Friday, August 30, 2013

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Headlines: Memon terms MQM demand a ‘deep conspiracy’

Headlines: Memon terms MQM demand a ‘deep conspiracy’: Memon terms MQM demand a ‘deep conspiracy’ KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister, Sharjeel Memon has said that there is no need for ...

Headlines: Altaf demands Karachi be given under army control

Headlines: Altaf demands Karachi be given under army control: Altaf demands Karachi be given under army control LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief, Altaf Hussain Tuesday urged upon the...

Headlines: Australia man snatched in crocodile attack feared ...

Headlines: Australia man snatched in crocodile attack feared ...: Australia man snatched in crocodile attack feared dead DARWIN: A 24-year-old man was snatched by a crocodile in front of at least 15...

Headlines: Body of Australian man taken by a crocodile found

Headlines: Body of Australian man taken by a crocodile found: Body of Australian man taken by a crocodile found SYDNEY: Police on Monday recovered the body of a man taken by a large crocodile in n...

Body of Australian man taken by a crocodile found

SYDNEY: Police on Monday recovered the body of a man taken by a large crocodile in northern Australia with rangers confident they have killed the animal responsible.

Sean Cole, 26, was snatched on Saturday in front of at least 15 traumatised onlookers as he swam with a friend across a muddy river that has one of the highest densities of saltwater crocodiles in the world.

Northern Territory police senior constable Wade Rodgers said his body was found early Monday in the area where he was last seen.

"Our thoughts are with the family during this very difficult time," he said.

Witnesses had recounted seeing the animal, believed to be nearly five

metres (16 feet) long, swimming upriver with his body in its jaws.

Cole had been celebrating a friend's 30th birthday on Saturday at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat, about 110 kilometres (70 miles) from the city of Darwin, when he decided to plunge into the water. His friend survived.

The Northern Territory News said a survey three weeks ago recorded four crocodiles over four metres in the area and 10 to 12 measuring more than three metres.

Parks and Wildlife Ranger Tom Nichols said four crocs had been shot,

including the one believed to be responsible for the attack.

"Any animals that were in that range which we believed to be a possible target in the area where the accident took place, we usually take them out for simple reasons," he told ABC radio.

"We do autopsies on those and it's also closure for the families if there's anything there."

Saltwater crocodiles, which can grow up to seven metres long and weigh more than a tonne, are a common feature of Australia's tropical north.

They have been protected since the 1970s and their numbers have increased steadily since, along with the number of human encounters.

In December, a nine-year-old boy was taken by a four-metre crocodile while swimming in the Northern Territory, one month after a seven-year-old girl went missing while swimming, also in the north. (AFP)

Australia man snatched in crocodile attack feared dead

DARWIN: A 24-year-old man was snatched by a crocodile in front of at least 15 onlookers as he swam across a northern Australian river with a friend, police said Sunday.

Northern Territory police said the man was with a group celebrating a birthday at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat, about 110 kilometres (70 miles) from Darwin, on Saturday when he decided to plunge into the water.

"They were watching him swim across," senior sergeant Geoff Bahnert told AFP of the group.

"And they just saw a crocodile with him in its jaws."

Police conducted a search for the man, but were unsuccessful. The search was continuing Sunday, Bahnert said, adding that the largest crocodile at the site had been shot and killed as a precaution.

Reports suggested the men had ignored warnings not to swim in the river because of the risk of a crocodile attack.

"We tell people to stay away from the water, they obviously went against this (and) a man was taken," an employee of the resort, Erin Bayard, told News Corp Australia.

"We say to everybody it's full of crocs. It's one of the most populated rivers in the Territory, every couple of kilometres there is a large croc."

Saltwater crocodiles, which can grow up to seven metres (23 feet) long and weigh more than a tonne, are a common feature of Australia's tropical north.

They have been protected since the 1970s and their numbers have increased steadily since, along with the number of human encounters.

In December, a nine-year-old boy was taken by a four-metre crocodile while swimming in the Northern Territory, one month after a seven-year-old girl went missing while swimming, also in the north. (AFP)

Altaf demands Karachi be given under army control

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief, Altaf Hussain Tuesday urged upon the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to hand over control of Karachi to the army, as the provincial government had totally failed to maintain law and order in the city.

