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Thursday, December 25, 2008
FM: Pakistan-not-to-tolerate-surgical-strike-by-India
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Top Story : One-dish-law-to-be-implemented-strictly: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the one-dish law would be strictly implemented in the province. He was talking to journalists after the Walima ceremony of the son of a leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas, in Sialkot.
He said that millions of people in the province could not afford lavish expenditure on marriage ceremonies and had to mortgage their ancestral property for the marriage of their daughters and spend rest of their lives under heavy debts.
He said that the one-dish law would be strictly implemented in the interest of the poor so that they could be saved from heavy expenditure. Shahbaz added that austerity would be promoted in the province under the leadership of PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. He said that Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas had set a good example by abiding by this law for which he should be congratulated.
Referring to the national situation and recent tension between India and Pakistan, the chief minister expressed the hope that the Indian leadership would adopt a sensible attitude and would not indulge in any such act which could jeopardize peace in South Asia.
He said that Pakistan was a peace-loving country and wanted harmony in the region, therefore, the Indian government should also act wisely and show restraint on the issue. He said that Pakistan was taking effective measures against extremists and militants.
He hoped that Pakistan and India would not go to war but added if a war was imposed on Pakistan the nation would stand shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces and give a befitting response to the Indian aggression.
PML leader and MNA Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MPAs Chaudhry Akhlaque Ahmad, Tahir Mehmood, Rana Muhammad Iqbal Harnah, former MPA Mansha Allah Butt, former MNA Iftikhar-ul-Hassan, Zahare Shah, District President PML-N Sialkot Adrees Ahmad Bajwa, Commissioner Gujranwala Division Khalid Masood Chaudhry and RPO Gujranwala Zulfiqar Ahmad Cheema were also present on the occasion.
He said that millions of people in the province could not afford lavish expenditure on marriage ceremonies and had to mortgage their ancestral property for the marriage of their daughters and spend rest of their lives under heavy debts.
He said that the one-dish law would be strictly implemented in the interest of the poor so that they could be saved from heavy expenditure. Shahbaz added that austerity would be promoted in the province under the leadership of PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. He said that Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas had set a good example by abiding by this law for which he should be congratulated.
Referring to the national situation and recent tension between India and Pakistan, the chief minister expressed the hope that the Indian leadership would adopt a sensible attitude and would not indulge in any such act which could jeopardize peace in South Asia.
He said that Pakistan was a peace-loving country and wanted harmony in the region, therefore, the Indian government should also act wisely and show restraint on the issue. He said that Pakistan was taking effective measures against extremists and militants.
He hoped that Pakistan and India would not go to war but added if a war was imposed on Pakistan the nation would stand shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces and give a befitting response to the Indian aggression.
PML leader and MNA Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MPAs Chaudhry Akhlaque Ahmad, Tahir Mehmood, Rana Muhammad Iqbal Harnah, former MPA Mansha Allah Butt, former MNA Iftikhar-ul-Hassan, Zahare Shah, District President PML-N Sialkot Adrees Ahmad Bajwa, Commissioner Gujranwala Division Khalid Masood Chaudhry and RPO Gujranwala Zulfiqar Ahmad Cheema were also present on the occasion.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Top Rated Engineering Universities in the World
According to our live news channel a recent survey held regarding best universities in the world and USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT got 1st position among top 10 universities in the world.Stanford University of USA was on 2nd position and University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign of USA got 3rd Position.
Other top world Universities are as follows according to thier positions :
Other top world Universities are as follows according to thier positions :
Friday, December 19, 2008
Olympic-venue-to-host-'crown-jewel'-of-WTA-in-2009
The Bird's Nest has become a 50-yuan-a-ticket tourist trapreported by our sports news team. The Water Cube hosts daily concerts. Now one more Olympic venue seems destined to escape becoming a notorious white elephant of misuse in the wake of the Beijing Games.
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| Spectators line up to buy food during the rain-interrupted quarterfinals of the Beijing Olympics on Aug 14 at the center court of the Olympic Green Tennis Center. The venue will host the 2009 China Open in October. AFP |
According to our live news channel reports, The Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center, which resembles either a bowl of rice, a blossoming lotus or a flying saucer depending on your vantage point, will host the China Open next year from Oct 1 to 11 to put some glitz and glamour back into the game.
"After the Olympic Games, the utilization of all stadiums and manpower has become a long-term strategy to grow Beijing as a sports center, with tennis becoming a core strategy for this city," said Sun Kanglin, director of the Beijing Sports Bureau.
