CoAS Kayani, Colin Powell Meet in Washington

WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Perveiz Kayani and US former Secretary of State Colin Powell held one-on-one meeting here.

In another meeting, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar called on former US Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage and former US Defense Secretary William Cohen.

CoAS Kayani and Colin Powell held one-to-one meeting, sources said. Matters pertaining to peace and stability in the region and security situation came under discussions.

Meanwhile, Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar discussed issues of mutual interests during meeting with Richard Armitage and Willem Cohen.

Former US Deputy Secretary Armitage said the pace of aid being released to Pakistan, he termed ‘slow and too little’, adding that peace and stability cannot guarantee in Afghanistan excluding Pakistan.

“US-Afghanistan cannot come up with any peaceful solution to Afghan unrest excluding Pakistan”, he noted.

Former US Defense Secretary William Cohen urged Pakistan to step up offensive against Taliban-linked Haqqani Group in Pakistan.

Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said US has blocked Pakistan’s Alliance Support Fund and the cost of military equipments meant for enhancing Pakistan’s military competence is beyond affordability.

A reception in honour of Pakistan’s delegation comprising top military and civilian brass, was hosted at the residence of Pakistan’s ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani here in Washington.

Key officials from US’s State Department and newly designated US’s envoy to Pakistan Cameron Minthor also attended the reception.

ECP still waits for 602 law makers financial statements

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: In spite of passing deadline on Thursday for submitting financial statements, yet 602 law makers including several federal ministers have not submitted their financial statements to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced September 30 the deadline for submitting financial statements of parliamentarians and members of provincial assemblies.

Sources told SAMAA that the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar-uz-Zaman Kaira, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Khursheed Shah, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Samsaam Bukhari, Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Naveed Qamar, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour and Hina Rabbani have not contacted ECP about their financial statements.

Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, Amir Maqam, Abid Sher Ali, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, Javed Hashmi, Pervez Rasheed,

DSP, 3 Policemen killed in Quetta Shooting

QUETTA, Pakistan News: DSP, 3 Policemen killed in Quetta Shooting, Unknown gunmen opened fire at a police van at Sheikh Umar Road of Quetta Saturday morning killing three policemen and injuring two others.

The deceased include DSP Balochistan Constabulary

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DSP, 3 Policemen killed in Quetta Shooting was first posted on December 19, 2009 at 10:42 am.

PPP CEC Expresses Confidence in President Zardari

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Pakistan People’s Party’s Central Executive Council (CEC) on Saturday adopted a unanimous resolution posing full confidence in the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari.

The CEC decided to defend NRO-related cases against party leaders in courts.

Aitzaz Ahsan also gave a legal briefing to the CEC on the NRO and other constitution related matters. He had called on the President and discussed various issues with him before the party meeting, sources said.

The meeting, chaired by PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, was taking place at the President House in Islamabad on Saturday.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Senator Raza Rabbani, Makhdum Amin Fahim, Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Lashkari Raesani, Syed Mehid Shah, Safder Abbasi, Jahangir Badar and others attended the meeting.

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PPP CEC Expresses Confidence in President Zardari was first posted on December 19, 2009 at 5:52 pm.