Quetta: Shahzain Bugti put under house arrest

Breaking News The government of Balochistan put Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, provincial president of Jamhoori Watan Party, under house arrest in Quetta for 90 days to avert his announced long march slated to begin on Friday (today).

Security has also been put on high alert outside Shahzains house. Talking to trendpk.Com, Bugti said that he has been put under house arrest to stop him from holding long march.

He warned that security forces and people threatening him to stop entering Sui and Dera Bugti should not create any hurdle to peaceful long march; otherwise, they would be responsible for consequences. He said the government should not use such tactics and allow peaceful long march.

Obama wins India business; controversy over Pakistan

MUMBAI: President Barack Obama announced $10 billion in business deals on Saturday as he arrived in India to boost U.S. exports and jobs after a mauling in mid-term polls, but he ran into immediate controversy over Pakistan.

Obama flew into Mumbai, India’s financial hub, and announced the United States would also relax export controls over sensitive technology, a demand of India’s that will help deepen U.S. ties with the emerging global power and its trillion dollar economy.

While most of the announced deals had been pending for months, Obama’s visit, the first leg of a 10-day Asian tour, has been hailed as moving the United States closer to India as Washington tries to revive a weak economy and gather support to pressure China on its currency.

“The United States sees Asia, especially India, as the market of the future,” Obama told a meeting of U.S. and Indian

The BRIT Award Winners For 2010 Are Announced In London

Glam pop artist Lady Gaga dominated the 30th BRITs, winning a trio of awards at the British pop music industry’s flagship ceremony, the first international act to do so for five years.
Gaga, dressed in a ghostly carnival headdress and skimpy lace outfit, picked up awards for International Female Solo Artist, International Breakthrough Act and Best International Album for “The Fame”, winning every category in which she was nominated. The singer, on top of the British music charts for most of the last 12 months, dedicated an eerie live performance to fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who died last week. Thank you so much for believing in me, she told her fans. British boy band JLS, who finished second in TV talent show “The X Factor” in 2008, polished off a year of number one singles and a top-selling album with two awards, best British group and best British single for “Beat Again”. Lily Allen was crowned best British female artist and Dizzee Rascal was named best British male, capping his successful transition from rapper to bona fide pop star.

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The BRIT Award Winners For 2010 Are Announced In London was first posted on February 17, 2010 at 6:29 pm.
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Mufti-e-Azam Urges Not to Comprise With Terrorism

MAKKAH: Mufti-e-Azam Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al Sheikh in his Hajj sermon urged on Thursday Muslim Ummah not to compromise against terrorism and be united against suicide attacks. The Arafat sermon was delivered by the Mufti-e-Azam in Masjid Nimra at Arafat.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz said the whole world was facing challenges of terrorism and efforts were being made to destroy Muslim youngsters. He said the world knew more about Islam today than ever before. Some powers are trying to create misconceptions and doubts about Islam therefore Msulims should unite to face such problems.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz told that faith was the only thing that could empower one. Islam is a religion of peace and guarantees it by opposing terrorism. He urged young Muslims to be cautious of miscreants. Today the non-Muslim powers are trying to divide Muslims and the biggest obligation of Muslims is to stay united. He urged Ummah to evade differences through tolerance and solidarity.
Mufti-e-Azam said Islam was a right religion and came for all nations of the world. The real purpose of Hajj is to spread message of oneness of Allah. It is because of non-Islamic economic principles that world’s largest companies are going bankrupt today. The world is looking for a refuge and the only refuge is Islam. He urged the media not to broadcast programs that were against moral principles.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz said the challenges world was facing today included spreading of ills across the globe and only the faith can prevent one from such problems. The planners are obliged to outline plans that could strengthen Muslims spiritually. He urged Muslim leaders to fear Allah about their nations. Muslims are facing another challenge of giving new meanings of Allah’s holy book. Muftis should also fear Allah before giving any verdict.

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Mufti-e-Azam Urges Not to Comprise With Terrorism was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 4:11 pm.

Parliament to Fine-tune Balochistan Pkg: PM Gilani

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that Balochistan leadership was onboard on the socio-economic uplift package of the province announced by the government in joint session of the parliament on Tuesday.

The premier said that many missing persons were recovered within 2-3 days of promulgation of the package. He pledged that the package would be thoroughly enforced with its letter and spirit.

He said some 5000 jobs had been would offered to Balochistan graduates.

Gilani said that a cabinet committee has been set up for enforcement of the announced package adding that parliament would fine-tune the package.

Gilani ruled out the impression that the package has been refused by Balochistan politicians, and added that it had been presented in the National Assembly to seek recommendations rather than the approval of the house.

“The government wants to initiate dialogues with the absconding leadership of Baloch nationalists either they are in the country or in abroad,” Gilani said. The government would take steps to bring the Baloch youth to national mainstream, he added.

