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Karachi, Landhi aurgudra maintain tension in the camp

Karachi: Karachi Landhi area aurgudra religious groups in the camp remains tense since the armed conflict, unknown suspects fired at the buffalo in the colony were killed by father and son. Police nyukracy Godhra camp three days ahead of the fieldbegan. The two-way firing resulted in a young man dead and woman, including 12 afradzkmy were. potential emergency, the police's heavy contingents deployed in the region is, the buffalo colony unidentified shooting the father and sonkilled. According to police, the incident occurred due to personal enmity.

Will sit in opposition, MQM parliamentary party's decision

Karachi: MQM sit in opposition to the application re-submitted to the secretary of Sindh, MQM minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed has said that the MQM and PPP have no contact. MQM's parliamentary party's parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly Syed Sardar Ahmed in the chamber. The opposition in Sindh Assembly seats, objected to the application submitted for review. and has decided to resubmit the application, Acting Speaker Sindh Assembly Shehla Raza MQM petition signed by 51 members did not object. Talking to media after the meeting of MQM parliamentary party leader, Sardar Ahmed said that we do with government, opposition I want to sit, while Dr Sagheer Ahmed has said that there is no legal objection. MQM leader Dr Saghir Ahmed said the MQM and PPP have no contact. MQM opposition I sit back with a request submitted to the Secretary Sindh Assembly. brru Secretary Sindh Assembly Hadi Bux told the media that the assembly procedure of Carroll mentioned the word opposition, opposition leaders, parliamentary leaders or members of the Sindh Assembly seatsDistribution of the law is silent, he said the Speaker is entitled to whatever the Legislature may allocate seats, he said the desire for allotment of seats of members must sign the application.

If the air compressor can start generating power early in Thar, Samar Mubarak

RAWALPINDI: Federal Government ReportedPlanning Commission Member daktrsmrmbarkdilution gas supply outages, the problem of energycrisis is not kahl, the Thar Coal project kakhna bythe government because they have had to crysometimes. Rawalpindi Chamber Commerce and Industry Dr smrmbark mndkakhnathakh domesticindustry in addressing the function of wealth is aproblem faced by the energy crisis. ayyrkmprysrget it from coal gas and electricity from Augustthrmyn pydauarkamnsubh can begin. energy crisis,the best Coal gas station solution, but here the situation of the implementation of policies andprojects is weak.

Denmark's former ambassador to Pakistan died in Norway for

Paris ... Reza Choudhury ... Denmark, Pakistan'sAmbassador Fauzia Abbas' husband, Norway, Pakistan's former Ambassador Shahbaz Denmarkdied. Late age of 63 was. Ministry of Foreignretired after his days in Denmark, lived where his wife Fauzia Abbas said Pakistan's ambassador. abrother of the late commander Lt Gen (retd) has been psaurkur amtyazsahyn. late sunday sketch of the body will arrive in Islamabad from Denmark, where he was buried. late astryamyn also servedas Ambassador of Pakistan.

The prevalence of cheating on politics, to speak clearly, Nawaz Sharif

Talking after the meeting the party mydyasy huyymyan Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan was passing through the deceitful politics of the day, will be welcome to sit on opposition bncz. Mian Nawaz Sharif said during the three years to solve problems Little attention was given. Abbottabad Chaudhry Shujaat's statement to the inquiry on the question Mian Nawaz Sharif said it would not really politics pauٴ mkauٴ and soil. He must be fair to the people of Balochistan, and missing distention of the problem should be solved. The condition of the Azad Kashmir elections is evident to all, getting money for earthquake victims was spent on elections. Mian Nawaz Sharif said at a question about the U.S. government attacks kuduka and does not speak clearly. 

Osama's killing a highlight of my tenure: Panetta

WASHINGTON: Outgoing CIA director Leon Panetta said Thursday it had been "one hell of a ride" leading the spy agency and called the killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a highlight of his tenure.

In a final message to CIA employees titled "arrivederci," the son of Italian immigrants praised "America's silent warriors" at the agency and described what he called the peaks and valleys of his more than two year tenure.

"Emotionally, this job took me to both the depths and heights: from hearing we had lost seven of our own at Khowst (in eastern Afghanistan), to the moment that sealed one of the greatest successes in our agency's history -- ridding the world of Usama Bin Ladin," he wrote.

"We had one hell of a ride together."

Panetta won praise for the May 2 raid that killed the Al-Qaeda mastermind, with the spy agency hauling away a trove of material from bin Laden's Pakistani compound.

Panetta, who is due to be sworn in Friday as the next defense secretary, thanked agency employees and said he had witnessed "personal courage," "technological marvels" and "history in the making.

