Pakistan, Saudi Arabia sign $183m credit agreements

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Monday signed two agreements under which the latter will provide a total of around $183 million for the import of urea fertiliser from Saudi Arabia and the construction of a hydro-power project in Chitral.
The two countries expressed the desire to further strengthen cooperation in various fields for promotion of the causes of the Ummah as well as international peace and stability. This was discussed in a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud who called on him at the PM House. Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif were also present on the occasion. Both the leaders remained together for some time and discussed matters relating to mutual interest.
Prime Minister Nawaz said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia had brotherly relations and had similar views on regional as well as international matters. Pakistan supported efforts of Saudi Arabia aimed at strengthening unity among the Islamic countries, the prime minister added. He said that Pakistan held Saudi Arabia in highest esteem and the relations between the people of both the countries were more than fraternal. He said that the large Pakistani community in Saudi Arabia served as a bridge between the two brotherly countries and played a positive role in the development of Saudi Arabia as well as Pakistan’s economy through annual remittances of over $4 billion.
Saudi Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud expressed his gratitude to the prime minister for the hospitality shown towards him and his delegation during the visit. Earlier, both the leaders witnessed the agreements’ signing ceremony between the two countries that included an agreement on export credit facility of $125 million for purchase of urea from Saudi Arabia Industries Cooperate. The second agreement pertained to $58 million funding by the Saudi Fund for Development of Golen Gol Hydropower Project in Chitral.
Economic Affairs Division Secretary Nargis Sethi from Pakistan side and Saudi Fund for Development Vice Chairman and MD Yousaf Ibrahim Albassam from the Saudi side signed the agreements. Later, the prime minister hosted a dinner in honour of the visiting dignitary and his delegation. 

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Saudi Arabia 'seeking Pakistani arms for Syrian rebels'

February 24, 2014

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is in talks with Pakistan to provide anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets to Syrian rebels to try to tip the balance in the war to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, a Saudi source said Sunday.

The United States has long opposed arming the rebels with such weapons, fearing they might end up in the hands of extremists, but Syrian opposition figures say the failure of Geneva peace talks seems to have led Washington to soften its opposition.

Pakistan makes its own version of Chinese shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, known as Anza, and anti-tank rockets -- both of which Riyadh is trying to get for the rebels, said the source, who is close to Saudi decision-makers, requesting anonymity.

The source pointed to a visit to Riyadh earlier this month by Pakistan's army chief of staff, General Raheel Sharif, who met Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz.

Prince Salman himself last week led a large delegation to Pakistan, shortly after Saudi's chief diplomat Prince Saud al-Faisal visited the kingdom's key ally.

Jordan will be providing facilities to store the weapons before they are delivered to rebels within Syria, the same source said.

AFP could not obtain confirmation from officials in Saudi, Pakistan or Jordan.

The head of the Syrian opposition, Ahmad Jarba, promised during a flying visit to northern Syria last week that "powerful arms will be arriving soon."

"The United States could allow their allies provide the rebels with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons following the failure of Geneva talks and the renewed tension with Russia," said the head of the Gulf Research Centre, Abdel Aziz al-Sager.

Providing those weapons to the rebels "relieves pressure on the US in the short-term," said Simon Henderson, director of the Gulf and Energy Policy Programme at the Washington Institue for Near East Policy.

"But the long-term political worry is that Manpads (Man-portable air-defence systems) will leak and be used to bring down a civilian airliner somewhere in the world."

Rebels have long said that anti-aircraft rockets would help them defend themselves against Syrian warplanes, which regularly bomb rebel-held areas with barrels loaded with TNT and other ordinance.

The nearly-three-year conflict in Syria has torn the country apart, killing more than 140,000 people, including some 50,000 civilians, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Rising Saudi influence

Saudi Arabia has a strong influence on Syria's southern front, where it coordinates with Jordan, and has helped unite the rebel fighters in the area, according to Syrian opposition sources.

On the other hand, Qatar and Turkey are responsible for coordinating with the rebels on the northern front, said an official of the Syrian opposition, requesting anonymity.

