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If I leave my house, I fear I will be killed: Husain Haqqani

LONDON: Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani in an interview to a British news paper said he feared for his life if he left the official residence of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Haqqani said he had been branded a ‘traitor’ and Washington lackey’ by powerful quarters and expressed concern that he would be murdered like former governor of Punjab Salman Taseer.

Haqqani was forced to resign after US businessman Mansoor Ijaz claimed the former ambassador has asked him to pass on a memo to the US government seeking to oust Pakistan’s military leadership. 

Pakistan, still a key ally in war on terror: UK

LONDON: British Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Lord Howell of Guildford said that Pakistan remains an important partner in the fight against terrorism.

Answering to a question by Lord Nazir Ahmed on government’s assessment of contribution made by Pakistan as front-line state, Lord Howell said: “The al-Qaeda core has been severely weakened over the last six months. It is important that the UK and Pakistan, together with other key international partners such as the United States, continue to work together to disrupt terrorist groups which threaten all our interests.”

House of Lords discussed Pakistan’s contributions and role in war against terror as Lord Howell clarified government’s position answering questions asked by Lords. Questions asked by Lords also covered Pakistan’s economical, social and security situation as well as possibility of postponing of Bonn meeting.

Lord Howell answering a question on if condolences on death of Pakistani soldiers were offered confirmed that British Foreign Secretary offered his deepest condolence to the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan while US has also regretted the incident.

Lord Nazir showed his concern on British aid for education in Pakistan could end up in private Swiss bank accounts, calling the ruling Pakistani elite as “Ali Baba and his 40 companions”.

Lord Howell assured that “all our aid is independently evaluated and scrutinised under our UK Aid Transparency Guarantee and that certainly applies to all aid to Pakistan as well”.

Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon sought government’s assurance on its commitment with Pakistan saying that “strategically, militarily and tactically on the ground Pakistan’s role will not be diminished and that it will continue to play an integrated role in the war against terror-not watching on the sidelines but being involved and engaged fully to prevent the kind of incidents that we saw recently with attacks on Pakistani forces within Pakistani sovereign territory”.

Lord Howell said full integration in counterterrorism is very much our purpose and we await an investigation of what on earth went wrong for this to have occurred. British government has counterterrorist discussions with Pakistan, although details cannot be revealed but we are determined to use its skills and intelligence availability in the united war against terror.

Lord Stirrup while sharing his concerns on effective governance, economic growth and employment in Pakistan and its impact on global security, asked government and international community to not allow its frustration over other issues, to divert it from strategic focus of economical growth and governance, in its engagement with Pakistan. Lord Howell said the government would totally agree with it.

Lord Avebury asked for the possibility of postponing Bonn meeting to allow Pakistan to participate and to extend its agenda to cover findings of Nato inquiry. Lord Howell while hoping that Pakistan will join the meeting, disagreed to postponement said that meeting is not organized by Nato or about Nato, rather its about whole future of Afghanistan. 

Ban imposed on purchase of staff cars for grade 20-22 civil servants

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved the rules/policy for 'Compulsory Monetization of Transport Facility for Civil Servants (BPS-20 to 22)'.

The rules/policy were formulated in line with the decision of the cabinet in its meeting held on June 3,2011. 

The application of the monetization policy will be compulsory for all civil servants (BS-20 to 22) as per the approved parameters.

According to the proposed policy, there will be complete ban on purchase of staff cars while no officer of BS-20 to BS-22 will be entitled and authorized to use project vehicles or the departmental operational/general duty vehicles for any kind of duty.

Services of the regular permanent driver will be offered to BS-20 to BS-22 civil servants on optional basis on deduction of Rs. 10,000/-per month from the monetized value. There will be no new recruitment of drivers.

The implementation of the policy will result in likely savings of Rs.1.369 billion per annum

PC on National Security endorses decision to boycott Bonn Conference

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security has endorsed the decision to boycott the Bonn Conference in protest against Nato attacks on Pakistani check posts, Geo News reported.

