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| June 09, 2006 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 12, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Myanmar's dissident Aung San Suu Kyi hospitalized : US WASHINGTON, June 9, 2006 (AFP) - Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been hospitalized in the military-ruled Southeast Asian state, the US State Department said Friday.(Posted @ 23:12 PST)
Bush defends transport of terror suspects CAMP DAVID, Maryland, June 9(AFP) - US President George W. Bush Friday defended the US shuttling of terror suspects in Europe, saying it was part of a long-standing practice and infringed no country's sovereignty. Speaking to reporters, Bush did not dispute a Council of Europe report that 14 countries had helped or tolerated the secret transfer of prisoners by the CIA and two of them may have hosted clandestine detention centers. "In cases where we're not able to extradite somebody who's dangerous, sometimes renditions take place," Bush said at his retreat here where he met with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. "It's been a part of our government for quite a period of time; not just my government, but previous administrations have done so in order to protect people," Bush said. "And, as we do so, we protect the sovereign rights of nations that we're involved with."(Posted @ 23:08 PST)
Israel kills 9 Palestinians after rocket attacks GAZA, June 9 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire killed at least nine Palestinians on Friday, including six people on a crowded Gaza beach, Palestinian medics said. Among those killed on the shore were three children, including twins. About 20 Palestinians were injured by the shells, which were fired from Israeli naval ships. Israeli army said the ships were targeting militants who launched rockets after Israel's killing of a top militant. The rising death toll stoked tensions as Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas made a last-minute appeal to President Mahmoud Abbas to abandon a proposed referendum on statehood that would implicitly recognise Israel. An Israeli air strike on a car killed three Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza. Two other cars were hit in Israeli airstrikes. Among those injured was a senior Hamas militant, Palestinian security sources said.(Posted @ 21:24 PST)
Strike over separatist's arrest paralyses life in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, June 9 (AFP) - A one-day strike called to protest the arrest of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani closed down shops and businesses in Srinagar as well as other parts of occupied Kashmir on Friday. The strike paralysed business centres, traffic on the roads was thin as was attendance in government and private offices.Schools and colleges remained closed. The strike also affected other towns including Baramulla, Sopore, Kupwara and Sangrama. Meanwhile, police detained another Hurriyat leader Masarat Alam and seven supporters as they staged a protest march against Geelani's arrest in Srinagar, police said. Alam and scores of slogan-shouting supporters were demonstrating when police blocked them and detained Alam.(Posted @ 21:14 PST)
Eleven wounded in Pakistan tea-stall blast QUETTA, Pakistan, June 9 (AFP) - At least 11 people were wounded Friday when suspected insurgents set off an explosive device at a tea stall in Baluchistan province, police said. The blast occurred at a hotel opposite the local police station in the remote industrial town of Hub, some 600 kilometers (370 miles) south of Quetta, police official Ishaq Lasi said. Eleven people were wounded, five of them seriously, and rushed to hospital, Lasi said, adding that the blast was caused by a pack of explosives left by unidentified assailants at the site. Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA), an underground militant group that was outlawed in April after being branded a terrorist organisation, claimed responsibility for the explosion. Group spokesman Azad Baloch claimed that the bombing had targeted a meeting of intelligence officials, and that four of them had been killed. Authorities denied the claim.(Posted @ 20:26 PST)
Collina backs Brazil for World Cup ROME, June 9, 2006 (AFP) - Former referee Pierluigi Collina, who took charge of the 2002 World Cup final, has tipped Brazil to defend their title. "I can't see any way that Brazil can't be seen as the overwhelming favourites," Collina, the referee when the Brazilians beat Germany 2-0 four years ago to win a fifth World Cup, said in a newspaper interview. "The list of phenomenal players in the squad is so long that it's impossible for me to have another winner." Collina also tipped Argentina, Italy and England as other contenders but not Germany.(Posted @ 20:25 PST)
