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Decision to open Nato routes in national interest : PM

Sharafat Kazmi

Islamabad—Prime Minister Raja Pevez Ashraf has said that the decision to open Ground Lines of Communications (GLOCs) for passage of Nato supplies through Pakistani territory was taken in the best national interest in the light of recommendations of Parliament.The Prime Minister expressed these views while talking to Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, President of PML-Q, and Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, Deputy Prime Minister who called on him at the PM House on Thursday.

‘Narasimha connived in Babri Masjid demolition’

New Delhi—Yet another book has levelled an allegation that PV Narasimha Rao had connived at the demolition of Babri Masjid claiming that the late prime minister had sat in a puja when the kar sevaks began pulling it down and rose only when it was over.

Projection of Balochistan in its true perspective stressed

Islamabad—Speakers at an intellectual forum on Thursday stressed the need for projecting the issue of Balochistan in its true and correct perspective, clearing the wrong perceptions being propagated by some elements. “The ground realities are different and there is a misconception about the actual situation in the province,” said the speakers.

Arab ministerial meeting to discuss Arafat’s death

Tunis—Tunisia has called for Arab ministers to meet to discuss the death of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat after new suspicions that he was murdered, a senior official in the Arab League said on Thursday. The Palestinian Authority agreed on Wednesday to exhume Arafat’s body after new allegations that he was poisoned with the radioactive element polonium-210 in 2004, the same substance found to have killed a former Russian spy in London in 2006.

Resolving issues in Indus Waters Treaty

IN the current India-Pakistan discourse, the subject of water has become almost more prominent than any other. Water is a staple of “Track II” exchanges, and numerous meetings on the subject, virtually back-to-back, are constantly taking place. These are staged in many locations near and around India and Pakistan, and bring together specialists and a variety of other knowledgeable individuals to talk about water problems and look for ways of dealing with them.

UK, France hail Nato supply resumption

London/Paris — The United Kingdom has welcomed the reopening of the ground lines of communication into Afghanistan.According to a press release issued by the UK High Commission Islamabad, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague said, “I welcome the reopening of the ground lines of communication into Afghanistan, which are important for Britain and Nato’s operations in Afghanistan. “This decision underlines Pakistan’s commitment in helping to secure a stable and peaceful Afghanistan, and I am pleased that the US and Pakistan have come to an agreement,” he added.

Capital punishment for three convicts on hold

Islamabad—President Asif Ali Zardari has stopped implementation of sentencing of prisoners on death row till September 30. In this regard Law Ministry has dispatched a letter, bearing President Zardari’s directives, to all prisons, according to media reports.