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Two men, woman lynched in Pakistan for adultery 3/15/2007 11:23:54 PM KARACHI, MAR 15 Two men and a woman accused of adultery were stoned to death by hundreds of tribesmen and bullets pumped into their bodies on the direction of a pro-Taliban outfit in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. "The incident occurred in one Watan Shah's home in Meelot village in Bara and the men and woman were produced before a council of religious outfit Lashkar-e-Islami yesterday," an area official who didn't wish to be named said today. He said some people in Bara area had complained to the outfit about the two men having an adulterous relationship with a divorcee in the area. "We know that the Lashkar sent men to check on the house of Watan Shah and found the woman Taslilm and two tribesmen Allah Noor and Shahzad in a compromising position after which they were produced before a council and punished to death by stoning," he added. He said hundreds of tribesmen had participated in the stoning of the three at a "huge ceremony" after which the Lashkar activists also fired bullets into their bodies. In Pakistan's tribal areas, women are rarely all...   READ MORE

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Khalid Sheikh confesses role in 9/11 plot: Report 3/15/2007 11:22:54 PM WASHINGTON, MAR 15 The Pakistani national, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, a prime suspect in the 9/11 terror attacks in the US, has allegedly confessed to his role in the plot along with a slew of other strikes over the last several years. "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z," Mohammed was quoted as saying in transcripts put out by the US Department of Defence yesterday. "I was the operational director for Sheikh Usama (Osama) Bin Laden for the organizing, planning, follow-up, and execution of the 9/11 operation," he said in a statement read during a closed door military proceedings at the Guantanamo Bay Naval station. Mohammad and a few of his cohorts are under c...   READ MORE   Don't insist on tracing ultras named in past lists: Pak 3/15/2007 11:22:15 PM ISLAMABAD, MAR 15 Against the backdrop of the demand by the main opposition in India for scrapping of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM), Pakistan has said New Delhi should not insist on tracing terrorists named in the past lists and both countries should take the mechanism seriously. Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said the JATM should not be used as a forum for "just trading insults" and talking about issues like handing over of the list of wanted people in the past could weaken the initiative. "Past has to be forgotten by both India and Pakistan. If every time we talk about having given a list 20 years back or 35 years ago, then it will become a forum fo...   READ MORE   Sgr-Jammu road closed for fifth day Thursday Updated at 1300 Hrs 3/15/2007 11:05:59 PM Srinagar: The 300 kilometre long Srinagar-Jammu highway is closed for the fifth consecutive day Thursday. According to an official of traffic department, “The Border Roads Organization (BRO) has pressed into service hundreds of labourers and machines to clear the landslides, shooting stones and snow at various places of highway including Panthihal.” ...   READ MORE   Kheer Bhawani festival unites Hindus and Muslim in Kashmir 3/15/2007 11:00:25 PM Tumula, (Srinagar) : Located 18 miles north of capital Srinagar, the Kheer Bhawani shrine at Tulmula, attracts thousands of people from all over the country. The temple is dedicated to the Goddess Rajnya Devi, popularly known as Kheer Bhawani. The name 'Kheer Bhawani' is derived from the fact that thousands of devotees offer milk and "Kheer" or pudding to the sacred spring, as they believe the pudding turns black to warn of impending disaster. Be it Hindus or Muslims, devotees from all across India throng the temple during the Kheer Bhawani festival. "Devotees from all walks, places and faiths come here to make offerings and we get to meet everyone. I ...   READ MORE   Amitabh Mattoo releases ‘Adbiyat-e-Poonch’ The literary work of Shabnam is world class: Manhas 3/15/2007 10:57:08 PM Jammu | March 15 Krishan Chander Memorial Bazam-e-Adab, Surankot to organized a function at Jammu University in connection with release of latest Urdu compilation of Mohammad Ayoub Shabnam’s book ‘Abdiyat-e-poonch’. On this occasion, Tahir Naseem Manhas made the welcome address and said that the literary work of Shabnam was of world class. Vice Chancellor, Jammu University Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, who was the chief guest on this occasion released ‘Adbiyat-e-Poonch’ a collection of work and contribution of writers. Prof. Amitabh Mattoo in his address appreciated the efforts of writer and said that such type of books would help in highlighting the contribution of writers of far-flung and ...   READ MORE   HC admits petition issues notice, calls for record Raghunath temple attack case 3/15/2007 10:51:39 PM Jammu, March 15 In a much publicized Fidayeen attack in Raghunath Ji Temple on March 30, 2002, killing many devotees, Justice Mansoor Ahmed Mir of Jammu and Kashmir High Court today admitted the review petition filed by the state government against the Trial Court decision discharging the six accused. After hearing Additional Advocate General Mr. BS Salathia appearing for the state, Justice Mir admitted petition to hearing and issued notice to six accused returnable within four weeks and called the record of the case. In the criminal review petition filed by the state against the order of Principal Sessions Judge Jammu dated October 30, 2006 by virtue of which the respondents namely M...   READ MORE   Muzafarabad's future hangs in balance Search for new capital of PoK has begun 3/15/2007 10:35:56 PM NEW DELHI, MAR 15 Public opinion in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been sharply divided by the PoK government's decison to move the capital from Muzaffrabad to a seismically safer place. According to reports received from across the Line of Control (LoC), groups of residents of Muzaffrabadare up in arms against the decision. Cutting across the political divide, all partis and civil society groups are opposing the move. The PoK government led by Attique Ahmad Khan has stirred a host of enemies, simply because of its decision to move the capital from Muzaffarabad to some other place in the occupied territory. The move has been opposed not only by the government's political rivals bu...   READ MORE   China illegally occupies part of J&K territory: Pranab No joint operations with Pakistan against terrorism 3/15/2007 10:34:35 PM NEW DELHI, MAR 15 India has no plans to encourage or launch joint military operations with Pakistan against terrorism in Kashmir. If there was any doubt about it, it was set at rest by the Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) member, Kinjarapu Yerrannaidu, asked if New Delhi had ansy proposal for joint military operations with Pakistan against terrorism in Kashmir. Pranab Mukherjee replied in the negative. He said that an India-Pakistan anti-terrorism instituional mechanism had been put in place to identify and implement counter-terrorism initiatives and investigations. Elaborating, the External Affairs Minister said that while...   READ MORE   ISI-sponsored outfits involved in terrorist acts:Jaiswal Lashkar-e-Toiba threatening Kashmiri youth 3/15/2007 10:33:40 PM NEW DELHI, MAR 15 The government of India has, once again, expressed itself against terrorist acts indulged in by Pakistan-based or ISI-sponsored terrorist outfits in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in several other parts of India. New Delhi, according to the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal, has been consitently taking up the issue of crossborder terrorism with Islamabad. Giving this information in the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour, Jaiswal said that involvement of Pakistan-based and Pakistani ISI-sponsored terrorist outfits in terrorist acts in different parts of India, including Jammu and Kashmir, had ben consitently taken up in all bilateral meetings at vario...   READ MORE

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