President Asif Ali Zardari has said that his weaknesses has proved his power.
Addressing International Conference on Global Peace and Sufism at Islamabad, the President said that he was not afraid of death, rather waiting to meet it.
He added that Benazir Bhutto in her first address said that she was not afraid of death and she was alive for death. The president said that the Sufis’ concept of love, peace tolerance be needed to transform Taliban.
He said that dictators exploit the human emotions for their vested interests, adding that even today some people do exploit religion for their interests.

US Interests Linked to Pakistan, Afghan: Jones, US National Security Adviser James Jones says that Pakistan Army’s offensive has made terrorists’ lives miserable in tribal areas and they are in search of new safe heavens.
Jones said that US had its strategic interests linked to Pakistan and Afghanistan. US is trying to reduce tensions between India and Pakistan, he added. Jones maintained that US wished for stability of political forces and democracy. He told that US was working continuously to improve relations with Pakistan and restore trust between the two countries. Jones said that US wants Pakistan’s cooperation for many years to come.

NEW DELHI: India is not threatened by China’s presence in the Indian Ocean, but it is taking steps to safeguard its interests, the Indian Navy chief has said.

Admiral Nirmal Verma told media the Navy was acquiring 30 warships, which would strengthen India’s growing role to ensure peace and stability in the region.

Verma said the Indian Navy’s exercises were not targeted at any nation and intended to test its capability. “We’ve had a series of (naval) exercises and these exercises have been very heartening and very comforting. These exercises were no different from the Army exercises,” he said.

“We are very sure of our maritime interests and we prepare for that. It maybe that some others might also have their interests in the same region but I don’t see any reason for worry.”

Verma claimed India’s neighbours were not worried by its plans to acquire warships. “As far as our neighbours are concerned, they also welcome it, because there are many of them who don’t have the assets to acquire such things,” he said.

Verma said several nations had requested India for maritime security because of increasing piracy.

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ISTANBUL: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that breaking the series of Indo-Pak dialogue will equally leave damages on the interests of both neighbouring states.

This FM said to media following Friends of Pakistan (FoP) meeting held here on Monday.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi said government of Pakistan requires foolproof evidences to prosecute Hazif Saeed, the chief of banned Jamat-ut-Dawah outfit but Indian government has not provided proofs as yet.

We will review new Indian dossier with open mindedness because the judiciary here in Pakistan is independent, he claimed.

FM Qureshi said government of Pakistan awaits for the results of Afghan polls, urging that Afghanistan needs political stability.

SEOUL: South Korea’s rocket launch was suspended 7 minutes and 56 seconds before its scheduled time, local media reported Wednesday.
South Korea Space Rocket Launch SuspendedThe Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said mission controllers decided to suspend the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), which was scheduled at local time 05:00 p.m. (0800 GMT).

“There was a problem in the automatic launch sequence that caused the launch to be called off,” said KARI head Lee Joo-jin, without clarifying the exact reason of the stoppage.

He did not further go into details to identify whether the launch was a success or a failure.

He said that no launch will take place within the day and that a new date will be set after consultation with experts from Russia, which made the first stage rocket.

According to local media, fuel injected into the rocket has been dumped, while the launch pad has been erected, which together is hinting that the blast was unlikely to take place on Wednesday.

Release of already-injected fuel makes it impossible to launch the rocket within the day, only enabling a next blastoff at least 72 hours later, the media said.

The delay is the seventh time since the project started in 2002 under a cooperative arrangement with Russia.

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces were on high alert Thursday after twin truck bombs killed 95 people and wounded almost 600 in Baghdad’s bloodiest day in 18 months.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki late Wednesday vowed to overhaul the country’s security while Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, whose ministry compound was among the buildings targeted, said there had been “serious security breaches”.

The explosions came just minutes apart outside government ministries while a car bombing and spate of mortar attacks added to the carnage in the capital, which has been under Iraqi security control since US troops withdrew from towns and cities in the conflict-torn country at the end of June.

Maliki met with his security and intelligence officials Wednesday during which a number of “important decisions and fast measures” were agreed upon to sustain security and stability in Baghdad, his office said in a statement.

