Islamabad - 12th July 2011
Abbottabad Commission has called ISI officials after getting briefing from PAF and Army officials.
When the commission met under the chair of Justice Javed Iqbal, PAF officials told the commission members that US forces arriving to kill Osama bin Laden took a hilly route to avoid detection by Pakistani radars.
The officials also explained about the situation where radars usually fail to detect an enemy aircraft, besides saying that Pakistani radars were in a no-war state. Other members of the commission included former IG Abbas Khan, former National Disaster Management Authority DG Lt-Gen (r) Nadeem Ahmed and former ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi.
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KARACHI - 11th July 2011
Moderates, a private think tank, had deplored the suspension of military aid to Pakistan.
“In yet another move revealing the element of mistrust in Pak-US relationship, the United States has now suspended military aid worth USD 800 million. This is very unfortunate given Pakistan military’s continuous cooperation with the US in the War on Terror,” remarked Syed Jawaid Iqbal, Chairman of Moderates, in a statement issued here.
“It is only due to the courage and competence of Pakistan’s armed forces that the Swat Valley is now free of the Taliban. Pakistani soldiers are also fighting and risking their lives in other parts of the country in order to eliminate the menace of terrorism,” he added.
Jawaid opined that suspension of aid – which includes money for training assistance; military hardware and costs of deploying soldiers along the Afghan border, would further complicate the relationship between the two countries and divert attention from the common goal of fighting extremism.
He highlighted how all efforts would go to waste if the US suspended aid based on mere suspicions of Pakistan army’s collusion with militant groups, of which no evidence has been provided.
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Twin blasts in an ammunition unit, 1 security official martyred
Sihala - 11th July 2011
Today on Monday one security official was martyred and 3 others were injured as twin blasts occurred in ammunition depot unit in Sihala. Two explosions ripped through a Pakistan Army’s arms depot just outside the capital Islamabad. One person was killed and three injured. The blasts brought down the roof of a barrack, police said.
"It was an accidental blast. An explosive device exploded when a few people were handling it inside an army depot," said Faisal Memon, a senior police official in the area. "The army has blocked entry to the site," he said. Another police official said the roof of a barrack collapsed.
"It was a small room being used by army personnel as residential barracks. Explosives were also stored there, which exploded killing one and injuring two," said Basharat Ali, a local police official. "The injured are being shifted to a Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi Cantonment," said ISPR.
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