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| September 9, 2005 | Friday | Sha’aban 4, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Pakistan, India to finalise Iran gas pipeline agreement by year-end ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (AFP) - Pakistan and India Friday agreed to finalise a framework agreement by the end of the year to build a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline from Iran, officials said. The Indian side will prepare the draft trilateral agreement to be discussed in New Delhi in the second week of November, a joint statement said.The statement came at the end of two days of talks between the secretaries of the two countries' petroleum ministries.(Posted @ 22:00 PST)
People observed complete, peaceful strike: MMA, ARD leaders ISLAMABAD,Sept 09. The general strike call given by the combined opposition was by and large affective and peaceful with the opposition terming as complete success and the government declaring it a flop, the leaders of the opposition parties including Qazi Hussain Ahmed , Mukhdoom Amin Fahim, Maluana Fazl-ul-Rehman and others headed a rally in Islamabad and reiterating resolve to countinue the campaign till the acceptance of their demand, the strike call was given by ARD (Alliance for resolution of Democracy), there main demands are : restoration of the Constitution , formation of an independent election commission, end of to army’s interference in national policies.According to reports the main markets and shopping areas in major citites Karachi, Lahore, Peshawer, Quetta etc. remained closed, public transport was thin, and attendance in Schools was very short. No reports of any major incident was receive from any part of the country and Professor Ghafoor Ahmed Niab Amir (Vice President Jamiat-e-Islami) called it a hall mark of the peaceful strike.(Posted @ 21:30 PST)
Five Kurdish rebels killed in clashes in Turkey DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 9 (AFP) - Five Kurdish rebels have been killed in clashes with Turkish security forces in the east of the country, officials said Friday.Four militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), one of them a woman, were shot dead in a rural area in the mountainous province of Tunceli, an official from the local governor's office said.(Posted @ 20:45 PST)
More than 200 held in anti-monarchy protests in Nepal KATHMANDU, Sept 9 (AFP) - More than 200 people were arrested in the Nepalese capital and the southwestern town of Mahendranagar Friday, the sixth day of anti-monarchy protests, police and party officials said.Police said 149 demonstrators had been rounded up in Kathmandu during afternoon protests in the popular Bhotahity and Baneswore market areas against the king's February seizure of power in the Himalayan kingdom (Posted @ 20:30 PST)
India to free 152 Pakistani prisoners NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - India said on Friday it will release 152 Pakistani prisoners next week as part of a peace process between the neighbours. The prisoners, 51 of whom are fishermen, would be handed over to Pakistani authorities at the Wagah border point in northern Punjab state on Sept. 12.(Posted @ 19:20 PST)
Cricket-Australia reach 112-0 at tea v England (373) LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Australia were 112 without loss at tea in reply to England's first innings total of 373 on the second day of the fifth and final Ashes test at The Oval on Friday.(Posted @ 19:15 PST)
Indian border guards kill three Bangladeshis DHAKA, Sept 9 (AFP) - Three Bangladeshi villagers were killed by Indian border guards early Friday after they had strayed across the border near the eastern Bangladesh town of Akhaura, an official said."They were killed by BSF (Border Security Force) early this morning after they crossed into Indian territory from their border village of Hirapur," said Bangladesh Rifles deputy commanding officer Shaikh Mahmudul Haq.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Australia A arrive in Pakistan for five-match tour LAHORE, Pakistan, Sept 9 (AFP) - An 11-member Australia A cricket squad arrived in Pakistan for a five-match tour early Friday, the first tour by any Australian team in seven years.(Posted @ 18:45 PST)
Occupied Kashmir: Geelani under house arrest Srinagar, Sept 09 (PPI) The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani was placed under house arrest by the State government of the occupied kashmir.He was detained at his residence on the eve of a strike call given by him as a protest against the arrests and subsequent booking under public safety act (PSA) of Dukhtaran-e-Milat (DM) chief Syeda Asiya Andrabi, seven activists of her organisation and a driver.(Posted @ 18:15 PST)
Mumbai again hit by heavy rain, traffic affected MUMBAI, Sept 9 (AFP) - Heavy rains Friday flooded streets and brought rail traffic to a standstill in parts of India's main financial city, Mumbai, still recovering from a deluge six weeks ago that killed more than 400 people.A sense of panic spread across portions of the city after streets started to waterlog, evoking memories of July 26, when 944.2 millimeters (37.1 inches) of rain fell in a one-day period and tens of thousands of commuters were forced to walk home for hours in waist-deep water.(Posted @ 18:15 PST)
