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| Militants vow war on Pak if any retreat on Kashmir | | | | Islamabad | May 20
Top militant leaders of the Lashkar-e-Toiba and Hizbul Mujahideen have warned Pakistan government against softening its stance towards India and threatened to wage a "war in Islamabad and Lahore" if there is any "retreat" on the Kashmir issue.
Speaking on the eve of the resumption of the composite dialogue process between India and Pakistan, Syed Salahuddin, the chief of the militant conglomerate United Jehad Council, said that the Kashmir issue's importance had increased as India, Israel and the US had made "Pakistan their target".
Salahuddin, who is also head of the Hizbul Mujahideen, told a conference in Sialkot that his organization would wage "war in Islamabad and... | |
| | | | Army combat dresses seized | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | May 20
A large number of army combat dresses and lengths of unstitched cloth with army combat print were seized by Hari Market police from various cloth shops of the market.
The police is believed to have swung into action following increase in terrorism related incidents, particularly in wake of Samba encounter where militants had arrived in Army uniforms.
The sale of army combat dresses and cloth lengths of army uniform was going unabated in the shops of the market even as there is a ban on its sale. The district administration from time-to-time passes orders to implement the ban.
According to the police team that laid searches today in this direction, t... | |
| | | | Al-Qaeda training children as suicide bombers in Pak | | | | London | May 20
Al-Qaeda-linked militants have transformed a government-run school in the restive tribal region of Pakistan into a nursery for suicide bombers, training children as young as nine-year-old.
"It was like factory that had been recruiting nine to 12-year-old boys and turning them into suicide bombers," Maj Gen Tariq Khan, the Commander of the Division that captured the area, was quoted in The Daily Telegraph today as saying.
The camp was located in a territory in south Waziristan where the notorious Pakistani Taliban Commander, Baitullah Mehsud, operates.
At another location, military investigators found film footage on a DVD that they believed depicts children at the school... | |
| | | | Cabinet approves LTC for employees | | Deepak posted DIG Armed Jammu | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | May 20
Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad transferred 92.5 kanals of state land to Public Works Department for the rehabilitation of those families who houses are likely to be acquired for the beautification of Hazratbal Shrine surroundings.
The Cabinet also approved allotment of 8.14 kanals of state land in favour of 58 stone chiselers likely to be affected by the construction of Bus Stand at Panthchowk.
The Cabinet also approved restoration of Leave Travel Concession to the employees and Group Mediclaim Insurance Policy.
It also approved creation of posts for Judicial Academy and creation of 109 ... | |
| | | | Will Pranab’s gift of romantic musicals to Pak work? | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | May 20
Will a four CDs audio set, stuffed with Bollywood songs of romance, which the External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee has carried for gifting it to his counterpart in Islamabd, prove music to the ears of Pakistan Government or not?
This question is being debated in the political and public circles in Jammu and Kashmir where people and politicians favour at least end to violence.
These songs culled by the Public Diplomacy Division of the Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with a private company are all romantic sung by singers right from Kundan Lal Sehgal down to Sonu Nigam.The first song of Sehgal is meaningful because the composit... | |
| | | | Officers upset over Karra’s remarks | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | May 20
Senior officials in the police and the civil administration feel upset over the allegations the Finance Minister, Tariq Hameed Qarra, leveled recently against the Vigilance Organisation holding it responsible for sabotaging development works in the Kashmir valley.
Even the sleuths of the Vigilance Organisation, who are engaged in examining complaints against several senior in-service and retired Government officials, feel disturbed over the way the Finance Minister accused "our organisation of adopting communal and regional approach in dealing with those against whom complaints of corrupt practices had been received."
Pleading for anonymity the Vi... | |
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