The 10-court venue, which was purpose-built for the Aug 8-24 Games and features space-age air-cooling technology for spectators, was supposed to host this year's tournament but was unable to transition in time due to the proximity of the Paralympics and high costs.
Now, with memories of China's historic Olympic success at the stadium still permeating the local consciousness, the stage is set for next year's event, which comprises two tournaments: the WTA and ATP 500 Series.
The $4.5 million women's tournament is one of four crown-jewel events next year - including two in the US and one in Madrid - as the WTA streamlines its calendar but still keeps space for other top Asia-Pacific stops in Tokyo, Sydney, Doha and Dubai.
Beijing, which opened a new regional WTA office in July spearheaded by the Tour's chief operating officer, David Shoemaker, was named one of 10 cities to win the coveted ATP 500 Series, which is secondary only to the Master Series in terms of prestige.
This can only be good news for the fledgling China Open as it approaches its fifth year of business. The Beijing sports authority has announced a post-Olympic budget of 500 million yuan ($62.5 million) to host international tournaments - and the WTA event tops the list.
"The partnership between the Tour, Beijing municipal government and Beijing sports society creates a great foundation to extend to wider audiences as we work together to develop tennis in Beijing and all of China," said Sun.
Shoemaker said he hoped the China Open would spur social change among women in China.
"The fact our top players play here sends a very strong and powerful signal about the progressiveness of some of those places that I think is inspiring social change," he said.
Beijing outbid Dubai, Tokyo and Bangkok to become one of just four cities to host the elite event, which makes it mandatory for the world's top 50 female players. The top 10 players will be subject to severe penalties if they withdraw without good reason.
Meanwhile, the world's best male players must participate in four of the year's 10 ATP 500 Series including at least one after the US Open in August, which gives them a choice of either Beijing, Tokyo, Basel (Switzerland) or Valencia (Spain).
Tennis focus
Chinese tennis players have been making impressive breakthroughs in singles and doubles events in recent years, characterized by world No 23 Li Na, who became the first Chinese to reach the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam. Her compatriot Zheng Jie, ranked world No 25, made another step forward by making the Wimbledon Open semifinals early this year.
Zheng is also a two-time Grand Slam doubles winner with Yan Zi.
After winning the (women's) doubles gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games, China clinched a bronze in the same event and an historic fourth place in the women's singles tournament by Li.
"Beijing will be our primary focus in Asia," Shoemaker said. "I think it is the best time to bring the (WTA) tournament to Beijing. Women's tennis is in its prime now. The popularity has never been higher; the prize money is on the highest level. With the increasing support from our global and local sponsors, the sport can get even stronger."
China Open organizers said they are intent on building a solid and influential brand based on top quality play.
"The goal is to make it the leading and exemplary event for Beijing and a bright spot for the sustainable development of the sports industry in Beijing after the Olympics," said Sun.
This triggered a date change from September to one month later to coincide with a national holiday. Renovations are also under way to complete the makeover from Olympic venue to commercial enterprise, with exclusive zones for players and sponsors to be set up in addition to VIP rooms.
"Off the court, we are also fighting with other cities regarding how we can offer the best services to players," said Sun. "Unlike the Beijing Games, we have to offer individual rest rooms and dressing rooms.
"All such details must be taken into consideration if we want to host a traditional and prestigious tennis event."
China Daily
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Yahoo-to-Scrub-Personal-Data-After-Three-Months
Yahoo said Wednesday it will anonymize most of the data it collects about people's Web searches after three months, a move that could put further pressure on competitors Google and Microsoft to do the same due to privacy concerns, reports from our live news channel.
Yahoo, which previously kept the data for 13 months, will now retain it for the least amount of time compared to its rivals.
Google said in September that it would anonymize data after nine months, down from 18 months. Microsoft keeps data for 18 months, although it said earlier this month it would reduce the period to six months if its rivals did the same.
A European Union group has recommended that search engines discard data after six months. The recommendation has been endorsed by data protection officials from the 27 countries in the European Union. Countries could eventually choose to enforce the recommendation, which will be discussed further next year.
Privacy campaigners have expressed concerns that Web users could potentially be identified on the basis of search terms and other data. An IP (Internet protocol) address can identify a person's ISP (Internet service provider) as well as their approximate geographic location. It also has been shown that a person can be identified on the basis of search terms they've entered.
Technology companies have maintained they needed to keep the data to observe how people use their search engines in order to improve their search services, such as increasing the relevancy of results.
Yahoo said it would anonymize its "user log data," although the company did not define exactly what data it collects. Other data that will be scrubbed include page views and clicks on ads.
