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Imran roots for civilian supremacy in Pakistan
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Imran roots for civilian supremacy in Pakistan
Islamabad, November 11 Days after his Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party stunned its opponents by drawing a mammoth crowd during a rally in Lahore, Khan said that if he becomes the Prime Minister after the next election, he would press for civilian supremacy over the army and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency so that he could implement his agenda. “Unless I can implement my agenda, which means I take responsibility for everything that’s happening in Pakistan, it means that the army is under me, it means the ISI can do nothing unless it reports to me, it means that the army’s budget is audited by a civilian set-up, it means I take responsibility for anything that’s happening outside my country, it means I take responsibility that no terrorism will take place from Pakistani soil - otherwise, I would resign,” he told Karan Thapar in an interview for CNN-IBN’s ‘Devil’s Advocate’ programme. Imran was responding to a question on whether he would challenge army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the Corps Commanders and insist on civilian supremacy. Asked specifically if he would be Gen Kayani’s boss if he became the premier, Imran replied: “100 per cent. I have never, ever been controlled by anyone. (If) the people give me the mandate to be the Prime Minister and I’ll be someone’s puppet - people know me for 35 years. I’ve never been controlled by anyone.” Imran is widely expected to get the support of certain segments such as youth and women disenchanted by widespread corruption and a perceived lack of governance under the Pakistan People’s Party-led government. The army has played a key role in shaping the government’s foreign and security policy, especially policies related to the US and India. But Imran said all that would change under any government formed by his party. He noted that powerful leaders like Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and PPP founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had never brooked interference by the army. “When Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was Prime Minister, he sacked the army chief and the air chief... When the great Jinnah was in charge, you could never imagine the army asserting itself. We have non-leaders in Pakistan. These people are here to make money. They are not interested in governance,” he said in the interview. The army was controlling the situation in Balochistan province, the tribal areas and the erstwhile Taliban stronghold of Swat with “no civilian input” while the country’s largest city of Karachi was controlled by the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers, Imran said. — PTI
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Qureshi may join Imran’s Tehreek-i-Insaf
Former foreign minister and Pakistan People’s Party leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi has decided to join the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) of Imran Khan, according to media reports.
Qureshi himself has been keeping political observers guessing about his political future though he has strongly indicated that his allegiance to the PPP is over. He has been toying with the idea of either joining Pakistan Muslim League of Nawaz Sharif (PML-N) or riding the bandwagon of Imran Khan. Qureshi told a TV channel on Thursday night that he will announce his decision on the issue at a public rally in Jacobabad (Sindh) on November 27. According to sources, Qureshi is expected to resign his membership to the National Assembly before he joins any party. A spokesperson for the PTI said Qureshi had met PTI chairman Imran Khan before Eid-ul Azha and is expected to join the party soon.
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Hackers attack Bangladesh
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Dhaka, November 11 "Opss.... You Got Hacked," read a message posted on the website as the hackers described them as a Bangladeshi group called '3xp1r3 Cyber Army'. The message said they did not delete any data from the website. However, it said "it was necessary to hack as Cyber War is on its peek!! Your site was quite insecure!!". Supreme Court registrar A K M Shamsul Islam said that the ICT department of the apex court has been asked to fix the matter. The hackers also left a message for the media, saying: "Be honest... don't mislead people."
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Low levels of radioactive particles in Europe: IAEA
Vienna, November 11 The International Atomic Energy Agency, the Vienna-based UN watchdog, said it was seeking to determine the source but that it was not believed to come from Japan’s stricken Fukushima plant after its nuclear emergency in March. The Czech Republic nuclear security authority said the source was not believed to be in the country and was not believed to be from a nuclear power plant. It said it could possibly be from the production of radiopharamceuticals. Iodine-131, linked to cancer if found in high doses, can contaminate products such as milk and vegetables. The IAEA said the Czech Republic’s nuclear safety body had informed it that “very low levels” of iodine-131 had been measured in the atmosphere over the central European country in recent days. “The IAEA has learned about similar measurements in other locations across Europe,” the brief statement said. “The IAEA believes the current trace levels of iodine-131 that have been measured do not pose a public health risk and are not caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan,” it added. Iodine-131 is a short-lived radioisotope that has a radioactive decay half-life of about eight days, the IAEA said. The Czech watchdog said it had detected iodine-131 at a number of monitoring stations since late October. It said there was no health risk from the iodine. The IAEA said it did not know the source of the iodine-131 and would give more details when available. It did not give details of the other locations in Europe where levels had been detected. Officials in Spain and Ukraine said they had not detected any abnormal radiation levels and Romania’s watchdog said there had been no incident at the country’s sole nuclear plant. — Reuters
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US soldier gets life term for killing Afghans for fun
Washington, November 11 A five-member military panel found Staff Sgt Calvin Gibbs guilty at the end of a week-long court martial yesterday, and said he should serve at least 10 years behind bars before being eligible for parole. Gibbs was convicted on 15 counts in all, including three of premeditated murder for his role in three killings in Kandahar province during routine patrols between January and May last year. Gibbs, however, pleaded not guilty, even though his other colleagues accused him of masterminding the killing of three unarmed Afghan civilians. — PTI
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Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said he will insist on civilian supremacy over Pakistan’s powerful military if his party comes to power and would rather resign if the army and the ISI did not function under him if he becomes Prime Minister.
