Gilani says he will meet Manmohan with ‘open heart’

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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt July 14 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said he will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with “open heart and positive mind.”“Efforts should be made to build bridges between the two countries instead of erecting walls,” he said in response to questions by Indian mediapersons on his arrival at the Egyptian Red Sea resort regarding the much-anticipated Gilani-Manmohan meeting on July 16 on the sidelines of NAM summit.

The Prime Minister said he wanted to improve relationship with India and thus would meet the Indian Prime Minister with a positive spirit.

Gilani said Pakistan was steadfast on its determination to fight terrorism and extremism and would continue making efforts to eradicate it.

He said Pakistan was a frontline state in war against terror and its role for regional peace must be acknowledged.

The Prime Minister will make address from the NAM platform, besides meeting his Indian counterpart in a bid to start the stalled peace process.

Gilani Tuesday will represent Pakistan at the 15th summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), focusing on global financial crisis and international peace.

Earlier, the Prime Minister along with his delegation was received at the Sharm el Sheikh International Airport by Pakistan’s Ambassador in Cairo Seema Naqvi, Egypt’s ambassador in Islamabad Magdy Mahmood Helmy Amer and senior officials.

The Prime Minister’s entourage includes Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira, Education Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani and Minister for Science and Technology Azam Khan Swati, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan.

Several parliamentarians are also part of the delegation.

First Lady Begum Fauzia Gilani who accompanied the Prime Minister, will represent Pakistan at the NAM’s First Ladies Summit on ‘Women in Crisis Management: Perspectives and Challenges – Best Practices and Lessons Learned” on July 15-16.

During his four-day visit, the Prime Minister is also expected to hold meetings with the leaders of Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Serbia and Philippines.39dbfa101b6eef05d59aedab3f35b8fb

Troops kill nine more terrorists in Swat

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PESHAWAR, July 14 (APP): The security forces have killed nine more terrorists and apprehended several others during search and clearance operation during last 24 hours in parts of restive Swat district. According to an ISPR update here Tuesday, during last 24 hours, search and clearance operations were conducted in Swat and Malakand.

In Swat, security forces conducted a snap operation at Syed Parinda Ziarat near Rangeela and apprehended five suspects and also recovered four small machine guns, 11 pistols, two rifles, three grenades and one motorola set.

Security forces conducted a search operation at Kuza Banda and during exchange of fire five terrorists were killed. Fire exchange took place between terrorists and security forces at Tahirabad and Billogram and four terrorists were killed.

Security forces conducted a search operation and apprehended three suspected terrorists reportedly close associate of Momin Khan (Kala Dhaka) at Kuz Bandal by Batagram Police.

Search operation was conducted at Bar, Kuz Drushkhela and the security forces destroyed two caves and recovered one small machine gun.

A Jirga was held at Sakhra in which locals assured their cooperation to security forces for clearance operation.

Regarding relief activities, as many as 144,495 cash cards have been distributed amongst the IDPs of Malakand.

Sayyed Nasrallah to Deliver Speech Friday 14:30 GMT

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images1Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is set to deliver a speech through a large screen on Friday afternoon commemorating the first anniversary of the Operation Al-Redwan in which all Lebanese detainees in Israeli prisons were freed, at the top of whom is their chief Samir Qintar.
The speech, that will be part of a ceremony organized to commemorate the Resistance’s victory, would be broadcast on Al-Manar TV Friday 17:30 Beirut Time (14:30 GMT).

23 MILITANTS DEAD IN CLASHES IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN

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police1Pro-government tribesmen killed 23 militants in clashes in Pakistan’s northwest in the latest violence between tribal militias and Taliban insurgents. According to AFP, elsewhere in the volatile northwest, suspected militants attacked an oil tanker carrying fuel to NATO occupation forces in Afghanistan, killing two people.

The clashes between militants and tribesmen took place in the village of Ambar in the Mohmand region, part of the lawless tribal belt along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan where top Taliban and al-Qaida leaders are believed to be hiding.

HAKIM EMPHASIZES ENHANCING OF SECURITY IN IRAQ

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hakim90The Head of the Supreme Islamic Assembly of Iraq (SIAI) stressed the necessity of increasing efforts for enhancing security and stability of his country. According to FARS News Agency, Seyyed Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, said in a meeting with Minister of Youth and Sport, Jassem Mohammad Ja’far that it is necessary to improve unity between political groups, increase efforts for eliminating terrorism and achieving complete national solidarity.

In the meeting which was also attended by SIAI member Abbas al-Bayati, he discussed the situation of Iraq’s Turkmen citizens in Kirkuk and Mosul provinces in northern Iraq, especially given the recent terrorist bomb blasts in Tazeh and Tal-Afar cities.
Hakim stressed helps to the families of the dead and the wounded of these bomb blasts. In two terrorist attacks last Thursday in the centre of Tal-Afar, 60 km west of Mosul, 36 people were killed and 36 people wounded.