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Posted by iPakistan on March 31, 2009
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) A teenage suicide bomber is reported to have entered the adjacent garrison town of Rawalpindi and could target the car of a dignitary, a media report said Saturday. ‘According to sources, security organisations (have … WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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ANANDPUR SAHIB (PUNJAB): At least 24 pilgrims were killed and about 75 injured when a truck carrying them from the shrine of Naina Devi in Himachal Pradesh overturned near Anandpur Sahib in Punjab early Tuesday, police said. “All the injured were … WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday called on Pakistan to show “visible results” in its probe into the 26/11 Mumbai carnage to enable the resumption of the sub-continental composite dialogue process, even as he said India and Pakistan would have to jointly face the scourge of terrorism.
“Pakistan should show visible results on the 26/11 probe,” Manmohan Singh told reporters on the sidelines of the civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
“It has to prove that the government is doing all that is possible (to bring the perpetrators to book),” he said.
“It is the least they should do to convince us of their sincerity,” he added.
The prime minister was responding to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s suggestion that the two countries resume the composite dialogue process that has been frozen in the wake of the Mumbai attacks that India has blamed on elements operating from across the border.
Expressing his sympathies to Pakistan over Monday’s terror attack on a police academy near Lahore, Manmohan Singh said both countries should jointly take on terrorists.
“I have always said that India and Pakistan have to face jointly the scourge of terrorism,” he said.
“I sincerely wish the (Pakistani) government will have the courage to take up the challenge.”
“Our sympathies are with the government and people of Pakistan,” he said in his first remarks on Monday’s terror attack on a police training school near Lahore that left 18 people dead.
The prime minister said he looked forward to meeting US President Barrack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in London on Thursday.
“We will be talking about bilateral and global issues, climate change and terrorism,” he said.
As for the summit itself, the prime minister said: “The agenda should be to put the global economy on the path of sustainable growth. Then, economies like India that were hoping for eight to nine percent growth (before the meltdown) will be able to return to that path.
Manmohan Singh also termed as “very unfortunate” the hate remarks attributed to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi.
“If what has been attributed to him is true, then it is very, very unfortunate,” the prime minister said.
“He has a distinguished legacy. Right from the time of (India’s first prime minister) Jawaharlal Nehru, his (Nehru-Gandhi) family has devoted their life to the cause of secularism.
“I speak more in sorrow than in anger,” the prime minister said, the second time he has commented on the subject.
Varun Gandhi, the 29-year-old grandson of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, courted controversy over his reported speeches, which he claims were doctored, in March in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh where the BJP has named him its candidate for the Lok Sabha elections. The purported speeches are virulently anti-Muslim.
The Election Commission reprimanded Varun Gandhi while the police lodged a criminal case against him for the incendiary remarks. A case under the National Security Act was later registered and he remains behind bars.
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Rehman Malik said the country had a choice between letting the Taleban take over and uniting to fight them. He also pointed the finger at other extremist groups, while suggesting that a foreign state may have been involved. But later the chief of the … WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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The nation is happy on CJP’s assumption of his position after thwarting the ugly conspiracies of Musharraf and Zardari who both, in their turns, did every possible thing they could to oust him. May Allah guide him, give him strength to execute … WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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Islamabad, Mar.31 (ANI): Following the intense heat that the Pakistan’s investigative agency, Inter State Services (ISI) has come under from the US as well as Britain for its alleged links with banned terror outfits, Pak Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is expected to make it clear to the United States that the ISI is a national security agency working to protect country’s national interests when a high-level US delegation arrives here to discuss the revamped US policy for Afghanistan-Pakistan next week.
The Chairman US Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen and US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke are scheduled to arrive here on April six to discuss the intricacies of the new US policy with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
Washington, in recent times, has expressed concern over the reprehensible link between the Inter State Services (ISI) and the outlawed terror organizations such as Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Taliban.
It has also charged the ISI of providing logistical support to these terror groups.
It is also learnt that Pakistan is expected to raise the issue of India’s increasing influence in Afghanistan and its continuous efforts to destabilize the country during the meeting.
According to sources, General Kayani is expected to clarify Pakistan’s stance on US’s demand for more deployment of troops along the western border with Afghanistan.
Kayani is likely to make it clear to the US that Pakistan could not withdraw its security forces from the eastern border and deploy them on western border with Afghanistan, The Nation reported.
Furthermore, Kayani is also likely to emphasize on the need for a comprehensive approach to establish peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
He may ask the US to opt for selected use of force to establish peace in the region, and urge them to adopt social, political and economic means, including establishment of Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs), to tackle the problem on a long-term basis.
The peace deal between the Pakistan Government and the Taliban in Swat Valley would also be discussed during the talks. (ANI)
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KARACHI – Creation of Common Stock Exchange in South Asia will help foster integration process in the region and develop required linkages between institutions to strengthen financial sector, says Tariq Sayeed. Mr Sayeed who is President SAARC … WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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Peshawar, Mar 24 (ANI): US special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said that Quetta, the capital of Pakistans Balochistan province, appears to be the Talibans headquarters. Holbrooke made it clear that the number one … WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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ISLAMABAD: Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Monday approved 31 projects worth Rs 87.763 billion. Adviser to the prime minister on Finance and Economic Affairs Shaukat Tareen chaired the meeting of ECNEC here at PM … WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by iPakistan on March 30, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The government accords high priority to the speedy development of Balochistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday. ‘Balochistan is rich in minerals and hydrocarbons and the federal government will extend all out support to … WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
