202 Blackwater personnel arrive
The foreigners affiliated with the notorious private military contractor Blackwater, whose security company Blackwater was later renamed as Xe Services LLC, arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday through a PIA flight, sources told TheNation. The officials on duty at Shaheed Benazir International Airport Islamabad said, “We had instructions to allow the foreigners entry without custom procedure.” http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/04-Nov-2009/202-Blackwater-personnel-arrive
Cabinet approves gas load-management plan, import of 1m tonnes of sugar
The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the gas load-management plan under which gas supply to the industrial sector and CNG plants will be suspended for two days a week from November 15 till March 15 in order to save enough gas for domestic use. Under the gas load-management schedule, industries and CNG stations will remain closed for two days every week. The cabinet also approved the sugar policy for 2009-10 which envisages import of one million tonnes of sugar — half a million tonnes of raw sugar and 500,000 tonnes of refined sugar -for the current season. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=25378
Zardari involved in 300 acre land scam
A private company owned by President Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal Zardari purchased 2,460 Kanals (307 acres) of prime land in Islamabad in March 2009, valued at a CDA price of over Rs 2 billion, for a mere Rs 62 million, proving after a long wait that a 1997 NAB reference against Zardari for the same deal was justified, but had to be dropped then for lack of some missing links.
The deal which Zardari was accused of in 1997, was thus completed this March, 15 years later, after a complex process of legal cases, suits and counter-suits, between a person once declared by the then government as a front man of Asif Ali Zardari, another person believed to be closely associated with the president and a private company that is jointly owned by the president, his son and a few others. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=25353
FC to escort Nato supply train
CHAMAN: The personnel of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan, would escort trains loaded with Nato supplies from Sibi to Chaman to ensure safe delivery of goods to Chaman, a Railway official said on Saturday. The official further said that supply of some of the goods, which included armored vehicles, jeeps and unknown items sealed in various sized containers from Sibi to Chaman via train was being made for the last couple of days. As soon as the Nato supplies arrive at Sibi, the supply firms would seek the services of the FC to escort the train onwards to Chaman. Trucks, oil tankers and containers hired by Nato forces for their military and non-military supplies often come under attack in various parts of the province.
Suspected militants often attack these vehicles killing their drivers or cleaners. Several vehicles have been bombed causing losses worth millions of rupees.
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Hunt for Jundallah may cross into Pakistan: Iran MP
TEHRAN: An Iranian member of parliament on Monday raised the prospect of a possible cross-border military operation into Pakistan against the terrorist group blamed for a deadly attack on the elite Revolutionary Guards. Iran has in the past alleged that members of the Jundallah group, which state media said claimed Sunday’s suicide bombing in Iran, have been operating from Pakistan. “There is unanimity about the Revolutionary Guards and the security forces engaging in operations in any place they would deem necessary,” ISNA news agency quoted MP Payman Forouzesh as saying, appearing to refer to agreement on the issue among lawmakers. reuters
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\20\story_20-10-2009_pg1_4Ahmadinejad urges Zardari to ‘confront’ bombers
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday urged his Pakistani counterpart to confront a Sunni rebel group which Tehran says is behind the bombing on the Revolutionary Guards that killed dozens. “Iran and Pakistan have a brotherly relationship but the presence of terrorist elements in Pakistan is not justifiable,” Ahmadinejad told Asif Ali Zardari during a telephone call received from the Pakistan leader, Iran’s official IRNA news agency said. Iranian security officials had presented documents on Monday indicating “direct ties” from Jundollah to US, British and, “unfortunately”, Pakistani intelligence organisations.