“No representative from Pakistan will be attending the conference," said Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan while speaking to the media. 

The committee also endorsed the decisions to stop Nato supplies and asking the US to vacate the Shamsi airbase which were made during the meeting of the Defence Committee. 

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senator Raza Rabbani and attended by the prime minister, federal ministers and representatives from prominent political parties. 

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani briefed the participants about the Nato attack. 

The prime minister said despite being contacted by numerous international leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the decision to boycott the Bonn Conference was in the interest of national security. 

Gilani also briefed the committee on the decision to stop Nato supplies and asking the US to vacate Shamsi airbase. 

DG Military Operations Ashfaq Nadeem also briefed the meeting about the Nato attack. 

"DG Military Operations will brief the Federal Cabinet on the Nato attack on December 12," said Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan. 

PM attends National Security Committee meeting

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security is meeting under the chairmanship of Senator Raza Rabbani, Geo News reported. 

The meeting of the committee is also being attended by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who briefed the participants about the Nato attack. 

The prime minister said despite being contacted by numerous international leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the decision to boycott the Bonn Conference was in the interest of national security. 

Gilani has also briefed the committee on the decision to stop Nato supplies and asking the US to vacate Shamsi airbase. 

The prime minister is also expected to take the committee into confidence over the memo issue.

DG Military Operations Ashfaq Nadeem has also briefed the meeting about the Nato attack. 

The meeting is being attended by all federal ministers. 

Syrian army rebels attack intelligence base, kill 8

BEIRUT: Syrian army deserters killed eight people in an attack on an intelligence building in the north of the country, an opposition group said on Friday. 

It said the attack took place on Thursday in Idlib province, between the towns of Jisr al-Shughour and the Mediterranean city of Latakia.

"A group of army defectors ... attacked the Air Force Intelligence centre," the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "A clash ensued for three hours which lead to the death of at least eight members of the Air Force Intelligence".

The Observatory and other activists also said at least 20 civilians were killed by Syrian security forces across the country on Thursday, mainly in the provinces of Hama and Homs

Up to 70 injured in attack near Afghan Nato base

PUL-I-ALAM: A powerful suicide truck bomb exploded near the entrance to a NATO base in Afghanistan Friday, wounding up to 70 people including a foreign soldier, officials said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the Muhammad Agha district of Logar province, south of the capital Kabul, which took place at around 8:00am (0330 GMT).

The blast could be heard for several kilometres (miles) in the area.

Logar's health director, Mohammad Zarif Nayebkhail, told up to 70 people were taken to hospital with injuries from shrapnel or flying glass. Several of the wounded were in a serious condition. 

Nato's US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said that one coalition soldier was wounded. There were no ISAF fatalities

Parliament failed to act on memo issue: Nawaz

HARIPUR: PML-N president Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that he was willing to help the government and army stop secret agreements with the US, Geo News reported. 

Speaking during a news conference Sharif said that he did not raise a finger at anyone in the Supreme Court nor did he call anyone a traitor. 

"If the Parliament was performing its duties, then I would not have needed to approach the Supreme Court," Sharif said. 

The PML-N president further said that the present government was continuing with the policies of the Musharraf era. 

Sharif added that no party could be revolutionary if it was associated with the establishment. 

srilanka storm

COLOMBO: Heavy rains and gale force winds have killed at least 14 people and left more than 30 fishermen missing in southern Sri Lanka, officials said Saturday.

Disaster Management centre officials said a total of 14 people were confirmed dead while another 30 were reported missing after coastal areas were lashed by heavy winds on Friday.

Officials said nearly 1,500 homes were damaged, with most of them losing their roofs.

26 troops killed in Nato air strike: Governor KP

ISLAMABAD: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Masood Kausar told that 26 security men lost their lives in the Nato air strike while 14 personnel were injured, Geo News reported Saturday.

While addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the KP governor strongly condemned the attack and said that it is an open violation of border which is a very serious issue.

He said that the attack took place in within Fata and it has hurt the sentiments of the entire nation. He urged for a reaction against this act so that such incidents should not happen in future.

