Shahbaz Warns of Protest Against Gas Crisis
TrendPK.com: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has warned of protest along with the labourers on The Mall Road, if the gas shortage issue remained unresolved.
During a meeting with the industrialists at his Model Town residence at Lahore on Wednesday, Shahbaz said that he would unveil the conspiracy being hatched against Punjab, adding that he would ring PM Gilani over the issue.
Judiciary should be strengthened for justice, says Shahbaz
Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that judiciary should be strengthened in order to ensure justice for the masses, Dunya News reported on Monday.
Talking to the media outside the Punjab Assembly, the Chief Minister said that it is obligatory for all of us to have reverence for the high court as well as for the Supreme Court. He also said that in order to accomplish the objectives of lawyers movement, everyone should respect and follow the decisions by the judiciary. Shahbaz Sharif was of the view that we should leave everything to the court after expressing all the concerned legal and constitutional points.
Shahbaz Sharif briefed the media that the first phase of Model Villages would complete today with the help of philanthropists. Keys of the houses in the Model Village have been given to the owners. The Chief Minister also told the media that dispensaries and other facilities would be provided in these villages.
Players’ morale high at camp, says Salman Butt
LAHORE: Vice-captain of the Pakistan cricket team Salman Butt said here on Tuesday that the players at the training camp are working hard and their morale is high for displaying good performance at the Asia Cup and on the tour of England.
Talking with media on the inauguration of the summer camp at the Model Town Greens Academy, Salman Butt said that players are working hard at the camp and no body has any fitness problem.
He said that Shoaib Akhtar is considered as one of the best bowlers in the world and the team would be benefited by his presence.
Salman said that there are junior players along with the seniors and there is a good chance for them to show talent and make permanenet place in the team.
82 killed as worship places of Ahmedis attacked in Lahore
LAHORE: Eighty-two people were killed and over 120 others injured when armed men launched simultaneous attacks on worship places of Ahmedis in Garhi Shahu and Model Town areas here on Friday.
The assailants made the worshippers hostages after making their way to both the worship places, hurling hand grenades and spraying volleys of bullets.
In Model Town, the people fought with the terrorists and overpowered them after the two terrorists had killed many worshippers. However, in Garhi Shahu, many people were rescued after the police launched an operation.
Among the dead were former sessions judge Ameer Ahmad Sheikh, also the Ameer of the Ahmedis Lahore Chapter, Ejazul Haq, a reporter of a private TV channel, and Major General (retd) Nasir Ahmad.
SP Qila Gujjar Singh Lines Babar Bukht Qureshi said both the worship places were packed for the Friday prayers. In the first incident, seven gunmen made the worshippers hostage in the heavily built-up Garhi Shahu building at 1:40 pm, eyewitnesses said.
The assailants wearing explosive vests and carrying arms and ammunition hurled three grenades after an interval of 10 minutes and took positions at different points. Gunfire and explosions continued for a long time at the worship place. The attackers hurled the fourth grenade at 2:09 pm, the fifth one at 2:23 pm, the sixth at 2:40 pm and the next three after an interval of two minutes each.
One attacker was atop a minaret, firing with an assault rifle and throwing grenades as the police were engaged in a fierce gunbattle with the armed men below.At least, 500-600 worshippers, including children, were trapped in the building. Around 10 cars parked outside the building were damaged.
The attackers again started firing at 2:30 pm. Jawans of the Elite Force launched the operation. A police team, led by SP Babar Bukht Qureshi, managed to break open the back door of the building and rescued the trapped worshippers. Three attackers apparently blew themselves up while no details were available about the other attackers, a police officer said.
The attackers also fired shots and hurled a hand grenade at the mosque of Ahl-e-Hadees, adjacent to the City Law College. Indiscriminate firing by the assailants smashed the windowpanes of nearby buildings.
A police official said there were only two attackers inside who eventually blew themselves up. Police recovered two damaged AK-47 rifles and four hand grenades from them, he added. People gathered outside the building raised slogans of Allah-ho-Akbar when police launched the operation. Two armoured vehicles were arranged to rescue the hostages.
ASP Civil Lines Maroof was wounded. He got an injury on his leg when his gun went off accidentally. SP Cantt Haider Ashraf and his gunman also received minor injuries in firing by terrorists.
Many could sense the frustration of SP VVIP Captain (retd) Romeel Akram, who stood in the corner of the building, puffing away at cigarettes, not being able to hunt down the attackers. The police placed barbed wires and barricades to keep the people away from the spot. But people, including women and children, assembled near the building to watch the rescue operation. Many families witnessed the police operation from the rooftop of their buildings.
