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| October 25, 2005 | Tuesday | Ramzan 20, 1426 |
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SC imposes ban on kite-flying LAHORE, Oct 25 (APP): A four-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, taking up a suo moto notice Tuesday, imposed a one-month ban on kite flying, making, buying and selling of the kites. The court directed the people to send complaints regarding any violation of the SC order to the Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Chief Justice of Pakistan observed that the law should be implemented to save precious lives and public property. The CJ further observed that the violators put WAPDA's installations and innocent people’s lives at stake but the concerned authorities remain silent.(Posted @ 19:20 PST)
Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar threatens to sue ESPN-Star LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 25 (AFP) Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Tuesday threatened to sue international satellite broadcasters ESPN-Star India unless they apologise for "derogatory remarks" made on a sports show. "I am hurt over the derogatory remarks made on the Sportscentre programme on ESPN-Star India on Monday night and want a big-time apology or else I will sue them in an Indian court," Akhtar told AFP. In a piece on Akhtar being two days late for a Pakistan team training camp in Lahore, the programme said "a dog's tail will never straighten" in reference to the bowler's questionable fitness record and commitment. "What they said about me is tantamount to defamation and I've received numerous calls from Pakistan and India, and others thought it was disgusting too," said Akhtar.(Posted @ 19:00 PST)
Cricket-Tendulkar inspires India to big victory NAGPUR, India, Oct 25 (Reuters) Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 93 on his return from injury to inspire India to a 152-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international on Tuesday. India amassed 350 for six wickets in 50 overs and dismissed Sri Lanka for 198 with 14.2 overs to spare. The next match in the seven-game series will be played in Mohali on Friday. (Posted @ 16:05 PST)
Iraq constitution ratified in referendum BAGHDAD, Oct 25 (Reuters) Iraqis have ratified their new constitution, the results of a referendum showed on Tuesday. Electoral Commission officials told a news conference 78 percent of voters backed the charter and 21 percent opposed it. Of 18 provinces, only two recorded "No" votes greater than two thirds, one province short of a veto. (Posted @ 16:05 PST)
Iraq bombs kill 11 after dramatic Baghdad blast BAGHDAD, Oct 25 (Reuters) Car bombs hit Baghdad and the normally tranquil Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people. On Tuesday, police said a suicide car bomber targeted a U.S. military convoy in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, killing one civilian and injuring five, police said. Another roadside bomb exploded near one of Baghdad's children's hospitals, killing one person and injuring another. Hospital officials said nine people were killed when a car bomb exploded in the northern city of Sulaimaniya. (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Iraq war forces Western military rethink - report LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) Western military powers were being forced to rethink strategy because conflict in Iraq was showing the limits of their conventional armies, the International Institute of Strategic Studies said on Tuesday. In its annual report on global military might, "The Military Balance", the London-based think-tank said "Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya demonstrate the limitations of modern conventional forces in complex environments that demand more of them than traditional warfighting," wrote Editor Christopher Langton in the introduction. The Military Balance said that rather than winning "network-centric warfare" using electronic sensors to find targets and direct fire, Western forces were enmeshed in "netwars", based on "agile and adaptive human networks". The institute said one bright spot for Western conventional armies was that they were still unrivalled in their ability to respond quickly to natural disasters, such as the Tsunami. (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Bombs explode near law courts in 4 Spanish towns MADRID, Oct 25 (Reuters) Bombs exploded near magistrates courts in four Spanish towns early on Tuesday and police said they suspected the armed Basque separatist group ETA was to blame. The explosions damaged buildings but no one was injured, officials said. (Posted @ 15:25 PST)
Majority of Americans now feel Iraq war was wrong: poll WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (AFP) For the first time, a majority of Americans believe the Iraq war was the "wrong thing to do", according to a poll published Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal. Fifty-three percent of those asked in the Harris Interactive survey felt that "taking military action against Iraq was the wrong thing to do", against 34 percent who thought it was correct, the newspaper said. The poll asked the opinions of 1,833 people online from October 11-17. (Posted @ 15:25 PST)
Two U.S. marines killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, Oct 25 (Reuters) Two U.S. marines were killed in Iraq when their vehicle was attacked by a roadside bomb, the military said on Tuesday, pushing the total U.S. death toll since the 2003 invasion to 1,999. (Posted @ 15:10 PST)
Indian troops kill six alleged militants in Occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, Oct 25 (AFP) Indian troops killed six more militants in Occupied Kashmir, police said Tuesday. Three of the militants were killed in two separate gun battles with Indian troops in northern Kupwara district late Monday, a police spokesman said. The fourth militant was shot dead Tuesday in the southern district of Poonch. Police said two more militants were killed in southern Anantnag district late Monday. One of the slain militants was identified as Pervaiz Tantray, a battalion commander of Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami, police said. (Posted @ 15:05 PST)
Indian Supreme Court directs return of property of Mahmudabad state New Delhi, Oct 25 PPI: Indian Supreme Court has directed that the property belonging to erstwhile Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad state in Uttar Pradesh, who had migrated to Pakistan , be returned by the government, which had seized it as enemy property, to his son who was an Indian citizen. A bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice Altamas Kabir noted that the property ceased to be an enemy property after the death of Raja Sahib as his son, who inherited the property, was an Indian citizen and could not be said to be enemy under the Enemy Property Act. The court further imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the government for having retained the property illegally and in a high handed manner. (Posted @ 13:35 PST)
US 'fully committed' to roadmap for Middle East peace: Bush WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said Monday the United States was "fully committed" to the roadmap to Middle East peace, drawn up by the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations. Asked about his statement during Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas' visit here last week that he was uncertain a Palestinian state would see the light of day before he ended his second term in office in 2009, Bush showed more optimism: "Look, I said I would like this to happen before I end being president. And I would. And we are going to push," Bush told the Dubai-based Al Arabiya television. "Condi and I talk about this all the time... about how we'd very much like to see a Palestinian democracy achieve its status as a state," he added referring to his Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "I think it would be a great historic achievement for everybody involved. And so I did put out a firm date, and I'm going to work hard for that date," he added. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)
Six civilians killed in attack aimed at US forces in Afghanistan KABUL, Oct 25 (AFP) - Suspected militants attacked a US-led military convoy with rockets and machine guns near Kabul, missing their target but killing six civilians, the interior ministry said Tuesday. Three other people were wounded in the attack late Monday on a highway between Kabul and neighbouring Logar province, ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanizai said. The target was a vehicle of the US-led coalition force in Afghanistan, he said. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)
Iraqi oil complex blasted, five dead BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (AFP) - A bomb attack against the ultra-secure Baiji petroleum refinery Monday killed five participants at a meeting attended by Americans and injured several others, police said. The bombs were placed against walls surrounding a residential complex where the meeting was taking place between refinery managers and the Americans, police colonel Hassan Saleh said. Bodies of five Iraqis were recovered while nine more Iraqis were injured, Saleh said adding that there was no indication whether any US nationals were among the casualties. (Posted @ 09:50 PST)
VP Cheney linked to CIA leak case: report WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney was linked to a case involving a leak to journalists of an undercover CIA agent's identity, according to a report Monday in the New York Times. The report on the newspaper's website, citing lawyers involved in the case, said that notes taken by I. Lewis Libby, Cheney's chief of staff who has been questioned in the investigation of the leak, show that Libby learned of the identity of the agent from the vice president. (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 92.95 points: KARACHI, October 25: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 8316.21, down 92.95 points from Monday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 13:10 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, October 25: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.05 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 13:10 PST)
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