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| October 29, 2007 | Monday | Shawwal 16, 1428 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Benazir calls for neutral caretaker government LARKANA, Oct 29 (AP): Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Monday called on President Musharraf to consult political major parties before naming a caretaker government. “This is how fair and free elections can be ensured,” Benazir told reporters at the close of a three-day visit to Larkana. President General Pervez Musharraf is expected to name a caretaker administration to govern the country before parliamentary elections due by January. Under the constitution, the temporary government must be appointed by the time the term of this parliament expires on November 15. Benazir Bhutto return to Karachi on Monday evening. (First Posted @ 17:52 PST Updated @ 18:58 PST)
Militants in Swat agree to ceasefire as violence leaves 60 militants, 16 troops dead Swat, Oct 29 (AP): Pro-Taliban militants and security forces reached a ceasefire in northwestern Pakistan’s Swat district early Monday after three days of clashes that killed at least 35 rebel fighters and 16 troops, officials said. The scale of the bloodshed emerged as the ceasefire took effect around 8 a.m. following negotiations between associates of Maulana Fazlullah and senior officials. An army official, requesting anonymity, said 16 paramilitary troops were killed Friday when militants blew up their truck in the Nawakili area. The report of that bombing only emerged Monday. Security forces backed by helicopter gunships Sunday pounded militant hideouts in the mountains of Swat district. At least 35 militants died in the fierce fighting, two local police officials said. Witnesses said they heard a couple of explosions in the region at mid-morning Monday. Local officials said police and paramilitary troops were being treated at a hospital near the district centre of Swat. A hospital official said they had also received 11 injured civilians overnight. Separately, army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad Monday said Pakistani troops killed 60 militants during fierce fighting in the northwestern Swat valley Sunday. (First Posted @ 09:50 PST, Updated @ 16:30 PST)
Karzai wants US to stop use of air power in Afghanistan NEW YORK, Oct 29 (PPI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded that the US and coalition forces fighting al-Qaida and Taliban elements in his country stop use of air power because of mounting civilian casualties and rising anger of the people against the allies and the Kabul government. Karzai told a television network that he had recently delivered the message privately to President George W Bush. Asked if he was asking the American government to roll back the strikes, he replied, “Absolutely. Oh, yes, in clear words”. The United States and the Coalition Forces, he said. (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
Musharraf lawyer urges Supreme Court to uphold vote ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (AFP): Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum told the Supreme Court Monday that overturning General Pervez Musharraf's victory in a presidential election would not be in the country's interests. The court is hearing challenges against Musharraf's win in the October 6 presidential election by the national and provincial parliaments, which was boycotted by most of the opposition. Qayyum told the 11-judge bench that Musharraf had already promised to quit the military by the time his current presidential term ends, on November 15. “Since the president is to give up his uniform before taking oath for the second term in just a matter of days, any interference will not be merited and in public interest at this juncture,” Qayyum told the court. The court adjourned hearing till tomorrow (Tuesday). (Posted @ 19:06 PST)
Saudi King says Britain failing to tackle terrorism LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters): Britain failed to act on information passed to it by Saudi Arabia which might have helped prevent suicide bombings in London in 2005 that killed 52 people, Saudi King Abdullah said on Monday. In an interview with BBC on the eve of a state visit to Britain, King Abdullah accused London of failing to do enough to combat international terrorism and said Al-Qaeda continued to pose a major threat. “We sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attacks in Britain but unfortunately no action was taken,” he said, speaking through an interpreter. A spokesman for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street office said no warnings were received. (Posted @ 15:15 PST)
