Individual Nabbed from Cyber Cafe for SMS to Rehman Malik

JULY 19, 3:25 PM NY Time

One of our team members based in Pakistan reported today that a highly influential leader of a student political organization, was picked up by plainclothes policemen from a Cyber Cafe in Okara for having sent text messages (SMS) to Rehman Malik slandering him and the government for Cyber Crime Law against MMS, Emails, etc.

The individual kept shouting at the Cyber Cafe that he was being picked up for directly text messaging to Malik.

The incident took place Sunday late evening around 9pm Pakistan Standard Time.

Our team member was witness to the arrest of this individual who while being pushed into the police van kept slandering Rehman Malik and accused President Zardari of being complicit in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

According to our reporter, witnesses at the scene were of the opinion that the political individual may have been the President of the Okara PSF but independent verification of this information has not been possible yet.

The arrested individual was taken to the Police Station and it is expected that he will emain in police custody.

More information to follow as we monitor the developments..

Zardari phones Nawaz, agree to meet soon

JUly 14 - President Asif Ali Zardari contacted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif over the telephone on Monday, and the leaders “agreed to meet soon”, according to the presidential spokesman.

Spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the president thanked the PML-N chief on his 10-minutes talk for his support to the internally displaced persons. “The two also agreed to meet in the near future,” he said.

Both the leaders last met on November 8 at a dinner in the Presidency.

Sources said it was an ice-breaking initiative on the part of President Zardari in which he appreciated the efforts of the Punjab government and the PML-N for providing relief to the IDPs.

Nawaz Sharif responded positively and told Zardari that the PML-N would always support the government for national causes and to resolve the people’s problems.

There was a consensus between both the leaders that the implementation of the Charter of Democracy would pave the way for the reconciliation between the two parties, reported The News