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| August 20, 2008 | Wednesday | Sha’aban 17, 1429 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (06:00 GMT)
 Pakistani troops kill up to 15 militants in Kurram tribal region ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (Reuters): Pakistani troops killed up to 15 militants in Kurram tribal region. The military action in Kurram, a region notorious for sectarian violence, was launched late Tuesday after a deadline ended for the militants to cease fighting that has killed dozens of people, officials in the region said. A statement issued by the Interior Ministry in Islamabad said a group of tribal elders was sent to Kurram to bring about a ceasefire, but troops were ordered to act when both sides refused to stop fighting, resulting in the death of between 10-15 Pakistani Taliban. It was not clear when the fatalities occurred as the military action that was launched overnight continued on Wednesday. “The FC (Frontier Constabulary) has been given a go ahead to take action as deemed necessary in case of violation of the ceasefire,” the statement said.(First Posted @ 15:10 Posted @ 20:40 PST)  Pakistan missile strike kills eight: officials PESHAWAR, Aug 20 (AFP): Missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal belt Wednesday, killing at least eight people including some foreign extremists, security officials said. Two missiles hit a house owned by a local tribesman with links to militants in Wana, the main town in the troubled South Waziristan tribal region, the officials said. “It was a known hideout for militants. At least eight people were killed and some foreign militants are among them,” a security official told AFP.(Posted @ 20:15 PST) Pakistan coalition working to smooth rifts: members ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (AFP): Members of Pakistan's ruling coalition said Wednesday they were trying to resolve a split over the reinstatement of judges sacked by former president Pervez Musharraf, who resigned this week. “There is no deadline given by us. We will see after 72 hours and try to resolve this issue as we are committed to the judges' restoration,” education minister Ahsan Iqbal, a leading member of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N, told AFP when asked about reports that it had given Bhutto's party an ultimatum during the talks. “We have committed ourselves to restoration of the judiciary,” Farhatullah Babar, a spokesman for Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, told AFP. He refused to comment further.(Posted @ 17:49 PST) Zardari declines to reinstate deposed Chief Justice: NYT NEW YORK, Aug 20: American newspaper, The New York Times cited Pakistan People’s Party(PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari as saying he has declined to reinstate deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, private television channels reported. The daily also claimed PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif placed an ultimatum for reinstatement of the deposed judges failing which the PML-N would detach itself from the ruling coalition, they said. (Posted @ 10:35 PST) Ten militants killed in Pakistan border area: officials KHAR, Aug 20 (AFP): Ten Taliban militants were killed after Pakistani troops fired artillery shells at suspected militant hideouts in a troubled tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. The casualties in the Bajaur tribal region were the latest in a major military operation launched earlier this month that has claimed nearly 500 lives and displaced nearly 150,000 people. “Security forces fired at militant positions and we have received reports that 10 militants have been killed,” a security official told AFP, adding that the deaths happened in the villages of Salarzae and Mamoond. (Posted @ 15:10 PST) Altaf Hussain proposes Asif Zardari for presidential candidature ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (APP): Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) chief Altaf Hussain Wednesday proposed the name of PPP co-Chairman Senator Asif Ali Zardari for presidential candidature, private television channels reported. Hussain said from MQM, he proposed the name of PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari for presidential nomination as Zardari represents a small province and his selection would serve the need to find a president from a small province. (Posted @ 13:05 PST)  India nuclear deal could trigger arms race: US lawmakers WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (AFP): A nuclear energy deal between the United States and India could fuel an arms race with Pakistan unless it is amended to ensure New Delhi is banned from producing new weapons-grade material and from conducting nuclear test explosions, two US lawmakers said Wednesday. The two lawmakers called on the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group to insist on amending the agreement when it meets to consider the deal on Thursday in Vienna. Objections by any nation in the group -- which controls the global flow of civilian atomic exports -- would scuttle the pact.