Two dead in Peshawar blast, 13 injured

PESHAWAR: Two people were killed and 13 others sustained injuries when a vehicle blew up with a loud blast at Shoba Chowk here on Thursday,

The gas cylinder of the vehicle blew up and caused the blast, Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmed Bilour confirmed.

The injured and dead were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.

Fire erupted after the blast and was successfully extinguished by fire fighters.

Police and bomb disposal squad reached the blast site while the law enforcement agencies’ personnel have cordoned off the area.

Altaf, Fazal discuss Senate opposition leader

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Mulana Fazlur Rehman called MQM chief Altaf Hussain,

According to sources both leaders discussed the issue of the Senate opposition leader and Fazlur Rehman welcomed the MQM’s inclusion in the opposition

OGRA slashes petroleum prices

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on the directives of the Prime Minister on Thursday announced reduction in the prices of petroleum products.

According to an OGRA notification, the price of petrol has been reduced by Rs 3 per litre, diesel by Rs 2.01 and light speed diesel by Rs 1.13.

However, no change has been made in the price of Kerosene oil.

The new prices of petrol after reduction by Rs 3 has come to Rs 83.71 per litre.

High speed diesel will now sell at Rs 92.10 per litre. Similarly, light diesel will be available in the open market at Rs 81.39 per litre.

There is no change in the price of kerosene oil and it will be available at Rs 84.65 per litre. The new prices will be applicable from July 1.

Misunderstanding with MQM to be removed: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior A. Rehman Malik on Thursday said that difference of opinion is ingredient of politics and misunderstanding if any with MQM would be removed.

Talking to media men, he said "difference of opinion is ingredient of politics as well as democracy. MQM is a separate and independent party and every miscommunication between PPP and MQM would be tackled".

He said that he favors the efforts of MQM to approach to the people in other provinces and said that Altaf Hussain is a wise and seasoned politician and he always learned something from him.

Over the issue of seat-adjustment with MQM in AJK elections, he said that political parties talk with each other on various issues and if something has created misunderstanding with MQM, it would be removed.

Rehman Malik said the elections were postponed on various seats as the Chief Election Commissioner expressed some concerns over the security issue there. "I am in touch with my friends and issues will be settled soon," he added.

He said that situation in Karachi is improving due to effective coordination among intelligence agencies. He urged the media to play its role to strengthen Pakistan and regretted over the attitude of those criticizing the institutions of the country

US rejects demand to vacate Shamsi air base

WASHINGTON: The United States is rejecting demands from Pakistani officials that American personnel abandon a military base used by the CIA to stage drone strikes against suspected militants, US officials told Reuters.

US personnel have not left the remote Pakistani military installation known as Shamsi Air Base and there is no plan for them to do so, said a US official familiar with the matter, who asked for anonymity to discuss sensitive material.

"That base is neither vacated nor being vacated," the official said. The information was confirmed by a second US official.

Earlier this week, Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar told the Financial Times that Pakistan had already stopped US drone operations there.

On Thursday, Mukhtar told Reuters: "When they (US forces) will not operate from there, no drone attacks will be carried out."

He said Islamabad had been pressuring the US to vacate the base even before the May 2 commando raid in which US Navy SEAL commandos killed Osama bin Laden. After the raid, Mukhtar said, "We told them again."

A senior Pakistani military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that when US forces first launched counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan "provided Americans two bases in Jacobabad and Shamsi. Jacobabad base has been vacated for long time ago, but Shamsi is still with them."

"They are vacating it," the official insisted. "Shamsi base was for logistic purpose. They also used it for drones for some time but no drones have been flown from there

Firing incidents claim 12 lives in Karachi

KARACHI: At least twelve people including a woman have been killed while more than sixteen others sustained injuries in various incidents of firing incidents in the metropolis.

According to the police, clash between two groups claimed four lives including woman and injured 12 others, triggering tensions in Godhra area of New Karachi. Injured people have been taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Unidentified men gunned down two more men and injured one other near Sindhi Hotel in New Karachi.

Earlier, a government servant was also shot dead by unidentified men in Nazimabad. In Malir, a body of another man was found.

In another incident of firing, a man was killed in Shah Faisal while in separate incident another man was killed by armed men in Gulistan e Jauhar.

Notwithstanding the President expects fair elections, Nawaz

Lahore:    PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, say they do not expect a fair election, the boguslstun kufrug azadjmun Kashmir elections wererigged by logging. He expressed these views whilechairing a party meeting in Lahore. the N-League's success in Kashmir despite rigging kujatahykakrydt workers, PML-N will challenge the High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir uutrlst. Nawaz Sharif and Zardari agreed to the khnathakh notexpect fair elections. the massacre in model Townsynytrpruyz Rashid, MNA anusy Rehman, KhawajaSaad Rafique attended aurdygrrhnma.