Baghdad military command announced the arrest of 10 officers from the army and police who were responsible for security in the two districts hit by the attacks. No details were given.

The international community, led by the UN security council, condemned the blasts, which came on the sixth anniversary of a bombing on the UN compound in Baghdad that killed special envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 others.

The White House described the attacks as “senseless violence” but the Pentagon noted that they would not affect the US military’s plans to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen condemned the twin bombings as “cowardly and pointless attacks,” vowing to help fight the scourge of terrorism.

An Iraqi interior ministry official said 563 people were wounded in the truck bombs, one of which targeted the foreign ministry just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone and the other the nearby finance ministry, across the Tigris river.

“This was a calculated, deliberate attack on the restoration of normal life,” Zebari told reporters. “My assessment is it’s an attack on the normalisation of life in Baghdad.”

He acknowledged that there had been “some serious, serious security breaches,” and said that while he couldn’t say who was behind the attack, its timing was “archetypal of Al-Qaeda.”

In an earlier statement, Maliki said the bombings were “a desperate attempt to derail the political process and affect the parliamentary elections,” planned to take place in January 2010.

Analysts said that the attacks shattered attempts by Maliki to portray himself as a guardian of security ahead of the January elections.

“Maliki is clearly the man who wanted to be the symbol of increasing security and security capabilities, and that is clearly not the case,” International Crisis Group analyst Loulouwa al-Rachid said.

“If this trend (of violence) continues, yes, definitely it’s going to weaken Maliki. Practically, it will endanger the whole process. How can you run elections if security is an issue?”

Iraqis pointed the finger at their security forces, which in turn blamed members of executed former dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime.

“The government promised us security would return, but where is the security?” asked Hamid, 46, who lives a few hundred metres (yards) from the foreign ministry compound.

Major General Qassim Atta, the spokesman for the Iraqi Army’s Baghdad operations, blamed an alliance of Baathists loyal to Saddam and religious extremists for the attacks.

He added that security forces had arrested two senior Al-Qaeda leaders in western Baghdad, and that a truck carrying one tonne of explosives had been intercepted near a hospital in the centre of the capital.

A car bomb meanwhile hit a market in western Baghdad, while two mortar bombs landed in the Green Zone — an area of foreign embassies and government offices — and one exploded outside, a security official said.

It was the bloodiest day in Iraq since February 1, 2008, when bombs at Baghdad pet markets killed 98 people.

Recent attacks in the capital have appeared to target various ethnic groups in what is seen as a bid to reignite the sectarian violence which engulfed Iraq in 2006 and 2007.

Despite a reduction in violence across Iraq in the past year, attacks on security forces and civilians remain common in Baghdad, the restive northern city of Mosul and in the ethnically divided oil city of Kirkuk.

CANBERRA: Australia’s relations with China, troubled by disputes involving mining and an ethnic Uighur activist, are challenging but worthwhile because of common interests, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday.

“We share enormous common interests with our friends in China but we have continuous differences,” Rudd said. “They are differences of values and, from time to time, differences of interests.”

He said a calm, measured approach would help negotiate future bumps in the road.

The opposition Liberal party accuses Rudd, a Mandarin-speaking former diplomat to Beijing, of ruining Australia’s ties with China.

“It is time for the prime minister to act to restore the relationship that he has so seriously damaged with China,” deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop told reporters. “China is one of our most important trading partners and this deteriorating relationship will affect our national interest.”

China recently canceled a senior minister’s trip to Australia in anger over Canberra’s granting of a visa to an exiled Uighur Muslim activist, Rebiya Kadeer. Beijing’s displeasure over her trip came as Canberra voiced concern at China’s arrest of an executive of mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd. on charges of commercial espionage.

Rudd is expected to meet in coming days with Australia’s ambassador to China, who returned to Canberra this week on a regular visit, and is certain to discuss the recent rifts.

“China has significant interests in Australia” in terms of resources, while Australia is aware of China’s role in the Asia-Pacific region, Rudd told reporters.

“Therefore we approach this relationship mindful of our interests in China, mindful of China’s interests in Australia,” he said.

“This is obviously a good time to take stock of the relationship and how we move forward,” Rudd said.