Thar coal gasification project will start in next month

KARACHI: Thar Coal gasification project is due to start in next month by carrying the first test burn at the underground coal gasification project in Tharparkar. Two foreign companies, one each from China and Australia, have expressed interest in Thar coal deposits to produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity, told Project chairman Dr Samar Mubarakman.

Zero hour starts for Gaddafi as rebels rise up in Libyan Capital

Tripoli : Zero hour has started, as rebels claimed, explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Muammar Qadhafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city’s outskirts.

A defiant Qadhafi said an assault by “rats” had been repelled. “Those rats … were attacked by the masses tonight and we eliminated them,” Qadhafi said in an audio message broadcast over state television early on Sunday.

Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah is likely to Go, MQM comeback in Govt

ISLAMABAD: The MQM is likely to announce its return to the coalition government on Sunday as the new accord between the Pakistan People’s Party and MQM was given a final nod in a meeting held at the presidency on Saturday.

“A meeting of PPP ministers of the Sindh cabinet, with President Asif Ali Zardari in the chair, at the presidency reviewed the progress of talks with different political parties in the province with a view to restoring peace and normalcy in the port city,” said President’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar.

Globalists has Planned to Stay in Afghanistan Forever

Globalists has planned to stay in Afghanistan forever. The Telegraph column by Ben Farmer suggested that the U.S. and Afghanistan have reached an agreement that would allow American special forces and air force to remain in the country until 2024. The agreement arrives as the United States claims it will pack up and leave by the end of 2014.

Libyan rebels 'take control' of central Brega, Put eye on Tripoli

Benghazi : Libyan rebels have reportedly taken control of the centre of the oil-rich eastern town of Brega, located east of Tripoli.

"It was in the early hours of Saturday morning that opposition forces were able to take the centre of Brega, They were holed up in residential districts outside the town for a couple days. Very early on Saturday morning they moved in." reported by an Arabic Journalist.

Waqar Younas resigns from Pakistan Cricket Coaching

KARACHI: Current Cricket coach and Former Fast bowler of Pakistan Waqar Younis announces his resignation n Saturday, and said he would continue in his job through this month’s tour of Zimbabwe.

“I have tendered my resignation to the Board last week and the tour to Zimbabwe will be my last,” Waqar Younis told a press conference, just over a week before the national team’s departure for the African country.

Spying in Iran, US hikers Sentenced eight years Prison

US hikers Shane Bauer (L) and Josh Fattal 

Tehran : Two American hikers were sentenced to eight years in prison for illegal entry and spying for a US intelligence agency in Iran, according to Iranian state television.

“Shane Bauer and  Josh Fattal, the two detained American citizens, have been each sentenced to three years in prison for illegal entry to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the television reported on its website.

Pakistan permitted China to see Crashed US Stealth Helicopter

Islamabad : According to Financial Times, Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May despite explicit requests from the CIA to not expose the Secret Helicopter.

The disclosure, if confirmed, is likely to further shake the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, which has been improving slightly after hitting its lowest point in decades following the killing of bin Laden.