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PPP Leadership Decided to Extend Special Powers to Rangers in Sindh

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<img alt="Rangers" src="http://i1.wp.com/thepakmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/5666cda340499.jpg?resize=696%2C418" style="background-color: transparent;" />The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leadership in a meeting held the other day in Dubai has decided to extend special policing powers of the paramilitary Rangers force.</div>
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Former president and PPP’s co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari chaired the meeting with Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and gave approval for the long overdue decision of extension of the Rangers’ stay in Sindh.</div>
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According to PPP officials, it was also decided in the meeting to provide special policing powers to Rangers as well.</div>
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Extending policing powers to Rangers has become a bone of contention between the provincial and federal governments.</div>
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Zardari directed the Sindh Government to approve a summary related to the extension of Rangers’ powers in Karachi immediately.</div>
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Rangers and the Sindh government are at crossroads over several cases including the arrest of former PPP minister Dr Asim Hussain who has been in the paramilitary custody for almost a year now.</div>
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However, the row deepened when Asad Kharal, an alleged ‘front man’ of the key party leaders was arrested by the paramilitary force near Hyderabad.</div>
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Muhammad Ali alias Asad Kharal was accused of corruption worth millions of rupees.</div>
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The move was followed by CM Sindh Shah expressing dissatisfaction in a meeting with Corps Commander Karachi Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar over the Rangers exceeding powers in Sindh.</div>
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Since 2013, forces leading an operation against criminals in Karachi under powers bestowed on the paramilitary force under Article-147, the Pakistan Rangers Sindh conducted multiple targeted operations in interior Sindh during which 533 suspects were arrested. Those detained were handed over to the Police and various law enforcement agencies.</div>

PPP Leadership Decided to Extend Special Powers to Rangers in Sindh

The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leadership in a meeting held the other day in Dubai has decided to extend special policing powers of the ...

Amjad Sabri laid to rest in Karachi

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Funeral prayers for slain qawwal Amjad Sabri were offered at Liaquatabad road, one day after he was gunned down in the city. Afterwards, the qawwal was laid to rest in Karachi's Paposh Nagar graveyard. </div>
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The body of the deceased was shifted from the morgue to his house, where his friends, family and relatives will paid their final respects. </div>
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Amjad Sabri had been provided the ritualistic <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">ghusl</em> or purifying bath before burial this morning. </div>
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The ambulance carrying Sabri's body was thronged by hundreds of supporters, who wanted to see a glimpse of the legendary singer. The atmosphere was one of grief and tragedy, as almost everyone gathered to pay their respects were in tears. </div>

Amjad Sabri laid to rest in Karachi

KARACHI: Thousands showed up to pay their final respects and offer funeral prayers for slain qawwal Amjad Sabri on Thursday, who was laid to...

Renowned Qawwal Amjad Sabri gunned down in Karachi

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Funeral prayers for slain qawwal Amjad Sabri were offered at Liaquatabad road, one day after he was gunned down in the city. Afterwards, the qawwal was laid to rest in Karachi's Paposh Nagar graveyard. </div>
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The body of the deceased was shifted from the morgue to his house, where his friends, family and relatives will paid their final respects. </div>
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Amjad Sabri had been provided the ritualistic <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">ghusl</em> or purifying bath before burial this morning. </div>
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The ambulance carrying Sabri's body was thronged by hundreds of supporters, who wanted to see a glimpse of the legendary singer. The atmosphere was one of grief and tragedy, as almost everyone gathered to pay their respects were in tears. </div>

Renowned Qawwal Amjad Sabri gunned down in Karachi

KARACHI: Thousands showed up to pay their final respects and offer funeral prayers for slain qawwal Amjad Sabri on Thursday, who was laid ...

Khawaja Asif calls Shireen Mazari a ‘Tractor Trolley’

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Khawaja Asif called Mazari a ‘tractor trolley’ while speaking in the house over the issue of load-shedding. “Mr. Speaker! Tell the tractor trolley to be quit,” the minister said.</div>
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While briefing the National Assembly about power situation in the country, he said there is no load-shedding in the country during Iftar and Sehr. In the meantime, PTI MNAs rejected the minister’s claims and raised voice. On that, Khawaja Asif called Shireen Mazari as tractor trolley and called her aunty. On hearing harsh comments, tears rolled down from Shireen Mazari’s eyes.</div>
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Shireen Mazari said men should not be allowed to refer to women by using such insulting words.</div>
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 “the members of the National Assembly (NA) must know the code of ethics of the session and I hold no reservations against the speaker as he always gives due time to party members to speak,” she said.</div>
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To calm down the situation, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq expunged the words from the assembly proceeding on request of Pakistan Peoples Party’s senior leader Naveed Qamar. Khawaja Asif, however, has not taken back his words as demanded by opposition members.</div>

Khawaja Asif calls Shireen Mazari a ‘Tractor Trolley’

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly witnessed a ruckus on Wednesday when outspoken federal minister Khawaja Asif called names on the central le...