Altaf Hussain said that the Lyari gang war terrorists have been attacking the Kachi localities since Monday with rockets and most modern weapons, while the Sindh government, Karachi administration, police and other law enforcing agencies have failed to come to the rescue of the targeted Kachi community and, as a result, several people have thus far been killed and women amid dozens injured.

The persecuted members of the Kachi community took shelter away from their homes in interior Sindh and on the assurance of the Karachi Commissioner to provide them security returned to their homes on Monday. Altaf said these people were left unprotected and at the mercy of Lyari gang war terrorists who attacked them.

Altaf strongly condemned the attack on the Kachi community asked the Sindh chief minister, where is the Sindh government? Why have the police and law enforcing agencies disappeared from the restive areas of Lyari Town and what is the fault of the innocent and poor people of the Kachi community for which they are so cruelly being left at the mercy of the killers of Lyari gang war?

Altaf Hussain appealed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to hand over the control of Karachi administration to the army in a bid to rescue the people of city including the trading community and industrialists from the Lyari gang war terrorists and extortionists.

Memon terms MQM demand a ‘deep conspiracy’

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister, Sharjeel Memon has said that there is no need for handing Karachi over to the army, terming the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) demand a “deep conspiracy.”

Talking to Geo news on Tuesday, the provincial information minister said in the past when various other political parties demanded military operation in Karachi, the MQM used to refuse the demand.

Memon said that that military could temporarily resolve the law and order situation but it was not a long term solution. Rangers and police were taking action against the criminals, he added.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Headlines: مائیکروسافٹ نے رشوت دیکر ٹھیکہ لیا،وزیراعلیٰ تحقیق...

Headlines: مائیکروسافٹ نے رشوت دیکر ٹھیکہ لیا،وزیراعلیٰ تحقیق...: مائیکروسافٹ نے رشوت دیکر ٹھیکہ لیا،وزیراعلیٰ تحقیقات کرائیں امریکی محکمہ انصاف بھی تحقیقات کررہاہے،ٹرانسپیرنسی کاشہبازشریف کوخط فوٹ...

مائیکروسافٹ نے رشوت دیکر ٹھیکہ لیا،وزیراعلیٰ تحقیقات کرائیں

امریکی محکمہ انصاف بھی تحقیقات کررہاہے،ٹرانسپیرنسی کاشہبازشریف کوخط فوٹو: فائل

لاہور: ٹرانسپیرنسی انٹرنیشنل پاکستان نے وزیراعلیٰ پنجاب شہبازشریف کوایک خط میں کہا ہے کہ وہ ان الزامات کی تحقیقات کرائیں کہ امریکی ادارے مائیکرو سافٹ نے پنجاب میں90 لاکھ ڈالرکا3سالہ کنٹریکٹ حاصل کرنے کیلیے ایک سرکاری افسرکو رشوت دی تھی۔

ٹرانسپیرنسی نے امریکی اخباروال اسٹریٹ جرنل کی21اگست 2013 کی اس خبرکا حوالہ دیاکہ 2009 میں مائیکروسافٹ کے پاکستان میں اعلیٰ عہدیداروں نے پنجاب حکومت سے سافٹ ویئرکی فراہمی کاٹھیکہ حاصل کرنے کے لیے ایک اعلیٰ سرکاری افسراور اس کی اہلیہ کوبیرون ملک کادورہ کرایا، اس کے لیے نہ صرف انھیں بزنس کلاس کے ایئرٹکٹ دیے گئے بلکہ مہنگے ہوٹل میں قیام بھی کرایاگیا۔ 3ماہ بعد مائیکروسافٹ کوکنٹریکٹ مل گیا۔ اس معاملے کی تحقیقات کے لیے کہ سافٹ ویئرکی خریداری کے عمل میں متعلقہ قواعدکو مدنظر رکھاگیا کہ نہیں۔

