Honour story Oct 14, 2009
The film will be released next spring and there are plans for premieres in Mumbai, Lahore and London. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- UK)
Agarwal and Kapoor all set for Great battle Oct 14, 2009
His parents emigrated from Lahore during Partition and settled in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. He did his BTech in naval architecture and marine engineering where he met Vijay Kumar, his (future) business partner. (India Times)
Bomber Strikes Market in Pakistan, 41 Killed Oct 13, 2009
The suspected ringleader in the raid, a Punjabi known as Aqeel, also was believed to have orchestrated an ambush on Sri Lanka's visiting cricket team in Lahore this year. Also Monday, the Lahore High Court told police to toss out two criminal cases against a hardline cleric India blames for the last year's deadly siege of Mumbai, an official said. (Fox News)
Pakistan Bombs Taliban Hideouts Oct 12, 2009
The suspected ringleader in the raid, known as Aqeel, also was believed to have orchestrated an ambush on Sri Lanka's visiting cricket team in Lahore this year. Army spokesman Maj. (Fox News)
Students' ire over visas Oct 8, 2009
The course has started - but he is still stuck in Lahore. "I was supposed to be there on Monday (5 October) in the morning to build my future. But I feel really, really sorry about myself," he said. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Good spots, bad reputation Oct 7, 2009
Lahore, for instance, near the border with India in the east, was home to the Mughal empire, whose Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in the memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Mughals' influence can still be seen at the Badshahi Mosque, built by emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir; the Lahore Fort, which may date back nearly 1,000 years; and the Shalimar Gardens, also built by Shah Jahan ... Lahore, in fact, is easily reached overland from New Delhi. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Taliban chief cracks jokes, vows attacks Oct 6, 2009
One of Baitullah's deputies, Hakimullah was known for brazen strikes on civilians, claiming responsibility for the June 9 bombing of the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar and the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore earlier this year. 1. (MSNBC -- International)
Saeed present at Pak Army iftaar Sep 23, 2009
Saeed was last week charged by the Lahore police for making provocative speeches favouring jihad ... Later on Monday, the Lahore police said Saeed had been confined to his residence on security grounds and was banned from leading Eid prayers ... "We are ensuring his security in view of terrorist threats," an agency quoted Lahore SSP Sohail Sukhera as saying. (India Times)
'Pak should act against Saeed' Sep 22, 2009
Saeed was yesterday placed "under house arrest" in Lahore for inciting people to wage 'jehad. Lahore police chief Pervaiz Rathore said Saeed's movements had been restricted in connection with two cases registered against him in Faisalabad city last week for making speeches during which he incited people to wage jehad and sought funds for the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah. (India Times)
Gambhir, Dhoni nominated for top honour Sep 16, 2009
Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera, who maintained his form on return from injury sustained when the team bus was ambushed by gunmen in Lahore in March, will also vie for the test player's award. The one-day player shortlist features Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh and Caribbean batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. (India Times)
'Indian forces fire on Pakistan border' Sep 12, 2009
The rare firing on the border at Wagah, between the Pakistani city of Lahore and India's Amritsar, came hours after the two countries agreed that their top diplomats would hold talks before their foreign ministers meet on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly in New York this month. A spokesman for Pakistan's Rangers, a paramilitary border security force, said Indian soldiers had opened fire with rifles after three blasts from exploding rockets were heard on the Indian side. (India Times)
Pak team to visit Colombo to probe attack on Lankan cricketers Sep 12, 2009
ISLAMABAD: A high-power Pakistani investigation team will travel to Sri Lanka next week to probe reports that elements in the island nation were linked to the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, interior minister Rehman Malik said ... A high-power Pakistani investigation team will probe reports that elements in the island nation were linked to the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. (India Times, India)
President tells Financial Times Pakistan, Afghanistan are two distinctly different countries, must not be `lumped together Sep 11, 2009
LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari has rejected the Obama administrations strategy of linking policy on Pakistan and Afghanistan in an effort to end a Taliban insurgency and bring stability to the region. US President Barack Obama earlier this year appointed senior diplomat Richard Holbrooke a special representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan in a move aimed at addressing the two states as a single arena of conflict. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Thousands Flee Battles In NW Pakistan Sep 7, 2009
