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QUETTA: Two personnel of security forces lost their lives after unknown armed men opened fire on a check-post of Frontier Corps (FC) at Sariab Road here on Sunday, Geo News reported.

One of the attackers was also killed in the retaliatory firing by the security men while another was arrested in an injured condition, sources said.

According to details, two armed assailants riding a motorcycle sprayed bullets on an FC check-post on Sariab Road in Barma Hotel area, killing two security personnel – Havildar Akbar and Sepoy Hazrat Ali Jan – while another Havildar Aslam sustained injuries.

Other security men present on the check-post retaliated by opening fire on the attackers, killing one of them while the second assailant who suffered wounds and was arrested from the crime scene.

LAHORE: Over one hundred thousand cusecs of water will pass through Head Ganda Singh within 18 hours — a record amount since the last 25 years, reported Express News.
India released water into River Sutlej for the second time despite flooding in nearby villages. As a result, villages located by the river bank will most likely be destroyed completely while more than 50 villages near the river will suffer damage.
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NOWSHERA: Two men and a woman were shot dead for ‘honour’ here on Saturday.

A police official said Zeenat Khan and her father-in-law Wali Mohammad were shot dead by the woman’s brother Javed Khan with the help of his uncle when the deceased were sleeping in their home late on Friday night.

Sources said Zeenat Khan had married Amjad Khan in a local court about two years ago and lived in Umer Abad.

The bodies were taken to the district hospital for post-mortem.

Amjad Khan filed an FIR against Javed Khan and his uncle at the Akora Khattak police station for murder of his wife and father.

Meanwhile, police found body of an Afghan man in Dagi Khel, Nowshera Kalan.

Police took the body to the district hospital for autopsy.

Police said the unidentified Afghan was accused of forcibly taking Shabeena Naz, daughter of Abdul Rasheed, to Afghanistan.

They said it appeared that brothers of Ms Naz had killed the man as they were missing from their home.

agastya wrote:Woman among three shot dead for honour
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CRamS wrote:Jhujar, you mean SRC did an equal equal between Modi and HafeezPigLeT? That would be shocking.
You heard it first from me guys, there is a significant combination of forces from within India, in TSP, and in US; who, were they to realize that Modi's or for that matter anyone in BJP becoming next PM is gaining irreversible momentum, they will throw a spanner in the works. You know what I mean.

Brad Goodman wrote:What is the story behind Tunda? Was he arrested in India or Nepal? There was news that he was deported. Which country was he deported. If the deporting proceeding were held in some court how did the news not leak to media? Can some gurus connect the dots

In fact, traders form both sides have been asking for upgradation of infrastructure to keep pace with expanding trade, especially through the Attari-Wagah land route. And with India mulling importing onion to increase domestic supply, traders in India are quite enthusiastic sensing another opportunity and have asked their counterparts in Pakistan to be ready with permission for exporting the commodity that their government does not allow.
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And the Nawaz Sharif government has sought assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to set up a border management system to deal with increased trade and transit traffic through the Attari-Wagah border. Reports from Islamabad said the objective is to speed up processing of goods and people and cut down on waiting time.
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"Both sides have made considerable progress in improving bilateral trade ties. Pakistan has moved from a Positive List regime to a Negative List regime, which substantially increases the tradable items with India. India has similarly liberalized its earlier restrictions on inward/outward investment flows to Pakistan. Both sides also agreed on a detailed roadmap for Preferential Trading Arrangements under the SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) process," Minister of State in the commerce ministry D Purandeswari told parliament Wednesday.

The first India-Pakistan Joint Business Forum, which met in June in Islamabad, said the minister, "had very productive meeting with Pakistan prime minister for further improving bilateral trade ties."
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Total trade between India and Pakistan for last year stood at $2,351.09 million compared to $1,942.76 million in 2011. Millions in revenue are currently lost via smuggling and informal trade.
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Pakistan's exports to India would rise by a staggering 202 per cent under the MFN plus enhancement of bilateral trade facilitation, says the Bank.

Infrastructure and logistics are a major hurdle to growth of bilateral trade between Pakistan and India. And poor logistics deter engagement in regional production sharing. These include an array of essential activities including transport, transit trade, warehousing, cargo consolidation, border clearance, distribution and payment systems.

Aftab Vohra, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry convener on Indo-Pak trade, says that insufficient infrastructure and logistics is a kind of "non-tariff barrier" imposed by the two countries, which needs to be addressed for promoting two-way trade.

"Although the new integrated check post has been set up on the Indian side, it is already running at full capacity," he told the News International. He added that the facility would not be able to handle increased trade volumes when the current permissible list of goods to be imported to Pakistan via the road route was expanded.