Families of the worshippers rushed to the site to inquire about their children studying in the City Law College. Agony painted on the face of a woman running barefoot alongside the road depressed many, as she did not find her son in the stampede. The locals said security was not sufficient on Friday as compared to the past.
A group of armed policemen created panic among the already terrified people by opening indiscriminate firing in the air as a mark of jubilation. Later, they raised slogans of Allah-o-Akbar and dispersed.
A dozen ambulances took the dead and injured to hospitals. The process of shifting the dead and injured to the hospitals continued till 7:30 pm.
Jaffar, a Class VIII student, who was rescued by the police from the building, said two gunmen on the rooftop and one on a minaret were firing at the worshippers. The boy’s father, Farid, had also been trapped inside Baitul Noor in Model Town.
As gunfire rattled around him, Jaffar made a call to his mother by cell-phone, telling her he was hiding in a room adjacent to the building. “All people are trying to save their lives,” he told his mother.
A middle-aged man said he was too scared to leave, even after the firing had stopped. “I just pretended dead and kept lying among the dead in a pool of blood,” he recalled.
A man rescued by the police said he went upstairs and found a room where he hid under a table. “I was too afraid to leave, even after the firing had stopped,” he maintained.
Aqeel Ahmad, a UET student, who hailed from DG Khan, said he had been visiting the said building for the last three years for worship. He was worried as his two friends were trapped in the building.
In the second attack, two men wearing explosive vests reached Baitul Noor at 87-C Model Town at around 1:41 pm on a bike and shot dead two guards, one performing duty 20 yards away from the building, and the other on the main entrance.
Later, they parked their bike in which a time device was planted near a picket, set up by the administration of the building and rushed inside the three-storey building. The two opened indiscriminate fire at the worshippers present inside the building and hurled two hand grenades at the people, as a result of which dozens of people, including children, sustained severe wounds.
One attacker stayed in the main hall while the other rushed to the other hall. Meanwhile, one of the two assailants was overpowered by some worshippers, who snatched his gun before he could blow himself up. “We grabbed his arms so that he could not pull the pin of explosive vest he had worn,” said a youth, who declined to be named.
The worshippers gave a good thrashing to him and the men on security fired shots at him and, as a result, he received around nine wounds in both legs.
“He tried to fire shots from his AK-47 rifle, but fortunately the bullet stuck in the chamber and we managed to grab his arms to stop him from making another move,” Rizwan said and added the jackets they had snatched from the assailants contained around 2-kg of explosive. The explosive in the jackets containing ball-bearings was attached with a detonator.
The other attacker, who was in the second hall, could not timely reach the spot to save his accomplice. The worshippers encircled him when he was reloading his weapon.
Physical brawl between the attackers and the worshippers was going on when the area echoed with the sounds of a huge explosion. The time device planted in the bike parked a few yards away from the building exploded with a big bang. As a result, a cameramen and a reporter received injuries. A car and a bike were partially damaged. A DSNG of a private channel was attacked by a bike rider, who fired at least seven shots at the vehicle. Luckily all travelling in the vehicle escaped unhurt. Both the attackers, one of whom was identified as Mohammad, were handed over to the police. They were aged 16-18 and were clad in Shalwar Kameez. One had trimmed his beard while the other had a long beard, the building inmates said.
The injured attacker was shifted to the Jinnah Hospital under tight security, while the other was removed to an undisclosed location for questioning.
Inspector General Police Tariq Saleem Dogar, along with heavy contingent of police, reached the spot. An eyewitness, Farid, an engineer by profession, said the attackers had started firing indiscriminately. People were running, trying to find a place to hide, he added.
Another eyewitness said the terrorists had a beard and were clad in Shalwar Kameez and looked like from the tribal area.
Many eyewitnesses said the police reached the site when they had already captured the attackers.
The Bomb Disposal Squad defused almost 18 hand grenades and four detonators, besides collecting the remains of the explosive devices for forensic examination.
A violent mob attempted to snatch official weapons from DSP Model Town Nasar Bajwa. The locals of the area expressed concern over the string of militant attacks and condemned the government for not taking concrete measures to protect the lives of innocent citizens.
Agencies add: Lahore Commissioner Khusro Pervez has claimed the Indian intelligence agency, RAW, had been backing terror elements to sabotage peace in Pakistan. He said terrorists in Model Town and Garhi Shahu used AK-47 rifles, Russian-made hand grenades and suicide jackets.
President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif have ordered an inquiry into the deadly incident in Lahore. They have condemned the incidents in strongest terms.
Shahbaz says Lahore attacks to be investigated
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Friday said that an independent probe into the violent incidents in Garhi Shahu and Model Town will be undertaken.
