Ten Iranian engineers were abducted in Afghanistan

Kabul: Twelve Iranian engineers and five of their Afghan colleagues were abducted by armed men Taliban Monday in a region remote from the Afghanistan near its border with the Iran, local officials and the Iranian Government said.

Men working on a road construction project, were snatched at the gun, in the province of Farah Post-i road district, which borders the Iran, the spokesman for the provincial government Naqibullah Farahi told AFP.

Tehran confirmed the kidnapping of 12 Iranians, while the Afghan provincial authorities had said earlier that the number was 10.

"We are closely following the issue," said Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, quoted by the State of the Web site of the Iran diffuser.

Afghan in Tehran Embassy press "Kabul authorities to exercise their responsibilities for Iranian nationals and to take firm measures and swift on this abduction", he added. (AFP)

�Remove reference ZAB, � legal objection asks SC

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry noted during the hearing of the reference to Bhutto case that it was for the reopening of cases of murder ZAB, but the presidential reference had not formulated any legal questionGeo News announced Monday evening.

CJ has asked the Federal Government to eliminate errors of law, the draft of the presidential reference case, urging that the legal objections should be removed prior to the formation of a bench of expansion of the Court to hold hearing.

In addition, SC asked the Federal Government to rewrite reference of President Asif Ali Zardari.

The SC said that the reference should be rewritten in accordance with section 186 of the constitution.

A bench of three members, chaired by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry heard the case today.

At the hearing, Chief Judge interviewed the opportunity to examine the case through the reference already filed. He said legal objections must be processed before forming a larger bench to hear the case.

The Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry noted that, in the past, all references filed had a clear cut issue, but it is unfortunate that this was not the case with this reference.

The Chief Justice also said that he did not know what would be the outcome of the case, but it would raise important questions at the hearing.

Later, the hearing was adjourned till April 21.

Article 186 of the constitution authorizes the President to designate any legal question of the Supreme Court for its opinion, obliging the responding apex court.

Thursday, the Chief Justice said that the President not formulated a question of law in its reference to the Supreme Court. He said that there were three decisions of the separate Court against former Prime Minister and President Zardari did not specify that you would like to have reviewed.

NA taken into confidence on PM, Pacha tours: Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Monday said there is a lot of gossip on the recent visit of the DG ISI to the United States and demanded that the lower House be taken in this regard in confianceGeo News reports.

In his speech at the session of the National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar assured its support to the Government on any message sent through Parliament against drone strikes.

He also asked Prime Minister to take the House into confidence on recent visits her in Afghanistan and held negotiations it.

The leader of the Opposition, said the notice of opposition on the draft electoral law reforms was razed to the ground and that he wanted to resubmit the Bill to the Standing Committee for the consideration of the Bill. "NADRA tries to create 31 false votes in my constituency," he argued.

He said that President NADRA was a friend of the most important personality in the country.

share of 100 Index flat in the local stock market

KARACHI: The price of the shares on the stock exchange Karachi (dry) ended lower Monday in low turnover as investors remained on the sidelines, dealers said.

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) reference 100-share index fell to 0.08% or 9,40 points, to end the 11,674.83.

Volume fell to 36,32 million shares, compared with 56 8million in the stock market Friday.

"There was a limited activity in all areas that currently there is no positive trigger," said a dealer stock dry.

Other dealers said volume could pick up as blue chip companies are due to announce their corporate results for the quarter ended March 31, in the coming days.

Brain of Sakhi Sarwar blast arrested

DERA GHAZI KHAN: the brain of the tragedy of blast Sakhi Sarwar, Behram Khan, was taken under arrest with his other four aides, police of Dera Ghazi Khan claimed this Monday evening.

Meanwhile, police have also managed to get a reference to ten days of the suspect of a court fight against terrorism, said sources.

According to details released by the police, Commander Ayub, Darra Ali and Behram Khan drawn trigger a series of suicide attacks on a number of shrines of Mir Ali in December 2010.

A commander, Qari Zafar, provided the accused with explosives, suicide vests and other logistical support to carry out attacks suicide; Police claimed, adding that Behram Khan was apprehended a few days ago of Bajaur Agency.

Later, the accused arrested, Behram, was produced before an anti-terrorism Court (ATC) here in the evening in which Judge Mohammed Ayub granted police physical removal of 10 days.

In the meantime, police obtained information of accused in the investigation which led to capture of four more suspects, have been associated with brain, which have then been identified as Jan Saleem, Ahmed Baloch, Bashir Ahmed and Asghar.

However, the commanders associated with key accused Ayub, Darra Ali and Qari Zafar have not yet be seized.

It is relevant to mention here that more than 50 devotees and pilgrims martyred and more than 100 suffered injuries in Sakhi Sarwar suicide explosion in Mr Ghazi Khan.

Zardari Pak army criticized dual role: Newsweek

NEW YORK: American magazine Newsweek in its articles argued that the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari had accused Pakistani army plays a dual role in the ongoing war against terrorism.

The report detailed a former CIA official published in Newsweek, also said that Lashkar-e-Tayeba, who had participated in Bombay, now enjoyed the patronage of the Pakistan army.

To request clarification of these allegations, the head of the ISI was also summoned by an American Court.

The Newsweek report claims that the tensions between Islamabad and Washington had reached its peak in recent months.

More than 100 dead in the district of West Libya

BENGHAZI: more than 100 people were killed in 24 hours in a given rebels Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi district the West Libya of Tripoli after it was beaten by the forces of Gaddafi, residents said Monday.

"Battalions of Gaddafi did not cease typing on the region, including the Yafran and Nalut, with Grad rockets," said a resident Yafran. "On 110 deaths (from Sunday), civilians and rebels, in two cities."

A resident of Nalut, near the border with the Tunisia, accused forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi to "carry out a massacre" in the mountainous region.

"It has at least 100 dead in two days," said the resident. "They are taking of Grad rockets hospitals and homes." "Several families had to flee to the Tunisia".

Yafran is 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Tripoli, while Nalut, a city of 66,000 inhabitants, is 235 kilometres (145 km) West of the capital. (AFP)