Catherine Zeta-Jones Checks Herself Into a Clinic
April 23, 2011 by Trend PK
Filed under Entertainment
Catherine Zeta-Jones has spoken openly about why she recently checked herself into an unspecified clinic to seek treatment. Zeta-Jones reportedly spent about 5 days in the facility. People magazine has quoted a friend to the actress as saying;
“There’s no question it’s been a stressful year,” the friend says. “Catherine has had to deal with Michael’s illness and that’s been hard. She went in for a few days because she’s about to start working, and wanted to make sure she’s in top form, which she is.”
Her husband Michael Douglas has been fighting cancer, he has now been declared as free of cancer after 6 months of chemotherapy and radiation.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has also said via her rep;
“After dealing with the stress of the past year, Catherine made the decision to check in to a mental health facility for a brief stay to treat her Bipolar II disorder,” the rep says in a statement. “She’s feeling great and looking forward to starting work this week on her two upcoming films.”
US Expert Saw Hundreds of Centrifuges in North Korea
WASHINGTON: A U.S. nuclear scientist saw hundreds of centrifuges in North Korea this month, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday, buttressing the case that Pyongyang has a uranium enrichment program giving it a second way to obtain fissile material for atomic bombs.
Washington has believed since 2002 that Pyongyang had such a program but the apparent sophistication of its effort could ignite fresh debate over how to deal with North Korea’s unpredictable leadership and whether to resume talks aimed at ending its nuclear ambitions.
North Korean officials told the expert, Siegfried Hecker of Stanford University, they had 2,000 centrifuges operating but the US team that visited the country was unable to verify that, said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“But it certainly looked like an operating facility (to the team),” one source said.
Another source said Hecker was “stunned” by how modern and sophisticated the uranium enrichment facility was at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex.
But Hecker was unable to spend enough time there to establish whether the plant was designed to produce only low-enriched uranium needed to make fuel for a power plant or the highly enriched uranium needed for bombs, he said.
The source said Hecker was told the facility was producing 3.5 percent enriched uranium, the level needed for a power plant. To produce bomb-grade fissile material, uranium must be enriched to more than 90 percent.
It was not immediately clear why North Korea showed Hecker the facility.
Separately, the U.S. State Department said Stephen Bosworth, an envoy responsible for policy toward North Korea, left on Saturday on a trip to South Korea, Japan and China for consultations on North Korean issues.
North Korea, which conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, is believed to have enough fissile material from its separate, plutonium-based nuclear program to make between six and 12 atomic bombs.
Even though it has exploded nuclear devices, Pyongyang has not shown it has a working nuclear bomb.
Still, its nuclear program is seen as a direct threat to U.S. allies Japan and South Korea as well as a proliferation risk given North Korea’s long history of selling missile technology abroad.
North Korea has said it wants to return to stalled aid-for-disarmament talks but Seoul and Washington have dismissed its pledges to denuclearize as insincere. The United States had demanded tangible but unspecified steps to show Pyongyang’s seriousness about abandoning its nuclear programs.
A third person familiar with the matter said confirmation of a uranium enrichment facility was likely to make any deal with North Korea more expensive should the talks resume.
80th Urs of Saman Sarkar begins in Badin
October 23, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
By Suleman Mandhro
BADIN: The ceremonies of 80th Urs of Sufi saint Saman Sarkar have began in Pingrio near Badin on Friday.
The Urs was begun by the successor of the shrine, Syed Ali Bux, amid presence of great number of devotees of Saman Sarkar who had come from different parts of country.
For the facility of pilgrims various kinds of stalls had been installed whence people purchased articles of their choice.
On the occasion arrangements for sufi music had been made where sufi singers will perform during the annual rituals for next three days. SAMAA
Cabinet approves Afghan transit trade pact
The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the Afghan transit trade pact. Indian goods would not be allowed to move Afghanistan through Pakistan.
While briefing media men about Cabinet meeting, Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said that the Afghan goods would only be transported to India through Wahga border. Pakistani goods would enjoy the facility of being transported to the Central Asian republics through Afghanistan, he added.
He said that 1961 people lost their lives due to the recent floods. He said 98 percent flood water in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 90 percent in Punjab has been receded. The data of affectees from Balochistan province has not yet been received.
