26 Decmber 2012

Aurangzeb Farooqui attack: Five accused arrested

KARACHI: Five accused of attacking Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) central leader Aurangzeb Faruqui have been arrested on Wednesday here, Geo News reported.
According to sources a raid was conducted at Gulshan-e-Iqabl Block 6 and five suspects involved in the attack on ASWJ central leader Aurangzeb Farooqui were arrested and weapons were recovered from them.
Those under arrest include Zulfiquar, Azadar, Altaf, Iftikhar, and Zeeshan Haider. They have been shifted to an unknown place for grilling. 
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President Zardari arrives in Naudero

NAUDERO: President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here on Wednesday from Karachi to participate in the fifth death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, being observed on December 27.
He arrived here from Sukkur Airport by helicopter.
The president is expected to address a massive public rally tomorrow.
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25 December 2012

KARACHI - Birthday of the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was marked Tuesday throughout the country with national zeal and fervor.
A change of guard ceremony held at the mausoleum of the Father of the Nation.
Cadets of the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul mounted the ceremonial guard at the Mazar-e-Quaid as representatives of all three armed forces offered fatiha at the grave of founder of Pakistan.
Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah along with the provincial cabinet laid floral wreaths at the Mazar-e-Quaid.
People from various walks of life visited the mausoleum to pay homage to the Father of the Nation. A number of organisations have chalked out programmes to mark the birth anniversary of the Founder of the Nation.
All commercial and business centres and government and private offices remained closed as the day was declared a public holiday.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born on December 25, 1876 in Karachi. He got his early education in Karachi and at the age of 16 he went to England for further studies.
It was due to his struggle that despite opposition from the Congress and British government, Muslims of sub continent managed to get their own homeland on August 14, 1947.
The Quaid was also the first governor general of Pakistan. His motto was Unity, Faith and Discipline. Jinnah died on September 11, 1948, just over a year after Pakistan gained independence from the British rule. 
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/25/news/national/nation-celebrates-quaid-e-azams-137th-birthday/

24 December 2012

Seven labourers killed in Hangu coal mine explosion

HANGU: At least seven labourers were killed and 50 others injured in a coal mine explosion in Doli area of Lower Orakzai Agency in Hangu, Geo News reported on Monday.
Geo News correspondent said that accumulation of gas in the coal mine caused a huge explosion, killing seven workers.
Locals were busy in recovering the trapped bodies. Political authorities in the area confirmed the incident and said the laborers hailed from Shangla area of Swat.
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Two gunned down in Quetta

QUETTA: Two persons including a woman were killed in Sariab area of Quetta, Geo News reported Monday.
According to police, two bodies including a woman were found from a house in Sariab area who had been shot to death. The deceased were identified as Bibi Yasmeen and Abdul Ghani.
Police attributed the incident to the alleged infidelity as suggested by initial investigation. The bodies were shifted to Civil Hospital for further formalities. 

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Pakistan serious about backing peace efforts: official

KABUL: Pakistan is genuine about backing the nascent Afghan peace process and shares the Kabul government's goal of transforming the Taliban insurgency into a political movement, a senior Afghan government official told.
"This is the vision that they share," said the official, who is closely involved in reconciliation efforts with the insurgent group. He also said recent face-to-face talks between the Taliban and Afghan officials in Paris were "enormously helpful" for peace efforts.
The remarks signaled unprecedented optimism from Afghanistan that Pakistan - long accused of backing Afghan insurgent groups - was now willing to put its weight behind reconciliation efforts, which are still in early stages and are vulnerable to factionalism.
The senior official cautioned that in order to sustain that optimism, Pakistan would need to take further concrete steps after releasing some mid-level Afghan Taliban members from detention, who may be useful in promoting peace.
Pakistan is seen as critical to U.S. and Afghan efforts to stabilise the country before most NATO combat troops withdraw by the end of 2014.
The Haqqani network -- which has far more experience in guerrilla warfare than the Afghan Taliban - would be welcomed to the peace process as long as it met certain conditions, said the official.
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Thick fog forces closure of Motorway
  

LAHORE: Many areas of Punjab province are covered with thick fog, causing closure of motorways and disrupting air traffic, SAMAA reports.

