Terrorist Attack On Pakistan PNS Mehran Base

PNS Mehran Base & PAF Base Faisal Under Attack.Multiple explosions and gunfire has been heard near the PAF Museum on Dalmia Road in Karachi. So far there are no reports of injuries, but towering flames are rising from inside the compound. there were around 12 blasts which were followed by gunshots. Later, smoke clouds and huge flames could be seen on the site.

 Law enforcement agencies and rescue teams have rushed to the site. There are no reports of casualties yet. State of emergency has been declared in all the hospitals in Karachi.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is staging a sit-in in Karachi at Netty Jetty Bridge. A large number of PTI workers along with PTI Chief Imran Khan are participating in the sit-in against the US drone attacks in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

KARACHI: Terrorists have launched an armed attack on PNS Mehran, a heavily guarded facility of Pakistan Navy, located along Sharea Faisal, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday. 

TV images showed smoke billowing from PNS Mehran where terrorists have blown up a four-engine plane of Pakistan Navy by firing a rocket.

Five injured in the incident have so far been shifted to a local hospital.

Earlier, four blasts were reported from the area near PAF base Faisal.

Ambulances and fire tenders were seen rushing toward the base following the powerful blasts that were heard across a wide radius.

Gunshots fired from sophisticated weapons were also heard following the blasts.

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even explosions and gunfire were heard inside the PAF Museum on Shahrah-e-Faisal Road in Karachi. Towering flames arose from inside the PNS Mehran compound. Eight to 15 terrorists entered the compound suggest initial reports.

12:18am

Sources say that the initial target of the terrorists was the P3C Orion plane. The plane has reportedly been destroyed.

“This plane acts as the eyes and ears of the Pakistan Navy” says security analyst, Ikram Sehgal.

AFP updates — “It’s a terrorist attack. More than 10 terrorists are inside. They have attacked a navy air station located in a Pakistan Air Force base,” said provincial home ministry official Sharfuddin Memon.

“One of the four aircraft inside the premises has been damaged,” he added.

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American teams were working on the plane which came under attack.

P3C Orion is the name of the plane. It is a four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft.

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P3C Orion Aircraft inducted into Pakistan Navy . KARACHI: The induction ceremony of two modified P3C Orion aircraft acquired from the US was held at the Pakistan Navy Base Mehran on Tuesday.

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir was the chief guest at the ceremony.

US Brig Gen Mike Nagata of the Office of Defence Representative in Pakistan, and the US Consul General in Karachi Stephens G Fakan were also present.

Speaking on the occasion, the naval chief called the ceremony a historic event on many accounts. He said with the induction of these aircraft, the capability of Pakistan Navy and its Aviation Wing would be enhanced, adding that, “We have to contribute to make the areas that surround our country on land and the sea safe and secure and that we take this as our responsibility as well as moral obligation”.

The navy chief pointed out that the aircraft would help the force in furthering this very effort. Admiral Bashir said the fully modified aircraft were capable of undertaking missions that they are designed for and with their induction, the friendship between Pakistan and the US had been cemented further. app

Islamabad – In a ceremony held on Friday, April 30, in Jacksonville, Florida, the U.S. Navy transferred two P-3C Orion aircraft to the Government of Pakistan to enhance the Pakistan Navy’s maritime patrol operations.

Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan Navy Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Shahid Iqbal; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Plans, Programs and Operations Brig. Gen. Thomas Masiello; and Director, Navy International Programs Office Rear Admiral Steve Voetsch attended the ceremony to commemorate the occasion.

The aircraft are the first of a total of eight P-3C aircraft the U.S. will provide to the Pakistan Navy by 2012, including one aircraft to be used for spare parts

During the last three years, U.S. civilian and security assistance to Pakistan has totaled more than $4 billion.  Assistance has included support for medical aid, school refurbishment, bridge and well reconstruction, food distribution, agricultural and education projects. Specific security assistance includes 14 F-16 fighter aircraft, 10 Mi-17 helicopters, more than 450 vehicles for Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, hundreds of night vision goggles, day/night scopes, radios, and thousands of protective vests and first-aid items for Pakistan’s security forces.  The U.S. also provided training for more than 370 Pakistani military officers in a wide range of leadership and development programs covering topics such as counterterrorism, intelligence, logistics, medical, flight safety, and military law.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.: The U.S. Navy transferredtwo P-3 Orion aircraft to the Islamic Republic ofPakistan in a ceremony at Naval Air StationJacksonville, Fla., April 30 as part of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program.

“It is indeed a pleasure for me to take part in this elegant ceremony to receive the first upgraded P-3C aircraft for the Pakistani Navy,” said Husain Haqqani, Pakistan ambassador to the United States. “This represents the expanding strategic partnership between Pakistan and the United State and will fill an important gap in our country’s maritimesecurity by helping us more effectively monitor sea lanes and provide for maritime traffic in theArabian Sea.”