Governor KP Masood Kausar paid tribute to the martyred soldiers and said that Pakistan is a strong ally in war against terrorism and the entire nation is united for the cause. He further said that there is complete harmony among the government and institutions.

Grenade attacks kill three in Kenya

NAIROBI: Two grenade attacks in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa close to the border with Somalia on Thursday killed three people and injured 27, police said.

One explosion in the local Holiday Inn killed two people while another in a street killed a third, a local police officer who asked not to be named told, adding that 12 of the injured were in a serious condition. (AFP) 


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Kamal al-Ganzouri appointed new Egyptian PM

CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military council on Thursday tasked former prime minister Kamal al-Ganzouri with forming a new cabinet, private Egyptian TV channels reported.

Ganzouri headed the government from 1996 to 1999, under ousted president Hosni Mubarak. (AFP) 

SC rejects government NRO review pleas

ISLAMABAD: The full bench of the Supreme Court (SC) headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was hearing the government National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) review case Friday and rejected pleas for the review of the decision, Geo News reported.

The decision was given by the apex court after the government failed to prepare any case for the review. 

A seventeen-member larger bench resumed hearing of the Federation's pending pleas seeking review of certain aspects of December 16, 2009 decision.

In today's proceedings, the court asked Law Secretary Masood Chishti to read the complete text of letters exchanged between Pakistan and Swiss authorities in 1997.

The chief justice then reprimanded the law secretary as he refused to read any further after the first letter.

The second letter was read by Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq on court's directives later.

The apex court on Thursday allowed the federation to file additional documents with the review petition on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). The court had earlier declined to accept additional documents with the ruling that as per settled rules of the apex court, additional documents could not be accepted at the review stage.

The court directed Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq to ask Dr Babar Awan to file Friday additional documents from the federal government.

US not formally notified of Haqqani's resignation: Mark Toner

WASHINGTON: State Department has stated that US had not yet been formally notified of Husain Haqqani's resignation and appointment of Sherry Rehman as Pakistan's new Ambassador to US.

Addressing a press conference here, US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the US had not yet been formally informed about Husain Haqqani's resignation and appointment of Sherry Rehman as ambassador to US.

The spokesman praised Husain Haqqani for playing vital role in maintaining Pak-US ties.

Toner said the US would work with new ambassador Sherry Rehman for strengthening strong Pak-US ties, adding that change of envoy would not affect relations. 

Big asteroid has close encounter with Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL: A black asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zoomed past Earth on Tuesday, delighting astronomers who trained telescopes on the ancient body in hopes of learning more about its composition and origin. 

With a diameter estimated at 400 meters, or about a quarter of a mile, Asteroid 2005 YU 55 is the biggest asteroid to make a close pass by Earth since 1976.

Rupee down under vs dollar

KARACHI: In the currency market, Tuesday, the rupee ended at 87.35/40 to the dollar, weaker than Monday's close of 87.30/35 amid higher dollar demand from importers, and dealers said the local unit is likely to stay under pressure because of import payments. 

Dealers said the rupee was under pressure despite rising remittances from overseas Pakistani.

However, dealers cautioned that a widening current account deficit, which stood at a provisional $1.555 billion in July-Oct period, compared with $541 million in the same period last year, could keep the local currency under pressure in the days ahead.

The rupee hit a record low at 87.92 to the dollar in September.

In the money market, overnight rates rose to were flat at its top level of 11.90 percent, amid tight liquidity in the interbank market. (Reuters)

Monti's govt wins Italian senate confidence vote

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's government on Thursday won a confidence vote in the senate, hours after the former EU commissioner laid out radical reforms to cut Rome's huge debt burden.

Monti mustered support from an overwhelming majority in Italy's upper chamber, with 281 out of 307 senators in attendance backing his plan to pull the country back from the brink. (AFP) 

Britain does not rule out future military option on Iran

BRUSSELS: Britain does not rule out military action on Iran in the long term failing progress on Tehran's controversial nuclear programme, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday.