Yahoo said it will keep some data for up to six months for security and fraud reasons, as part of some "specific and limited exceptions," it said in a statement. It may also be required to keep some data longer to meet legal obligations, it said.
Madonna-Ritchie-say-divorce-sums-Misleading
LONDON (Reuters) -Hollywood U.S. pop star Madonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie said on Wednesday that a statement released on the singer's behalf detailing terms of their divorce was "misleading and inaccurate" reports.
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Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's spokeswoman in New York, said on Monday the singer had given British film director Ritchie between 50 and 60 million pounds ($76-92 million) as part of their divorce.
Both Associated Press (AP) and Reuters reported the figures, but now the couple are distancing themselves from the accuracy of the details.
"We have tried to maintain a dignified silence regarding the details of our divorce for the last few months whilst accepting the obvious media interest," said a joint statement from the pair.
"A misleading and inaccurate statement, specifically in relation to the sums of money involved, was wrongly issued to AP this week," it added.
"The financial details of the settlement will remain private, save to say that both of us are happy with our agreement. Our primary concern, like any co-parents, is the care and well being of our children." Rosenberg said on Monday that custody arrangements for the couple's children had not been finalized.
Madonna and Ritchie have an eight-year-old son, Rocco, and three-year-old son David, adopted from Malawi. The singer also has a daughter Lourdes, born in 1996, from her relationship with fitness trainer Carlos Leon.
Madonna, one of the most successful singers of all time with estimated album sales of more than 200 million, was married once before, to actor Sean Penn, in the 1980s.
Madonna and Ritchie announced their split in October, nearly eight years after their wedding at Skibo Castle in Scotland.
Ritchie is a British film director who is making Hollywood blockbuster "Sherlock Holmes" starring Robert Downey Jr. as the Victorian-era super sleuth.
The couple's combined wealth has been estimated at about $525 million, but Madonna accounts for most of it.
(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
After-Dawood-Masood-and-Memon-Pak-denies-India-access-to-Mumbai-attack-mastermind
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has ruled out giving India access to Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi, who is learnt to be behind the Mumbai
terror strikes. Pak has said that only its authorities can question Lakhwi to ascertain whether he had any link to the attacks.
Pakistan defence minister Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar said India's "concerns" can be discussed through a joint investigation mechanism which Islamabad has proposed to be set up to probe the Mumbai attacks.
"May be we can have a joint investigation mechanism and find out who these culprits are," Mukhtar said.
He said Pak officials will question Lakhwi, who was arrested in the crackdown against terrorists, to find out whether there is any linkage to the Mumbai terror attacks.
Lakhwi's name figured during questioning of Ajmal Kasav, the only terrorist caught during the Mumbai attacks, by Indian investigators.
"We do not have to rush into things. We have to move slowly to get hold of the right kind of people who could be involved or are alleged to be involved (in Mumbai attacks).
I really do not know who they are. We are trying to find out. We will find out. There is no reason why we would not find out," he said.
Mukhtar said the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack are "scared" of improvement in relations between India and Pakistan.
"They are scared of these countries becoming trading partners and gaining confidence of each other," he said.
Mukhtar said the meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, discussed the "pros and cons" of incidents "happening around us" and ways to continue the war against terror and to help Pakistan's neighbours fight the menace.
Pakistan defence minister Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar said India's "concerns" can be discussed through a joint investigation mechanism which Islamabad has proposed to be set up to probe the Mumbai attacks.
"May be we can have a joint investigation mechanism and find out who these culprits are," Mukhtar said.
He said Pak officials will question Lakhwi, who was arrested in the crackdown against terrorists, to find out whether there is any linkage to the Mumbai terror attacks.
Lakhwi's name figured during questioning of Ajmal Kasav, the only terrorist caught during the Mumbai attacks, by Indian investigators.
"We do not have to rush into things. We have to move slowly to get hold of the right kind of people who could be involved or are alleged to be involved (in Mumbai attacks).
I really do not know who they are. We are trying to find out. We will find out. There is no reason why we would not find out," he said.
Mukhtar said the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack are "scared" of improvement in relations between India and Pakistan.
"They are scared of these countries becoming trading partners and gaining confidence of each other," he said.
Mukhtar said the meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, discussed the "pros and cons" of incidents "happening around us" and ways to continue the war against terror and to help Pakistan's neighbours fight the menace.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Millions-of-Muslim-perform-Waqoof-e-Arafat
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (APP): About 2.5 millions of Muslims from across the world on Sunday performed the most important ritual of Hajj, Waqoof-e -Arafat.
Over 2.5 million Muslims are performing Hajj this years.Of these 165,000 are Pakistanis, PTV reported.