Pak envoy in India barred from entering a diplomatic meeting

<img alt="Pak envoy in India barred from entering a diplomatic meeting" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-06-08/l_126255_090524_updates.jpg" title="Pak envoy in India barred from entering a diplomatic meeting" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 1.28571rem; line-height: 1.4; text-align: justify;">NEW DELHI: Pakistani High Commissioner in India Abdul Basit was not allowed to enter a diplomatic gathering in Nagpur, Indian media reported on Wednesday.</strong><br />
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The diplomatic gathering was arranged by United Nations and Pakistani High Commissioner was invited to attend the meeting.</div>
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The justification given by the authorities was that the Hindu extremist organisation RSS had threatened against allowing the Pakistani high commissioner into the gathering.</div>
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Officials at Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi say that this is fourth time the invitation has been canceled.  It is also said that this is against the diplomatic norms.</div>

Pak envoy in India barred from entering a diplomatic meeting

NEW DELHI: Pakistani High Commissioner in India Abdul Basit was not allowed to enter a diplomatic gathering in Nagpur, Indian media reported...

Operation Zarb-e-Azb to be completed this year, vows COAS

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoU-xr1g0r-3zQWFLyPQjOszDrJjAzfr9-9qJPs9AZ6XN_MVaMeOar6g3XIcRAipi85HCOEIYBrx9qGu3MxNYP1fnA1RVHmj2UHTSA8mkUMnK1IhWSUtJ1GDnmLOoWKjPG3-9ZJUM12U/s1600/l_107079_093256_updates.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoU-xr1g0r-3zQWFLyPQjOszDrJjAzfr9-9qJPs9AZ6XN_MVaMeOar6g3XIcRAipi85HCOEIYBrx9qGu3MxNYP1fnA1RVHmj2UHTSA8mkUMnK1IhWSUtJ1GDnmLOoWKjPG3-9ZJUM12U/s640/l_107079_093256_updates.jpg" width="640" /></a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday said that failure was not an option in the war against terrorism and vowed that Operation Zarb-e-Azb would be completed this year.</strong><br />
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In an informal conversation with media at the Parliament House, the army chief reflected on the ongoing activities of the Pakistan army and said that the operation to root out terrorism was progressing successfully.</div>
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“I have earlier said that 2016 will mark the elimination of terrorism,” he said.</div>
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Gen Raheel Sharif said that 99 percent terrorism had been brought under control and that the remaining one percent would be eradicated as well.</div>
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Talking about Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the north-western FATA region, he said that the return of 56 percent IDPs has been completed.</div>
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He said that the system of governance needs to be established in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the army has assured the people of FATA that terrorists will never return to the region.</div>
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He added that long-term peace and rehabilitation of IDPs is the highest priority. </div>
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The army chief said that drone attacks violate Pakistan’s sovereignty.</div>
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Gen Raheel Sharif said that Pakistan army’s efforts against terrorism were lauded during his recent visit to Turkey where he witnessed multinational military exercises. </div>
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The army chief said that Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman is making efforts for the resumption of the US-Pakistan deal to purchase at least eight F16 fighter jets, amounting to $700 million.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">COAS meets Parliamentarians</strong></span></div>
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The COAS in a visit to the Parliament House on Wednesday met with the executive parliamentarians in the capital.</div>
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The army supremo met with Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and exchanged civilities.</div>
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Gen Raheel also met with other politicians including Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani, Speaker National Assembly Murtaza Javed Abbasi and other parliamentarians.</div>

Operation Zarb-e-Azb to be completed this year, vows COAS

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday said that failure was not an option in the war against terrorism an...

