Tag: Fears

US: Consumer spending rebounds, calms recession fears

US consumer spending rose at its fastest pace in five months in July, backing views the economy was not falling back into recession, although...

Karachi violence could divide country, fears Fazl

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman Monday feared that unabated incidents of violence in Karachi could lead to the division of country and called for...

Karachi violence can divide country, fears Fazl

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman feared on Monday that unabated incidents of violence could lead to the division of country. He called for resolving...

Libya rebel chief fears bloodbath in battle for Tripoli

Libyan rebels fought on Thursday to close in on Tripoli and claimed to have seized a key refinery, as their chief said he feared...

Yasin fears violence if Indo-Pak talks fail

Pakistan and India must focus on resolving their dispute over Kashmir by capitalising on newly-built trust or risk a new wave of militancy in...

Saudis seeking arms amid growing fears

Saudi Arabia's hunger for weapons, initially aimed at staving off the threat of Iran, has grown with the upcoming US withdrawal from Iraq and...

Watson fears for Woods’ game

Tom Watson fears fellow American golf great Tiger Woods may not be the same player ever again if his compatriot is forced into replacement...

Fears for British soldier missing in Afghanistan

International forces in Afghanistan launched a huge manhunt after a British soldier went missing on Monday in one of the most dangerous parts of...

China accepts inflation fears

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signalled for the first time that China would struggle to meet its four percent inflation target this year, underlining expectations...

Amin Fahim fears rise in trade deficit

Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Wednesday said the energy crisis had primarily led to a decline in industrial production and feared the trade...

Queen expresses fears about UK’s break-up

Queen Elizabeth II fears a referendum on independence in Scotland can lead to a break-up of the United Kingdom. The monarch is so worried that...

Gaddafi flees to hospitals over assassination fears

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly become very paranoid and is hiding at a different hospital every night to escape NATO bombings and...

Imran Khan fears attacks on ‘strategic assets’

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan Monday said that the attacks on the key naval base could be a precursor to further such attacks on...

ISI wary of American special trainers over spying fears

ISLAMABAD - Request by the ISI for a cut in the number of US Special Forces trainers working in sensitive regions in Pakistan is due to fears they are also spying, according to Pakistani sources with knowledge of the request, illustrating the extent to which growing mutual mistrust is hampering security co-operation, according to a Reuters report. The request was conveyed when ISI chief General Ahmad Shuja Pasha visited his counterpart Leon Panetta at CIA headquarters on Monday.

Bahrain fears sectarian overspill in Gulf

DUBAI - Bahrain's foreign minister said his country, slammed over use of deadly force, feared its Shiite-led protests could spark sectarian conflict in other Gulf states, in an interview published Wednesday.
Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa also renewed accusations of his Shiite-majority state kingdom ruled by his Sunni royal family that Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah was "training" regime opponents.

Jordan fears Syrian spillover as tensions rise

AMMAN - Bloody clashes in Jordan have exacerbated the confidence crisis between the government and Islamists, accused of taking orders from northern neighbour Syria, which is itself facing popular protests. The Islamist opposition and the government locked horns after a protester died and 160 people were injured on Friday when police broke up a pro-reform protest camp in Amman following a stone attack by loyalists against young demonstrators.The rift between the government and

KSE slides over monetary policy fears

KARACHI - The local bourse underwent a slump of 12.12 points or 0.10 percent on Friday primarily due to, what analysts said, investors' cautiousness a day ahead of the monetary policy statement (MPS) by the State Bank of Pakistan.
The KSE 100-share index closed at 11,552.13 points against 11,564.25 points, the previous day. The day saw the intraday high and low, respectively, at 11,636.89 and 11,531.65 points, while the day's turnover at the ready-counter was recorded at 66.38