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PPP-MQM core committee meeting held

21 March 2010

KARACHI: The core committee of the ruling coalition of Sindh, PPP and MQM on Saturday met at Sindh Governor House and discussed issues to adopt the new local government (LG) system in the province. Governor of Sindh Dr.Ishrat ul Ibad, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Interior Minister A Rehman Malik also attended the meeting. Senior Sindh Minister for Education, Pir Mazhar ul Haq, Minister for Local Government Agha Siraj Durrani and Irrigation Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah represented PPP in the meeting, while Dr Farooq Sattar, Raza Haroon, Babar Ghori Adil Siddiqui, Wasim Aftab and Dr Saghir Ahmed argued from MQM side. Core committee apprised the leadership of the working relationship between the coalition partners and ongoing talks on local government system. According to sources, PPP wanted to restore the new local government matching to the 1979 LG system, while MQM was interested in retaining 2001 local bodies system with some changes. The meeting remained inconclusive as both the sides could not reach on any consensus to adopt joint draft of new LG system, sources said.

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Injured militant escapes from ICRC hospital

21 March 2010

PESHAWAR: An extremist injured in a clash with security forces near Peshawar on 17th March has escaped from ICRC hospital, Geo News reported. Five security personnel were killed when militants stormed an outpost here at Peshawar''s boundary with Khyber tribal region and one attacker was injured when forces retaliated, a security official said. The injured militant was admitted to ICRC hospital, Peshawar. When police arrived to arrest him hospital authorities tried to refuse them but when police came later man was not present in the hospital. Police alleged hospital management for helping terrorist escape. Police authorities have sought Foreign Office''s help in seeking clarification from ICRC regarding this incident.

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Bomb blast outside Pakistani leader’’s Athens home

21 March 2010

ATHENS: A bomb exploded early Saturday outside the home of a Pakistani community leader in Athens without injuring anyone, Greek police said. Anonymous warnings made by telephone to a Greek television station and a newspaper 15 minutes before the explosion enabled police to seal off the area. Media reports said the bomb had targetted the home of the chairman of the Greek-Pakistan friendship association. A bomb squad was examining the remains of the device for clues. The Pakistani community in Greece numbers several thousand members, most of whom live in the greater Athens area. Muslim migrants in Greece have faced increasing hostility from far-right militants in recent years, and the Pakistani community has frequently denounced attacks on its members by Greek youths. Saturday''s bombing occurred in the central Athens district of Agios Panteleimonas which has a strong immigrant presence and where protests both in favour and against foreigners have been held in recent months.

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Three Taliban militants arrested

21 March 2010

KARACHI: Karachi Police arrested three Taliban militants planning "big terror attacks" on Saturday amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said. "The three men, who belong to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested from the Site industrial area during a police encounter on Saturday morning," a senior police official, Raja Omar Khittab told AFP. "We are interrogating the three TTP militants," Khittab said, adding: "We also seized a bomb-making laboratory in the nearby Qaim Khan Colony on the basis of information provided by the rebels." He said the arrested men were planning "big terror attacks" in Karachi, adding that police recovered a huge quantity of explosives, detonators and other equipment from the laboratory. Local intelligence officials confirmed the arrests and said Subhan Ghani, one of the three men, was leader of the trio.

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DSP Imran faced no pressure: judicial inquiry reveals

21 March 2010

LAHORE: The District and Sessions Judge (DSJ), Lahore Saturday submitted his report on Judicial Inquiry into the allegations levelled by DSP Imran Babar Jameel against his seniors. According to a press release issued here by Registrar Lahore High Court Abdus Sattar Asghar, the DSJ reported that the DSP was not brought under any pressure at any stage by his superiors. Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of Lahore High Court had ordered inquiry into the allegations by the DSP while hearing a constitutional petition in which he had alleged his seniors had pressurised him for releasing some robbers arrested by him.

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COAS leaves for US

21 March 2010

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani Saturday left on an official visit to United States. He is visiting USA on the special invitation of the US Centcom General David Petraeus. During the visit, COAS would meet senior military and government officials at Tampa and Washington. He will also participate in Pakistan-US strategic dialogue. The Chief of Army Staff was seen off at Lahore Airport by Acting Corps Commander and other senior military officials.

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