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Sharif brothers shine given by me, can also take it away: President ZardariApr 05, 2012 LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Lahore is the PPP's city and Sharif brothers are Mohajirs (migrants) here, Geo News reported. President Zardari said this during a meeting with PPP office bearers here Thursday. Zardari said that Sharif brothers did not have enough workers to hold the funeral of their father in Lahore, therefore they had to take his body to Data Barbar. The president said all the glitter that Sharif brothers carry with them was granted by him, warning he could take it back anytime. 'PPP will form government in Punjab in future as it has a vote bank while other parties only have candidates', he said and added that upcoming elections would be contested alongwith allies. President Zardari said this is a year of relief in which issues of masses would be redressed. He announced that 1000 rickshaws would be provided to party activists |
Attacks on Afghan police kill 105 April 2012 KABUL: A suicide bomber killed two policemen in Afghanistan on Thursday, hours after a Taliban attack on a police post on the other side of the insurgency-hit nation left eight dead, officials said. Abdul Maroof Rasekh, provincial spokesman for Badakhshan, in the country's far north-east, said: "A suicide attacker targeted a group of local police forces in Keshm district today killing the commander of local police in the district and one of his bodyguards." He named the commander as Nazek Mir, adding that 18 civilians had been wounded in the bombing, most of them seriously. The Taliban could not immediately be reached for comment. Earlier, Naqibullah Farahi, spokesman for the western province of Farah, which borders Iran, said Taliban gunmen had killed eight local policemen in an attack on a remote post in Khaki Safed district late on Wednesday. "There were eight people in the post and all were killed," he said. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for that attack and said 12 local policemen had been killed. The Taliban regularly exaggerate their claims. Afghan police are regularly targeted by the militants who have been fighting a decade-long insurgency against President Hamid Karzai's Western-backed government. (AFP) |
Pakistan demands action against Nato attack perpetrators5 April 2012 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan refused to bow down to the pressure and said the perpetrators of the attack on the Salala check-post be brought to book, Geo News reported. Referring to the Nato border attack issue the spokesperson said: "Our demand of action against those responsible for the Nato attack on border post still persists". The Foreign Office in a media briefing asked the US for evidences so that a legal process could be initiated against Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The US made an announcement on Monday that the US was putting a $10 million bounty on the founder of the LeT Hafiz Saeed. In connection with President Asif Ali Zardari's upcoming visit to India, he said the president would discuss bilateral matters with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. |
PML-N ends PCNS boycott5 April 2012 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ended boycott of Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) and participated in the meeting here Thursday, Geo News reported. PML-N leader Mehtab Akbar Abbasi participated in the meeting held with senator Raza Rabbani in the chair. Talking to media after the meeting, Raza Rabbani welcomed participation of PML-N. He said 'N' league's member has been apprised about the Committee's proceedings of the past three days. PCNS chairman said parliamentary committee was working by keeping national interest of the country in view, adding that it would not take any foreign pressure. PML-N leader Mehtab Abbasi said US pressure on Pakistan is continuing. He said US should come to know that Nato resumption is not a simple issue. |
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