Rehman hints at action against LeT, TTP and SSP in Balochistan

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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has vowed to take action wherever the writ of state is challenged, adding that the terrorists wanted to destabilize the country.
Talking to media in Quetta on Wednesday, Rehman said that the Frontier Constabulary has been given police powers for three months.
He, however, added that the action would be taken on the orders of the provincial government. “I am here only to assist the Balochistan government”. “As many as five outfits including Balochistan Republican Army, Balochistan Liberation Front and Balochistan Armed Defence have been banned for their alleged involvement in terrorist activities”, Malik maintained. “Their bank accounts have also been seized and they could not set up offices”, Rehman added. Rehman assured that the federal government would provide the Baloch government with whatever it wants. “We will do away with the sense of insecurity among the Baloch people by rooting out the religious organizations from the province”, Malik pledged. He said that action would be taken against Lashkar-e-Jahngvi, Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba present in the province. “I never hinted at operation in Balochistan on the lines of Swat and Malakand”, the minister said while replying to a question in this regard.

Imam Khamenei: Iran will circumvent sanctions

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World Shia Leader has warned against international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear energy program, saying Iran will thwart sanctions.

“The Iranian authorities and nation will undoubtedly circumvent sanctions (against the country) and render them ineffective just as they did over the past three decades and will move ahead with progress and development,” said Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Iranian industrialists and manufacturers on Tuesday.

The Leader stressed the importance of creating a “truly resistant economy” to counter sanctions and economic pressure by arrogant powers.

He reiterated that the enemies seek to frustrate the Iranian people by exerting economic pressure on the country with the intent of turning the nation against the government by blaming it for poor economic performance.

Imam Khamenei said their goal is to cut ties between the government and nation.

However, they have not known the Iranian nation and are mistaken in their calculations.

The Leader urged Iranian officials to collaborate closely to bring about growth and development in the country.

Under intense political pressure from the US, the United Nations Security Council imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Iran on June 9 over the country’s nuclear energy activities. The US and the European Union then brought additional unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic

In addition to the Security Council’s resolution, the United States and European Union imposed additional unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic in an effort to cripple Iran’s economy and bend the country’s resolve in continuing with its peaceful nuclear program.

Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders condemn US 'anti-Muslim frenzy'

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US religious leaders have condemned an “anti-Muslim frenzy” in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.

JNN News Agency, Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders denounced the “misinformation and outright bigotry” against US Muslims resulting from plans to build a Muslim community centre and mosque not far from the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York.

Tensions have risen with the approach of both the September 11 anniversary on Saturday and the Muslim eid al-Fitr festival that marks the close of the fasting month of Ramadan, which is expected to end around Friday.

Passions have been further inflamed by Terry Jones, the pastor of a 30-person church in Gainesville, Florida, who has announced plans to burn a Koran on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Mr Jones says he wants to “expose Islam” as a “violent and oppressive religion”.

Religious leaders, including Washington Roman Catholic Archbishop emeritus Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Dr Michael Kinnamon of the National Council of Churches, released a statement saying they were “alarmed by the anti-Muslim frenzy” and “appalled by such disrespect for a sacred text”.

“To attack any religion in the United States is to do violence to the religious freedom of all Americans,” said the religious leaders, including Rabbi David Saperstein, head of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Rabbi Julie Schonfeld of the Association of Conservative Rabbis.

“The threatened burning of copies of the Holy Qu’ran this Saturday is a particularly egregious offence that demands the strongest possible condemnation by all who value civility in public life and seek to honour the sacred memory of those who lost their lives on September 11,” they said.

The planned Koran-burning by the Dove World Outreach Centre has already prompted protests in Kabul.

Several hundred Afghans – mostly students from religious schools – gathered outside the Milad ul-Nabi mosque and chanted “Death to America” in anger over the plans.

General David Petraeus, the head of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement that the Koran burning could “endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort” to stabilise the Afghan situation.

“It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems, not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community,” General Petraeus said.