No flood surcharge under consideration: Karia

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Kamar Zaman Kaira said that Government was not in consideration of imposing flood surcharge, adding that international community has pledged donation mounting one billion dollar in aid for the flood victims.

Addressing a press conference with federal secretary of information and broadcasting Mansoor Sohail, on Monday at Press Information Department (PID) here, the minister said that 1.4 million children will be vaccinated for protection against epidemic diseases from September 1 to October.

In first step, worse flood-affected 40 districts will be covered, and in next step the children residing in other 37 districts, will be vaccinated.

“Prime Minister has directed the provinces to identify their 3 month medicine needs.
And consultancy with Chief Ministers is underway to call a meeting of Federal Council of Common Interest (CCI)”.

“We are hopeful that the meeting will be called by this week, but provinces have not endorsed recommendations of Mian Nawaz Sharif about flood fund. If anyone has objections then it will be settled in meeting”, he added.

He said that the critics are urging us to do relief work for flood affeecties quickly but on the other hand they also call for transparency.

Accused policemen of Sialkot tragedy remanded

SIALKOT: Five apprehended policemen, accused in Sialkot’s brother murder case including former DPO Waqar Chauhan, have been sent on judicial remand for 7 days on Wednesday morning, Geo News reported.

Meanwhile, accused DPO Sialkot was not handcuffed while police produced him in an anti-terrorism court through a secret route for sake of judicial remand.

Arrested accused of Sialkot Tragedy were brought to court on a prisoner van as their faces were covered with hands cuffed.

Former DPO Sialkot, Waqar Chauhan was not among other accused police personnel instead, he was taken to court through a secret channel sans cuffed hands to seek judicial remand from an especial anti-terrorism court.

According to details, Deputy Prosecutor Punjab police Rana Bakhtiar and police requested the anti-terrorism court of Justice Rana Nisar Ahmed to remand accused persons in jail as according to them; there was no further need to investigate them.

Consequently, court ruled to send them in judicial remand for seven days.

Talking to media on the occasion, Deputy Prosecutor said: “It was not necessary to produce DPO in court with hands cuffed.”

Tally in Khyber blitz mounts to 55

PESHAWAR: The death toll from security force air strikes on militant hideouts in a northwestern tribal area Wednesday rose to 55, with reports of some civilian deaths, security officials said.

“Militants were using civilians and their families as human shields and there could be some civilian casualties but we do not know how many,” a senior security official told media, confirming the new toll in the Tirah valley.

Two military and an intelligence official also confirmed the incident and the death toll, while local government officials said about a dozen civilians died.

Malaysia Tower Scaled By French Spiderman

KUALA LUMPUR: A French climber dubbed “Spiderman” for his ropeless ascents of some of the world’s highest skyscrapers scaled a Malaysian tower he had tried to ascend twice before, and was then arrested.

Alain Robert, 47, used the cover of pre-dawn darkness to avoid detection from security guards at the 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers, and reached the top floor in around an hour and 45 minutes.

“I did try twice to climb, and climbing to the top is one of my dreams. It’s a bit like a love story, not only about climbing the tallest building to make it official but about completing something unfinished,” Robert told foreign news agency ahead of the climb.

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Malaysia Tower Scaled By French Spiderman was first posted on September 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm.
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