|
| 26 June 2004 | Saturday | 07 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper.
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT).
|
Low Graphics Site
|
Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper. Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT). |
|||||||||
 
 
   
 
|
 
NA special session summoned on June 29: ISLAMABAD, Jun 26: Speaker National Assembly Chaudary Amir Hussain today said a special National Assembly session is being summoned on Tuesday evening June 29 for election of new leader of the House. The special session of the National Assembly is being convened after prorogation of the on-going session by President General Pervez Musharraf, he said talking to newsmen at the residence of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. (APP) (Posted @ 23:40 PST) 
MQM demands to ban MMA activities in Karachi : KARACHI, June 26: The MNAs of Muttahida Qaumi Movement have demanded that Chief Minister Sindh Dr Ghulam Arbab Rahim permanently ban Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Qazi Hussain Ahmed's entry in Karachi. The MNAs in a statement issued here further demanded to ban the activities of MMA in Karachi as they have been involved in terrorist activities and creating law & order situation in the cosmopolitan city, statement alleged. (PPI) (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Maulana Fazlur Rahman sent back from Karachi airport by another flight: Karachi, June 26: Leader of opposition in National Assembly and top leader of Muttehada Majlis-e-Amal MMA Maulana Fazlur Rahman, who arrived today at Karachi airport by PIA flight, was later sent back to Islamabad on board private airline Aero Asia flight. Sindh government had on Friday banned entry of Maulana Fazlur Rahman in the province and disallowed taking out of Peace Rally by MMA in Karachi on June 27, 2004. A large number of policemen were deployed in and around the airport to prevent opposition leader in National Assembly to come out of terminal building. (PPI) (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Opposition politician Pir Binyamin Rizvi's shot dead in Lahore: LAHORE, June 26: An opposition politician of exiled prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League was shot dead by two motorcycle riders in Lahore today, police said. "Two men riding on a motorcycle opened fire on Pir Binyamin Rizvi's car in front of Punjab University," police superintendent Faran Baig told AFP. "It appears to be a terrorist attack and we have launched investigations," Baig said. The attackers fled after the attack, he said. Pir Binyamin Rizvi was the vice president of PML-Nawaz in Punjab province. "Two other men travelling with Rizvi died at hospital," Zaeemul Haq Qadri, a party official and spokesman for Sharif told AFP. (AFP) (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Zardari says he will not go abroad at any cost: KARACHI, June 26: Asif Ali Zardari today said he will never "go abroad as intended by present rulers", especially when "President General Pervez Musharraf is himself preparing to step down." "Nobody can send me on forced exile although murder of Munawar Suharwardi was a clear message for Benazir not to return home and for me to leave the country" he said while talking to newsmen at Central Jail Karachi on hearing of Mir Murataza Bhutto murder case. He claimed that when Benazir Bhutto decided to return back home in March 2004, MPA Abdullah Murad was brutally killed while one of his guard Abdullah Abbasi was also killed mysteriously. And in this month, when Benazir Bhutto intensified efforts to return back country, our beloved colleague Munawar Suharwardi was killed in broad daylight, he added. "Whoever killed Munawar Suharwardi, but we believe that government is behind his assassination and we have no expectations from present government for arrest of his assassins" he said and further said Munawar's killers will be brought to justice by next PPP government itself. (PPI) (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Taliban claim responsibility for attacks on U.S. in Afghanistan: ISLAMABAD, June 26: Afghanistan's ousted Taliban today claimed responsibility for attacks on four U.S. military vehicles in the eastern Kunar province, Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) told. Muhammad Ismail Khan, introducing himself as the Taliban military commander said the Taliban would intensify their operations against the U.S. troops who are hunting Taliban fighters in the country's eastern and southern provinces. (DPA) (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
Three Afghan poll workers killed, 17 hurt in blast: KABUL, June 26: Three women working to register voters for Afghanistan's elections were killed and 17 female election workers wounded when a blast wrecked their bus in the eastern city of Jalalabad today, police said. (Reuters) (Updated @ 11:00 PST)
At least 15 killed by car bomb in Iraqi town of Hilla: Al-Jazeera - DOHA, June 26: At least 15 people were killed and several more injured by a car bomb in the town of Hilla, south of the Iraqi capital, the Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera reported. (AFP) (Posted @ 23:40 PST)
Four dead, one wounded in attack on Iraqi Shiite party: BAQUBA, June 26: A group of armed men, including a suicide bomber, killed four people and injured two others today when they stormed the headquarters of a major Shiite political party in Iraqi city of Baquba, medical and party sources said. (AFP) (Updated @ 12:20 PST)