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After bin Laden, militants flood net with threats

LONDON: Militants mourning Osama bin Laden have stepped up threats against targets in the West, taking their cue from an al Qaeda statement that followers in the United States and Europe are "perfectly placed" to strike. 

The network's globally scattered online followers spent much of June compiling lists of possible targets including Western companies, business leaders and politicians on password-protected militant forums, Western-based experts who monitor the websites say.

Western companies, especially those with military links, seem a particular target, analysts say.

Such "wish lists" do not represent actual plots, since participants suspect, probably with good reason, that the forums are closely monitored by state intelligence agencies.

Nor have the militants tended to couch their comments specifically as vengeance for bin Laden's May 2 killing by U.S. forces in Pakistan -- the notion of retaliation is in any case a given among admirers of the group's founding figurehead.

Instead militants appear to be responding to a June 2 video appeal by al Qaeda core leaders for individuals in the West to carry on bin Laden's work with "do-it-yourself" strikes on targets using whatever means, no matter how primitive.

"Muslims in the West have to remember that they are perfectly placed to play an important and decisive part in the jihad against the Zionists and Crusaders," al Qaeda official Adam Gadahn says in the video, entitled "You Are Responsible Only For Yourself". "Take America as an example. America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms ... What are you waiting for?"

LISTS OF TARGETS

The video statement also called on militants to develop the Internet skills to attack the West in cyberspace.

Following the video, participants in several forums began to compile lists of dozens of potential targets including Western corporations and executives they said militants should assassinate. They included several Western arms makers, oil companies, banks and media companies and former U.S. President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to the U.S.-based Site Monitoring Service.

The compiling of wish lists of targets is nothing new on the forums. But the large volume of stated targets, and an emphasis on private companies and their leaders, has drawn attention among security officials.

In a study of the threats, the London-based Exclusive Analysis risk forecasting company said there was a small risk of "self-starter jihadis selecting a target from the published list for a small-scale attack, if it is opportune in the area where the individual or small group is active".

But it added that the large number of targets named would "likely" dilute any associated risks, and there were few precedents for a forum discussion inciting an actual attack.

To date, most attacks purportedly motivated by bin Laden's death have happened in Pakistan, where al Qaeda-aligned armed groups have waged a bloody insurgency against the government for years.

But the al Qaeda video, which also features top al Qaeda strategist Abu Yahya al-Libi, is an endorsement of a strategy of using "lone wolf" militants pioneered notably by al Qaeda's Yemen-based arm, security analysts say.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has encouraged several militants in the West to stage attacks over the past two years, including a mass killing at an U.S. military base, a failed attempt to down a U.S. airliner over Detroit, a stabbing of a British politician and a plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane.

Blackwater guard jailed over Afghan shooting

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge sentenced a former Blackwater security guard on Monday to 30 months in prison for shooting and killing an Afghan citizen in 2009.

The judge also ordered 29-year-old Justin Cannon to serve two years of supervised release after his prison term ends.

Cannon and a second Blackwater guard, Christopher Drotleff, 31, were convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the May 5, 2009 shooting of Romal Mohammad Naiem, an unarmed Afghan civilian.

Drotleff was sentenced to three years and one month in prison on June 14.

"Justin Cannon opened fire with an AK-47 at the rear of a retreating vehicle and took the life of an innocent Afghan," said US Attorney Neil MacBride. "While Mr. Cannon was in Afghanistan to support U.S. troops, his incredibly reckless behavior instead undermined our military mission and weakened the bond of trust with the Afghans," MacBride said.

Both Cannon and Drotleff were accused of leaving their military base without authorization to transport local interpreters.

After the lead vehicle in their convoy crashed during the nighttime outing and overturned on its side, they firing several multiple shots at a passing car, killing Naiem, who was a passenger in the car, and injuring the car's driver. Another Afghan man walking his dog in the area was also fatally shot.

Both Drotleff and Cannon were acquitted of charges in his death and the shooting of the driver.

Blackwater was renamed Xe after it was caught up in several scandals in Iraq, in particular the deaths of between 14 and 17 civilians in Baghdad in September 2007

Katrina denies grand birthday bash rumours

MUMBAI: Katrina Kaif, who will turn 27 on July 16, has not been celebrating her birthday since the past three years and has denied throwing any birthday party this time as well.

After all, the last birthday bash only resulted in some bitter memories for the actress, when her ex-beau Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan got into a never-ending rift.

When Kat was asked about her plans of throwing a grand bash and inviting all those who has made a difference to her life, she said, "No, I am not planning on throwing any lavish b'day party, unlike what the rumours say."