State Bank closes overdraft; Govt issues Rs 3bn to AJK
The State Bank of Pakistan on Friday closed the overdraft of Azad Kashmir government. The AJK government didnt have funds to pay salaries. The federal government has issued Rs 3 billion to AJK government. It is worth mentioning that the step is taken after the news was broadcast on Dunya News.
According to SBP Karachi spokesman, the limit of Rs 70 crore was fixed for overdraft of Azad Kashmir government. However, overdraft of AJK government has reached Rs 1.20 billion with an increase of Rs 50 crore. Due to which, overdraft facility for AJK government has been suspended. This facility would be restored when AJK government will return additional overdraft money.
citibank
June 3, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Globecomm Increases Credit Facility with Citibank
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Jun 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Globecomm Systems Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!gcom/quotes/nls/gcom (GCOM 8.13, -0.14, -1.69%) , a leading global provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, announced today that Citibank, N.A. increased the Company’s committed credit facility from $50 million to $65 million and renewed the facility for one year. The credit facility accommodates documentary and standby letters of credit, term loans, foreign exchange transactions, and also includes a revolving credit facility. The increase in the term loan portion of the facility from $25 million to $40 million, in particular, will accommodate the Company’s continued growth. The credit facility will be used to issue bid bonds and performance bonds relating to projects and contracts worldwide, term loans for potential acquisitions, and also supports the Company’s working capital needs. As of the date of Amendment, there was $12.1 million outstanding and unpaid under the term loan line. The Credit Facility will be available until May 26, 2011.
Andy Melfi, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Globecomm Systems Inc., said: “As the Company grows and pursues acquisitions Citibank continues to provide a stable source of liquidity, as well as significant expertise and resources in global financial markets.”
About Globecomm Systems
Globecomm Systems Inc. provides end-to-end value-added satellite-based communication products, services and solutions by leveraging its core satellite ground segment systems and network capabilities, with its satellite communication services capabilities. The products and services Globecomm offers include pre-engineered systems, systems design and integration services, managed network services and life cycle support services. Globecomm’s customers include communications service providers, commercial enterprises, broadcast and other media and content providers and government and government-related entities.
source:marketwatch
CJ assures Hamesh Khan of fair trial
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said that Hamesh Khan would get a fair trial for he returned back home, which shows his respect for countrys law.
A three-member bench of apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudry heard the Bank of Punjab scam case.
Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday and Justice Ghulam Rabbani are other members of the bench. During the hearing, Hamesh Khan informed the bench that all facilities made available for him and he did not face any torture. The court also rebuked director NAB for not arresting Shaikh Nisar.
Director NAB in his statement said that Seth Nisar is still at large within the country. Justice Ramday remarked that those busy in taping judges phones should trace out Seth Nisar. Director NAB said that his institution did not have the facility to tape phone and added that IB has been approached in this regard.
Steps taken to ensure cash availability at ATMs in off days
KARACHI: Special arrangements have been made to provide cash at ATMs during two weekly holidays, Link1 said Sunday.
In a statement from Link1, which provides ATMs network to banks, the spokesman said the electronic banking is expected to be on the rise, as the decision relating two weekly holidays is applicable to banks as well.
31 banks associated with Link1, have been directed to ensure the cash availability and care of their ATMs during these two weekly off days, so that consumers may be benefited from this facility.
The Link1 said the consumers may use the ATMs for paying their utility bills including other facilities in addition to cash withdrawal.
Rights group: Torture routine in secret Iraq jail
April 28, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
BAGHDAD: Iraqi men held for months at a secret prison outside Baghdad were systematically tortured and forced to sign confession statements that in at least some cases they were forbidden to read, according to a new report by a leading human rights group released early Wednesday.
Some of the detainees were beaten by Iraqi guards so badly they lost teeth and urinated blood for days afterward, said the report by New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Others were raped, given electric shocks applied to their penises and deprived of air, the report also said. The Iraqi government quickly shut down the prison after the torture was revealed last week, and either released or transferred its 431 detainees to another facility.
Kidnapped British Child Sahil Found
March 16, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under Breaking News
GUJRAT PAKISTAN :Kidnapped British Child Sahil Found
British boy in Pakistan Sahil Naqash who was kidnapped from his grandmother’s house in Jhelum was rescued near Kharian town of Punjab.
According to the details, family members of Sahil and British High Commission have confirmed the regain of the child. Sahil has been handed over to Jhelum town administration.