According to motorway police, the Motorway has been closed because the visibility was down to zero. The commuters are advised to use GT Road with fog lights and that too in convoys.


On the other hand, air traffic at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International has been affected and various flights are being diverted to other cities due to low visibility.

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Haqqani network to be welcomed to peace process: Afghanistan  

KABUL: Pakistan is genuine about backing the nascent Afghan peace process and shares the Kabul government's goal of transforming the Taliban insurgency into a political movement, a senior Afghan government official told Reuters.

"This is the vision that they share," said the official, who is closely involved in reconciliation efforts with the insurgent group. He also said recent face-to-face talks between the Taliban and Afghan officials in Paris were "enormously helpful" for peace efforts.

The remarks signaled unprecedented optimism from Afghanistan that Pakistan - long accused of backing Afghan insurgent groups - was now willing to put its weight behind reconciliation efforts, which are still in early stages and are vulnerable to factionalism.

The senior official cautioned that in order to sustain that optimism, Pakistan would need to take further concrete steps after releasing some mid-level Afghan Taliban members from detention, who may be useful in promoting peace.

Pakistan is seen as critical to U.S. and Afghan efforts to stabilise the country before most NATO combat troops withdraw by the end of 2014.

The Haqqani network -- which has far more experience in guerrilla warfare than the Afghan Taliban - would be welcomed to the peace process as long as it met certain conditions, said the official.

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Reform or face million march on Jan 14, says Dr. Tahir ul Qadri

LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Minhaj-ul-Quran (TMQ) chief announced that four million people would march towards Islamabad on January 14 if the current system was not transformed in line with the Constitution.

“I assure you that today’s gathering is not for the completion of any agency’s agenda. My agenda is not postponement of elections in the country, but I only wish reforms in electoral system of Pakistan so that it can produce a visionary leadership. I want constitutionality, rule of law and a good governance,” said Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri while addressing thousands of his supporters at Minar-e-Pakistan.

"I set a Jan 10 deadline to set up a caretaker set up, otherwise, I will hold a million march towards Islamabad," he said.

“I’m struggling for restoration of democracy and to purge this country of feudalism,” said the sufi scholar and anti-Taliban religious cleric who also leads the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT).

He said he believes in democracy and that his fresh campaign is not aimed at delaying the upcoming general elections in Pakistan.

Dr Qadri also expressed his condolence at the death of Tahir-ul-Qadri.

“I want to take Pakistan to a new ere. It is a gathering of new ideology and elimination of misconceptions.”

He vowed that he would be the first to resist democracy if the army made any attempt to seize the power.

No agency gave any financial help for this historic gathering, he said, adding that his initiative was to steer Pakistan out of crises.

The TMQ also called for transparent elections to change the system.

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18 December 2012

 By Iqbal Hasan Rizvi

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi has extended the last date of depositing admission and tuition fee by fresh entrants up to 20-12-2012.

Earlier the last date was 17-12-2012.

According to announcement of University, Bank have been advised to accept deposits up to 20-12-2012 without any re-validation by the University.