By 2012, the Pakistan Navy will receive a total of eight P-3C aircraft as part of the program. All eight aircraft were procured from the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) and are being upgraded with modern mission systems and avionics, which will provide Pakistan the capability to conduct maritime patrol in littoral and deep-water environments.

“The induction of the P-3C aircraft into the Pakistan Navy will ensure terrorists, pirates and drug traffickers are unable to use our maritime borders for infiltration and other illegal activities,” said Haqqani.

Brig. Gen. Thomas Masiello, deputy assistant secretary of state for plans, programs and operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, served as the senior U.S. official at the ceremony and addressed the audience, full of military, industry and civic leaders.

“Let us remember that the friendship between the United States and Pakistan is not an unbalanced one. Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally that has strongly supported the United States after the attack by Al Qaeda on September 11, 2001,” said Masiello. “Now, nearly nine years later, Pakistan commands the multinational coalition of Combined Task Force 150 in its maritime security operations to interdict extremists and support Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Pakistan’s stability and prosperity are in the best interest of people everywhere. Our countries’ futures are intertwined – so now, more than ever, their struggles are our struggles.”

The United States is fully committed to a stable, long-term strategic partnership with a democratic Pakistan-one based on shared interests and mutual respect that will continue to expand and deepen in future years. The United States and Pakistan share a common goal of a stable and secure South Asiaregion.

The Pakistan Navy is a critical partner nation in Coalition Maritime Forces operations and fully supports cooperative strategies in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility.

Lieutenant Yasir Abbad Shaheed 

Government Trying To Develop Consensus

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the government is engaged in extensive negotiations with political parities,

provinces and stakeholders to develop consensus on reformed general sales tax (RGST). Sources told Business Recorder here on Monday that the FBR has drafted an updated version of tax reform agenda for the IMF, taking into the latest developments in tax administration reforms.The FBR has said that extensive discussions are underway with the political parties and provinces to develop consensus on RGST. Efforts of the FBR in bringing the textile industry on board by imposing GST on the domestic supplies made by zero-rated sectors had proved successful. According to FBR, an expeditious refund system has been implemented since July 2010. Under the new system, the refund claims of manufacturers/exporters are processed online within 48 hours of filing of the refund claims. The system is being expanded to facilitate other refund claimants. The development of an electronic refund payment system is under process and is expected to be completed by June 2011. The FBR latest data showed that the FBR has issued 42,372 sales tax refund cheques worth Rs 34. 5 billion through centralised system from September 2010 to May 2, 2011 and 10,604 cheques worth Rs 11. 3 billion from September 2009 to May 2 2010. There is a significant reduction in pending sales tax refund claims since October 2010. The data showed that there is a reduction of 36 percent in the total sales tax pending claims and 53 percent reduction in claims up to Rs 25,000. Taking key measures on the structural reforms, sources said, the RGST would partially offset the increase in expenditure demands on account of floods, foregone revenue due to postponement of the RGST and remove inequities in the tax system. The FBR has taken taxation measures of Rs 53 billion including imposition of surcharge and withdrawal of exemptions on agricultural inputs like plant, machinery and equipment during current fiscal year. The additional taxation measures would generate Rs 28 billion and withdrawal of exemptions Rs 25 billion during last quarter of out-going fiscal year. The expected revenue during fourth quarter (April-June) 2010-11 due to additional measures included imposition of surcharge worth Rs 20 billion, increase in the rate of special excise duty (SED) from one percent to 2. 5 percent Rs 6 billion and withdrawal of special regime of assessable price of sugar for levy of the GST would generate Rs 2 billion in the last quarter of current fiscal year. The Board has also withdrawn some RGST exemptions and zero-ratings to remove distortions in the taxation structure. The withdrawal of sales tax exemption on fertilisers would generate Rs 8. 75 billion, pesticides Rs 0. 5 billion, tractors Rs 1. 75 billion, withdrawal of zero-rating on plant, machinery and equipment would generate Rs 6. 5 billion while restricting zero-rating to registered persons for exports sectors including textile, leather, carpets, sporting goods and surgical equipment would generate Rs 7. 5 billion in the last quarter of 2010-2011. Sources said that the basic objective of the tax reform agenda is systematic broadening of the tax base through an equitable tax system, taxing all incomes irrespective of source to attain sustainable tax revenues. The improvement in the compliance through improved monitoring and strict enforcement. Under the strategy to broaden the tax base, the FBR has identified new taxpayers through cross-matching of third-party information. More than 700,000 potential taxpayers have been identified with the help of Nadra database. The FBR has disseminated the information in 54,798 cases to the field formations. A total of 534,193 cases are under process of verification from Nadra and provisional assessment orders have been issued in 1100 cases and income tax demands involving Rs 861 million has been raised against the un-documented persons. In order to improve the tax compliance, the FBR has focused on sales tax and income tax non-filers and short-filers. There are about 50 percent corporate income tax non-filers and there is a gap of 24 percent between the registered sales taxpayers and actual filers of returns. The data further showed that risk-based audit has been introduced since October 2010 and 3577 audits have been completed. Resultantly, demands have been raised to the tune of Rs 42 billion and recovery of Rs 3. 2 billion has been made since October 2010. The latest data says that the stuck up arrears at the level of courts amounted to Rs 131 billion. Break-up showed that income tax arrears were Rs 83 billion, sales tax Rs 38 billion and customs duty arrears of Rs 10 billion, which were pending at the level of judicial fora. The FBR further said that the organisational reforms for integration and harmonisation of income tax and sales tax administration and laws and the creation of an Inland Revenue Services also bore fruit. On the customs side, the FBR is trying its level best to curb smuggling and under-invoicing through the Afghan Transit Trade. The Board is improving equipment support such as weigh bridges, container scanners and tracking posts to monitor movement of containers. The FBR will obtain financial guarantees equivalent to taxes releasable on cross-match of data with Afghan Customs. The improvement in valuation and re-shaping of duty structure would reduce arbitration. 

