Tag: Tells

Veteran actor Mickey Rooney on Wednesday urged elderly victims of abuse to speak up to anyone who will listen and described to a Senate panel his own suffering at the hands of a family member. In court documents, Rooney accused his stepson Christopher Aber of intimidating and bullying him and blocking access to his mail. The documents also alleged Aber deprived Rooney of medications and food. Rooney rose to fame as a child star in the 1930s and 1940s when he made more than a dozen

ISLAMABAD - A six-member bench of the Supreme Court ordered the government on Tuesday to remove Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Waseem Ahmed from his post and submit a report to the Registrar Office within three days.
The SC bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the FIA's report on mismanagement and alleged corruption in Hajj affairs was dissatisfactory and it seemed as if it were being delayed deliberately to protect the accused. The

STATS CORNER - Lasith Malinga became the fourth bowler to perform two hat-tricks in one day internationals and the first to do so in World Cup match. The right-arm fast bowler from Galle achieved this feat against Kenya at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Tuesday (March 1). Lasith Malinga's hat trick started in the 42nd over of the match. Tanmay Mishra became the first victim of Malinga's hat-trick after missing a full delivery on leg stump to fall for a 13-ball duck.
It was the

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif told Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in writing that he would be stepping into practical politics since his agreement to not participate in politics for 10 years had ended.
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif called on the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Pakistan Ibrahim Al Ghadir in Islamabad and handed over the letter. Sources said the letter contained information about Nawaz's active role in future

ISLAMABAD - The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has sought details of Raymond Davis-like CIA agents operating in its territory from the US as a major condition to move ahead leaving behind the Lahore incident, in which two Pakistanis were killed by the detained American spy.
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta made a telephone call to ISI chief General Ahmad Shuja Pasha on Saturday to discuss the contentious issue of Davis that has generated a grave

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Zardari on Thursday denied Husain Haqqani's request to be relieved of ambassadorial responsibilities and asked him to continue as Pakistan's envoy to the US. A source told Pakistan Today that Haqqani had told Zardari that he wanted to quit as the country's ambassador to the US and wanted to resume his career as an academician.
Haqqani also told the president that he wanted time to write a book. The source said the president did not want to change the

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly was Thursday informed that situation in Balochistan was not in government's complete control as some secret hands were at play to create unrest in the province.
During the Question-Hour session, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Senator Raza Rabbani said that some hidden players were fueling insurgency in Balochistan; therefore, the intelligence agencies could not be blamed.
Responding to question raised by MNA Usman Khan,

ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff (CAOS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani asked US military leaders in a meeting in Muscat to acknowledge the sacrifices of Pakistan's armed forces in the US-led war on terror, according to an ISPR statement issued here on Wednesday.
General Kayani also discussed regional security issues with the US top brass, as well as ways to better coordinate military operations between the two countries. "I was pleased to have the opportunity to discuss with

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama urged Pakistan on Tuesday to free a detained US official, while insisting that he was not "callous" about the deadly shooting that led to the US employee's arrest. In his first public remarks on a case that has cast a chill over an already uneasy partnership, Obama said detained US citizen Raymond Davis enjoyed diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Conventions.
"We expect Pakistan... to abide by the same convention," Obama told a news

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged cricketing hero Sarfraz Nawaz to bowl for revolution in the country, and bring about a system where the reins of the country are handed to honest and sincere citizens.
Talking to Nawaz on phone from London, Hussain felicitated the cricketer on joining the MQM and said that his admission to the party means that revolution is around the corner. Nawaz told Hussain that he was willing to serve the country in any

CAIRO - Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square for an 11th day of protest on Friday calling for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. On what they called the "Day of Departure", the crowd bowed in prayer and listened to a cleric declare: "We want the head of the regime removed". "Leave! Leave! Leave!" they chanted.
The mood was buoyant in the square, the epicentre of the protests, thronged by people from all walks of life, young

ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has categorically told the government to come up with economic reforms to qualify for the next tranche of $1.7 billion under the $11.3 billion standby arrangement which is suspended since May last year as Pakistan failed to implement the agreed reforms roadmap.
Pakistan has already received $7.5 billion but the IMF has held back two tranches, which, a source privy to the meetings between the IMF and the government said, are

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The United States on Thursday asked for an expeditious resolution of the row with Pakistan over the detention of Raymond Davis, an American national detained for killing two Pakistanis in Lahore, saying responsibility for his safety rests with the federal and Punjab governments.
Meanwhile in Lahore, Cantonment Judicial Magistrate Zafar Iqbal Sial granted bail to Davis for carrying an illegal handgun but extended his physical remand until February 11 in the

JAKARTA - The IMF on Wednesday said it had learnt from its mistakes during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis and had undertaken reform to give the region's countries a greater say in how the Fund is managed. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the organisation wanted a fresh start with Asia as he visited Indonesia and met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Indonesia was hit hard by the Asian crisis and the IMF remains deeply unpopular in the country of 240 million people

MOSCOW - Strongman leader Vladimir Putin has sat down for an interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell, telling her Russia had tougher guys than him and praising Moscow students who undressed for his birthday for their courage.
Putin, known for his adrenaline-fuelled antics, told the British supermodel of experiences including swimming butterfly in a cold Siberian river and coming face to face with a tiger but added Russia had braver men than him. "I'm not the tough guy," the

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday told a US Congressional delegation that the courts would decide the fate of Raymond Davis, the US national detained for killing two Pakistanis in Lahore, as the visiting American lawmakers pressed for his release.
A six-member delegation of US Congress called on President Zardari and demanded the release of Davis, reiterating the American stance on the issue that what the American national did was in self defence. However, the

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has probed the participation of suspended cricketer Mohammad Aamir in a match in Rawalpindi and submitted the report to the ICC.
The match that Amir bowled in was an unofficial match between two clubs not registered with the Rawalpindi Cricket Association.
It was also found that no PCB official was present at the venue when the player took part in the game. Furthermore the team sheets prepared prior to the match did not contain Mohammad