ٹرانسپیرنسی نے وزیراعلیٰ سے درخواست کی کہ وہ منظورشدہ پی سی ون، نیب کی طرف سے جاری کردہ ایویلیوایشن فارم اورپی سی فائیوکے تحت پروجیکٹ کی تکمیل کے فارم تک ٹرانسپیرنسی کو رسائی دیں۔ ان تصدیق شدہ دستاویزات کی نقول جلدازجلد بذریعہ ڈاک ارسال کی جائیں۔ ٹرانسپیرنسی کے ایڈوائزرسید عادل گیلانی نے خط میں وزیراعلیٰ سے کہاکہ تحقیقات میں اگرالزام درست ثابت ہوگیا توبدعنوانی میں ملوث تمام عناصر کے خلاف قانون کے تحت کارروائی عمل میں لائی جائے۔ کسی سرکاری افسرکا اہلیہ سمیت مہنگے فضائی ٹکٹ پر سفرکرنا اورپرتعیش ہوٹل میں قیام کرنابدعنوانی کے زمرے میں آتا ہے کیونکہ اس کے عوض مائیکروسافٹ کوکنٹریکٹ دیاگیا۔ انھوں نے کہاکہ امریکاکا محکمہ انصاف بھی پنجاب حکومت پرالزامات کی تحقیقات میںمصروف ہے۔

Monday, August 26, 2013

Russia warns US against 'extremely dangerous' Syria attack

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned US Secretary of State John Kerry over the "extremely dangerous consequences" of launching military action against the Syrian regime, the foreign ministry said Monday.

Lavrov told Kerry in a telephone call Sunday that Moscow was "deeply

alarmed" by comments from US officials indicating a readiness to intervene in Syria in the wake of accusations the regime had used chemical weapons, it said in a statement.

"Sergei Lavrov drew attention to the extremely dangerous consequences of a possible new military intervention for the whole Middle East and North Africa region," it added.

Lavrov told Kerry that it appeared certain elements inside the United

States wanted to launch military action in Syria outside of the United Nations to undermine joint US-Russia efforts to organise a peace conference.

The Russian minister urged his US counterpart "to refrain from using

military pressure against Damascus and not to give into provocations."

The ministry said Kerry promised to "attentively" study the arguments of

the Russian side.

Russia underlined the necessity of an objective UN investigation into the claimed chemical attack and repeated its doubts that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad was to blame.

"There is mounting evidence that the incident was a pretence set up by the rebel opposition with the aim of accusing the Damascus government of

everything," the statement said.

ECP takes notice of PTI PP-150 rigging protest

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken notice of the protest of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against rigging during the by-election in PP-150.

The ECP has decided to hear the PTI’s petition seeking a recount in PP-150 and summoned all candidates who contested for the seat on August 28.

The PTI continues its protest against alleged rigging and party leaders and workers are staging a sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly. According to reports, PTI workers assaulted members of the press during the protest.

On Saturday, several party leaders and workers had been arrested during a police crackdown on their protest camp on Mall Road. The police claimed protests could not be held in the area due to the imposition of Section 144. Later, those arrested were released and they continued their protest on Mall Road. The protest ended when party leadership decided to continue it from Monday.

Islamabad gunman 'Sikander' raised funds for banned outfit in Dubai: IG

ISLAMABAD: Inspector General (IG) Police Islamabad, Sikander Hayat has revealed that the Islamabad standoff gunman is affiliated with a banned outfit and was engaged in fund raising for this group in Dubai.

During a news conference, the IG Police said that the Islamabad gunman Sikander was arrested by Dubai police during fund raising in 1998 and was sent to jail for three months. He was held again in 2001 and was deported by UAE authorities; however, he succeeded in getting a new passport by changing his name and appearance. He returned to Pakistan in 2010.

According to IG Police, Sikander also received militant training in 1996 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He further said that Sikander wanted to take a hostage at parliament house so his demands could be met, adding that the police was still trying to uncover the hand behind the gunman.

Hayyat added that the presence of the media at the spot prolonged the standoff in the federal capital. “There should be a code of conduct for coverage during such incidents.”

He further said the Islamabad standoff was about to end in 10 to 15 minutes when Zamarud Khan entered the scene without permission from the authorities concerned.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

ECP Secy warns of action over restricting women from voting

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission Secretary, Ishtiak Ahmed Khan has said that the electoral body has tried to address the grievances of political parties which it received on May 11 during general election.

Talking to media on Thursday, he said that the by-election on national and provincial assembly seats was the last phase of Election-2013.

He said that security arrangements have been improved for the by-polls as troops were deployed at 1800 sensitive polling stations.

To a question, he said that media persons having Election Commission passes would be allowed to cover the electoral process.

He said that the political parties had agreed that no agreement would be signed to stop women from using their right of franchise. Khan called for action against those trying to bar the women from casting ballot.

