ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is worried that Al Qaeda is trying to install its own “chief terrorist” as the head of Pakistan’s Taliban following the apparent killing of the group’s leader in a CIA missile strike, a top official said today.
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ISLAMABAD: A special court comprising three high court judges and not a sessions court would have to try Pervez Musharraf if high treason charges were
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CHENNAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has cleared Pakistan players of coming in contact with bookmakers on their recent tour of Sri Lanka.
The ICC said in a statement on Monday it was satisfied “no evidence of any such contacts exists” after its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit held an investigation following media reports that the visitors had been approached.
“I am pleased those investigations have indicated nothing untoward has taken place on this occasion but it is a reminder that all of us… must maintain our vigilance to ensure we remain on top of the issue of corruption,” ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said in a statement.
The Pakistan Cricket Board informed ICC that it suspected bookmakers were staying on the same floor as their players in the team hotel in Colombo after the tourists lost the test series 2-0 and had lost the first three games of their five-match, one-day series.
Pakistan pulled back to win the final two one-dayers.
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KARACHI: The rate of country?s inflation has dropped to 19 month low in the first month of the financial year 2009-10, increasing the possibility of the State Bank to reduce discount rate in its upcoming monetary policy.
According to figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), the rate of inflation declined to 11.17 percent in the month of July from 13.13 in June.
The reasons cited for this decrease are: reduction in prices of some food items besides government?s policy to stabilize prices of petroleum products.
The rate of inflation surged to 20.77 percent in the last.
According to economic experts, the central bank could reduce its discount rate by 1 to 1.5 percent in view of the existing inflation rate.
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RAWALPINDI: Powerful commanders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan looted the Baitulmal of the TTP chief Baitullah Mahsud after his death, revealed cred
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While Karachi has had its share of terror on many levels, the case of the ?White Corolla man? has held citizens of one or two localitie
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RAWALPINDI: The security forces continued search and clearance operations in Swat and Malakand during the last 24 hours.
According to a press released by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), on a tip off, the security forces apprehended terrorist Muhammad Sadiq (a school teacher who has been indoctrinating young boys towards militancy) at Darmai near Fatehpur and terrorist Fahim in Drushkhela.
Security forces apprehended a terrorist Saeed Ullah from Madrassa of known terrorist Moulvi Rasheed at Drushkhela.
Security forces conducted search operation at Shalko Sar and apprehended 6 suspects. Also, the search operation was conducted in Kabbal. During exchange of fire with terrorists, a soldier embraced Shahadat.
Security forces raided at Bagh in Totalai Tehsil of Buner and arrested terrorist commander Yasin along with arms and ammunition.
At least three terrorists were killed in a retaliatory fire by security forces when terrorists attacked a military convoy which was moving from Dosali to Damdil near Razmak in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) today. Three security forces personnel were also injured in the exchange of fire.
The security forces also continued relief activities, as so far 249,044 cash cards have been distributed amongst the IDPs of Malakand.
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LONDON: The Government has been warned to tackle the country’’s unemployment crisis urgently or see the number of jobless rise to more than three million.
A report by leading think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said quick action is needed to create more jobs.
Figures released today showed a record jump in the unemployment rate - 281,000 people lost their jobs in the three months to May.
Some business analysts are warning the number of people out of work could reach 3.2 million by next year.
The IPPR said new sources of growth are needed because the industrial make-up of the economy is changing.
It also highlighted the fact that Britain had until now been heavily reliant on public sector, retail, housing and finance as sources of employment growth, but these areas could no longer be depended upon in the future.
Co-author of the report and former Bank of England economist Rachel Reeves said: “As a nation we can no longer rely on banking, retail and the public sector to create the jobs we need.
“If we are to get Britain back to work, there will have to be large increases in the jobs available in hi-tech manufacturing and private service sectors such as the creative industries.
“This could happen, but only with the right combination of entrepreneurship and Government action.”
The report suggested new areas for employment growth included knowledge and creative industries, hi-tech manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and care services.
However the IPPR said the sectors would need Government support to boost training and spending.
Employment minister Jim Knight said: “The Government’’s New Industries New Jobs strategy sets out the high value industries we need to expand as the economy recovers.
“We need to match people to these sectors and so we”ve invested £5 billion to keep Britain working, which means more advisers in jobcentres, a guarantee of work or training for young people, and 250,000 new jobs in growing sectors.”
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WEMBLEY: Chelsea won the Community Shield defeating Manchester United through penalty kicks.
This was the first big achievement of Carlo Ancelotti as manager.
The match played at Wembley was an interesting contest from beginning to the end as both teams displayed the best game.
Sir Alex Ferguson’’s team had taken an early lead when Nani drove home from the edge of the area. Ricardo Carvalho equalised after half-time before Lampard’’s controversial strike, but Wayne Rooney levelled for United in stoppage time.
With United keen to prove a point to the critics questioning their ability to cope without Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez and Chelsea trying to impress new boss Carlo Ancelotti, there was a definite edge to a match that finished 2-2 after 90 minutes.
However, the match decided on penalty kicks and Chelsea emerged victorious scoring four goals against one to win the title.
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Pakistan is worried that al-Qaeda is trying to install its own “chief terrorist” as the head of Pakistan’s Taliban following the apparent killing of the group’s leader in a CIA missile strike, a top official said Monday.
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