Saudi Arabia has come to eclipse Qatar as the main supporter of the Syrian rebels, a development illustrated by the election last July of Ahmad Jarba, who has strong Saudi links, to lead the Syrian National Coalition, the main umbrella opposition group.

The trend appeared to continue with the dismissal last week of General Selim Idriss, the top commander of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, who was considered close to Qatar, according to an opposition source.

The main criticism of Idriss was "bad distribution of weapons" and "errors in battle," said another opposition source.

Idriss, who has refused his dismissal, has been replaced by Brigadier General Abdel Ilah al-Bashir, the leader of the rebel military council for the region of Quneitra in southern Syria.

On its internal front, Saudi Arabia has sidelined intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who had been leading Riyadh's efforts concerning Syria, according to a Western diplomat.

Diplomats have said that the file has been passed to the interior minister, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, known for his successful crackdown on Al-Qaeda following a wave of deadly attacks in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006.

Bandar's management had triggered American criticism, diplomats said.

The Saudi royal himself has reproached Washington for its decision not to intervene militarily in Syria, and for preventing its allies from providing rebels with much-needed weapons, diplomats added. (AFP)
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Saudi Arabia will demolish the birthplace of Islam's Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

February 23, 2014

Saudi Arabia will go ahead with plans to demolish the birthplace of Islam’s holy prophet as part of a redevelopment project.

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Saudi Arabia will go ahead with plans to demolish the birthplace of Islam’s holy prophet as part of a redevelopment project.

Bulldozers are set to knock down a building in the holy city of Mecca, where Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) is believed to have been born.

The demolition of the House of Mawlid is part of a multi-billion-dollar project to build a modern complex near the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque).

The Masjid al-Haram is the holiest Islamic site and houses Kaaba, the point which all Muslims face when praying.

Scholars say the prophet’s birthplace is the last remaining historical site in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi royal family has backed redevelopment at the cost of razing ancient structures.

The destruction is expected to provoke anger from Muslim pilgrims who travel to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage.

In April 2013, Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah al-Sheikh defended the demolition of early Islamic heritage sites in Mecca.

The highest Saudi religious authority even went much further and described the demolitions as necessary.

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Munawar Hassan point on Karbala

February 22, 2014
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Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion

February 21 - 2014

Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion.

Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging start up WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world's largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd.

 The acquisition of the hot messaging service with more than 450 million users around the world stunned many Silicon Valley observers with its lofty price tag. But it underscores Facebook's determination to win the market for messaging, an indispensable utility in a mobile era.

Combining text messaging and social networking, messaging apps provide a quick way for smartphone users to trade everything from brief texts to flirtatious pictures to YouTube clips — bypassing the need to pay wireless carriers for messaging services.

And it helps Facebook tap teens who will eschew the mainstream social networks and prefer WhatsApp and rivals such as Line and WeChat, which have exploded in size as mobile messaging takes off. "People are calling them 'Facebook Nevers,'" said Jeremy Liew, a partner at Lightspeed and an early investor in Snapchat.

 WhatsApp is adding about a million users per day, Facebook co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on his page on Wednesday. "WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community," he wrote on his Facebook page. "Since WhatsApp and (Facebook) Messenger serve such different and important users, we will continue investing in both." Smartphone-based messaging apps are now sweeping across North America, Asia and Europe. "Communication is the one thing that you have to use daily, and it has a strong network effect," said Jonathan Teo, an early investor in Snapchat, another red-hot messaging company that flirted year ago with a multibillion dollar acquisition offer from Facebook. "Facebook is more about content and has not yet fully figured out communication." Even so, he balked at the price tag. As part of the deal, WhatsApp co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jan Koum will join Facebook's board, and the social network will grant an additional $3 billion worth of restricted stock units to WhatsApp's founders, including Koum. That is on top of the $16 billion in cash and stock that Facebook will pay. "Goodness gracious, it's a good deal for WhatsApp," Teo said.

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Shares in Facebook slid 5 percent to $64.70 after hours, from a close of $68.06 on the Nasdaq.

