Sochei—US President George W. Bush hailed a
“breakthrough” Sunday at his final summit with
Russian President Vladimir Putin after they
agreed to consider a joint anti-missile defence
system with Europe.
Karachi—Nisar Ahmed Khuhro and Shehla Raza of
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) were declared
elected unopposed as Speaker and Deputy Speaker
respectively of Sindh Assembly.
VANDALS desecrated 148 graves in the Muslim
section of a military cemetery in northern
France, hanging a pig’s head on one of the
headstones, police said on Sunday.
Quetta—Governor of Balochistan Zulfiqar Ali
Magsi said that negotiations, led by Nawab Aslam
Raeesani, are being held with the armed persons
in Balochistan and the issue of law and order
would be resolved after the formation of the new
government. He told this while talking with
journalists in Quetta.
Colombo—A suicide bomber attacked the opening
ceremony of a marathon outside Sri Lanka’s
capital Sunday, killing a government minister
and 13 other people, authorities said. Dozens
were wounded.
Tokyo—The Group of Eight rich nations vowed
Sunday to step up cooperation with emerging
donors such as China and India and said they
remained committed to a goal to double their own
aid to Africa by 2010.
Lahore—Punjab Chief Minister-designate Muhammad
Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a number of
working groups to look into various aspects of
the functioning of the Punjab government while
one such group headed by Punjab Assembly Speaker
designate, Rana Iqbal Ahmad Khan MPA and
convenor, Shafqat Mehmood (former senator), is
busy reviewing the Annual Development Programme
of the province.
Kabul—Afghan and NATO forces killed 15 Taliban
insurgents in separate raids in southern
Afghanistan, where police also captured a senior
Taliban commander, officials said Sunday.