Hundreds deported from Dubai after strikes DUBAI, Oct 29 (AFP): Hundreds of Asian labourers working in Dubai have been deported after thousands downed tools and staged a strike at the weekend over poor wages and working conditions, reports said on Monday. The United Arab Emirates authorities took the decision after several thousand manual workers occupied and reportedly vandalised a building before attacking police and vehicles with stones on Saturday. The government denounced the strikers “barbaric behaviour” and gave an ultimatum to return to work or be deported without pay, their contracts cancelled and forbidden to return, media reports said. (Posted @ 18:04 PST)
Turkish youths target Kurdish property in Berlin BERLIN, Oct 29 (Reuters): About 200 Turkish youths attacked Kurdish establishments in Berlin late on Sunday, injuring 18 police officers who tried to contain the group, German police said on Monday. The incident occurred after about 1,200 Turks assembled for a peaceful demonstration against the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), police said. After the demonstration about 200 people crossed into the Kreuzberg district, where they attacked a Kurdish mosque and shattered the windows of a snack shop, police said. Some 500 police officers sent to disperse the crowd were pelted with stones and bottles. Fifteen people were arrested. (Posted @ 23:44 PST)
20 headless bodies found near Baquba BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (AFP): Iraqi police on Monday found 20 headless bodies near Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, a few hours after a suicide bomber killed 28 policemen in the restive city, a security official said. (Posted @ 23:34 PST)
Canadian dollar hits 47-year high OTTAWA, Oct 29 (AFP): The Canadian dollar on Monday reached a 47-year high versus the US greenback, gaining on the US currency's recent weakness. At 1500 GMT, the American dollar was worth only 95.47 Canadian dollars, while the loonie, a sobriquet given to the Canadian dollar, was being traded for 1.0474 US dollars. According to the Bank of Canada, the loonie had last seen such heights in March 1960. (Posted @ 23:26 PST)
Tropical Storm Noel kills nine SANTO DOMINGO, Oct 29 (AFP): At least nine people were killed as Tropical Storm Noel lashed the Caribbean island of Hispaniola shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, officials said on Monday. As Noel made its way across Haiti, drenching the country and stirring fears of dangerous floods and landslides, authorities in the Dominican Republic blamed nine deaths on the storm's passage on Sunday. (Posted @ 23:06 PST)
U.S. army general wounded in bomb attack in Iraq WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (AFP): A U.S. army brigadier general was wounded by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad on Monday and evacuated to a military hospital in Germany for treatment of “non-life threatening” injuries, the US military said. Brigadier General Jeffrey Dorko, the commanding general of the US Army Corps of Engineer's Gulf Region Division, was traveling in a convoy protected by private security forces when the bomb went off, The general and another soldier were injured in the blast, a Army Corps of Engineers statement said. (Posted @ 22:54 PST)
Iraqi soldiers free eight kidnapped tribal leaders BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (Reuters): Iraqi soldiers freed eight kidnapped tribal leaders on Monday in a raid on a house near Baghdad where they were being held, and are searching for three others seized at the same time, the government said. Eleven tribal sheikhs were seized on Sunday while returning to Diyala province northeast of Baghdad after talks with a representative of Iraq's prime minister. (Posted @ 22:12 PST)
Israel's measures against Gaza”unacceptable”: Ban UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29, (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday slammed Israel's “punitive measures” against the Gaza Strip as “unacceptable” and urged the Jewish state to reconsider its actions. (Posted @ 21:36 PST)
At least 30 burn to death in Nigeria road crash LAGOS, Oct 29, (REUTERS) - At least 30 people were burnt to death when a fully laden road tanker overturned and caught fire on a busy highway, police said on Monday. The truck was conveying fuel from the commercial capital Lagos to the northern part of Africa's most populous nation when it crashed and spilled its contents in the southwestern Ogun state late on Sunday. (Posted @ 20:24 PST)
South Africa beat Pakistan to win one-day series LAHORE, Oct 29 (AFP): South Africa beat Pakistan by 14 runs in the fifth and final day-night international here on Monday to take the five-match one-day series 3-2. Brief Scores: South Africa 233-9 in 50 overs; Pakistan 219 in 46.3 overs. (Posted @ 19:04 PST)
