Former commanders and Taliban among Afghan poll winners
* All candidates ran independently
* Vote mostly based on ethnic lines
KABUL: Final results of Afghanistan’s legislative elections show several former commanders of military factions, three old Taliban officials, women activists and several ex-communists won seats in the new parliament.... 
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British man beats HIV
LONDON: A British man is believed to have become the first person in the world to get rid of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), newspaper reports said on Sunday. Andrew Stimpson (25) was diagnosed as HIV-positive in August 2002. However, tests 14 months later showed that the virus had completely...
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Tribal councillors threaten to block LB polls
Staff Report
BARA: Tribal councillors from the Khyber Agency seeking greater empowerment have threatened to resign and said they would not allow local council elections to be held in the tribal areas in the future.
In a meeting at Bara, which was attended by several councillors...
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‘No Pakistani team in Israel’
ISLAMABAD: The government denies press reports that an unofficial 174-member Pakistani delegation consisting of religious leaders, businessmen and academicians has reached Israel, said an official handout issued on Sunday. pr
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3 US soldiers killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Two US marines were killed in combat and a soldier died in a vehicle accident in Iraq, the military said in a statement on Sunday.
The marines were assigned to Regimental Combat Team Eight, 2nd Marine Division, and died when their vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device...
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24 die in AJK accidents
BAGH/MUZAFFARABAD: At least 24 people died and 18 were injured in two separate road accidents in the quake-stricken areas of Bagh and Muzaffarabad.
A Rawalpindi-bound vehicle fell into a ravine near Bagh, leaving 13 people dead and nine injured.
A passenger bus fell into a river near Muzaffarabad...
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Hunt for new obscure terror outfits begins
By Hasan Mansoor
KARACHI: After some intelligence reports about the potential presence of new terror outfits, a secret hunt by expert investigators in the police and other law enforcement agencies has been launched countrywide, sources told Daily Times.
“There are reports that some...
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Christians demand inquiry into attacks on churches
By Ali Waqar
LAHORE: A delegation of catholic bishops of Pakistan will visit the school, convent and three churches that were attacked on November 12 at Sangla Hill, Nankana Sahib district.
The bishops will lodge a first information report (FIR) against the people suspected of...
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‘Hassan Nawaz doesn’t have brain cancer’
Staff Report
LAHORE: Hassan Nawaz, son of former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif is not suffering from brain cancer, Dr Saeed Elahi, president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Doctor’s Wing said.
Dr Saeed, who traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet Nawaz Sharif said that he was visibly...
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Govt providing resources to accelerate development: CM
* Says computerisation being promoted to improve govt institutions
Staff Report
LAHORE: The government is providing resources to accelerate social development in the province, Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said during a meeting with State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Hussain...
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Shujaat receives 8 relief trucks from Indians
Staff Report
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain received eight trucks of relief goods worth Rs 5.2 million from Confederation of Indian Industries President Sunil Kant Manjal on an Indian delegation’s behalf, at the Wagah Border on Sunday.
He...
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‘Several PML members want to go to PML-N’
Staff Report
LAHORE: Several Pakistan Muslim League (PML) members are negotiating with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to join the party, claimed PML-N leaders on Sunday.
PML members had contacted the PML-N because of the ruling party’s indifferent attitude, said PML-leaders...
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DPC! What DPC?
By Shahnawaz Khan
LAHORE: Pakistan has been facing religious and sectarian violence, which has claimed the lives of thousands of people from different religious schools of thought over the past several years. District Peace Committees (DPCs), which were set up to mediate and resolve sectarian...
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Faisalabad DIG found guilty of land-grabbing
LAHORE: Senior Superintendent of Police Major (r) Mubasher declared that DIG Faisalabad Police Chaudhry Sajjad was guilty of land grabbing and killing a person in an encounter, sources told Daily Times on Sunday.
He made the declaration after an inquiry he conducted on the Lahore High Court’s...
