ISLAMABAD- Kidnapping and subsequently killing Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has forced Pakistani security agencies to create a special department to deal with cyber crimes. Interior Minister Lieutenant General Moinuddin Haidar (Retd) has directed some senior officers to study the requirement of creating such department, sources said. The minister has directed to constitute […]
ISLAMABAD- The US Department of Commerce in its annual Report for 2002 has greatly appreciated the step taken by Pakistan government for the promotion of IT & Telecom sector in the country. The report has particularly praised the efforts made by the Minister for Science and Technology Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman calling him an “energetic Minister”. It […]
KARACHI- Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan Ms Wendy J. Chamberlin along with the US Consul General in Karachi met Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Syed Kamal Shah and discussed the Denial Pearl case for about three hours. During the discussion, the Capital City Police Chief Assad Jahangir Khan and other senior police officers […]
KARACHI- Pakistani police on Thursday moved the prime suspect in the kidnap and murder of a US reporter to a secure location in Karachi following a threat of a rocket attack on a detention centre. Police received an anonymous phone call on Tuesday night threatening to attack the detention centre where Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Executive Committee has expressed its dismay over the delay in the promulgation of press laws, and decided to recommend to the Annual General Council of the society to devise appropriate actions to press the government for enactment of these laws without further delay, says a press release. APNS […]
KARACHI- Investigators of three accused, including the prime suspect, Shaikh Omar, in the kidnapping and murder case of US journalist, Daniel Pearl is continuing. According to a Home Department spokesman Thursday the investigation team is continuing efforts to apprehend the remaining accused. Source: The Nation Date:3/1/2002
PARIS- Mariane Pearl, the widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, arrived in Paris from Islamabad, airport sources said. The French citizen, who is seven months pregnant, was met at Charles de Gualle airport by her family and officials from the US embassy, the sources said. Mariane Pearl left Pakistan after an agonizing wait […]
KARACHI- Karachi police in watching for seven absconding accused allegedly involved in Daniel Pearl case. While two persons have been arrested in connection with the videocassette containing Pearl’s murder scene, police sources said. Rumors were circulating in the police circles that preparations were being made to shift Shaikh Omar Saeed, the prime suspect of Pearl […]
SIALKOT- Journalists and lawyers of Sialkot joined hands with the newsmen of Head Marala to protest against the killing of Jaffar Khan by Muradpur police on Feb 21. Jaffar Khan was the daily Pakistan’s correspondent and a councillor of a Head Marala union council. The correspondents of national dailies based in Head Marala continued their […]
ISLAMABAD- President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday directed the National Reconstruction Bureau to expedite the work on constitutional amendments as the government was determined to hold elections on time. “The process of amendments in the Constitution be accelerated so that the election plan is implemented in accordance with the roadmap for democracy,” sources quoted the […]
ISLAMABAD- President Pervez Musharraf met the wife of murdered US reporter Daniel Pearl in Islamabad on Wednesday to console her, state television said. It quoted General Musharraf as telling Pearl’s pregnant wife Mariane that his government would “spare no efforts” to trace her husband’s killers. Pearl’s body has not been found. Source: The News Date:2/28/2002
KARACHI- Police beefed up security at a Karachi jail on Wednesday after an anonymous phone call threatened a rocket attack if the man accused of being the ringleader of the kidnapping of US reporter Daniel Pearl was extradited, police sources said. Sources said the phone call was received late on Tuesday and the caller had […]
BALI- Pakistan said Wednesday it would consider handing over the suspected kidnapper of slain reporter Daniel Pearl to the United States, but assured Washington that Pearl’s killers would face stern justice in Pakistan. Moinuddin Haider, interior minister, said the US government had “not given us an official request” for the extradition of Ahmed Omar Saeed […]
KARACHI- Pakistan was considering on Wednesday the US requests to extradite British-born militant Sheikh Omar, the confessed mastermind of slain US reporter Daniel Pearl’s abduction, as Washington offered a five-million-dollar reward for information on the journalist’s killers. “Today we are announcing a five-million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country […]
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