He said that action would be taken against those found involved in stopping the women from casting votes after receiving solid evidences.

Pakistan has an edge over India in underwater combat: TOI

NEW DELHI: If India goes to war today, it will have just seven to eight aging conventional submarines to deploy against enemy forces. This deeply blunts the country's underwater combat edge against Pakistan, which already has five relatively new conventional submarines and is angling to get six more advanced vessels from China, said a report published in Times of India.

Beijing, of course, is leagues ahead with 47 diesel-electric submarines and eight nuclear-powered ones.

The INS Sindhurakshak disaster last week, which blew a big hole in the Indian Navy's operational capabilities, has further compounded the problems.

Indian Navy is left with only 13 aging diesel-electric submarines - 11 of them over 20 years old. Four of the 13 submarines - nine Kilo-class of Russian origin and four HDW of German-origin are undergoing "a long refit'' to extend their operational lives. "Two kilo-class or Sindhugosh series submarines are at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd at Visakhapatnam, while two HDW or Shishumar-class vessels are at the Mumbai naval dockyard for the long refits," said a source.

The Navy does have one nuclear-powered submarine INS Chakra, taken on a 10-year lease from Russia last year, but it's not armed with nuclear-tipped missiles due to international treaties. INS Chakra can serve as a deadly `hunter-killer' of enemy submarines and warships with its 300-km range Klub-S land-attack cruise missiles as well as other missiles and advanced torpedoes.

Pakistan Navy, incidentally, is the first force in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to have submarines equipped with air-independent propulsion (AIP) in the shape of three French Agosta-90B vessels.

Conventional submarines have to surface every few days to get oxygen to recharge their batteries. Bu those fitted with AIP can stay submerged for much longer periods to significantly boost their stealth and combat capabilities, somewhat narrowing the gap with nuclear-powered submarines.

India, however, has even dithered in taking a decision to fit AIP in the last two of the six French Scorpene submarines being constructed for over Rs 23,000 crore at Mazagon Docks under "Project-75'', which is already running four years behind the original 2012-17 induction schedule. The first Scorpene will be delivered only by November 2016.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Indian forces attack Pakistan border posts

SIALKOT: Indian forces on Sunday resorted to unprovoked firing on a Pakistan Rangers’ checkpost in Sialkot sector and along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nakial sector near Kotli, military sources said.

The sources said that India’s Border Security Force resorted to unprovoked firing on the Pakistani checkpost.

"Intermittent exchange of fire continues. No loss reported so far," a military official was quoted as saying.

The situation remains tense between the South Asian neighbours since New Delhi accused Pakistan Army of killing Indian troops in occupied Kashmir.

Islamabad has been showing restraint despite Indian aggression after the recent events in which its High Commission was targeted by protesters in New Delhi.

The New Delhi-Lahore friendship bus was also stopped by Indian protesters on Friday.

Monsoon rains expected in Pakistan

KARACHI: The Met office has predicted monsoon rains in several cities across Pakistan from Monday and warned of flooding in rivers, lakes and drains.

Rain is expected in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Azad Kashmir. From Monday to Wednesday, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Dera Ghazi Khan. Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Dera Ismail Khan, Sibi and Naseerabad will experience heavy rainfall.

During the next 24 hours rain is also expected in Sindh, Southern Punjab and Balochistan.

Indonesian plane crashes into cow and skids off runway

An Indonesian passenger plane has skidded off a runway into a field after crashing into a cow.

The Lion Air plane, with at least 110 passengers on board, hit the cow as it came into land at Jalaluddin airport on the island of Sulawesi.

No-one has been reported injured, but the cow was crushed to death under a plane wheel.

The pilot, Iwan Permadi, told the national news agency Antara that he could smell "burning meat".

He said he initially thought there were dogs in front of the plane, "but it turned out there were three cows wandering in the middle of the runway".

Indian-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant launched

Monday's launch of INS Vikrant marks the end of the first phase of its construction

India has unveiled its first home-built aircraft carrier from a shipyard in southern Kerala state.

The 37,500 tonne INS Vikrant is expected to go for extensive trials in 2016 before being inducted into the navy by 2018, reports say.

With this, India joins a select group of countries capable of building such a vessel.

Other countries capable of building a similar ship are the US, the UK, Russia and France.