(Posted @ 21:45 PST) 25 wounded as Hindus protest in Indian Kashmir JAMMU, occupied Kashmir, Aug 20 (AP): Police used tear gas and batons clashed with Hindu protesters defying a fresh curfew in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, injuring at least 25 people, medics and witnesses said. Authorities reimposed a curfew in Jammu, the region's only predominantly Hindu city, and several nearby towns after several incidents of violence were reported overnight. The clashes, which come after several days of relative calm, were small compared to the massive protests that have rocked the state over the last two months. At least 34 people have been killed in the violence.(Posted @ 21:30 PST) Singapore-flagged ship sinks in Bay of Bengal DHAKA, Aug 20 (Reuters/AP): A ship carrying over 3,000 tonnes of rice from India sank near the outer anchorage of Bangladesh's Chittagong port on Wednesday, port officials said. They said the Singapore-flagged vessel M.V. Batulu was in collision with an empty, anchored vessel and sank in the Bay of Bengal. No other details were immediately available. In Chittagong, a port official said one crew member was missing after a rice-laden Sri Lankan cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off Bangladesh's southeastern coast. Sixteen crew members had been rescued.(Posted @ 21:30 PST) US offers aid to Pakistanis displaced by clashes ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (AP): The U.S. on Wednesday offered to help Pakistanis displaced by an army operation against militants in a northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Pakistani officials said more than 200,000 have fled the Bajur tribal region, the primary focus of the nearly two-week-old offensive, and neighbouring Mohmand tribal area. Many have landed in relief camps set up by the government and political parties. “We stand ready to offer humanitarian assistance to the Pakistan government if requested, in regards to the situation in the tribal regions,” U.S. Embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said. He would not offer specifics about the assistance that would be provided.(Posted @ 21:15 PST) 21 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport MADRID, Aug 20 (Reuters): At least 21 people were killed and 40 were injured when a Spanair passenger jet crashed on takeoff at Madrid airport on Wednesday, a source at the Spanish emergency services said. Local media reports of the death toll varied widely, with one report suggesting it could be as high as 50, after the MD-82 jet shot off the runway carrying 160 passengers. Flight JK5022 had been bound for Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. A large cloud of smoke rose above Terminal Four after the crash.(Posted @ 21:00 PST) Nine dead in Cameroon prison fire EBOLOWA, Aug 20 (Reuters): Nine people died in a fire at a prison in the Cameroonian city Douala on Wednesday, the justice ministry said. Around 20 other prisoners in the maximum security New Bell prison in the West African port city were injured when the fire broke out at around 0400 GMT. (Posted @ 20:50 PST) Mao's successor Hua Guofeng dead at 87: state media BEIJING, Aug 20 (AFP): Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong as chairman of China's ruling Communist Party, died Wednesday at the age of 87, state media reported. The official Xinhua news agency said Hua died in the Chinese capital after suffering from an illness, without elaborating.(Posted @ 19:45 PST) Olympics: Afghanistan win first ever Olympic medal BEIJING, Aug 20 (AFP): Rohulla Nikpai gave Afghanistan its first ever Olympic Games medal when he won the taekwondo men's -58kg bronze medal here Wednesday. He beat world champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain 4-1 in a play-off. Afghanistan's previous best Olympic finish was a fifth place in wrestling in 1964.(Posted @ 19:40 PST) Floods leave 80,000 stranded in India's northeast GAUHATI, Aug 21 (AP): Monsoon floods left nearly 80,000 people stranded and dependent on emergency aid for food and water in India's remote northeast, an official said Wednesday. The authorities used motorboats to rush aid to flood victims in more than 70 inundated villages on Majuli, one of Asia's largest freshwater islands located in the Brahmaputra River, said A. Baruah, a local government official in the state of Assam. There have been no deaths reported so far on the island, Baruah said. Heavy monsoon rains have been lashing the region since Monday, and officials warn that more rain will fall in the flood-prone region in the coming days.