Afghan police raid British-based security company KABUL, Oct 29 (AP): Afghan police on Monday raided and shut down a British-based security company in Kabul, the eighth such firm to be closed this month in a crackdown to reign in the chaotic industry. Police arrested three Afghan guards and the Afghan director of Olympus Security Group for operating without a license. “Today was No. 8. Tomorrow will be No. 9,” said Ali Shah Paktiawal, Director of Criminal Investigations for the Kabul police. (Posted @ 19:00 PST)
Uzbek court jails eight suspected Islamists TASHKENT, Oct 29 (Reuters): An Uzbek court has jailed eight men for up to 10 years for belonging to a banned Islamist group, a human rights campaigner said on Monday. The activist said the men were charged in the Silk Road town of Bukhara on October 24 with being members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist group banned by Central Asian governments, as well as for supporting Wahhabism, a strict form of Islam. (Posted @ 18:38 PST)
Gold price closes in on $800 LONDON, Oct 29 (AFP): The price of gold edged closer to $800 an ounce on Monday, as it struck the highest level since the start of 1980 owing to the weak dollar and record high crude oil prices, traders said. On the London Bullion Market, gold prices surged as high as $794.70 an ounce, which was last seen in January 1980. Gold prices have jumped by about a third in value over the past year. . (Posted @ 18:15 PST)
Oil hits record-high above $93 LONDON, Oct 29 (AFP): Oil prices jumped to fresh historic highs on Monday, breaching 93 dollars for the first time on mounting concerns about tight energy supplies worldwide, analysts said. Investors pushed up crude futures to new peaks as more bad news in the shape of Mexican production cutbacks came on top of already serious tensions in the Middle East. (Posted @ 18:15 PST)
Bangladesh, India to scale down border violence DHAKA, Oct 29 (AFP): Bangladeshi and Indian security officials agreed to scale down violence along their frontier after Dhaka accused Indian border guards of killing 94 Bangladeshis this year. The agreement came after the chiefs of the border troops of the two countries ended a five-day meeting in Dhaka, the BSS news agency said. (Posted @ 18:02 PST)
Sri Lanka says 14 rebels killed in clashes COLOMBO, Oct 29 (Reuters): Sri Lankan troops killed 14 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers were wounded in clashes in the island's north, the military said on Monday. Troops killed 10 rebels on Sunday and four on Monday in three separate confrontations with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the northwestern district of Mannar and Jaffna peninsula. (First Posted @ 11:40 PST Updated @ 17:40 PST)
Haitians brought AIDS to US: study CHICAGO, Oct 29 (AFP): The HIV strain that touched off the US AIDS epidemic and fueled the global scourge of the disease came to the continent from Africa via Haiti, according to a study released Monday. “Haiti was the stepping stone the virus took when it left central Africa and started its sweep around the world,” said Michael Worobey, an assistant professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and senior author of the paper. The virus probably arrived on US shores about 1969, more than a decade before the full-blown US AIDS crisis of the 1980s, and may have been carried there by a single Haitian immigrant, according to the study. (Posted @ 17:34 PST)
Russia to invite 400 election observers MOSCOW, Oct 29 (AFP): Russia said Monday it will invite a maximum of 400 international observers for the December parliamentary elections. “International observers will be invited,” Vladimir Churov, the head of the Central Election Commission, told journalists. (Posted @ 17:22 PST)
Moderate quake shakes southwest Turkey ANKARA, Oct 29 (AP): A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 shook southwest Turkey on Monday, a seismology center said. The quake damaged some homes in a small village but there were no immediate reports of any injuries. The epicenter of the quake was near the town of Cameli, in Denizli province. (Posted @ 17:10 PST)
British Muslim minister detained at US airport LONDON, Oct 29 (AFP): Britain's first Muslim government minister said he was “deeply disappointed” Monday after his luggage was searched for explosives at a United States airport as he returned from official talks. International Development Minister Shahid Malik was detained for about 40 minutes at Washington Dulles airport Sunday by the Department of Homeland Security after meeting officials from the same department to discuss terrorism. “I am deeply disappointed,” he said. “Obviously, there was no malice involved but it has to be said that the USA system does not inspire confidence.” Malik said the same thing happened to him last year at JFK airport in New York. He said he was stopped along with two other Muslims -- “the other two were black Muslims, both with Muslim names,” he said. