Osama bin Laden killing

Govt, army played vital role: Mukhtar

Islamabad—Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said that the government of Pakistan and the armed forces played a huge part in the killing of Osama bin Laden, adding that a mobile chip was used to locate him. He gave this statement on the first anniversary of Bin Laden’s killing during an interview to the British Broadcasting Channel (BBC) Urdu news service. According to BBC correspondent Aijaz Meher, the defence minis-ter said that Pakistan had an agreement with the US that whenever Pakistan retrieved any material in Arabic and English, it will be given to US and if the US found any material in Urdu, it would give it to Pakistan.

Gilani’s govt to present fifth national budget in any case

Islamabad—This is a good omen and victory of democracy that the government of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani would present the fifth national Budget on May 25 in the National Assembly in any case. It was his keen desire and a great honour for him to present fifth national budget in the country after facing heavy odds, close aides of Gilani said. He will be the first elected Prime Minister to have such an honour in the checkered history of Pakistan.

You people have lost sense of respect

Flag of a country is the highest symbol of respect. Once upon a time the national flag of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan too was respected in the highest esteem. But, dear countrymen, look at the above flag of Pakistan (No.1) and please read its caption once again! It was most shocking and really disgusting to see the photograph of a worn to shreds and shabby National Flag flying at the Sindh Assembly building. It must have turned into this almost rotten stage after the utter neglect of months and months. No one bothered to take notice of this act of criminal negligence.

Osama’s DNA test: Dr Shakil accepts guilt

Islamabad—Doctor Shakeel Afridi, who man-aged to get the DNA sample under garb of a fake anti-polio campaign, has pleaded guilty. Dr Afridi, who is under arrest for treason, used to treat wounded Taliban leaders initially. He secretly treated many wounded Taliban leaders including Mangal Bagh and collected huge fees from them. He had a tussle with Taliban over heavy fees. In the last months of 2008 Mangal Bagh group abducted Dr Shakil and he was released after paying ransom.

SC summons Balochistan CM

Quetta—The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, the interior secretary and defence secretary to appear before the bench in the next hearing on Balochistan law and order case. Ordering the chief secretary to summon the three officials on Thursday, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry maintained that if the prime minister can appear personally before the court then anyone could.

Senate condemns desecration of Holy Quran by US Pastor

Islamabad—The Senate on Wednesday adopted a unanimous Resolution condemning the recent act of desecration of Holy Quran by pastor Terry Jones in the US and called upon the UN Secretary General to work out plans for promoting religious harmony before “rationality was completely destroyed”. The Resolution was moved by Senator Farhatullah Babar after suspending the Rules of Business for the purpose. The Resolution was adopted with consensus of the Treasury and Opposition members by the House.

PML-N disrupts NA session over PM’s eligibility

Islamabad—Members of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) disrupted session of the National Assembly and staged a walkout from the Senate when they were resumed on Wednesday. The PML-N senators staged a walkout from the upper house over Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s refusal to step down from the premiership after his conviction in the contempt of court case and ‘non-implementation’ of the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) regarding the drone at-tacks.