Facebook said on Wednesday it will pay $4 billion in cash and about $12 billion in stock in its single largest acquisition, dwarfing the $1 billion it paid for photo-sharing app Instagram.

 The price paid for Instagram, which with just 30 million users was already considered overvalued by many observers at the time.

 Facebook promised to keep the WhatsApp brand and service, and pledged a $1 billion cash break-up fee if the deal falls through. Facebook was advised by Allen & Co, while WhatsApp has enlisted Morgan Stanley for the deal.

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Pakistan is an agricultural country and 70% of its population is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture. The sector is facing problems like no effective measures have been taken to curb water wastage, power outages, old methods of cultivation and harvesting and no emphasis on the importance of solving the problems of farmers etc. As most of the farmers are illiterate, poor and unaware, they need proper trainings. They are installing more and more tube wells on self-help efforts to irrigate their crops. Since lack of guidance and advance techniques of farming is the main reason of farmer’s backwardness. In order to meet the needs of the growing population, modern agricultural technologies must be used to increase crop yields.

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Security forces undertook FATA strikes in ‘self-defence’: Nisar

February 20 - 2014

Pakistan News : ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Thursday said Pakistan’s security forces are undertaking strikes in FATA in ‘self-defense’, which is a right the government cannot take from the armed forces.

Addressing a press conference he said no operation has been undertaken in FATA since September last year and the current strikes are being undertaken by the security forces in self defence. Over peace talks with the Taliban, Chaudhry Nisar said that the government initiated dialogue process with sincerity and asked the political parties opposing the move as to why they had failed to launch military operation against the militants during their term in the government. Appreciating the role of the committees formed by the government and the Taliban for holding negotiation, he said both played a positive part. Clarifying media reports about information ministry’s alert that declared the federal capital an “extremely dangerous” city, Chaurdhry Nisar said the threat level to Islamabad has slipped down as compared to previous years. However, he added: “Safe City Project would be launched in coming weeks in a bid to protect the Islamabad city.” The security forces would be equipped with modern weapons which are being imported from China, he said. The Interior Minister further said that targeted operation is in progress in Karachi and Quetta against the militants. The government of Pakistan is making all out effort to protect the whole country, he added.

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Intelligence agencies have arrested three alleged Indian secret agents

February 20 - 2014

Pakistan News : KASUR: Intelligence agencies have arrested three alleged Indian secret agents from Kasur, Geo News reported.

According to intelligence sources, Indian passport, currency and arms were recovered from the agents, identified as Kashif, Umair and Shahzad. The intelligence officials have also seized photos of the cantonments and the troops deployed at the boarder from the possession of the Indian agents. They have been shifted to an undisclosed location for investigation.

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Pakistan will become battle ground of Al Qaeda & Hamas – Faisal Muhammed

February 20 - 2014

Pakistan News : London (UNN) An EU based “International Mediator” Faisal Muhammad described that Pakistan is the victim of International Turmoil, proxy war is going on, different countries are playing their dirty games in the Country.

Faisal Muhammad who has also, an status of former central leader of PML said it is an recognized fact that Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have been fully determined and signed the agreement they will weaken the prominent national organization for the strengthen of corrupt politician by the name of democracy, that’s way present regime put Pervaiz Musharraf in trial. Faisal repeatedly pointed out that Pakistan will become battle ground of Al Qaeda & Hamas efforts are going on to make Pakistan as the Lebanon’s type of democracy where minorities shall try to lead the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He categorically emphasized, this is the year 2014 when imperial powers wants to take the international disturbance to the peak in Pakistan due to achieve its targets and present Nawaz regime providing all soft corners for same. Answering about Negotiations with Taliban he said as a negotiator i think negotiating with terrorists will not resolve the conflict, on the contrary, it will incite more terrorism. The main argument used to reject negotiations with terrorists is that such an action would legitimize the terrorists and terrorism more broadly.Legitimacy is seen as the biggest obstacle against negotiating with terrorists. Faisal Muhammed who played a role in Lal Masjid mediation said after the joining of Mulana Abdul Aziz from Lal Masjid in this scenario the issue was Al Qaeda high jack by Al Qaeda.

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