Gilani pleads CJP to hear my son’s case

General polls on term completion

Lahore–Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Sunday said that if the Chief Justice of Pakistan cannot hear the case against his own son due to some legal barriers, he (CJ) should take up the case against Ali Musa Gilani. Talking to media here at the State Guest House, the premier said the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry may consider Musa Gilani as his own son and hear the case against him.

Kayani refuses to meet Lavoy

Rawalpindi—Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has refused to meet US Assistant Secretary of Defence Peter Lavoy after Leon Panetta’s accusation about Pakistan of having safe havens for insurgents. On Thursday, US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta had said during his visit to Kabul that Washington was running out of patience with Islamabad over its reluctance to go after the militant Haqqani group in its semi-governed northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

DG Khan rape case Alleged police officers deny molesting five girls

Dera Ghazi Khan—Border Levies Police officers allegedly involved in rape of five girls have denied charges against them.Talking to media persons on telephone from undisclosed location on Sunday, the three cops claimed that they did not molest girls and it was a preplanned conspiracy against them. The three Border Levies Police personnel identified as Zahid, Naveed and Muzaffar were of the view that they are ready to present themselves before the investigation team if they are assured that process would be transparent.

US fighting its own war in tribal areas: Panetta

Washington—US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta while giving an interview to a US television channel on Saturday said that the United States is fighting its own war in the tribal areas of the Pak-Afghan border region and that military safe havens in Pakistan would not be tolerated. During the interview, the US defence secretary without specifying any further said that the US would take every possible step to protect its troops.

Several vehicles set ablaze, KESC offices ransacked

Karachi—Karachities staged violent protests against prolonged and unscheduled loadshedding, water shortages and lawlessness in the city on Sunday. It should be mentioned that several areas of Karachi city including Chakra Goth, Korangi and adjoining areas were facing worse power crisis and water shortage besides poor law and order situation for the past few days. Hundreds of citizens annoyed over unfavourable situation took to streets on Sunday to lodge their protest against the lack of basic facilities.

Taliban shut schools over Nato massacre

kabul —Taliban insurgents have ordered schools in an Afghan district where a NATO air strike killed 18 civilians to close for three days to mourn the dead, officials said.The civilians died in an operation against insurgents Wednesday in Baraki Barak, a heavily populated district in Logar province, just south of the capital Kabul. The US commander of NATO forces General John Allen apologised in a meeting with President Hamid Karzai and gave a commitment that his forces would no longer carry out air strikes in residential areas, Karzai’s office said.

India to buy 8 warships from South Korea

New Delhi—In tune with a growing ‘strategic partnership’ with South Korea, India is now getting all set to ink a major defence contract with the north-east Asian country for acquisition of eight advanced minesweeping and hunting warships. Under the programme, which will be worth well over Rs 6,000 crore, India will get two of the mine counter-measures vessels (MCMVs) directly from South Korean firm Kangnam Corporation, while the other six will be manufactured by Goa Shipyard after transfer of technology. “The contract is now being finalized after the conclusion of the commercial negotiations,” Times of India quoting a defence source said.