Pakistan military rejects Afghan claim
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s military officials on Sunday rejected the Afghan official’s allegation that Pakistani troops fired 400 rockets across border in Afghanistan, terming it as ‘misleading’, DawnNews reported.According to a military official here on Sunday, Pakistan’s troops pursue and target only those militants and areas from where they are attacked/fired upon.
Though Kabul had not directly accused the Pakistani military of being responsible, provincial spokesman of Kunar Wasifullah Wasifi told AFP that more than 300 heavy artillery shells and rockets were fired from Pakistan into Dangam district of eastern Kunar province on Friday and Saturday,killing at least four people.
Afghan officials had also added that both Afghan and Pakistani Taliban militants were operating in the Pak-Afghan border area.
Afghanistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin on Sunday summoned Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul to discuss the latest barrage of periodic shelling across the Durand Line, a foreign ministry statement said.
It may also be mentioned that during last one year almost 15 cross border attacks have been carried out from across the border by militants on Pakistani check posts and civil population in Dir and Chitral in which over 100 civilian and security forces personnel have embraced martyrdom.
Mukherjee
elected Indian President
NEW DELHI: Former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee was elected Indian
president on Sunday after votes from national and state lawmakers were counted
in the race for the mainly ceremonial post.Some analysts believe Mukherjee, a veteran from the ruling Congress party, may take a more active approach to the job than his predecessors as India struggles with a parliamentary deadlock and slowing economic growth.
The PTI news agency announced Mukherjee, 76, as the winner after he collected more than half of the electoral college votes during counting on Sunday.
He easily beat his only rival P.A. Sangma, 64, a former lower house speaker who was backed by the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
India's president, who lives in a 340-room palace in New Delhi built for the British Viceroy during colonial rule, is chosen by legislators from the two houses of parliament and state assemblies.
Under the constitution, the prime minister wields most of the executive power, but the president can play a guiding role in the process of forming governments.
The next general election, due to be held in 2014, is predicted to be close, leading to a period of complex horse-trading between numerous national and regional parties trying to form a stable coalition government.
"It's in this turbulent scenario Mukherjee as a president will be able to steer the ship of the state. He's a troubleshooter," said Sanjay Kumar, an analyst at India's Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.
Mukherjee, a canny operator renowned for his negotiating skills, may also try to use the presidential position to foster a behind-the-scenes deal between warring parties who have reduced parliament to a stalemate in recent sessions.
Despite the president being a neutral figure above party politics, his success on Sunday was a welcome victory for the embattled Congress party, which has been beset by a string of graft scandals and poor economic data.
Mukherjee commands respect across party lines, but his performance as finance minister was criticised for his failure to push through reforms to further liberalise India's economy.
His exit from the ministry has raised investors' hopes that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has taken over the finance portfolio, could embark on long-awaited moves such as opening up the giant retail sector to foreign investment.
Mukherjee will be formally sworn in on Wednesday, taking over for a five-year term from Pratibha Patil, India's first woman president.
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