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| PoK authorities in a practical dilemma | | Financial constraints threaten cross-LoC bus services | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 3: Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has failed to understand the virtual plight of the authorites in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), which is the product of financial constraints, if not crisis. Even as Pakistan Foreign Office has asked the administration in Muzafarabad, capital of PoK, to resume the bus service from Muzafarabad to Srinagar and from Rawalakot to Poonch, there is little movement.
According to reports from Muzafarabad, the authorities in PoK have expressed inability to resume bus services to the Line of Control (LoC) from Muzafarabad and Rawalakot. Their inability, these reports say, is the outcome of the continuing financial and administrative constraints.
In April 2005, India and Pakistan launched the first bus service between Srinagar and Muzafarabad. The buses on either side were to carry passengers to terminals close to the LoC, from where the travellers would cross the line on foot after completion of formalities. The buses brought passengers from across the LoC on their way back.
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| Yet another book from Pakistan | | Musharraf toppled Nawaz Sharif to avoid court martial | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 3: A new book from Pakistan has made a sensational revelation: Gen. Parvez Musharraf toppled the Nawaz Sharif government in 1999 to avoid his court martial in accordance with the recommendations of an inquiry committee set up by the then Prime Minister to probe the 'Kargil debacle'.
The book entitled 'Kargil: Adventure or Trap', is written by Siddiqul Farooque, a central leader of the Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League. The 263-page book which has been written in both Urdu and English comes as a rebuttal to Gen. Musharraf's recently launched autobiography 'In The Line of Fire'.
The book disputes Gen. Musharraf's claim that former Prime Minister, ... | |
| | | | 164 minutes to Musharraf, 4 minutes to Manmohan | | Indian TV channels highlight Pak President | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 3: The week that was--last week, to be precise. September 21-28 period clearly and sufficiently established the fact that Indian TV news channels gave much more coverage to the soldier-President of Pakistan, Gen. Parvez Mushrraf, than what India's 'gentleman' Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh got. A survey conducted by the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) has found that Gen. Musharraf overshadowed Manmohan Singh on Indian TV news channels during the one-week period.
Gen. Musharraf, the survey said, got thrice the atention on prime time bulletins. Six New Delhi-based Hindi news channels devoted as many as 378 minutes of their prime-time bulletins to Gen. Musharr... | |
| | | | Al-Qaeda headquarters in Pak, claims report | | | | Islamabad, Oct 3
A letter found when al-Qaeda’s Chief operative in Iraq Abu Masab al-Zargawi was killed six months ago, said the group’s leadership was based in Pakistan's tribal region of Waziristan, a media report said today.
The Nation quoted a report published in The Washington Post as saying that the author of the December 11, 2005 letter, who claimed he was writing from al-Qaeda headquarters in the Waziristan region, was a member of Osama bin Laden’s high command who signed himself ''Atiyah''.
The military’s Combating Terrorism Centre at West Point, which last week released a 15-page English translation of the Arabic document made public in Iraq, said his real identity was ''u... | |
| | | | PM's scheme launched for J&K quake orphans | | | | Srinagar, Oct 3
A Prime Minister's scheme -- ''Nownihaloon Key Leye Naya Saweera'' -- has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir for adoption of orphans of areas ravaged by the powerful earthquake of October 8 last year.
This was announced by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad while addressing a public gathering at Kamalkote in border town of Uri today.
The scheme has been introduced for the adoption of those orphans who lost their parents in the temblor.
Under the scheme, the Prime Minister has granted Rs five lakh each to orphans who lost both parents in the devastating earthquake and Rs 2.5 lakh each for those who have lost either father or mother.
Mr Azad said t... | |
| | | | PM concludes SA tour, invokes Gandhi, boosts ties | | | | Pretoria, Oct 3
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today wrapped up
his three-day official visit to South Africa, marked by re-discovery
of Mahatma Gandhi and raising of India-South Africa ties to a new
high.
The Prime Minister, who left for home this morning, described the
visit as a 'pilgrimage' to the ''blessed land'' from where Mahatma
Gandhi transformed from a young barrister into a Mahatma.
During the visit, the two countries signed a Joint Declaration,
further strengthening the Strategic Partnership and cooperation in
Defence sector, including possibility of joint research and
development (R and D).
The two countries also agreed to cooperate in counter-terrorism,... | |
| | | | Third woman accused acquitted in Mumbai blasts | | | | Mumbai, Oct 3 (
A designated TADA court today acquitted Ruksana
Zariwala, wife of absconding accused Mohammed Shafi Zariwala while
convicted Niyaz Ahmed Sheikh of charges for involvement in the 1993
Mumbai serial bomb blasts.
Ruksana, one of the six women among the total 123 accused who
faced trial in the case, was acquitted by judge Pramod Kode, giving
her benefit of doubt for want of sufficient evidence against her to
prove charges of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the crime by
transporting arms and ammunition from Jogeshwari to Musafirkhanna in
South Mumbai in a cab.
