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http://pknews.tv - on tripartite summit - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was born in village of Aradan near city of Garmsar, southeast of Tehran in 1956. He is the fourth son of an ironworker who had seven children. Mahmoud and his family migrated to Tehran when he was one-year-old. He went to primary and high school in Tehran and got his diploma and was admitted to the University of Science and Technology (Elm-o-Sanaat) in the field of civil engineering after he ranked 132nd in the nationwide university entrance exams in 1975. He was accepted as an MS student at the same university in 1986 and became a member of the scientific board of the Civil Engineering College of University of Science and Technology. Later on he got his doctorate in 1987 in the field of engineering and traffic transportation planning. He is married with two sons and one daughter. Following the 1979 Islamic revolution he became a member the conservative faction of the Office for Strengthening Unity [OSU] Between Universities and Theological Seminaries. The OSU was established by Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, one of Ayatollah Khomeini's key advisors, to organize Islamic students against the rapidly growing Islamic group of Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK). With invasion of Iraq and start of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980, Ahmadinejad rushed to the western fronts to fight against the enemy and joined the voluntary (basij) forces of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC). He served in different units of the Islamic Revolution Guards Engineering Corps. He served as governor of Maku and Khoy cities in the northwestern West Azerbaijan province, and as an advisor to the governor general of the western province of Kurdistan for two years. While serving as the cultural advisor to then Ministry of Culture and Higher Education in 1993, he was appointed as governor general of the newly established northwestern province of Ardebil from 1993 to 1997. He was elected as the exemplary governor general for three consecutive years. But in 1997 the newly-installed Khatami administration removed Ahmadinejad from his post as Ardebil governor general. He returned to the University of Science and Technology (Elm-o-Sanaat) again to teach in 1997. In April 2003 Ahmadinejad was appointed mayor of Tehran by the capital's municipal council, which is dominated by the hard-line Islamic Iran Developers Coalition (Etelaf-e Abadgaran-e Iran-e Islami). In some of Ahmadinejad's public statements, he has appeared to identify himself as a Developer. He lives a very Spartan lifestyle and that's how he projected himself. As Mayor, he reversed many of the policies of previous moderate and reformist mayors, placing serious religious emphasis on the activities of the cultural centers by turning them into prayer halls during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. He also suggested the burial of the bodies of martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war in major city squares of Tehran. On 24 June 2005 Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected as Iran's sixth president. He swept to the presidential post with a stunning 17,046,441 votes out of a total of 27,536,069 votes cast in the runoff election. In the 2009 presidential election Ahmadinejad was nominated to run for the second term. In the presidential election of 2009, 39,165,191 ballots were cast on 12th June, according to Iran's election headquarters. Ahmadinejad won 24,527,516 votes, (62.63%). In second place, Mir Hossein Mousavi won 13,216,411 (33.75%) of the votes. The election drew unprecedented public interest in Iran. The election results remain in dispute as Mir Hossein Mousavi and his supporters who believe that electoral fraud occurred during the election. This popular belief ignited protests and demonstrations in the large cities with a united slogan of “Where is my vote”, which resulted in the birth of “Green Movement” of Iran. Finally Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Ahmadinejad as President on 3 August 2009, and Dr. Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term on 5 August 2009 Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to expand socio-economic cooperation and more particularly neutralize foreign interference in this part of the world. At the conclusion of a tripartite summit in Islamabad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the regional cooperation will lead to an end to foreign interference, a reference to the US-led NATO military presence in Afghanistan. The Iranian President said that the nuclear weapon do not empower any state and must be eliminated from political relations. Howerver, Afghan President Hamid Karazi’s focus was to gain regional support for the Taliban talks, a reference to his demand to include Kabul in the talks between the US and Taliban. Islamabad asserted that it would lend its support to President Karazi in any future Taliban talks. The Taliban have so far refused to negotiate with Kabul describing Karzai administration as the puppet. The three neighboring countries also decided to step up their efforts to combat drug production and trafficking in Afghanistan, a particular source of concern for Pakistan. The summit also decided to enhance trilateral trade through facilitative measures like preferential tariff and free trade arrangements and barter trade. The three countries in their summit declaration sounded determined to ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of regional states. This is a clear reference to the frequent US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region that have killed large number of civilians since 2004. However, analysts believe more than any thing else, it depends on Islamabad if it is willing to scrap secret deals with Americans that allows them to carry out drone attacks in the tribal areas.

