 | US airport officials let Sh Rashid go
28 June 2012
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HOUSTON, Texas: Immigration authorities, who had held Awami Muslim League chief, Shaikh Rashid, at the Houston airport , finally released him after five hours of interrogation, Geo News reported.
Shaikh was allowed to go after Pakistan’s Ambassador to US, Shery Rehman, taking immediate notice of the ordeal the Awami Muslim League leader was coping with at the Houston airport, prompted the Pakistani consulate in Houston to help the veteran politician out.
Following the directives of Ambassador Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s Consul General in Houston, Aqil Nadeem reached the airport to talk to the immigration authorities.
Consul General Nadeem’s efforts paid and finally Shaikh Rahid was cleared to leave the airport after five hours of detention.
No details were available as to what made the US officials drag the leading Pakistani politician through such an arduous interrogation.
Notables from Pakistani expatriates living in Houston, including Tasleem Siddiqui, Khalid Khan, and others, gave Shaikh Rashid a hearty welcome when he came out of the airport. | | See Also in Political News
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|  Tripped units at Guddu fixed, power supply resumes
25 May 2013
JACOBABAD: Fourteen tripped units of Guddu Thermal Power Plant and a technical glitch in Dera Murad Jamali grid station have been fixed on Saturday morning, Geo news reported
The power supply to affected parts of Sindh and Balochistan have also resumed following the removal of technical faults.
Earlier, KESCO sources said that power supply to Jafferabad and Nasirabad among various areas was halted as a technical fault had occurred in Dera Murad Jamali grid station.
On the other hand, ... Full Story |  PIA plane lands at Manchester airport, probe continues
25 May 2013
LONDON: A Pakistan International Airline (PIA) passenger plane, which was forced to land at a London airport after two travelers threatened to ‘explode the plane’ during their argument, has now arrived at Manchester.
According to the sources, British police arrested two people on suspicion of endangerment of aircraft after diverting Manchester-bound PIA flight PK-709 to land at Stansted airport following a mid-air alert.
Both the British nationals of Pakistani origin were arrested after ... Full Story |  Deal with IMF now will be self-defeating: Sartaj
25 May 2013
LAHORE : Pakistan’s new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a senior policy adviser said on Friday.
Most economists, lenders and rating agencies say that the nation’s finances have reached such a critical stage that a deal with the International Monetary Fund will be necessary and the sooner it comes the better.
But Sartaj Aziz, ... Full Story | |
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