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| October 09, 2006 | Monday | Ramazan 15, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Pakistan 'deplores' North Korean nuclear test ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (AFP) Pakistan said Monday it deplored North Korea's nuclear bomb test and warned that it would destabilise the region. Pakistan's foreign office also denied there was any link between the test and nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. "Pakistan deplores the announcement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that it has carried out a nuclear test," foreign office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told reporters. "We had urged the DPRK to desist from introducing nuclear weapons in the Korean peninsula," Aslam said. "It is regrettable that DPRK chose to ignore the advice by the international community not to conduct the test." She said that stalled six-nation talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programme should have been used to convince North Korea not to carry out the test and added that "all countries in the region should exercise restraint." Aslam also defended Pakistan's own nuclear record. "Pakistan did not initiate nuclear tests in the region. We were acting purely in self-defence," she said. Unlike South Asia in 1998, "the Korean peninsula was a nuclear-free zone," she said. "It is going to have a chain reaction that nobody wants. We are talking about it because of its ramifications on international peace and security." Aslam said there was no connection between the North Korean test and the activities of nuclear scientist Khan. "There is absolutely no link between the nuclear test conducted by North Korea or what might have gone on between Doctor A.Q. Khan and the North Korean government," Aslam said. "North Korea's programme is plutonium-based and Pakistan's is mainly uranium-based." (First Posted@ 13:05 PST Updated @ 16:40 PST)
World condemns NKorea's nuclear test BEIJING, Oct 9 (AFP) China and the United States led condemnation around the world Monday after North Korea conducted its first nuclear test, slamming the move as provocative and demanding a tough UN response. China expressed its "resolute opposition" to the "brazen" test, carried out early Monday. The White House condemned it as a "provocative act" and called for immediate action by the UN Security Council, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the move unpardonable. Britain's Foreign Office likewise condemned it as a "highly provocative" act and vowed the international community would "respond robustly". “China strongly demands the DPRK side to undertake its commitments to the non-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and stop all actions that can lead to the deterioration of the situation," a Chinese foreign ministry statement said. China also urged North Korea to return to six-party talks aimed at reining in Pyongyang's nuclear program. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said "North Korea's nuclear weapons test can never be pardonable. But we should collect and analyze more intelligence on the matter in a cool-headed manner." South Korea accused North Korea of "trampling on the international community's expectations for resolving the nuclear issue peacefully”. "North Korea's behaviour is a grave threat to peace and stability, not only in the Korean peninsula but also in Northeast Asia," presidential spokesman Yoon Tae-Young said. (Posted @ 12:40 PST)
North Korea conducts first nuclear test SEOUL, Oct 9 (AFP) North Korea conducted its first ever nuclear test Monday at Hwadaeri near Kilju at 10:36 am, Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency announced Monday. It said the test was carried out safely and successfully. "The nuclear test was conducted by 100 percent of our wisdom and technology…our science and research centre safely and successfully conducted an underground nuclear test on October 9, 2006," the agency said, adding that there was no leakage of radioactive matter. (Posted @ 08:30 PST)
South Korea's Ban nominated as next U.N. leader UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (Reuters) South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon was formally nominated by the U.N. Security Council on Monday as the world body's next United Nations secretary-general, Japan announced. The 192-member U.N. General Assembly is expected to endorse Ban later this month as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations since 1946 to replace Kofi Annan of Ghana, who ends 10 years in office on Dec. 31. (Posted @ 19:28 PST)
