Army ordered to hit back
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has been ordered to retaliate against any action by foreign troops inside the country, Geo News quoted ISPR spokesman Ma
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NR3C hunts down cyber swindler
IslamabadThe National Response Centre of Cyber Crime (NR3C) of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Thursday arrested a Pakistan-based cyber swi
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ICC pushes back Champions Trophy decision
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will not make a decision on the new dates for the postponed Champions Trophy tournament until October at the earliest, it was announced here Thursday. A board meeting at the global governing body’’s Dubai headquarters failed to reach agreement on the issue after the Champions Trophy, due to take place in Pakistan from September 12-28, was postponed until October 2009 after several leading sides voiced security concerns. However, already in the calendar for 2009 is a clashing seven-match one-day series between India and world champions Australia while the second edition of the lucrative Champions League Twenty20 tournament, featuring the world’’s leading domestic sides, is due to take place from September 25 to October 11. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has so far refused to alter the dates of the Australia series and officials are struggling to find a gap in the schedule for the 50 overs per side Champions Trophy event. “It was agreed by the ICC Board that ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat would engage with member boards likely to be affected by the rescheduling of the tournament to September/October 2009,” an ICC statement said. “It was further agreed that Mr Lorgat would report back to the Board on the result of that engagement at its next meeting, in October.” The ICC also announced plans for further trials of the umpire referral system used for the first time during Sri Lanka’’s recent Test series win over India.”It was agreed the ideal would be for as many umpires and teams as possible to be exposed to the trial to allow proper assessment of the system’’s merits or otherwise,” the ICC said, adding the series involved in the new trials would be determined in due course. “It was confirmed that a final report on the trial to cover all series in which it has been employed would be presented to the ICC cricket committee in May 2009 and then considered by the chief executives committee in June 2009.
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Pakistan News
Report: Bush OK’d Pakistan raids (CNN.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush secretly approved U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets, according to a former intelligence official with recent access to the Bush administration’s debate about how to fight al Qaeda and the Taliban inside the lawless tribal border area.
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Officials: Bush OK’d US raids in Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Bush secretly approved U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets, according to current and former U.S. officials with recent access to the Bush administration’s debate about how to fight al-Qaida and the Taliban inside the lawless tribal border area.
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Bush allows raids into Pakistan: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US President George W. Bush has secretly approved orders allowing US forces to conduct ground operations in Pakistan without that government’s prior approval, a report said Wednesday citing senior US officials.
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KSE-100 Index loses 52 points
KARACHI: The local capital market continued to remain in the grips of bears as benchmark KSE-100 Index fell further down by 52 points to finish the day at 9,261.Turnover remained extremely thin at 13 million shares.The broader market also lacked momentum with just 26 gainers against 79 losers — in a trade which saw activity in only 184 shares.Dealers say investors are adopting a wait and see strategy, due to lack of any positive development on the economic front.Many also express frustration at the continuance of market floor at 9144 — a move which has made investors unable to sell their positions beyond a certain point.
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Zardari leaves for London today
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari will leave for London on Friday via Dubai on his first official visit. Officials claimed President Zardari will me
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Pakistan premier backs army chief’s rebuke to US (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan’s prime minister on Thursday backed a harsh rebuke of the U.S. by the Muslim nation’s military chief, a sign of a strain in relations seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks forged the two countries’ anti-terror alliance.
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Karzai backs U.S. on Pakistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai backed a proposed U.S. strategy on Thursday to hit al Qaeda and Taliban militants in neighboring Pakistan, but NATO said it would not join any cross-border U.S. raids.
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