This is a news clip which shows footage of Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah receiving his son s dead body after he was killed by Israeli forces

Stephen Schlesinger (born August 17, 1942) is an author and political commentator. He is an Adjunct Fellow at the Century Foundation in New York City. He served as Director of the World Policy Institute at the New School University from 1997-2006. He is the son of historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr and oldest brother of journalist Robert Schlesinger. Schlesinger graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in 1964, and earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1968. During 1970, he began publishing, with other former supporters of Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene J. McCarthy, The New Democrat, a monthly magazine dedicated to uniting "the left and radical wings"[1] and replacing the "dead leadership" in the Democratic Party. The magazine was critical of Democratic National Committee chairman Larry O'Brien, and promoted the candidacy of South Dakota Senator George McGovern over that of Maine Senator Ed Muskie and former Vice President Hubert Humphrey during the 1972 Democratic presidential primaries.[2] Later, he worked as a staff writer for Time magazine. Schlesinger served as a speechwriter and foreign policy advisor for New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who was elected during 1982 to the first of three consecutive terms. After Cuomo's defeat in 1994, Schlesinger worked for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT, a United Nations agency for human settlements planning) before accepting a job with the World Policy Institute. He resigned during June 2006. Schlesinger's book, "Bitter Fruit", published during 1982, a foreign policy work, has sold more than 100,000 copies. His subsequent study of the UN's founding, "Act of Creation", published during 2003, is the only authoritative account of the 1945 San Francisco Conference that drafted the UN Charter. It won the 2004 Harry S. Truman Book Award. During 2007, with his brother, Andrew, he edited his father's journals which cover the period from 1952-2000 and were published to wide acclaim. Among other media accomplishments, Schlesinger has appeared in five documentaries on the United Nations and one on the 1954 Stephen Schillinger interviewed by Susan modaress of presstv in her program autograph

Miko Peled is a peace activist who dares to say in public what others still choose to deny. Born in Jerusalem in 1961 into a well known Zionist family, his grandfather, Dr. Avraham Katsnelson was a Zionist leader and signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His Father, Matti Peled, was a young officer in the war of 1948 and a general in the war of 1967 when Israel conquered the West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights and Sinai. Miko's unlikely opinions reflect his father's legacy. General Peled was a war hero turned peacemaker. Miko grew up in Jerusalem, a multi-ethnic city, but had to leave Israel before he made his first Palestinian friend, the result of his participation in a dialogue group in California. He was 39. On September 4, 1997 the beloved Smadar, 13, the daughter of Miko's sister Nurit and her husband Rami Elhanan was killed in a suicide attack. Peled insists that Israel/Palestine is one state—the separation wall notwithstanding, massive investment in infrastructure, towns and highways that bisect and connect settlements on the West Bank, have destroyed the possibility for a viable Palestinian state. The result, Peled says is that Israelis and Palestinians are governed by the same government but live under different sets of laws. At the heart of Peled's conclusion lies the realization that Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace as equals in their shared homeland.