UAE denies opening of Israeli mission Islamabad,September 09 (PPI) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has absolutely denied the rumours of opening Israeli diplomatic Mission in Dubai.A statement of the UAE Embassy issued here Friday in this connection denied the News which Israeli media has been circulating during the past few days about the opening of an Israeli diplomatic mission in Dubai.The statement said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies these false reports completely and assures that the UAE is entirely committed to the Arab peace initiatives announced in the Beirut and Algerian summits, which attaches the normalization of relations with Israel with the recognition of the legal rights of the Palestinian people,including their right to create their independent state with the AL-Quds as its Capital.(Posted @ 17:45 PST)
PTCL's management transfer process to be completed this month, Hafeez tells NA ISLAMABAD, Sep 9 (APP): The management transfer process of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited is expected to be completed during this month, said Minister for Privatization and Investment, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh. During question hour in the National Assembly here on Friday, he said the government has privatized 26 per cent shares of PTCL and intends to privatize Carrier Telephone Industries (CTI) and Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) in the telecom sector.He said in the oil sector, Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) are proposed to be privatized during the next one year. Answering another question, he said 21 privatization transactions are envisaged to be undertaken during the current fiscal year.(Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Saudi Arabia seizes smuggled ammunition RIYADH, Sept 9 (Reuters) Saudi Arabia has seized 190,000 rounds of ammunition smuggled from neighbouring Kuwait in a truck, Al-Jazira newspaper said on Friday.The consignment was intercepted in the northern Hafr al-Batin province after a tip-off from a Saudi woman, the paper said. (Posted @ 17:10 PST)
Three dead, seven hurt in Russian coal mine blast MOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reuters) A methane blast at a coal mine in southern Siberia killed three people and injured seven, Russian media reported on Friday.The blast ripped through the mine at Anzhero-Sudzhensk, a town in the Kemerovo region, late on Thursday, the Interfax news agency reported.First reports said one man was killed but that figure rose to three on Friday.(Posted @ 17:00 PST)
A batch of Pakistani troops returns from UN Mission KARACHI, Sept 9 (APP) A batch of Pakistani contingent of troops from United Nations Mission in Congo returned here Friday morning. First batch of approximately two hundred troops of an infantry battalion have reported after completing the UN mission successfully.The last batch is expected by end of this month to complete the relief and repartition operation of Pakistani troops in UN Mission (Posted @ 16:50 PST)
French president leaves hospital PARIS, Sept 9 (AFP) - French President Jacques Chirac on Friday left the Paris hospital where he was treated for a "vascular incident." The 72-year-old president appeared in good health as he walked with doctors in the courtyard of the Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris.(Posted @ 15:55 PST)
Indian troops kill three suspected militants along LoC SRINAGAR, Sept 9 (AFP) Indian troops early Friday shot dead three suspected militants along the Line of Control (LoC) when they tried to snuck into occupied Kashmir's Poonch district, a police spokesman said. (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Four Iraqi illegal immigrants killed in road accident in Greece ATHENS, Sept 9 (AFP) Four Iraqi illegal immigrants were killed and 20 injured, two seriously, on Friday when the truck transporting them crashed in northern Greece, the Macedonian Press Agency reported. (Posted @ 14:37 PST)
PM assures to enhance pace of development projects ISLAMABAD, Sep 9 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday reiterated the commitment of the government to expedite the pace of development projects to provide basic needs of life at grass roots level as early as possible. Addressing a delegation from Attock, here at Prime Minister House, the Prime Minister said development projects would be completed without delay so that the people would have the basic amenities like clean drinking water, electricity, better sewerage system, education and health facilities besides job opportunities. (Posted @ 14:33 PST)
Official death toll in Hurricane Katrina aftermath exceeds 300 NEW ORLEANS, Sept 9 (Reuters) With President George W.Bush promising to speed help to anxious and frustrated survivors, the official death count from Hurricane Katrina exceeded 300 on Friday. (Posted @ 13:10 PST)