(First posted @ 16:10 Posted @ 19:30 PST) Federal agency to cite 5 US states for pollution INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 21 (AP): U.S. environmental officials accuse five Midwest states of violating a new air pollution standard for tiny soot particles that can cause respiratory distress in children and the elderly. Counties in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin have run afoul of rules demanding that outdoor pollution particles be no bigger than 2.5 micrometers, or one-30th the diameter of a human hair, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. Nationwide, EPA said it would name 215 counties in 25 states as not meeting the new standard, but would seek comments from states before making its final designations by Dec. 18.(Posted @ 19:05 PST) Grenade blast wounds four in southern Philippines ZAMBOANGAAug 20 (AFP): Attackers on a motorcycle hurled a grenade that wounded four people outside a hotel in the revolt-hit southern Philippines late Wednesday, a military official said. The blast hit a small group of people at the front of a hotel in Zamboanga City on Mindanao Island, said the head of a military anti-terror task force.(Posted @ 18:45 PST) Five dead as Typhoon Nuri slams into Philippines MANILA, Aug 20 (AFP): Five people were killed as Typhoon Nuri slammed into the northern Philippines Wednesday, triggering heavy rain and warnings of possible storm surges, officials said. Packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometres an hour at the centre and gusts of up to 170 kilometres per hour, at 0800 GMT, Nuri was 90 kilometres northwest of the northern province of Cagayan, moving northwest at 15 kilometres per hour. “It has made landfall. She is lashing northern Luzon,” said the chief forecaster at the state weather bureau.(Posted @ 18:15 PST) Senator Kerry welcomes Musharraf exit, urges US help for Pakistan's success WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (APP): Senator John Kerry, a key member of the Foreign Relations Committee, described Pervez Musharraf's departure from presidency as a welcome development for the Pakistani people and urged US cooperation for Pakistan's success in meeting challenges facing it. He saw the development as offering an opportunity for Pakistani leaders to advance democracy and bring about economic uplift of the people. Kerry, a top Democratic leader, asked Pakistani leaders to focus on preventing Al Qaeda and the Taliban forces from seeking sanctuaries on its side of the Afghan border. “Over the long-term, the best way to fight extremism is for Pakistan's politicians to use this opportunity to strengthen their democracy and deliver an economic plan that can improve the lives of their people.” “This ultimately is their fight and their future, but for their sake and ours, America needs to help them succeed,” he stated. Kerry criticized the US Administration for following a “personality-driven foreign policy that turned a blind eye to Pakistan's people.” He said the backing of a “discredited dictator” undercut US ability to work with the new government to eliminate terrorists from Pakistan's border areas. (Posted @ 11:05 PST) Cricket: India level series with three-wicket win DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, Aug 20 (AFP): India beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second one-day international here on Wednesday to level the five-match series 1-1: Brief scores: Sri Lanka 142 in 38.3 overs; India 143-7 in 39.4 overs.(Posted @ 17:45 PST) Ex-Bangladesh PM charged over defence deal: state lawyer DHAKA, Aug 20 (AFP): Prosecutors formally lodged new charges Wednesday against ex-Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed over her alleged role in a 130-million-dollar defence deal with Russia. An anti-corruption court charged Sheikh Hasina with “breach of trust” and “abuse of power” over the purchase of eight MiG fighter jets from Russia while she was prime minister in 1999, state lawyer Shaim Ahsan Khan said. “Her trial on the charges formally began today. She faces a maximum life sentence and a minimum 10 years in jail if she is convicted,” Khan said. Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League party, is being tried in absentia since she is receiving medical care in the United States.