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Government says will go ahead with pipeline with or without India: DAVOS, Jan 28: Government said today that it would press ahead with a gas pipeline project even if India refused or was unable to join the plan. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that the pipeline, an energy corridor linking Pakistan and India with Iran, Qatar and the Middle East, would also bring a political dividend by helping create interdependent relations between the two nuclear neighbours. But he told a breakfast meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Pakistan would need to import much more gas over the next few years just to meet its own needs. (AFP) (Posted @ 13:55 PST) 
Pakistan pleads for "consensus approach" to decide UN reforms: UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28: Pakistan has urged the international community "to adopt consensus approach" in reaching decisions about the UN reforms. "One divisive vote for example on Security Council expansion will lead to other votes on other sensitive or divisive issues before us." Such divisions, Pakistan's Permanant Represenative to the United Nations Munir Akram said, will derail the entire reform process, further discredit the United Nations, "and frustrate even the objectives of those who aspire to acquire the label of new permanent members of the Security Council." (APP) (Posted @ 14:30 PST)
Police Arrest 23 Terror Suspects: QUETTA, Jan 28: Police arrested 23 Afghans in raids in Quetta on suspicion of links with Taliban and Osama bin Laden network, officials said today. The suspects, who included a former deputy governor and ex-police chief in Kabul, were captured from three neighborhoods of the city late Thursday and were being interrogated, said Chaudhry Mohammed Yaqub, the police chief in southwestern Baluchistan province. He said the detainees had held "important positions during Taliban's tenure" in Afghanistan and "we suspect that some of them have close links with al-Qaida." Yaqub said the suspects were rounded up in coordinated raids, launched after a tip that terror suspects were hiding in the neighborhoods of Kharotabad, Pashtun Abad and Nawan Kili. "We have also heard that these people were involved in conspiracies against the Afghan government," he said. Yaqub identified three of the suspects as Mullah Abdur Razzaq, Mullah Sher Dil and Mufti Rehmat Ullah. Also among the detainees were former Kabul police chief, Mullah Ibrahim, and Mullah Khush Dil, a former deputy governor of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, a security official said on condition of anonymity. However, Mullah Hakim Latifi, who claims he speaks for the Taliban, denied that any of their former government officials or Taliban leaders had been arrested in Quetta. (AP/APP) (Updated @ 20:00 PST)
Cricket: Lara leads West Indies to big win - MELBOURNE, Jan 28: Brian Lara cracked his 19th century in one-day internationals to help West Indies beat Pakistan by 58 runs in their triangular series match at Adelaide Oval today. Pakistan batted strongly to make 281 for nine in reply but still fell well short of their target. The result lifted West Indies above Pakistan into second place in the series standings behind Australia....Score Card (Reuters) (Updated @ 12:10 PST)
One of the two kidnapped judges recovered in Larkana: KARACHI, Jan 28: Abdul Wahab Abbasi, one of the two judges kidnapped on December 04, 2004 from Larkana, was recovered safely today. When asked why the other judge was still in custody of the kidnappers, the home minister said," The other Judge Mr. Channa would also be recovered." To a query as to why only one judge was released, he said that both the judges were reportedly kept at separate places. (PPI) (Posted @ 13:55 PST)
Three arrested in Balochistan in doctor rape case: QUETTA, Jan 28: Three employees of gas field in Balochistan were arrested today for destroying evidence linked to an alleged rape of a doctor, police said. The trio, a manager, a chief medical officer and his deputy were arrested in Sibi, after a judge cancelled their interim bail, senior police officer Ghulam Mahmood told AFP. "We have arrested three employees (of gas field) for destroying and concealing the evidence linked to assault on a lady doctor," a senior police officer Ghulam Mahmood told AFP. (AFP) (Posted @ 13:55 PST)
Al-Zarqawi Associates Arrested in Iraq : BAGHDAD,Jan 28: Authorities in Iraq have arrested two close associates of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, including the chief of the terror mastermind's Baghdad operation, the government said today. Insurgents, meanwhile, targeted more polling sites across the country, and a suicide car bomber killed four policemen in the capital. U.S. fighter jets thundered through the skies over Baghdad throughout the morning in a show of force against the militants. American troops and insurgents exchanged fire on a major Baghdad thoroughfare. The crackle of gunfire could be heard over the noon call to prayer. Qassim Dawoud, a top security adviser, told reporters that the arrests of the al-Zarqawi lieutenants occurred in mid-January but gave few details. Dawoud said one of the men, Salah Suleiman al-Loheibi, headed al-Zarqawi's Baghdad operation and had met with the Jordanian-born terror leader more than 40 times over three months. The other was identified as Ali Hamad Yassin al-Issawi. (Guardian) (Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Iraq's historic first democratic election begins in Australia, UAE: SYDNEY/DUBAI, Jan 28: Iraqi exiles living in Australia and New Zealand went to polling stations amid tight security today to become the first to vote in their country's historic national elections. More than 11,800 exiles living in Australia registered for the elections, from 40,000 eligible to vote, to be among the 14 million Iraqis expected to vote in Iraq's first attempt at democracy. Polling centers opened today in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for nearly 12,600 registered Iraqis to cast their ballots in a three-day voting process for Iraq's landmark elections. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Oil slick covers Baghdad river: BAGHDAD, Jan 28: A slick of oil covered the Tigris river running through Baghdad today after an oil pipeline was blown up north of the capital. The pipeline was sabotaged at Al-Fatha, near the troubled city of Baiji, five days ago and the crude oil has since been flowing down the Tigris toward Baghdad, an oil ministry official told AFP. (APP/AFP) (Posted @ 14:30 PST)
Palestinians start deploying police in south of Gaza Strip: GAZA CITY, Jan 28: The Palestinian security services today began deploying thousands of police officers in the south of the Gaza Strip, beginning with the village of Deir el-Balah, security officials said. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:30 PST)
Violence grips northern Bangladesh after killing of former minister: DHAKA, Jan 28: Street violence continued in parts of northeastern Bangladesh today following an overnight grenade attack on an opposition rally which left four people dead, including a former finance minister and his nephew, local officials said. Shops and other businesses were set ablaze and vehicles smashed while armed hoodlums ransacked the offices of rival political parties on the second day of violence across the northeastern region. (DPA) (Posted @ 14:30 PST)
Forty rebels killed in Philippine airstrikes: ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan 28: Forty rebels, including two Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants, were killed in a Philippine military air assault on their hideout in a southern province, an official said today. (DPA) (Posted @ 12:00 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 154.70 points: KARACHI, Jan 28: At close for trading the KSE-100 index was at 6798.12, down 154.70 points from Thursday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.35 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:30 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. |
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