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| November 7, 2005 | Monday | Shawwal 4, 1426 |
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Passports issued to Nawaz Sharif, family Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 07(PPI): The Pakistani Consul General in Jeddah on Monday issued passports to ex-premier Nawaz Sharif and 15 members of his family, well-placed sources said. They said that the passports were issued on the basis of old national identity cards. The number of Nawaz Sharif's passport is KF-438248, while the number of Kalsoom Nawaz's passport is KF-438249. These passports were issued for a duration of five years. The sources said that the passports were issued after the government of Pakistan decided to set aside rules of presenting new computerized national identity cards of NADRA for issuance of passport, as a special case. They said that in the past no one had been issued passports on old national identity cards, and the case of Nawaz Sharif family was decided on special grounds. The sources said that on Tuesday Nawaz’s family would apply for the UK visa and they might go to London within the next 24 hours. (Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Commercial banks allowed opening branches in India and Pakistan: SBP KARACHI, NOV 7 (APP) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) agreed for granting permission to open two branches of banks from India in Pakistan and two branches of banks from Pakistan in India, on a reciprocal basis. SBP announced here Monday that the specific banks to be permitted to open the branches would be mutually agreed upon by the RBI and the SBP keeping in view their respective regulatory policies and procedures. RBI and SBP would decide the licensing of subsequent or additional branches of the banks for their operation in each others country as per their policy and licensing norms applicable to foreign banks from time to time. (Posted @ 19:25 PST)
Cricket-Vaughan injured but England's batting improves LAHORE, Nov 7 (Reuters) Captain Michael Vaughan retired hurt with a knee injury as England set Pakistan 'A' a victory target of 245 on the second day of their three-day tour match. Pakistan 'A' were on 31 for one wicket at close of play on Monday with Imran Farhat unbeaten on 12 and Shahid Nazir on nought. England made 256 with a much improved batting performance after being dismissed for 126 in their first innings. Vaughan left the field after facing just one ball and had a scan on his knee, the results of which should be known by Tuesday. (Posted @ 19:20 PST)
Blair climbs down on 90-day detention for security suspects LONDON, Nov 7, 2005 (AFP) British Prime Minister Tony Blair reluctantly accepted Monday he would have to back down on proposed anti-terror laws that would enable police to hold people for up to 90 days without charging them. Home Secretary Charles Clarke, announcing what amounts to a climb-down, said however that the new time limit would not be as short as the 28 days sought by critics of the new Terrorism Bill, which faces a parliamentary vote Wednesday. (Posted @ 20:25 PST)
17 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Indian held Kashmir Jammu, Indian held Kashmir, Nov.07 (PPI): The Indian Border Security Force(BSF) on Monday apprehended 17 Bangladeshi nationals when they tried to cross over to Pakistan via the international border in the RS Pura sector of Occupied Kashmir, a BSF spokesman said. Those arrested include four women and three children. (Posted @ 20:15 PST)
Serbs offer Kosovo own household under same roof BELGRADE, Nov 7 (Reuters) Serbia told Russia on Monday that it had no intention of trying to re-impose its will on Kosovo Albanians but could not allow them to change Serbia's borders by declaring the province independent. Talks to determine Kosovo's "final status" were due to start later this month, conducted by newly appointed U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari. Serbian President Boris Tadic warned that major powers might impose a solution if the two sides fail to agree. (Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Indian foreign minister stands down over Iraq report NEW DELHI, Nov 7 (Reuters) India's foreign minister stood aside on Monday amid a growing political storm after he was named in an independent report into irregularities in the United Nations' oil-for-food programme for Iraq. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will take over Natwar Singh's duties ahead of a key regional summit in Bangladesh this weekend, a spokesman for the prime minister said, adding Natwar Singh would remain in the cabinet pending the outcome of inquiries. Manmohan Singh would attend the Dhaka summit as planned, the spokesman added. Natwar Singh has denied any wrongdoing and any involvement in oil deals with Iraq. A government statement said he asked the prime minister to relieve him of his portfolio. (Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Car bomb kills nine Iraqis in south Baghdad BAGHDAD, Nov 7 (Reuters) A suicide car bomber killed nine people, including six Iraqi policemen, in the southern Dora district of Baghdad on Monday, police said. A further 10 people were wounded in the attack which targeted a police patrol in the area. The attack came a few hours after mortar bombs killed four people and wounded six more near a university in the east of the capital. (Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Bangladesh ferry with 150 aboard sinks at sea DHAKA, Nov 7 (Reuters) At least 70 people were missing after a ferry capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Monday while sailing to Chittagong port in Bangladesh from a nearby island, police said. One child was found dead but rescuers pulled out about 80 other passengers alive after M.V. Madina went down with around 150 people on board, police officials said. (Posted @ 20:05 PST)
