of them" - whom he accused of trying to foment unrest in the country.
"Some of our enemies in different parts of the world intended to depict this absolute victory, this definitive victory, as a doubtful victory," the Supreme Leader said.
The UK government summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest against the ayatollah's remarks.
The official results gave Mr Ahmadinejad 63% of the vote against 34% for his main election rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi.
The Guardian Council - Iran's main electoral authority - has invited Mr Mousavi and two other defeated candidates to discuss their objections tomorrow.
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Nisar seeks resumption of Pak-India composite dialogue
ISLAMABAD: The opposition leader in National Assembly and PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said composite dialogue between Pakistan and India should be resumed without further delay.
Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal met with Chaudhry Nisar here at Punjab House and discussed Pak-India relations, terrorisms and border and regional security situation.
According to PML-N sources, Chaudhry Nisar at this occasion said both the countries should resolve all issues including Kashmir through dialogue to bring permanent peace in the region.
Pakistan wants revival of talks with India: Zardari
BRUSSELS: President Asif Ali Zardari said Friday Pakistan wants early resumption of bilateral talks with India.
Talking to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a meeting here, Asif Zardari urged Germany to play a role regarding the restoration of bilateral talks between Pakistan and India.
Apprising her of the ongoing crackdown on the terrorists in Pakistan, he said Pakistan wants peace and has continued its full-fledged action ag ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Three killed in Northern bypass demo: Edhi sources
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KARACHI: There are reports that at least three demonstrators were killed in firing at a protest demonstration being staged at Northern bypass, sources said Wednesday.
The Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party, formally called Jeay Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party were trying to go to join the rally which currently at Fawwarah Chawk area a little away from the CM House.
The police tear-gassed the rally to disperse them after workers went on rampage.
According to DIG East Zafar Bukhari said some demonstrators have been arrested.
According to Edhi sources, at least three activists were killed and over ten others injured in firing. The injured and the deceased are being shifted to the hospital.
The demo is being staged against the rehabilitation of the affected people of Swat Operation.
Magsi joins party’s rally at Fawwarah Chawk
| KARACHI: Dr. Qadir Magsi, who is the Chairman of Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STP) and General Secretary of Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONAM), arrived at Fawwarah Chawk and join the rally of his party, Geo News reported Wednesday. The workers of his party are currently staging a sit-in protest in front of the Governor House against the arrival of Internally Displaced Persons. |
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23 extremists killed in last 24 hours: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: At least 23 extremists have been killed killed in various areas of Malakand and Dir, during the last 24 hours of Operation Rah-e-Raast, Geo News reported Wednesday.
While Wali Ullah, aterrorist commander handed over himself to Army, 2 soldiers embraced Shahadat and 12 soldiers were injured including 2 officers.
According to ISPR press release, Jani Khel is the staging area of all militants operating in D.I Khan, Bannu, Kohat and Peshawar. Reportedly 600-800 terrorists reached Jani Khel from Miran Shah and Razmak. They were planning to strike at different places in NWFP.
Security forces engaged suspected terrorists locations at Jani Khel with heavy fire. Clearance operation in area Zaidi Akbar Khan is in progress.
Security forces conducted search operation at Batkhela, during exchange of fire, 1 terrorist was killed. Security forces also recovered cache of arms, ammunition, explosive and communication equipment.
Security forces commenced search operation to secure area from Kabbal Camp to Kabbal village. Terrorists fired a rocket at Kabbal Camp, due to which 1 soldier embraced shahadat and 11 soldiers were injured including 2 officers.
Terrorists fire raided at Bariam Bridge near Matta, Resultantly 1 soldier embraced shahadat. Wali Ullah (terrorist commander) handed over himself to Army at Besham. Security forces were fire raided by terrorists at Banmani Sar, which was effectively responded, resultantly 6 terrorists were killed.
Security forces secured Shalkosar top and Shalkosar Kandao in Piochar valley. Fierce fire fight took place between the security forces and terrorists, resultantly 16 terrorists were killed in South East of Shalkosar top.
Local lashkar has moved closer to terrorists at Shatkas and Ghzigae villages. Intense exchange of fire is taking place, reportedly 50 terrorists from Dir-Kohistan side came to support terrorists at Shatkas, who were engaged by Lashkar and they finally ran away.
Terrorists demolished two Govt High Schools at Sherjanay, Sangolay village and Chinar Kot in Maidan area. Terrorists demolished a bridge near village Kalpani at Lal Qila, Maidan.
Buner. Security forces secured Gat Khela and Jowar area.
The security forces also continued relief activities for the IDPs. At least 31 paramedics including 8 specialist doctors were moved to Mingora by Helicopter. Four trucks of ration and non food items were distributed among the stranded people of Swat valley at Mingora.
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