Cj’s daughter not allowed to take exam

The daughter of sacked Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, currently under house arrest, was not allowed to step out of the house to take her A-level examinations. Policeman guarding the house of Chaudhary, who was detained shortly after the imposition of emergency by President Musharraf on November 3, did not allow his daughter Ifra Iftikhar to step out of the house to write her A-level tests her yesterday. When her pleas fell flat on the guards ears, she turned to the British Council for help.

Elections in Jan : Mush

President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday announced that the elections would be held in the first week of January, but declined to give date for ending emergency saying he needs it to combat terrorism.

He reiterated to reporters here that he would relinquish army post after the Supreme Court vacates embargo on the notification of the elections. He said a caretaker government would be installed on Nov 15 when the National Assembly’s five year term expires. The provisional assemblies would be dissolved on November 20, he added.

The four things were highlighted by Bush:

1. Emergency required to tackle terrorism.
2. Caretaker government on Nov 15.
3. Provisional assemblies to be dissolved on Nov 20.
4. Defends arrest of political leaders.

Bomb suspects flee Maldives for Pak, say police

Colombo: Ten men whom police suspect of involvement in a bombing that wounded 12 foreign tourists in the Maldives fled to Pakistan before officers could arrest them, police said on Thursday. Officers managed to round up six of 16 local men suspected of involvement in the planning of the attack and assembling of the bomb, but the other 10 escaped to Pakistan, Maldives police said.