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Time over for offers to move along: Nawaz
MIANWALI: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Thursday said time is over for President Asif Ali Zardari to make any offers to go along, adding ‘a number of issues could have been resolved by now, had the government put my proposals to use’.
In his speech on the occasion of distribution of succour to the flood-affected people in Mianwali, Nawaz Sharif reiterated the demand of the government to give at least Rs100,000 to each family for its rehabilitation.
He said ‘Watan Cards’ have been issued from Mianwali, Bhakar and Layya while the project for the rehabilitation will be launched soon.
The PML-N Chief said he would go to every nook and corner of the country to personally supervise the rehabilitation work and will not sit in rest until the affectees are completely rehabilitated.
Later, talking to media he said if the government had formed the commission according to his proposal, the government itself would have been much at ease now.
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Meeting of Ruet-e-Hilal body underway
KARACHI: The meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was underway for sighting of crescent (Moon) of Shawal/Eid-ul-Fitr-1431-Hijri on Thursday at Pakistan Meteorological Department, Gulshan-e-Jauhar, Karachi.
All Information about the position of Crescent (Moon) will be conveyed to the Chairman, Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Cell # 0300-9285203 and land line # 021-5688307-021-9204761, 021-5684550 for final announcement.
The Chairman, Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, will announce the decision of sighting or otherwise subsequently on the basis of information received to this end.
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Met Off says Shawwal moon can not be sighted today
KARACHI: According to Met Off, the Shawwal moon can not be sighted today because of the astronomical reasons, Geo News reported Thursday.
Therefore, Shawwal One, 1431 AH should fall on Saturday. The moon crossed the conjunction line yesterday (Wednesday) at 1530 Pakistan Standard Time (PST).
The sunset today will be at 1843 PST, and the evening civil twilight (ECTL) will be at 1906 PST. The moon will set at 1911 PST.
Thus the age of the new moon will be 27 hours and 36 minutes at ECTL. It will set 28 minutes after sunset and five minutes after ECTL.
At sunset the moon will be at an altitude of five degrees and seven minutes and at an azimuth of 260 degrees and 47 minutes. At ECTL the moon will be at an altitude of zero degrees and 24 minutes.
It will be at an azimuth of 263 degrees and five minutes. The weather is cloudy.
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Florida administration bans church''s plan of Quran burning
MIAMI: City officials in Gainesville, Florida, have denied a burning permit to a local church that wants to burn copies of the Quran on the upcoming anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Gainesville officials say book burnings like the one planned by the Dove World Outreach Center are prohibited under the city''s burning ordinance. Interim Fire Chief Gene Prince further warned Wednesday that the church would face a fine if it went ahead with the burnings.
The Dove World Outreach Center had announced the planned Quran burning last month on Facebook and urged other religious groups to join "in remembrance of the fallen victims of 9/11 and to stand against the evil of Islam".
“We only did it because we felt there needed to be an outcry against Islam, because Islam is presenting itself as a religion of peace,” explained Senior Dove World Pastor Terry Jones.
Despite the warning from officials, Jones, who has written a book called "Islam is of the Devil", sent out an e-mail saying the church would still burn Qurans.
The Quran burning has been condemned by a number of Muslim and Christian groups.
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President concerned over threats to burn Quran
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed grave concern over the threats by a pastor in Miami to burn copies of Holy Quran on Sept 11.
Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said that the president taking note of the distressing reports said anyone who even thought of such a despicable act must be suffering from a diseased mind and a sickly soul.
He said it will inflame sentiments among Muslims throughout the world and cause irreparable damage to interfaith harmony and also to world peace. The president called for doing all that it takes to stop such a senseless and outrageous act.
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FP Bund breach widens to 145 feet
DADU: The breach in FP Bund at Mian Kundi in District Dadu broadened to 145 feet, posing mammoth deluge threat to the city, Geo News reported Thursday.
Meantime, Thatta’s MS Bund’s 1700-foot breach could not be plugged as yet.
The FP Bund was breached yesterday near Mian Kundi in District Dadu to save Dadu city the inundation, leading the water to fall rapidly into Manchhar Lake.
At the same time, Manchhar Lake water is being let out into River Indus to keep water level under control.
Meantime, the evacuated cities of Shahdadkot and Jakobabad are fast returning to routine hustle of daily life with markets and commercial centers re-opened in Jakobabad.
But, the Balochistan-camped citizens are being ferried back to Jakobabad as the ground links to Balochistan are still cut off.
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Two dead in Liaquatabad firing incident
KARACHI: At least two people were killed in a firing incident at a Super Market situated in Liaquatabad area of Karachi, Geo News reported Thursday.
The firing incident triggered panic and tension in the area.
According to rescue sources, bodies of the deceased in the firing incident have been shifted to hospital.
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CCPO Wasim promoted as FIA’s DG
ISLAMABAD: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of Karachi Wasim Ahmed has been promoted as Director General of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Geo News reported Thursday.
According to sources, the present DG of FIA Zafarullah has been appointed as the chief of National Counter-terrorism Authority.
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Florida church plan is devilish, says FO
ISLAMABAD: Abdul Basit, Pakistan''s Foreign Office spokesman condemned the Satanic plan by a Florida church to burn 200 Quranic copies, saying the government of Pakistan is in contact with Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) over hammering out a strategy in this connection, Geo News reported Thursday.
Addressing a press conference here at Foreign Office, he said all the religions and faiths of the world have highly decried and condemned this sacrilegious plan.
Responding a question, Basit said Pakistan is against US drone attacks on its soil and the government has put across its reservations to the US in this regard.
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Contempt plea filed against Nab’s PG
LAHORE: Supreme Court (SC) has been moved against Irfan Qadir—Prosecutor General of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for committing contempt of court, Geo News reported Thursday.
Barrister Iqbal Jaffery, a renowned lawyer at the apex court filed the plea of contempt of court in the court.
The plea said Irfan Qadir committed contempt of court by defying the court’s ruling; accordingly, action should be taken against him for his misconduct involving court’s contempt.
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