The land customs station is operational only 12 hours a day and loading and unloading of trucks is still manual. Moreover, there is lack of warehousing facilities on both sides and testing laboratories are not present at land ports.

The business community in both the countries feels that the border points will achieve significance once Pakistan allows India to transport goods to central Asia through Pakistan.
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The two countries had agreed to resume talks on Sir Creek, a 96 km strip in the Rann of Kutch marshlands of Gujarat, and the Wullar Barrage built on river Jhelum in Kashmir.

Efforts were also being made for a meeting between Sharif and Manmohan Singh in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in the last week of September.

External affairs minister Salman Khurshid says the government will have to explore at what level dialogue between the two countries can be taken up as the situation along the LoC is not normal.

"We will have to see what steps are needed to normalise the situation and at what level the two countries can engage in dialogue," Khurshid said on Friday.

agastya wrote:India releases water into River Sutlej, worsens flood in nearby villages

LAHORE: Over one hundred thousand cusecs of water will pass through Head Ganda Singh within 18 hours — a record amount since the last 25 years, reported Express News.
India released water into River Sutlej for the second time despite flooding in nearby villages. As a result, villages located by the river bank will most likely be destroyed completely while more than 50 villages near the river will suffer damage.
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agastya wrote:

Does anyody know this scumbag V. T. Rajshekar. How nice of him to go to a shitlander channel
and berate Hinduism and India, which is what the porkis always looking for. I could not even watch beyond
the point where he said India is not a nation but a Union of states. Ackk thooo

Pakistan's government has halted all state executions temporarily, just a week ahead of the planned hangings of several al-Qaida-linked militants.

Information minister Pervaiz Rasheed said on Sunday that the executions were halted until Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari held talks. The minister says Sharif will see Zardari when the latter returns from a trip abroad.

Some convicts, including members of an al-Qaida linked Pakistani Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, were scheduled to be hanged next week.

KJoishy wrote:

agastya wrote:

Does anyody know this scumbag V. T. Rajshekar. How nice of him to go to a shitlander channel
and berate Hinduism and India, which is what the porkis always looking for. I could not even watch beyond
the point where he said India is not a nation but a Union of states. Ackk thooo

agastya saar, no need to do tension saar.
Pakis will spend the rest of their days trying to play with words and semantics, who really cares and what does it matter?
India is a democratic country today. 2013. Pakis can claim it to be a Caliphate, it doesn't make it so. Let them smoke their islamic ganja if they want.

"For decades, we've said Pakistani intelligence has engaged in training and funding of militants. The statement of Abdul Karim proves our point," said Raashid Alvi, a senior member of India's ruling Congress party.

"I think it's very important, now more than ever, that peace talks be initiated," Mr. Alvi said. "With a democratic government in place [in Pakistan], we're hopeful that anti-India activities stop and that the two nations coexist peacefully."

Anantha wrote: agastya saar, no need to do tension saar.
Pakis will spend the rest of their days trying to play with words and semantics, who really cares and what does it matter?
India is a democratic country today. 2013. Pakis can claim it to be a Caliphate, it doesn't make it so. Let them smoke their islamic ganja if they want.

LONDON: The Marwari and Jewish money smugglers in Britain are understood to have raised the rupee value of sterling to beat the Pakistan Government’s recent scheme for remittance of sterling by the Pakistani community here to their relatives at home.

India released more water into Pakistani rivers as floods continued to play havoc in different areas affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

170,000 cusecs water

100, 900 cusecs

84,000 cusecs water

RAJOURI: An Indian general warned Pakistan on Sunday that it was making a “serious mistake” and said a “befitting reply” would be given with “full force” at a time and place of India’s choosing.
“You (Pakistan) are making a serious mistake (with regard to ceasefire violations and BAT attacks) — do not do it,” General Officer Commanding Major General V.P. Singh told reporters in Rajouri, India-held Kashmir. He was replying to a volley of questions about what strong message he wanted to convey to Pakistan with regard to alleged ceasefire violations and what India had described as “border action team” (BAT) attacks on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Poonch. According to Indian officials, BAT is a mix of “Pakistani special forces personnel and terrorists” who carry out attacks on Indian targets. “What you are putting across, it is not going to affect, deter us or weaken our resolve,” General Singh said. Regarding the Indian army’s strategy in the wake of the alleged BAT attacks, Gen Singh said: “As far as BAT action is concerned, we are absolutely aware what kind of response it (Pakistan) is going to get — that response will be delivered.”