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Court orders Israel to justify Gaza sanctions JERUSALEM, Oct 28, 2007 (AFP): Israel's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to justify its decision to impose economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip within five days, following a petition from 10 human rights groups. The court, however, rejected a demand by the Israeli and Palestinian petitioners to freeze implementation of the sanctions, which the government began to introduce on Sunday. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Two ETA members get prison terms for Madrid carbombing MADRID, Oct 29 (AFP): A court in Spain on Monday sentenced two members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA to jail terms of 1,243 years each for a car bombing in the Spanish capital in 1995 that killed six people. The lengthy sentences are symbolic, as at the time of the bombing the maximum jail sentence anyone can serve in Spain for any crime was 30 years. The maximum sentence has since been raised to 40 years. (Posted @ 17:00 PST)
Iranian police kill seven drug smugglers, seize narcotics TEHRAN, Oct 29 (AP): Iranian police killed seven drug smugglers and detained seven others during an armed clash, state television reported Monday. The authorities also seized 300 kilograms worth of narcotics during the clashes late Sunday in the Khaf region in Khorasan Razavi province. (Posted @ 16:40 PST)
Iranian general warns of Gulf suicide bombings TEHRAN, Oct 29 (AFP): A top general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Monday warned that the Basij militia were ready “if necessary” to carry out suicide operations in the Gulf, amid rising tensions with the United States, the Fars news agency reported. (Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Earthquake jolts Nepal's capital KATHMANDU, Oct 29 (AFP): Nepal's capital was Monday jolted by an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, which shook buildings but caused no damage or casualties, officials and eyewitnesses said. “It was just a mild quake and there has been no damage or casualties reported,” Nepal's chief seismologist told AFP. The epicentre of the quake was in a district around 25 kilometres north of Kathmandu, he said. (First Posted @ 15:25 PST, Updated @ 16:30 PST)
Nine killed in Maoist violence in India RAIPUR, India, Oct 29 (AFP): Five policemen and four Maoist rebels have been killed in two separate gunbattles in eastern India, in the latest violence linked to a long-running insurgency, police said Monday. In an attack on Monday, left-wing guerrillas fired at a police patrol in the central state of Chhattisgarh, killing five, a top police official said. In another incident late Sunday, four Maoist rebels were killed in a gunbattle with police in the neighbouring state of Jharkhand, where guerrillas killed 23 people over the weekend, including a former minister's son. (First Posted @ 11:40 PST, Updated @ 16:05 PST)
Egypt to build several nuclear power stations CAIRO, Oct 29 (AFP): President Hosni Mubarak said on Monday that Egypt is to build several nuclear power stations, relaunching a nuclear programme frozen more than 20 years ago, the official MENA news agency reported. (Posted @ 16:00 PST)
Hasina Wajed rejects graft accusations DHAKA, Oct 29 (Reuters): Bangladesh's detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday rejected accusations of graft when quizzed by anti-corruption commission (ACC) officials, her lawyer said. The officials asked Hasina several questions concerning one of the two cases filed against her in June for extorting 80 million taka ($1.16 million) from two businessmen. A lawyer appointed by Hasina was present during the interrogation. (Posted @ 15:28 PST)
Russian serial killer gets life in prison MOSCOW, Oct 29 (AFP): Russian “chessboard killer” Alexander Pichushkin, who has confessed to the murders of 48 people, was sentenced to life in prison by a Moscow court Monday. The judge at the Moscow City Court asked Pichushkin whether he had understood the sentence, to which the killer replied: “I am not deaf.” (Posted @ 15:20 PST)
Olmert to disclose he has prostate cancer JERUSALEM, Oct 29 (AP): Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will announce later on Monday that he has prostate cancer, but the disease is not threatening his life, an Israeli government official said. Olmert, who took office in March 2006, is 62 years old. Olmert's office issued a statement early Monday saying the prime minister would give a press conference at 1000 GMT to discuss a “non-political issue,” without elaborating. (Posted @ 15:15 PST)
