LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman said Tuesday that UK troops in Afghanistan would get whatever help they needed."If extra resources are needed, then no doubt extra resources will be found, but that is first and foremost a matter for military assessment and military commanders to decide, not politicians,” he said.
The commander of British forces in Afghanistan Brigadier Ed Butler said he had requested some more resources but did not specify what he had sought.
"I have put in requests, which are being considered back in London as we speak, to take account of the changing circumstances," he said.
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GILGIT: President General Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday that the dream of development and prosperity of country wouldn’t be realized without elimination of extremism and sectarianism.He was addressing the first convocation of Karakoram International University.
The President stressed that the people have also to come forward to play their role in the development process, integrity and stability of country.
Government was making all out efforts for promotion of quality education in the country, he said adding that soon the 57 universities of country would be interlinked through fiber optic link.
The digital libraries would also be set up at the universities, he said.
President Musharraf announced a grant of Rs 50 million for the capacity building programme for universities, which has been extended for four years from two-years.
The employment programmme with budget worth billions of rupees would be launched after the success of Khushal Pakistan Programme, the president said.
Meanwhile, the president inaugurated modern Dry Port at Sosat, which is being constructed with the help of China.
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Raad al-Hareth and his bodyguards were travelling in four cars when they were ambushed by gunmen dressed in security force uniforms in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Talbiyah, the official said.
"The gunmen took all of them and their cars to an unknown location," he added.
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Armed assailants ambushed Abdul Samad Achakzai while traveling in a car with two others in Old Chaman. The PMAP leader was killed on the spot in indiscriminate firing by the unknown armed assailants.
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KOHLU: Saboteurs with an improvised explosive device blasted two power pylons here in the district of Balochistan, while some armed persons in Sibi targeted a security check post and rained over hundred rockets.Sources told that some unknown persons blew up two pylons of the main electricity transmission line with an explosive device at the outskirts of Kohlu, which severed power supply to Kohlu and the adjoining areas. Following the incident, local administration has moved into action.
In another incident, unidentified armed persons fired more than hundred rockets on the security forces check post at Tehsil Lahri of Sibi and took to their heels after the retaliatory actions of the forces.
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WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush's administration will present bill regarding plan to sell Pakistan F-16 fighters in a deal worth five billion dollars before congress for approval on July 13.According to reports Pakistan would get 18 new F-16 aircraft with an option to purchase another 18 new planes, a support package for up to 26 used F-16s, a munitions package, an upgrade package for Pakistan's current fleet of 34 F-16s if the US congress approves the deal.
The US congress usually approves such bills with in one month. The spokesman of the US State department has termed this deal as part of long-term US cooperation with Pakistan.
The Bush administration had notified the US Congress of the plan on June 28.
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BAGHDAD: The US military said Tuesday it killed an operative from the Al-Qaeda's Iraq branch believed to be behind a massive bombing in Baghdad last week that killed 66 people.
The military said seven other suspects from the terror group were also arrested in a raid Sunday.
On July 1, a huge truck bomb went off in a bustling market in Baghdad's Sadr City, killing 66 and wounding another 98 people in the second deadliest attack in Iraq this year.
"Coalition forces were targetting the Al-Qaeda cell and we believe these people were from that cell who are responsible for the bombing on Saturday," US military spokesman Major William Wilhoite said.
A US military statement said "intelligence led the troops to the known location of a terrorist who has been tied to senior leaders of a Syrian-based foreign terrorist network."
"This particular Al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist cell is also known to facilitate suicide bombing operations throughout the Euphrates River Valley."
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ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)’s deputy parliamentary leader, Hafiz Hussain Ahmad has said that the MMA alone could take a decision regarding the resignations from the assemblies and if Qazi Hussain Ahmad had to take the resignations, then convening the supreme council meeting, resignations from all the members would have been taken for averting any one’s privilege being hurt.Talking to Geo News here, he said that none in the assemblies were from Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam, Jamat-e-Islami or from other MMA allied parties instead all were MMA members of the assemblies and “If the decision for the resignations was to be taken, then this decision would be taken by MMA” he declared.
Hafiz Hussain Ahmad told that the showing of own cards before time in politics was not wise. He said, “We will show our cards when the time comes.”
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SWAT: The death toll from flooding in Swat’s Kalam area reached to 22 after more bodies were recovered from the rubble of five homes that washed away when a rain-swollen canal burst its banks, police said Tuesday. Four people stated to be missing, while three children pulled out alive. Police sources said the canal, which fed a small, water-driven electricity generator,
had one of its sides burst when heavy flood water hit one of its boundary walls and washed away five houses at Ghaeel area in Kalam.
In the incident 17 persons were killed. The dead were identified as Mst Shazia, 26, wife of Sher Alam, Shaheen wife of Dilawar Khan, Shamim Akhtar, Bilal, Fazal Alam s/o Gul Ahmed, Haji Gul s/o Noor Ahmed his son Riaz Ahmed, two daughters Shakeela, Rubeena, Nazia Akhtar d/o Fazle Alam, Mst Bacha w/o Syed Akbar, Muhammad Alam s/o Gul Ahmed.
Wahid Ali son of Fazle Ali, Sumaira and Habeeba were rescued in injured condition.
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TEHRAN: Iran could give its response to an international offer aimed at ending a nuclear standoff around August 6, chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani was quoted as saying Tuesday.
"Our negotiations with the Europeans will be on Wednesday, but it is only the beginning of the talks and our definite response to their proposals will be ready around middle of (the Iranian month of) Mordad," or around August 6, Larijani was quoted as saying on
state-run television.
His comments came ahead of a meeting Wednesday between Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana to discuss the crisis.
The world's major powers have given July 12 deadline to Iran for a response on a package of incentives offered to the Islamic republic if it agrees to suspend sensitive uranium enrichment.
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