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| April 22, 2007 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 04, 1428 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Lawyers' movement to take new turn on April 24: Lawyers convention told KARACHI, April 22 (PPI) - Ongoing lawyers' movement would take a new turn on April 24 as Pakistan Bar Association decided to disclose names of those, “who illegally detained Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for five hours in President Camp Office and misbehaved with him”. This was announced in Sindh Lawyers Convention held here at Sindh High Court with Vice Chairman Sindh Bar Council Amin Lakhani in the chair. Former Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts including Fakharuddin G Ibrahim, Nasir Aslam Zahid, Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui, Mujeebullah Siddiqui, Zahid Qurban Ali, Vice Chairman PBC Ali Ahmed Kurd, President Supreme Bar Association Munir Malik, President SHC Bar Association Abrar Ahmed, President Karachi Bar Association Iftikhar Javeed Qazi, office-bearers and representatives of lawyers' bodies and scores of lawyers across the province attended the convention. The convention unanimously decided that lawyer's movement would continue till its logical end. It decided to observe complete strike of courts proceeding on April 24, 2007 on hearing of Presidential Reference against CJP before Supreme judicial Council in Islamabad, hold protest demonstration, and take out rallies across the country, where copies of the reference would be burnt to register contempt for its contents. Speakers appreciated the judges for attending the reception in honor of CJP and stated that by attending bar reception in Hyderabad and Peshawar they had proved that Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was still CJP. 'But it was not enough, they would have to do more and play vital role by their verdicts'. (Posted @ 22:12 PST)
51 killed as Somalia fighting rages MOGADISHU, April 22, (AFP) - At least 51 people were killed Sunday as clashes between Ethiopian forces and Islamist insurgents raged in the Somali capital, bringing the toll to more than 219 after five days of fighting. Scores of rotting corpses lay in the streets as the rival forces exchanged artillery and machinegun fire, demolishing buildings in northern and southern Mogadishu. (Posted @ 23:58 PST)
50 dead in new day of carnage in Iraq BAGHDAD, April 22, (AFP) - Insurgents killed 50 people in a new day of carnage in Iraq on Sunday, including 23 members of a Yazidi minority dragged from a bus and gunned down by the roadside, security officials said. Iraq's Yazidi minority community members were ambushed near Mosul, police Brigadier General Mohammed el-Waqa'a said. “Workers were travelling back from a textile plant in Mosul to their home in Bashika, east of the city,” he said. “Several gunmen stopped the buses, chose the Yazidi among the passengers and killed them in front of everybody”. Police said a group of cars blocked the road in the Al-Nur neighbourhood in the east of the city, while others set up a cordon to protect the gang that stormed the convoy. The captives were executed on a field by the road. Three wounded Yazidis survived, officers said. (Posted @ 23:46 PST)
Four US soldiers killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, April 22, (AFP) - Insurgents killed four more US soldiers and another soldier died in and around the Iraqi capital, taking to 60 the military's losses for this month alone, the military reported on Sunday. The four were attacked and killed on Saturday, while a fifth soldier died “due to a non-battle-related cause” in Baghdad on the same day. (Posted @ 23:14 PST)
Israeli Arab MP resigns from parliament CAIRO, April 22, (AFP) - Israeli Arab MP Azmi Bishara, a virulent critic of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians who is under a police inquiry, tendered his resignation from parliament in Cairo Sunday. (Posted @ 18:44 PST)
President leaves on four-nation visit, to meet Hamid Karzai in Turkey ISLAMABAD, Apr 22 (APP) - President General Pervez Musharraf emphasising the need to develop trust between the coalition partners in the war against terrorism Sunday expressed the hope that his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the presence of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, would improve Pak-Afghan relations. Talking to newsmen here at Chaklala Air Base before his departure on a week-long four nation tour to Poland, Spain, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Turkey, the President said he is looking forward to have realistic discussion on ground realities with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to build mutual confidence. (Posted @ 17:38 PST)
Israel kills 9 Palestinians in weekend violence NABLUS, West Bank, April 22, (REUTERS) - Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians, at least five of them militants, over the weekend, in the most serious flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence for months. In a raid on Sunday, Israeli troops surrounded a house in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, and shot dead two members of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in a gun battle, local residents said. (First Posted @ 09:25 PST Updated @ 17:02 PST)