At least 47 killed when Tanzanian bus plunges into river ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 9 (AFP) - At least 47 people were killed Friday when a bus plunged into a river in northern Tanzania. The bus spun out of control on a bridge and fell into the river at Makumira, about 20 kilometers from its destination, police said adding that 47 bodies had been recovered from the river. The number of survivors, if any, was not immediately known.(Posted @ 20:22 PST)
Delhi harbouring malafide intentions: GILANI SRINAGAR, June 9 (APP): Senior Kashmiri Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Gilani has emphasized that New Delhi is harbouring malafide intentions and trying, in vain, to sabotage Kashmiris liberation struggle, reports Kashmir Media Service. Gilani made the observations while talking to reporters in Jammu before being removed to Amphala Jail, following his arrest and subsequent judicial remand. He rejected the charges leveled against him saying: "I am not against the talks but New Delhi should first admit that Kashmir is a disputed territory". "If India is genuinely serious in amicable resolution of vexed Kashmir issue then it should better come out clean declaring Kashmir as a disputed territory to start some serious salvage work talking openly to the concerned parties." Commenting on his arbitrary arrest he said that it was politically motivated and a proof of India's desperation, arising out of its failure to silence Kashmiris' voice for liberation.(Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Nine children, teacher injured as roof of school caves in ISLAMABAD, June 9 (APP): Nine children and their teacher were injured when a private school in Islamabad’s `Dheka Syedan' locality of G-11 sector, run by an NGO, caved in Friday, a police spokesman said. About 24 children were in the class room when the roof caved in. The age of nine wounded children is between four to eight years.(Posted @ 20:08 PST)
FIFA president to visit Pakistan in November: Faisal ISLAMABAD, Jun 9 (APP): Minister for Environment Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has said that Sepp Blatter, president of Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), will visit Pakistan in November this year to inaugurate first FIFA Goal Project. He said FIFA’s approval for 2nd Goal Project is also expected during the visit of Sepp Blatter.(Posted @ 20:06 PST)
President directs to set up media university RAWALPINDI, Jun 9 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf hasfavoured the setting up of a media University for the training and development of media personnel in view of the global advances in media technology. At a presentation by Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Muhammad Ali Durrani, he said the unprecedented freedom enjoyed by the media in Pakistan during his tenure is paying dividends. Pakistan is proud of having a free and independent media, he said. There is an urgent need to establish a media university for the training and development of media personnel, he observed. The President and the Prime Minister appreciated the proposal to improve news presentation of PTV, appoint separate Chief Operating Officers for each channel of PTV, launch direct to home (DTH) service and convert the PTV National as Youth and Sports channel. The Minister informed the meeting that Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed to sponsor sports programme of the new channel. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz informed the President that from July 1st. each minister would meet the press and highlight the performance of his ministry/division. This interaction will be on quarterly basis. The Information Minister informed the President that a comprehensive welfare package for journalists was being prepared by the Ministry. The package envisages conferment of civil awards to journalists who have rendered distinguished services in their respective fields. Provision of appropriate facilities to the Press Clubs and housing for journalists is also on the anvil.(Posted @ 20:05 PST)
Soccer-World-Olic to miss Croatia opener against Brazil BAD BRUECKENAU, Germany, June 9 (Reuters) - Croatia forward Ivica Olic is set to miss his country's World Cup opener against Brazil on Tuesday as he is struggling to shake off a thigh strain. "The healing process is going very well, but he won't be in the 18 against Brazil. We don't want to take a risk that he will miss later matches," Croatia coach Zlatko Kranjcar told a news conference after a Friday morning training session attended by only half the squad, mostly reserves. Croatia are rather battle-scarred after a series of warm-up matches, culminating in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Spain in Geneva.(Posted @ 20:04 PST)