British envoy walks out on Mahathir’s rights speech KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Reuters) Britain's envoy to Malaysia, Bruce Cleghorn, walked out “in disgust” on a speech by former premier Mahathir Mohamad on Friday after he accused Britain and its U.S. ally of murdering Iraqis at a human-rights conference. In his speech, Mahathir said that before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, U.N. economic sanctions led to the deaths of around 500,000 infants. "At the time this was happening where were the people who were concerned with human rights?" he asked. "Did they expose the abuses of Britain and America? Did they protest against their own government? No," he deplored. (Posted @ 13:09 PST)
Sri Lankan presidential vote likely on Nov.16-21 COLOMBO, Sept 9 (Reuters) Sri Lanka's upcoming presidential election is likely to be held between Nov. 16 and Nov. 21, a source at the island's elections secretariat said on Friday. The two main candidates, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe, were both waiting for the election commissioner to formally invite nominations and announce the poll date before publishing their manifestos, which were in turn keenly awaited by investors. (Posted @ 13:00 PST)
North Korea says "no" to food handouts: UN officials SEOUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) North Korea no longer wanted direct emergency food handouts from aid agencies to battle its chronic food shortages but instead was seeking development assistance, U.N. officials and a South Korean official said on Friday. North Korea says it wants all humanitarian food assistance from international agencies to end by the end of this year, U.N. officials added. (Posted @ 12:58 PST)
Egyptian papers say Mubarak ahead with 80 pct CAIRO, Sept 9 (Reuters) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won between 69 and 98 percent of the vote depending on the province in the country's first contested presidential elections, state newspapers said on Friday. The overall average, in votes already counted, was more than 80 percent for Mubarak, al-Gomhuria said. Ayman Nour of the liberal Ghad (Tomorrow) Party came second in all but one of 22 provinces, ahead of Wafd Party candidate Noman Gomaa, the state daily al-Ahram said. (Posted @ 12:55 PST)
Baghdad airport closed in row over unpaid bills BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (Reuters) The British company that polices Baghdad's airport closed it to passengers on Friday for the second time in three months, in another attempt to force the Iraqi government to pay what it said were months of unpaid bills,a senior spokesman for Iraq's Transport Ministry confirmed. The spokesman did not say how long the stoppage would last. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)s
Two killed, one injured in Taiwan military arsenal blast TAIPEI, Sept 9 (AFP) Two servicemen were killed and one critically injured on Friday in an explosion at a military arsenal in southern Taiwan, the defense ministry said. (Posted @ 11:39 PST)
Israel suspends demolition of Gaza synagogues JERUSALEM, Sept 9 (AFP) Israel's Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz announced Friday that he had ordered troops to suspend the demolition of synagogues in former Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip until the government takes a decision on Sunday. Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light for the army to destroy all of the 20 synagogues in Gaza. (Posted @ 09:55 Updated @ 11:37 PST)
Bangladeshi police seize more bombs; more arms seized from Myanmar rebels DHAKA, Sept 9 (Reuters) About 200 small bombs and a stockpile of bomb-making material from a factory were seized in Dhaka as police continued hunting for suspects of last month's serial blasts, Bangladeshi police official said on Friday. Meanwhile troops seized rifles and ammunition, amongst many other types of weapons, believed to have been hidden by Myanmar rebels in a forest between the two countries, a senior border security official said. (Posted @ 11:27 PST)
Militants free slain Arafat cousin's son GAZA CITY, Sept 9 (AFP) Militants who assassinated local strongman Mussa Arafat, cousin of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, on Thursday freed the slain man's son whom they had abducted after the murder, a source said. The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) had killed Mussa on Wednesday for collaborating with Israel in its assassinations of Palestinian leaders. (Posted @ 10:12 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 5.04 points: KARACHI, September 09: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 7,889.25 up 5.04 points from Thursday’s close. (Bureau Report) (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, September 09: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.00 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:10 PST)
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