UN seeks another camp for refugees in Hangu
ISLAMABAD: United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) said there is an urgent need of opening of another refugee camp in Hangu as 800 families are reaching Kohat and Hangu on daily basis from Orakzai Agency.
In a report issued here, OCHA stated that so far more than 35,000 displaced families have been registered in Kohat and Hangu. The influx of refugees is affecting health facilities in Kohat where hospitals are facing shortage of emergency and life saving drugs.
Malik-Siddiqui row enters legal twist
NEW DELHI: The controversy over Sania Mirza’s marriage to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik gets uglier, as the Siddiquis, who claim that the cricketer married their daughter Ayesha in 2002, on Saturday sent a legal notice to the Maliks.
This legal notice was dispatched today morning and will take 48 working hours to reach the Maliks in Pakistan. The family has sent a legal notice the Maliks on the grounds of defamation, harassment, character assassination and fraud.
Sources said that plans are being undertaken to bring both the families to a discussion table to resolve the issue.
Meanwhile, Shoaib Malik too turned to legal services, by hiring a Delhi-based lawyer named Ramesh Gupta, to file a defamation case against the Siddiquis.
Gupta, who has a chamber in Delhi”s Patiala House court complex, is a former chairman of Bar Council of Delhi. He has appeared as defence lawyer in high-profile cases like BMW hit-and-run case and is main lawyer for Rahul Mahajan in the ongoing trial over the latter”s alleged drug overdose.
While Gupta couldn”t be contacted, his junior aide and advocate, Meena, confirmed that their office had received word from Malik”s family in Pakistan.
“Malik”s family has instructed us to pursue this case as they feel they are being defamed by the statements being made by Siddiqui and her family. My senior, Ramesh Gupta has been approached to file the defamation suit. We are closely monitoring statements emanating from Siddiqui family and will soon take action,”” she said, adding that legal grounds for slapping defamation charges are being prepared.
The newspaper has learnt that the suit is likely to be filed in Delhi itself and will seek damages for tarnishing Malik”s reputation at a time when he is getting married to tennis star Sania Mirza.
Ayesha and her father have claimed before the media that Shoaib is Ayesha”s legally-wedded husband. In the run up to Sania”s wedding, M A Siddiqui has demanded that Shoaib formally divorce his daughter before tying the knot with the tennis star.
Three police dead in Peshawar encounter
PESHAWAR: At least three police including a SHO were killed in a police encounter against the proclaimed offenders in Peshawar are of Badhbeer’s suburbs of Sheikhan, Geo News reported Saturday.
According to police sources, they received tip-off about the presence of some POs at some Sheikhan house. A team was formed under SHO Badhbeer to conduct sting operation against the culprits.
The team took in siege the target house. The besieged culprits opened fire with modern and automatic weapons, killing SHO Badhbeer Riaz Khan, ASI Mir Mukarram and Constable Shakir on the spot. Also, three other police personnel including Raj Wali, Moosa Khan and FC man Ikram Gul were injured.
The injured were soon rushed to Lady Reading Hospital.
At least eight miscreants were killed when police retaliated with force.
Later on, the residents of the area set ablaze the house of those who gave refuge to saboteurs and the Sheikhan Bazaar was closed down.
CM Punjab Orders Crackdown Against Kite-Fliers, Twine Manufacturers
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has ordered a crackdown against kite-fliers and twine makers today.
The CM said the country was passing through a critical phase and did not afford any confrontation. He stated these views while chairing a high-level meeting regarding law and order situation in which implementation of ban on kite-flying, implicating innocent people in fake FIRs and action against the proclaimed offenders was reviewed. Addressing the meeting, the CM gave directives to strictly impose the ban on kite-flying, and warned against any human loss, saying that the culprits would be taken to task. He said those who implicated the innocent people in fake cases deserved penalty. Shahbaz also directed strict action against the land mafia.
CM Punjab Orders Crackdown Against Kite-Fliers, Twine Manufacturers was first posted on February 15, 2010 at 1:24 pm.
Anti Terror Court Of Swat Declared Maulvi Fazallulah As Proclaimed Offender
SWAT: The chief of outlawed outfit Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Swat and militant leader Maulvi Fazallulah and his six aides declared proclaimed offender by anti terror court of Swat. The court has ordered accused to appear before the court within seven days.
According to sources, the judge of special anti terror court Khalil Khan Khalil has declared Maulvi Fazallulah and his six associates proclaimed offender and ordered them to appear in local police station or court within seven days otherwise action will be taken against them.
More than 100 cases including murder and attempt to murder had been registered against militant leader who is currently hidding at unknown location. The local courts in Swat started functioning after improvement in law and order situation.
Anti Terror Court Of Swat Declared Maulvi Fazallulah As Proclaimed Offender was first posted on August 19, 2009 at 11:56 am.