Cricket-Pakistani board official Abbas Zaidi quits LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 9 (AFP) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director of operations Abbas Zaidi resigned Monday. "Abbas Zaidi has resigned and we have accepted his resignation," newly appointed PCB chief Nasim Ashraf told reporters after a meeting of the board in Lahore. Ashraf said that Inzamam would captain Pakistan against the West Indies, who are set to tour here in November and December for three Tests and five one-day internationals. "Inzamam will lead Pakistan in the home series against the West Indies because Younis was only appointed for the Champions Trophy," he said. (Posted @ 21:44 PST)
President Musharraf convenes meeting to review progress ISLAMABAD, Oct 09 (Agencies): A high level meeting was held here under President General Pervez Musharraf Monday to review a set of issues including the overall law and order situation of the country, and the upcoming general elections. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, and other close aides also attended the meeting. (Posted @ 22:34 PST)
Normalcy returning to quake-hit areas: PM Aziz ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday addressed the AJK Council meeting at the Prime Minister's House Monday. He reiterated the government's commitment towards the cause of the people of Kashmir, and said the process of composite dialogue with India to resolve all outstanding issues would continue. Giving details of the pledges made at the donor's conference, Aziz said a total amount of $6.7 billion was committed, out of which $2.7 billion was in the form of grants and $4 billion as loans. The prime minister said from the grants portion $1.7 billion was spent mostly in the relief and rescue phase, while the remaining amount of $1 billion would be spent on the rehabilitation and rebuilding phase. He said loans amounting to $2 billion have been negotiated, $1.4 billion were currently being negotiated and the government has declined the offers of $600 million as the terms and conditions on these loans were not favourable. He said that total estimates for reconstruction have increased from the initial estimates, adding that funding will be arranged as and when required. He added the government would continue to disburse the funds continuously. (First Posted @ 17:34 PST Updated @ 21:52 PST)
11 Kashmiri protestors detained SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Oct 9 (AP) Police on Monday detained nearly a dozen protestors demonstrating against the execution of a Kashmiri man, Afzal Guru, convicted of plotting a deadly attack on India's Parliament. Nearly 70 supporters of the Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) scuffled with police after they were prevented from marching through Srinagar. Eleven protesters were detained, police said. (Posted @ 21:48 PST)
India appoints new envoy to Pakistan NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (AP) Satyabrata Pal, India's top envoy to South Africa, was appointed Monday as India's new high commissioner to Pakistan ahead of the resumption of official-level talks aimed at settling their decades-old dispute over Kashmir. Pal is expected to take up his assignment shortly, India's External Affairs Ministry said in a statement. He succeeds Shiv Shankar Menon, who has become India's new foreign secretary. Pal earlier served as India's ambassador to Botswana and as deputy permanent representative at the United Nations. (Posted @ 21:46 PST)
NATO kills 52 militants in southern Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct 9 (AP) NATO and Afghan troops killed 52 militants Sunday in a clash in the southern province of Uruzgan, the alliance said Monday, while three government officials were killed by a roadside bomb in Nangarhar province, officials said. In Kandahar province, meanwhile, two police and five Taliban were killed Sunday in Arghistan near the border with Pakistan, police said Monday. Also in Kandahar, armed militants kidnapped a Pakistani engineer working with a construction team. Police officers protecting the construction crew returned fire, killing two Taliban fighters, said an official, adding that three policemen and the Pakistani driver of the construction crew were injured. Meanwhile, U.S.-led troops detained ``a known terrorist'' linked to recent car-bomb attacks in western Farah province, during an overnight raid, a U.S. military statement said. (First Posted @ 10:00 PST Updated @ 19:56 PST)
OIC condemns Danish cartoons RIYADH, Oct 9 (Reuters) The 57-nation organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Monday condemned a new round of blasphemous Danish cartoons, saying the values of tolerance were shrinking in Europe. "Muslims have noted with concern that the values of tolerance are eroding and there is now shrinking space for others' religious, social and cultural values in the West," said a statement by the Jeddah-based OIC, the world's largest grouping of Islamic countries. "The OIC spokesman deplores the act of caricaturing of Prophet Mohammad by the youth members of the Danish Peoples Party and this being shown, regrettably, on state television," the statement said. "The running of the footage affected the sensibilities of civilized people and religious beliefs of one fifth of humanity," it said, adding that Muslims around the world had shown restraint. (Posted @ 19:52 PST)
