Himalayan glaciers not melting: study
* Indian environment minister says report meant to trigger informed discussion on issue
By Iftikhar Gilani
NEW DELHI: A study released by the Indian Ministry of Envireonment and Forests said on Monday the Himalayan glaciers were not shrinking at the rate that scientists led the... 
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Omar confirms ‘quiet diplomacy’ on Kashmir
NEW DELHI: Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah revealed that “quiet diplomacy” was being conducted to find an amicable settlement to Kashmir problem.
Addressing a media conference in the winter capital of Jammu, he also welcomed the willingness of pro-freedom groups to participate...
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Punjab, AJK, NWFP see rainfall
ISLAMABAD: The weather got colder with the first rain of the new season seen in parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Punjab and NWFP on Monday.
A private TV channel, citing the Meteorological Department, reported that rain was expected to end in central Punjab today (Tuesday).
During...
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India spends $1.1 billion on upgraded Israeli air defences
TEL AVIV: Israel has signed a $1.1 billion contract with India, to supply an upgraded tactical air defence system to India, an Israeli official said on Monday. He said this was decided in a high-level meeting with the Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor that the Barak-8 tactical air defence systems...
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India concerned over Israel’s security checks in Goa
NEW DELHI: The Indian Home Ministry has expressed concern over Israeli personnel carrying out security checks in its western coastal state of Goa last week to ensure safety of Israeli tourists in the city. The ministry has also said the government provided maximum security to tourists and any checks...
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China executes 9 over Xinjiang riots: media
BEIJING: China on Monday executed nine people convicted of violent crimes committed during July’s ethnic rioting between the Uighurs and Han Chinese in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province. The China News Service said the country’s supreme court executed nine people after a judicial review, adding...
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Osama is still alive: Hekmatyar
LAHORE: Hezb-e-Islami chief Gulbudin Hekmatyar has said that Osama Bin Laden is still alive, a private TV channel reported on Monday. Speaking in a video message, Hekmatyar said the US would be given “safe exit” if it decided to pull out of Afghanistan. “Al Qaeda’s ‘wrong’ strategy was the reason the...
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NATO, Afghans claim 130 Taliban killed in Kunduz
* Taliban spokesman says only five fighters killed
* Mortar kills woman, child during fight between Taliban, private security guards
KABUL: Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has...
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‘CNG association divided on strike’
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: The All-Pakistan CNG Association is split over whether to observe a strike from today (Tuesday), a private TV channel reported on Monday.
According to the channel, All-Pakistan CNG Association Chairman Ghayas Paracha said the move was a token strike against...
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Salmaan Taseer rules out removal as governor
* Punjab governor says people should ‘boycott’ use of sugar to counter shortage
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on Monday ruled out the possibility of him being removed as the province’s governor.
Talking to reporters at the mausoleum of national poet Allama Iqbal, the...
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Terror training camps harder to target
* Counterterrorism researcher says Al Qaeda moving trainers, resources around
* Estimates suggest 100 to 150 westerners trained in Pakistan last year
WASHINGTON: Under growing pressure from US missile strikes, the Al Qaeda terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups...
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People will get sugar at Rs 40 per kg: Shahbaz
* Punjab CM says Shalimar Hotel victims to get compensation soon
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The government has adopted a strategy to supply sugar to consumers at the rate fixed by the Lahore High Court and shortage of the commodity will end with a few days, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz...
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Markets to get 4,000 metric tonnes of sugar daily, says food minister
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to increase the daily supply of sugar to markets from 1,800 metric tonnes to 4,000 metric tonnes, Food Minister Malik Nadeem Kamran said on Monday. Addressing a press conference, he said the step would result in a 135 percent increase in the supply of sugar...
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Rawalpindi division runs out of sugar
RAWALPINDI: Districts of Rawalpindi, Attock and Chakwal are facing acute sugar shortage as their quotas are inadequate to meet requirements of large populations.
Administrations of these districts are applying for quota system for sugar distribution. Under daily allocated quotas, sugar is supplied...
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Private schools to reopen today
ISLAMABAD: All private schools of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, which have been closed due to security threats, are reopening today (Tuesday). Malik Muhammad Abrar, president of All Pakistan Schools and Colleges Owners’ Association (APSCOA), told Daily Times on Monday that all the private schools in the...
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Musharraf asked to stop accusing others, face charges
KARACHI: Instead of accusing President Asif Ali Zardari, former president Pervez Musharraf should return to Pakistan and face the charges filed against him for violating the constitution, Bilawal House spokesman Ejaz Durrani said on Monday.
