Tuesday, January 20, 2009

PM Gilani , Fazal, Rehman Malik meet Zardari


ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman and Interior Adviser Rehman Manlik have attended a crucial meeting here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Tuesday. According to sources, national security, regional situation and other important matters came under discussion in the meeting. Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman will support the government in talks with the extremists and also play his... site link

Obama to request Guantanamo courts suspended


GUANTANAMO BAY: Prosecutors are to call on military judges to suspend the proceedings of the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay for 120 days at the request of President Barack Obama, documents seen late Tuesday said. The government made the request in a motion filed the late Tuesday in the case of five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks. A military judge is expected to rule on the request at a hearing Wednesday at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. The two-page order said t.....site linkhttp://www.thenews.com.pk/