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PML in quandary over choosing naib nazim candidates
By Khawaja Naseer
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League’s (PML) Lahore chapter is finding it difficult to nominate its candidates for district, Data Gunj Bukash Town, Gulberg Town and Ravi Town naib nazim offices.
PML sources told Daily Times that the formal session for the district and...
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UET graduates suffering due to haphazard beginning of courses
By Ali Waqar
LAHORE: The passing-out graduates of the Bachelor of Computer Sciences and Engineering (BCSE) course from University of Engineering and Technology (UET) in Lahore are not alone in their worries as students of various universities are suffering from a haphazard start of various...
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Police announces security plan for traders
Staff Report
LAHORE: “Lahore Police’s Pilot Project,” a comprehensive security plan for the city’s business community, has been announced by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) (Operations) Aamir Zulfiqar Khan.
Addressing traders’ representatives of Liberty Market, Gulberg,...
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Two brothers die doing wheelies
Staff Report
LAHORE: Two brothers who were one-wheeling on their father’s motorcycle died when their motorcycle hit a cart in the Ghaziabad police precincts on Saturday.
Hussain and Bilal Anjum went to meet their grandmother late on Saturday night. Afterwards, they and their friends...
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NATO teams expand relief operations
* Three planes carrying relief goods and water purification plant arrive
ISLAMABAD: NATO continued expanding its relief efforts on Sunday as its helicopters evacuated hundreds of earthquake victims from remote villages and medics treated the earthquake patients.
As nighttime temperatures...
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Church-torching in Sangla Hill: Christians hold Sunday mass in the open
* Home secretary says situation now under control
SANGLA HILL: Hundreds of Christians held Sunday service out in the open after a mob of angry Muslims in Sangla Hill town burnt down churches over allegations that a Christian had desecrated the Holy Quran, officials and witnesses said.
The...
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Christians announce countrywide protest from today
SANGLA HILL: The Christian community staged a rally to protest the burning of churches and Christian schools by mobs angry over the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran by a young Christian man Yousaf Masih. Protesters blocked the Sangla Hill-Faisalabad road, ignoring police orders to the contrary....
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Sonia Naz rape case: Police presenting fresh report to SC today
By Mohammad Kamran
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will resume the proceedings of a case regarding the alleged abduction and rape of Sonia Naz today (Monday), when a special inquiry team is due to present a fresh report of its findings.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad...
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PPPP and JI hail Hindko conference
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) welcomed the Gandhara Hindko Board’s (GHB) two-day Hindko Conference.
A five-member GHB team met PPPP MPA Syed Zahir Ali Shah to invite him to the conference. Accepting the invitation,...
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Commodore Asif Sandila promoted
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy’s Commodore M Asif Sandila has been promoted to rear admiral, a defence ministry notification said on Sunday.
The Sitara-e-Imitiaz recipient has held various command and staff positions including the command of destroyer PNS BADR, divisional officer and training commander...
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Shias protest ‘denial’ of rights
KARACHI: Supporters of the Northern Areas Shia Action Committee staged a demonstration Sunday to protest against “denial of genuine rights” to the majority Shia population of Gilgit and Baltistan.
The protesters, mostly youths, raised slogans against the arrest of Gilgit Friday prayer leader...
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8 attackers kill blind man’s daughter, injure 3 others
Staff Report
SARGODHA: Eight people tortured a blind man and his four daughters as a result of which one of the girls died in Chak No 109 SB in Sillanwali on Friday, a first information report said.
Police registered a case against the accused on the intervention of a human rights...
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JUI-F plans to construct 10,000 houses for victims
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) on Sunday announced construction of 10,000 homes, funded by the party, for earthquake-affected people in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir.
The announcement was made by Maulana Abdul Ghafoor, the JUI-F general secretary, and...