Referring to Musharraf’s recent interview, the spokesman...
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Pakistan, S Arabia to sign $380m deal today
* $100 million for import of urea fertiliser, $80m for Neelum-Jhelum Power Project
By Ijaz Kakakhel
ISLAMABAD: The government will sign three agreements worth $380 million with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) today (Tuesday) for budgetary support and other purposes.
A...
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Canal road widening project wastage of Rs 3.5bn: activists
* Activists claim project aimed at facilitating PML-N leaders
Staff Report
LAHORE: Members of the civil society and rights activists have accused the leadership of the provincial ruling party of wasting Rs 3.5 billion to “save time on their drive back home to Raiwind”, depriving...
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Teenage UTP commits suicide in central jail premises
KARACHI: A teenage under-trial prisoner (UTP) allegedly committed suicide in the premises of the Karachi Central Jail on Monday. Police said Mohsin Baloch alias Aslam, 19, son of Dildar, a resident of Mawatch Goth, went to the bathroom of the mosque in the premises of the jail where he hanged himself...
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‘No sugar shortage in Sindh’
KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri has reiterated that sugar crisis would be controlled within next week and sugar would be provided to the masses at Rs 40 per kg. Talking to the media here Monday, she said the Sindh government has abundance of sugar, but the main issue was the speedy...
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Dead body found in Pindoria
ISLAMABAD: The capital police retrieved a corpse of an unidentified person in the limits of Shahzad Town Police Station on Monday, a police official said. He elaborated the dead man aged between 25 to 27 had injuries on his head. The incident came to light when a passerby informed police about the...
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2 vehicles stolen, house burgled
RAWALPINDI: Two vehicles were stolen and a house burgled on Monday. Muhammad Shahzad, a resident of Gulshan-e-Zaheer, lodged an FIR with RA Bazaar Police Station that his car was stolen from outside his house. Muhammad Zaid, a resident of Dhoke Darzian, registered a complaint with Gunjmandi Police...
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Resource centre opens in Lahore
LAHORE: On the second anniversary of the Benenson Society of Australia (Pakistan chapter), the National Youth Organisation of Pakistan has opened the first Dialogue Action Research Training School (DARTS) in Lahore. DARTS is a resource centre offering information on aspects of interfaith dialogue, culture,...
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Commonwealth wants Pakistan, India to settle their own issues
LONDON: The Commonwealth expects both Pakistan and India to settle their bilateral issues and the organisation can only extend its assistance on issues relating to good governance and social and economic development, Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma said on Monday.
Speaking at a...
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Annual matric exams from March 13
RAWALPINDI: Eight boards of intermediate education in Punjab including Rawalpindi would hold annual matriculation examination from March 13, 2010.
The Punjab Education Department, on the directives of Punjab Board Chairmen Committee (PBCC), has issued a notification for holding matriculation...
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SPARC launches awareness campaign on bonded labour
By Akhtar Amin
PESHAWAR: November 9, 2009: The Society for Protection of Rights of Child (SPARC) on Monday launched a five-day campaign to create awareness about the plight and problems of bonded labourers and proper implementation of laws against bonded labour.
SPARC NWFP Regional...
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Resolving financial crisis: CDA to increase land prices in Diplomatic Enclave
* Officials say 43 diplomatic missions, 48 foreign companies functioning in residential sectors in violation of CDA by-laws
By Fazal Sher
ISLAMABAD: To counter financial crisis, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to increase price of land from Rs 15,000 to $1,000...
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FIR of aborted suicide blast lodged
ISLAMABAD: After conducting autopsy of an unknown suicide bomber who was gunned down by police at a security picket Sunday night, Shalimar police on Monday registered an FIR of the incident. A police official said the FIR was lodged under Articles 324, 109,511, 3/4,4 and 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act and...
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Altaf threatens to launch protest drive against Punjab govt
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Monday threatened to launch a countrywide protest campaign against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz led Punjab government, for its provocative actions towards MQM office-bearers and journalists.
In a statement issued from London, he demanded...
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Preparations for GB elections complete: EC
ISLAMABAD: All preparations have been made for the elections scheduled to be held on November 12, Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Election Commissioner Rahim Nawaz said on Monday. According to a press statement, he said around 770,286 voters would exercise their right of franchise in the upcoming elections....
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SC takes up impugned appointment of AJK CJ
* Petition seeks order against appointment of ‘junior judge’ as AJK SC chief justice
By Masood Rehman
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) will resume hearing of a constitutional petition challenging the appointment of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) SC Chief Justice Riaz Akhtar Chaudhry,...