Crude-Oil Futures Extend Loss In Electronic Trade

SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — Oil futures declined on Tuesday, adding to losses made in the previous session, as the dollar continued to benefit from ongoing concerns about European sovereign debt issues.

Light, sweet crude-oil futures declined 22 cents to $97.15 a barrel in Nymex electronic trading on Tuesday.

15 Hot New Technologies That Will Change Everything

The Next Big thing? The memristor, a microscopic component that can "remember" electrical states even when turned off. It's expected to be far cheaper and faster than flash storage. A theoretical concept since 1971, it has now been built in labs and is already starting to revolutionize everything we know about computing, possibly making flash memory, RAM, and even hard drives obsolete within a decade.

The memristor is just one of the incredible technological advances sending shock waves through the world of computing. Other innovations in the works are more down-to-earth, but they also carry watershed significance. From the technologies that finally make paperless offices a reality to those that deliverwireless power, these advances should make your humble PC a far different beast come the turn of the decade.

In the following sections, we outline the basics of 15 upcoming technologies, with predictions on what may come of them. Some are breathing down our necks; some advances are still just out of reach. And all have to be reckoned with.

Russia In World War 2

In the whole of history there has never been a war like it. In its scale of destruction, the war on the Eastern Front was unique; from Leningrad to the Crimea, from Kiev to Stalingrad, the Soviet Union was devastated - at least 25 million Soviet citizens died. And in the end what did the German aggressors have to show for it?

A broken, divided country, which had lost much of its territory, and a people burdened with the knowledge that they had launched a racist war of annihilation and, in the process, spawned the cancer of the Holocaust. But at the time of the attack there were many people - and not just Germans - who thought that the decision to invade the Soviet Union was a rational act in pursuit of German self-interest and, moreover, that this was a war the Germans would win.

In the summer of 1940 Adolf Hitler, despite his swift and dramatic victory over France, faced a major military and political problem. The British would not do what seemed logical and what the Führer expected - they would not make peace. Yet Hitler was frustrated by geography - in the shape of the English Channel - from following his immediate instincts and swiftly crushing the British just as he had the French.

Hitler did in fact order preparations to be made for an invasion of England, but he was always half-hearted in his desire to mount a large seaborne landing. Germany, unlike Britain, was not a sea power and the Channel was a formidable obstacle. Even if air superiority could be gained, there remained the powerful British Navy. And there was another, ideological, reason why Hitler was not fully committed to invading Britain. For him, it would have been a distraction. Britain contained neither the space, nor the raw materials, that he believed the new German Empire needed. And he admired the British - Hitler often remarked how much he envied their achievement in subjugating India.

Worse, if the Germans let themselves be drawn into a risky amphibious operation against a country Hitler had never wanted as an enemy, every day the potential threat from his greatest ideological opponent would be growing stronger. (It was just ironic that he was not yet at war with this perceived enemy, since in August 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a Non-Aggression Pact.)

All this meant that, from Hitler's point of view, there was an alternative to invading Britain: he could invade the Soviet Union. Both Hitler and his military planners knew that Germany's best chance of victory was for the war in Europe to be finished swiftly.