Bush condemns North Korea's 'provocative' test WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) President George W. Bush on Monday called North Korea's claim it tested a nuclear weapon a provocative act that requires an immediate response from the U.N. Security Council. Bush said he spoke by phone to leaders of China, South Korea, Japan and Russia and all agreed the test was unacceptable. (Posted @ 19:48 PST)
US detects 4.2 magnitude quake in North Korea after nuclear test WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (AFP) The US Geological Survey said Monday that it had detected an earthquake of a magnitude of 4.2 degrees on the Richter scale in North Korea as the country announced its first nuclear test. In a statement, the USGS said the quake was recorded at 0135 GMT Monday and was located 385 kilometers northeast of the capital Pyongyang, 70 kilometers north of the North Korean town of Kimchaek and 90 kilometers southwest of the North Korean town of Chongjin. (First Posted @ 09:08 PST, Updated @ 10:40 PST)
NATO commander arrives in Pakistan amid Taliban tension ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (AFP) The commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan, British General David Richards, arrived in Pakistan Monday for talks on military cooperation and for a possible meeting with President Pervez Musharraf, officials said. Richards is due to hold talks with Pakistan's vice chief of army staff, General Ahsan Saleem Hayat, and they were expected to discuss "matters of professional interest," military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan said. He could not say whether Richards would meet General Musharraf and described as "speculative" a report in Britain's Sunday Times that Richards would confront the president about the Taliban insurgency. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Kabul said that Richards "may or may not" meet Musharraf. It has also rejected The Sunday Times report, saying the visit would include "full and frank" discussions aimed at developing cooperation on the military side. Pakistan's foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said "NATO central command officials continue to visit Pakistan frequently and this is basically to coordinate our joint efforts to consult and to review the situation". "We will see what he has to present," she said responding to questions about Sunday Times report. (Posted @ 19:22 PST)
Cricket-Pakistan can win Champions Trophy without me: Inzamam LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 9 (AFP) Banned Pakistan cricket captain Inzamam-ul Haq on Monday said the side was capable of winning the Champions Trophy in India without him under stand-in skipper Younis Khan. "This team is capable of playing the final and if they can reach the final without me they can also win it," Inzamam told reporters after meeting newly appointed Pakistan cricket chief Nasim Ashraf. "Captaincy doesn't bother me, it's not an issue at the moment. The main thing is that the team does well in the Champions Trophy," he said. (Posted @ 19:20 PST)
Iraqi vice president's brother gunned down BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) The brother of Iraq's vice president was assassinated in his home in one of series of attacks around Iraq on Monday, police and government spokesmen said. Gunmen overran an Iraqi military checkpoint in Baghdad and kidnapped 11 soldiers, and a suicide car bomber slammed into a police checkpoint in the northern town of Tal Afar, killing one policeman. Between 350 and 400 policemen suffered food poisoning at a fast-breaking meal at a base south of Baghdad on Sunday evening, but nobody died, said a Defense Ministry spokesman. (First Posted @ 09:00 PST Updated @ 18:12 PST)
Japan, U.S. agree "decisive action" against North Korea at United Nations TOKYO, Oct 9 (AP) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed Monday during a telephone call to take ``decisive action'' against North Korea at the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear weapons test. The two leaders also agreed that the test was a grave threat to international security and a challenge to nonproliferation, Japan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. (Posted @ 18:10 PST)
Police detain 4,000 during strike in eastern India CALCUTTA, India, Oct 9 (AP) Police in India's eastern state of West Bengal detained more than 4,000 people Monday during a 12-hour strike called by opposition parties to protest the government's seizure of farmland, police said. The strike was called by the Trinamool Congress Party as part of a campaign against the state government's decision to seize land from farmers for a private company to build a car plant. Most shops and stores across the state and its capital Calcutta were shut and public transport largely ground to a standstill. The demonstrators blocked roads, railway lines and bridges. However, the strike did not affect Calcutta's international airport. (Posted @ 18:08 PST)
