'It was a very big explosion. I could see smoke rising from the scene,' Asad Ali, a resident, said by telephone from Peshawar. Police said they were investigating.
According to local television channels, at least 25 people have been injured and are being taken to Lady Reading Hospital.
A Taliban suicide bomber earlier crashed his explosives-laden truck into a police station in Bannu, also in northwestern Pakistan, killing six people and wounding 30, police said.
SOURCE: dawn.com
Talking to newsmen here on Friday, Western Air Command chief Air Marshal N.A.K. Browne said two units of medium-lift Mi-171V helicopters would be inducted in Rajasthan and occupied
He said the air force would continue to operate locally-built Dhruv advanced light helicopters and Cheetal helicopters in high-altitude areas, including Siachen, adding that IAF also planned to buy light utility helicopters for such operations.
The air marshal said the IAF was also planning to improve its air defence units all over Punjab and occupied
‘These (steps) are in tune with our focus to improve all-round offensive and air defence capability, operational infrastructure, and modernisation plans,’ Air Marshal Browne said.
The IAF, he said, was planning to install special mountain and light-weight radars along the 667-km border with
‘The air force is examining a special type of radars, which we call the ‘mountain radars.’ We are also looking at low-level light-weight radars. There is a definite plan,’ he said, adding that the radars would be put in place over the next four to five years.
The IAF had already awarded contracts for 19 low-level radars and its Western Air Command was already using some of them.
‘More are in the pipeline. They will start coming online from next year,’ he said, adding that two locally-developed Rohini radars had already been placed on the Line of Actual Control,
‘We do need to talk to everybody ... every one of our neighbours and at the same time keep our gun powders dry. We should maintain our preparedness at highest levels,’ media reports quoted Air Marshal Browne as saying.
When asked to comment on IAF chief Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik’s remarks that India’s air force fleet was just one-third of China’s, he said the IAF was ‘extremely well-balanced on all fronts,’ like numbers, technology, modern platforms and equipment.
SOURCE: dawn.com
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Trouble has flared as world leaders gather in the US city of Pittsburgh for the G20 summit.
Reports said riot police used pepper gas and fired rubber bullets at protesters on a march near the venue.
Demonstrations were widely expected and thousands of extra police are on duty. The previous G20 meeting, in London in April, was marred by clashes.
Economic stability, financial regulation, climate change and bankers' bonuses are set to top the G20 agenda.
The clashes are thought to have begun after hundreds of protesters tried to march, without permission, towards the convention centre where the summit is being held.
'Party over'
With many major economies beginning to climb out of recession - attention will turn to when and how to withdraw government stimulus packages.
Cracking down on bankers' bonuses has popular appeal with the public, it is expected that an agreement will be reached on how that might be achieved.
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said G20 countries had reached a consensus on the "basic outline" of a proposal to limit pay and bonuses by the end of 2009.
Each country would set their own standards, he said, but that these would be overseen by the G20's Financial Stability Board - made up of central bankers and regulators.
Earlier, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling warned bankers that the "party was over" and they must realise that the world has changed.
Balance growth
A spokesman for the White House said that financial regulatory reform was the most important agenda item for summit, but that addressing global economic imbalances was also a priority.
President Barack Obama has led a campaign to smooth out imbalances in the flow of global capital to try to secure greater long-term economic stability.
The US proposal calls on economies such as China, Brazil and India to boost domestic consumption in order to lower their trade surpluses.
Meanwhile the US and Europe would encourage more saving to reduce long-term budget deficits.
Director of the US president's National Economic Council, Larry Summers, said that a "balancing global growth approach" of said that there would have to be changes in
"The US can't, should not and won't continue to experience the consumption-led growth driving very high volumes of imports and lending impulse to the rest of the world economy," he told the BBC.
"That's not a sustainable financial situation for the US and that's why we're in the process of adjusting."
Other discussions will involve the continuation of talks over whether countries such as China, India and Brazil should have greater say on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
bbc.co.uk
