Police foils terror bid in Khi; five Junsullah men held

KARACHI: Karachi police on Tuesday claimed having detained five activists of a banned outfit Jundullah, Geo News r

Written on November 29, 2011 | Posted in News, Politics, UN, ban, banned, karachi, police | Leave a comment

Banned terror outfit JuD openly tells Pak youth to prepare for jihad against US

Leaders of the banned terror group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) have urged the Pakistan army to give a “befitting response” for the cross-border NATO airstrike which killed 24 soldiers wounded at least a doze

Written on November 28, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, UN, ad, army, ban, banned, nato, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Shoaib Akhtar career timeline

COLOMBO: Shoaib Akhtar’’s career timeline after the Pakistan pace bowler on Thursday announced his retirement from international cricket after the World Cup. 1996 Removed from the team for the Sahara Cup against India in Canada on grounds of indiscipline. 1997 Akhtar makes his Test debut against the West Indies in November at his home ground in Rawalpindi, taking two wickets. February 1999 Akhtar dismisses Indian greats Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid off successive deliveries in the Calcutta Test, which Pakistan win to lift the Asian Test championship. Earns nickname of “Rawalpindi Express” December 1999 Akhtar’’s action called for the first time, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) allows him to carry as only his bouncer causes concerns. March 2000 Banned for one ODI and fined for reaching team hotel late in Pakistan 2001 Akhtar’’s action called for second time after taking five wickets in New Zealand. November 2001 Action called for third time in Sharjah, after which Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) carries out examination at University of Western Australia which concludes his action is result of “unique physical characteristics” which form basis of him being cleared to continue. November 2002 Reprimanded for ball-tampering and banned for one ODI after throwing water bottle at a spectator in Zimbabwe. May 2003 Banned for two ODIs and fined 75 percent of match fee for ball-tampering during a tri-series in Sri Lanka March 2003 Akhtar bowled at 100mph in Pakistan’’s match against England at Cape Town, becoming the first bowler in the history of the game to break the 100mph barrier. October 2003 Banned for one Test and two ODIs for abusing Paul Adams in the first Test against South Africa, after taking eight wickets in the match to help Pakistan win. In second Test against New Zealand, helps Pakistan win with seven-wicket burst (11 in the match). March 2004 Akhtar accused of feigning injury after Pakistan lost Test series to archrivals India 2-1. October 2006 Akhtar and Mohammad Asif test positive for banned steroid nandrolone. Akhtar banned for two years and Asif for one year, bans which were lifted on appeal. September 2007 Akhtar hits Asif with a bat, two days before the World Twenty20 in South Africa. A month later the PCB fine and ban him for 13 one-day matches January 2008 Excluded from list of central contracts. A fuming Akhtar criticises the PCB. A disciplinary committee bans him for five years. Punishment reduced to 18 months on appeal, but fine imposed May 2009 PCB drop him from World Twenty20 squad. January 2011 Selected in Pakistan’’s World Cup squad, despite coach Waqar Younis saying he is not 100 percent fit. March 2011 Akhtar announces he will retire after the World Cup. (AFP)

Written on March 17, 2011 | Posted in 2009, 2011, Canada, Cricket, IPL, International, ODIs, Pakistan, Sports, UN, US, World Cup, ad, africa, australia, ban, banned, call, england, icc, india, live, new zealand, twenty20, uth, west indies, zimbabwe | Leave a comment

Medvedev bans Kadhafi family from entering Russia

MOSCOW: President Dmitry Medvedev has banned Moamer Kadhafi from entering or transiting Russia and prohibited financial operations involving the Libyan leader and his children, Interfax reported Monday.(AFP)

Written on March 14, 2011 | Posted in International, US, ad, ban, banned, cia, dha | Leave a comment

Blast in mosque, no casualties reported

PESHAWAR: A week after the devastating blast at the funeral procession in the Badabher area on Friday last, the militants have struck again as blast have been reported in Shahabkhel mosque in the area. According to police, unidentified militants planted bomb in the local mosque to apparently target the Friday congregation but it went off premature causing no casualties. However, building of the mosque was damaged in the terror incident. The law enforcers have further beefed up the security in the area and banned parking of vehicles outside the mosque.

Written on March 11, 2011 | Posted in 2011, News, Politics, UN, US, War, ad, ban, banned, mosque, police | Leave a comment