U.N. negotiator says he sees no solution in Kosovo status talks HELSINKI, Finland, Oct 9 (AP) U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari said Monday he sees no solution in the talks on the status of Kosovo because the two sides are too divided. ``I don't see the parties moving on the status issue. The parties remain diametrically opposed,'' the chief U.N. negotiator in the talks said in Helsinki. ``I can't see there will be a negotiated settlement.'' (Posted @ 18:06 PST)
Cricket- Flexibility key factor in international cricket: Woolmer NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (AP) Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer finds flexibility a key factor as frequent tours have taken away the surprise element from international cricket, a news report said Monday. With teams playing each other more often than ever before, captains have come to know each other's strengths and weaknesses and tend to rely on players who can adapt and perform multiple roles, Press Trust of India quoted Woolmer as saying in an interview. He also said shuffling of the batting order was the way to stay ahead of the rivals in the game. ``In an ideal world, it would be good if batsmen know their exact batting positions. But modern one-day cricket demands flexibility and one has to live with different roles,'' said Woolmer. (Posted @ 17:56 PST)
Founder of India's most powerful lower caste party dies NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (AP) The founder of India's most powerful lower caste party, Kanshi Ram, died of a heart attack Monday. He was 72. Ram died at his official residence in New Delhi, said the president of the Bahujan Samaj Party. ``In his passing away, the nation has lost a public leader who always had the interests of the downtrodden close to his heart,'' Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said in a condolence message. ``His political ideas and movements had a significant impact on our political evolution,'' Singh said. (Posted @ 17:54 PST)
India 'deeply concerned' by North Korea's nuclear test NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (AP) India said Monday it was ``deeply concerned'' by North Korea's claim to have conducted a nuclear test, warning it could jeopardize peace in the region, the external affairs ministry said. The test also ``highlights the dangers of clandestine proliferation,'' it said in a statement. (First Posted @ 12:00 PST Updated @ 17:52 PST)
EU says no plans to cut humanitarian aid to North Korea KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) The European Union has no plans to further reduce humanitarian aid to North Korea in response to its claim to have tested a nuclear weapon, a top official said Monday. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU's external relations commissioner, stressed that the test was ``unacceptable,'' but said “for the time being, we are not considering (a further reduction in humanitarian aid), but we have to see the evolution of the situation. We are watching very closely,'' Ferrero-Waldner said. (Posted @ 17:50 PST)
North Korea has enough plutonium for up to seven bombs: intelligence SEOUL, Oct 9 (AFP) North Korea is believed to have stored up to 40 kilograms of plutonium, enough to make as many as seven nuclear bombs, South Korea's intelligence chief was quoted Monday as saying. Kim Seung-Gyu, head of the National Intelligence Service, also reportedly told parliament that the North might carry out further nuclear tests following Monday's one. (Posted @ 17:32 PST)
Russia condemns '5-15 kiloton' North Korean nuclear test MOSCOW, Oct 9 (AFP) Russia on Monday categorically condemned North Korea's nuclear test. "This is not just about Korea itself. We're talking about huge damage to the process of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the world," Putin said. His comments came after Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said "the power of the test was between five and 15 kilotons.” If the blast was at the higher end of Ivanov's estimate, it exceeded in strength the US atomic bomb which destroyed Hiroshima during World War II. "I hope that North Korea will return to the talks process and I have instructed the foreign minister to conduct consultations on this point with the UN Security Council," Putin said. (Posted @ 17:28 PST)
Iran says wants world free of nuclear arms TEHRAN, Oct 9 (AFP) Iran wants a world "free of nuclear weapons", the foreign ministry spokesman said Monday, in its first reaction to North Korea's announcement of an atomic weapons test. (Posted @ 17:26 PST)
Palestinian teenager killed in Israel raid GAZA CITY, Oct 9 (AFP) A 15-year-old Palestinian was killed and five other people wounded in an Israeli raid in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, medical and security sources said. The Israeli military confirmed the attack. (Posted @ 17:24 PST)