I am not afraid of anyone but Allah, Altaf Hussain says

KARACHI/HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Altaf Hussain, late Monday night said he for his own person was not afraid of anyone on the face of this Earth, no matter how powerful, but Allah the Almighty, Geo News reported.
"I only fear the wrath of my Creator. No mighty mortal of the world out there can intimidate me", said he while talking to the Co-ordination Committee in London/Pakistan, office-bearers of various wings of the MQM and constitutional/legal experts.
Altaf Hussain further said that he was in constant consultation with his legal advisers over the contempt of court issue.
"I and my lawyers are deliberating as to how we should respond to the Supreme Court's contempt notice served upon me," he said.
MQM leader also urged his party workers to have their say on whether his stand on the contempt issue could aggravate the situation at hand.
Hussain said, “I am aware of the emotions of my workers but if someone thinks that circumstances would take a turn for the worse because of my determination, I am ready to relinquish the party leadership and leave politics.”
“I appeal to the MQM workers throughout the country, voters, supporters, and well-wishers to express their views if I should leave party leadership and politics. The MQM workers, voters, and general public can contact at the MQM Head Office, Nine Zero or the International Secretariat in London to send their views."
"They can also send their opinions through fax or email. I would place their views before the Co-ordination Committee and decide about the future course of action in the light of public views.”
Meanwhile, thousands of MQM workers gathered outside the party headquarter Nine Zero here in support of Altaf Hussain.
Moreover, MQM workers in Hyderabad and Mirpur Khas have also come out onto the streets chanting slogans which said, "We need the leader and not the destination."
According to sources among the throngs of MQM workers outside Nine Zero, sentiments were scraping the skies with cohorts going berserk with grief over their leaders statement whether he should quit if his adamance was running counter to what was the desired state of affairs.
"Some devoted workers were crying with tears flowing down their cheeks. They were urging their beloved leader not to leave them as they wanted to follow his lead as ever. Their reverberant entreaties were filling the cold night sky with warm vows of loyalty and commitment", said the sources.
Sources quoted an MQM leader as saying they have come out to register their unwavering faith in the leadership of Altaf Hussain.
"We repose in him our full trust and we want him to continue to be a beacon of light for all of us as he has always been. We are nothing without him", said on the leaders.
Later, MQM leader Wasim Aftab, addressing the workers outside Nine Zero said that Altaf Hussian was inevitable for his followers.
"We will see him through thick and thin till the last drop of our blood. We are here to remind everyone that our pledge to our leader was set in stone", said he.
He added that 'they could leave MQM but not Altaf Hussain' was their answer to their leader's question.
Earlier, given the circumstances, an emergent telephonic address by MQM leader Altaf Hussain was expected as the workers were dying to listen from him, but MQM sources, later, said he might not speak to them tonight.
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Two more gunned down in Karachi

KARACHI: Two persons were shot dead in the past two hours in the metropolis while two others were injured, Geo News reported Tuesday.
According to police, unknown gunmen killed a man in Rerhi Goth area and injured another. A man was also shot dead in Korangi 100 Quarter area by unidentified attackers. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet.
Shehzad Gul, 27 was injured in firing in Gulzar Hjri area.

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Current CNG prices to stay: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has directed to keep the CNG prices pegged at the current level, SAMAA reported Monday.

The two-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, called ten-year record consisting of the CNG’s average price and post-subsidy prices and the difference in prices between domestic and industrial consumers.

In today’s proceedings, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) produced the details of proposed prices and the negotiations undertaken with the adamant CNG Association.

It should be mentioned here that the Petroleum Ministry proposed the gas to be hiked to Rs.78 for the region-1 and Rs.70 for region-2. However, the OGRA recommended taking up the gas prices to Rs.74 in region-1 and Rs.65 in region-2.

Justice Khwaja queried if the prices of 74 and 65 rupees is just a proposal or a decision, adding whatever happened in the past, was a mistake of the OGRA and the masses are bearing the brunt of it.

“How can the court find out that the regulator’s prices are up to the mark? A commission could be set up to determine the prices,” he remarked.

The OGRA requested the apex court to set the interim price of the CNG; however, the court turning down the plea, directed the regulating authority to maintain the present prices as it is.

Justice Khwaja said the court will definitely interfere wherever there is violation of human rights; the entire cabinet is sitting back in comfort. He directed the petroleum ministry and the OGRA to take immediate steps to steer the people out of the current crisis. 

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17 December 2012

  MQM to protest in front of SC Karachi Registry

KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) will stage a protest demonstration in front of Supreme Court (SC) Karachi Registry today against the contempt of court notice served on the party chief Altaf Husain for using derogatory and threatening language against the judiciary, SAMAA reported Monday.