SSridhar wrote:TSP Temporarily Halts State Executions - ToI
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Pakistan's government has halted all state executions temporarily, just a week ahead of the planned hangings of several al-Qaida-linked militants.
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Sharif will see Zardari when the latter returns from a trip abroad. { both sharif and zardari can't do much about terror now}
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Some convicts, including members of an al-Qaida linked Pakistani Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, were scheduled to be hanged next week. <<quote]

anupmisra wrote:India releases more water, Pakistani Rivers in high flood

India released more water into Pakistani rivers as floods continued to play havoc in different areas affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

170,000 cusecs water

100, 900 cusecs

84,000 cusecs water

Evil Yindoos. Why couldn't you have kept the excess water in your reservoirs and flooded your own villages? Hainji? Wait. What's that you say? Water flows downhill? So?

LAHORE: Over one hundred thousand cusecs of water will pass through Head Ganda Singh within 18 hours — a record amount since the last 25 years, reported Express News.

India released water into River Sutlej for the second time despite flooding in nearby villages. As a result, villages located by the river bank will most likely be destroyed completely while more than 50 villages near the river will suffer damage.

These villages are being evacuated by rescue teams and the residents are being taken to relief camps on higher ground.

Spillways have been opened in Tarbela dam to reduce the height of the water.

Jhujar wrote:Indian general warns Pakistan of ‘befitting reply’

said a “befitting reply” would be given with “full force” at a time and place of India’s choosing.

Rajdeep wrote:Why is US giving Pakistan weapons to be used against India?

anupmisra wrote:Evil Hindus and Jews

Marwaris, Jews enhance rupee conversion rate

LONDON: The Marwari and Jewish money smugglers in Britain are understood to have raised the rupee value of sterling to beat the Pakistan Government’s recent scheme for remittance of sterling by the Pakistani community here to their relatives at home.

The prevailing rate of transfer offered by smugglers was stated to be about Rs20 as against a little over Rs19 envisaged under the new scheme.

The old mindset of some “babus” in the US State and Defence departments to keep Pakistan as a “regional balancer” against India is alive and well – an idea that incidentally also fits in with China’s plan of action. One official familiar with this thinking said the babus want the “Rawalpindi boys to be able to face India with dignity.” Thus the largesse of American weapons. Oh boy, I said.

आईबीएन-7 | 18-Aug 23:10 PM
श्रीनगर। भारतीय सेना ने पुंछ के बीजी सेक्टर में पाकिस्तान की पांच पोस्ट तबाह कर दी है। फौज ने ये कार्रवाई तब की जब पाकिस्तानी सेना ने आतंकियों की घुसपैठ कराने के लिए इस इलाके में सीजफायर का उल्लंघन किया। खराब मौसम के बीच पाकिस्तान जम्मू-कश्मीर में एलओसी के अलग-अलग सेक्टरों में करीब एक हफ्ते में कई बार सीजफायर तोड़ा है। पाकिस्तान ने मेंढर सेक्टर में भी गोलीबारी की है। बार-बार हो रही ये फायरिंग आतंकियों की घुसपैठ कराने की बड़ी साजिश की तरफ इशारा कर रही है।
पुंछ के केजी सेक्टर में शनिवार की रात 11 बजकर 5 मिनट पर पाकिस्तान ने सीजफायर तोड़ा। पाकिस्तान ने यहां लगातार सातवें दिन भी फायरिंग की। इस बार पाकिस्तान मोर्टार जैसे भारी और मंझोले हथियारों का भी इस्तेमाल कर रहा है। यही हाल पुंछ के बीजी सेक्टर का भी है, जहां जवाबी कार्रवाई में भारतीय फौज ने पाकिस्तान की पांच पोस्ट को बरबाद कर दिया है। माना जा रहा है कि कश्मीर घाटी में आतंकवाद को फिर हवा देने के लिए पाकिस्तान गोलीबारी के बहाने घुसपैठ कराने की कोशिश कर रहा है।
बीजी बिग्रेड के कमांडर ए सेनगुप्ता ने बताया कि हमने उनके चार पांच पोस्ट बर्बाद कर दिए हैं, उनकी जो भी कोशिश है, टैरेरिस्ट को इधर भेजने की, उनको नाकाम कर दिया है।
पिछले 10 दिन में पाकिस्तान 19 बार सीजफायर का उल्लंघन कर चुका है। भारतीय सेना पाकिस्तान की साजिश को नाकाम करने के लिए मोर्चे पर डटी है। फर्ज के लिए गोलियों और मौसम की परवाह न करने वाले एलओसी पर तैनात सैनिकों का कहना है कि वो पाकिस्तान के नापाक मंसूबे कामयाब नहीं होने देंगे।
सूबेदार सुमेर सिंह का कहना है कि जबरदस्त मुकाबले के साथ जवाब दिया है, जब फायर करते हैं मुंहतोड़ जवाब दिया जाता है। जब भी पाकिस्तान इस तरह की हरकत करता है मिलिटेंट को भारत भेजने की कोशिश करता है।
कुपवाड़ा में भी घुसपैठ की कोशिश नाकाम
पाकिस्तान ने कुपवाड़ा में भी सीज फायर का उल्लंघन किया है। सेना ने दावा किया कि केरन सेक्टर में उस्ताद और मंजीत पोस्ट के पास उसने सीजफायर उल्लंघन के बहाने घुसपैठ कराने की कोशिश नाकाम कर दी है। यहां पाकिस्तान ने रात को करीब 2 बज कर 30 मिनट पर फायरिंग शुरू की जो रुक-रुक कर कई घंटे तक जारी रही। सेना के मुताबिक फायरिंग तब शुरू हुई जब कुछ आतंकी घुसपैठ की कोशिश कर रहे थे और एलओसी पर मौजूद सेना के जवानों ने उन्हें ललकारा। सेना का दावा है कि जवाबी कार्रवाई में कुछ घुसपैठिए भी मारे गए। हालांकि खराब मौसम की वजह से फिलहाल मौके से किसी घुसपैठिए की लाश बरामद नहीं की जा सकी।