Blair urges UN action over North Korea nuclear test LONDON, Oct 9 (AFP) British Prime Minister Tony Blair called Monday for UN Security Council action over North Korea's nuclear test, saying "there will be a response," a spokesman said. (First Posted @ 11:55 PST Updated @ 17:20 PST)
Cricket-Big-hitting Afridi plans Champions Trophy go slow NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (AFP) Pakistan's swashbuckling batsman Shahid Afridi on Monday said he was willing to curb the big strokes and assume greater responsibility during the Champions Trophy. "I am planning to restrict my shots as we need to make up for skipper Inzamam-ul Haq's absence," said Afridi. "Inzamam's absence is a big blow for us in the tournament and it is for senior batsmen to show more responsibility," said the 26-year-old, who has played 230 one-dayers. "It won't be easy doing that because I love to play shots. I often end up trying to blast the bowling despite deciding not to do so," admitted Afridi. "I have not been a regular opener of late but given a chance, would always love to bat at the top of the order.” Afridi, who has picked up 192 wickets in one-dayers, added "as the pitches in India favour spin bowling, I see an important role for myself there too". (Posted @ 17:16 PST)
Phelps wins 2006 Nobel prize for economics STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) American Edmund Phelps won the 2006 Nobel prize for economics for research into the interplay between inflation and unemployment expectations, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Phelps, of Columbia University, won for research showing that wage and price trends depend on expectations for both inflation and unemployment, the Academy said as it announced the award worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.37 million). (Posted @ 17:14 PST)
Cricket-Shoaib seeks more action from playing less one-dayers NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Reuters) Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar is hoping to extend his playing days by cutting back on one-day international appearances. "You get frustrated being out of cricket and watching your team on TV," Shoaib told reporters on Monday. "Only three or four 90-mile-an-hour bowlers remain. With the amount of cricket played today, expecting us to be fit all year is impossible…I have asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and my captain to play me more in test matches and less in one-day internationals." He said "I wish I could bowl just one day pain-free…Just one day, I ask God, in the last four-five years if I can bowl pain-free, but I know it is not going to happen.” "I enjoy running in and bowling quick, but I'd rather take five wickets (in an innings) than bowl fast," he added. (Posted @ 17:12 PST)
ICC quashes Inzamam's Champions Trophy hopes AHMEDABAD, India, Oct 9 (AFP) Inzamam-ul-Haq will not be able to play in the Champions Trophy final if his team qualifies, the International Cricket Council (ICC) ruled on Monday. ICC spokesman Brian Murgatroyd said that rules state that once a player is replaced he cannot be reinstated later in the tournament. "Clause 6.9 of the participating agreement clearly states that," Murgatroyd said. "I am afraid Inzy will not be able to play in this Champions Trophy." (Posted @ 15:28 PST)
Magnitude 4.6 earthquake recorded in Balochistan, three injured ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct 9 (AP) A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was felt in south western Pakistan on Monday and at least three people were injured by falling debris, an official said. The moderate strength quake hit at 10:13 a.m. in Balochistan, some 550 kilometres southwest of Peshawar city, said an official from the state-run Seismological Center. The earthquake was felt in the southwestern town of Chaman, near the Afghan border, Akram said. At Chaman's main hospital, a 14-year-old boy and two men aged in their 30s said they suffered mild injuries from debris shaken loose by the quake. (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Japan, US to step up missile defence: Abe SEOUL, Oct 9(AFP) Japan and the United States will step up work on their missile defence system after North Korea said it tested an atom bomb, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday. "To maintain the safety of the Japanese country and people and to increase the relationship of trust based on the Japan-US alliance, Japan will step up cooperation with the United States, such as on Japan-US missile defence," he added. (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Nuclear test a grave threat to regional peace: South Korean President SEOUL, Oct 9 (AFP) North Korea's nuclear test Monday is a grave threat to peace in Northeast Asia, South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun said. His government will "sternly deal" with the development, he told a press conference, urging his countrymen to remain calm. (Posted @ 14:30 PST)