PCB awards contracts to 19 players

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday awarded central contracts to 19 players but ignored under-scrutiny former captain Shoaib Malik, leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and batsman Mohammad Yousuf. Malik, who also missed out on a contract last time round, and Kaneria were not named after both were investigated as part of a corruption probe last year. Veteran batsman Mohammad Yousuf, dropped from World Cup squad because of poor form, also failed to win a contract. The PCB said players were placed in three categories considering their seniority. “The central contracts have been given to 19 players for a period of six months from 1st January to 30th June, 2011, and will be reviewed again for the next six months,” PCB said in a statement. Former captain Younis Khan regained his A category contract after failing to make last year’’s list following a ban after a tour of Australia which was marred by players” indiscipline and defeats in all matches. His ban was lifted last year on appeal. Besides Younis, one-day captain Shahid Afridi, Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar were also named in the top bracket and will receive a monthly salary of 250,000 rupees ($3,000). Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal and Wahab Riaz were named in B category for which the players are paid 175,000 rupees ($2,000). Taufiq Umar, Asad Shafiq, Ahmed Shahzad, Azhar Ali, Adnan Akmal, Tanvir Ahmed and Junaid Khan were placed in C category earning them a 100,000 rupees ($1,175) wage. The PCB last month said Malik and Kaneria will only be given central contracts after clearance from the integrity committee set-up following spot-fixing charges against Pakistan players during the England tour last year. Former Test captain Salman Butt and pacemen Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif are serving lengthy bans on corruption charges relating to the tour. The PCB suspended their contracts in October last year. The banned trio also face criminal prosecution in Britain. They are due to appear in a London court on March 17.

Written on March 9, 2011 | Posted in 2011, Cricket, IPL, Mali, Pakistan, Shahid AFridi, Sports, UN, US, War, World Cup, Younis Khan, ad, afridi, aid, australia, ban, banned, captain, corruption, england, lahore, pta, salary, spot-fixing | Leave a comment

Tunisian cabinet shaken up

TUNIS: The defense, interior, justice and foreign affairs ministers will keep their jobs in Tunisia but the new prime minister said Monday changes were on the horizon. Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi kept the ministers in place for the four key Cabinet positions when announcing a new government Monday, al-Jazeera reports. Mohamed Ghannouchi bowed to protesters” demands and resigned as prime minister of Tunisia in late February. Ghannouchi said his decision would serve the future of the Tunisian people as the country moves forward with government reforms. His resignation followed a wave of similar moves after demonstrations that eventually led to President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali fleeing the country. Critics complain that despite the move to transform the government, the reshuffling is window dressing as many key ministers who were close to Ben Ali stayed in their positions, al-Jazeera adds. Sebsi said, however, the new government would pull Tunisia back from the “abyss.” The Tunisian government, in another move meant to allay opposition demands, said it legalized an Islamist party banned by the former regime. The decision paves the way for the Ennahda group to form an official political party that could run in elections this year. (Online)

Written on March 8, 2011 | Posted in 2011, ISI, International, UN, US, War, ad, aid, ban, banned, cia, defense, elections, fair, islam, jobs | Leave a comment

