Peshawar—While the security forces were
tightening noose around TTP chief Baitullah
Mehsud and his accomplices during the ongoing
operation Rah-e-Najat in the South Waziristan
Agency, the notorious American drones struck at
a remote village of the Ladha sub division SWA
Tuesday killing fifty people as reported by some
sources. On the other hand Qari Zainuddin, who
recently defected to government along with his
some thousand comrades against Baitullah, was
gunned down in D I Khan Tuesday morning.
Islamabad—Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida
Mirza on Tuesday set up a 27-member Special
Committee of the Parliament on Constitutional
Reforms including repeal of 17th amendment under
the scope of Charter of Democracy (CoD).
Islamabad—The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr.
Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has taken suo
motu notice of reports appearing in various
sections of print media about the proposed
increase in rates of electricity despite
decrease in oil prices in international market
and directed to put up this case in the court on
6th July. and to issue notices to Chairman WAPDA,
NEPRA and all the companies demanding higher
rates.
Lahore—Victorious Pakistan team of Twenty20
World Cup, barring their captain, Younis Khan
and three other team members Fawad Alam, Shahid
Afridi and Abdul Razzaq, arrived home in wee
hours on Tuesday and was driven quietly away
from the airport.
A fictitious Al-Qaeda statement claimed recently
that it would use Pak nuke against the United
States. This is a new addition to news leaks to
the US media on US contingency plans to seize
nuclear weapons of Pakistan.
The young heroes of Pakistan cricket team
disproved the soul injuring perception currently
in vogue that sectarianism, provincialism and
ethnicity have fragmented people of this
country.
Islamabad—UN humanitarian envoy wrapped up a
two-day visit to northwest Pakistan, calling on
donors to step up their assistance to help the
millions of people who have been uprooted from
their homes by fighting between Government
forces and militants, according to a world body
spokesperson.
