Two Pakistanis arrested in big drug haul

Kathmandu, 28 Feb.: Two Pakistanis were arrested and 5.5 kg brown sugar was worth millions of rupees were recovered from them during a raid Friday night on a hotel in Thamel.
Abrar Hussein, 41, and Irshad Muhummad, 33, were arrested with $ 1,100, 120 Pakistani rupees and 3,910 Nepali rupees.
The pair brought in the drubs on a flight of Pakistan Airlines 22 February from Karachi to Kathmandu.
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SPORTS

Nepal league champion

Kathmandu, 28 Feb.: Nepal won the final of Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 tournament Saturday.
Nepal defeated USA by five wickets in front of a cheering crowd of 20,000 at Tribhuvan University cricket ground to become the league champion.
Both teams have qualified for Division 4.
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Govt. renews West Seti project license under threat

Kathmandu, 28 Feb.: Government has decided to renew the license of the 750 MW West Seti hydro power project by extended its own deadline after a Chinese company SIMEC warned it will withdraw from the project, Kantipur reports.
Government had set condition a share agreement should be signed by March 2010 while financial management agreement should be signed by March 2010.
The deadline for the financial management agreement could be extended one month.
Energy Secretary Shanker Koirala said the tenure has been extended.
The deadline for the share agreement has been extended to June 2010 while the financial agreement deadline has been extended to December 2010.
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UNMIN unhelpful in implementing peace accord: Peace Minister Chemjung

Kathmandu, 28 Feb.: Peace Minister Rakam Chemjung charged UNMIN has not helped in Nepal’s peace process and drafting the constitution, Annapurna Post reports from Biratnagar.
He leveled the charge in front of reporters in Biratnagar Saturday.
He alleged UNMIN hasn’t helped the peace process and drafting of the constitution by not providing updated figures of Maoist combatants in camps.
He said government feels UNMIN should help the peace process and it’s a matter of concern that’s not happening.
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Maoist fighters arrested

Kathmandu, 28 Feb.: Police on Saturday foiled an attempt by former Maoist combatants to rob a hotel in two separate incidents in Kathmandu, The Himalayan Times reports.
Thy have been arrested with a pistol and three high-intensity socket bombs thereby averting potentially huge damages to property and humans.
The assailants were carrying a US-made pistol and four rounds of cartridges.
“When grilled ,they admitted that they were fromer Maoist combatants [three persons],:” SP Ganesh KC said,
Similarly, the police arrested four other ex-rebel combatants from Kohinoor Hotel in Thamel with three socket combs on Wednesday.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

“Those defeated by the people and have sunk the nation have been elevated to power through a conspiracy. Even as anti-nationals are in power, this drama won’t last now.’

(Chairman Prachanda, Kantipur, 28 Feb.)
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