NEC meeting approves Rs1675 bn development budget

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkLGa3LTmqxep2kbqGFNW6q1YzsjwTv7e2t7p4IEvw12MtpK60Al4S68rwMTxSK1cUGWpQmINde0WHS9hDLvq8st7vAUILn_DRMy5sqPFnSWMOppvISEXLsKTCs88toMK2Ss1Fp43G54/s1600/l_123977_021332_updates.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkLGa3LTmqxep2kbqGFNW6q1YzsjwTv7e2t7p4IEvw12MtpK60Al4S68rwMTxSK1cUGWpQmINde0WHS9hDLvq8st7vAUILn_DRMy5sqPFnSWMOppvISEXLsKTCs88toMK2Ss1Fp43G54/s640/l_123977_021332_updates.jpg" width="640" /></a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 1.28571rem; line-height: 1.4; text-align: justify;">London: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday presided over a meeting of the National Economic Council through a video link from London where he is to undergo an open heart surgery on Tuesday.</strong><br />
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The NEC meeting considered the proposed Annual Development Plan (ADP) and the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).</div>
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Sources said the meeting approved development budget of Rs 1675 billion for the fiscal year 2016-2017.</div>
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The meeting was attended by federal ministers, chief ministers of the four federating units, governor and chief minister of Gilgit Baltistan and others.</div>
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The prime minister applauded Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and his team for preparing a development plan in line with the economic growth of the country. He said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor has the potential to raise the GDP.</div>
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Chief ministers of Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Zafar Iqbal Jhagra interacted with the prime minister and conveyed their wishes for his speedy recovery from ailment.  </div>
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Following the NEC meeting, the prime minister presided over the meeting of his cabinet and approved budget proposals.</div>
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Later on, he told media outside the Pakistan High Commission that he was not staying in London on his own accord. He said Pakistan would have achieved GDP target if it had not missed on targets in agriculture, expressing hope that economic situation would improve due to government's policies.</div>

NEC meeting approves Rs1675 bn development budget

London: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday presided over a meeting of the National Economic Council through a video link from London wher...

'US-led coalition troops assisting Kurds in new offensive'

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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhvw2dueX2aT2M3qGLWrg1GTFEmjPI0tSyyXJ4kf-oav9Ph9Vc-q4mimJrQ1LieUbs_H2O9erm75-rGsAim9iqpsNZvxpnK-W7gsDd4TXs2kehNy9H55Z8ORuAXM1Ni1QU_2kqEtCCZg/s1600/l_106888_115449_updates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhvw2dueX2aT2M3qGLWrg1GTFEmjPI0tSyyXJ4kf-oav9Ph9Vc-q4mimJrQ1LieUbs_H2O9erm75-rGsAim9iqpsNZvxpnK-W7gsDd4TXs2kehNy9H55Z8ORuAXM1Ni1QU_2kqEtCCZg/s640/l_106888_115449_updates.jpg" width="640" /></a>BAGHDAD: Servicemen from the US-led coalition are assisting Kurdish Peshmerga forces in a new offensive in Iraq that aims to retake a handful of villages from Daesh (Islamic State) east of their Mosul stronghold, a coalition spokesman said.</strong></div>
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Soldiers were seen loading armored vehicles outside the village of Hassan Shami, a few miles east of the frontline, a Reuters correspondent reported. They told people present not to take photographs.</div>
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They spoke in English but their nationality was not clear. Reuters had earlier reported that they were American but this could not be confirmed officially.</div>
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"US and coalition forces are conducting advise and assist operations to help Kurdish Peshmerga forces," US Army Colonel Steve Warren, the spokesman for the US-led coalition in Baghdad told Reuters, commenting on the ground deployment of coalition soldiers seen near the battle front.</div>
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He said he could not confirm which country those seen by Reuters were from.</div>

'US-led coalition troops assisting Kurds in new offensive'

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Noushki drone attack case registered against US officials

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The FIR, however, does not mention any US officials by name.</div>
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The FIR, a copy of which is available with Geo News, was lodged at the Levies police station in Mal Noshki area of Balochistan, some 30 kilometers from the site of the drone attack, on behalf of Mohammad Qasim, a brother of driver Mohammad Azam who was allegedly bringing the militant commander in his taxi from Iran to Pakistan.</div>
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Driver Mohammad Azam also perished in the missile attack.</div>
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The complainant has sought legal action against US officials, who he said claimed responsibility for the attack through the media.</div>
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The FIR has been lodged on different counts including murder, terrorism and laws that deal with explosives.</div>
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Muhammad Qasim complained that he was informed on May 21 at 3:00 pm that the vehicle was blown up in an explosion that killed his brother and passenger Wali Muhammad, a false identity assumed by Mansour.</div>

Noushki drone attack case registered against US officials

QUETTA: Pakistani officials on Sunday registered a case against American officials for the US drone strike that killed Afghan Taliban leader...

