Dawn A Policeman in plain cloth showcase a handcuffed and blindfolded suspected militant to the media in Karachi.—Reuters Editorial Mullah Baradar’s capture Mullah Baradar’s capture KARACHI: The arrest of a top Taliban commander in Pakistan highlights the militant nexus in Karachi, where crime bankrolls violence and the teeming metropolis offers the perfect hiding place. Karachi, home to 16 million people, has two sea ports which are a gateway to the world and transit hub for Nato supplies heading to the war effort in neighbouring Afghanistan. For decades Karachi has been connected with the criminal underworld and since the September 11, 2001 … Continue reading Mullahs in Karachi – Taliban arrest spotlights militant nexus in Karachi

By I.A. Rehman PM Gilani talks with Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry during their meeting in Islamabad.—AP Influential intermediaries have succeeded in easing the confrontation between the executive and the judicary that the president’s utterly inept advisers had created. But the debate on the procedure for the appointment of judges will continue to cause crises till a rational solution is found. The present constitutional position regarding the appointment of judges is quite clear. A Supreme Court judge is appointed by the president under Article 177 of the constitution after consultation with the chief justice of Pakistan. For the appointment of a judge … Continue reading Self-defeating exercises that burn Pakistan

By Jawed Naqvi Bal Thackeray should watch MNIK. He will change his mind about it, says Jawed Naqvi.—Photo by Reuters There are many excellent reasons for young hearts to seek love outside their religious confines. That is what sages like Bulley Shah are believed to have encouraged. In Delhi, more than half the journalists — Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs — I know have married someone not of their religion and I think that is a great cosmopolitan attribute to flaunt. Unlike the couples one is familiar with, there are those men — usually Muslim men — who would marry their sweethearts … Continue reading Hindu Mullahs – Autism, religion and conversion

For the briefest of moments, again within the ambit of power politics, Citizen Pervez Musharraf told (two) jokes, set out his stall to succeed Asif Zardari, and proposed a Shaggy reading of Pakistani history: It Wasn’t Me. All this while speaking at Chatham House and the Georgian St James’s townhouse where once lived Gladstone and Pitt the Elder. It is one of a pair of engagements, for a general on a visitor’s visa whose London residence was meant to be short. Next Tuesday, he follows his July parliamentary appearance in the House of Commons with a sequel, in the Lords, … Continue reading It wasn’t me says Musharraf!

Dubai Hamas assassination: a smiling killer and mystery of forged UK passports Britain and Israel are heading towards a highly sensitive diplomatic row after alleged assassins used forged British passports on a mission to kill a Hamas military commander. By Martin Evans, and Gordon Rayner Published: 11:00PM GMT 16 Feb 2010 Previous 1 of 4 Images Next The ‘tennis players’ got into the lift with Mahmud al-Mabhuh and followed him to room 230 Two of the assassins arrive at Mr Mabhouh’s hotel room door A woman named as Gail Foliard, wearing a black wig over her blonde hair, seen on hotel CCTV at … Continue reading Mossad in the UK?

Eagle’s broken beak fixed by dentist Telegraph Previous 1 of 2 Images Next The team there had never seen an injury like it and contacted local dentist Kirk Johnson. He used the type of putty he’d use for a temporary crown in humans, then coloured it with a yellow highlighter Photo: CATERS Cyrano the bald eagle lost almost all of his beak after catching it in heavy duty fishing line somewhere off the Alaskan coast. He was rescued and taken to the Bird Treatment and Learning Centre in Anchorage… Photo: CATERS In a first of its kind operation a dentist applied putty used … Continue reading A bald eagle has had its broken beak fixed with a filling by a dentist.