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BHUBANESWAR MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 | 11 International India mounts pressure on Pak ‘Normalistaion of ties possible only in terror free atmosphere’ also shared their assessment of the out- come of their Foreign Secretary-level talks held in New Delhi two days ago. During the Secretary-level talks, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai had shared with his counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani the information gathered from Jindal who revealed that he, along with Saeed, was in the con- trol room in Pakistan during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Mathai also shared the information on Pakistani passport and Pakistan's do- Pak Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar mestic identity cards issued to Jindal in the name of Riyasat Ali, indicating the Tokyo, July 8: Stepping up pressure on involvement of Pakistan's state agen- Pakistan to take action in Mumbai ter- cies in the Mumbai attacks. ror attack case, India Sunday said the "Krishna reiterated the importance of normalisation of bilateral ties can "only taking action to bring perpetrators of be in an atmosphere free of terror", Mumbai to justice and action against stressing the need for creation of the terrorists. He emphasised that nomal- From left to right front row: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro "right" ambience. isation of relations can only be in an at- Gemba, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pose for a group photo with fel- External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, mosphere free of terror. Hence the low participants of an international conference on Afghan civilian assistance, at a hotel in Tokyo, Sunday PTI PHOTO who had a 30-minute meeting with his need for creation of the right atmos- Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani phere," official sources said, adding Khar here, underlined the importance "the activities of Hafiz Saeed pouring The Govt plans to invest majorly in mining, which of taking action to bring perpetrators venom on India" were pointed out by West sees as a possible engine for growth in a country of 26/11 to justice, maintaining that the minister. $16 bn aid for Afghanistan New Delhi has given additional concrete The External Affairs Minister also having about trillion dollars worth of mineral wealth evidence against those involved. raised issues related to Sarabjit Singh, Tokyo, July 8: Major donors pledged Sunday whether political reconciliation proceeds and visions in the final conference documents, as President Hamid Karzai admits his Krishna, who met Khar on the side- currently on a death row, and other to give Afghanistan 16 billion dollars in de- succeeds." much as 20 per cent of the aid could ultimately Government needs to do more to tackle cor- lines of a conference on Afghanistan, also Indian prisoners in Pakistan. velopment aid through 2015 as they try to The roughly 4 billion dollars in annual aid depend on Afghanistan meeting benchmarks ruption, but his critics say he is not doing raised the issue of LeT founder Hafiz On her part, Khar assured India that prevent it from sliding back into chaos when pledged at the meeting, attended by 80 coun- on fighting corruption and other good gov- enough, and some directly blame authorities Saeed's "pouring venom" and contin- new Pakistan Government was com- foreign troops leave, but demanded reforms tries and international organisations, fell ernance measures. for vast amounts of aid not reaching the ued anti-India propaganda, official mitted to former Prime Minister Yousuf to fight widespread corruption. short of the 6 billion dollars a year the Afghan However, a Japanese official said that it right people. sources said. Raza Gilani's goal of bridging relations Donor fatigue and war weariness have Central Bank has said will be needed to fos- was up to each donor whether to make its While strides have been made in school- They said the two ministers had "can- with India. The two leaders also shared taken their toll on how long the global com- ter economic growth over the next decade. aid contingent on such reforms and that the ing children and improving access to health did and constructive discussion" in a views on Krishna's forthcoming visit munity is willing to support Afghanistan Clinton and other donors stressed the benchmarks could vary from country to care, three-quarters of the 30 million Afghans cordial atmosphere during which they to Pakistan in September. PTI and there are concerns about security following importance of Afghanistan - one of the most country. World Bank Managing Director Sri are illiterate and the average person earns the withdrawal of most NATO troops in corrupt nations in the world - taking ag- Mulyani Indrawati said the pressure was on only about 530 dollars a year, according to 2014 if financial backing is not secured. gressive action to fight graft and promote re- the Afghan Government to deliver reforms the