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Sunday that there were indications an attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore earlier this year was financed from Sri Lanka. Gilani said he was told this by Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa. (Time.com)
Pakistan's A.Q. Khan a "Free Citizen" Aug 29, 2009
Khan's lawyer, Ali Zafar, said the Lahore High Court observed that "nobody can restrict the movement of A.Q. Khan given a court ruling earlier this year that declared him a "free citizen" He said notices had been issued to the police and government asking them to explain at the next hearing why they were continuing to do so. "It is excellent and heart warming and very gratifying," Khan told reporters gathered at his house. "I think the people who have been involved in playing mischief with me... (CBS News)
Court issues contempt notice to Islamabad district magistrate, DIG Aug 29, 2009
LAHORE: Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the government on Friday to lift the restrictions placed upon nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan. Accepting Dr AQ Khans petition that the restrictions imposed upon him in the name of protocol were a violation of fundamental rights, the judge ordered the local administration to implement the decision in letter and spirit. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Pakistani court: Lift curbs on nuclear scientist Aug 28, 2009
Khan's lawyer, Ali Zafar, said the Lahore High Court observed that "nobody can restrict the movement of A.Q. Khan given a court ruling earlier this year that declared him a "free citizen"He said notices had been issued to the police and government asking them to explain at the next hearing why they were continuing to do so."It is excellent and heart warming and very gratifying," Khan told reporters gathered at his house. "I think the people who have been involved in playing mischief with me will... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Pakistan: Police Raids Foil Homicide Bombing 'Mayhem' Aug 25, 2009
Among the six was Zaid Mustafa, who Anwar said recruited potential suicide bombers for training in Afghanistan and who is suspected of providing logistics, explosives and other support for terror attacks in Lahore, Karachi or Rawalpindi. "Every time the Taliban in tribal areas wanted to carry out an attack in Pakistani cities, Zaid would certainly be on board," Anwar said. (Fox News)
Saeed saw off Kasab: New dossier Aug 22, 2009
He was later freed by the Lahore high court for want of evidence. Pakistan is yet to appeal against his release by the courts. (India Times)
'Imran Khan, Benazir had an affair at Oxford' Aug 20, 2009
The source, he said, also revealed that Bhutto had been "visibly impressed" by Khan and might even have been the first to call him the "Lion of Lahore". "In any event, it seems fairly clear that for at least a month or two the couple was close. There was a lot of giggling whenever they appeared together in public," the Telegraph quoted Sandford as having told the Daily Mail. (India Times, India)
Delhiites brave rains to celebrate I-Day Aug 15, 2009
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was received by defence minister A K Antony, minister of state for defence M M Pallam Raju and the three Service Chiefs at the Lahore Gate. Defence Secretary introduced the General Officer Commanding, Delhi Area, to the Prime Minister. (India Times, India)
Singer Sukhbir stopped by cops in Pakistan Aug 15, 2009
The singer was on his way from Faisalabad to Lahore. The cops kept him waiting for some time to question him about the weapon carried by his guard. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Google search result: Journalist Kasab Aug 15, 2009
KOLKATA: First a l 00004000 abourer in Lahore, followed by a stint at a jihadi camp, then shooting his way into becoming Indias most-reviled terrorist, and now supposedly a journalist. Google News has given Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab the status of a BBC correspondent reporting out of Mumbai, albeit mistakenly. (India Times, India)
Top Article: Mission Not Accomplished Aug 13, 2009
Apart from launching attacks on army and ISI personnel in cities like Rawalpindi and Lahore, the TTP humiliated the army by forcing the surrender of a convoy of 243 army personnel on November 4, 2007. The popular belief in Pakistan is that Baitullah masterminded Benazir Bhutto's assassination. (India Times, India)
'Pak to bring JuD chief to justice' Aug 13, 2009
The Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief, who was released from house arrest by the Lahore High court on the grounds of insufficient evidence, is now back to making anti-India statements while a petition challenging his release is in cold storage for now. Responding to a question on Hafiz Saeed, the US ambassador to India further said: The position of United States is firm, resolute and bold, that we are committed to shutting down terrorist networks around the world and shutting down financing of those... (India Times)
Anger at Pakistani pipe band ban Aug 12, 2009
About 30 members of Lahore Pipe Band will be unable to compete in the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow ... The majority of the members of the Lahore Pipe Band, who have taken part in the World Pipe Band Championships for the past four years, were refused entry ... A delegation of business people and officials from Lahore was also turned down. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Comment: Push Forward Aug 10, 2009
