Lahore: One protester killed amid police baton charge, firing

Staff Report

LAHORE: The baton charge and firing of police claimed one protester’s life while controlling animal traders’ protest at the Bunder Road of Lahore on Sunday morning.

According to details, from last many years the animal traders had been establishing a temporary sale market and selling sacrificial animals at Babu Sahab Inter-Change. This year they did not get the permission from the city district government to carry on their yearly trade at the same spot.

The animal traders were annoyed over the termination of their favorite sale point while complaining that their animals were also being stolen every night.

To exhibit their displeasure for not getting permission and high light police’s misconduct, the sacrificial animal’s traders started a strong protest at Babu Sahab Inter-Change and damaged a near by building; they also blocked the

Hyderabad: Two explosions rock railway track; 4 hurt

Trains to and from Hyderabad have been suspended after two explosions damaged the rail tracks connecting the city on Monday.
Four people have been reported injured. The explosives were planted onto the tracks leading to and from the city.
The explosions were heard by residents of the Hussainabad Wapda Colony which is adjacent to the rail tracks.
DPO Hyderabad Muneer Ahmad Sheikh said the blasts left 3 to 4 feet deep craters under the tracks adding that a four-foot stretch of the track was damaged and rail services have been suspended. A Police investigation team and bomb disposal squad reached the site of the explosions. The explosions were heard around midday. Rescue teams had rushed to the explosion site as soon as the explosions were heard.

President Zardari’s arrival blocks all Badin roads

Staff Report

BADIN: President Asif Ali Zardari’s arrival created massive traffic jams across Badin after closure of all roads for public use by authorities. Long queues of motorists could be seen all over the city before his arrival on Friday.

According to details, policemen have been deployed to both sides of the roads from within Badin to six kilometers away from the city; the administration has closed all roads leading to Karachi and Hyderabad.

After these road closures, people were compelled to go on long walks to reach their destination.

During his visit, Zardari is scheduled to distribute Watan Cards and funds from the Benazir Income Support Program among Badin’s flood victims.

The President will visit a flood victim tent city in High School Ground and will also attend a meeting with the city’s dignitaries at Circuit House Badin. SAMAA

200 feared dead in Brazil mudslides

NITEROI: Some 200 people were feared dead after being buried in mudslides near Rio de Janeiro, officials said Thursday, bringing new tragedy to Brazil following massive floods which have already killed more than 150.

“From what the neighbors said, some 200 people may be buried, but it is not clear, there could be more,” local fire chief Pedro Machado told media Thursday as crews battled to dig through mudslides in Niteroi, a city across the bay from the city of Rio.

Twenty-five people, including eight small children, were pulled out alive on Thursday after spending hours buried under mud and debris.

The rescues fueled new hope for anxious relatives desperate to find their loved ones, as 150 rescue workers — soldiers, firefighters and civil defense workers armed with spades and pickaxes — searched for more survivors.

Six bodies had been recovered following the mudslide late Wednesday in a Niteroi slum.

But firefighters said there was little chance of finding survivors after part of the hillside fell away and slid some 700 meters (yards) swallowing everything in its path, including 50 houses, a day-care center and a pizzeria.

The death toll on Thursday rose to 157 in floods and mudslides around Rio since it was hit Monday by the worst rains in half a century.

Most of the casualties were trapped in landslides in the slums around Rio, a metropolis of some 16 million people that will host the World Cup football tournament in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

7 Million Shia Mourners Pour into Karbala

: 7 million Shia mourners pour into Karbala, Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims have poured into Iraq’s holy city of Karbala, ignoring government warnings that they could be targets of bomb attacks.
Pilgrims from around the world have made their way to the city, 80km south of Baghdad, to mark the religious rite of Arbaeen, which culminates today. Arbaeen marks the end of a 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad who was killed in a seventh century battle in Karbala. Around 30,000 troops and police have been deployed to protect pilgrims. Mohammed al-Moussawi, the head of the provincial council, estimated that seven million pilgrims had visited the city in the past 10 days, including from regional countries and Iran. He said motorbike-propelled carts had been banned from the city. Twenty-five medical teams and 10 mobile clinics have been deployed with 65 ambulances on call. Two units of counter-terrorism forces have been sent to the city from Baghdad.

---

7 Million Shia Mourners Pour into Karbala was first posted on February 5, 2010 at 10:40 am.

Govt Not to Table NRO in Parliament: Shujaat Hussain

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Sunday said if the issues relating possible US attacks in Balochistan and NRO are brought to the parliament, his party would oppose both the issues.

Talking to media after arriving at Karachi airport along with party’s General Secretary Mushahid Hussain Sayyed, he said no member of his party took any advantage from the NRO.

He said Kerry-Lugar Bill should be termed as Kerry-Looter Bill, as this Bill contains offensive conditions for Pakistan, which should be reviewed.

Mushahid said sugar and cement mafia are overwhelming the government at the moment, adding the government reneged on its promise of ending the load shedding by December 2009.

He added the government should have a parliamentary inquiry in this connection as to why the government deceived the people.

Mushahid said the government has no volition to decide on matters and all decisions are left on the US.

Responding a question, he said he had already mentioned that there would be no trial of former President Gen (rtd) Pervez Musharraf, as all and sundry would be silent on just one single call from abroad.

---

Govt Not to Table NRO in Parliament: Shujaat Hussain was first posted on October 4, 2009 at 4:24 pm.

Pistol Recovered From Greek at Karachi Airport

KARACHI: A Greek passenger of flight EK 605 was arrested at Karachi airport with a gun in possession, airport security sources said.

Security officials said it could be a bid to hijack the aircraft.

A pistol was found from his laptop, sources said. The pistol was purchased from Karachi, Airport Security Force sources said.

A woman accompanied with the man with the man was also arrested. The accused claimed the arrested was his mother.

The accused who was to travel in a flight from Karachi to Athens via Dubai had concealed the Nine mm pistol in place of battery in his laptop.

The accused in preliminary questioning said he was staying in Karachi for last one month and the weapon was also purchased from the city.

According to sources, the accused could have links with some terrorist outfit.

Police have registered case against the accused at Airport police station.

---

Pistol Recovered From Greek at Karachi Airport was first posted on October 4, 2009 at 4:29 pm.

Patrick Kane Arrest

Patrick Kane Arrest, Patrick Kane 21, the NHL’s best rookie in 2008, was charged with robbery and other counts following an altercation with a cab driver over a fare dispute in his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y.

Buffalo police said the 20-year-old Patrick Kane and a 21-year-old cousin, James Kane, had apparently caught a cab from the city’s downtown nightclub district at about 4 a.m. Sunday.

Both Kane brothers allegedly punched the cab driver and grabbed money they had handed him after he told them he didn’t have twenty cents in coins to give them their change, fare was $13.80 and they handed the driver $15, according to a report.

The cab driver suffered cuts to his face and his glasses were damaged after being struck in the face and head, police spokesman Michael DeGeorge said.

Go here to see the original: 
Patrick Kane Arrest