Paki Gallery

Monday 4 July 2011

Dual nationals not to partake in elections: EC

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday banned candidates with dual nationality from participating in the elections, DawnNews reported.
An Election Commission meeting, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner, Justice Khwaja Hamid, decided that legislation would be passed to ban dual nationals from participating in elections.
The election commissioner also took notice of the delay in the fake degrees’ case and directed to re-evaluate the case and to expedite the process.
He also discarded Maulvi Iqbal Haider’s references filed against Awami National Party senators Zahid Khan and Haji Adeel.
Moreover, the election commission issued election symbols to two parties for polls.

Turkey cuts diplomatic ties with Qadhafi’s Libya

ISTANBUL: Turkey cut its diplomatic ties with Muammar Qadhafi’s Libyan government and recalled its ambassador, the Turkish Official Gazette reported over the weekend.
The move came after Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Sunday and pledged $200 million in aid to the rebel Transitional National Council.
It was time for leader Muammar Qadhafi to leave Libya, Davutoglu said, declaring the rebel National Council “a legitimate representative of the Libyan people.”

One soldier killed in attack on Bajaur check post

PESHAWAR: A security official was killed when militants attacked a check post in the northwestern Bajaur tribal region on Monday, DawnNews reported.
Several attackers were killed in the ensuing clash.
Bajaur is one of seven districts in Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border. The United States considers the area the global headquarters of Al Qaeda and the most dangerous place on earth.
More than 4,400 people have been killed across Pakistan in attacks blamed on Taliban and other extremist networks based in the tribal belt since 2007