Starting just after dawn today, in mild weather, the faithful made their way slowly on foot or by bus onto Jabl-e-Arafat, where Prophet Mohammed Sallalah-o-Alaihe -Wa Alaihe Wasallam delivered his last Khutba more than 14 centuries ago.
For the second day of the Hajj, the male pilgrims wore two pieces of unstitched cloth, serving as a shroud, while the women were entirely covered apart from face and hands.
The crowd continued to recite ‘Labaik Allahhuma Labaik’ as they converged on Jabl-e-Arafat to seek Allah Almighty’s blessings and forgiveness for their sins.
They spend the rest of their time on mount Arafat praying and beseeching God for his forgiveness, as a symbol of the wait for Judgement day.
In his Hajj sermon, grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, bin Abdullah al-sheikh called upon the Muslims to implement Taqwa in their lives as it is the essence of Islam.
He asked them to follow the teachings of Islam for success in this world and the hereafter.
He said Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Sallalahoo Alaihi Wa Alaihi Wasalam) showed the path of righteousness to the humanity and by following the very basics of Islam, we can rid the society of all evils.
He said Islam is a complete code of life, addressing all the requirements of the people. Sheikh Abdul Aziz warned that the enemies of Islam wanted to disintegrate the Ummah and gain control on the Muslim resources.
He said the evil design of such elements could be foiled only if the Muslims remain firm on the teachings of Islam.
He said Islam is a religion of peace and there is no extremism in our religion.
He said those who kill their own brethren in terrorist acts had no link to Islam. After the sermon, the Hujajj offered combined Zuhr and Asar prayers. They also visited Jabl-e-Rahmat, the mount of blessings.
After Waqoof-e Arafat, at sunset the faithful will move towards the valley of Muzdalifah where they will spend the whole night in the open sky and seek forgiveness and blessings of Allah Almighty.
On Monday the Hujjaj will return to Mina, perform Rammi or stoning of the big ‘Satan’, sacrifice animal, usually a sheep, in pursuit of the Sunnah of Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihissalam and perform other rituals.
The next day, the Hujjaj will again perform Rammi at Jamrat, stoning of the smaller Satan.
Later, they will return to Makkah to perform Tawaf-e-Ziarat. The Saudi authorities have made elaborate arrangements to facilitate the pilgrims.
The Saudi interior ministry has assembled 100,000 stewards to ensure safety during the Hajj and the health ministry has supplied 11,000 of its medical and paramedical staff along with 140 first aid points and 24 field hospitals containing a total of 4,000 beds.
Car-bomb-devastates-Peshawar-market-22-killed-90-injured
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: At least 22 people were killed and over 90 others injured when a car bomb ripped through a congested locality of Kocha Risaldar near Qissa Khwani Bazaar on Friday evening.The explosion was followed by a fire that engulfed scores of buildings in the narrow streets, making it difficult for rescue workers to move the injured and bodies trapped inside.
Hospital sources said the death toll might rise because some of the injured were in critical condition.
People started running around in panic amid groans of the injured and wails of ambulance sirens.
A large number of people rushed to rescue the injured and pull bodies from devastated buildings.
Mian Iftikhar Hussain, a spokesman for the NWFP government, and provincial police chief Malik Mohammad Naveed said the explosion had probably been caused by a car bomb.
However, the city police chief said it was not clear whether it was a car bomb blast or suicide bombing. “The cause can be ascertained once the area is cleared and the fire is extinguished.”
He said police and volunteers had begun evacuating the victims and a rescue operation was in progress. Forensic evidence would be studied afterwards. He said the explosion might have taken place in a hotel or a vehicle.
The victims, among them women and children, were taken to the Lady Reading Hospital. Most of the bodies were mutilated, some charred beyond recognition.
Some students of Kohat University who were staying at the Park Hotel said three of their colleagues had died.
The blast damaged scores of houses and shops and several people were injured by shreds of broken windowpanes.
There was an imambargah, Alamdar Karbala, in the hotel building.
According to sources, a van parked in a lane outside the hotel had exploded.
Witnesses said power supply was suspended after the explosion.
Plastic utensils and used clothes in shops fuelled the fire. Several vehicles parked in the vicinity were destroyed.
The fire also affected a girls’ school in Jehangirpura. Most of the shops were burnt to ashes as firefighters had to negotiate their way through alleys to reach the scene. It took two hours to douse the leaping flames.
Syed Irfan Raza adds from Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the Peshawar bomb blast.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik ordered an inquiry into the incident and asked the NWFP government to submit a report of the probe.
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