(Posted @ 17:30 PST) Poland, U.S. sign deal on missile shield WARSAW, Aug 20 (Reuters): The United States and Poland signed a deal on Wednesday to station elements of a U.S. missile defence shield on Polish soil, a move certain to aggravate Russia-Western tensions over Moscow's intervention in Georgia. The agreement was signed by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Radoslaw Sikorski at a ceremony also attended by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski. The site in Poland hosting 10 interceptor rockets and a giant radar in neighbouring Czech Republic will form the European part of a global system Washington claims it is assembling to shoot down ballistic missiles it fears could be launched by “rogue” states or militant groups like Al-Qaeda. (Posted @ 16:20 PST) Floods force thousands to flee homes in India, Nepal GUWAHATI, India, Aug 20 (Reuters): Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains left some 50,000 people homeless in India's remote northeast, officials said Wednesday, warning of more rains in one of the country's most flood-prone regions. Floodwaters swamped some 100 villages in Assam state, destroying homes and croplands and forcing thousands of people to the safety of high grounds. “Water levels of all rivers are rising and hundred villages have been completely submerged,” said an official at worst-hit Majuli, a riverine island in Assam's Jorhat district. The regional weather office warned of more showers in the next 24 hours in the region. In neighbouring Nepal, at least 20,000 people were displaced and sheltered in relief camps in the country's southeast after a river broke a dam and flooded six villages, an official said on Wednesday. Local media reports said three people were killed but an official said he had no information about the deaths. (Posted @ 16:10 PST) Russia says 64 soldiers dead in fight with Georgia MOSCOW, Aug 20 (AP): A top Russian general said 64 of the country's soldiers were killed in this month's fighting with Georgia and 323 were wounded. The figure given Wednesday by Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovistsyn, deputy head of the general staff, reduces the fatality toll from the initial figure of 74 but substantially raises the number of wounded. Russia previously had said about 170 were wounded. (Posted @ 15:40 PST) Two killed in Baghdad bombing BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (AFP): A roadside bomb killed at least two people in a Baghdad’s Al-Salekh neighbourhood Wednesday, police said. Four people were also wounded in the bombing on a major thoroughfare in the crowded district. (Posted @ 14:05 PST) 29 killed in Sri Lanka fighting COLOMBO, Aug 20 (AP): Fierce fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka killed 25 rebels and four soldiers, the military said Wednesday. The worst of the fighting Tuesday erupted in the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts, on the edge of the rebels' dwindling de facto state, where 15 rebels and three soldiers were killed in scattered battles, the military said. Fighting in the nearby Vavuniya and Welioya regions killed another nine rebels and one soldier, the military said. (Posted @ 14:05 PST) 11 killed, 31 wounded in two car bomb attacks in Algeria ALGIERS, Aug 20 (AFP): Eleven people were killed and 31 wounded in two car bomb attacks Wednesday in the eastern Algerian town of Bouira, Algerian radio reported. One of the attacks targetted a passenger bus parked near the Sophie hotel, in the city centre. The second bomb went off near the military headquarters in Bouira, which is 120 kilometres southeast of the capital Algiers. The blasts could be heard in a radius of several hundred metres, residents told AFP by telephone. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. (First Posted @ 13:25 PST, Updated @ 14:00 PST) Russian parliament ready to recognize Georgia separatists MOSCOW, Aug 20 (AFP): The speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament, a close Kremlin ally, said Wednesday that lawmakers were ready to recognize the independence of separatist regions in Georgia, Interfax reported. “The Federation Council is ready to recognize the independent status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia if that is what the people of these republics want and also if there is a corresponding decision by the Russian president,” Sergei Mironov was quoted as saying. (Posted @ 13:35 PST) Lebanon PM visits Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (AFP): Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora arrived in Baghdad Wednesday for trade talks, the first Lebanese leader to visit Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, state television reported. (Posted @ 13:25 PST) Musharraf's peaceful ouster reflects Pakistan's political resilience: Wall Street Journal NEW YORK, Aug 20 (APP): Former president Pervez Musharraf's peaceful departure speaks well of Pakistan's underlying political resilience, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said Tuesday, with the hope that the democratic government would meet the challenges