Saddam genocide trial resumes BAGHDAD, Oct 9 (AFP) Saddam Hussein's genocide trial resumed Monday after a two-week adjournment, despite a continuing boycott by his defence team. The defendants, Saddam and six former senior officials accused of ordering the Anfal campaign against Iraq's Kurdish minority, were all present in court as the hearing began. (Posted @ 13:30 PST)
North Korea isolating itself with nuclear test: German FM BERLIN, Oct 9 (AFP) North Korea has plunged itself into "self-imposed isolation" by carrying out a nuclear test, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Monday. (Posted @ 13:05 PST)
North Korean nuclear test seriously endangers security: French FM GENEVA, Oct 9 (AFP) North Korea's nuclear test is "a very grave act" that undermines international security, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday as he arrived in Geneva, saying "it is now up to the international community to react to this new situation and to come up with a firm response to Pyongyang: we will engage in consultations with other members of the United Nations Security Council and the countries in the region without delay." (Posted @ 13:00 PST)
Six soldiers wounded in Philippines fighting ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, Oct 9 (AFP) Six army scout rangers were wounded and an unknown number of suspected Abu Sayyaf militants killed or wounded in a firefight late Sunday in the mountains of Jolo island, military spokesman Major Eugene Batara said. (Posted @ 12:00 PST)
Malaysia-Pakistan anti-terrorism pact at "advanced stage" KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (AFP) An anti-terrorism pact between Malaysia and Pakistan is at an "advanced stage" after intensive negotiations over the past year, the Pakistan High Commission said Monday. The agreement would enable security agencies in both countries to share information in a bid to prevent terrorism and transnational crime, High Commissioner Talat Munir said. An official at the high commission said the agreement, first proposed by Pakistan in 2003, was still being discussed and there was no date set yet for a signing. "It has been negotiated intensively for the past year since the Malaysian prime minister went to Pakistan and therefore it is at an advanced stage," he said. "Both sides are working on the text so it will take time," he added. Munir said the two countries currently cooperated on a case-by-case basis, citing the example of 13 Malaysian students in Karachi arrested and later released in 2003 for suspected links with militant groups. (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
South Korea suspends aid shipment to North Korea SEOUL, Oct 9 (AFP) South Korea suspended a scheduled shipment of 4,000 tons of cement (an aid shipment) to North Korea in reaction to its nuclear test Monday, Yonhap news agency said. (Posted @ 11:30 PST)
White House condemns North Korean nuclear test WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (AFP) The White House on Monday condemned North Korea's nuclear test as a "provocative act" and called for immediate action by the UN Security Council. (Posted @ 10:45 PST)
UN agencies seek safety assurances from North Korea BEIJING, Oct 9 (AFP) United Nations agencies in Pyongyang said they were seeking safety assurances for their staff from the North Korean government after Kim Jong-Il's regime said it tested a nuclear weapon Monday. "We have and will continue to keep communication links open with the government to ensure that they continue to assume their responsbility of securing safety of UN staff in the country," Jean-Pierre De Margerie, head of the World Food Programme in Pyongyang said. "So far we have not received any information on this, but for the time being, our first consideration is the safety of the staff and to confirm that there has been no accident and no leakage." (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Multiple U.S. agencies looking into N. Korean nuclear test WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (AP) U.S. government officials said that a wide range of agencies were looking into the report of a North Korean nuclear test. The officials, speaking anonymously because of the political sensitivity of the situation, said the U.S. was taking the reports seriously. A White House official said they have not been able to confirm the report independently, but are trying to learn more about it. (Posted @ 08:50 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 16.01 points: KARACHI, Oct 9: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 10942.92, up 16.01 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 13:00 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, Oct 9: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.6 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 13:00 PST)
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