Soccer-World-Saviola and Crespo named in Argentina team HERZOGENAURACH, Germany, June 9 (Reuters) - Argentina coach Jose Pekerman sprung a surprise by naming his team on Friday for their opening World Cup Group C match against Ivory Coast more than 30 hours before the match kicks off in Hamburg. There was no surprise in the lineup itself which is unchanged from the friendly with Angola in Salerno, which Argentina won 2-0. Pekerman said Argentina are a team of 23."When I talk about the team I mean the whole squad. I decided to start with these 11 because we have a strategic order. This is the team that potentially has the best balance for the first match." He said the Ivorian team were good all round and not totally dependent on key forward Didier Drogba but added that his defence and central midfielders would have to work hard to limit the tall striker's access to the ball. "Drogba is a spearhead in the area who is a technically gifted player with good control of the ball and a very good header," Pekerman said. Argentina squad: Formation (4-4-2): 1-Roberto Abbondanzieri; 21-Nicolas Burdisso, 2-Roberto Ayala, 6-Gabriel Heinze, 3-Juan Pablo Sorin; 18-Maxi Rodriguez, 8-Javier Mascherano, 5-Esteban Cambiasso, 10-Juan Roman Riquelme; 7-Javier Saviola, 9-Hernan Crespo (Posted @ 20:02 PST)
Soccer-World-Calm so far as English fans pour in FRANKFURT, June 9 (Reuters) - England fans took over one of Frankfurt's main squares on Friday as thousands swarmed into Germany's financial capital for their World Cup opener against Paraguay on Saturday. Two open-top London buses were parked in Roemerberg square, huge red and white St George flags adorned the pavements and inflatable footballs were being kicked around. Deafening choruses of some of England fans' favourite anthems boomed out, although so far they had refrained from songs referring to World War Two. The mood was raucous but good natured, with Germans, Paraguayans, Australians and Croatians all enjoying some refreshing beers in the numerous pavement bars. Some 30,000 England fans are expected to descend on Germany's fifth largest city.(Posted @ 19:58 PST)
Car explosion kills two in Gaza -security sources GAZA, June 9 (Reuters) - At least two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian security sources said.(Posted @ 19:54 PST)
Zarqawi was alive after bombing - U.S. general WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was alive and made a move to escape when U.S. troops reached the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, mortally wounded in an American bombing raid, a U.S. general said on Friday. "We were not aware yesterday that in fact, Zarqawi was alive when U.S. forces arrived on the site," Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, the spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad, told Fox News. Iraqi police had arrived on the scene of Wednesday's bomb attack first and put Zarqawi on a stretcher, Caldwell said. The U.S. forces arrived later and identified Zarqawi, who died shortly after. "He was conscious initially according to the U.S. forces that physically saw him. He obviously had some kind of visual recognition of who they were because he attempted to roll off the stretcher, as I am told, and get away, realizing it was U.S. military," Caldwell said.(Posted @ 19:52 PST)
Five killed, 16 hurt in blast in India's Assam state GUWAHATI, India, June 9 (Reuters) - Five people were killed and more than 16 wounded on Friday when a bomb exploded in a crowded market in Guwahati, the main city of India's troubled northeastern state of Assam, police said. "The bomb was concealed in a vegetable basket and it was placed in a crowded area," senior police officer Nitul Gogoi said. The blast followed a series of grenade attacks in the state on Thursday which wounded at least 20 people.(Posted @ 19:50 PST)
Afghan army kills 13 suspected Taliban, including two Pakistanis KANDAHAR, June 9 (AFP) - Afghan troops killed 13 suspected Taliban rebels including two Pakistani nationals on Friday in an operation in an area around Tirin Kot city, the capital of restive Uruzgan province, a commander said. "Among the 13 bodies on the site, two are Pakistani nationals. They have Pakistani ID cards," General Rahmatullah Raufi, the Afghan army commander for southern Afghanistan, said.(Posted @ 19:48 PST)
Federer into French Open final PARIS, June 9, 2006 (AFP) - World number one Roger Federer advanced to the final of the French Open for the first time Friday when Argentina's David Nalbandian retired injured while the Swiss player was leading 3-6, 6-4, 5-2 in their semi-final tie. Federer, 24, will play either defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain or Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic in Sunday's final.(Posted @ 18:22 PST)