Seeking 'clarification' of US strike on Afghan Taliban leader: foreign office

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"I have seen the reports. We are seeking clarification," Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a statement.</div>
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He added that Pakistan wanted the Afghan Taliban to return to the negotiating table to end the long war in Afghanistan.</div>
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"Military action is not a solution," he added.</div>
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was notified of the air strike which took place a day earlier, but declined to elaborate on the timing of the notification.</div>

Seeking 'clarification' of US strike on Afghan Taliban leader: foreign office

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Foreign Office said it was "seeking clarification" about a US drone strike against Afghan Taliban leader ...

Afghan Taliban leader likely killed in US drone strike near Pak-Afghan border

<img height="480" src="http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mullah-Akhtar-01-10-650x488.jpg" width="640" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">The United States conducted a drone strike on Saturday against the leader of the Afghan Taliban, likely killing him close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region in a mission authorised by US President Barack Obama, US officials said.</strong><br />
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The death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour, should it be confirmed, could further fracture the Taliban—an outcome that experts cautioned might make the insurgents even less likely to participate in long-stalled peace efforts.</div>
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The mission, which included multiple drones, demonstrated a clear willingness by Obama to go after the Afghan Taliban leadership now that the insurgents control or contest more territory in Afghanistan than at any time since being ousted by a US-led intervention in 2001.</div>
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Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook confirmed an air strike targeting Mansour in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region but declined to speculate on his fate, although US officials speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters he likely was killed.</div>
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"We are still assessing the results of the strike and will provide more information as it becomes available," Cook said.</div>
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The US drones targeted Mansour and another combatant as the men rode in a vehicle in a remote area, said another US official speaking on condition of anonymity.</div>
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US special operations forces operated the drones in a mission authorized by Obama that took place at about 6 am EDT (1000 GMT), the official said. That would have placed it at Saturday at 3 pm in Pakistan.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Afghan govt, intelligence confirms Taliban chief's death</strong></span></div>
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Afghan government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah issued the highest level confirmation that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been killed in the attack by US.</div>
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Abdullah said Mansour was killed in a drone strike when his car was attacked at 04:30 pm on Saturday.</div>
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Afghanistan's main intelligence service, the National Directorate for Security also said that it had confirmed Mansour's death.</div>
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Pakistan's Foreign Office said it was "seeking clarification" about the US drone strike against the Afghan Taliban leader.</div>
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"I have seen the reports. We are seeking clarification," Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a statement.</div>
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He added that Pakistan wanted the Taliban to return to the negotiating table to end the long war in Afghanistan.</div>
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"Military action is not a solution," he added.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pakistan, Afghan leaders notified: Kerry</strong></span></div>
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Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour posed a "continuing imminent threat" to US personnel in Afghanistan and to Afghans, and was a threat to peace.</div>
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"Yesterday, the United States conducted a precision air strike that targeted Taliban leader Mullah Mansour in a remote area of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Mansour posed a continuing, imminent threat" to US personnel and Afghans, Kerry told a news conference in the Myanmar capital.</div>
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"This action sends a clear message to the world that we will continue to stand with our Afghan partners as they work to build a more stable, united, secure and prosperous Afghanistan."</div>
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Kerry said the leaders of both Pakistan and Afghanistan were notified of the air strike but he declined to elaborate on the timing of the notifications, which he said included a telephone call from him to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Confirmation from Senior Taliban commander</strong></span></div>
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Meanwhile, a Taliban commander close to Mansour, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, denied Mansour was dead.</div>
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"We heard about these baseless reports but this not first time," the commander said.</div>
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"Just wanted to share with you my own information that Mullah Mansour has not been killed."</div>
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But news agency the Associated Press reported that a senior Taliban commander had confirmed Mullah Akhtar Mansour's death in the drone strike.</div>
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Mullah Abdul Rauf, who recently reconciled with Mansour after initially rebelling against his ascension to the leadership, said that Mansour died in the strike late Friday "in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area," the Associated Press reported.</div>
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In December, Mansour was reportedly wounded and possibly killed in a shootout at the house of another Taliban leader near Quetta in Pakistan.</div>
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"The opportunity to conduct this operation to eliminate the threat that Mansour posed was a distinctive one and we acted on it," a State Department official said.</div>
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There has been no official confirmation from US authorities.</div>

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US House decides on conditional military aid for Pakistan