Among other things, he has been responsible for the bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, the Lahore police academy attack and, some say, Benazir Bhutto's assassination. The ramifications of his death are therefore commensurate with the threat he posed. (India Times, India)
India sets bar higher for talks with Pak Aug 3, 2009
Saeed has been set free by the Lahore High Court, but it is he who, according to senior security officials, is the "biggest fish'' of them all. Saeed is a named accused in Mumbai and was involved in inspiring and training those who executed the attacks. "There can't be any serious engagement with Pakistan if Saeed is allowed to go unpunished. For India, he has even more symbolic significance than Lakhvi and Shah because of his vituperative utterances in the past against us over the situation in... (India Times, India)
No help will be extended to Musharraf: Gilani Jul 29, 2009
LAHORE: Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani "gave his word" to the PML-N that his government will not extend any help to former president Pervez Musharraf to defend himself in any court of law as they agreed to bridge the "trust deficit" created by President Asif Ali Zaradari's failu 00004000 re to deliver on promises made to the opposition party ... Zardari recently called on PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif at his palatial residence on the outskirts of Lahore to remove misunderstandings between the... (India Times, India)
India safe for 2010 World Cup: FIH chief Jul 28, 2009
" Security concerns in South Asia have increased after the terror attack on Mumbai in November last year which left 166 people dead and the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in the Pakistani city of Lahore in March. Sports officials have in recent months been forced to defend New Delhi as a venue for the Commonwealth Games next October after some countries, notably Australia, expressed fears about security. Australia, one of the world's top field hockey nations, refused to send tennis team... (India Times, India)
No proof against Hafiz Saeed in 26/11 attacks: Pak Jul 28, 2009
Saeed was freed from detention on the orders of the Lahore high court on June 2. The federal and Punjab governments challenged his release in the Supreme Court earlier this month. (India Times, India)
PC refuses to comment on Musharraf's Kargil remarks Jul 25, 2009
The Pakistani dossier also accused India for being behind the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore city earlier this year. India has dismissed both these accusations. (India Times, India)
India denies receiving dossier from Pak Jul 23, 2009
The Dawn, a leadi 00004000 ng Pakistani English daily, had yesterday claimed that Islamabad has handed over to New Delhi a dossier containing "comprehensive evidence" of Indian involvement in several terrorist acts on its soil, including the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in March. The dossier with proof of "India's involvement in subversive activities in Pakistan" was handed over by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during their recent... (India Times, India)
Pak cashing in on Baloch blunder Jul 23, 2009
But the most outrageous claim by far is the attempt to pin the terror attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team and Manawan police station in Lahore on India. The Dawn report claimed RAW operatives were in contact with the perpetrators of the attacks on the Lankan cricket team and also an attack on the Lahore police station ... Names and particulars of the perpetrators, who illegally entered Pakistan from India and joined their accomplices who had reached Lahore from Waziristan, have been... (India Times)
14-year jail for SMS joke on Pak president Jul 20, 2009
"Jokes in Pakistani political culture are a very effective way to delegitimise rulers. Historically, these have been used by the weak and helpless against the powerful," said Rasool Bux Raees, a political analyst at Lahore University of Management Sciences. Local media, human rights activists and bloggers have been swift in criticising the proposed law against anti-government SMS and online texts as "draconian and authoritarian". (India Times)
'Expect tougher Pak anti-terror stand' Jul 19, 2009
MUMBAI: India could expect the Pakistani authorities to take a tough stand against certain individuals with suspected terror ties in Pakistan in a "few days'', US secretary of state Hillary Clinton indicated on Saturday. Her hint-that India can expect a tougher Pakistani stand against some terror-linked individuals-assumes significance in the context of India's disappointment with the Punjab government's recent decision to withdraw the application in the Lahore court against Lashkar-e-Taiba... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Pakistan Clears Way for Sharif to Run for Office Jul 17, 2009
Sharif and Zardari were expected to meet later Friday in Lahore, Farooq said. FOX NEWS VIDEOS. (Fox News)
India to host majority of 2011 WC matches Jul 15, 2009
Pakistan, who technically continue to be a host, were invited to attend the meeting but went unrepresented, ICC said in a statement after a meeting of the COC at the event's secretariat in Mumbai which was shifted from Lahore. Read business stories in. (India Times)
LeT may target India again: UN official Jul 15, 2009