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Eunuchs demand recovery of ‘extorted’ money
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: Eunuchs residing in a Hashtnagri locality demanded the government provide them security and their money extorted by a resident of the area.
The eunuchs’ demand came at demonstration they staged outside the Peshawar Press Club on Monday. The outraged eunuchs...
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10th int’l moot on radiology concludes
KARACHI: The three-day 10th International Conference of Radiology themed as ‘Excellence in Radiology Practice’, organised by the Radiological Society of Pakistan, concluded on Monday.
A two-day pre-conference workshop was also held in which technical papers were presented by local as well as...
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PML-N, ‘Q’ favour strong Centre, not provinces: Haji Adeel
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and PML-Quaid are reluctant in giving provinces more powers in the proposed constitutional package, Awami National Party Senator Haji Adeel said on Monday. Talking to Daily Times, he said, “Both parties will have to change their attitude as strong...
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Iqbal Day goes unnoticed in Capital
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The 132nd birth anniversary of the national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal went unnoticed as no activity was seen in the capital related to the occasion, Daily Times learnt.
Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), National Language Authority (NLA) and Pakistan National...
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Kaira assures free, fair elections in Gilgit-Baltistan
* Minister urges people to ensure maximum participation in polls
GILGIT: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Monday assured that free, fair and transparent elections would be held in Gilgit-Baltistan on November 12.
Speaking to journalists after...
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HRCP observers reach GB to monitor elections
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP) observers have reached Gilgit-Baltistan to monitor the general elections to be held there on November 12. According to a press release issued on Monday, the HRCP team is being led by the organisation’s Co-chairperson Iqbal Haider and consists...
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French doctor traveling from Pakistan to Paris by car
* Journey meant to promote better image of Pakistan
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: A French doctor is embarking on a 6,000-mile trip to promote a better image of Pakistan, the Guardian reported on Monday.
“It's not all about terrorism,” said Dr Vincent Loos, referring to the...
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Land grabbers, water scarcity ruining Pai Forest in Sindh
* Forest home to hog deer, partridges, Asiatic jackals, jungle cat, porcupine, wild boar and snakes
Staff Report
LAHORE: The Pai forest in Sindh is under threat from land grabbers and scarcity of water, which ironically is a protected area and part of the Indus eco-region, which...
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India holds maritime drill to prevent another 26/11
NEW DELHI: India is launching a joint maritime security exercise this week to prevent future Mumbai-style terror attacks and test various measures taken during the past one year to secure the 7,500-kilometre coastline.
The exercise, involving the Indian Navy and Coast Guards, state police of...
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Palestinians tear down chunk of wall, 20 years after Berlin
RAMALLAH: Palestinians tore down a chunk of Israel’s West Bank separation barrier on Monday in a protest planned to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down.
A truck was used to pull down a section of the wall to the cheers of an estimated 150 Palestinian activists...
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Allied forces ‘may abandon Helmand
LAHORE: A new strategy for Afghanistan that could lead to a British troop withdrawal from a former Taliban stronghold in northern Helmand province has sparked an immediate controversy.
Citing a senior NATO source, The Times reported that western military commanders in Afghanistan were considering...
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Alleged Fort Hood shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers
* Former prayer leader says he can’t remember Hasan ever being taught or preached to by radical cleric Aulaqi
* US prayer leader’s website praises Maj Nidal Malik Hasan as hero
WASHINGTON: The alleged Fort Hood military base shooter held his mother’s funeral at the same mosque that...
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Britain approves 10 possible nuclear plant sites
LONDON: The British government on Monday approved 10 sites where utilities could build nuclear power plants and promised to speed up the planning system for new energy facilities.
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said the list included German utility RWE’s plans for Kirksanton,...
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Iran police say ready to carry out hand amputations
TEHRAN: Iranian police are ready to enforce sharia punishment law, such as amputating hands, because a failure to carry out these punishments had led to an increase of crimes, the Ebtekar newspaper reported on Monday.
Under Iran’s sharia law, repeat offenders face amputation of their fingers...
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Somali pirates seize UAE weapons ship
MOGADISHU: Somali pirates seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship loaded with weapons bound for the Horn of Africa, in breach of a UN arms embargo, maritime experts said on Monday.
Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme told Reuters that the ship, called...
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Ahmedinejad slams capitalism
ISTANBUL: Capitalism is the cause of the global economic recession and an Islamic banking system is the only way to revive battered world economies, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.
Addressing a one-day meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), Ahmadinejad said...
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