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<img alt="US House decides on conditional military aid for Pakistan" height="384" src="http://i.dawn.com/medium/2016/05/573e8aac018d4.jpg" width="640" />WASHINGTON: The United States (US) House of Representatives on Thursday voted 277 to 147 in favour of a defence policy bill seeking to increase restrictions on military aid for Pakistan unless certain conditions are met.</div>
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The House, expressing frustration over what they term Islamabad's failure to crack down on the Haqqani network, passed the $602 billion National Defense Authorization Act 2017, or NDAA late on Wednesday.</div>
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The NDAA will block $450 million in aid to Islamabad unless it does more to fight the militant group, which lawmakers see as a major threat to US forces in Afghanistan.</div>
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The bill requires the Pentagon to certify that Pakistan is conducting military operations to disrupt the Haqqani network, not letting the network use North Waziristan as a safe haven and actively coordinating with Afghanistan's government to fight the network along their border.</div>

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Kidnapper leaves child at Edhi Centre Karachi

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The girl was handed over to her father by Edhi officials.</div>
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According to reports a fight broke out between a rickshaw driver and the child’s parents on Tuesday. When the fight got dirty the rickshaw driver picked up the girl and fled, police said.</div>
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Her parents filed a complaint at the Samanabad Police Station.</div>
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Kidnapper leaves child at Edhi Centre Karachi

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Sparks fly as NA starts debate on Panama Papers scandal

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<img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDcm8tFK5RJwwEvz1K7X0OsdoIL-LzFefrH2VufsaTnyg0VoHL4aZsyVFPhDjFc-Slbbw_jF1Z5kXly7O8almnRPQ8-ldjfGpyeWd-tpHOV7Xu5-zZe9Sg_LI6lh_MJ-SizAZft7o30Q/s640/l_106099_105237_updates.jpg" width="640" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ISLAMABAD: Opposition and government lawmakers delivered fiery speeches and took jibes at each other on the floor of the National Assembly on Wednesday as the House began its debate on the Panama Papers scandal.</strong></div>
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Opposition lawmakers returned to the House today, ending their boycott following Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's speech in the National Assembly earlier this week.</div>
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At the start of the session today, NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq informed the House that it was decided in a meeting of parliamentary parties to suspend the Question Hour as the members wanted to discuss the Panama Papers scandal.</div>
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Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah criticized the prime minister, saying questions being raised against Nawaz Sharif were because of his own family’s mistakes.</div>
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"Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should have asked his children to come forward and explain,” said Shah, who was the first to speak on the floor of the House today.</div>
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ڈاکٹر عبدالقدیر کا خاندان بھی پاناما پیپرز میں شامل

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پاناما پیپرز کے مطابق ڈاکٹر عبد القدیر خان کے بھائی عبد القیوم خان، عبد القدیر خان کی اہلیہ ہندرینہ اور ان کی دو بیٹیاں، دینہ اور عائشہ خان بہامس میں رجسٹرڈ وحدت لمیٹڈ نامی آف شور کمپنی کے مالک ہیں۔</div>
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اگرچہ ان کا نام انٹرنیشنل کنسورشیم آف انویسٹی گیٹو جرنلسٹس (آئی سی آئی جے) کے آن لائن کیے جانے والے ڈیٹا میں موجود نہیں ہے، تاہم اس کا نام گروپ کو حاصل ہونے والے بڑے ڈیٹا بیس میں موجود ہے۔</div>
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وحدت لمیٹڈ، مئی میں ایٹمی دھماکے سے چند ماہ قبل جنوری 1998 میں رجسٹر ہوئی اور 12 اکتوبر کی بغاوت کے بعد، 31 دسمبر 1999 میں اسے غیر رجسٹر کرادیا گیا۔</div>

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آف شور کمپنیاں:'تحریک انصاف سب سے بڑی ملزم'