Hunting of migratory birds banned in Badin after rumours of mysterious disease Badin, November 07, (PPI): After reports of mysterious death of migratory birds at various lakes and ponds of Badin district, a District Game Warden official Monday completely banned gaming and hunting of water birds in all waters of Badin. This step was taken after hundreds of migratory birds including water ducks, mallards, swans and cranes belonging to Siberian areas were reportedly found dead at lakes and ponds of Badin at Nirriri, Shakoor, Shekhani Gharri, Ahmed Rajo, Zero Point and other areas. The news of these mysterious deaths of birds has created panic and fear amongst these villagers and hunters, as international media warns of bird flu in Asia. (Posted @ 18:05 PST)
Azeri ruling party wins parliamentary poll: election commission BAKU, Nov 7 (AFP) - Azerbaijan's ruling party has taken just over half the seats in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results, the Central Election Commission said on Monday. With 50 percent of ballots from Sunday's vote counted, the Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party won 64 of 125 seats, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) said. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Azerbaijan vote did not meet international norms: OSCE BAKU, Nov 7 (Agencies) Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan Sunday did not meet international standards, election observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Monday. A US-funded exit poll also contested the official results of parliamentary elections in former Soviet Azerbaijan in which elections officials Monday gave the ruling party a crushing victory. A tabulation of 46 out of 65 constituencies sampled in a 1.5 million-dollar USAID-funded poll, showed that there were at least nine districts in which the exit polls and official results differed. (Posted @ 17:35 PST)
Global energy resources sufficient until 2030: IEA PARIS, Nov 7 (AFP) The world has enough energy until 2030 at least on current trends and despite an expected surge of demand and on condition that there is sufficient investment in the supply chain, the International Energy Agency said Monday. Two thirds of a more than 50-percent rise in energy demand in next 25 years would come from developing countries, the IEA predicted in its World Energy Outlook report for 2005. Demand is foreseen coming to 16.3 billion tonnes of oil equivalent by 2030, an estimated 5.5 billion more tonnes than is consumed at present, according to the IEA's "reference scenario" based on current trends. The agency warned that the energy sector would require investment worth about 17 trillion dollars (14.3 trillion euros) between now and then, about half of it in developing countries. (Posted @ 17:35 PST)
Saddam defence wants trial abroad to ensure safety AMMAN, Nov 7 (Reuters) Saddam Hussein's defence lawyers on Monday called for his trial to be moved abroad to protect their lives after growing threats since the murder of a colleague. A defence lawyer said moving Saddam and his aides abroad was the only way to protect the defendants and their lawyers, adding "the growing intimidation and threats against them will never allow the trial to be fair". It said the defence team had received no word from the court or the government guaranteeing its safety since the murder of a defence lawyer a day after his court appearance at the start of the trial on Oct. 19. (Posted @ 17:20 PST)
Iraq reconciliation conference to be delayed BAGHDAD, Nov 7 (Reuters) An Iraqi national reconciliation conference sponsored by the Arab League will be delayed by at least a few days as officials try to lure more participants to boost the chances of success, Iraqi officials said on Monday. The summit was due to begin on Nov. 15 but Iraqi officials ruled out that date. (Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Myanmar moving capital from Yangon: minister YANGON, Nov 7 (AFP) Myanmar's military rulers are moving the capital from Yangon to the town of Pyinmana, the information minister, Brigadier General Kyaw Hsan, said Monday. (Posted @ 15:10 PST)
Bird flu could cost rich nations $550 billion: World Bank GENEVA, Nov 7 (Reuters) The World Bank said on Monday a human influenza pandemic sparked by the deadly Asian strain of bird flu could cost industrialised economies $550 billion. In a report on the bird flu threat, it said previous studies on flu pandemics had suggested that any new pandemic could cause between 100,000 and 200,000 human deaths in the United States alone, which it said translated into economic losses for the country of between $100 billion to $200 billion. "If we extrapolate from the U.S. to all high income countries, there could be a present value loss of $550 billion. The loss for the world would of course be significantly larger, because of the impact in the developing world," the World Bank said in a report. (Posted @ 15:05 PST)
