Posts Tagged ‘Mand’

China, Russia veto Syria resolution

UNITED NATIONS – Exercising their veto power, Russia and China on Saturday quashed a resolution, backed by the Arab and Western countries, at the UN Security Council, demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down amid escalating violence.
The other 13 members of the council, including Pakistan, voted in favour of the resolution aimed at ending the ongoing bloodshed in Syria. Pakistan …

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Iranian warships dock at Saudi port

TEHRAN – Iranian naval ships docked on Saturday in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on a mission to project the Islamic republic’s “power on the open seas,” the Fars news agency reported.
The supply ship Kharg and Shaid Qandi, a destroyer, docked in the Red Sea port in line with orders from Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, it quoted navy commander Admiral …

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American brigadier general dies in Afghanistan

A 49-year-old US Brigadier general died of apparently natural causes in Afghanistan, the Army said Friday, the highest-ranking soldier to die during the war.
Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner was identified as the first of that rank to die in Afghanistan since the war began there in 2001.
The New Haven, Conn.-born Hildner, who listed Fairfax, Va., as his home, took command of 13th Sustainment Command …

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Sanaullah, Riaz trade fire over drugs fiasco

Government and opposition lawmakers in Punjab Assembly traded fire on Friday against each other over the deaths of dozens of people due to contaminated drugs.
Opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz asked Shahbaz Sharif to step down as the chief minister due to the fiasco.
He said Khadim-e-Ala has become Qatil-e-Ala.
Disregarding the demand, Punjab’s Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said …

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US to cut Afghan combat role in 2013

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT  - The United States plans to end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013 and shift to a training role, one year before most US troops are due to withdraw, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.Although US commanders had already indicated a move towards an advisory mission in coming months, Panetta’s comments marked the first time the US …

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Shahbaz relinquishes 8 portfolios, retains health

LAHORE– Retaining provincial health ministry among others, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has relinquished eight ministries which he has devolved to other cabinet members, assistants and advisors without appointing any new minister. The chief minister has also changed portfolios of the ministers. Shahbaz has retained provincial Health Ministry defying a strong demand of …

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MTA criticises suspension of doctors

Terming suspension of professors in MRI injection scandal illegal and unjustified, the Medical Teachers Association on Thursday demanded that the government withdraw the decision.  Addressing a press conference here, MTA President Prof Azeem Jehangir said: “The suspended doctors have nothing to do with the deadly PIC drugs.”

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Sherry Rehman stresses need for transparent, predictable Pak-US ties

Commander of American Central Command, Gen. James Mattis called on Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman to discuss matters of mutual interest to both countries.The Pakistani diplomat stressed the need for both countries to work together to build a relationship that is equitable, transparent and predictable.According to the Pakistani embassy, Ambassador Rehman said that …

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Political forces watching their personal and party interests: Sheikh Rashid

Political forces watching their personal and party interests: Sheikh Rashid

The Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that all political parties were busy in protecting personal and party interests and no one cares about public mandate and aspiration.
Talking to media persons at Karachi Airport on Thursday, Sheikh Rashid said that all national institutions including armed …

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PPP, N strike deal on 20th amendment

ISLAMABAD – Breaking the impasse with the main opposition party, government has conceded to the demands of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to incorporate issues relating to the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan in the draft bill of the constitutional amendment before it would be tabled before the House for passage.Meanwhile, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, while …

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POL prices unite PML-N, govt allies

ISLAMABAD – Treasury and opposition benches on the first day of 39th National Assembly session staged a walkout against the latest hike in petroleum prices, terming it a extra burden on the masses, and demanded the government to either withdraw or slash it down.Rejecting the move, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and coalition partners of the government, including Muttahida Qaumi Movement …

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38 militants killed in Kurram, Orakzai

KURRAM/ORAKZAI – As many as 38 militants, including a key commander, were killed while 14 other sustained injuries after their positions were attacked in Kurram and Orakzai agencies on Wednesday. Political administration of Orakzai Agency has said that no US drone attack has been carried out in the agency.In Kurram Agency, clashes between forces and militants erupted in Jogi area as a result …

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Chinese kidnapped in Egypt freed

BEIJING  - China said Wednesday that 25 Chinese workers kidnapped by Egyptian Bedouins demanding the release of their Islamist relatives had been freed. The incident comes days after 29 Chinese in Sudan were captured by rebels who attacked their camp in volatile South Kordofan state, where they were involved in a road-building project. They have still not been released. “I can confirm …

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Zardari urges Pakistan, China to jointly deal world economy

President Asif Ali Zardari has stressed the need for Pakistan and China to deal with the world economy together and act in accordance with the new global demands. In an interview with China’s Peoples Daily Online, the President said as the world is settling in new situation, Pakistan and China need to find new comfort zone for further collaboration in all dimensions. President Zardari …

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20th Amend draft rushed in to save by-poll MPs

ISLAMABAD – National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice gave approval to the draft of 20th  Amendment for providing constitutional cover to the parliamentarians elected in by-elections.The said lawmakers were elected at a time when the election commission was not complete, a condition mandatory now for the holding of elections after the passage of 18th Constitutional …

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Taliban spurn US demand of ceasefire

ISLAMABAD  - Talks between the Afghan Taliban and the United States in Qatar almost failed as the Taliban leadership reportedly refused to accept the US demand of a ceasefire before swapping prisoners, the MSNBC news reported. Sources in the Afghan Taliban said the Taliban had set up an office in Qatar hoping that it would help in a prisoners’ swap, especially for their five top …

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Suicide hit kills three Ansar commanders

PESHAWAR – At least three commanders of the banned outfit Ansar-ul-Islam were killed and eight others including two children were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the house of a commander in Pakha Ghulam area of Peshawar. Police sources said the house was owned by Haji Akhunzada, a commander of Ansar-ul-Islam in Khyber Agency. The blast created panic in the area and badly …

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