Asked whether military action was possible, Hague said: "We are not considering that at the moment. We are not calling or advocating military action. At the same time we say all options should remain in future."

Yemen's Saleh to sign exit plan Wednesday: UN envoy

SANAA: Yemen's veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh is to sign in Riyadh on Wednesday a Gulf plan under which he will finally cede power, the UN envoy to the restive country said.

"The signing ceremony will take place .

10 militants killed in Orakzai clashes with security

PESHAWAR: A clash between the Orakzai forces and militants left ten militants dead and six security men injured, Geo News reported.

Security sources said that six security men were injured in a clash with the militants at Khdizai in Upper Orakzai area, while ten militants were killed in retaliatory action by the forces

P.M ACCEPTS HAQQANIS RESIGHNATION

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, and ordered a detailed investigation into the memo issue.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s House said all concerned (officials) would be afforded sufficient and fair opportunity to present their views and that the investigation shall be carried out fairly, objectively and without bias.

“After the controversy sparked by the memo which had been drafted, formulated and further admitted to have been received by the US authority, it has become necessary in the national interest to formally arrive at the actual and true facts,” he added. However, the spokesman did not reveal the details about the mode of the inquiry and whether it would be judicial, departmental or parliamentary inquiry.

Meanwhile, Husain Haqqani made the announcement of his resignation on the social networking service Twitter. He wrote: “I have requested PM Gilani to accept my resignation as Pakistan’s ambassador to US”.

Haqqani further said: “I have much to contribute to building a new Pakistan free of bigotry and intolerance. Will focus energies on that”. However, at the time of filing this report, his Twitter profile still read “Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States of America.”

The announcement of the resignation was made just after a meeting of the troika — President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani — and ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha where the ambassador presented his side of the story of the memo controversy.

Iffat Imran Gardezi, serving as deputy chief of mission in Washington DC, was appointed as the caretaker Pakistani ambassador to the United States.

However, mystery surrounded the venue of the meeting that was either held at the Presidency or the Prime Minister House though both kept their silence on the issue. Sources say the meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s House.

When contacted, Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar said no meeting took place at the presidency. “When there is no meeting, how could I have any other information?” Though the government hopes to have buried the controversy with the resignation of Haqqani, political observers believe this is just the beginning of the end since the issue will now be thoroughly investigated.

According to sources, Haqqani replied to questions in detail at the meeting and presented his stance. “The proofs collected from Mansoor Ijaz, US businessman of Pakistani origin, were placed before Haqqani, who challenged them and gave his point of view,” they added.

Sources said around 32 questions were posed to Haqqani, who denied his role in the memo and said the ‘whole game’ was planned to create a misunderstanding between the political and military leadership of the country. 

Memo costs Haqqani US Ambassador post

ISLAMABAD: Hussain Haqqani, the embattled Pakistani Ambassador to the US, has tendered his resignation during a meeting of top military and political leadership here at the Presidenc

S.Korea parliament approves FTA with US

South Korea's ruling party has forced a bill through parliament to ratify a free trade agreement with the United States.

The bill was passed on Tuesday by a vote of 151 to 7 among 170 lawmakers who attended a full session of parliament. National Assembly Speaker Park Hee-tae called the session without committee debate, drawing protests from opposition lawmakers.
The vote was boycotted by opposition parties.

The assembly's main floor was temporarily in disarray as opposition lawmakers tried to block the vote. One lawmaker sprayed pepper gas near the Speaker's podium before the vote began.

The ruling Grand National Party had been reluctant to use its majority to push the FTA through the assembly. Opposition lawmakers had said they would not discuss the bill unless terms they saw as unfavorable to South Korea were removed.

The FTA is expected to come into force in January after it is signed by President Lee Myung-bak.

The presidential office welcomed the passage of the bill and said the government will do all it can to ensure the FTA revitalizes the South Korean economy and creates jobs.

Opposition parties intend to make the FTA a major issue in the general election scheduled for next April.