facing the country. “The country is not on the cusp of a radical takeover, as Iran in 1979...but the coalition government is fractious and may now splinter without Musharraf to rally against,” the newspaper said in an editorial. “We only wish the coalition government that will now have to govern showed any sign that it is up to the job,” said the editorial. “For all his faults,” the Journal praised Musharraf for aligning himself with the anti-terror war. “His government cooperated in the capture of 9/11 plotters Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, among others…he defused tensions with India and appears to have cut off terror infiltration routes across Kashmir. As a reward for such cooperation, Musharraf was put at the top of Al Qaeda's target list and he dodged three assassination attempts,” the Journal said. “However, he was a clumsy politician. He struck a deal in 2006 with tribal chiefs in the Frontier bordering Afghanistan, creating a sanctuary for the Taliban, which is now resurgent and threatening both countries…he also misjudged Pakistan's public mood, inflaming the opposition last year with his decision to fire the country's highest-ranking judge, jailing lawyers and civic leaders and declaring martial law.” Referring to the situation in the two smaller provinces, the newspaper said, “Amid this turmoil, the main US interest continues to be a stable Pakistan that is an ally in the war on terror.” (Posted @ 13:00 PST) Earthquake rattles Tokyo TOKYO, Aug 20 (AFP): A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rattled Tokyo Wednesday, causing buildings to shake in the heart of the metropolis, officials said. The quake’s epicentre was 50 kilometres underground in Ibaraki prefecture northeast of the capital, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Ibaraki police said they had no immediate reports of damage from the earthquake, which struck at 03:13 p.m. (Posted @ 12:50 PST) Several missing after flooding in eastern Nepal KATMANDU, Nepal, Aug 20 (AP) Several people were missing in eastern Nepal Wednesday after villages were flooded and a main highway and communication systems were cut. Army helicopters were rescuing people from rooftops and trees, and police and rescuers were using boats to help villagers escape in Sunsari district, about 300 miles southwest of Katmandu, said Home Ministry official Modraj Dotel. Initial reports said several villagers were swept away by floodwaters, but information was sketchy as communication lines had been severed, Dotel said. The villages were flooded after the Kosi river became swollen by monsoon rains. (Posted @ 12:30 PST) New Zealand has doubts on India nuclear deal NEW DELHI, Aug 20 (Reuters) New Zealand has doubts about a plan being discussed by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to give a green light to India's civilian nuclear deal with the United States, a minister was quoted Wednesday as saying. The United States has proposed to waive a ban on nuclear trade with India without conditions, like a compliance with a nuclear test ban or sanctions if India tested a nuclear device. The plan is being discussed with the NSG this week in Vienna. Critics say that the NSG needs to have tighter controls over India, such as with nuclear tests. “New Zealand has not arrived at a final position on this,” New Zealand's Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control Phil Goff was quoted as telling the Times of India. “But like a number of countries we do have reservations about aspects of the content of the draft exemption recently circulated to the NSG.” Diplomats see New Zealand being one of the most critical countries of the deal, along with Austria, Switzerland, Ireland and Norway. (Posted @ 12:25 PST) Quake hits southwest China BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters): An earthquake hit southwest China Wednesday, knocking down houses and forcing around 1,200 people to evacuate from near the site of a devastating quake which killed at least 70,000 people in May, the Xinhua news agency said. The quake, measuring five on the Richter scale, jolted western Yunnan province. Many homes collapsed in Sudian township, the epicentre, nearly 50 km from Yingjiang county seat, and several townships reported damage, but there were no reports of casualties, Xinhua said. (First Posted @ 09:10 PST, Updated @ 10:40 PST) Landslide kills six in Myanmar YANGON, Aug 20 (AFP): Six people were killed when torrential rains caused a landslide in a region of northern Myanmar famed for its rubies, state media reported Wednesday. Five family members and their guest died when their house was buried in the landside in a village in Mogok Township, the New Light newspaper said. (Posted @ 10:30 PST) Russia blocks UN Security Council draft