Sunday, July 4, 2010
Four drown on Sandspit
Updated at: 1427 PST, Sunday, July 04, 2010
KARACHI: At least four people drowned while swimming at Sandspit beach of Karachi today; however, another one has been rescued, Geo News reported Sunday.
A holiday once again proved disastrous to some families, when their four members lost their lives, while having fun at Karachi beach of Sandspit.
According to details, some people from Nazimabad went to Sandspit beach for picnic this morning. At least four people drowned in sea and one has been rescued. Three others are still unaccounted for. Navy divers are searching for the missing.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred at 10am, after which the lifeguards present there rescued 17-year Omar, resident of New Alfalah. Omar’s friend is still missing.
Two people Bilal and Zafar from Manzoor Colony and Golimar also drowned and went missing; search for them is still on.
The mourning families said relief activities are not up to mark, adding there were no lifeguards on the spot.
When contacted, the lifeguards said Section-144 is in place thanks to the high tide from May to September; but, the people don’t accede to comply with the restriction.
KARACHI: At least four people drowned while swimming at Sandspit beach of Karachi today; however, another one has been rescued, Geo News reported Sunday.A holiday once again proved disastrous to some families, when their four members lost their lives, while having fun at Karachi beach of Sandspit.
According to details, some people from Nazimabad went to Sandspit beach for picnic this morning. At least four people drowned in sea and one has been rescued. Three others are still unaccounted for. Navy divers are searching for the missing.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred at 10am, after which the lifeguards present there rescued 17-year Omar, resident of New Alfalah. Omar’s friend is still missing.
Two people Bilal and Zafar from Manzoor Colony and Golimar also drowned and went missing; search for them is still on.
The mourning families said relief activities are not up to mark, adding there were no lifeguards on the spot.
When contacted, the lifeguards said Section-144 is in place thanks to the high tide from May to September; but, the people don’t accede to comply with the restriction.
Sino-Pak N-deal meets int’l obligations: China
Updated at: 1023 PST, Sunday, July 04, 2010
WASHINGTON: Chinese Embassy in Washington said Sunday, China believes that its agreement to install two new nuclear reactors in Pakistan does not violate international obligations, Geo news reported.
In a statement to the US media, the embassy’s spokesman Wang Baodong told the US media Beijing is convinced the reactor agreement “goes along well with the international obligations China and Pakistan carry in relation to the international nuclear non-proliferation regime”.
A US expert, Mark Hibbs of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, endorsed the Chinese position but urged Beijing to be careful.
“The US doesn’t really have any options.....the Nuclear Suppliers Group’s guidelines are voluntary. There is nothing the US can do to prevent China from going ahead with this deal,” he said.
“Unless Washington comes up with a very, very attractive offer, the history of Chinese-Pakistani relations is such that it is unlikely that this deal will not go through,” Heritage Foundation researcher Dean Cheng told the US media.
A State Department official disagreed with the suggestion but did so rather meekly.
The United States “suspects” that China would need a waiver from a nuclear export control group to move ahead with the sale of two atomic energy plants to Pakistan, a department official told the Washington Times.
WASHINGTON: Chinese Embassy in Washington said Sunday, China believes that its agreement to install two new nuclear reactors in Pakistan does not violate international obligations, Geo news reported.In a statement to the US media, the embassy’s spokesman Wang Baodong told the US media Beijing is convinced the reactor agreement “goes along well with the international obligations China and Pakistan carry in relation to the international nuclear non-proliferation regime”.
A US expert, Mark Hibbs of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, endorsed the Chinese position but urged Beijing to be careful.
“The US doesn’t really have any options.....the Nuclear Suppliers Group’s guidelines are voluntary. There is nothing the US can do to prevent China from going ahead with this deal,” he said.
“Unless Washington comes up with a very, very attractive offer, the history of Chinese-Pakistani relations is such that it is unlikely that this deal will not go through,” Heritage Foundation researcher Dean Cheng told the US media.
A State Department official disagreed with the suggestion but did so rather meekly.
The United States “suspects” that China would need a waiver from a nuclear export control group to move ahead with the sale of two atomic energy plants to Pakistan, a department official told the Washington Times.
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