Many options available to initiate against missile strikes: FO
24 May
Personeel Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office has said that there are many options including going to the UN Security Council and moving International Court of Justice against missile strikes in the country, SAMAA reported on Thursday. Foreign Office Spokesman Moazzam Khan said during weekly briefing in Islamabad this day that Pakistan did not expect any big breakthrough in Chicago Summit but still attended that on NATO invitation.
Muhajir province supporters are cowards: Shazia Marri
24 May
Personeel Report KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri said on Thursday that the people talking about the Muhajir province and those who writes slogan for the province on walls are cowards.
No question of PM Gilani’s disqualification
24 May
Personeel Report ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza said on Thursday that there is no question of Prime Minister Gilani’s disqualification
10 year old girl brutally tortured in Gujranwala
24 May
Staff Report GUJRANWALA: A 10 year old housemaid girl was tortured and thrown away on a road here on Thursday. Sobia, the girl was found critically injured, unconscious from roadside in Ghakhar area
Robust Nuclear Security Mechanism in place, says CJCSC General Wynne
24 May
Personeel Report RAWALPINDI: General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) visited the Headquarters of the Security Division of Strategic Plans Division (SPD) at Rawalpindi, for a review of security plans for Pakistan’s Strategic Assets. According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, a comprehensive briefing was given by Director General Security Major General Muhammad Tahir covering details of the operational preparedness of the Security Division.
Mazhar Majeed appeals after 15 months of sentence
24 May
LONDEN: Mazhar Majeed, a sports agent jailed over a cricket match-fixing scam is appealing against his conviction, SAMAA learnt from sources on Thursday. Mazhar Majeed, 36, from Croydon, south London, was sentenced to two years and eight months.
Motor racing-Alonso fastest in smoky Monaco practice
24 May
MONACO: Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso showed his mastery of Monaco on Thursday with the fastest lap in a first free practice session cut short in a cloud of smoke.
Animated "Arjun" is not a children’s film
24 May
MUMBAI: Director Arnab Chaudhuri is quick to point out that his new animation project on a Mahabharat hero is not a children’s film. “Arjun – The Warrior Prince” puts the spotlight on the third of the Pandava brothers in Indian mythology and is the coming-of-age story of the legendary archer. “It’s a hero’s journey
Iran talks with world powers hit snag over sanctions
24 May
BAGHDAD: Iran accused world powers on Wednesday of creating “a difficult atmosphere” that hindered talks on its atomic energy programme, signalling a snag in diplomacy to defuse fears of a covert Iranian bid to develop nuclear bombs. The nub of the dispute was not immediately clear as the Baghdad talks entered a second day
U.S. should respect decision to imprison doctor who helped CIA find bin Laden – Pakistan
24 May
ISLAMABAD: The United States should respect a Pakistan court’s decision to imprison a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden, the Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. “I think as far as the case of Mr. Afridi is concerned, it was in accordance with Pakistani laws and by the Pakistani courts, and we need to respect each other’s legal processes,” Moazzam Ali Khan told reporters.
U.S. missile strike kills 10 in northwest Pakistan – ambtenaren
24 May
MIRANSHAH: A U.S. drone strike on suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan killed 10 people on Thursday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, an attack likely to raise tensions in a standoff with Washington over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. The pilotless drone aircraft attacked a compound in a village in North Waziristan, a day after a similar attack killed four suspected militants in the same region
Pakistan seeks face-saving formula in NATO talks
24 May
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is unlikely to re-open supply routes to NATO troops in Afghanistan unless the United States offers a politically acceptable formula in talks on ending a six-month standoff on the issue, a Pakistani official said on Thursday. The official said the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had to be politically savvy, taking into account widespread anti-American sentiment in the country ahead of general elections due by early next year. “It is not fair for any country to expect any decisions that could be politically harmful ahead of elections,” the official, who is familiar with the negotiations, told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Cannes style flourishes despite soggy red carpet
24 May
PARIJS: With respected French designer Jean Paul Gaultier a member of the Cannes jury this year, celebrities at the swanky film festival on the French Riviera knew they had to step up their fashion game. They did not disappoint
England’s Pietersen fined for Twitter comments
24 May
LONDEN: England batsman Kevin Pietersen was fined an undisclosed amount by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday for disparaging comments he made on Twitter about a television pundit.
Mountain lion wanders into California city center, is killed
24 May
LOS ANGELES: A mountain lion ventured into the center of a crowded Southern California city on Tuesday, and was shot and killed when authorities had trouble corralling the animal in the courtyard of a building, aldus de politie.
Indian govt’s Friday meet on diesel prices in doubt: officieel
24 May
NEW DEHLI: A planned meeting by a committee of ministers to discuss raising diesel and other fuel prices may not happen following widespread protests and political backlash to a petrol price rise, a finance ministry official said on Thursday. “It is doubtful whether there will be meeting because there is so much political reaction to the hike in petrol prices,” the official, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.


















