When asked if she'll spend her birthday with her family in London or Mumbai the actress said, "I have not planned anything yet. My movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is releasing on 15th July so most probably I will be busy with the promotional activities."

However, a source close to the actress revealed that the gorgeous actress is planning to do some charity work on her birthday.

“Kats mother is involved in charity and Kat too is inclined towards it. She wants to give back to the society which has given her so much love and what better day than a birthday to do that,” said the source.

Somalia: Increase in refugees fleeing to Kenya

War and drought in Somalia are leading to an unprecedented number of people fleeing across the border into Kenya, an aid agency says.

Save the Children is reporting that every day, about 1,300 people - at least 800 of them children - are arriving at the Dadaab refugee camp.

The monthly number of new arrivals has more than doubled in a year, it says.

Aid workers at the camp say the children are exhausted, malnourished and severely dehydrated.

Save the Children says some families are walking for more than a month to reach the camp.

The conflict in Somalia forces many to head for the Kenyan border but a severe drought and the unaffordable cost of food has made the situation worse.

Although made up of three settlements, Dadaab is often referred to as the largest refugee camp in the world.

It is home to well over 350,000 people.

The humanitarian agency Medecins Sans Frontieres says many of the new arrivals are in desperate need of healthcare.

It says almost half of the children arriving there have never had a vaccination.

With the Somali conflict continuing and several more months of drought expected, conditions in the already overcrowded refugee camp are likely to get even worse.

Efforts to decongest the camp and relocate the refugees have so far made little difference.

Intl court orders arrest of Qadhafi, son, key aide

THE HAGUE: International judges ordered the arrest of Moammar Qadhafi on Monday for murdering Libyan civilians who rose up against him, as Nato warplanes pounded his Tripoli compound and world leaders stepped up calls for the Libyan leader to resign.
The International Criminal Court said Qadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam Qadhafi and his intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi are wanted for orchestrating the killing, injuring, arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during the first 12 days of an uprising to topple Qadhafi from power, and for trying to cover up their alleged crimes.
The warrants from The Hague court turn the three men into internationally wanted suspects, potentially complicating efforts to mediate an end to more than four months of intense fighting in the North African nation. The warrants will be sent to Libya, where Qadhafi remains defiantly entrenched.
Presiding judge Sanji Monageng of Botswana called Qadhafi the ”undisputed leader of Libya” who had ”absolute, ultimate and unquestioned control” over his country’s military and security forces. She said prosecutors presented evidence showing that following popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, Qadhafi and his inner circle plotted a ”state policy … aimed at deterring and quelling by any means _ including by the use of lethal force _ demonstrations by civilians against the regime.”
Hundreds of civilians were killed, injured or arrested, she said, adding there were ”reasonable grounds to believe” that Qadhafi and his son were both responsible for the murder and persecution of civilians.
Prosecutors said the three suspects should be arrested quickly ”to prevent them covering up ongoing crimes and committing new crimes.”
Qadhafi’s regime rejected the court’s authority even before the decision was read, accusing the court of unfairly targeting Africans while ignoring what it called crimes committed by Nato in Afghanistan, Iraq ”and in Libya now.”
”The ICC has no legitimacy whatsoever … all of its activities are directed at African leaders,” Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters Sunday.
Rebels welcomed the court’s action, but appeared divided about where Qadhafi should ultimately stand trial.
Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, head of the Benghazi Interim Council, said rebels would ”welcome all assistance from the friendly countries” to help arrest the Libyan leader, and said: ”We will hand Qadhafi to (the) ICC.”
Mohammed al-Alaqi, justice minister in the Libyan rebel administration, picked up a copy of the warrant from the court, but suggested Qadhafi could be prosecuted in Libya ”under the standards of this court.”
He also hoped the warrants would persuade Qadhafi’s forces to defect.
”Maybe this decision will make the military brigades change their minds, because Qadhafi and his son have no future at all,” he said.
In Brussels, Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the court’s decision highlighted the increasing isolation of the Qadhafi’s regime.
”It reinforces the reason for Nato’s mission, to protect the Libyan people from Qadhafi’s forces,” he said Monday, adding that the Libyan leader and his supporters need to realize that ”time is rapidly running out for them.”
Nato air forces have been conducting daily air strikes against military targets in Libya for the past 100 days _ a bombing campaign that has drawn increasing international criticism.
In Tripoli, two loud explosions shook the area near Qadhafi’s compound Monday, setting off a chorus of emergency sirens in the Libyan capital. Libyan officials said Nato fired two missiles targeting Qadhafi’s personal bus, about 100 yards (meters) from the human shields the Libyan government keeps inside Qadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound.
Journalists were taken to see a heavily damaged, burnt-out bus inside the compound two hours after the strike. It didn’t appear to have been struck recently, however, since it was cool to the touch. No one was reported killed in the strike, though officials said two people were slightly injured.
A coalition including France, Britain and the United States began striking Qadhafi’s forces under a United Nations resolution to protect civilians on March 19. Nato assumed control of the air campaign over Libya on March 31 and is joined by a number of Arab allies.
European nations praised the warrants.
”Qadhafi is now a fugitive from international justice,” British Prime Minister David Cameron told lawmakers in the House of Commons. ”The pressure and the time is telling on Qadhafi, and we will not let up until the job is done.”
In Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said ”after 41 years of dictatorship, it is perhaps time to stop, for him to leave power.”
The Foreign Ministry of Italy, Libya’s former colonial ruler, said the warrants confirmed that Qadhafi had ”lost all legitimacy, political and moral.”
”As such, he can have no role to play in Libya’s future,” it said.