It should be mentioned here that the apex court issued a show-cause notice to Altaf Hussain in his private capacity to personally appear before the court. However, the MQM’s local leadership decided that they will appear en masse before the court.

Dr. Farooq Sattar, Deputy Convener of MQM’s Coordination Committee, addressing a demonstration at Karachi Press Club (KPC), said the party gave sacrifices for the country in past and will continue doing so in future as well.

The entire country should be purged of the firearms and this needs to be look into as to where the weaponry is manufactured, and wherefrom it is supplied and whos runs this traffic and the cartel, the MQM leader asserted.

Dr. Farooq demanded the government to conduct census prior to the countrywide delimitations.

The other Rabta Committee’s members including Wasim Aftab, Iftikhar Randhawa and Shahid Latif also addressed the protest demonstration.

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France says Afghan officials to meet Taliban near Paris 

PARIS: France said on Sunday officials from the Afghan government, Taliban and other factions would meet this week near Paris to discuss the country's future as NATO troops prepare to pull out in 2014.
Speaking on RFI radio, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, whose country withdrew the last of its combat troops from Afghanistan on Saturday, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai had given his green light to the meeting.
"Discreet talks have been taking place between different factions for three years," Fabius said.
"If you want peace, it's usually between people who don't agree, and over there they don't talk to each other. So there will be discussions, but it won't be negotiations."
Karzai's government has failed to draw the Taliban into face-to-face-talks. The forthcoming event is the first time representatives from the Taliban, members of the Afghan High Peace Council and influential figures from the Northern Alliance who fought the Taliban for years are taking part.
A Taliban spokesman said there would only be speeches at the conference and there would be no political commitments and no negotiations would take place.
The officials are due to meet between Wednesday and Friday at a secret location to the north of Paris, which will be entirely closed off, said Camille Grand, director of the Foundation for Strategic Research, a think tank which is organising the event.
"They have been invited on an individual basis," he said." The idea is to get them to talk freely and behind closed doors," he told Reuters, adding that there would be 20 participants. He declined to name the individuals attending.
Fabius said France had no direct involvement in the process other than hosting it. Sources said French officials would be present.
Attacks by Taliban insurgents rose slightly during the main part of the Afghan fighting season this year as some US forces withdrew and the transition to a lead role for Afghan security forces picked up pace, according to a Pentagon report released on Dec. 10. (REUTERS)
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Karachi: terrorist involved in target killings arrested

KARACHI: CID Police have arrested a terrorist belonging to a banned outfit and four other criminals involved in bank robberies in two different operations, SAMAA reports.

During the raids, the police also seized ammunition and hand crackers from their possession.

Police stated that the terrorist Mohammad Abid was arrested in a raid conducted in Karachi’s Sher Shah Parachi Chowk area. Police claimed that wanted terrorist has killed two doctors and seven NGO employees and had received training from Waziristan.

In another raid near Maripur area, CID Police arrested three criminals involved in bank robberies. A container worth Rs 2.6 million was also recovered from their possession.

In various incidents of violence four people were killed and several hurt. A policeman was hurt when a check post near Banaras Bridge came under hand grenade attack. 

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13 December 2012

Parts of Karachi receive heavy rain

KARACHI: Various parts of the metropolis received heavy rain with thunder storm in the wee hours of Thursday, Geo News reported.
The first winter downpour lashed North Nazimabad, North Karachi, F.B. Area, I.I. Chundrigar road, Hassan Square, University Road, Malir Cantt, Airport and others.

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Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to investigate spy attack

ANKARA: Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to jointly investigate an assassination attempt last week on Afghanistan's spy chief that has heightened tension between the countries after Kabul said the raid was planned in Pakistan.

Leaders of both countries, accompanied by ministers and their army chiefs, met at a trilateral summit hosted by Turkey only days after the head of Afghanistan's intelligence agency
was wounded by a suicide bomber in the Afghan capital.