Barrett said several LeT attacks have taken place in Lahore, which is hardly in the tribal areas, and even Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir had been attacked. "I think, these groups are real concern to Pakistan," he said, adding LeT is also having operational links with the Taliban. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Top Article: Something In Common Jul 14, 2009
The Lahore high court in the Hafiz Saeed case held that Pakistan's security and anti-terrorism laws were silent on al-Qaeda being a terrorist organisation. Despite al-Qaeda's outlawing by the UN seven years ago, this remains the position in a country claiming to be a frontline state in the war against terrorism. (India Times, India)
Will talk with Pak, on terror only Jul 14, 2009
While Islamabad walked half the mile with an appeal against the Lahore high court order for the 00004000 release of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Sayeed and an announcement for start of trial of 26/11 accused arrested on its soil, Mr Singh too sought to clarify that his tough remarks to president Asif Ali Zardari in Yekaterinburg, made in full media view, were inadvertent as he had assumed that the media contingent had left. The foreign secretaries will meet at Sharm-el-Shaikh on July 14 as... (India Times)
Pak top court rejects pleas challenging Saeeds release Jul 8, 2009
Deputy attorney general Shah Khawar said registrar had returned the petitions as they challenged only the release of Saeed and his close aide Col Nazir Ahmed on orders of the Lahore high court. The office of the registrar said two other JuD leaders, Amir Hamza and Mufti Abdur Rehman, who were originally party to the matter should also be included in petitions, Khawar said. (India Times, India)
Pakistan nearing victory Jul 7, 2009
The three-match series is the first between the two nations since gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in the Pakistani city of Lahore on March 3 while the squad was en route to resume a Test match. The attack left seven Sri Lankan players injured and eight Pakistani security forces dead. (iAfrica.com)
Tarun Vijay: Return to Ayodhya Jul 6, 2009
Later Luv established Lahore and even the Pakistan government feels proud about this fact in its travel literature and Kush established Bedi clan, to which belonged Guru Goovind Singh Saheb as per his Bani, the holy words. That's us put together. (India Times, India)
Pak terror group fires rocket at Indian village Jul 5, 2009
Pakistan-based terror group fires rocket at Indian village - India - The Times of India. Pakistan-based terror group fires rocket at Indian village. (India Times, India)
Militants planning coup in Pak: Report Jul 5, 2009
The newspaper also obtained the names of a dozen British Hizb ut-Tahrir activists based in Lahore and Karachi, or who move regularly between Britain and Pakistan. Tayyib Muqeem, an English teacher from Stoke-on-Trent, said he moved to Lahore to persuade Pakistanis to join the movement. (India Times, India)
As many as 800 Pakistani pilgrims have been stranded in Saudi Arabia after they were told that their tickets had been refunded by their travel agents in Pakistan Jul 4, 2009
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan. Saturday, July 04, 2009. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Islamabad wilts under pressure Jul 4, 2009
The Punjab government, in its appeal against a Lahore High Court order, has revealed that it has evidence of JuDs links with terrorist groups ... Law minister of Punjab province Rana Sanaullah was quoted as saying that the Punjab government had prepared the appeal soon after the Lahore High Courts decision to 00004000 free Saeed, but had been waiting for the green signal from the federal government ... Saeed, who was under house arrest for six months in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror... (India Times)
Pak moves SC a/g Saeed's release Jul 3, 2009
The appeal against the Lahore High Court order, filed in the apex court this morning, said Saeed needed to be detained for his own "protection". Saeed, also the founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, was freed from detention on the orders of the Lahore High Court on June 2 after spending nearly six months under house arrest. (India Times)
COMMENT: Lord's & Master Jun 27, 2009
Their cricket careers were in jeopardy and cricket in Pakistan had come to a grinding halt after the shocking attack on Sri Lankan players in Lahore. In stark contrast, the Indians had it all. (India Times, India)
EDIT: A Curious Case Jun 26, 2009
Sarabjit Singh, an Indian citizen, has been sentenced to hang by Pakistani courts for his alleged involvement in serial bomb blasts that took place in Lahore and Multan, killing 14 people. It's a heinous offence if indeed he committed the crime. (India Times, India)
File: Sarabjit shifted from death row cell in Pakistan Jun 24, 2009
ISLAMABAD: Indian national Sarabjit Singh, awarded capital punishment in Pakistan, has been shifted from death row to a normal cell in a Lahore jail, raising hopes that he might not be executed ... Pakistan Law Minister Farooq Naek, who met Sarabjit in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail earlier this month, said he had sought the Indian's file from the prison superintendent so that he could study his case ... The Indian national, on death row in Pakistan, has been shifted to a normal cell in a Lahore... (India Times, India)
EDIT: A Fitting Finale Jun 23, 2009
A Pakistan-Sri Lanka final will not wipe out the events of Lahore, neither will the former's victory resolve all the problems it currently faces ... Part of it, hopefully, includes laying the ghosts of Lahore to rest. (India Times, India)
