News from April 2009

JCSC satisfied with strategic assets security of Pakistan

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Tariq Majid, chaired the meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee at Chaklala, Rawalpindi on Thursday. Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Naval chief Admiral Noman Bashir, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, and other senior military officials from three services also attended the meeting.. The participants of the meeting were given comprehensive briefings on the external and internal security situation with specific focus on the evolving internal challenges and the measures to improve domestic stability

Oil rises as equity gain boosts optimism

SINGAPORE: Crude oil rose for a second day as a surge in equity markets increased optimism that the global economy and fuel demand will recover soon.
U.S. and Asian stock markets gained on better-than-expected earnings and factory output data in Japan. Crude stockpiles jumped by 4.1 million barrels in the week ended April to 374.6 million [...]

Post-violence fear grips Karachi; death toll hits 31

KARACHI: Situation is returning to normalcy in Karachi today (Thursday) where at least 31 people were killed and over 50 others injured in yesterday day-long ethnic violence, reported ARY OneWorld.
Karachiites begun their day Thursday amid fear and panic however, no major incident of violence have so far been reported from the city, except Gulistan-e-Jauhar where [...]

Meeting to review Karachi situation underway

KARACHI (Kashif Hussain): A high-level meeting is presently underway at CM House to discuss recent violence in Karachi that claimed 31 lives on Wednesday, reported ARY OneWorld here Thursday.
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, who is chairing the moot, has summoned the meeting on the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari to review the [...]

Low and Peaceful Voting Kashmir’s Anantnag Seat

ANANTNAG: Few voters came out to vote in the south Kashmir parliamentary constituency of Anantnag with only four percent turnout recorded in the first three hours of polling. The 1,485 polling booths in the districts of Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama opened at 7 am.

Quattrocchi Case Hearing Adjourned till Sep 8

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday adjourned till September 8 hearing in a case against Bofors case accused Ottavio Quattrocchi. The court adjourned the hearing after the CBI filed in court its status report with respect to the revoking of the red corner notice against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors gun payoff case and sought two months to consider its options, IANS reported. Chief metropolitan magistrate Kaveri Baweja fixed the next date of hearing on Sep 8

20 Percent Tournout in 1st 3 hrs in Gujrat

Ahmedabad: About 20 percent of Gujarat’s voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling in all 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state on Thursday, poll officials said.

Why Love Marrieges Are Breaking Down in India?

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Tight Situation in Kashmir

Srinagar: A curfew-like situation prevailed in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as authorities deployed thousands of security personnel to maintain law and order following a 50-hour strike called by separatists to protest against holding of polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Heavy deployment has been made in Srinagar and other major towns of the Valley as the strike called by Chairman of hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani commenced on a violent note last evening with groups of youth, shouting anti-election slogans, clashed with police at several places here leaving 12 persons injured. Several top separatist leaders including Geelani and moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq have been placed under house arrest

Kasab a juvenile? Court to decide today

Mumbai: A Special Court set up at Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail will on Tuesday decide the juvenility of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, one of the main accused in last year’s deadly terrorist strikes in Mumbai.
The court had on April 24 ordered an inquiry to verify Kasab’s true age following claims made by his defence lawyer [...]

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