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Parliament to Fine-tune Balochistan Pkg: PM Gilani was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 4:15 pm.

The world Must Recognise Pakistan’s Critical Anti-Terrorism Role And Understand The Complex War

Original Content.Thnewspk.com The world Must Recognise Pakistan’s Critical Anti-Terrorism Role And Understand The Complex War :Speaking at the international launch of a Pakistani TV drama, portraying the country’s ongoing anti-militant struggle at the cost of enormous human suffering, the ambassador said Pakistan has rendered more sacrifices than any other nation in the fight against terrorism.

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The world Must Recognise Pakistan’s Critical Anti-Terrorism Role And Understand The Complex War:Speaking at the international launch of a Pakistani TV drama, portraying the country’s ongoing anti-militant struggle at the cost of enormous human suffering, the ambassador said Pakistan has rendered more sacrifices than any other nation in the fight against terrorism. ‘Pakistan has lost more lives to terrorism in the last two years than any other country, more Pakistani soldiers have died in the battle against terrorism,’ Haqqani told Pakistani and American media representatives at the embassy, where director, playwright and cast introduced the play ‘Khuda Zameen Se Gaya Nahin’. ‘

Still there are people around the world who do not recognise Pakistan’s sacrifices and nor do they understand the complexity of this difficult war,’ the envoy added. Based on real happenings and written by Asghar Nadeem Syed, the drama serial depicts resilience and aspirations of the Pakistanis to move forward as a moderate people. The play, produced by Communication Research Strategies, will be beamed internationally in 16 episodes by PTV Globe.

The characters and situations in the production highlight psychological, emotional and social tensions in their struggle to defend their way of life. The play has been shot at 50 different locations and also shows lifelike scenes of Pakistani military actions against militants, produced with the help of Inter-Services Public Relations. In his remarks, Haqqani pointed out that the world owes it to the Pakistanis and Afghanis to help them tide over troubles that arose out of the West-supported Jihad against the Soviet Union in the 1980s, when one extreme ideology was pitched against another. ‘When the Soviet Union pulled out of Afghanistan, the United States left Pakistan and Afghanistan — the mujahideen (brought together from around the world) did not, and have morphed into the Taliban.’

The United States and Pakistan, he stated, are allies. ‘We do not always agree with one another but the fact remains that our goals in the region are similar.’ ‘Pakistan wants a stable Afghanistan and Pakistan wants to eliminate terrorism from the region. Pakistanis want to move forward as a progressive and democratic nation.’ Islamabad, he said, wants to resolve issues with its neighbours but argued that Pakistan would not be told by others whether its security concerns emanate from the eastern border or from terrorism on the western border. ‘We will define our security concerns ourselves.’

He said Pakistani soldiers, intelligence personnel, politicians and people are jointly fighting the menace of terrorism, which must be addressed with a multidimensional approach having economic, social and political components. The ambassador said the US and Pakistan should continue a process of overcoming trust deficit of the last three decades that began with Secretary of State Hillary Clintons three-day visit to Pakistan last month. He lauded the role of Pakistani artists, musicians, poets, writers and particularly the entire team of the production for reflecting in their work the nation’s struggle against extremism. Writer Asghar Nadeem Syed, Director Kashif Nisar, artistes Ayesha Khan and Noman Ejaz introduced some aspects and theme of the play to the audience comprising American South Asian affairs experts and journalists.

Source:http://www.onepakistan.com/news/national/24443-World-must-recognise-Pakistans-anti-terror-fight.html

Mary Weiland,Mary Forsberg Weiland

Original Content.Thnewspk.com Mary Weiland,Mary Forsberg Weiland:Mary Weiland was the wife of Scott Weiland , frontman for the 1990s grunge band Stone Temple Pilots.  I’ll never forget their song “Interstate Love Song” for many reasons I won’t mention here. Mary Forsberg Weiland recently wrote about her time with Scott and the band in her memoir, “Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Mental Illness.”  Mary, a divorced former model, wrote the book with Larkin Warren, former Esquire editor

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Mary Weiland,Mary Forsberg Weiland:Mary Weiland was the wife of Scott Weiland, frontman for the 1990s grunge band Stone Temple Pilots.  I’ll never forget their song “Interstate Love Song” for many reasons I won’t mention here.

Mary Forsberg Weiland recently wrote about her time with Scott and the band in her memoir, “Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Mental Illness.”  Mary, a divorced former model, wrote the book with Larkin Warren, former Esquire editor.

Seems Scott and Mary lived up to the band name by getting stoned all the time.  Both were strung out on heroin.  Mary recalls a time they both shot up so much they had to wear long sleeved shirts to hide the needle marks when they attended a Fourth of July party thrown by Leonardo DiCaprio at his Malibu home.