Please come to Pakistan, pleads Younis Jun 23, 2009
The terrorist attack on Sri Lanka's cricketers outside Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore is still fresh in the minds of all in the cricket community, even though Kumar Sangakkara's players in their dignified way overcame the trauma to make the final of the tournament, with their alluring mix of bowlers ... "Even if Lahore had never happened I think this is a brilliant achievement. Lahore was the furthest thing from our mind coming here preparing for the game today and playing in the final. The team has... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
COMMENT: Trivial Pursuit Jun 22, 2009
Further evidence of the trivialisation of 26/11 in Pakistan was provided by the Lahore high court's orders to release Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, head of the LeT/JuD. Islamabad promises to contest the court's order, but this is just part of an old charade. The man will be 'arrested' again, to be held in honourable custody, an entirely unconvincing case will be presented by the prosecution and the court will, again, order his release. (India Times, India)
Indian fans feel left out Jun 20, 2009
On November 4, 1987, Australia posted 267 for 8 and bowled out Pakistan for 249 at Lahore ... It was a feeling many in Pakistan would have empathised with on March 17, 1996, when the finals of the World Cup was played at Lahores Gaddafi Stadium between Australia and Sri Lanka in the presence of the host countrys PM Benazir Bhutto. (India Times)
Pakistani cleric's murder stokes sectarian tension Jun 20, 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 19 (Reuters) - The son of one of Pakistan's most prominent anti-Taliban Muslim clerics, murdered by a suicide bomber a week ago, fears his father's killing could be part of a conspiracy to foment more sectarian violence. Sitting by his father's rose-covered mud grave, Raghib Naeemi is still receiving a stream of mourners a week after his father, Sarfraz Naeemi, was blown up in his office at his mosque complex in the eastern city of Lahore ... "I was shocked to learn of the... (AlertNet)
Manmohan Singh meets Zardari Jun 17, 2009
He even added that Pakistan was open to seeking a judicial review of the Lahore High Court order releasing LeT chief Hafiz Saeed and the interior ministry will seriously pursue cases against the accused in the Mumbai terror attack. Mr Qureshi also said Pakistan was keen to start the composite dialogue process which had got suspended after the Mumbai terror attacks last November. (India Times)
MJ Akbar: US advice on J&K is lunacy Jun 16, 2009
Those who have inflicted havoc already in India, and those who intend to do so in future, are safe in their havens in Lahore and Multan and Karachi ... The Lahore High Court, which ordered his release, discovered that Pakistan had not even placed al-Qaeda on its list of terrorist organizations. (India Times, India)
Punjab govt in Pak to appeal against Saeed's release Jun 5, 2009
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said the government of its Punjab province will file an appeal against the Lahore High Court order releasing banned JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who was placed under house arrest in December last year in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks. "The Lahore High Court ordered the release of Saeed and the Punjab government is filing an appeal," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit told a weekly news briefing here ... Official sources said the appeal... (India Times, India)
Pakistan court frees JuD chief Hafiz Saeed Jun 5, 2009
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa, and several top JuD leaders were put under house arrest on December 11 after the UN Security Council blacklisted the organization as a terror group following the Mumbai terror attacks ... Addressing a news conference in Lahore, Saeed claimed that the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist in 26/11 Mumbai attack, Ajmal Amir Kasab, had no connection with his outfit. (India Times, India)
EDIT: Wrong Turn Jun 4, 2009
It's not much use resorting to judicial cover by attributing the release to a decision by the Lahore high court, over which Islamabad had little influence. Pakistani authorities argued a deliberately weak prosecution case against Saeed, when there is ample evidence of incitement to terrorism by him. (India Times, India)
Lord's welcomes T20 Jun 4, 2009
Pakistan, starved of international cricket at home after a terror attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore in March made the country a 'no-go zone', will fancy their chances of going one better this time around. However, their confidence took a battering on Wednesday when they slumped to a demoralising nine-wicket defeat to India in a warm-up game at The Oval. (iAfrica.com)
Pak engineered Hafiz Saeed's release Jun 3, 2009
NEW DELHI: The release of top jehadi leader Hafiz Saeed by the Lahore high court is a blow to India's effort to ensure Pakistan walks its talk on terror against India, particularly in the wake of strong evidence of his involvement in the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai ... The detention of the man who has preached jehad against India, inspiring thousands of youth in Pakistan's Punjab to volunteer on tours of duty in India was termed as unconstitutional by the Lahore court ... The release of top jehadi... (India Times, India)
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