Rehman keeps cool in response to fiery Zulfiqar Mirza

He said some people got upset owing to the operation in Pak Colony and Layari. He said he was fighting a war against terrorists and had never talked to any target killers. He denied all the charges that Zulfiqar Mirza leveled against.

Talking about Zulfiqar Mirza he said he was an emotional person and he considered his as his brother. Only president and PM can judge his performance, added Rehman Malik. Action will be taken in all the areas indiscriminately.

There was a possibility of annoyance on the part of some PPP leaders. The operation in Karachi will continue until the restoration of peace in Karachi. He admitted some people in the party did not want operation in Layari.

Man taken into custody for stealing toilet paper

A man allegedly stole a case of toilet paper from city hall in Lawrence and then accused his brother for the dirty deed.

Roger Pinkham allegedly nicked 20 rolls of bathroom tissue from city hall where he worked. During the investigation Pinkham tried to keep himself clean by telling them his first name was David. Police locked Pinkham after he allegedly tried to steal office supplies. He tried to defend himself by stating that it might be his brother who had committed the heinous crime rather than himself.

While in custody Pinkham admitted stealing office supplies on several occasions.

Katrina Kaif to go on stage for Mere Brother Ki Dulhan ‘Live’ gigs

It’s fun time for Katrina Kaif. It looks like she has decided to discard her habitually solemn demeanor to have some serious fun. And if ‘serious fun’ sounds like a contradiction in terms, it nonetheless describes her state of mind to perfection.

And if she has decided to be in the fun zone at the moment, a lot of that zest to be happy comes from the company that she’s been keeping lately. Imran Khan, her co-star in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, has been “really cool company” for Katrina.

Says a friend of the actress, “Katrina found herself warming up not only to Imran but also to his family Avantika. She felt she was part of a family.”

And the ‘family’ has convinced Katrina to go on stage for what is secretly being termed the ‘Dulhan’ gigs.
Says a source, “The Mere Brother Ki Dulhan producers Yash Raj plan to put Katrina, Imran and Ali Zafar on stage to promote the film. Ali who plays one of the leads asked Katrina if she too would accompany him for the gigs that would take them to several metros. At first Katrina laughed off his suggestion. When Ali was adamant, she wanted to know what she would do on stage. Ali suggested she join him to sing. And Katrina is game.”

As things stand the Mere Brother Ki Dulhan live concerts would be Katrina’s first ever live concerts. Katrina can’t wait.

Interview with man who sold land bin Laden

ABBOTTABAD: The Pakistani man who owned the compound that sheltered Osama bin Laden in his final years said he was buying the property for “an uncle,” according to the doctor who sold him a piece of the land in 2005.

The man was identified in property records as Mohammad Arshad; neighbors said one of two Pakistani men living in the house went by the name Arshad Khan.

The two names apparently refer to the same man and both names may be fake.

But one thing is clear, bin Laden relied on a small, trusted inner circle as lifelines to the outside that provided for his daily needs such as food and medicine and kept his location secret.

And it appears they did not betray him.

Among those in that inner circle were Arshad and another man who has been identified as either his brother or cousin.

Arshad is suspected as the courier who ultimately led the Americans to bin Laden, unwittingly, after years of painstaking tracking.

American officials said the courier and his brother were killed in the American commando raid on Monday in the northwestern Pakistani town of Abbottabad.

Qazi Mahfooz ul Haq, a doctor, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he sold a plot of land to Arshad in 2005.

He said the buyer was a sturdily built man who had a tuft of hair under his lower lip.

He spoke with an accent that sounded like it was from Waziristan, a tribal region close to Afghanistan that is home to many al-Qaida operatives.

Neighbors identified Arshad Khan as one of two Pakistani men living in the house where bin Laden hid for up to six years.

Property records obtained by The Associated Press show Mohammad Arshad bought adjoining plots in four stages between 2004 and 2005 for 48-thousand US Dollars.

Ul Haq saw Arshad a few times after he sold him the land, he said.

“He was a good and simple humble type of man,” he said.

Arshad bought two other plots used for the compound in a less transparent transaction in November 2004, according to a review of the property records.

Raja Imtiaz Ahmed, who previously owned the two plots, said he sold them to a middleman who may have then passed them on to Arshad.

He could not recall the middleman’s name and was looking for records that would reveal it.

Man kills niece, nephew in Faisalabad

Usman beat to death his 5-year-old nephew Sharif and 3-year-old niece Rabia, after he had a heated quarrel with his brother-in-law Waris, on Tuesday. According to the police, he tried to dispose the bodies by burning them but failed.

The police arrested the Usman from Abbaspur, in the precincts of Thikriwala Police station in Faisalabad.

Bush shoe-thrower arrested at Baghdad

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi journalist who shot to fame for throwing a shoe at ex-US president trendpk.comrge W. Bush was detained on Thursday while attempting to hold a news conference in Baghdad.

Muntazer al-Zaidi had been due to hold a press conference in front of the Iraqi capital’s Abu Hanifa mosque in the mostly-Sunni district of Adhamiyah when an Iraqi army unit took him away.