US drones strikes kill 21 in South Waziristan

WANA: Missile strikes from two US drones killed at least 21 suspected militants in Pakistan’s South Waziristan on Monday, Pakistani officials said, part of an intensified US assault in the tribal belt this month.
In the first strike, a missile hit a moving vehicle in Ghalmandi Panga village on the Afghan border, killing eight militants.
A few hours later, another drone fired three missiles into a militant training centre in Mantoi town, about 30 km north of South Waziristan’s main town of Wana.
“It was a big compound which was used as training centre. Militants have cordoned off the area and bodies are being removed from the rubble,” an intelligence official in the region, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.
Thirteen militants were killed in the second strike. Another official said militant casualties could rise. There was no way to verify the deaths independently. Militants often dispute official casualty tolls.
US forces have stepped up strikes by remotely-controlled drones in Pakistan’s border regions since the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces in the country last month.
Eighty-eight militants have been killed by US drones this month, according to a Reuters tally based on statements from intelligence officials.
Pakistan publicly opposes drone attacks, saying it complicates its efforts to fight militants who want to topple the pro-US government and impose strict Islamic rule in the country.
The United States has been pushing Pakistan to step up its war against militants who carry out attacks on Western forces in Afghanistan from their bases in Pakistan’s tribal belt.

Only Afghan-led talks acceptable, PM tells US

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani reassured the US on Monday that Pakistan remained committed to peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan, but appeared little supportive of Washington’s direct contacts with Taliban, bypassing Islamabad.
“Pakistan sincerely desires peace and stability in the region to ensure development and prosperity,” he said in a statement which significantly emphasised that Islamabad only “supports Afghan-led reconciliation and peace process”.
Prime Minister Gilani also spoke to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and discussed the political process in Afghanistan and strains in Pakistan-US ties.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has already distanced himself from the talks the US is having with Taliban by insisting that the Americans, and not his government, were spearheading the dialogue.
The US has said that the three meetings held with a group of Taliban representatives led by Tayyab Agha, an aide to Mullah Omar, in Qatar and Germany were just preliminary contacts.
The UK also confirmed last week that it was talking to the Taliban for a political settlement of the conflict in Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Gilani stated Pakistan’s expectations about any political dialogue with Taliban.
“Efforts should be to create conducive environment for negotiations leading to a situation acceptable to Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US.”
Even as the prime minister’s office issued the statement in the context of a Pakistan-Afghanistan-US ‘core meeting’ to be held in Kabul on Tuesday, it was also meant to serve as the government’s rejoinder to comments made by US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman in the Afghan capital earlier in the day.
Mr Grossman had, at a news conference, said that Pakistan “now has important choices to make” and prove that it wanted an end to the Afghan conflict by acting against militant sanctuaries on its soil.
The envoy’s comments reflected the widening gulf between Islamabad and Washington over the endgame in Afghanistan.
Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan will also meet separately after the trilateral core group meeting to pursue their joint efforts for peace and reconciliation.