"A joint working group comprising relevant agencies of Afghanistan and Pakistan will address the recent attack on the National Security Director of Afghanistan," all three countries
said in a statement.

With explosives hidden inside his underwear and posing as a peace messenger, a suicide bomber wounded spy chief Asadullah Khalid last Thursday in a brazen attack that threatened to
derail a nascent and already fragile reconciliation process.

After the attack, Afghan President Hamid Karzai stopped short of directly blaming his neighbour but said he knew "for a fact" the bomber came from Pakistan and that Kabul would seek
"clarification" from Islamabad during the meetings in Turkey.

Pakistan had said it would assist in any investigation into the bombing, but had also urged Karzai to provide evidence before "levelling charges", and suggested Kabul look into any
lapses in its own security plans that may have facilitated the attack.

While Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari put up a united front on Wednesday, both leaders were scant on details of their talks over the attack, one of several in recent
years in which Kabul alleges Pakistani involvement.

Asked whether he had received the clarification he had wanted before the meeting, Karzai said: "We had very good conversations and we are not going to divulge details."

Zardari declined to comment specifically on Karzai's allegations but said: "It is in the interest of Pakistan that Afghanistan prospers".

Speaking to Reuters after the summit, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said Karzai had assured the Pakistani side he had not specifically accused Pakistan.

"President Karzai told us that he made no specific remark which was specific to Pakistan ... because it would be obviously quite undeserved if any such remark was made," Khar said.

Both countries needed to have systems in place to protect people from such attacks, Khar said, and that there should be "no question of making allegations on anyone".

Ties between Kabul and Islamabad have been strained by cross-border raids by militant groups and accusations that Pakistan's intelligence agency backs Afghan insurgent groups to
advance its own interests in the country.

Pakistan denies the accusations.

PRISONER RELEASE

Despite their differences, Pakistan recently has sent strong signals it would back the Afghan government's efforts to draw the Taliban into negotiations after more than a decade of war.

Pakistan released 13 mid-level Afghan Taliban officials last month, meeting demands by Kabul, which has repeatedly pushed for access to prominent insurgents.

Officials from both countries have said Pakistan would also consider freeing former Afghan Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar if lower-ranking figures who were released advance the peace process.

Afghan officials believe he may command enough respect to persuade the Taliban to engage in formal talks with Kabul.

Foreign Minister Khar said it was too early to start talking about any possible release of Baradar but that Pakistan would continue to release other Taliban prisoners. AGENCIES

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12 December 2012

11 December 2012

Karachi: Several held in Rangers operation

KARACHI: Rangers apprehended several suspects during targeted operation in Afghan residential areas at Super Highway in Sohrab Goth in the wee hours of Tuesday, Geo News reported.
According to paramilitary sources, the Rangers conducted targeted operation after firing incident in Sohrab Goth in which two personnel were killed on Monday.
The sources added that Rangers have detained several suspects and shifted them to undisclosed location for interrogation.
A large number of mobiles, armored vehicles and motorcycles took part in the operation, they added.

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Two Rangers among 8 killed in Karachi violence

KARACHI: Eight people including two Rangers personnel were killed in Karachi violence on Monday, Geo News reported.
DIG East Shahid Hayyat said two personnel of paramilitary force were killed when unidentified motorcyclists sprayed bullets on Rangers picket at Al-Asif area of Sohraab Goth. Two other traffic wardens sustained injuries in the attack.
According to ‘Geo News’ correspondent, one of the traffic wardens succumbed to injuries during treatment.
Meanwhile, five other persons were killed in various violent incidents across the metropolis.
According to rescue sources, unknown gunmen opened fire in Gulbahar area that killed a man who was identified as Ali Abbas.
A body bearing bullet wounds was also found from Martin Quarter area that was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet.
Another man was gunned down in Garden area after miscreants opened fire near Jilani Mosque. He was identified as Mohammad Zahid.
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Engr Z A Nizami vows to continue Aligarh’s sporting spirit
alive at SSUET

The Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) has vowed to keep the Aligarhian spirit alive by continuing the policy of promoting sports in a big way. 