France, Britain create nuclear energy forum PARIS, June 9 (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed on Friday to create a bilateral nuclear forum aimed at strengthening cooperation in the civil nuclear energy field."Nuclear energy is one of the ways of responding to the energy problems of tomorrow," Chirac said after a meeting with Blair in Paris. In a statement released after the meeting, the French and British leaders said: "We have agreed to explore in the short term and further develop the opportunities of working together in the civil nuclear field." "The Forum will provide a vehicle to discuss Franco-British nuclear cooperation, including research, skills, decommissioning and waste management."(Posted @ 18:20 PST)
Bomb blast kills three at Indian market GUWAHATI, India, June 9 (AFP) - At least three people died and eight were injured when a bomb exploded Friday in crowded marketplace in Guwahati, in India's Assam state bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar, police said. "The explosion was very powerful with limbs of victims strewn around all over the place. The condition of six of the victims is critical," police chief N. Gogoi said. It came less than 24 hours after four separate explosions on Thursday left 34 people injured in Guwahati and the districts of Dubri, Mangaldoi and Nagaon. Police blamed the earlier blasts on the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) rebel group that has been fighting for an independent Assamese homeland since 1979.(Posted @ 18:18 PST)
Zawahiri calls on Palestinians to reject referendum DUBAI, June 9 (AFP) - Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number-two in the Al-Qaeda network, called on Palestinians to reject a referendum proposed by the Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, during a videotape aired Friday on Al-Jazeera. "I call upon them to reject any referendum on Palestine, because Palestine is not for bargaining or bidding," Zawahri said, addressing Muslims in general. "Palestine was a land of Islam, and its liberation is the duty of every Muslim," he added.(Posted @ 18:16 PST)
Pakistan arrests six Sunni extremists suspected of plotting attack MULTAN, Pakistan, June 9 (AFP) – Police Friday arrested six operatives of banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi extremist group who were allegedly planning to carry out a suicide attack on a Shiite mosque. Police arrested the suspects in an early morning raid on their hideout in the rural town of Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province, the town's police chief Ahsan Mahboob said. Explosives and three belts were recovered. "They were planning to target a Shiite place of worship in Rahim Yar Khan with a suicide attack when police captured them," he said, adding that the would-be bomber was among the six suspects. "They all belong to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi", a group outlawed in 2001 and blamed for numerous attacks including a suicide attack against an Imambargah in Karachi last year, the police chief said. It has also been blamed for the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl and for two failed attempts in 2003 on the life of President Pervez Musharraf.(Posted @ 18:08 PST)
Pressure builds on Argentina ahead of Ivory Coast clash HAMBURG, June 9 (AFP) - Argentina, dogged by the national shame of the early first round exit they made four years ago, were feeling the pressure ahead of the their first 2006 World Cup match in Hamburg on Saturday against Ivory Coast. The African nations cup finalist has nothing to lose on its first ever appearance in the finals and the Argentine players have been wary about the "Elephants" in their rare public appearances over the past week. "Ivory Coast is a strong opponent physically with good quality players. We're not underestimating them," said midfielder Javier Mascherano.(Posted @ 18:06 PST)
Aid worker, three policemen killed in new Afghan attacks KABUL, June 9 (AFP) - Gunmen ambushed an Afghan aid group's vehicle in Balkh province, killing an aid worker, while three policemen were shot dead near the border with Iran, police said Friday. The aid workers were ambushed in their marked vehicle late Thursday. They were believed to be from the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance organisation that works in the health, agriculture and education sectors. In Herat province bordering Iran, three border policemen were shot dead late Thursday while on patrol in their vehicle, provincial police chief Mohammad Ayob Salangi said. Police said meanwhile they had arrested Friday Taliban commander Mullah Manaan who was a district governor during the 1996-2001 Taliban regime.(Posted @ 18:04 PST)