Last month, US Congress approved the FTA during the South Korean president's visit to the US. US President Barack Obama signed it into law, completing necessary procedures for ratification. The FTA is the biggest US trade pact since the 1994 North America Free Trade Agreement.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 18:58 +0900 (JST)

Fogs hit motorway traffic

PESHAWAR: Motorway from the city here up to Rashkai Interchange has been closed for traffics due to heavy fogs blurring the visibility, Geo News reported.

Tuesday morning around 5.00 A.M Peshawar to Rashkai Interchange motorway traffic was suspended due to fogs blurring vision.

Motorway police has advised drivers of the vehicles to drive at a low speed and keep the fog lights on. They said that the traffic would be restored with the fading out of the fogs. 

Sri Lanka's Jayawardene to miss fifth ODI

ABU DHABI: Injured middle-order batsman Mahela Jayawardene has been ruled out of Sri Lanka's last two matches against Pakistan and returned home, team manager Anura Tennekoon said on Tuesday.

The 34-year-old batsman hit a half century in his team's 26-run defeat in the fourth match in Sharjah on Sunday, but played in some discomfort after injuring his knee.

Tennekoon said Jayawardene has returned home to regain fitness ahead of next month's tour of South Africa.

"After Sunday's game Mahela's injury got worse so he has returned home," Tennekoon told AFP. "Chamara Silva was brought in as cover."

Pakistan has an unassailable 3-1 lead in the one-day series with the fifth and final match to be played on Wednesday.

The 31-year old Silva has played 11 Tests and 74 one-day internationals for Sri Lanka.

Tennekoon said captain Tillakaratne Dilshan was okay after hurting his left thumb and if it does not get worse he will be available to play in the Twenty20 match between the two teams on Friday.

"Dilshan is okay and will play in the fifth one-day," said the team manager.

Pakistan won the first match by eight wickets before Sri Lanka levelled the series with a 25-run victory in the second. Pakistan won the third match by 21 runs.

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq said his team will put everything into the final match.

"We have to go all-out and win the last game as well and finish the series on a high," said Misbah, whose team will go fifth in the ICC (International Cricket Council) one-day rankings if they win the series 4-1. (AFP) 

7 charred to death in Indian train fire

NEW DELHI: At least seven persons, including children, were charred to death after fire broke out in two coaches of Howrah-Dehradun Express in Jharkhand’s Giridih district in the wee hours on Tuesday, officials said.

“Seven persons, including two children, were charred to death after fire broke out in an AC coach and then spread to another AC coach,” Railway Protection Force Divisional Commandant Sashi Kumar told PTI over phone. 

In New Delhi, Railway spokesperson Anil Saxena confirmed that seven people, including a five—year—old girl, have died. 

Dhanbad DRM and a railway medical team have reached the site. Catering arrangements have been made for the stranded passengers. 

According to railway officials, one of the two deceased was identified as Archita Kumari who hailed from Asansol in West Bengal. 

Both the coaches have been detached from the train, which left Howrah station last night. 

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and an inquiry has been ordered by Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS), a railway spokesman said in Delhi. 

Pakistan shelves 'obscene' text message ban

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rowed back on Tuesday from demands that text messages containing nearly 1,700 "obscene" words should be blocked, following outrage from users and campaigners.

On November 14, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) distributed a list of 1,695 words in English and Urdu, the national language, to operators, giving them seven days to implement a filtering system.

But the list was met with uproar, both at the attempt to censor messages and the inclusion of many seemingly innocuous terms.

On Tuesday, PTA spokesman Mohammad Younis Khan told AFP the authority would consult civil society representatives and mobile phone operators on refining a much shorter list of words, giving no timeframe for any eventual ban.

"At the moment we are not blocking or filtering any word," Khan said. "No final decision has been taken in this regard," he added.
A PTA committee with representatives of civil society and mobile phone operators will decide on a "final list of objectionable words" which Khan conceded could be only around "a dozen".

"We have no plan to block any word until and unless it is approved by that committee and it will take time to reach that decision," he added.
A letter accompanying the list on November 14 said filtering was legal under the Pakistan Telecommunication Act of 1996 which prohibits people from transmitting messages that are "false, fabricated, indecent or obscene".

