Water trickles down Parliament, Presidents House

According to the details rain water trickled down the hospitals and entered into the basement of the Supreme Court. A lot of water gathered at the Constitutional Avenue where traffic got jammed. Many vehicles of ministers were stuck in the traffic.

The rain water trickled down the third storey of the President’s House and the Parliament. The patients also faced difficulty because of being stuck in the traffic. Only 16 members MPs could reach the Parliament.

Details on Kate Middleton’s Canadian tour outfits

TrendPK.com: Kate Middleton’s outfits for her Canadian and North American tour are all anyone wants to know about, and now some of the details are out.

It is rumored that Middleton’s polished navy blue outfit which she wore to board the plane to Canada cost about $4,150 in total when you include shoes and her purse, states RadarOnline.com. Middleton wore an RM by Roland Mouret Manon sheath dress paired with a SMYTHE one button blazer.

However, when she got off the plane in Canada, she was already in a new outfit. Middleton stepped off in a simple black and white print dress.

Air strikes hit Sabha in central Libya: Libya TV

TUNIS: Western air strikes have targeted military and civilian areas in the town of Sabha, Libyan state television reported on Saturday, quoting a military source.

Standing Committee takes notice of 3 persons’ killing

Breaking News Standing Committee on Interior Affairs of National Assembly has taken the notice of 3 persons killing in Lahore by a US Consulate employee.

According to the details, the committee will summon the spokes person of US Consulate, Home department of Punjab, Ministry of Interior and members of deceased families. The Chairman of the Standing Committee Abdul Qadir Patail said that a transparent inquiry would be conducted of the incident.

On the other hand, Provincial Minister Rana Sanaullah said that case has been registered against Raymond under Article 302.

WikiLeaks rival Openleaks "coming soon": website

LONDON: The former deputy to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is vowing to launch a rival site soon that he says will be more transparent than the original.

Dubbed “Openleaks” (www.openleaks.org) and run by Assange’s former number two at WikiLeaks Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the site has no content on it at the moment apart from a logo and the message “Coming soon!”

In an interview with the OWNI technology website, Domscheit-Berg declined to go into the details of his dispute with Wikileaks but suggested it had strayed from its mission.

“In these last months, the organization has not been open any more, it lost its open-source promise,” he said, adding that Openleaks plans to provide the means for leaked information to be published, without itself being a publisher.

U.S. and other authorities have cracked down on WikiLeaks and Assange.

Zulqarnain’s report ready before PCB

Staff Report

LAHORE: The three member fact finding committee of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday has presented the report regarding the issue of Zulqarnain Haider, wicketkeeper.

According to spokesman of PCB, the committee formed under supervision of the team manager, Intekhab Alam, has submitted a detailed report on Zulqarnain’s sudden disappearance from Dubai and departure to London.

The report contained the details about wicketkeeper’s sudden disappearance and non co-operation with team management. Trend Pk

NEPRA reduces power tariff by Rs. 0.32 per unit

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has reduced the power tariff under monthly fuel adjustment by Rs. 0.32 per unit on Thursday.

Owing to the decrease of power production in October, NEPRA approved a reduction of Rs. 0.32 per unit for eight electricity distribution companies of the country. The concerned consumers will benefit from this power tariff reduction in next month’s bills.

NEPRA Chairman Khalid Saeed demanded, in an open hearing, the details of the power purchase agreement between Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and the Central Power Purchase Company.

Khalid Saeed said on the occasion that apparently there is no chance of ending load shedding in the next two years. Trend Pk

Taliban Attack Airport in Eastern Afghanistan

JALALABAD: Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters news agency and police said, with at least three of the attackers killed.

The assault in Jalalabad came a day after a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of Afghan and NATO-led troops on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul, signaling a possible spike in violence in the lead-up to two important international events regarding the conflict in Afghanistan.

NATO leaders gather in Lisbon next week, with Afghanistan set to be top of the agenda as European members reassess their commitments amid flagging support for the war back home.

President Barack Obama will also review his Afghanistan war strategy next month and is committed to starting a gradual troop withdrawal of U.S. troops from July 2011.

Saturday marks the ninth anniversary of the fall of the Taliban regime in Kabul to U.S.-backed Afghan forces who overthrew the Taliban government for harboring al Qaeda before and after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Smoke was seen rising from the airport and explosions and gunfire were heard, a Reuters witness said. Helicopters flew overhead while the attack continued and the body of at least one suicide bomber was seen.

Nangarhar provincial police chief Obidullah Talwar confirmed the raid, but had no further details.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said by telephone from an undisclosed location that 14 suicide bombers were involved in the assault. The Taliban often exaggerate the details of attacks and play down the numbers of their own casualties.

Taliban army officer Abdullah Hamdard said seven Taliban fighters had attacked the base. “Three fighters were killed and we are searching for the rest,” Hamdard told Reuters.

A Reuters witness said the bodies of three fighters, dressed in Afghan army uniforms and carrying rocket-propelled grenades, small arms and a heavy machinegun, were lying near the base.

A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the coalition was investigating reports of the attack but had no details.

Taliban attack airport, base in east Afghanistan

JALALABAD: Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters witnesses and police said, but there was no word on casualties.

Smoke could be seen rising from the airport and explosions were heard, a Reuters witness nearby said. Helicopters flew overhead while the attack continued and the body of at least one suicide bomber was seen.

Nangarhar provincial police chief Obidullah Talwar confirmed the raid but had no further details.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said 14 suicide bombers were involved in the assault. AGENCIES

Minor child kidnapped, killed in Gujranwala

Staff Report

GUJRANWALA: A minor child was kidnapped and killed brutally in Aimanabad, a remote area of Gujranwala Friday.

According to the details, Ayub’s son, Arsalan, 7, was kidnapped two days ago when he was coming from the school. Arsalan was kidnapped by Saeed who is leaving in the same area.

Arsalan’s body was cut into pieces and threw outside Ayub’s house.

Police have not arrested the killer yet. Trend Pk

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