Palestinians vow revenge after chief killed in Gaza raid RAFAH, Gaza Strip, June 9, 2006 (AFP) - Thousands of Palestinians vowed Friday to avenge the death in an Israeli air strike of a militant leader who served as an advisor to the Hamas government. Jamal Abu Samhadana, head of the Popular Resistance Committees, was killed along with three other militants just before midnight in a raid on a training camp near the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, near the Egyptian border. Israel said he was one of the most wanted of all Palestinian militants, responsible for the dozens of deaths, including the 2003 bombing of a diplomatic convoy in Gaza that left three Americans dead.(Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Three dead after boat with clandestine migrants sinks ROME, June 9 (AFP) - Three people died and eight others are missing after a boat carrying clandestine migrants sank in international waters off Malta early on Friday, Italian port officials said. Twenty-seven people were on board the vessel, which had left Tunisia for Italy when it turned back for unknown reasons into international waters off Malta. An Italian fishing boat rescued 16 people, while three bodies were recovered and eight people were still missing, the harbour master's office at Syracuse port in Sicily said. The countries of origin of the migrants was not immediately known. (First Posted @ 14:45 PST Updated @ 16:25 PST)
Iraq's three-point plan for stability aided by Zarqawi death: PM LONDON, June 9, 2006 (AFP) The Iraqi government will focus on rebuilding infrastructure, healing sectarian divisions and bolstering the security forces in order to stabilize the country, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in an article published Friday. Maliki announced his three-point strategy in a column in The Times, a day after he announced the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi."This government will embark on a national reconciliation initiative..." Maliki wrote in a column in The Times of London. "This along with genuine cooperation between all Iraq's ethnic and religious groupings in this national unity government, will allow us to pursue the terrorists with maximum force," he said.The focus of the drive for security will focus on Baghdad, he said. He called for strengthening the intelligence services in order to thwart "the terrorist bombings." He vowed to implement so-called Law 91 to incorporate the militias into the security services. In a new approach, he said, "this will be done in a way to ensure that militia members are identified at the start, dispersed to avoid any concentration of one group in a department or unit, and then monitored to ensure loyalty only to the state.”(Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Refugee numbers fall, but internal displacement rising: UNHCR GENEVA, June 9, 2006 (AFP) The number of refugees who flee their homeland has dropped to its lowest level in almost three decades, the United Nations said Friday. In the latest edition of its Global Refugee Trends report, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the overall number of exiles dropped from 9.5 million in 2004 to 8.4 million last year. "But the bad news is that the international community still has a long way to go in resolving the plight of millions of internally displaced people in places like Darfur, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo," UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said. The 2005 statistics show five nationalities accounting for nearly half of the total population of concern to UNHCR: Afghans, Colombians, Iraqis, Sudanese and Somalis. With more than two million internally displaced, Colombia hosted the largest number, followed by Iraq (1.6 million), Pakistan (1.1 million), Sudan (one million) and Afghanistan (912,000).(Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Gunmen kidnap senior Iraq oil official in Baghdad BAGHDAD, June 9 (Reuters) Gunmen kidnapped a senior official of Iraq's oil ministry after he left work in Baghdad on Thursday, police and ministry sources said on Friday. The sources said Muthana al-Badri, Director General of Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), was on his way home in Adhamiya district when gunmen in four cars stopped his car and abducted him but set his driver free. They said the kidnappers have not contacted the ministry or Badri's family.(Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Gunmen kill police chief's family in Russia MOSCOW, June 9 (Reuters) Gunmen in southern Russia killed a local police commander, his three young children and two others on Friday when they ambushed the car taking him to work, a Russian news agency reported. The attack was in the Ingushetia region, which borders Chechnya. In a separate attack in another part of Ingushetia, the deputy head of a local authority was shot by gunmen after getting into her car. She later died in hospital, Interfax news agency reported.(Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Cricket-Pakistan must beware England backlash, says Woolmer KARACHI, June 9 (Reuters) Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer wants his players to be ready for a backlash from injury-hit England following their frustrating test series against Sri Lanka. "England's show against Sri Lanka means nothing for us. It is not our divine right to win and we will have to play very well to beat them. Winning in England is never easy," Woolmer said Friday. On Shoaib Akhtar’s injury, he said "We have played without him in the past and managed. It is a good opportunity for others to be counted." Woolmer declined to comment on leg spinner Danish Kaneria's likely role in the series. Woolmer said his players were soccer fans and were looking forward to the World Cup. "I just hope it does not become a distraction for them in their preparations for the test series," he said.(Posted @ 13:00 PST)
Zarqawi's death will not weaken Iraqi resistance: Mullah Omar KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 9, 2006 (AFP) The death of Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, will not weaken the Iraqi resistance as there are thousands ready to take his place, a statement attributed to the Taliban chief said Friday. Mullah Mohammad Omar also expressed sadness over the death of al-Zarqawi in an air strike on Wednesday in the statement read to journalists in a satellite telephone call by a purported Taliban spokesman. "Zarqawi achieved his will and goals. He wanted to forge a massive resistance against Americans and he did that. Today if Zarqawi is not there, he has left behind thousands of youths who will even accelerate this resistance." it said.(Posted @ 12:45 PST)
Russia hands war crimes suspect to Bosnia MOSCOW, June 9 (Reuters) Russia has handed over Dragan Zelenovic, a Bosnian Serb wanted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for rape and torture, to Bosnia, Interfax news agency reported on Friday. Zelenovic, a former policeman, is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague for atrocities in the Bosnian war.(Posted @ 11:11 PST)
Baghdad under prayer-time curfew after Zarqawi death BAGHDAD, June 9, 2006 (AFP) Baghdad was put under a partial curfew on Friday in the wake of the US killing of the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, confirmed an official with the defense ministry. "The curfew is a measure to keep people in doors as there could be more bombings like the ones last night, following Zarqawi's death," said the official. The curfew bans all vehicles from Baghdad and nearby Baquba to the north, where Zarqawi was killed, from moving along the streets between 11:00 am (0700 GMT) and 5:00 pm (1300 GMT), coinciding with Friday prayers.(Posted @ 11:00 PST)
G8 aid promises don't add up: Oxfam WASHINGTON, June 9, 2006 (AFP) For all their grandiose talk of debt relief, some of the G8 powers have become even stingier in their aid to the world's poorest countries, Oxfam International said in a new study Friday. The study was released as Group of Eight finance ministers met in Saint Petersburg, a year on from the declaration by the world's most powerful nations of their intent to wipe out the crushing debts owed by developing countries. Oxfam said the G8 members would announce that their aid in 2005 increased by 21 billion dollars, or 37 percent, over 2004 levels. But this bold increase owes more to "clever accounting" than any real increase, the study said. A full 80 percent of the rise comprised one-off debt cancellation deals for Iraq and Nigeria. With those taken out, overall G8 aid went up only nine percent in 2005. "In the case of Germany, France and the UK, aid has actually decreased," Oxfam said. Aid by Britain and France declined 2.0 percent in 2005 from 2004, and Germany's fell a steeper 8.0 percent, the study calculated. More positively, aid from Japan went up 14 percent, US assistance increased 16 percent, Canada's advanced 18 percent and Italy's jumped 46 percent. Yet Italy and the United States "still remain the least generous in the G8 compared to the size of their economy," Oxfam said.(Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Norway to reconsider role as Sri Lanka peace broker COLOMBO, June 9, 2006 (AFP) Norway said in a statement issued here Friday that it would reconsider its role as Sri Lankan peace broker after failing in its latest bid to arrange a meeting between the island's warring parties.(Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 74.79 points: KARACHI, June 9: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 9849.83 ,up 74.79 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:00 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, June 9: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.55 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16.00 PST)
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