Monday's launch of INS Vikrant marks the end of the first phase of its construction.

The ship will be then re-docked for outfitting and further construction.

The ship, which will have a length of 260m (850ft) and a breadth of 60m, has been built at the shipyard in Cochin.

It was designed and manufactured locally, using high grade steel made by a state-owned steel company.

Vice-Admiral RK Dhowan of India's navy has described the launch as the "crowning glory" of the navy's programme to produce vessels on home soil.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

عید پر پکنک منانے کے دوران نہاتے ہوئے 17 افراد ڈوب گئے

کراچی…ملک کے مختلف شہروں میں دریاوٴں،نہروں اورڈیموں کے کنارے پکنک منانے کے دوران 5 بچوں سمیت 17 افراد نہاتے ہوئے ڈوب گئے، 6 لاشیں نکال لی گئیں جبکہ دیگر کی تلاش کے لیے ریسکیو آپریشن جاری ہے۔ریسکیو ذرائع کے مطابق ڈیرہ غازی خان میں تونسہ بیراج میں نہاتے ہوئے مختلف مقامات پر 8 افراد ڈوب گئے ، ان میں 5 دوست بھی شامل ہیں۔ جن کی تلاش کے لیے غوطہ خوروں کی مدد سے ریسکیو آپریشن جاری ہے۔ خانیوال میں ہیڈ سدھنائی میں نہاتے ہوئے تین بچے ڈوب گئے ، جن کی لاشیں نکال لی گئی ہیں۔مانسہرہ میں دریائے سرن میں گزشتہ شام نہاتے ہوئے ڈوبنے والے نوجوان کی لاش نکال لی گئی ، جعفر آ باد کے علاقے کوٹ الٰہ داد میں 12 برس کا بچہ سیلابی پانی میں ڈوب گیا جس کی لاش نکال لی گئی۔ میہڑ کے گاوٴں کولاچی کے قریب رائس کینال میں 8 سال کی بچی ڈوب کر جاں بحق ہوگئی۔میانوالی میں دریائے سندھ میں کنڈل کے مقام پر دو نوجوان جبکہ پڈعیدن میں کوٹ لالو کے مقام پر نصرت کینال میں ایک لڑکا ڈوب گیا، جن کی تلاش کا کام جاری ہے۔

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Poor parents sell son in Sheikuhpura

SHEIKHUPURA: Police have recovered a minor sold by his parents in Diska area of Sheikhupura, Geo News reported Monday.

Imran Ashraf, a resident of Nawankot, told Geo News that he had sold his son to a philanthropist to repay a loan.

He said that though the deal, brokered by her mother-in-law was agreed at Rs60, 000, only Rs10, 000 was given to him.

Ashraf said he decided to take his child back on the voice of his conscience. Geo News helped police to recover the child from Diska.

Karachi: Security beefed up at Cantt Station

KARACHI: A large number of police, Rangers and intelligence agencies personnel have been deployed at Karachi Cantt Station in the backdrop of security threat while the bomb disposal squad also searched the trains for any explosives, Geo News reported Thursday.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