Talking to media men here at 7 Club Road, Shahbaz Sharif termed the bloodshed at places of worship in Lahore as condemnable, saying the nation acknowledges it as barbarism.
He said unless Pakistan defeats terrorism and extremism it cannot get to its desired destination.
One killed, another injured in Orangi town firing
KARACHI: One person was killed and another injured when unknown armed men opened fire in Orangi town, Geo News reported Friday.
The incident led to a riot in the area where enraged people set on fire a bus. Fear and panic spread across the town, leading to the closure of shops.
Suspected terrorist belongs to RYK: Sana
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that the suspected terrorist, arrested in Model Town, hails from Rahim Yar Khan.
Speaking at the Geo TV program ’50 minutes’, the provincial minister said the held terrorist was a student of Karachi-based religious seminary.
The mastermind dropped two of the five attackers in Model Town and left remaining three in Garhi Shahu, said Sana.
Tiger”s affairs cost him 63 million pounds
NEW YORK: Defamed golfer Tiger Woods” affairs have cost him 63 million pounds.
The 34-year-old sports star has topped the ”Alternative Rich List” of celebs whose scandals have cost them money.
Woods lost sponsors and had contracts cancelled – courtesy to his extra-marital affairs.
Ex-England skipper John Terry lost an estimated 5 million pounds, while glamour model Katie Price a.k.a Jordan earnings fell about 1.75 million pounds.
Also, Chelsea”s Ashley Cole is believed to have lost 600,000 pounds after cheating on wife Cheryl.
“If famous faces are linked to scandal, contracts can easily be cancelled,” the Sun quoted Frank Cochran, of Celebrity Financial Planning, who compiled the list, as saying.
metro pcs
May 13, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Mobile phones are a wonderful piece of technology. The person who invented it has helped people today. These phones have very revolutionized communication. Who knew that you can move to some other place and still be able to communicate with someone using the same handset? It is a mystery, but it is a great news, there is much appreciated.
These days, mobile phones are more than just ways of communication. They can be used for entertainment and many other purposes. Some of the features that are included in the current mobile phones have Bluetooth technology and infrared (for data transfer), GPRS, EDGE or 3G (for surfing the Internet), media files and many other features.
0″ height=”307″ />Bulls conducted a bulk of the trading in options, showing particular interest in Dell Inc. and MetroPCS Communications, as stocks managed to recoup the losses suffered in last week’s market turmoil.
Trading in Texas-based computer maker Dell heated up midway through the session as investors elected to pursue bullish “risk reversals” in long-dated January contracts—buying January $20 calls and then selling January $12.50 puts to offset the cost.
The Limited Edition model certainly reaches for an edgy audience with its two graffiti-style back covers and branding for the designer, Mister Cartoon, and his studio, Sanctioned.
Although many of the features performed well enough in our tests for a phone of this caliber, call quality suffered, which puts a damper on its core function: making and receiving calls. Still, the phone will appeal to those who prefer tunes over games, and MetroPCS’ all-in-one pricing packages will surely also attract its share of users. The VE440 costs $89 for black or cherry colors, and $129 for the Limited Edition variety, which comes with specialized back covers and matching street art wallpaper.Metro PCS Mobile phones are no ordinary phones. They come in built with special features like camera. You may be able to take pictures of important events and wonderful moments with friends. Not all phones will have cameras, but these phones can be uniquely identified.
brian cushing
May 13, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
A positive drug test notwithstanding, Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing is still The Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Five days after he was suspended without pay for four games, a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL voted again to give Cushing the award. He didn’t receive anywhere near the 39 votes of his previous landslide victory, but the 18 he got in Wednesday’s revote were enough to reclaim the honor.
“I was just glad to hear the news, that people stuck by me. Very honored,” Cushing said. “I’m very happy to have the award once again, and I’m just happy with how everything turned out.”
Although Cushing said he took a non-steroid substance, the league still considers it a performance-enhancer.
In the revote, Cushing finished five votes ahead of Buffalo safety Jairus Byrd. Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews III got 12, Washington linebacker Brian Orakpo earned three votes, and St. Louis linebacker James Laurinaitis got one.
Three voters abstained. In all, 19 voters switched from Cushing to another player, and one voted for Cushing after picking Byrd originally.
“I’m good,” Byrd said, referring to the result. “Yeah, I’m fine with it.”
In the original balloting in January, Cushing received 39 votes to six for Byrd, three for Matthews and two for Orakpo.
Cushing did lose his spot on the All-Pro second team, for which he originally had five votes and now has just one.
“If Brian Cushing had come out with a plausible excuse as to why he failed a test for prohibited substances, he could have kept his defensive rookie of the year award as far as I was concerned,” said voter Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune. “But his silence was deafening, disturbing and damning.”
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