World Bank. "Afghanistan's security cannot only be forms. "We have agreed that we need a dif- and ensure fair elections in 2014 in order to The Government has identified priority measured by the absence of war," US Secretary ferent kind of long-term economic partnership, secure aid beyond the amount pledged in Tokyo. areas for economic development, includ- 5-judge bench to hear of State Hillary Clinton told an international one built on Afghan progress in meeting its International donors provided 35 billion ing investment in agriculture and mining, donors' conference in Tokyo. "It has to be meas- goals, in fighting corruption, in carrying out dollars in aid to Afghanistan between 2001 which Western officials see as a possible en- ured by whether people have jobs and eco- reform, and providing good governance," and 2010, but the return on that investment gine for growth. Afghanistan is believed to case against Pak Prez nomic opportunity, whether they believe Clinton said. has been mixed and the country remains one have up to a trillion dollars' worth of un- Islamabad, July 8: Pakistan Supreme issued by former military ruler Pervez their Government is serving their needs, According to "mutual accountability" pro- of the five poorest in the world. tapped mineral wealth. REUTERS Court has formed a five-judge larger bench Musharraf that benefited Zardari and over for the case related to its directive to the 8,000 others. Government to reopen graft cases against The Government has refused to act, A new video shows Morsi reinstates President Asif Ali Zardari, which will saying the President enjoys immunity Russia floods: terrorists performing a come up for hearing July 12. from prosecution within Pakistan and ‘Ninja’ Qaeda The bench, constituted Saturday by abroad. series of shooting drills Parliament Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, will be The Government also plans to introduce Toll reaches 152 target with bullets. The ninja terrorists are Cairo, July 8: Egypt's new President headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa. The a bill to amend existing contempt of court Russia, July 8: Russia Sunday scrambled also filmed blasting AK-47 assault rifles, nick- Mohamed Morsi took the country's top court apex court has set July 12 as the deadline laws and to give immunity to top leaders to deal with the aftermath of devastating named the "Widowmaker". They unleash vol- head on Sunday, issuing a decree to rein- for Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to like the President and Prime Minister. flash floods that killed at least 152 peo- ley after volley from the shoulder, then the state the Parliament that had been dis- explain his government's stance on reviv- Legal experts have said that Prime ple and swept away homes in the south- waist, before shooting while kneeling, sit- solved in an unpopular verdict days before ing the cases against Zardari in Switzerland. Minister Ashraf could meet the same ern Krasnodar region's worst natural dis- ting and lying on the ground. his historic election. The case cost former Premier Yousuf Raza fate as Gilani if he continues to defy the aster in history. Two of the black-clad recruits are shown In his first major act of assertiveness, the Gilani his job last month. apex court. Russian President Vladimir Putin per- with a heavy machine gun. Other terrorists first democratically elected President recalled The apex court convicted Gilani for Ashraf has made it clear that his stand sonally inspected the worst-hit areas yes- are filmed rehearsing drive-by shooting. the Lower House of the Parliament to re- contempt in April for refusing to act on on reopening the graft cases is the same terday evening, the first major disaster since Their arsenal also includes rocket-propelled sume its legislative responsibilities that its orders to reopen the cases and he was as that of Gilani, and that his government he came back to the Kremlin for a third grenade launchers. had been taken over by the military. disqualified for five years in June. During will not approach the Swiss authorities. PTI term in May. He has ordered investiga- London, July 8: A new al-Qaeda video It is thought the training drills were The Presidential decree said new Parliament the last hearing of the case, a three-judge tors to find out if enough was done to pre- posted on extremist websites linked to recorded at a camp on the border of elections will be held within 60 days of the bench had said in its order that the apex vent the deaths. the terror outfit shows six masked assas- Afghanistan and Pakistan. Terrorism ex- ratification of the new constitution, and till court hoped Prime Minister Ashraf "will Putin, who was criticised for his slow sins in "ninja" outfits firing automatic pis- pert Chris Dobson said "Pistols are the that time the earlier elected representa- honour the direction given by this court." reaction to disasters earlier in his career, tols at a camp thought to be on the Pak- weapon of choice for close-quarter murder, tives will continue as lawmakers.