عیدالفطر اور دہشت گردی کے خطرات

سخت مہنگائی کے باوجود شہری اپنی گنجائش کے مطابق عید کی تیاریوں میں مصروف ہیں لیکن ملک میں دہشت گردی کا دور دورہ ہے اور بعض اطلاعات کے مطابق عید کے موقع پر دہشت گردی کے خطرات موجود ہیں۔ دہشت گرد، جدید تیکنیک سے آراستہ اور بھرپور تیاریوں کے ساتھحملہ آور ہوتے ہیں اور ہمارے ادارے پیشگی اطلاعات کے باوجود کچھ نہیں کر پاتے۔ ہمارے اداروں کو دہشت گردی سے نمٹنے کے لئے اپنے آپریشنل اسٹرکچر کو تبدیل کرنا ہوگا۔ اطلاعات کے تبادلے اور باہمی تعاون کو مضبوط بنانے کے لئے ٹیکنالوجی کے استعمال کے ساتھ ساتھ افرادی قوت کو بھی بڑھانا اور گراس روٹ لیول پر مخبری کا نظام مضبوط بنانا ہو گا۔ فی الحال امن و امان کی صورتحال دہشتگردی کے واقعات اور سنگین جرائم میں گرفتار ملزمان سے کی جانے والی تفتیش کو سامنے رکھتے ہوئے عیدالفطر کے لئے غیرمعمولی و ٹھوس لائحہ عمل پر مشتمل سیکورٹی پلان تیار کرنے کی ضرورت ہے جس میں مضبوط و مربوط خفیہ نیٹ ورک، انٹیلی جینس کلیکشن، صوبائی اور وفاقی انٹیلی جینس اور دیگر قانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں سے معلومات کی شیئرنگ کو خاص اہمیت دی جائے ۔ پولیس رینج/ زون/اضلاع کے لحاظ سے مساجد، امام بارگاہوں، عیدگاہوں، شاپنگ سینٹرز، مارکیٹوں اور پبلک تفریحی مقامات پر پولیس کی تعیناتی یقینی بنائی جائے۔ کسی بھی ممکنہ ناخوشگوار واقعہ کی بروقت روک تھام اور مشکوک سرگرمیوں کے موثر سدباب کیلئے مرکزی عیدگاہوں، مساجد، امام بارگاہوں و دیگر مقامی پر ٹیکنیکل سوئپنگ، کلیئرنس اور بم ڈسپوزل اسکواڈ کی موجودگی کو یقینی بنایا جائے۔ ملک میں رونما ہونے والے حالیہ سنگین واقعات کے بعدبد قسمتی سے عوام کا انتظامیہ پر سے اعتماد اٹھتا جا رہا ہے۔حالیہ رونما ہو نے والے کئی سنگین واقعات نے اپنے پیچھے کئی تشویشناک سوالات چھوڑے ہیں۔ ایسی صورتحال میں انتظامیہ کے ان بیانات پر یقین کرنا تو مشکل ہے کہ عوام کی جان و مال کے تحفظ کے لئے موثر لائحہ عمل اورٹھوس اقدامات کئے جا رہے ہیں لیکن ہم اس پر یقین کرنے کے علاوہ کچھ اورکر بھی نہیں سکتے۔ عوام بے کس ،مجبور اور دہشت گردوں کے رحم و کرم پر ہیں۔لیکن دہشت گردوں کے آگے بے بس ہونے کے بجائے قوم چاہتی ہے کہ قانون نافذکرنے والے ادارے دہشت گردی کے چیلنج سے نمٹنے کے لیے ڈٹ جائیں اور شہریوں کے جان ومال کا تحفظ یقینی بنائیں۔ ہماری تو یہی دعا ہے کہ اللہ سب کو اپنی حفظ و امان میں رکھے اور ہم سب عید کے ایام خوشیاں مناتے گزاریں۔ آمین۔

Monday, August 5, 2013

ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ:شالیمارایکسپریس میں دھماکا،3افراد جاں بحق

لاہور…لاہور سے کراچی آنے والی شالیمار ایکسپریس میں دھماکے سے 3 افراد جاں بحق اور 15 زخمی ہوگئے۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق لاہور سے کراچی آنے والی شالیمار ایکسپریس جب ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ کے قریب قصبہ چٹیانہ پہنچی تو اس کی ایک بوگی میں زور دار دھماکا ہوگیا جس کے نتیجے میں متعدد افراد زخمی ہوگئے۔ زخمیوں کو فوری طور پر قریبی اسپتال منتقل کردیا گیا۔ ریلوے ذرائع کے مطابق بھتہ خور بھتے کیلئے دھماکا کرنے کی دھمکیاں دیتے تھے، حکم نے اس حوالے بھی تحقیقات شروع کردی ہیں۔

Drone Attacks in Pakistan

John Kerry pledges early end to Pakistan drone strikes

Many Pakistanis resent the casualties from drone strikes

Taliban Conflict

US Secretary of State John Kerry has concluded a visit to Pakistan by pledging to end drone strikes against militants "very, very soon".

Correspondents say his comments are intended as a message to ease anti-American resentment in strategically important Pakistan.

On Thursday Mr Kerry agreed to resume high-level talks over security issues.

The talks were stalled after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed by the US on the Afghan border in 2011.

'Sovereignty violation'

CIA drone strikes have killed up to 3,460 people in Pakistan since 2004.

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We are here to speak honestly with each other, openly about any gaps that may exist that we want to try to bridge”

John KerryUS Secretary of State

Most strikes take place in the troubled border region of North Waziristan, which is regarded as an al-Qaeda and Taliban stronghold.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who won elections in May, met Mr Kerry on Thursday.