I was reminded of a scene from the movie “Waiting to Exhale” when I read what Mary did in March, 2007.  Seems she dragged Scott’s wardrobe into their driveway and set it on fire.  She landed in a mental hospital with a diagnosis of bi-polar disorder for her actions.  (I don’t remember that happening in the movie.)

Mary said about the torching experience, “The bonfire was huge and very pretty. Everything went up in smoke quickly, except the shoe leather; the Guccis took the longest.  The news reports said I’d torched $10,000 worth of Scott’s clothes, which was wrong by a factor of eight. He was somewhat insulted at their estimate: ‘Eighty thousand dollars, Mary,’ he said later.

Mary was just 16 when she entered into a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll that included heroin and crack.  Scott Weiland is credited with the breakup of the band because of his wild behavior.

Mary’s memoir hit the market on November 10 if you want to read more.  It’s sad to think these guys were so stoned when they sang some of my favorite songs.

Brooke Hundley Interview

Original Content.Thnewspk.com Brooke Hundley Interview: ABC got the scoop on a sit-down interview with Brooke Hundley , the former ESPN employee who was the central figure in the Steve Phillips affair scandal that had the New York tabloids buzzing for more than a week and nearly blew up the sports blogosphere. Well, at least Deadspin.

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Brooke Hundley Interview:ABC got the scoop on a sit-down interview with Brooke Hundley, the former ESPN employee who was the central figure in the Steve Phillips affair scandal that had the New York tabloids buzzing for more than a week and nearly blew up the sports blogosphere. Well, at least Deadspin.

Phillips is still presumably in duck-and-cover mode, dealing with his announced sex addiction in a facility far away from any lights, cameras and HD makeup. But Hundley is finally speaking out to ABC, somewhat ironically part of the same company she worked for until recently being fired.

Hundley talked with Good Morning America’s Kate Snow:

I think people are so quick to make a judgment, it’s almost like ‘here’s a great story. Here’s a great chance for me to … destroy a person’ without any sense of really thinking about the fact that there’s a human being behind those words.

Stissing Mountain High School,Pine Plains High School

Stissing Mountain High school,Pine Plains High School:Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver said the gunman at Stissing Mountain High School was in his 40s. No one was injured, he said. “I have no idea why this is taking place,” Pulver said just moments before the gunman surrendered.

Stissing Mountain High school,Pine Plains High School:Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver said the gunman at Stissing Mountain High School was in his 40s. No one was injured, he said.

“I have no idea why this is taking place,” Pulver said just moments before the gunman surrendered. Police had been in contact with the suspect throughout the standoff, he said.

The school about 90 miles north of New York City was on lockdown with the gunman and his hostage contained to one room. Students and other faculty members were locked in other rooms.

After the man surrendered, armed officers could be seen standing guard at the front door of the school. The handcuffed man was led to an ambulance, where he was checked by paramedics.

The school has about 500 students and 100 staff members.

Margaret Hart, who lives across the street from the school, said police cars were in the neighborhood and helicopters flew overhead.

Parents were told to gather in a parking lot at a restaurant a couple of blocks from school.

source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/stissing-mountain-high-sc_n_352081.html

Bomb Blast In Charsadda 24 Killed

Bomb Blast In Charsadda 24 Killed: At least 24 people were killed and 42 others injured in a powerful car bomb blast at Farooq-e-Azam Chawk in Charsadda, Geo News quoted hospital sources as saying Tuesday. The District Hospital sources told Geo News that the death toll could rise. Talking to Geo News, Dr Manzoorullah said at least 24 people killed in the blast.

Bomb Blast In Charsadda 24 Killed:At least 24 people were killed and 42 others injured in a powerful car bomb blast at Farooq-e-Azam Chawk in Charsadda, Geo News quoted hospital sources as saying Tuesday.

The District Hospital sources told Geo News that the death toll could rise.

Talking to Geo News, Dr Manzoorullah said at least 24 people killed in the blast. The hospital sources said at least 20 bodies were brought to Charsadda hospital.

According to police sources, an explosive-laden car was used for the blast. The blast was so power that the windowpanes of nearby buildings broke.

According to hospital sources, the deceased include women and children.

The blast place is usually crowded one; therefore, a large number of people were the victims of the blast. The people on their own kick-started the relief activities and rushed the bodies and injured to the nearby hospital. The police personnel put security cordon around the blast site.

The state of emergency has been declared in the hospital.

According to hospital sources, at least 33 injured were brought to District Hospital; however, some injured are in critical condition. While, 20 other critically injured were rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, of them, six are in crucial condition. Also, six children are said to be among the injured.

DPO Charsadda said the blast may be suicide attack.

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