Younis beats up a fan in CL
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KARACHI: Former skipper Younis Khan has beaten up a fan during a Champion League match here on Thursday.
According to Geo correspondent, Younis was leading Malir Jimkhana in the match, when some spectators ran onto the ground and tackled Khan to ground.
This angered Younis, who immediately left the field and went to the dressing room. He took a fan in the dressing room and later beat him up.
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Soldiers launch coup against Niger president
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NIAMEY: Soldiers opened fire Thursday in the Niger capital, where explosions and long bursts of gunfire resounded across the city in what a top French official said was a coup attempt against President Mamadou Tandja.
Witnesses said the firing appeared to be centred on the presidency of the West African nation, one of the world’’s top uranium producers. State radio stayed silent on events, concentrating on...
Small plane crashes into FBI building
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HOUSTON: A small aircraft crashed into a building next to an FBI office in the Texas state capital of Austin on Thursday, local officials said.
The plane crashed into a seven-story building at about 10a.m. CST (11 a.m. EST), said Helena Wright, a spokeswoman for the Austin Police Department.
There were no deaths reported but two people were hospitalized, police said.
No terrorist link was suspected, according to the Department...
Aziz flays politicians for using Red Mosque in poll
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ISLAMABAD: Red Mosque cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz said Thursday that he had not backed any candidate for by-election in NA-55 constituency of Rawalpindi.
In a statement issued by Lal Masjid today, Aziz said that political parties should refrain from using name of Lal Masjid to secure votes.
He said that Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid had registered a false case against his younger brother Maulana Abdul Rashid...
2 more Afghan Taliban captured: US official
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WASHINGTON: Two senior Taliban leaders have been captured only days after the Afghan insurgency’’s military commander was arrested in Pakistan, a US official told a foreign news agency on Thursday.
“It looks as if the Taliban is down two shadow governors,” said the US official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official was referring to two Taliban figures in northern Afghanistan, Mullah...
PM acted wisely to end crisis: Justice Sharif
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RAWALPINDI: Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Justice Khawaja Sharif, said Thursday that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani acted wisely on the issue of judges’ appointment.
The move has melted the snow, he said.
Speaking at a ceremony in Rawalpindi High Court Bar here, Khawaja Sharif praised the Attorney General over his role to resolve judges crisis.
The chief justice hoped that the government would stay...
153 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrives in Pakistan
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LAHORE: A delegation of 153 Indian Sikh Yatrees arrived here on Thursday to take part in a religious festival to be held at Nankhana Sahib.
The Sikh pilgrims will stay in Pakistan for a week before returning to India on Feb 25.
On Feb 21, they will proceed to Nankhana Sahib, where they will participate in Saka festival.
Speaking to media at the Lahore Railway Station, Yatrees’ head Jagir Singh said that tension between...
Composite dialogue to improve Pakistan-India ties: Bashir
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke discussed issues pertaining to bilateral ties and Pakistan-India relations.
During the meeting at the Foreign Office here on Thursday, the foreign secretary and US envoy reviewed the state of bilateral relations and expressed satisfaction over the growing interaction at all levels and in all areas to build a bilateral relationship in our...
Nawaz for US role in Pakistan-India talks
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has urged the United States to use its influence for resumption of meaningful, comprehensive and result-oriented talks between Pakistan and India.
He expressed these views at a meeting with the US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke, who called on the PML-N chief at Punjab House on Thursday.
Nawaz stressed that the composite dialogue...
DPO family to get Rs5 million, plot: Hoti
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PESHAWAR: The NWFP Government has announced a compensation of Rs5 million for the bereaved family of martyred DPO Iqbal Marwat besides provision of free education to his children.
The announcement was made Thursday by Chief Minister Amir Haider Hoti.
Marwat’s family will also get a residential plot from the government, he said.
It may be reminded here that a suicide attack at Bannu Police Line left DPO Iqbal Marwat...
Italy to start Afghan troop pullout next year: minister
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ROME: Italy will begin a gradual withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2011 at the request of the Afghan government, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Thursday.
“Next year we should begin a gradual military disengagement because that is what the Afghans want and President (Hamid) Karzai has asked us to do,” Frattini said on Italian television, without giving further details.
Italy in December announced...
7 family members murdered in Attock
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ATTOCK: Seven members of a family, including three children and two women, were massacred on Thursday in an extremely violent attack in District Attock, police said.
The victims include the head of slain family Atlas, his wife, son Asif, daughter-in-law, two grandsons and a granddaughter.
According to police, unknown armed men shot dead seven members of a family in Kalokalan village of Hazrah tehsil.
The main reason...
PM stresses immediate disbursement of CSF
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday underlined the expeditious initiation of the Pakistan-United States strategic dialogue for building trust to remove the misperceptions and misgivings between Pakistan and the United States.
Talking to US envoy Holbrooke, Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan who along with a delegation called on him at the Prime Minister House, Gilani hoped...
President urges US to repatriate Aafia
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ISLAMABAD: US Special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday.
President Zardari urged the United States to consider the early repatriation of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi in line with the prisoners’ exchange treaty.
The president said Pakistan would provide legal assistance to Dr. Aafia during her trial in the US court.
He also called for immediate...
SC disposes of petitions on judges appointment
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ISLAMABAD: A five-member bench of Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of all petitions filed regarding appointment of judges in superior judiciary.
The petitions were taken up for hearing by the five-member bench headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan. The petitions were filed by Supreme Court Bar, Rawalpindi High Court Bar, Punjab Government, Watan Party, Nadeed Ahmed Advocate and Khadim Malik challenging delay in judges...
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