US citizen arrested at Peshawar Airport

A US citizen was held at Peshawar Airport after 17 live bullets were recovered from his luggage. According to sources, an American citizen, traveling from Peshawar to Islamabad was arrested at the Peshawar Airport after 17 live bullets were recovered from his luggage. The arrested man, identified as William Arthur Charles, was shifted to Police Station Gharbi for further investigatio...

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The horrible plight of seven ISI-held suspects brought to SC

ISLAMABAD: Heavens did not fall on Monday when the ISI-held seven human skeletons were produced before the Supreme Court. They wore the bare minimum dress in the freezing weather; their ghastly looks drew fears and tears of the family members; one was limping and another carried a urine bag. Detainee Dr Niaz had lost 42kg weight in the agency’s custody. The detainees’ brown skins had turned dark and caught multiple skin diseases, among others. Their horrible condition was reminiscent of the inhumane treatment given by US soldiers to Iraqis at Abu Ghraib Jail. Even Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heading a three-member bench, felt alarmed at this sorry sight: “Look at them. They don’t have warm clothing; no jackets even. I feel ashamed to see a detainee with a urine bag at this young...

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Prisoners’ sight invoked fear of God in me: CJ

ISLAMABAD: As intelligence agencies produced before the court seven missing prisoners who had been picked up after their release from Adiyala Jail in 2010, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Monday said the condition of the prisoners had invoked the fear of God in him. The Supreme Court on Monday sought records from the intelligence agencies about the whereabouts prior to January 26 of seven prisoners who went missing from Rawalpindi’s Adiyala Jail in 2010.A three-member bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Pervez was hearing the constitutional petition. In compliance with the court’s earlier order, the intelligence agencies produced seven missing...

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NATO supply resumption: Parliament to make final decision, says Kayani

JACOBABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has categorically said for the first time that parliament reserves the right to decide on resumption of Nato supplies. Speaking to reporters at the Shamsi Airbase on Monday, he said that the final decision on whether Nato supplies will be allowed to pass through Pakistan for forces based in Afghanistan will be made by the Parliamentary Committee on National Security. Kayani and Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, chief of air staff, took members of the media to airbase in Jacobabad to formally announce that the Shamsi Airbase is now under the control of the Pakistan Air Force. The US, which used the airbase for drone attacks in Afghanistan and possibly those in Pakistan,...

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