WHO to probe possible China human bird flu case BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters) The World Health Organisation confirmed on Monday it would help probe a possible human case of bird flu in China, where 6 million birds were culled in an area hit by the country's fourth outbreak of the virus in a month. China has yet to report any human cases of bird flu but said on Sunday it would invite WHO experts to investigate three suspicious cases of pneumonia in the southern province of Hunan, the site of one of the recent outbreaks among birds. (Posted @ 15:05 PST)
Marxists throng air base as India and US prepare for air exercises KALAIKUNDA, India, Nov 7 (AFP) Tens of thousands of Communist activists thronged a military air base Monday to protest at joint exercises by the Indian and US air forces, witnesses said. The Communist Party of India-Marxist, a key legislative ally of the Congress party-led national government, insists the war games were part of an American ploy to set up military bases in the country. The protesters shouted anti-US slogans and torched cloth-and-bamboo effigies of President George W. Bush at Kalaikunda where India's Russian-made MiG-29 and MiG-21 jets and US F-16 fighters raced across the skies at the start of the 13 days of mock battles. (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
Iraqi President implores Italy to keep troops in Iraq ROME, Nov 7 (AFP) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani implored Italy to keep its troops in his country, saying in a letter published in Monday's La Stampa newspaper that their withdrawal would be a "disaster." Talabani wrote "neither you nor the free and democratic world can allow yourselves to abandon the cause of democracy and leave Iraq to the terrorists." Italy has some 3,000 soldiers in southern Iraq near Nasiriyah, despite the opposition of most of the Italian people. (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
Turkish PM links Muslim scarf ban to French riots ANKARA, Nov 7 (AFP) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has linked the ban on the wearing of Muslim head scarves in French schools to the unrest inflaming poor suburbs of French cities, according to a press report Monday. In an interview with Milliyet newspaper, Erdogan said the law banning the hijab in schools had contributed to migrants' sense of exclusion and "stirred up" the violence. "We have always defended the alliance of civilisations (between the Islamic world and the West) and to demonstrate how the accession of Turkey to the European Union was important in this respect. But some did not want to understand, above all the French," Erdogan said. Since the troubles broke out in Paris on October 27, more than 5,000 vehicles have been set on fire and police have made more than 1,000 arrests. (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
French rioters shoot at police, Chirac vows action GRIGNY, France, Nov 7 (Reuters) More than 30 police were hurt and 800 vehicles burned in France's poor suburbs as unrest spread and intensified for an 11th night despite a vow by President Jacques Chirac to defeat it. In Grigny, south of Paris, youths lured police into a housing estate and attacked them with pellet guns. The police union Action Police CFTC urged the government on Monday to impose a curfew on the riot-hit areas and call in the army to control the youths, many of whom are French-born citizens of Arab or African origin complaining of racial discrimination. (Posted @ 14:30 PST)
US Marine, 17 insurgents dead in west Iraq assault BAGHDAD, Nov 7 (Reuters) U.S. and Iraqi forces killed at least 17 insurgents as they swept through a town on the Syrian border and one U.S. Marine was killed, the military and reporters in the town said on Monday. On the third day of Operation Steel Curtain in Qusayba in western Iraq, the U.S. military said troops were moving through the town, whose 30,000 residents appear mostly to have fled, clearing out insurgents in house-to-house searches. (Posted @ 14:25 PST)
Afghan governor survives suicide attack KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov 7 (AFP) - A suicide bomber tried to kill the governor of a volatile southern Afghanistan province Monday by blowing up an explosives-filled vehicle as the official was going to work, officials said. The attacker detonated the explosives as Helmand governor Sher Mohammad left his vehicle to enter his office in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, his spokesman Mohammad Wali said. The governor was not hurt in the attack. The bomber survived but lost both his arms and both his legs, Wali said. This year has been the worst for insurgency-linked violence since the fall of the Taliban, with about 1,400 people killed, most of them militants. (Posted @ 11:20 PST)
Tight security measures over Indo-Bangladesh border. Dhaka, Oct. 07, (APP): Bangladesh has imposed tight security over its border with India in a bid to avert the intrusion of terrorists during SAARC Summit starting November 12 in Dhaka, Home Ministry sources informed. (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 224.84 points: KARACHI, November 07: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 8661.46, up 224.84 points from Wedesday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:30 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, November 07: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.85 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:30 PST)
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