Afghan blasts, ambush kill 17 KHOST, Afghanistan, April 22, (AFP) - Two bomb blasts killed 11 people in Afghanistan's eastern city of Khost Sunday, while five Taliban fighters rebels and a policeman died in a battle elsewhere, officials said. The deadliest explosion was caused by a suicide bomber, wearing police uniform and riding a motorcycle, who detonated his explosives in a busy meat market in Khost, provincial deputy intelligence director Mira Jan told AFP. (First Posted @ 14:56 PST Updated @ 16:48 PST)
Six said killed in Sri Lanka clashes COLOMBO, April 22, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces fought two gunbattles in Sri Lanka's restive north and east leaving at least six rebels killed, the defence ministry said Sunday. (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Pakistan music shops blown up PESHAWAR, Pakistan, April 22, 2007 (AFP) - A homemade bomb blew up three video and music shops in a market in Swabi where hardliners believe the businesses are un-Islamic, police said Sunday. The blast happened late Saturday in Swabi, about 100 kilometers northeast of Peshawar.“It destroyed one shop and partially damaged two others, but there were no casualties as the market was closed,” local police chief Fazal Elahi Badshah told AFP. The blast occurred in the Gulzada Market which has some 80 shops of CDs, DVDs, tape recorders and also houses groups of bands usually hired to perform in wedding ceremonies, residents said. (Posted @ 14:54 PST)
Snooker-World champion Dott knocked out in first round SHEFFIELD, England, April 22 (Reuters) - Holder Graeme Dott was eliminated from the world championship on the opening day, losing 10-7 to qualifier Ian McCulloch on Saturday. Englishman McCulloch fought back from 4-2 down to lead 5-4 at the end of the opening session and went on to seal victory in a scrappy match. “I played probably the worst I've ever played,” Scot Dott told reporters. (Posted @ 09:49 PST)
South Korea to resume rice aid, train link to North SEOUL, April 22(Reuters) South Korea reached a deal with North Korea on Sunday to resume rice aid to its neighbour. The two Koreas also agreed at high-level talks in Pyongyang to conduct on May 17 the first run of trains across their heavily fortified border in more than 50 years, according to a pool report provided by Yonhap news. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Strong earthquake in southern Chile, 10 missing SANTIAGO, April 22 (Reuters) At least 10 people were missing on Saturday after a strong 6.2 mgnitude earthquake in southern Chile caused power cuts, landslides and large waves off the nation's Pacific coast, authorities said. Army patrols and police were searching for 10 people who had been reported missing and are thought to have been on the ocean near where the wave activity occurred. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Cricket: Lara leaves with regrets BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 22 (AFP) Brian Lara bid an emotional farewell to international cricket on Saturday but admitted he leaves the game with regrets that the West Indies are still a struggling team. “From the very first time I played cricket, my dream was to see the West Indies back on top of the sport. “Unfortunately, that hasn't happened and we haven't been able to stop the decline. That's the most disappointing thing. “Things didn't work out as planned today. It was still a very good cricket game, 600 runs scored in the day and a fitting way to end my career - runs galore. England captain Michael Vaughan paying tributes to Lara said: “He's a genius. There are not many geniuses in the game and we're losing one today, so we all wish him well”. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
Pilot killed as US Navy jet crashes at South Carolina air show MIAMI, April 22 (AFP) A pilot with the US Navy's Blue Angels aerobatics team died on Saturday when his F-18 fighter jet crashed to the ground during an air show in South Carolina, officials said. The Beaufort Gazette newspaper said the plane appeared to have struck a tall pine tree and travelled another block before crashing near a heavily populated area. (Posted @ 09:10 PST)
Syrians begin voting for new parliament DAMASCUS, April 22 (AFP) welve million Syrians vote on Sunday in the first of two days of parliamentary elections that banned opposition parties said they will boycott. The elections will be the second since President Bashar al-Assad came to power in July 2000. Some 2,500 candidates are in the field, the official SANA news agency said on Saturday. Originally it said there were 9,000, and did not explain the discrepancy. Of the 250 seats, 167 are reserved for the ruling National Progressive Front (NPF) coalition, led by Assad's Baath party. (Posted @ 09:05 PST)
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