“I have orders for you to come with me,” an army colonel told Zaidi, who initially refused, demanding to see a written arrest warrant.

He was eventually led into an army pick-up truck along with his brother Durgan.

Durgan al-Zaidi said before the news conference that his brother intended to add his voice to calls for a major protest in Baghdad for Friday.

The journalist shot to international notoriety for hurling both his shoes at Bush during a December 2008 press conference in Baghdad, and was eventually sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a head of state.

That was reduced to one year on appeal, and his sentence was cut further for good behaviour. Zaidi alleged he suffered electric shocks and simulated drowning while in custody.

Balochistan’s problems should be disclosed: Shahzain

Jahmoori Watan Party leader Shahzain Bugti has said that hidden problems of Balochistan, which were not resolved by the provincial government should be disclosed, trendpk.com reported on Sunday.Talking to media, Shahzain said that his long march was not stopped by the the provincial government but it was a result of federal government’s pressure and he will move a writ petition in high court.

Shahzain Bugti had announced a long march towards Dera Bugti alongwith thousands of displaced persons to rehabilitate displaced persons who had migrated to other parts of the country owing to military drive in 2006.Provincial government restricted the movement of Shahzain Bugti and his brother Goharam Bugti to Quetta for 90 days on Thursday night and deployed a large number of personnel of law-enforcement agencies outside the residence of Shahzain Bugti.

Attock: Husband burns his wife

Husband has burnt his wife alive in Attock, trendpk.com reported on Friday. Alias mother and sister blamed that her husband wanted to get married with another lady.

Details: Naeem burnt his wife Alia alive in Jasiyan village near Attock. Alias sister Naseem while talking to trendpk.com said that her brother-in-law used to torture her sister and he burnt her sister because he wanted to marry his brothers wife. She told that her sisters 45 percent body was burnt and she was referred to Rawalpindi as there were fewer facilities in the local hospital.

”Alien Girl” a lethargic Russian mob thriller

NEW YORK: When your crime lord is a crack addict named Rasp, and his flunkies have such self-explanatory names as Whiz, Kid, Beef, Jew and Chinaman, you”d be a fool to go looking for nuance. But is it too much to ask for a little character development and a touch of humor between the infrequent set pieces?

The title character in Russian director Anton Bormatov”s debut feature, “Alien Girl,” is Angela (Natalia Romanycheva). Initially, it appears she got her nickname because she and her brother felt like aliens in the orphanage where they grew up. But later, after her reputation as a hardboiled killer has spread, it”s revealed as a nod to the Ridley Scott franchise when someone pegs her as a dragon with acid for blood who lays eggs in people.

Adapted by Sergey Sokolyuk from a graphic novel by Vladimir “Adolfych” Nesterenko (a former organized crime gang member in the ”90s, now a popular blogger), the plot hinges on Angela”s retrieval from Prague, where she has been sold as a sex slave to unsavory gypsies. Ukrainian thugs working for Rasp (Eugene Mundum) are dispatched to fetch her in order to exert influence over her brother, who threatens to name names in a mob trial. But Angela sows distrust among the posse, wiping out half of them while hooking up with the youngest and most volatile, Whiz (Eugene Tkachuk).

Those ingredients suggest entertainingly hyperviolent, Eurotrashy exploitation, and with its grimy visuals and preference for types over characters, the film does occasionally recall action thrillers from La Femme Nikitato The Transporter. But the borscht is a little flavorless. There”s insufficient suspense in the life-or-death stakes, sketchy plot detail in the gang clash that triggers the action and too little ambiguity in the intercharacter dynamics.

Romanycheva looks the part with her hacked-off hair and contemptuous pout, and her seduction scene on a moving train with Whiz packs heat. But she remains only a semi-intriguing central figure, not even introduced until a half-hour into the too-leisurely movie. There also are structural problems, like when Angela and Whiz go rogue with a bunch of allies who materialize out of nowhere.

Bormatov saves his playful impulses for the end titles, giving his lead actors photo credits on a mortuary slab as a cheesy Italian ”80s pop hit chirps about happiness. A hint of that spirit earlier might have made this drab genre piece more fun.

Pakistani tribesman to sue CIA over drone deaths

PESHAWAR: A Pakistani tribesman is to sue the CIA for 500 million dollars after his son and brother were killed in America’s covert drone war against Al-Qaeda, his lawyer said Monday.

Karim Khan from North Waziristan, the district on the Afghan border where the US campaign has stepped up in recent months, claimed his house had been hit by US missiles on December 31, 2009.

“That drone attack killed my son, my brother and a local man. We are not terrorists, we are common citizens,” he told a news conference where he and his lawyer Mirza Shehzad Akbar announced his plan to sue.

Pakistani intelligence officials said at the time that four militants were killed in the US missile strike in the Mir Ali area.

“According to Islamic law the punishment for blood is blood. If I have the means, I will take revenge for this attack,” said Khan.

“We need

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