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GUJRANWALA - Internal Services Intelligence (ISI) former chief General (Retd) Hameed Gull said aggressions in Afghanistan and Iraq had met the worst defeats and the US must leave the two countries by admitting its defeats.
He was addressing a seminar organised by Gujranwala Wasif Khayal Sangat to commemorate Wasif Ali Wasif. Senator Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Orya Maqbool Jan, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Zulfiquar Ahmad Cheema, Kh Qutb-ud-Din, Khurram Dastgir Khan, Abdur Rehman Kuaka,

LAHORE - An accountability court judge, Ahmad Nawaz Ranjha, on Monday severely beat up a peon in his chamber for going on a day's leave without prior permission. The peon, Habibur Rehman, is a naib qasid in another accountability court. The judge slapped and tried to strangle Rehman with his scarf, and banned Rehman's entry in the premises of the accountability court. Per details, Rehman, who works in Accountability Court No 4, took a day's leave on Saturday without permission from

ISLAMABAD - The ministry of environment had sent Environment Protection Agency (EPA) director general on forced leave for four months for not fulfilling what he believed their illegitimate demands.
Sources in the ministry told Pakistan Today that Asif Shujah was forced to take a long leave because he was not serving the verbal orders from the ministry asking him to carry out certain illegal acts.
A dispute erupted between the ministry and a land owner over Rs one million

ISLAMABAD - Opting to adopt a wait-and-see policy, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has decided not to quit the Punjab government, leaving it to the PML-N to decide if it wants to keep the coalition going or not. The PML-N had said it would oust the PPP from the Punjab government if Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani did not respond positively to its interim reforms agenda.
The decision not to quit the Punjab government was taken after consultations with President Asif Zardari. A

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has advised PPP parliamentarian and former information minister Sherry Rehman to leave the country if she wanted to keep safe from religious extremists.
A source told Pakistan Today on Thursday that Malik telephoned Sherry, who is also in the middle of the controversy over blasphemy laws, to leave the country at the earliest because "fanatics are hell bent to take her life due to her views on blasphemy laws". Malik cited intelligence

KARACHI - The MQM on Sunday said all issues of contention with the government pertained to the federal level, therefore the party would not be leaving the Sindh government.
Addressing a press briefing outside the party headquarters, MQM spokesman Faisal Sabzwari said, "The Rabita Committee did not discuss tabling a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. We will not leave the coalition partnership in Sindh, because all issues we have relate to the federal

BELFAST - Some 40,000 people were struggling to cope on Wednesday without water supplies in Northern Ireland, where frozen pipes have burst, leaving some without fresh water for eight days.
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses across the province are affected, with people forced to join long queues for bottled water. Parts of the capital Belfast are among the hardest hit. "At the latest count, 40,000 people are without running water," a spokeswoman for Northern Ireland

KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has not yet decided about sitting on the opposition benches; however, the party is not happy over leaving the federal government, MQM chief Altaf Hussain said on Tuesday while speaking to MQM activists at the party headquarters, Nine Zero, and Hyderabad Zone Office.
He supported the Coordination Committee's decision of quitting the federal cabinet, saying that future decisions would depend upon the government's attitude. "The Pakistan

PERTH: Australian spin maestro Shane Warne believes Australia have made a mistake in overlooking Michael Beer for the third Ashes Test in Perth and instead electing to field a four-man pace attack, with the slow bowling duties left to all-rounder Steve Smith.
Warne wrote on his Twitter account: "Very, very surprised Australia playing five quicks and Smith ... No Beer is a big surprise," wrote Warne on his Twitter account.
"Three quicks, Watson, Smith and Beer gives Ricky

CENTURION: South Africa's fast bowlers made up for lost time as they ripped through the Indian batting line-up on a rain-shortened first day of the first Test at SuperSport Park on Thursday.
Morne Morkel took four wickets and Dale Steyn three as India crashed to 136 for nine after being sent in on a green, damp pitch. Only Sachin Tendulkar, who made an elegant 36 off 34 balls, looked at ease as Steyn and Morkel confirmed their credentials as the world's most lethal new ball pair

ISLAMABAD: The crucial visit of the three-member Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team probing the Hajj accommodation scam had been put off for a day due to a delay in the issuance of visas and now it will proceed to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today (Tuesday).
According to an agency official, the team comprising FIA Director Hassan Asghar, FIA Deputy Director Khalid Rasool and FIA Inspector Main Sabir would collect evidence from the crime scene in Jeddah, where investigators would

QUITO: OPEC was expected to leave its two-year-old oil quotas unchanged, it was revealed after a meeting on Saturday in Ecuador. This is due to rising demand and some uncertainties over the generally bullish outlook for the world economy.
The gathering in Quito of the 12-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries was also to mark the passing of the cartel's rotating presidency to Iran - the first time in 36 years the Islamic republic has held the largely symbolic

KARACHI: All Russian aircraft that were impounded by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have left the country except for one at the Karachi airport.
Sources told Pakistan Today that the impounded aircraft were given unconditional permission to leave by the CAA and only one AN-21 is currently grounded at Karachi airport on technical grounds, but that too would leave very soon.
Two weeks back, the CAA's flight standard director had released three impounded Russian aircraft

LAHORE: Milli Majlis-e- Shariah forum of clerics from different sects, has warned the government that they would strongly resist any move to procedurally change the Blasphemy Law. Leaders of Milli Majlis ask the government to leave the Aasia Bibi issue on courts instead of poking its nose in judicial matters.
They said that the governor of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has committed contempt of court and blasphemy also by visiting Aasia bibi in jail. In a joint press

BERLIN: Germany on Saturday categorically denied a British newspaper report that Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that Berlin might leave the euro during a heated exchange at a summit of European Union leaders at the end of October. Citing non-German government figures at the Brussels meeting, daily The Guardian said Merkel made the comments following a dispute with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who it said had accused her of making "undemocratic" proposals.
"If this is

LAHORE:The mass exodus emptied the provincial capital as according to an estimate over three million people belonging to different parts of the province left to celebrate Eidul Azha with their families at their respective home towns, on Tuesday.
Almost half of the people living in Lahore belong to other districts and they all try to celebrate Eid with their families. Lahore's total population is about 9 million and when over three million returned to homes, the city traffic took

STRASBOURG: European lawmakers voting amid a sea of pink and blue baby balloons, gave their blessing to hotly contested plans for all new mothers across Europe to have five months of maternity leave.
Some governments have warned the 20-week fully paid leave will add a huge burden to hard-pressed taxpayers, while business leaders say it may work against giving jobs to women in the long term.
In a first reading of the proposal, a large majority of MEPs voted in favour of