Jammu: Indian Army has launched a Strong reply to Pakistan's firing by destroying five Pakistani Post in single attack.
Sending a strong message to Pakistan over repeated ceasefire violations and Border Action Team (BAT) attacks, a top Army commander today warned it was making a "serious mistake" and said a befitting reply would be given with "full force" at the time and place of its choice.
"You (Pakistan) are making a serious mistake (with regard to ceasefire violations and BAT attacks), do not do it," General Officer Commanding (GOC) 25 Infantry Div, Major General V P Singh told reporters in Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir.
India has blamed BAT, which is a mix of Pakistani special forces personnel and terrorists, for the brutal killing of its two soldiers in January, one of whom was beheaded, and killing of its five personnel along the LoC in Poonch sector.
indianarmy"what you are putting across, it is not going to affect, deter us or weaken our resolve," Gen Singh said.
He further said that the Army is here to respond to each and every act of Pakistan in whichever way it feels so.
ding the Army's strategy in the wake of the BAT attacks engineered by Pakistan, Gen Singh said "as far as BAT action is concerned, we are absolutely aware what kind of response it is going to get, that response will be delivered".
Gen Singh said the Defence Minister and the Chief of Army Staff have given his command clear directions that violation of ceasefire or any other act of infiltration from across LoC will be met resolutely with power and full force.
"As far as I am concerned, those directions are with me - we are responding and retaliating to the situation as per the requirements with full force", Gen Singh said.
He further said that Army Chief had also made it clear that Army is free to reply and respond to the BAT attacks as per opportunity and strategy.
"As per opportunity and situation, what is to be done -- everybody knows it and reply accordingly will be given."
At another media briefing at Bhimbher Gali in Poonch sector along LoC, Brigade Commander, 120 Infantry Brigade, Brig A Sengupta said Army has inputs about Pakistan trying to engineer more BAT attacks along the border
The situation at the Line of Control or LoC in Jammu and Kashmir continues to remain tense with another ceasefire violation by Pakistan. The Pakistani troops opened fire at the Indian posts along the LoC in Mendhar area with mortars drawing retaliation from India.
The Indian Army foiled another infiltration bid by the terrorists in Keran sector in Kupwara districts in Kashmir along the LoC on Saturday night. The Indian troops retaliated to firing after the troops on the Pakistani side opened fire last night.
The There have been 19 ceasefire violations in one week along the LoC. The Indian Army has said that the last two months have seen most ceasefire violations in months.
Defence spokesman SN Acharya said the Pakistani troops targeted the Indian forward areas with small arms fire at Ceasefire violation by Pak troops continues at Line of Control, infiltration bid foiled in Kupwara.
On Friday night, Pakistani troops had fired on forward Indian posts along the LoC in Mendhar and Hamirpur areas of Poonch district, armydrawing retaliation from India.
A senior Army official said Pakistani troops are not just targetting Indian posts, but also the villages along the Line of Control.
On Thursday, Pakistan fired across the Line of Control in the Kargil and Drass sectors of Jammu and Kashmir for the first time in the 14 years since the Kargil war of 1999.
The last two weeks have seen what the Indian Army has described as the biggest ceasefire violation in recent months. About 28 militants have also been killed while trying to infiltrate into India under the cover of fire by the Pakistani troops in the last two months.
Pakistan has been known to favour the strategy of pushing through as many militants as possible into India before the mountain passes of the Himalayas close with the onset of winters. They use the skirmishes at the border as cover for the infiltration attempts.
The attacks also mark a complete breakdown of ceasefire with Pakistan, a month before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif are expected to meet in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.