MQM walks out of coalition

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement said here on Monday that it had decided to part ways with the Pakistan People’s Party and sit on opposition benches in the National Assembly, Senate and Sindh Assembly in protest against the postponement of election on two Karachi seats of the Azad Jamu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
But the most surprising announcement that MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar made at a press conference was of the resignation of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan.
A spokesman for the Governor’s House confirmed that Dr Ibad had sent his resignation to the presidency.
Later, the governor rushed to London to meet his leader Altaf Hussain, inform him about the situation in Karachi and take necessary instructions.
The MQM had quit the ruling coalition in January, but returned a week later.
And it is the second time that the party has upped the ante by asking its most trusted man, Dr Ibad who has held the highest constitutional position in the province for over eight years, to quit the governor’s office.
On a previous occasion, Dr Ibad had tendered his resignation to President Asif Zardari but it was not accepted.
The decision came a day after MQM chief Altaf Hussain accused the PPP of stabbing his party in the back, warning that by “deceiving a true ally the government has itself set off a process which will bring about its downfall”.
But the party’s decision to join the opposition will affect the PPP-led government neither at the centre nor in Sindh.
At the federal level, the PPP enjoys parliamentary support of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q as well as the Awami National Party. In Sindh it has a simple majority in the 168-member house.
“This decision is not at all based on emotions… we have taken the decision in view of the country’s critical situation and dictatorial acts of the government,” Dr Sattar said.
Rejecting the election in Azad Kashmir, he said the government had asked the MQM to withdraw its candidate from one seat reserved for Kashmiri migrants in Karachi in favour of the PPP.
“We were told that if the MQM did not withdraw its candidate the election in Karachi would be postponed. When we refused, the government got the election postponed barely 24 hours before the start of polling on the pretext of security concerns.”
Dr Sattar said the election in Azad Kashmir was a test case. “If the PPP uses all dictatorial steps for the sake of one seat in Karachi, it is not difficult to foresee its attitude in the next general election.”
He alleged that “over 300 leaders and workers of the MQM have been killed during the three years of the present government and criminal elements were also used against the MQM”.
He parried questions about the possibility of a no-confidence motion against the government and whether the relationship between the two parties had reached a point of no return, but said his party would play the role of “constructive opposition”.
According to sources, the federal and provincial ministers belonging to the MQM had already sent their resignations. “All resignations have been sent and now it is up to the authorities when to accept them,” they said.
Reuters adds: Federal Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said at a news conference: “We will try to remove misgivings and our leadership will do this through consultation with the MQM.”

PPP asks MQM to reconsider decision

ISLAMABAD: Although the People’s Party faces no threat to its governments at the centre and in Sindh, it has asked the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to ‘reconsider’ its decision of quitting the ruling coalition.
On the other hand, the MQM, which has been a part of governments at the centre and in the province for over a decade, has claimed that “this time we are determined to stick to our decision”.
“For the time being, the party’s doors are closed for the PPP,” said Wasay Jalil, an MQM spokesman and member of the party’s coordination committee. A spokesman for PPP co-chairman and President Asif Ali Zardari told Dawn that the presidency had not received the resignations of Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad or the Muttahida’s ministers. Mr Zardari is currently in London on a private visit.
Farhatullah Babar, who was scheduled to reach London by Tuesday morning, said the PPP would continue to pursue the policy of reconciliation in the interest of political stability and would “urge the governor to reconsider his decision to resign”.
Mr Babar said the issues facing the country and, particularly Sindh, were “too many” and “complex”. He called for strengthening the ongoing policy of reconciliation with all political forces.
The spokesman expressed the hope that the Sindh governor would reconsider the decision.
In reply to a query, Mr Babar said no meeting between the President and Muttahida chief Altaf Hussain was scheduled during Mr Zardari’s stay in London. However, Mr Babar did not rule out the possibility of a meeting between the two leaders in the wake of the recent development.
He said the president would be staying in London till July 2 and that he would only be able to confirm any such meeting only after reaching there.
Wasay Jalil, a spokesman for MQM, said the party’s decision was “final as it has been taken after a thorough review of the situation and after consultations within the party”.
THE PRESIDENT’S SISTER: Zahid Mehmood, the MQM’s coordinator for Punjab, held PPP MNA Faryal Talpur, the sister of President Asif Zardari, responsible for the crisis, alleging that she had been supporting a particular candidate for the AJK polls and it was because of her insistence that the PPP even sacrificed its alliance with the MQM. He said the MQM felt that the PPP’s attitude had become “dictatorial after it won the support of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q as it no more required the MQM’s support for getting the budget passed in the National Assembly”.
Mr Mehmood said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah was a figurehead as the government was being run by people like Faryal Talpur, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, Agha Siraj Durrani and Nadir Magsi.
A love-and-hate game between the two parties has continued since the formation the coalition government in 2008, with the MQM coming out of the federal cabinet and even the federal government once and threatening several times to walk out of the Sindh coalition.
This time, however, the chances of a patch-up, according to some political experts, seem to be slim because the MQM is not ready to trust even Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who had always played a role of a mediator between the two parties in the past due to his personal relations with MQM chief Altaf Hussain.
INTERESTING TIMES
The country has been facing political turmoil since the day the then Sindh home minister, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, made a controversial speech in Karachi on Dec 13 last year, and also after the sacking of Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi and JUI-F’s minister Azam Swati over the Haj scam the following day.
Angered by the sacking of Mr Swati, the JUI-F announced parting of ways with the PPP-led coalition government and decided to sit on the opposition benches.
On the same day, the MQM gave a 10-day ultimatum to the PPP asking it to explain Dr Mirza’s remarks blaming the MQM for target killings in Karachi. On the expiry of the deadline the MQM quit the federal cabinet and its two ministers submitted their resignations to President Zardari.
Later the MQM decided to sit on the opposition benches when the government raised oil prices.
However, when the government withdrew the increase in oil prices and the prime minister visited the MQM’s headquarters in Karachi in January, the party announced that it would again sit on treasury benches, but categorically refused to join the federal cabinet.
At that time, the MQM had stated that although the main concern for the party was the law and order situation in Karachi, the government’s decision to raise oil prices had just provided the party an opportunity to quit the ruling coalition.
The 25-member MQM rejoined the federal government last month when it was left with no other option due to an intelligent move by PPP to lure the PML-Q into the cabinet and sidelining of Dr Zulfiqar Mirza by President Zardari.
The recent AJK elections finally ended the marriage of inconvenience between the two parties.
The numerical strength of the political parties shows that the PPP now enjoys a comfortable majority both in the National and Sindh assemblies. Even without the MQM, the PPP, which has 128 MNAs, enjoys the support of some 200 MNAs in the 342-member lower house – thanks to the PML-Q’s decision to join the ruling coalition.
The MQM’s decision is not expected to affect the PPP’s government in Sindh as the party enjoys a comfortable majority in the Sindh Assembly with more than 100 MPAs sitting on the treasury benches in the 168-member house.
The composition is very interesting as representatives of all political parties, whether sitting on treasury or opposition benches, are members of the provincial cabinet.
The opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly, Madad Ali Khan, is from the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), whereas two members of the party are ministers and two others are advisers to the chief minister.

