Tag: Operations

SANYA - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that a UN Security Council resolution on Libya did not authorise the use of military force -- a position he said was backed by his BRICS partners.
"The Security Council resolutions should be implemented," Medvedev told reporters after a summit with the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa in southern China.
"They should be implemented in accordance with their letter and spirit," said the Russian

LAHORE - Defence-A and Lower Mall Police postponed search operations in their respective jurisdictions on Wednesday due to lower cadre staff's lack of interest, sources told Pakistan Today. It was learnt that the top brass of the Lahore Police had ordered extended search operations as well as intensification of security checks in the provincial capital in order to nab suspected terrorists and to curb terrorism. Sources said following the directions, Defence-A and Lower Mall Police

KARACHI - The Ashura blast of 2009 and the ensuing incineration at many shops in Boulton Market were both planned operations, confessed suspected target killer Ajmal Pahari to a joint interrogation team (JIT).
On December 27, 2009, a powerful bomb had ripped through the traditional mourning procession organised by the Shiite community in Karachi, killing at least 45 citizens and wounding hundreds. The blast had taken place near Denso Hall and had triggered a stampede. In the

ISLAMABAD - Joint US-Pakistan intelligence operations have been halted since late January, a senior Pakistani intelligence officer said, reflecting strain in a relationship seen as crucial to combating militants and the war in Afghanistan.
Uneasy US-Pakistan ties have become even more tense after a string of diplomatic disputes so far this year, including a massive drone strike in March and the case of Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor who shot dead two Pakistanis on January 27 in

ISLAMABAD - Joint U.S.-Pakistan intelligence operations have been halted since late January, a senior Pakistani intelligence officer said, reflecting strain in a relationship seen as crucial to combating militants and the war in Afghanistan.
Uneasy U.S.-Pakistani ties have become even more tense after a string of diplomatic disputes so far this year, including a massive drone strike in March and the case of Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor who shot dead two Pakistanis on Jan. 27

PESHAWAR - At least 15 militants were killed and several of their hideouts destroyed in operations in Toor Chappar area of Darra Adam Khel and Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency. According to the officials, the security forces launched the action in retaliation after militants attacked a convoy at Toor Chappar, located on the border with Hangu a settled district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the early hours of Sunday.
The attack claimed the life one member of the security forces. The

HONG KONG - The world's highest hotel opened its doors in Hong Kong on Tuesday, housed in the city's tallest skyscraper and offering unrivalled panoramic views of the world famous Victoria Harbour.
Towering some 490 metres (1,600 feet) above the bustling, chaotic streets of the Southern Chinese city, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.
Visitors peered out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the 118th floor of the International

BRUSSELS - The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) agreed on Sunday to take command of military operations in Libya from a US-led coalition, a NATO official said.
"NATO has decided today to implement all aspects of the UN Resolution 1973 to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack from the [Muammer] Gaddafi regime," a NATO official said on condition of anonymity. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on US television that the country would

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The cable operators across the country on Saturday went on strike for a 24-hour strike against the reported confiscation of their equipments by different teams of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in different parts of the country.
All the operators shut their operations in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sukkur, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta and other areas. However, there were reports that some cable operators in small

KARACHI - Dozens of dock workers were reportedly injured after an angry mob attacked the Grain and Fertiliser Terminal (GFT), Port Qasim on Tuesday afternoon and the Rangers opened fire and used teargas shells to disperse the enraged protesters. Cargo handling at the country's first grain and fertiliser-dedicated terminal was suspended as hundreds of 'employees of stevedoring companies' entered the terminal premises and started beating up the labourers while trying to ransack

ASADABAD - An emotional Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday urged international troops to "stop their operations in our land", his strongest criticism yet of mistaken killings of civilians. Karzai's comments came after a week in which a relative of his was killed in a raid by foreign forces and he rejected an apology by the US commander of troops General David Petraeus for the deaths of nine children in a NATO strike.
"I would like to ask NATO and the US with honour and

ISLAMABAD - The Hungarian oil and gas exploration and production giant, MOL, on Friday announced an immediate suspension of its operations from Maramzai well due to security issues, resulting in suspension of the production 40MMCFD of gas and 1,600 barrels of oil per day.
The company has withdrawn all its personnel from its Maramzai site in Tal block to avoid any further loss of life.
The block is spread over areas in Kohat, Karak, Hangu and Bannu districts and some areas of

KARACHI - Workers' unions of the Karachi Electric Supply Company's (KESC) have vowed to continue their protest and disrupt operations till 4,000 of their sacked employees are restored.
People's Workers Union Secretary Lateef Mughal told Pakistan Today said that the sudden dismissal of thousands of employees was a criminal act of the KESC management. He said that the management was "wasting" money on high salaries and unproductive expenditures, but on the other hand, had deprived

ISLAMABAD - The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced the closure of its food distribution centre in Khar district of Bajaur Agency following a deadly suicide bombing outside the facility on Saturday.
"WFP's food distribution operations across Bajaur have been suspended. It has four food distribution points in Bajaur, all of which have been closed," Amjad Jamal, WFP spokesman told Pakistan Today. Asked whether the closure was permanent, the spokesman said the distribution

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday said it would not accept any ground operation by US troops in the Tribal Areas.
"The US knows our red lines on the issue and they will not cross them. Pakistan does not expect the United States to complicate matters involving counter-terrorism," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said in his weekly press briefing.
"The NATO and ISAF mandate is restricted to Afghanistan and Pakistan's security forces are capable of taking action against

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has shut down fraudulent activities of M/s. BizNas.Com Pakistan (Private) Limited.
A timely action by the SECP's Karachi-based Companies Registration Office (CRO) has closed the fraudulent company and hence saved a large number of prospective investors from losing their hard-earned money.
The Sindh High Court has passed an order for compulsory winding up of the company under section 305 of the 1984 Companies

WASHINGTON: Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants the US military to scale back the visibility and intensity of its operations in Afghanistan and end night raids that he said incited people to join the Taliban insurgency, The Washington Post reported.
"The time has come to reduce military operations," Karzai told the Post in an interview. "The time has come to reduce the presence of, you know, boots in Afghanistan ... to reduce the intrusiveness into the daily Afghan life." The