The PTA on Tuesday claimed that the November 14 list was merely "preliminary" and "advice" for operators to adopt a filtering system.

Mobile operators have already detailed their "concerns and reservations" and said they would seek further clarification from the PTA.

"Most of the words mentioned in the list are used legally," lawyer Syed Mohammad Tayyab told AFP.

"The PTA policy is unjust and unfair on the face of it. It needs judicial review," said Tayyab, who is also a senior prosecutor in terrorism cases.

Campaign group Bytes for All had vowed to challenge the order in court, saying "a new, ruthless wave of moral policing" violated rights to free speech and privacy, and made a mockery of the entire country.

Egypt cabinet resigns as deadly clashes rock Tahrir

CAIRO: Egypt's cabinet said on Monday it had resigned amid deadly clashes in Tahrir Square between police and protesters demanding political change, and the ruling military called for crisis talks.

"The government of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has handed its resignation to the (ruling) Supreme Council of the Armed Forces," cabinet spokesman Mohammed Hegazy said in a statement.

State television quoted a military source as saying the ruling military council had rejected the resignation, but Information Minister Osama Heikal told the official MENA news agency the matter had not yet been decided.

Sharaf's resignation, if accepted, threatens to derail parliamentary elections scheduled for November 28 - the first polls since president Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February.

Tens of thousands of people packed Tahrir Square on Monday night, after clashes continued for a third straight day between protesters and police in and around the square.

They greeted news of the cabinet's resignation with indifference, calling for the removal of the military rulers as clashes continued around the nearby interior ministry headquarters.

Riot police fired volleys of birdshot, rubber bullets and tear gas at the persistent demonstrators, who used stones and petrol bombs. Other protesters formed a corrider through which the injured were ferried into waiting ambulances.

The United States said it was "deeply concerned" by the violence which has left at least 24 people nationwide dead since Saturday.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said it was important that US ally Egypt move toward democratic elections.

US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland echoed the White House call for "free, fair elections," and expressed the hope the electoral process would remain on schedule.

UN leader Ban Ki-moon called on the military council to "guarantee" civil liberties as he deplored the deaths in the clashes.

Political forces behind the uprising have called for a mass rally on Tuesday to demand that the army cede power to civilian rule.

PTI secretariat sealed over tax non-payment

LAHORE: The excise authorities sealed the main secretariat of Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) located here at Jail Road over non-payment of property tax Tuesday, Geo News reported.

According to excise department sources, the step was taken due to non-payment of Rs350,000 tax amount despite multiple reminders issued to the party office. Therefore, the authorities resorted to seal the main secretariat of PTI at Jail Road. 

Quetta IED explosion on Sariab Road

QUETTA: An improvised explosive device exploded on Sariab Road in the provincial capital city here, however no loss of life occurred, Geo News reported.

Police said that some unknown persons had planted local made bomb weighing 1.5 kilogram in front of a property dealer’s shop located on Sariab Road Mills Colony, which blasted with a bang shattering windowpanes of the nearby buildings and shops, however no loss of life occurred.

Further actions are being taken by the concerned local administration.

PM investigating memogate scandal: Mukhtar

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar affirmed on Tuesday that the government and army are enjoying normal ties and the entire memo scandal sounds baseless, Geo News reported Tuesday.

While talking to media here, Mukhtar told that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is investigating the matter and the results will be made public. 

Suicide jacket defused near secret agency office

ISLAMABAD: Security forces found an abandoned suicide jacket near the office of a secret agency on Tuesday, Geo News reported. The jacket was immediately defused by the bomb disposal squad that was immediately called in by the police.

Police and security officials cordoned off the office after the jacket was found outside the office building.

According to police, security personnel saw a suspected person in front of the office main entrance located in Shakarparian area of the federal capital who later flee into woods abandoning the jacket.

Police was called immediately along with the bomb disposal squad who defused the jacket along with other explosive material found from the site. Security forces are still searching the area.