Zardari speaks with Altaf Hussain on telephone, discuss Karachi

ISLAMABAD:-
                              President Asif Ali Zardari has spoken with MQM Chief Altaf Hussain on the telephone about the prevailing situation in Karachi in which he took him into confidence about efforts being made to improve law and order in the city.
Sources have told DawnNews that President Asif Zardari reassured Altaf Hussain that security will be provided for the people of Karachi and that legal action will be taken against miscreants involved in violence.
President Zardari said that Karachi is the economic hub of the country and that peace in the city is vital for economic progress. Whereas Altaf Hussain said that peace must be restored in Karachi at all cost.
Both leaders also discussed other political issues in the country including talks between the PPP and the MQM.

Zardari summons meeting

ISLAMABAD:-

                          The fresh of wave of killing in Karachi has forced President Asif Ali Zardari to convene an important meeting of the Sindh coalition government to discuss the deteriorating law and order today (Friday).

According to official sources, Sindh chief minister along with five cabinet colleagues will attend the meeting in which Prime Minister Gilani and Interior Minister Rehman Malik are also likely to participate. The meeting will be held at Aiwan-e-Sadr to review the situation and accordingly take necessary security measures to tackle the fresh wave of violence in the port city.

In a related development, MQM Convener Dr Farooq Sattar met with the US Ambassador Cameron Munter here Thursday and discussed the law and order situation in Karachi. “I do not know what they discussed, but Farooq Sattar met with Ambassador Munter on request”, US Embassy spokesperson confirmed to TheNation.

Sources further said that these developments might delay plans of the MQM to rejoin the PPP-led ruling coalition. According to the plans, MQM was to rejoin the ruling coalition after PPP high command accepted its demand to restore LG system in Karachi and Hyderabad.

Both the political players have agreed to make necessary amendments in the local government laws to implement the agreement, which envisages scrapping of the revived commissioner system in the province and delimitation of constituencies in Karachi and Hydereabad.

With the proposed amendments, Sindh government would implement the new law throughout the province. This move has also created reaction within the provincial government as one of the important coalition partners ANP rejected the PPP-MQM deal. The nationalist political forces of Sindh also rejected

27 US invaders killed, 34 injured in Paktia martyrdom operation: Taliban

By Zabihullah Mujahid:-

                                            As many as 27 American invading troops got killed more than 34 were hurt in martyr attack on US invaders army base in Gardez city, the capital of Paktia province on Thursday morning at about 6:00 am local time. The martyr operation was carried out by a brave Mujahid, who rammed his van full of 7000 kilograms explosives into one of the largest US military base in the country, killing and wounding several dozen of the American cowards in addition to damaging the facility, a number of military vehicles and a helicopter inside the base.

A local interpreter, on the condition of anonymity, said the attack came as the US invaders were going for breakfast and the explosion was so powerful and devastating that it not only killed and wounded scores of the US invaders but also damaged the base along with one helicopter and several vehicles which caught fire in the base. It is worth saying the heroic operation was carried out by an elderly man of 70 years old, Abdul Aziz, resident of Nooristan province. (Taliban Website)