Hubert Menzel was a major in the General Operations Department of the OKH (the Oberkommando des Heers, the German Army headquarters), and for him the idea of invading the Soviet Union in 1941 had the smack of cold, clear logic to it: 'We knew that in two years' time, that is by the end of 1942, beginning of 1943, the English would be ready, the Americans would be ready, the Russians would be ready too, and then we would have to deal with all three of them at the same time.... We had to try to remove the greatest threat from the East.... At the time it seemed possible.' (The above paragraphs are taken from chapter one of 'War of the Century' by Laurence Rees, published by BBC Publications, 1999.)

New Technology Internet Eye's

Security cameras are all around us in public areas. Retail stores especially employ them to gather evidence of theft, or to help a store owner spot shoplifting in progress. But all too often the footage gathered can’t be acted upon until after the crime has been committed.

UK company Internet Eyes has come up with a novel solution. Take the security camera feeds from a bunch of locations and put them online as live feeds. Then offer to pay anyone willing to sit and stare at the feeds in their web browser every time they spot suspicious activity.

Tony Morgan, managing director of Internet Eyes, explained the system:

The subscribers will have access to four screens at the same time and if they see anything suspicious, they can press the ‘alert’ button. This then sends an instant text and picture message to the shop assistant or manager – who then makes the decision about what action to take.

The subscription service will only cover UK security cameras initially, but anyone from Europe can sign up to be a crime-fighting subscriber. Morgan also say he’s had 13,000 people already contact the company interested in taking part.

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Royal Wedding Party Captures World’s Attention

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! on Monday said that online interest in the royal wedding led to record high traffic at its websites.

Preliminary figures released by the California-based Internet pioneer indicated that it handled a record-setting 50,000 requests per second for wedding-related content.
Requests-per-second peaked at 33,000 after the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan and topped out at approximately 40,000 after word broke of US military forces killing 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on Sunday.
Yahoo! served up 400 million page views on Friday, when Prince William married his bride Catherine.

There were reportedly 27 million video streams and 2.6 million live video streams at Yahoo! web pages on Friday.

Skyrocketing online interest in Prince William's wedding had prompted Yahoo! to launch websites spotlighting the April 29 ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

LOS ANGELES: The fairytale wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton captured the imagination of the world Friday, with millions sharing in the celebration of the royal nuptials at parties across the globe.

An estimated two billion people watched on TV when William and Kate exchanged vows at Westminster Abbey, and even in the home to the Hollywood stars royal glamour shined strong.

"We have movie stars, but they're not as good," said Paula Haifley, 30, as she arrived at the Cat and Fiddle British pub on Sunset Boulevard......

Usama Bin Ladin Killed By U.S Forces

President Obama Confirms That Usama Bin Ladin
Had Been Killed By U.S  Special Forces Last Night 




U.S Forces Did Operation By Violation The Sovereignty Of The Pakistan City Of Abbottabad .
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US president Barack Obama said bin Laden, the most-wanted fugitive on the US list, had been killed on Sunday in a US operation in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, about 61km north of Islamabad.
"Tonight, I can report to the people of the United States and the world, the United States had carried an operation that has killed Osama bin Laden, a terrorist responsible for killing thousands of innocent people," Obama said in a statement.
"Today, at my direction, the United States carried out that operation... they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body. 
"The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date against al-Qaeda. 
"We must also reaffirm that United states is not and will never be at war against Islam. Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader, in fact, he slaughtered many Muslims," Obama said.
Four people, including one of bin Laden's sons, were also killed in the operation.
According to New York Times, bin Laden's body was taken to Afghanistan and later buried at sea.
Hours after Obama made the announcement, a top al-Qaeda ideologue promised revenge for bin Laden's death. The commentator, going by the online name Assad al-Jihad2 posted on websites a long eulogy for the al-Qaeda leader and promised to "avenge the killing of the Sheik of Islam".
The Pakistani Taliban also threatened attacks against government leaders, including President Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistan army and the United States.   
"Now Pakistani rulers, President Zardari and the army will be our first targets. America will be our second target," Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Taliban Movement of Pakistan, told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.

Usama Bin Ladin Al-Qaeda Former Leader

                                  Dead Of Usama Bin Ladin  Face

American People Celebrates After Heard This Historic News.

Prince William Weds Kate Middleton In Historic Royal Tradition

Prince William married commoner Kate Middleton in Westminster Abbey in London on Friday among roaring crowds and hundreds of invited guests.

The price, who is second in line for the throne, waited smartly as beautifully dressed his bride to be, Middleton walked down what is one of the longest aisles in the world. They couple married amid keen interest from audiences around the world.

Millions of people watched the coverage on the TV and on the internet including many in the US, who had to get up in the middle of the night on a normal working day to watch another country's royal wedding.

Many Americans said that the pageantry, romance and pure joyfulness of a British state occasion is very hard to miss. Most leading US channels were broadcasting the royal wedding with commentaries from famous personalities.