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NWFP fisheries in troubled water
PESHAWAR: Illegal fishing using dangerous methods like electrocution, blasting and toxic chemicals continues in Kabul and Swat rivers and their tributaries in Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera in the NWFP. These methods are the easiest to catch big fish but are dangerous for thousands of small fish,...
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JWP fears renewed military action in Dera Bugti
By Azizullah Khan
QUETTA: Security forces are preparing to launch another military operation in Dera Bugti, said Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) leaders in a central committee meeting presided over by Nawab Akbar Bugti in Dera Bugti on Sunday.
JWP Central Information Secretary Senator...
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4 people killed in tribal violence
QUETTA: Unidentified people shot dead four people from the Muhammad Hasni Tribe on Sunday afternoon in the Mashkey area of Balochistan. According to reports from Mashkey tehsil, situated 400 kilometres southwest of Quetta, Naji Khan, Ghulam Rasool, Nadim and Amanullah were killed in the firing. Naji...
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Free calls to UK for earthquake victims
ISLAMABAD: Dr Sinclair Stockman, British Telecom Global Services president (technology), and George Johnson, of the MBE, on Sunday announced free telephone services for the October 8 earthquake victims.
During a meeting with Senator Tariq Azeem, state minister for overseas Pakistanis, the delegation...
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Mild tremors felt in Balochistan
NOSHAKI: Low intensity tremors were felt in areas of Noshaki, Balochistan on Sunday.
The intensity of the tremors was 4 on the Richter scale. The tremors were felt around 2:30 am. People in large numbers came out of their houses and some of them spent the rest of the night outside. online
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World seismology moot on 18th
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The NWFP University of Engineering and Technology (UET) in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) will hold an international conference on seismology on November 18 and 19, said UET Vice Chancellor Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani.
Addressing...
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Locally made CNG kits soon
ISLAMABAD: The government will allow the local industry to manufacture compressed natural gas (CNG) kits, which is expected to bring their prices down by 50 percent, the CNG association chairman said. Malik Khuda Bakhsh, the CNG station owners’ association chairman, said that kit samples have already...
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Relief becomes business as deserving survivors await aid
By Zakir Hassnain
PESHAWAR: Survivors moving from the five earthquake-hit districts in the NWFP to major cities in the province confirmed the statements of public representatives that relief supplies are not reaching the deserving-people.
In addition, the officials concerned have...
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Up to Rs 1.32b distributed among quake survivors
PESHAWAR: On the directives of NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani, the provincial government has distributed Rs 1.32 billion as compensation amongst 18,833 earthquake-victims in five affected districts, said an official handout issued on Sunday.
It said that Durrani has strictly directed...
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Inter religious harmony should be promoted: philanthropist
LAHORE: The fundamentals of Islam and Christianity are the same and we need to promote inter-religious harmony to prevent clashes between civilisations, said Mrs Zoe Hersov, a noted philanthropist and scholar on comparative religion and women’s development.
She was delivering a lecture on ‘the...
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US officer calls on PITB chairman
LAHORE: Victoria Taylor, the US Embassy’s Political and Economic officer, called on Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) Chairman Rizwan Ahmed Sheikh on Sunday.
The two discussed matters regarding intellectual property rights, PITB’s role in relief operations and promotion of information...
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PPPP demands NCHD’s audit
MULTAN: Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians secretary general, demanded the immediate audit of funds given to the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and Pakistan Human Development Fund (PHDF).
Talking to reporters on Sunday, he said the government...
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Only 30,000 survivors in tent villages so far
* Army commander says decision to come down is the people’s own
Staff Report
MANSEHRA: More than 30,000 survivors in the earthquake-hit areas of NWFP are lodged at official and unofficial tent villages, a top military official said.
Hardly any houses in the Balakot district...
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Qazi and Fazl agree to settle disputes
By Mohammad Imran
ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rehman have reportedly decided to resolve their differences in the next meeting of the Muttahida’s supreme council.
“It has been decided by both leaders...