Rebels eye Gaddafi’s hometown

TRIPOLI: Opposition says it controls strategic town of Zawiyah; regime appoints new UN envoy; at least 60 dead in 2 days; rebels down fighter plane. Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi waged a second offensive against the western town of Zawiyah on Saturday after rebels drove them out in a morning of fierce fighting; while to the east, opponents of the Libyan strongman pushed toward his hometown. In a second day of fierce fighting for control of Zawiyah, 50 km. west of Tripoli, government forces retreated to the outskirts early in the day, but later mounted a counter-offensive. Rebels said both attacks were repelled. The city bore the signs of heavy fighting, with one building completely burned and smoldering rubble littering the center. Other buildings around the main square, the stronghold of rebel resistance, were riddled with holes from large-caliber weapons. Rebels in eastern Libya said they were pushing further west after driving forces loyal to Gaddafi from the oil town of Ras Lanuf on Friday. Opposition fighters said they had taken the town of Bin Jawad some 525 km. east of Tripoli, and were moving on toward Sirte, Gaddafi’s heavily guarded hometown 160 km. away. The fight over Sirte is likely to be fierce. The town is psychologically important. It is not only where Gaddafi was born but a place he has fashioned into a second capital designed in his own extravagant image. “If Benghazi [rebels] can expand down into the Gulf of Sirte… they’ve got a very good shot at independence at the least – or maybe even overturning him at the most,” said Peter Zeihan, an analyst with the US-based Stratfor think tank. The latest fighting suggested that front lines between government forces, including militia and mercenaries, and the rebels, who are fighting with everything from captured tanks to sticks and winning support from some police and soldiers along theway, were far from clear and could shift quickly. Rebels seized Ras Lanuf on Friday and even managed to down a fighter aircraft in Gaddafi’s service. The BBC reported the plane had been shot down by a man in his 50s who was on his first day manning a mobile anti-aircraft gun, which only had one barrel working. Reuters correspondent Mohammed Abbas wrote in a brief message from the scene: “I am at the wreckage of the aircraft in Ras Lanuf.” In a sign of the increasing reports of brutality of both sides of this conflict, he said the faces of the corpses appeared to have been ripped off. The anti-Gaddafi National Libyan Council said on Saturday it had named a three-member crisis committee, which included a head of military affairs and one for foreign affairs. Omar Hariri, one of the officers who took part in Gaddafi’s 1969 coup but was later jailed, was appointed head of the military. Ali Essawi, a former ambassador to India who quit last month, was put in charge of foreign affairs. Mahmoud Jebril, who had been involved in a project among intellectuals to establish a democratic state, was named head of the crisis committee, which aims at streamlining decision-making. Meanwhile, Libya has appointed former foreign minister Ali Abdussalam Treki as its UN envoy in New York, replacing an ambassador who had renounced the Gaddafi regime for inflicting violence on its own people, the UN said on Friday. “The secretary-general has received correspondence from the Libyan authorities,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said. “That correspondence names Dr. Treki as the person they wish to have as the permanent representative of their country.” It is not clear whether Treki, one of Gaddafi’s most senior foreign policy advisers and a former president of the UN General Assembly, will ever take up the post as ambassador to the United Nations. In theory, Gaddafi has the right to name his UN envoys. “Libya is a recognized member of the United Nations,” Nesirky said. “When any country sends a letter naming the permanent representative, that person is the person who will be recognized as the permanent representative.” Nesirky added, however, that Treki would need to present his credentials to Ban in New York to become the Libyan ambassador. The United States has a treaty with the United Nations covering visa issuance, but Washington reserves the right to deny visas under certain circumstances. It is unclear whether the US State Department would be prepared to give Treki a visa. Economic pressure against Libya also continued to mount this weekend. Britain extended a freeze on assets to a further 20 members of Gaddafi’s entourage on Friday, and impounded around £100 million ($160m.) of Libyan currency. Around £2 billion of assets belonging to Libyan interests are believed to have been frozen in Britain under sanctions against Gaddafi’s government after its violent crackdown on protests. The asset freeze was imposed last week and initially applied only to Gaddafi and his immediate family. It now extends to 26 people. “The financial net is closing in on Colonel Gaddafi,” Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne told BBC television. “We’re denying him access to banknotes, access to bank accounts, making sure he is held accountable for what is taking place in Libya and also denied the means to persecute his own people.” (Online) Switzerland also banned transfers of money that could end up in the hands of his family and associates. “Switzerland wants to prevent any financial support of Muammar Gaddafi and his circle,” the government said. It will also be forbidden to give people linked to Gaddafi direct or indirect access to money or economic resources, the government said. On the ground in Zawiyah, the atmosphere was tense and the situation appeared fluid as rebels braced for more attacks. A doctor in the city said at least 30 people, mostly civilians, had been killed during fighting there, bringing to at least 60 the death toll from two days of battles. In the central square, four graves had been freshly dug. The red, green and black flag of the rebellion flew from many buildings in the square, where rebels shouted anti-Gaddafi slogans atop tanks and armored personnel carriers captured from the army. In the square, rebels showed a charred tank they had captured from government forces earlier in the day. It was hit by a rebel rocket-propelled grenade as Gaddafi forces tried to enter the square earlier, rebels said. “The fighting has intensified and the tanks are shelling everything on their way. They have shelled houses,” resident Abu Akeel said by telephone, speaking of afternoon’s attack. “Now they are shelling a mosque where hundreds of people are hiding. We can’t rescue anyone because the shelling is so heavy.” Outside the city, cars loaded with suitcases and boxes piled on their roofs could be seen driving westward toward Libya’s border with Tunisia as refugees continued to flee the violence. Residents said it was difficult to say how many people had been killed in two days of fighting. A government spokesman could not be reached for a comment. “They took away many bodies of injured and killed civilians,” said a local civilian who was helping treat the wounded at a clinic. “I saw that. They were putting them in trucks.” Residents said Gaddafi’s forces stormed into residential buildings and killed people inside their houses in order to secure sniper positions on rooftops. “They slaughtered people,” another resident said. “But we tell Gaddafi that every time a martyr falls, there will be 10 to replace him.” The noise of loudspeakers calling on rebels to keep on fighting could be heard through the telephone. Rebels fighting Gaddafi’s four-decade rule in Zawiyah said they had captured two tanks and three armored personnel carriers from the army. Inside a building that has served as the rebel central command in the town, the rebels presented six men they said were captured Gaddafi militia fighters. Two of them were badly wounded, with one standing in a pool of his own blood, which was dripping from his thigh. Appearing terrified, they waited silently as the rebels looked through their identification papers.

Written on March 6, 2011 | Posted in 2011, ISI, International, Mobile, News, UN, US, War, ad, aid, aircraft, army, associates, ban, banned, call, cars, cia, fair, import, india, media, military, mosque, police, tests, uth | Leave a comment

Mualana Ahmed Madni gunned down in Karachi

KARACHI: Unknown armed men on motorbikes shot dead Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Madni, administrator of Madresah Talim Al-Quran here in New Karachi area Saturday night, Geo News reported. Mualana Muhammad Ahmed Madni was step brother of late Maulana Azab Tariq, leader of banned Sipah-e-Sahaba.

Written on March 5, 2011 | Posted in News, Politics, UN, ad, ban, banned, karachi | Leave a comment

Pakistan trio lodge appeals

Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have filed appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against bans for spot-fixing.Butt was banned for 10 years, with five of them …

Written on March 1, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, ad, ban, banned, spot-fixing, unlmitie | Leave a comment

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