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Obsession with beauty almost killed her

Obsession with beauty almost killed her

A Miss Bum-Bum runner-up, Andressa Urach, admits her obsession with cosmetic surgery almost killed her.

COAS extends full support for Karachi operations to uphold peace

KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif  ensured on Monday that Pakistan Army’s will extend its full support to security operations in Karachi in order to bring peace and stability to the city. General Raheel visited Rangers Headquarters in Karachi and was briefed by Director-General Rangers Karachi, Major General Bilal Akbar, on the security situation. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="500"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COAS?src=hash">#COAS</a> in KCi:Visits HQ Rangers.Briefed by DG on Kci security situation,ongoing across the board ops along with other LEAs-1/2 — AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/AsimBajwaISPR/status/567189591577206785">February 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> The Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asim Bajwa took to his Twitter account and said that the COAS appreciated the effective work of Rangers, Police and Intelligence agencies. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="500"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COAS?src=hash">#COAS</a> appreciated gains of ops by Rangers,police,int agencies.Will go any extent to support ops to ensure Kci peace.Well done,keep it up.2/2 — AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/AsimBajwaISPR/status/567190251358007296">February 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is also expected to visit the city and discuss matters pertaining to the implementation of National Action Plan.

COAS extends full support for Karachi operations to uphold peace

KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif ensured on Monday that Pakistan Army’s will extend its full support to security operati...

Calling off protest: LoC bus service to resume today

Calling off protest: LoC bus service to resume today

MUZAFFARABAD: After remaining suspended for 13 days, the cross-Line of Control (LoC) Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service will resume its oper...

Danish Prime Minister: ‘We are still on high alert’

Danish Prime Minister: ‘We are still on high alert’

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt speaks to CNN about the terror attack in her country on Saturday.

Pakistan Taliban attack Shiite mosque

Pakistan Taliban attack Shiite mosque

Women’s development: Inter-provincial ministerial group formed

Women’s development: Inter-provincial ministerial group formed

ISLAMABAD: An Inter Provincial Ministerial Group (IPMG) for Women’s Development has been constituted which will meet periodically to agree ...

ISIS video claims beheadings of Egyptian Christians

ISIS video claims beheadings of Egyptian Christians

U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker frees stranded boat

U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker frees stranded boat

A U.S Coast Guard cutter has freed an Australian fishing boat trapped in ice 900 miles northeast of Antarctica.

Breakthrough title for Wawrinka in Rotterdam

Breakthrough title for Wawrinka in Rotterdam

It proved a day of firsts for Stanislas Wawrinka as he lifted his first indoor title and first at ATP Tour 500 level in Rotterdam.

Danish Prime Minister: We are on high alert

Danish Prime Minister: We are on high alert

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt tells CNN what she knows about the attack in her country.

Maintaining security: Army deployed at prison likely to be withdrawn

<div>PESHAWAR:  Even though security of the province’s prisons has always been a concern for authorities, the deployment of armed forces at one is likely to be withdrawn, said well-placed sources on Sunday.   </div> “I cannot specifically identify the prison[s] but armed forces deployed there are likely to be pulled back; a decision is still pending,” a government official told The Express Tribune. Requesting anonymity because of the “sensitivity of the matter”, the official said central prisons of DI Khan, Peshawar, Bannu and Haripur are high risk. Appointment hurdles Following intelligence reports of a possible militant attack on schools, prisons and government installations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the government decided to recruit prison warders across the province immediately. Over 800 warders were recruited a month ago but some officials, including senior bureaucrats and political figures, are reportedly bent upon revoking the recruitment, claiming it is “not based on merit”. “The selection panel refused to recruit men who were named by some senior bureaucrats and even politicians (some from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf),” said an official who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media. He added although the prison department prioritised merit, its senior officials are being pressurised by politicians to cancel the appointments. According to the official, warders were recruited under Pakistan Prisons Rules on the directives of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak who had ordered immediate appointments. “After they (politicians and bureaucrats) failed to identify any mismanagement in the process, they turned their focus on the appointment not being based on tests conducted by National Testing Service (NTS) and Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA),” he said. The official added NTS and ETEA testing were discussed but since the exams required time, the hiring process would have been delayed. “No one was ready to take responsibility if prisons came under attack during the recruitment process,” the official said, adding the applicants who had been rejected by the selection panel were lobbying to cancel the merit-based recruitments. When contacted, Home and Tribal Affairs Special Secretary Siraj Khan said he did not have any knowledge about any pressure to cancel recruitments of warders. Unsafe In the past three years there have been two major jailbreaks at the province’s central jails. In 2013, heavily armed Taliban militants stormed Central Prison DI Khan and escaped with more than 200 prisoners, including high-profile militants. In April 2012, around 400 inmates escaped from Central Prison Bannu in a similar attack led by Taliban terrorists. Published in The Express Tribune, February 16th, 2015.

Maintaining security: Army deployed at prison likely to be withdrawn

PESHAWAR: Even though security of the province’s prisons has always been a concern for authorities, the deployment of armed forces at one i...

ASWJ stages protests after leader gunned down in Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD: Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) protesters staged protests in Islamabad and Karachi after its local leader was gunned down in Rawalpindi, and another leader escaped an assassination attempt in Karachi. Maulana Mazhar Siddiqui, 35, the spokesperson for ASWJ’s Rawalpindi chapter, was heading to the Pirwadhai bus stop in Rawalpindi with two other companions on Sunday morning to catch a bus for Lahore when unknown assailants riding on a motorcycle opened fire at them. Siddiqui was killed and one of his companions, Muhammad Ibrahim, was injured. “Siddiqui was sitting at the backside of the rickshaw and was shot six times,” said ASWJ spokesperson Islamabad, Hafiz Oneeb. Following the post-mortem, ASWJ activists took to the streets in Islamabad and marched towards the Supreme Court on Constitution Avenue along with Siddiqui’s body. Police said that they initially tried to stop workers of ASWJ from entering the Red Zone at Nadra chowk, baton charging and tear gassing the protesters. But the police later allowed them to stage a demonstration right outside the Supreme Court. The protesters demanded that the culprits responsible for the incident should be immediately arrested, and that the National Action Plan is implemented in letter and spirit. They further demanded compensation for the heirs of slain ASWJ workers, and security for party officials. In his address, ASWJ chief Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi said if the killers of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf could be hanged, why can’t the government arrest those involved in the killing of ASWJ’s workers. To defuse the situation, adviser to the prime minister Irfan Siddiqui held talks with the ASWJ leadership. After the adviser assured ASWJ leaders that a committee will immediately be constituted to investigate Sunday’s killing, the ASWJ called off its seven-hour long protest and offered funeral prayers for Siddiqui. Protest in Karachi Meanwhile, the ASWJ staged a sit-in in Karachi against the assassination attempt on their local leader Aurangzaib Farooqui early on Sunday. Activists and supporters of the religious party gathered around Quaidabad roundabout at 4pm, and shouted slogans against the government, claiming that their chief had been attacked because the government had taken away his security. After police assured them of registering a case against civil society activist, Jibran Nasir and Khurram Zaki, the protesters dispersed. Farooqi escaped an assassination attempt in Karachi on Saturday night, and his security protocol was taken back following a protest led by Nasir, Zia and others in the first week of the ongoing month outside the Chief Minister House in Karachi.

ASWJ stages protests after leader gunned down in Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD: Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) protesters staged protests in Islamabad and Karachi after its local leader was gunned down in Raw...