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Thursday, March 5, 2009

DERA ISMAIL KHAN Mosque Attack 6 injured


DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least six people were injured in a blast at a mosque here Thursday.

The incident took place in a mosque situated at Nizamgate area near Circular road where some unknown bikers hurled a grenade. People were busy in offering Maghrib prayer at the time of the incident, the channel reported.

As many as six people have been injured who were rushed to District Headquarter hospital.

Law enforcement agencies’ personnel arrived at the scene soon after the blast and carried out relief activites. The area has also cordoned off for general public.

District Nazim D.I.Khan Haji Abdul Rauf told the media persons that some 42 people were wounded in the attack. However, the figure could not be tallied by any other source.

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Amrita & Shakeel’s Celeb-Studded Wedding


MUMBAI: In the presence of family and friends, Bollywood actress Amrita Arora got married to Shakeel Ladakh with whom the actress was in touch for quite sometime.

The wedding solemnized at Olive restaurant in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon by catholic rituals. At last, the actress got to fulfill her wish to marry in a Christian way. The couple will also go through ‘nikaah’ on March 6.

It was a star-studded affair and Bollywood’s well known celebrity attended the function to wish the newly wedded couple. Sister Malaika Arora and brother-in-law Arbaaz Khan played the perfect hosts. Amrita’s close friend Kareena Kapoor actively took part in the function with beau Saif Ali Khan. Dino Morea, Karan Johar and Sajid Khan also graced the occasion.

Designed by fashion designer Ashley Rebello, Amrita donned in an off-white vintage wedding gown looked extremely gorgeous. While Kareena Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan, Salman Khan’s sister Alvira and close friend Mallika dressed up in peach colored gowns in varied shades.

After the wedding, Alvira Agnihotri (Salman Khan’s sister) hosted a ‘sangeet’ ceremony in honour of the couple. The ceremony was choreographed by none other than Bollywood’s ace choreographer Farah Khan. A formal nikaah will follow on March 6.

Amrita and Shakeel’s wedding was graced by Bollywood biggies that include Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan and Zayed Khan with their wives along with Twinkle and Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia, Urmila Matondkar, Priyanka Chopra, Mehr and Arjun Rampal, Manish Malhotra, Tusshar Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan to name a few.

Amrita was dressed up in an off-white vintage wedding gown designed by fashion designer Ashley Rebello. Ashley used Umelio Ungaro lace and satin for the high neck body-fitting gown, embellished with diamonds and rice pearls.

Bridemaids Kareena Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan, Salman Khan’s sister Alvira and close friend Mallika wore peach coloured gowns in varied shades.


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Supreme Court Verdict on Behest of Zardari: Nawaz Sharif


RAIWAND: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday reiterated that Supreme Court verdict regarding the ban on Sharif brothers for contesting polls, came out “on the behest of president Zardai” adding the decision should be withdrawn.

In his interview to an Arab TV, the chief of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) said that no concrete suggestions came out to steer the country out of existing political crises, however, he said, for a peaceful solution, he had informed the ruling quarters of his proposals.

Sharif said justice could not be ensured in the absence of a free judiciary. The governor’s rule in Punjab province could have been averted, he added.

No one accepts today’s supreme court of Pakistan as people think its a “Kangaroo Court” and the judges were loyal of just a single person, Nawaz opined.


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Pak Security Were Recived Threat in January: Lahore Attack


Lahore’s local security agencies had been alerted in advance about a threat to the Sri Lankan cricket team but the Pakistani authorities did not give much credence to this.
Sources said on January 22, Pakistan’s security services were alerted by intelligence inputs that the visiting Sri Lankan team could come under jihadi attack. The intelligence was specific enough to point out that they could be targeted either in their hotel or on the way to Gaddafi Stadium.

The team followed regular security procedures which were no match for the terrorists. Pakistan is not unique. Indian security agencies had also gathered sufficient intelligence about the Mumbai attacks, that it would be launched from the sea etc, at least a couple of months before the actual attack. But this intelligence was not acted upon, either by the Maharashtra state or the hotels, leading to one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks India has ever witnessed.

The July 7, 2008 attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul too had been predicted by intelligence inputs - so there is clearly a tradition of not obeying intelligence warnings of impending threats.

On Wednesday too, Chris Broad, an ICC match referee, went on record to say that the police simply vanished when their bus came under attack. “There was not a sign of a policeman anywhere,” Broad said after his arrival back in the UK. “They had clearly left the scene and left us to be sitting ducks.”

He said their bus was stationary after the driver was killed by terrorists. Broad was quoted as saying that Pakistan had promised “presidential-style security” but “it was not there when we needed it”.

However, Pakistan’s cricket authorities have refuted Broad’s account. They said the convoy transporting the Sri Lankan team and cricket officials was surrounded by police vehicles at the front, rear and sides, but travelled the same route each day.

Video footage from surveillance cameras showed several attackers apparently escaping along a deserted side street on motorcycles while carrying weapons. Three of them were also shown walking casually down the middle of the street, apparently in no hurry to escape, indicating they did not believe police were in the area or hunting them.

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