One killed in Karachi grenade attack

KARACHI: One person was killed and 19 others were wounded when unidentified men lobbed a hand-grenade at a hotel in Lyari on Monday night.
Police said the incident occurred at Luck Star hotel at Meranaka, in the remit of Chakiwara police station. Eyewitnesses said they had seen two men flee the scene on a motorcycle.

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Twelve killed in Waziristan drone strike

PESHAWAR: At least 12 people were killed in a suspected US drone attack in South Waziristan on Monday,
US spy planes fired four missiles at a car traveling in Birmal Tehsil of South Waziristan killing at least twelve suspected militants.
Locals began retrieving bodies as the death count seemed to be rising.

PML-N worker gunned down in Bhimber

MIRPUR: An activist of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), AJK chapter, was Sunday gunned down in a clash between workers of PPP and PML-N during the polling for AJK Legislative Assembly elections in electoral constituency (LA-6) Samani valley of Bhimber district, police said.

Additional Superintendent of AJK Police Raja Irfan Salim said that deceased was identified as Raja Muhammad Ifikhar son of Muhammad Younis, Resident of Bandli village.

The Additional SP said the armed clash between workers of two rival parties occurred at Bindli village during the polling.

Further investigations were in progress, he added

PPP victory in AJK is expression of public confidence: Warraich

LAHORE: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab President Imtiaz Safdar Warraich said that victory of PPP in AJK election is overwhelming expression of people's satisfaction on the party and its policies.

He was addressing "Waseela-e-Haq" cash distribution ceremony held at a local hotel on Monday. Safdar Warraich distributed Rs 300,000 among 36 people from different districts of Punjab under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) to enable them to start their own business.

"Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had to face worst defeat even after moblisation of the entire machinery of Punjab government under the supervision of Punjab Police. PML-N showed worst election hooliganism in the history of Lahore, Gujranwala and tehsil Daska by harassing the returning officers," he alleged.

Imtiaz Safdar said that Punjab government converted the province into a "battle field" by harassing the returning officers through police officials and regretted that "No responsible officer has been transferred or suspended yet."

He expressed his felicitations to President, Prime Minister, PPP leaders and workers. He added that people who were trying to prove decreased popularity of PPP, should now accept that the party is still the "biggest political party" of the country.

Talking about Benazir Income Support Programme, he said that BISP is innovative programme entirely for the welfare of poor people, adding that it is benefitting deserving people in a transparent manner--without any political favouritism.

Safdar Warraich said that BISP is in line with the vision of Shaheed Zulifkar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.

He highlighted that shares worth Rs 116 billion, of 80 public sector units, were given to labourers and they have been provided given seats in their boards of directors.