Engr Z A Nizami, Chancellor, SSUET, and President, Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA), renewed the pledge while talking to a group of sports journalists at the University campus in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on December 10. 

Ali Zafar Khan Afridi, Joint Secretary (Sports), AMUOBA, who had secured admission in the Aligarh University in the 1940s on the basis of his all-round excellence in swimming, was also present on the occasion. 

“The legendary Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, who is credited to have played the pioneering role in enlightening the people of South Asia, laid great emphasis on education and sports. That’s why sports featured prominently in the list of priorities at the Aligarh University which he founded. The first-ever covered swimming pool of international standard in the entire region was built there,” Engr Nizami, who himself played tennis while studying at the famous Aligarh University, revealed. 

“The SSUET, founded by the AMUOBA in 1994, has been following the principles of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and the university has carried forward the Aligarhian spirit of sports among its students. We are delighted to be the largest university of the country in the private sector with more 5,000 students enrolled,” the SSUET Chancellor observed. 

“Special consideration is given to the outstanding athletes at the time of admission where the sports certificates carry certain marks. The performance in sports also helps them in getting scholarships,” Engr Nizami, who also served as the Director General of the Karachi Development Authority (KDA), added. 

“We have developed sporting facilities at the ground, owned by the Karachi Hockey Association, which is just opposite our campus. We encourage and support our students to actively take part in sports and quite a few of our teams have fared well in many competitions across the country,” he elaborated.

“We have planned even bigger things for sports in future. We have decided in principle to build a sports complex in our new campus which is to be spread over 200 acres. Besides providing facilities for indoor games at the sports complex, we will also make an athletics field and a swimming pool,” he revealed. 

“At present we have space constraints here. Otherwise we would have developed more facilities than we actually have at the moment. Since sports remains in the list of our priorities we will make amends by building infrastructure projects that would serve the generations to come,” he announced. 

“We have passion and determination to play a lead role in motivating the students to engage in healthy activities like sports. We fully understand its importance and significance,” the SSUET Chancellor said. “Among the other initiatives to be launched in the near future are instituting ‘Athlete of the Year’ award at the SSUET,” Engr Nizami concluded.

Pak-Afghan-Turkey summit begins today

ANKARA: A two-day trilateral summit of Presidents of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkish will begin today (Tuesday) in Ankara.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will participate.
President Zardai will arrive here from France.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, President Asif Zardari and Karzai will discuss "means of strengthening bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan, especially at the security level," a high-ranking Turkish diplomat said.
The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan will hold talks in a bid to resolve a row after Kabul claimed an attack against its spy chief was planned in Pakistan, an official said.
The assassination attempt on National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Asadullah Khalid was carried out Thursday by an attacker who claimed to be a Taliban peace envoy but had a bomb hidden in his underwear.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not directly blame Pakistan for the attack but said the Taliban alone would not have been able to carry out the bombing and that "bigger hands were involved".
The Pakistani foreign ministry rejected the claim and said it was ready to help investigate what it called a criminal act.
The summit in Ankara will be the sixth in Turkey, a NATO member, since the regular consultation mechanism was established in 2007 to encourage both countries to cooperate against extremism.

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Another doctor kidnapped from Quetta

QUETTA: Doctors in Quetta are still at the mercy of kidnappers as another doctor was abducted from Sariab Link Road Monday night, Geo News reported.
According to police, the medical officer at Helper Eye Hospital, Dr Abul Aziz was on his way to home when unidentified men kidnapped him while his car was found from Badini Road along with his service card.
Police has seized the car while the search is underway to recover the doctor.
It may be mentioned that the recent abduction has taken place days after the eye specialist, Dr Saeed Khan, returned home after a month. The total number of abducted doctors is now 17 in the past two years.