Zarqawi threatens to kill three Turks in Iraq: DOHA, June 26: A group lead by Jordanian militant, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, threatened to kill three Turkish hostages unless Ankara pulls its companies out of Iraq within 72 hours, in a video broadcast on Al-Jazeera television. (AFP) (Posted @ 23:40 PST)
Arafat commits to truce during Olympics: RAMALLAH, June 26: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat today told foreign diplomats he was committed to a truce during the August Olympics in Greece. "I announce our commitment to a truce during the Olympic game period ... hoping this will help to revive the old Greek ritual of creating a generation that enjoys peace," Arafat said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
At least six Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Nablus: NABLUS, June 26: Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire today during a search operation in Nablus, according to information from Palestinian and Israeli sources. All the dead were armed militants, mostly members of the radical Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades group, a cell linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah movement, a Palestinian medical source told AFP. The medical source said five of the Palestinians had been killed by Israeli forces early on Saturday evening. Earlier in the day, an Israeli army spokesman and Palestinian security sources reported another armed Palestinian had been killed. (AFP) (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Czech prime minister resigns: PRAGUE, June 26: Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla resigned today from his posts as head of government and head of the Social Democratic party, Czech CT television said. Spidla earlier Saturday only narrowly won a confidence vote within his party, which suffered a embarrassing rout in European Parliament elections earlier in the month. The move signals the downfall of the centre-left coalition government led by the Social Democrats (CSSD) since 2002. (AFP) (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Mubarak fine after surgery: health minister - CAIRO, June 26: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was "in good health" today after a morning operation in Germany for a slipped disc, Health Minister Mohammad Awad Tajeddin told state television from Munich. "President Mubarak has undergone surgery for a slipped disc between his fourth and fifth vertebras and is currently in the recovery room where he is already speaking after regaining consciousness," Tajeddin said. (AFP) (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
4 killed, 80 injured in bus collision: PINDI BHATTIAN, June 26: Four people including two women were killed and about 60 injured when a passenger bus rammed head-on into another bus in a bid to avoid rocks lying on the Pindi Bhattian-Chiniot road today. (APP) (Posted @ 12:20 PST)
3 Abu Sayyaf rebels killed in firefight with Philippines forces: ZAMBOANGA, June 26: Three Abu Sayyaf Moslem bandits were killed in a clash with government forces today in southern Philippines, a military official said. (DPA) (Posted @ 12:20 PST)
Two Palestinian youths killed as Israeli army continues Nablus operation: NABLUS, June 26: Violence in the northern West Bank left two Palestinian youths dead and several others wounded today as UN human rights experts called for an international protection force to be set up in the Palestinian territories. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
Six rebels killed in latest violence in Indonesia's Aceh: BANDA ACEH, June 26: Indonesian troops shot dead six rebels in the latest violence in Aceh province, the military said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:40 PST)
Three bombs explode at Myanmar rail station: YANGON, June 26: Three bombs exploded around the main railway station in the capital of military-ruled Myanmar today morning but there were no casualties, officials said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 12:25 PST)
Militants kill 12 in occupied Kashmir: NEW DELHI, June 26: At least 12 people were killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir on the eve of India-Pakistan talks on the Kashmir issue, police said today. (Reuters) (Updated @ 13:55 PST)
Moderate quakes jolt southern Iran: TEHERAN, June 26: Two moderate quakes jolted Iranian city of Dogonbadan, the official news agency IRNA reported today. The two earthquakes with the magnitudes of 4.7 and 3.6 on Richter scale shook the capital of Kohkiluye-Boyerahmad Province, according to the agency reported. (DPA) (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
ForEx Market Update: KARACHI, June 26: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 58.65 to the US Dollar in the open market. The country's stock exchanges are closed today. (Bureau Report) (Posted @ 09:30 PST)   Editor: Tahir Mirza The DAWN Group of Newspapers Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan. Phone:+92 (21) 111-444-777 Fax: +92 (21) 568-3188 webmaster@dawn.com Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version. |
|
|
|||
|
Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2004 |