<img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikK_TREc3Mrc5O8ZR0GRjA2JFhgRmlf0uDlqEjveo7AiiiY-p0aZTctglXnnnNW-QiUHj6hvhXO1wc8otued0GeruuHpIftxnZrNzsS3RjHPWKvuLl-wUL_LPDf6T_NywDn6YI2lTxOCE/s640/cf4df3fe.jpg" width="640" /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.5;">اسلام آباد: پاکستان تحریک انصاف (پی ٹی آئی) کے چیئرمین عمران خان کی آف شور کمپنی کے انکشاف کے بعد وفاقی وزیر اطلاعات پرویز رشید نے انھیں آڑے ہاتھوں لیا اور پاکستان میں آف شور کمپنیوں کا 'بانی' اور تحریک انصاف کو سب سے بڑی 'ملزم جماعت' قرار دے دیا۔</span><br />
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یاد رہے کہ گذشتہ روز لندن کے ہیتھرو ایئرپورٹ پر صحافیوں سے گفتگو میں عمران خان نے اپنے کرکٹ کھیلنے والے دنوں میں ٹیکس بچانے کےلیے 1983 میں ایک آف شور کمپنی بنانے کا اعتراف کیا تھا۔</div>
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ان کا کہنا تھا کہ انہوں نے یہ آف شور کمپنی اپنے اکاؤنٹنٹ کے مشورے پر لندن میں فلیٹ خریدنے کے سلسلے میں بنائی تھی۔</div>
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انہوں نے کہا کہ 'میں پہلے ہی اپنی کمائی پر 35 فیصد ٹیکس ادا کررہا تھا تو مزید ٹیکسوں سے بچنے کے لیے میں نے یہ آف شور فرم بنائی جو کہ میرا حق تھا کیوں کہ میں برطانوی شہری نہیں تھا۔'</div>

آف شور کمپنیاں:'تحریک انصاف سب سے بڑی ملزم'

اسلام آباد: پاکستان تحریک انصاف (پی ٹی آئی) کے چیئرمین عمران خان کی آف شور کمپنی کے انکشاف کے بعد وفاقی وزیر اطلاعات پرویز رشید نے انھیں آڑے...

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کراچی، علامہ علی اکبر کمیلی کے قتل کی تحقیقات کیلئے خصوصی ٹیم قائم کردی گئی۔ جو چوبیس گھنٹے میں رپورٹ پیش کرے گی۔ ذرائع کے مطابق ایڈیشنل آئی جی کراچی غلام قادر تھیبو نے علی اکبر کمیلی کے قتل کی تحقیقات کیلئے ڈی آئی جی ویسٹ کی سربراہی میں تحقیقاتی کمیٹی قائم کردی۔ ایس ایس پی، ایس پی ایس آئی یو اور سی آئی ڈی کے افسران شامل ہوں گے۔ کمیٹی چوبیس گھنٹے میں رپورٹ حکام کو پیش کرے گی۔ ایس ایچ او عزیزآباد حسیب قریشی کومعطل کرکے تنزلی بھی کردی گئی

گورنر اوروزیراعلیٰ سندھ کی کابینہ کے ہمراہ مزار قائد پر حاضری

گارڈز کے فرائض سنبھال لئے۔گورنر سندھ اور وزیر اعلیٰ سندھ نے کابینہ کے ساتھ حاضری دی اور پھول چڑھائے۔ گورنر سندھ ڈاکٹر عشرت العباد ، وزیراعلیٰ سید قائم علی شاہ نے صوبائی کابینہ کے ارکان کے ہمراہ مزار قائد پرپرچم کشائی کی۔ اس موقع سرکاری اسکولوں کے بچوں نے قومی ترانہ پڑھا۔ بعد میں گورنر وزیراعلیٰ سندھ نے مزار پر حاضری دی، فاتحہ خوانی کی اور پھول چڑھائے۔ میڈیا سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے گورنر سندھ ڈاکٹر عشرت العباد نے کہا کہ قائد اعظم کی سوچ ، ان کے افکار اور تعلیمات کے مطابق ہی ملک چلانے میں ہماری بقا ہے۔ جمہوریت کو اگر خطرہ ہوا تو یہ ہماری بدقسمتی ہوگی ،وزیر اعظم نے دانش مندی سے مسائل حل کرنے کی کوشش کی ہے۔وزیر اعلیٰ سندھ کا کہنا تھا کہ قائد اعظم کے سیاسی تصور کی وجہ سے عظیم مملکت وجود میں آئی بحیثیت قوم ہمیں آزادی کی قدر کرنی چاہئے۔ انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ احتجاج کا حق سب کو حاصل ہے مگر ائین کے دائرے میں رہے۔ تمام مسائل کا حل مذاکرات میں ہے۔ تقریب میں سابق سٹی ناظم نعمت اللہ خان ، ایم کیو ایم کے رہنما سید سردار احمد ، علامہ عباس کمیلی اور مولاناتنویر الحق سمیت غیر ملکی سفارتکار اور عمائدین شہر نے بھی شرکت کی۔

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