Archive for February 27th, 2009

Kosovo trial clears Serbia leader

LONDON (SANA): Serbian ex-President Milan Milutinovic has been acquitted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Kosovo by a UN war crimes tribunal. ..Read More..

Geelani calls for protests after Friday prayers

SRINAGAR (SANA): Unmoved by the government’s clampdown on protests over the killing of two youth in Army’s unprovoked firing at Bomai, Sopur, the chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani has called for protests after Friday prayers. ..Read More..

APHC leaders put under house arrest

SRINAGAR, (SANA): The occupation authorities have placed most of the pro-freedom leaders under arrest to thwart their proposed Sopore march to participate in the Chaharum of the two youth killed by Army last week. ..Read More..

Cross LoC trade continues unhindered

POONCH (SANA): A day after Poonch traders dispatched tradable goods to Azad Kashmir (AJK), the traders from AJK also sent two trucks loaded with goods worth at-least five lakhs rupees. ..Read More..

Indian Army apologizes for ‘desecration’ of Mosque

SRINAGAR (SANA): The Indian Army has apologized to the Kashmiris for hurting their sentiments by its men from the 28 Rashtriya Rifles through burning some material brought out from the local mosque and entering the mosque premises with boots. ..Read More..

Srinagar under undeclared curfew

SRINAGAR (SANA): For the first time since the new government took charge, authorities have clamped undeclared curfew in Srinagar to thwart protests against the killing of two youth of Sopur by Army last weekend and an auto-driver by unidentified persons. ..Read More..

Reply to Pak queries ready: India

NEW DELHI (SANA): Indian has said that it is ready with its reply to Pakistan’s questions on the dossier establishing Pakistan’s involvement in the 26/11 terror attack, but was waiting to submit its reply to Pakistan till the chargesheet was filed in the case. ..Read More..

Taliban reconciliation ‘possible’: Afghan Governor

KABUL (SANA): Governor Mangal says the Afghan narcotics trade has been disrupted reconciliation with the Taliban is possible, says Gulab Mangal, the governor of Afghanistan’s troubled Helmand province. ..Read More..

UK sends Bomb specialists to Afghanistan

LONDON (SANA): Three British soldiers died after a bomb blew up their lightly armoured Land Rover in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan — the deadliest attack on British troops this year. ..Read More..

NATO SG invited to Moscow SCO conference

MOSCOW (SANA): NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has been invited to Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference scheduled to be held today (March 27), Russia’s NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin said. ..Read More..

Younus on top ICC beating ranking

ISLAMABAD (SANA): After securing triple-century Captain Younus Khan has earned him six places and put him on top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen for the first time in his career. ..Read More..

Yousuf staying away from domestic cricket

KARACHI (SANA): Senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf, who is affiliated with the ‘rebel’ Indian Cricket League, is staying away from the domestic cricket despite being cleared by the Sindh High Court recently. ..Read More..

Fazal kicks off mediation between PML-N-PPP

LAHORE (SANA): Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Maulana Fazalur Rehman has initiated an effort to calm down the tension between PPP-PML-N. ..Read More..

Pro-US policies plunge country into crisis: Qazi

LAHORE, (SANA): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed said that due to Musharraf’s unpopular and pro-American policies the country plunged into deep crisis. ..Read More..

Zardari’s behavior turning off Govt.’s members

ISLAMABAD (SANA): President Asif Ali Zardari has become harsh towards supporters of later Benazir Bhutto and his government’s members as he called them names. ..Read More..

ECP declares PP-48 Bhakar-II as vacant

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The Election Commission of Pakistan has declared the PP-48, Bhakkar-II seat of Punjab Assembly as vacant. ..Read More..

Pak keen to expand trade with US: Haroon

NEW YORK (SANA): Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Abdullah Hussain Haroon has said that Pakistan is keen to expand trade with the United States to over-come its economic ..Read More..

Governor’s rule after call of assembly session illegal: Iqbal

LAHORE (SANA): Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal has said that after convening the assembly session the imposition of governor’s rule is illegal and there is no moral and constitutional justification to terminate the assembly. ..Read More..

Disqualification of Sharifs harmful for democracy: Haq

RAWALPINDI (SANA): Jamiat Ulema-e-Isalm-S (JUI-S) Amir Maulana Samiul Haq has termed the decision of Supreme Court regarding Sharif Brothers’ eligibility case as harmful for democratic system in the country. ..Read More..

PML-N not to appeal against Sharifs’ eligibility case: Farooq

LAHORE (SANA):Pakistan Muslim League -N (PML-N) spokesman Siddiqul Farooq has said that his party would not appeal against the Supreme Court decision in Sharifs’ eligibility case as PML-N did not accept the sitting courts. ..Read More..


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