on Georgia UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (Reuters): Veto-holding Russia blocked U.N. Security Council action on the Georgian crisis on Tuesday, refusing to support a western-backed draft resolution calling for an immediate Russian military withdrawal. Even though Moscow has said it will withdraw, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told the council the resolution should include and endorse a six-point peace plan promoted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and signed by both Georgia and Russia. Since the French-drafted text did not do this, “the Russian Federation will not be able to support (it),” he said. The council meeting ended with no attempt to put the resolution to a vote and French and other western officials declined to say whether they would do so. The draft also calls for the return of Georgian forces to their usual bases and demands full and immediate compliance with the cease-fire both countries have subscribed to. It also refers to “the territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders” - a concept Russia says is now obsolete because two Moscow-backed breakaway enclaves refuse to be re-integrated into Georgia. (Posted @ 10:20 PST) French president arrives in Afghanistan KABUL, Aug 20 (AFP): French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Kabul Wednesday to visit French troops after 10 of them were killed in the deadliest attack yet on international forces in Afghanistan. Sarkozy touched down at Kabul airport along with his Defence Minister Herve Morin and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, an AFP correspondent said. They were due to meet some of the 21 French troops wounded in the fighting Monday and Tuesday near Kabul, as well as Afghan President Hamid Karzai. (First Posted @ 09:55 PST, Updated @ 10:10 PST) Six drowned bodies found near Haiti bus accident PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug 20 (AP): Searchers in Haiti found the bodies of six people believed to have been aboard a bus that overturned in a surging river following Tropical Storm Fay, raising the country's total death toll from the storm to 16, officials said Tuesday. But civil protection and Red Cross workers did not find evidence to support early reports that dozens more drowned when the vehicle tried to ford the overflowing Riviere Glace Sunday. (Posted @ 10:10 PST) Aid worker killed in Afghanistan KABUL, Aug 20 (AFP): An Afghan employee of a French aid group was found murdered in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province Tuesday, two days after he was abducted, his organization, the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) said. “The motives behind this murder are still unclear,” it said in the statement on its website. “Sheyesta Gul, who worked for ACTED as a community trainer, was abducted while driving an ACTED vehicle two days ago,” it said. (Posted @ 09:20 PST) 10 killed in Venezuela bus crash CARACAS, Aug 20 (AFP): Two passenger buses collided Tuesday in western Venezuela, killing 10 people and injuring 17, the Bolivarian News Agency reported. The early morning crash occurred near the municipality of Socopo, about 400 kilometers southwest of the capital Caracas, and involved a local bus colliding with one en route from Caracas to San Cristobal, municipality mayor Salvador Guerrero Marquez said. (Posted @ 09:05 PST) 15 bodies found in Iraqi village BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (AFP): Iraq's security forces found Tuesday the bodies of 15 Iraqis in a village that was until three-weeks ago controlled by Al Qaeda, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP. The bodies were discovered in the village of Bauzel, 25 kilometres east of Baquba in Diyala province, General Mohammed al-Askari said, adding that they had been killed by Al-Qaeda gangs. Soldiers also found more than a thousand bombs and booby traps in 33 houses in the village. (Posted @ 09:05 PST) 17 dead in Brazil truck crash RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug 20 (AP): Seventeen people were killed and 15 injured after a truck carrying coffee pickers slammed into a barrier and flipped over in central Brazil, police said. Minas Gerais state police inspector Ailton Pereira said the truck apparently lost control on a curve when its brakes failed near the town of Bom Sucesso Tuesday. (Posted @ 09:00 PST) Karachi Stocks down 393.08 points: KARACHI, Aug 20: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 10525.98, down 393.08 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:15 PST) Forex update: KARACHI, Aug 20: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 75 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:15 PST)
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