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PML-N refuses to attend parliamentary group meeting
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will not participate in a meeting of the parliamentary group on the earthquake, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the acting PML-N parliamentary leader, said on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference, he said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was incapable...
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Amrita Pritam—A great wordsmith in Punjab’s literary history
By Fakhar Zaman
When I was in college, I got inspiration from Amrita Pritam’s poetry work Naveen Rut (New Season) to write in the mother language. I had already read some Sufi poets of Punjabi language but Amrita Ji’s poetry impressed me the most and I started writing in Punjabi language...
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Queen Elizabeth is Islam’s biggest enemy: Al Qaeda
LONDON: Ayman al-Zawahri, number two in Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terror network, named Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as “one of the severest enemies of Islam” in a video seen by the Sunday Times.
The British weekly newspaper said that it had obtained the full 27-minute Al Qaeda tape which claimed...
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France reaffirms tough action
* Interior minister restates pledge to expel foreigners involved in violence
PARIS: France’s interior minister pressed home a pledge of tough action to curb urban unrest by angry youths, including the expulsion of foreigners involved in 17 successive nights of violence.
Youths...
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New bridge to connect divided Kashmir
SRINAGAR: A makeshift bridge connecting the Indian and Pakistan zones of Kashmir will be opened on Monday to replace one shattered by last month’s earthquake that left people stranded in each other’s territory, an official said.
Sixteen Indian nationals would travel into the Indian zone of Kashmir...
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Tribal clashes the biggest problem in Balochistan
KARACHI: Maulana Abdul Wasey, senior provincial minister of Balochistan, said on Sunday that tribal clashes were the biggest problem in the province.
“Tribal clashes are taking a heavy toll. Therefore, the Balochistan Assembly has formed a parliamentary committee led by me to address these issues,”...
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New research project to ask who speaks for Islam
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: The American University’s School of International Service, the Saban Centre for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life have announced the launch of a joint venture called Islam in the Age of Globalisation....
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Traders protest gurad’s killing
KARACHI: Shopkeepers of Gulistan-e-Jauhare staged a sit-in on a link road between Jauhar Chowrangi and Rashid Minhas Road Sunday to protest against the killing of the security guard of a cellphone shop during a robbery on Saturday night.
The sit-in lasted for over an hour during which the shopkeepers...
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Traders trying to import goods for business
KARACHI: Common people have responded to calls of the government and non-government organisations to provide relief to the October 8 earthquake survivors, but it is shocking to learn from sources that traders are making the most of the tragedy.
Traders and profiteers have left no stone unturned...
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Saudis surprise Condi Rice with birthday cake
JEDDAH: Saudi officials surprised visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday with a chocolate cake to celebrate her 51st birthday.
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal told Rice, in the kingdom to improve ties between the two countries, that they had one more issue to discuss....
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Taliban kill three Afghan policemen
KANDAHAR: Taliban guerrillas killed three policemen after kidnapping them in a volatile southern province, an official said on Sunday.
The trio were kidnapped from their vehicle while travelling in a district of Helmand province on Saturday night and then were shot dead, Haji Mohammad Wali, a...
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Mojaddadi accuses Pakistan of supporting Taliban
KABUL: The head of Afghanistan’s reconciliation commission accused forces in Pakistan Sunday of propping up a deadly insurgency being waged in the name of loyalists of the Taliban government ousted four years ago.
The neighbouring country helped to create the fundamentalist Taliban in the early...
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US approves $698m in military aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON: The United States Congress on Friday approved financial assistance of $698 million for Pakistan in its Foreign Appropriations Bill for the next fiscal year 2006. The amount had earlier been proposed by the US administration.
It includes $300 million for military financing, and $300...
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Pasban protests ‘overplaying’ of US relief efforts
KARACHI: Members of Pasban staged a demonstration Saturday to protest against what they called “the overstating and overplaying of American relief efforts” in the October 8 earthquake-hit areas. They were carrying banners and placards inscribed with the slogans, with one of them reading: “No to NATO...
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