US, Russian presidents hold unplanned meeting

LISBON: US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had an unplanned one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Lisbon, a White House official announced.

“They were able to go aside into a room by themselves and talk for 15 to 20 minutes,” White House spokesman Ben Rhodes told reporters aboard Air Force One as it was flying to Washington. “It was informal, it wasn?t planned.”

NATO and Russia agreed earlier Saturday to jointly examine a missile shield to defend Europe and boost the flow of supplies to the Afghan war, burying a period of tensions between the former Cold War foes.

The day before, the Western military alliance had agreed to set up an anti-ballistic missile defence system to protect Europe’s populations against rogue rocket attacks and invite Russia to cooperate.

The two sides agreed to study how this

Pakistan to arm fighter jets with Chinese missiles

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has confirmed it will buy Chinese missiles and flight systems to equip its 250 JF-17 Thunder jet fighters as it seeks to deepen military cooperation with Beijing, state media said Thursday.

Rao Qamar Suleman, air chief marshal of the Pakistan Air Force, told the Global Times newspaper Chinese radar systems and SD-10 mid-range homing missiles would be used on the fighters co-developed by the two nations.

“PAF has no plans to install Western devices and weapons on the aircraft for the time being,” the newspaper quoted Suleman as saying.

Pakistan may also buy up to four Chinese surface-to-air missiles, as it seeks stronger cooperation with China to help upgrade its armed forces, Suleman told the China Daily in a separate interview.

He made the remarks on the sidelines of the annual Zhuhai Air Show now under way in southern

Japan, China ministers meet, agree to improve ties

HANOI: Japan and China have agreed to improve ties, Japan’s foreign minister said on Friday after talks with his Chinese counterpart likely to set the stage for fence-mending between the leaders of Asia’s biggest economies.

Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara told reporters after meeting China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that the leaders of both nations, whose ties have been strained by a dispute over islands in the East China Sea, were likely to hold one-on-one talks on the sidelines of an Asian summit in Hanoi.

“I think that Japan-China leaders’ summit will probably take place,” Maehara said, adding his talks with Yang, which lasted for about an hour, were held in a “very good atmosphere, in a calm and in a forward-looking manner.”

Speculation has swirled over whether Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, would hold direct

China refuses to change policy of stapled visa for Kashmiris

China said that its policy of issuing stapled visas to Kashmiris would remain unchanged, in crucial comments ahead of a meeting between prime ministers of the two countries.
Weeks after External Affairs Minister S M Krishna hoped that Beijing would maintain ‘neutrality’ on the affairs related to Jammu and Kashmir and respect India’s sensitivities on the issue, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said, Though China had friendly relations with India, its policy towards the stapled visas for residents of the state remained unchanged. The comments come ahead of this week’s meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of East Asia Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. The issue of stapled visa is likely to figure prominently at the talks.

MQM leader calls on British deputy PM

Staff Report

KARACHI: MQM leader Salim Shahzad called on British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and requested him to ensure the early arrest of Dr. Imran Farooq’s killers.

The meeting between the two took place on the sidelines of a local function in London on Tuesday.

The MQM leader urged Mr. Clegg to utilize all possible resources to nab the culprits. The British deputy premier said that the police was doing all it can to arrest the killers. SAMAA

Qureshi to meet NATO chief

BRUSSELS: NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen will meet with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday, the alliance said, amid a row over a NATO helicopter strike inside Pakistan.

He will visit the transatlantic alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on the sidelines of a two-day Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).

A NATO statement said today there would be no press briefing after the talks with Rasmussen.

Pakistan blocked a land route for NATO convoys carrying supplies to neighbouring Afghanistan on Thursday after officials blamed a cross-border NATO helicopter attack for the deaths of three Pakistani soldiers. AGENCIES

Qureshi to meet NATO chief

BRUSSELS: NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen will meet with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday, the alliance said, amid a row over a NATO helicopter strike inside Pakistan.

He will visit the transatlantic alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on the sidelines of a two-day Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).

A NATO statement said today there would be no press briefing after the talks with Rasmussen.

Pakistan blocked a land route for NATO convoys carrying supplies to neighbouring Afghanistan on Thursday after officials blamed a cross-border NATO helicopter attack for the deaths of three Pakistani soldiers. AGENCIES

Stocks witness volatility at KSE

KARACHI: Local equities ended flat on Thursday amid light trading as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the anticipated monetary policy, due to be announced on July 30, dealers said.

The Karachi Stock Exchange”s benchmark 100-share index, fell 0.05 percent, or 5.17 points, to end at 10,228.86 points.

Volume fell to 60.22 million shares, compared with 118.68million shares traded on Wednesday.

Dealers speculated that the light trading was because the government rejected all bids for the Pakistan Investment Bondat an auction on Wednesday as the cut-off yields for the bids received were much higher.

“The market seemed confused about the rejection of the auction with most analysts trying to look for answers and its likely investors will stay on the sidelines until the announcement of the monetary policy,” said Asad Iqbal, chief investment officer at Faysal Asset Management Ltd.

She’s Out of My League (2010)

She’s Out of My League (2010) :- An airport security guard gets involved with a girl who’s very obviously of a higher caliber than himself, and schemes to make the relationship last as his friends and family watch along in disbelief. Kirk (Jay Baruchel) was languishing in a dead-end job as an airport security agent when he somehow managed to earn the affections of the successful and drop-dead gorgeous Molly (Alice Eve). Even Kirk isn’t exactly sure what Molly sees in him, though he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make the relationship work. With his friends, family, and ex-girlfriend all watching stunned from the sidelines, Kirk discovers that he’ll have to work overtime in order to convince Molly that he’s worth hanging on to.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

No talks with Pakistan planned in Trinidad

Full Story And Original Content. TrendPK.com No talks with Pakistan planned in Trinidad:The leaderships of India and Pakistan don’t plan to have talks on bilateral issues on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad later in the week, said a source. According to the source, New Delhi has not received a request for

Full Story And Original Content. TrendPK.com No talks with Pakistan planned in Trinidad:The leaderships of India and Pakistan don’t plan to have talks on bilateral issues on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad later in the week, said a source.
According to the source, New Delhi has not received a request for [...]