He asked the Punjab government to constitute commissions for investigation into Qarz Utaro Mulk Sanwaro, yellow cab and Sasti Roti schemes so that people could see the corruption and malpractice of PML-N

Gunmen kill senior Pakistani Taliban commander

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Gunmen riding in a car with tinted windows near the Afghan border on Monday shot and killed a senior Pakistani Taliban commander who helped train and deploy the group’s suicide bombers, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Shakirullah Shakir was riding on a motorcycle near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal area, when he was shot, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Shakir was a senior commander and spokesman for the Fidayeen-e-Islam wing of the Pakistani Taliban. He once claimed to a local newspaper that his group had trained more than 1,000 suicide bombers at camps in North Waziristan.
No group has claimed responsibility for his killing.

Hague court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi

TRIPOLI: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital Tripoli.

The court approved warrants for Gaddafi as well as his son Saif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity. ICC prosecutors allege they were involved in the killing of protesters who rose up in February against Gaddafi's 41-year rule.

Celebrations erupted in Benghazi after the ICC ruling. People honked their car horns, waved flags, fired shots into the air and flashed victory signs in the street

Gaddafi has "absolute, ultimate and unquestioned control" over Libya's state apparatus and its security forces, presiding judge Sanji Mmasenono Monageng said in reading out the ruling.

She added that both Gaddafi and Saif al-Islam "conceived and orchestrated a plan to deter and quell by all means the civilian demonstrations" against the regime and that al-Senussi used his position of command to have attacks carried out.

Gaddafi's government denies targeting civilians, saying it was forced to act against armed criminal gangs and al Qaeda militants.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said China had had contact with both sides in the Libyan conflict.

"We hope that the issue of Libya will be resolved through political peaceful means to reduce the humanitarian harm -- in particular the harm to innocent civilians," said Wen, speaking through a translator during a news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Anti-Gaddafi rebels, based in the Western Mountains region southwest of Tripoli, made their biggest breakthrough in weeks to reach the town of Bir al-Ghanam, where they are now fighting pro-Gaddafi forces for control, their spokesman said.

The advance took them about 30 km (18 miles) north from their previous position and closer to Tripoli, Gaddafi's power base.

FIGHTERS KILLED

"We are on the southern and western outskirts of Bir al-Ghanam," Juma Ibrahim, a rebel spokesman in the nearby town of Zintan, said by telephone.

"There were battles there most of yesterday. Some of our fighters were martyred and they (government forces) also suffered casualties and we captured equipment and vehicles. It's quiet there today and the rebels are still in their positions."

A Reuters reporter in the center of Tripoli heard at least two loud explosions Sunday. The location of the blasts was not clear. A plume of smoke could be seen rising from the direction of Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound.

Gaddafi's administration had no immediate reaction to the ICC ruling. Speaking Sunday, government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the court was guilty of double standards and followed a Western political agenda.

"The ICC has no legitimacy whatsoever," Ibrahim told reporters.

"NATO has been committing crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Libya now. They have never even considered investigating the killing of many civilians in Iraq, many civilians in Afghanistan, many civilians in Libya."

In Benghazi, in eastern Libya, the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) said the arrest warrants made any attempt at negotiating with Gaddafi irrelevant.

"We are extremely happy that the whole world has united in prosecuting Gaddafi for the crimes he has committed," NTC spokesman Jalal al-Galal told Reuters.

"It is premature to talk about any negotation. After this warrant, it is all irrelevant. We cannot negotiate with war criminals. The world has confirmed what we have been saying all along. He's a war criminal, and he should be tried for it."

BREAKING STALEMATE

The rebels -- backed by NATO air support -- have been battling Gaddafi's forces since late February, when thousands of people rose up against his rule, prompting a fierce crackdown by Gaddafi's security forces.

The revolt has turned into the bloodiest of the Arab Spring revolts against autocratic rulers rippling across the Middle East.

For weeks now, rebels in their stronghold in the east and in enclaves in western Libya have been unable to make significant advances, while NATO air strikes have failed to dislodge Gaddafi, straining the Western alliance.

Analysts say that if insurgents outside Tripoli start gaining momentum, that could inspire anti-Gaddafi groups inside the capital to rise up, a development many believe could be the most effective way of toppling him.

In Libya's neighbor, Tunisia, three Libyan ministers, including the foreign minister, were holding talks with "foreign parties," the Tunisian state news agency reported, in a possible sign some in Gaddafi's circle were seeking a settlement.

Tunisia's state news agency TAP reported late Sunday that Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi was in talks on the island of Djerba, in southern Tunisia."

It gave no details on the talks. Libya's rebel leadership, in the eastern city of Benghazi, said last week it was in indirect contact with Gaddafi's government, via foreign intermediaries, about a possible peace settlement.

Obeidi was joined at the Djerba talks by Health Minister Ahmed Hijazi and Social Affairs Minister Ibrahim Sherif, the Tunisian news agency reported