Kayani apprised the core commanders of the details of the strategic talks held in the US, sources said. Sources added that the meeting would review the Azam-e-Nau war exercises scheduled to begin from April 10 besides the professional capabilities of the Pakistan Army.
Regional security situation, Helmand operation, about-to-be-conclude South Waziristan would also be taken up in the meeting besides the rehabilitation and return of the IDPs.
The appeals against the Lahore High Court’s order to release Saeed were filed by the federal and Punjab governments last year but could not be taken up earlier for various technical reasons.
When the matter came up for hearing today, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk dismissed the appeals. Further details were not immediately available.
Saeed, also the founder of the banned Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT), was put under house arrest in December 2008 in the wake of the Mumbai attacks after the UN Security Council declared the JuD a front for the LeT.
The JuD chief challenged his detention in the Lahore High Court.
Saeed was freed on June 02 last year by a three-judge bench of the High Court that said that Punjab and federal governments had failed to provide sufficient evidence to keep him in custody.
Following pressure from India and the international community, the federal and Punjab governments challenged the High Court’s ruling in the apex court.
Differences between the federal and Punjab governments and the change of certain legal officials of Punjab province held up the matter in the apex court.
Pakistani leaders like Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have contended that India has not provided any evidence that will allow authorities to act against Saeed.
Home Minister P Chidambaram has maintained that India has provided sufficient evidence against Saeed in several dossiers handed over to Pakistani authorities.
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The roar of hundreds of thousands of motorcycles will fill the streets of our nation's capital this weekend in tribute to military members who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to our country as prisoners of war (POW) or who have been reported missing in action (MIA) as Rolling Thunder 2010 gets underway in Washington, D.C. Started in 1987 by four Vietnam Veterans as "a demonstration to bring awareness to the plight of POWs and soldiers who are MIA," the event has grown from its humble beginnings into a monumental patriotic tribute to soldiers and veterans from all wars that is appropriately held over Memorial Day weekend.
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Meanwhile, over 150 people have died in Shangla alone.
Those areas came under massive destruction included Behrin, Madian, Kalam, Kanjo, Kabal and capital place Mingora where more than 150 link bridges and six big bridges have been completely washed away, source said.
Rescue activities backed by Pakistan Army are afoot in Swat affected areas as nearly 2500 people including tourists have been rescued unhurt and escorted to a safe place, witnesses told media.
Free of cost ration was dealt out among people in Kalam.
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President Zardari said for ensuring egalitarianism, social justice and opportunities for all, there was a need to immediately rehabilitate and reconstruct millions of lives that had been devastated by the floods throughout the country.
He said, "For ensuring constitutionalism, we must ensure that the constitution is given only by the elected representatives of the people and not imposed on the people by anyone else."
He stated these views during a joint press conference with US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd after their visit to the flood-hit areas.
"We also plan to provide international audience an access to a website to oversee all the money disbursement".
FM Qureshi said that Friends of Democratic Pakistan would meet on October 14 and 15 in Brussels to take up the post-flood situation in Pakistan.
The FM said "the floods are the worst ever national disaster hitting the country, but we should recognize the contribution the international community is providing; tents, care, medicines, it showed their commitment". Meanwhile, Australia gave 40 million dollars in aid to Pakistan to meet the flood crisis.