Mr Sharif has consistently demanded an end to such attacks, saying they violate Pakistan's sovereignty.

His foreign affairs adviser, Sartaj Aziz, told reporters the US should stop the strikes "not just curtail them".

Correspondents say the issue is complicated by the fact that some Pakistani officials have been accused of criticising the use of drones in public while co-operating with them in private.

'Constructive and positive'

"I think the programme will end as we have eliminated most of the threat and continue to eliminate it," Mr Kerry said in a television interview.

US drone strikes in Pakistan

Bureau of Investigative Journalism has recorded 368 drone strikes in Pakistan
Every strike has to be approved by US president
Vast majority carried out under Barack Obama
Four US citizens killed in strikes since 2009

UN inquiry into drone killings
How drones work
Video: Close-up look at drone

"The president has a very real timeline and we hope it's going to be very, very soon," he said when asked whether the US had a schedule for ending the strikes.

Analysts say his comments went further than those of President Barack Obama, who said in a 23 May speech that drone strikes would decrease in "the Afghan war theatre" as US troops withdraw by the end of 2014.

The number of strikes has fallen significantly over the past 30 months - totalling 17 so far this year compared to 48 in all of 2012 and 73 in 2011, according to estimates compiled by the New America Foundation.

Speaking after meeting Mr Sharif on Thursday, Mr Kerry said their talks were "constructive" and "positive".

"We are here to speak honestly with each other, openly about any gaps that may exist that we want to try to bridge," Mr Kerry said. "Our people deserve that we talk directly."

Beautiful City on the SEA

سمندرپر”سیف سٹی” بنانےکی (ایم او یو) پردستخط

اسلام آباد: بحریہ ٹاؤن آف پاکستان کے سابق چیئرمین ملک ریاض اور امریکی سرمایہ کارتھامس کریمر کی ایسوسی ایٹ کمپنیوں کے درمیان بودھا آئی لینڈ سٹی مفاہمتی یادواشت پر دستخط ہو گئے ہیں ۔

بودھا آئی لینڈ سٹی کراچی ڈیفنس سے ساڑھے تین کلومیٹر سمندر کے اندر بنایا جائے گا، سمندر کے اوپر دنیا کا جدید ترین 6 رویہ پل بنا کر اسے کراچی ڈیفنس سے منسلک کیا جائے گا ۔

ترجمان بحریہ ٹاؤن کے مطابق بودھا آئی لینڈ سٹی میں 12 ہزار ایکڑ رقبے کو 5سے 10سالوں میں ڈویلپ کر دیا جائے گااور 2016ء سے وہاں رہائش گاہیں لوگوں کو دے دی جائیں گی۔

مشترکہ منصوبے پر 15 سے 20 ارب ڈالر لاگت آئے گی، منصوبے میں دنیا کی بلند ترین عمارت ، دنیا کا سب سے بڑا مال، نیٹ سٹی، ایجوکیشن سٹی ، ہیلتھ سٹی اور میڈیا سٹی بنائی تعمیرکی جائے گی، منصوبےسے 25لاکھ افراد کو روزگار ملےگا، منصوبے میں 1لاکھ 25ہزار گھر تعمیر کیے جائیں گے جس میں 10 لاکھ افراد رہائش پذیر ہوں گے۔

منصوبے پر بحریہ ٹاون کے سابق چیئرمین ملک ریاض اور امریکی سرمایہ کار تھامس کریمرکےمابین دارالحکومت اسلام آباد میں مفاہمتی یاداشت پر دستخط کیے گئے ۔

اس موقع پر امریکی سرمایہ کار تھامس کریمر کا کہنا تھا کہ بودھا آئی لینڈ سٹی ایک منفرد اور زبردست پراجیکٹ ہے جس سے دنیا بھر میں پاکستان کو ایک نئی شناخت ملے گی۔

بحریہ ٹاؤن کے سابق چیئرمین ملک ریاض کا کہناتھا کہ دنیا بھر کے کاروباری افراد پاکستان میں سرمایہ کاری کرنا چاہتے ہیں،اگر انہیں کام کرنے دیا جائے تو وہ 2سال میں پاکستان کو دبئی اور امریکا بنا سکتے ہیں۔