Niyaz , on the other hand, was found guilty of the charge of
undergoing training in handing of arms a... | |
| | | | Perpetrators of violence should not be spared: Mangat | | Azad denies comment | | | JAMMU, OCT 3
Distancing himself from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad's stand on Parliamant attack case convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, seniormost Congress leader and state Health and Medical Education Minister Mangat Ram Sharma today said perpetrators of violence should not be spared at any cost.
"I do not agree with his (Azad) statement (on the issue). It is up to the apex court to decide," Sharma said when asked for comments on Azad's statement in favour of Presidential pardon for Afzal.
"Perpetrators of violence and killers of innocents should not be spared at any cost. All of them should be hanged," Sharma told reporters at the end of a function here.
However, he said... | |
| | | | Afzal's wife files mercy plea to Prez | | | | NEW DELHI, OCT 3
Tabasum Guru, wife of Afzal Guru, set to be hanged on October 20 for his involvement in Parliament attack in 2001, today filed mercy petition to President A P J Abdul Kalam.
Tabasum, along with his seven-year-old son Ghalib, filed the petition seeking commutation of the death sentence to the Kalam's office, said Nandita Haksar, an activist and lawyer who is spearheading a campaign to save Afzal from gallows.
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| | | | Don't pardon Afzal: Victims of Parliament attack tells Prez | | | | NEW DELHI, OCT 3
Families of the security personnel killed in the 2001 attack on Parliament today approached President A P J Abdul Kalam requesting him not (not) to grant any pardon to Mohammed Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death by Supreme Court.
The families, led by Chairman of Anti-Terrorist Front M S Bitta, submitted a memorandum at the President's office stating that any clemency shown to a dreaded terrorist like Afzal would encourage other anti-national elements.
"A terrorist of his stature does not invite any pardon who exhibit no humanly concern while committing the heinous crime against humanity," the memorandum said.
The families who submitted memorandum to Kalam incl... | |
| | | | Dengue cases in J-K, Haryana; Ramadoss says no need to panic | | | | NEW DELHI, OCT 3
With fresh cases of dengue reported from Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir and the disease afflicting scores in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss today called a meeting of affected states on Thursday but said there was no need for panic.
One death was reported from Haryana, taking the toll in the affected states to 15. Delhi, where over 500 dengue cases have been reported, has also registered the maximum number of deaths -- 11.
"I am meeting health ministers of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Thursday. We will discuss steps for preventing its spread," Ramadoss told reporters.
"There is no need for panic. It is ... | |
| | | | CBI asked to file charge sheets on Pathribal case by Nov.3 | | | | Srinagar, October 3
The additional session Judge here on Tuesday asked CBI to file its charge sheet on Pathribal case by November 3 to start its formal proceedings.
The charge sheet filed by CBI in the matter of Pathribal case came up for hearing before the court of additional session judge Srinagar Gaus-un-Nisa today. During the course of hearing Major J.L.Manhas and Advocate Anil Bhan appeared on behalf of army, but no one appeared on behalf of CBI which was represented by constable Mohd Ishaq in the court. The standing counsel of the army challenged jurisdiction of the court to take up the matter for judicial trial.
Advocate Anil Bhat, the counsel for army, had filed an application b... | |
| | | | Another sex scandal accused released on bail | | | | Srinagar, October 3
Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar ordered the release of SMHS hospital official Syed Altaf Rizvi arrested in connection with his alleged involvement in sexual exploitation case on bail today,
Details available indicate that bail applications of four accused including Eye Technician SMHS Hospital Syed Altaf Rizvi S/O Syed Hussain R/O Doctor Colony Lal Bazar, Manager Mugal Darbar Bakery Karan Nagar Srinagar, Hilal Ahmed Shah S/O late Gh Ahmed R/O Nowpora Khanyar, former cashier of District Police Lines Srinagar Absar Ahmed Dar S/O Ab Aziz R/O Tulsibagh Solina and Shopkeeper Aijaz Ahmed Bhat S/O Gh Nabi R/O Gaw Kadal Srinagar arrested in connection with the investigatio... | |
| | | | Congress MLAs from Jammu stop hoping for an audience from Sonia Gandhi | | | |
Jammu.October 3
Several Congress leaders from the Jammu region,who have been campaigning, though secretly,against a raw deal being meted to their region and to the congress by the Chief Minister,Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad,have stopped hoping for an audience from the AICC Chief,Ms Sonia Gandhi.
Soon after the cabinet expansion on August 29,2006 congress legislators from the Jammu region,who had failed to find a berth in the council of ministers,had sought time from Ms Gandhi.They were asked to stay put in Jammu and wait for the AICC Chief’s nod for the interview.The desperate Thakur Puran Singh,MLA from Darhal constituency in Rajouri district,had gone to Delhi and despite a wait for a few d... | |
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