South Africa make 233-9 in fifth ODI LAHORE, Oct 29 (AFP): South Africa made 233 for the loss of nine wickets in the fifth and final one-day international played in Lahore on Monday. Shoaib Akhtar capped his return to international cricket with an impressive 4-43 here on Monday. The 32-year-old paceman, playing his first one-dayer in 13 months, was ably supported by fellow paceman Rao Iftikhar (3-45) after South Africa won the toss and elected to bat on an easy-paced pitch at the Gaddafi Stadium. (First Posted @ 11:50 PST, Updated @ 15:10 PST)
Tree falls on students’ bus in Philippines: 9 killed MANILA, Oct 29 (AP): A large tree fell onto a bus carrying high school students in stormy weather in the Philippines, killing at least nine people, police said Monday. Several others were injured in the accident Sunday in Basud township in Camarines Norte province. (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
Indian benchmark share index crosses record 20,000 points MUMBAI, Oct 29 (AFP): India's benchmark share index rose above a record 20,000 points in late trade Monday, a gain of nearly 4,000 points in the past six weeks led by a surge in overseas investment, dealers said. (Posted @ 14:57 PST)
Six killed in Vietnam floods HANOI, Oct 29 (AFP): Floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least six people, including three children, in central Vietnam, officials said on Monday. Three deaths were reported in Khanh Hoa province, two in Binh Dinh and one in Quang Ngai, according to figures provided by the Hanoi-based national flood and storm control committee and provincial officials. (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Indonesian president launches music album JAKARTA, Oct 29 (Reuters): Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has released his first music album, a collection of love ballads and religious songs he wrote, state media said on Monday. The album, entitled “My Longing for You”, contains 10 songs written by Yudhoyono after he became president in 2004 and features some of the country's popular singers, Antara news agency said. (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Israeli soldier, three Palestinians die in Gaza clashes GAZA, Oct 29 (Reuters): Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Hamas and hospital officials said. Hamas said its fighters fired an anti-tank rocket at Israeli soldiers near Beit Hanoun, killing one and wounding at least one more. In revenge, Israeli tanks and helicopters fired on Beit Hanoun, killing two Palestinian civilians, Hamas and hospital officials said. At least 21 other Palestinians were wounded. A third Palestinian was killed in the south. In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an Israeli soldier was wounded when his patrol was attacked by Palestinian militants. Israeli troops detained three Nablus residents after the attack. (First Posted @ 11:45 PST, Updated @ 14:45 PST)
Two New Zealand soldiers injured in rifle accident in Afghanistan WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Oct 29 (AP) A New Zealand soldier climbing into an army Humvee in Afghanistan accidentally fired his high-powered rifle in the vehicle, injuring himself and a fellow soldier, a defence official said Monday. The soldier carrying the rifle was shot in the leg, while the second soldier was shot in the arm and side, Maj. Gen. Rhys Jones, commander of New Zealand joint forces said. (Posted @ 14:30 PST)
Somali prime minister resigns BAIDOA, Somalia, Oct 29 (AFP): Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi resigned Monday following a long-running feud with the president who accused him of failing to deal effectively with a violent Islamist insurgency in the capital. Gedi personally handed his resignation to President Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf, a top presidential aide told AFP requesting anonymity. (Posted @ 14:10 PST)
Turkish soldier killed in rebel landmine blast TUNCELI, Turkey, Oct 29 (Reuters): A Turkish solder was killed Monday in an explosion triggered by a landmine laid by Kurdish rebels, security forces said. The incident occurred during a military operation involving 8,000 troops battling rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Tunceli province in eastern Turkey. (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
28 killed in Iraq suicide attack on police headquarters BAQUBA, Iraq, Oct 29 (AFP): A suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew himself up in the premises of police headquarters in Iraq's Baquba city Monday, killing at least 28 people, mostly policemen, officials said. Brigadier General Kudair al-Timimi from the police of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, said another 20 people were wounded in the early morning attack. The wounded included a woman and a child, he said. (First Posted @ 11:35 PST, Updated @ 20:56 PST)
