Missing prisoners meet their families in AG office
The missing detainees of Adiala jail were produced before a three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan headed by Chief Iftikhart Muhamamd Chaudhry as it resumed haring on Monday.
The bench ordered the detainees to be handed over to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and their families to be allowed to meet them. The court said the secretary would be responsible for food medical treatment and security of the prisoners and they would not be shifted to Parachinar.
The bench also ordered that a panel of doctors be formed to look after the health of the detainees.
Coalition partners back PM
The meeting discussed the current political situation of the country after Gilani’s indictment in the contempt case on Monday.
The leaders agreed that they would continue to work together for continuation of the political and democratic process in the country.
The coalition partners expressed complete solidarity with Prime Minister Raza Gilani.
The meeting was attended by Choudhry Shujaat Hussain, Asfand Yar Wali Khan, Farooq Sattar, Munir Khan Orakzai, Rehman Malik, Syed Khursheed Shah, Syed Naveed Qamar, Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour and Raja Pervez Ashraf.
PIC drugs issue: YDA again on roads to protect seniors
Young doctors came out to protect senior doctors who had been suspended by Punjab government after deaths from reaction of PIC drugs.
On Saturday, the YDA announced that Out Patient Departments of all hospitals of Lahore will remain close against transfer and suspension of senior doctors.
The association said that purchase and supply of medicine is responsibility of Punjab government and suspended doctors were not guilty.
Narrow win keeps Dortmund top
Borussia Dortmund maintained a two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday as title rivals Bayern Munich beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 to keep pace.
Dortmund scored on the stroke of halftime when Japan international Shinji Kagawa shook off two defenders with a fine solo run and slotted the ball home with a clever left-foot shot from a tight angle.
Leverkusen keeper Bernd Leno spared the blushes of Stefan Kiessling with an acrobatic save to keep out a goalbound defensive header from Jakub Blaszczykowski s freekick.
The champions, who have won all four of their Bundesliga games this year without injured playmaker Mario Goetze, are now unbeaten in 15 straight league games since early September.
The result lifted Dortmund to 46 points from 21 games, still two ahead of Bayern, with Leverkusen stuck in sixth place on 31 and looking lacklustre ahead of their Champions League round of 16 first leg against Barcelona on Tuesday.
In Munich, Franck Ribery was the provider as Bundesliga top scorer Mario Gomez headed Bayern into a sixth minute lead with his 18th league goal of the season.
Thomas Mueller rose above the defence to add a second with a powerful header on the half-hour.
The Bavarians, who also reached the German Cup semi-finals in midweek and are also still in the Champions league, seem to have recovered from an erratic start to the year following one win in their previous three games.
Surprise package Borussia Moenchengladbach moved above visitors Schalke 04 into third on 43 points after taking them
apart in a 3-0 win.
Marco Reus opened the scoring in the second minute, twisting his way past two markers and swivelling to drill a low shot past the right hand of visiting goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall.
Mike Hanke doubled the lead in the 15th minute, curling in a right footed shot after a brilliant exchange of passes with Patrick Herrmann and Venezuela s Juan Arango, who then made it 3-0 after a 25 metre freekick on 31 minutes.
The result leaves Schalke fourth with 41 points.
Lawyers beat man in LHC premises
As per detail, Muhammad Shakil, after getting interim bail in a case exchanged harsh words with the rival group’s counsel Shabir Ahmad.
On this, Shabir Ahmad started beating Shakil along with his colleagues. Shakil ran to main gate and tried to escape but lawyers chased him and started beating him again.
On intervention of some lawyers, Shakil was freed after apologising from Advocate Shabir.
Zambia triumph in CAN penalty shoot out
Didier Drogba s ghosts returned to haunt him as Zambia won the African Nations Cup for the first time after beating Ivory Coast 8-7 in a drama-filled penalty shootout following a 0-0 draw on Sunday.
Stoppila Sunzu converted the winning penalty after three successive efforts had been missed in a long and nervy shootout that totalled 18 kicks. But the goalless match might not have had to go to the shootout had Drogba not ballooned a 70th-minute penalty well wide to deny his team victory inside 90 minutes, repeating his miss in the 2006 final which the Ivorians lost to Egypt.
The loss was another near miss for the Ivorian s golden generation, who had been expected to win African football s top prize at the last four editions but failed every time.
Two of their English Premier League players – Kolo Toure and Gervinho – missed kicks in the shootout.
Zambia, who had gone into the game as underdogs, won over the 40,000 crowd in the Friendship Stadium in the Gabon capital with their positive play against a surprisingly timid Ivorian side who failed to take the initiative in the game.
After winning, the Zambian team held up banners remembering their side that died in a air crash not far from the stadium in 1993 and whose memory they had honoured on the eve of the game.
At times, Zambia showed complete disdain for their star-studded opponents, with showy tricks on the ball and some clever routines although they also lived dangerously in defence.
Yaya Toure and substitute Max Gradel both went narrowly wide for the Ivorians but it was Drogba who could have been the hero after Isaac Chansa had pushed down Gervinho in the penalty area in the 70th minute and the Senegal referee Badara Diatta bravely awarded a penalty.
Mumtaz Rizvi assigned additional charge of FBR chief
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has approved the promotion of Mr Rizvi, a BS-21 officer of Customs and excise group, presently posted as Member (Customs) Federal Board of Revenue to BS-22.
According to notification issued by the PM office, Mumtaz Haider Rizvi is posted as member (Customs) by up-grading the post to Bs-22. He is also assigned additional charge of the post of Federal Board of Revenue Chairman with immediate effect.
Parliament will decide NATO supply restoration: COAS
While talking to the media in Jaccobabad, Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said that this is wrong impression that Pakistani fighter jets are unable to hit the NATO aircrafts.
He said that F-16 jets would be seldom used in war on terror, adding that restoration of NATO supply restoration would be decided by the Parliament.
Money in Swiss banks must be returned: Nawaz
Speaking alongside the chairman of the Sindh National Front Mumtaz Bhutto, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said that people of Pakistan wanted their money to be returned.
He further said that the government’s actions were against the will of the people and instead of hiding behind the cover of immunity, the nation’s money must be returned.
I could not understand why the government is reluctant about writing the letter to Swiss authorities,” he said.
No reason for Gilani to remain as PM: Imran Khan
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief said that Gilani should resign as the Prime Minister after being indicted in the contempt of court case instead of putting pressure on the Supreme Court.
He said this on the ceremony arranged for joining of PML-N member Hafizuddin’ the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.
He said that in Karachi“Contempt was committed to safeguard the Rs5 billion of Asif Ali Zardari. Yusuf Raza is disrespecting the courts to protect this money” Khan said.
He said that PM Gilani has not breached rule of law for the national interest; rather he has broken law to secure President Zardari heavy amount in Swiss banks.
He sarcastically said that how the violator of law can bring justice and fair play.
He said that the he would endeavour to make the PTI more strong with the passage of time as there is no chance of alliance with any other party.
Commenting on current situation, he said that if Pakistan stops fighting the war on the part of the US, peace may be restored within 90 days. This is why I suggested during a meeting with the ISI chief. He said that his party is ready to have a dialogue with the armed groups.
