SC orders medical checkup of seven detainees

ISLAMABAD: Seven men allegedly held by the intelligence services on Monday appeared in the Supreme Court. The men appeared frail, weak, unable to talk and unable to walk properly when they appeared before Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, more than a year and a half after being allegedly arrested. The judge ordered a full medical examination. Intelligence agencies last month handed over the men to the custody of the provincial government in the northwest, after the Supreme Court took up the case. Four of the men were reportedly held in Peshawar and three in the tribal region of Parachinar. “There should be proper medical treatment and they shall not be shifted to internment centre in Parachinar, so long as the matter...

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Only 18 percent of total budget is allocated for Pakistan Army:Kayani

JACOBABAD: Pakistan’s army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said that only 18 per cent of country’s total budget is allocated for armed forces while wrong facts and figures are quoted in TV talk shows in this regard. Speaking at the Shahbaz Airbase during a ceremony on Monday, the army chief said that out of 18 percent Pakistan Army got only 8 to 9 per cent budget. He said that the army had not received Rs1.5 billion in account of Coalition Support Fund. General Kayani said that new F-16 Block-58 fighters would prove a great asset for the Pakistan Air Force and would strengthen its defence capabilities. When asked whether the new F-16 fighters would be used in tribal region where the armed forces have been battling insurgents, the...

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Nawaz Sharif criticises govt’s allies for supporting ‘corruption’

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif has said that government allies’ support to the government for not complying with the Supreme Court orders is against the will of people. Talking to media after a meeting with Sindh National Front Chairman Mumtaz Bhutto on Monday, the former prime minister said that the allies should rethink that on what matter they were supporting the government. He said that the national wealth lying in Swiss banks should be brought back in Pakistan as it belonged to people of Pakistan. “Why government was avoiding to return people’s money” he said.” Whether prime minister’s loyalty is with the country or plunder”. He said that the government was blaming judges for its deeds....

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