Seven US college students die in beach house fire WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Oct 29 (Reuters): Seven South Carolina college students were killed and six were injured Sunday when a fire swept through a beach home in a U.S. resort community, officials said. Police in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, received an emergency call at 7:01 a.m. EDT/1101 GMT, the town said in a statement. When rescue services got there two minutes later, the house was completely engulfed in flames, according to the statement. University of South Carolina officials said they believed the six injured and six of the dead were students at the university. The seventh dead student was from Clemson University, Vice President for Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt told a news conference. (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Four dead in suicide pact in Japan TOKYO, Oct 29 (AFP): Four bodies were found in a car filled with carbon monoxide in what was suspected to be Japan's latest group suicide, police said Monday. A group of woodcutters found the bodies inside the vehicle parked on a small path on a hillside deep in the forests of Tochigi prefecture northeast of Tokyo, a police spokesman said. Police said the three men, aged 20, 22 and 38, and one woman, 30, were all from Tokyo and nearby areas. (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Bomber kills policeman, two civilians in Afghanistan LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Oct 29 (Reuters): A suicide bomber killed one policeman and two civilians in an attack on an Afghan convoy in the southern Afghan province of Helmand Monday, a Reuters witness said. “The bomber detonated explosive attached to his body in the Lashkar Gah bazaar this morning and killed two civilians, including one child and one Afghan police,” said Reuters reporter Abdul Qudoos. Afghan police cordoned off roads in the area. (Posted @ 09:35 PST)
10 anti-al-Qaeda sheikhs kidnapped while travelling in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (AP): Gunmen in Baghdad snatched 10 Sunni and Shiite tribal sheikhs from their cars Sunday as they were heading home to Diyala province after talks with the government on fighting al-Qaeda, and at least one was later found shot to death. The two cars carrying the sheikhs were ambushed in Baghdad's Shaab neighbourhood at about 3:30 p.m., police officials said. Police found the bullet-riddled body of one of the sheikhs, Mishaan Hilan, about 50 meters away from where the ambush took place, an officer said. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Car bomb kills two in northwestern Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (Reuters): A car bomb killed two people and wounded 13 others in the Kadhimiya district of northwestern Baghdad, police said. Also, police said they found five bodies in various parts of Baghdad Sunday, while gunmen killed a recently retired police brigadier-general in a drive-by shooting in western Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad, police said. In northwestern Baghdad's Hurriya district, gunmen blew up the office of supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr after dusk, police said. No one was harmed in the attack. (Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Two missing after ship capsizes off China BEIJING, Oct 29 (AFP): Two crew members from a North Korean cargo ship that sank in the Yellow Sea off China's eastern coast were missing Monday, after 21 others were rescued, the Xinhua news agency reported. The ship capsized Sunday off the coast of Shandong province amid strong winds with 23 crew members aboard, Xinhua said. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
Argentine first lady claims victory in presidential elections BUENOS AIRES, Oct 29 (AFP): Argentina's first lady, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, claimed victory late Sunday in presidential elections held to choose a successor to outgoing President Nestor Kirchner. Fernandez, a 54-year-old senator who was the solid favourite going into the elections, told supporters in a speech broadcast live on television: “We have won by a large margin.” A partial count showed the first lady with 43 percent of the vote, double that of her nearest rival, according to a tally of 12 percent of ballots on the official electoral agency website. That score, if maintained, will make her the outright victor of the election without the need for a runoff in November. (Posted @ 08:45 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 53.00, points: KARACHI, Oct 29: At the close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 14396.98,down 53.00, points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, Oct 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.75, to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
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