شام کے معروف ٹی وی چینل الاخباریہ نے حال ہی میں ایک انٹرویو جاری کیا ہے جس میں 15 سالہ نوجوان شامی لڑکی نے اپنی آب بیتی سناتے ہوئے اہم انکشافات کیے ہیں۔ انٹرویو میں دہشت گردوں کی جنسی درندگی بننے والی نوجوان لڑکی بتاتی ہے کہ اس کا نام روان میلادالدہ ہے اور 1997 میں پیدا ہوئی تھی۔جس کے باپ کا نام میلاد موسی الدہ ہے۔ہمارا گھرانہ 5 افراد پر مشتمل ہے۔میں ایک کسان کی بیٹی ہوں جو جنگ سے پہلے کھیتوں میں کام کرتا تھا۔ نوجوان لڑکی بتاتی ہے کہ اگر مجھ سے کوئی غلطی ہو جاتی تو گھر والے یقینا مجھے سزا دیتے تھے۔ جب ملک میں احتجاجی مظاہرے ہو رہے تھے تو میرا باپ شامی باغیوں کو گھر میں لاتا تھا۔جن کے ساتھ 3،4 ہتھیار ہوتے تھے۔لیکن میں نہیں جانتی تھی کہ وہ یہاں کیوں آتے تھے۔میں 15 دن سے خوف زدہ تھی کہ میرا باپ، ماں، بہن اور بھائی میرے کمرے میں نہیں آئے اور نہ ہی کسی قسم کی بات چیت کی۔میرے پاس کسی قسم کی کوئی چیز نہیں تھی نہ ٹی وی، نہ ریڈیو اور نہ ٹیلی فون وغیرہ۔میں باتھ روم میں اور جیسے ہی کمرے میں واپس آئی۔میں حیران رہ گئی کہ میرا باپ مجھے خوراک یا جو کچھ میں چاہتی مجھے مہیا کرتا تھا۔لیکن اس نے مجھے گھر سے باہر کچھ بھی کرنے سے منع کر دیا۔ حتی کہ مجھے سکول جانے کی اجازت بھی نہیں دی۔15دن کے بعد میرا باپ میرے پاس آکر کہنے لگاکہ جا کر نہا لو۔میں اپنے کی یہ بات سن کر حیران ہو گئی۔میں نے اپنے کپڑے لیے اور نہانے کے لئے چلی گئی۔جب میں نہا رہی تھی تو ایک شخص اندر آ گیا جس کی عمر50 سال کے قریب تھی۔جس نے کچھ نہیں پہنا ہوا تھا۔ وہ میرے قریب ہونے لگ گیا۔اس نے کسی قسم کا خیال نہ کیا جب کہ چھوٹے سے باتھ میں میں چلا رہی تھی۔اس نے مجھے بالوں سے پکڑا اور کمرے میں لے گیا۔جب کہ چیخنے چلانے کی آوازیں میرا باپ سن رہا تھا۔ لیکن اس نے مجھے اس آدمی سے چھڑانے کی کسی قسم کی کوشش نہ کی۔جو کچھ وہ میرے ساتھ کر سکتا تھا اس نے کیا اور اسی دوران دوسرا آدمی بھی آگیا۔اس نے بھی وہی کیا جو پہلے والا کر چکا تھا۔ جس کے بعد میں ہوش و حواس کھو بیٹھی اور تقریبا 45 منٹ کے بعد مجھے دوبارہ ہوش آیا تو میں نے اپنے باپ کو بلایا جب وہ کمرے میں آیا تو اس سے پوچھا کہ جب میں چیخ اور چلا رہی تھی تو آپ مجھے اس مصیبت سے نجات دلانے کیوں نہیں آئے۔اس نے بتایا کہ یہ سب سہی تھا اور یہ جہاد تھا۔ لہذا آپ اس کو ہر وقت کر سکتی ہو اور مجاہدین آپ کے ساتھ سو سکتے ہیں۔اس سے آپ کے گناہ مٹ جائیں گے اور آپ مرنے کے بعدشہید کہلاو گی اور سیدھا جنت میں جاو گی۔میں نے پوچھا کہ یہ کیسا جہاد ہے؟ جس کے میں مسلسل 23 دن بیمار رہی۔ میں اپنے باپ سے کہا کہ مجھے دوائی لا دو یا ڈاکٹر کو معائنہ کراو لیکن اس نے انکار کردیا۔ صحت یاب ہونے کے بعد دوبارہ سے وہ لوگ آنا شروع ہوگئے۔یہ عرصہ ایک ہفتے تک جاری رہا۔جب بھی میرا باپ ان آدمیوں کو اندر آنے کی اجازت دیتا تو میں ان سے بچنے کی کوشش کرتی لیکن وہ مجھے زیادتی کا نشانہ بنا دیتے۔ایک بار ایک آدمی جس کو میں جانتی تھی کمرے میں آیا میں نے اسے کچھ نہ کرنے کا کہا تو اس نے کہا کہ آپ کا باپ مجھے آپ کے ساتھ سونے سے منع نہیں کرے گا۔ جس کے بعد میرا باپ مجھے نہانے کے لئے کہا لیکن میں وہاں سے فرار ہونا چاہتی تھی۔ گھر کا دروازہ ایک ہونے کی وجہ سے فرار ہونا مشکل تھا۔ اگر وہاں سے فرار ہوتی تو فوجیوں کی نظر میں آجاتی۔ باغی فوجی مجھے زیادتی کا نشانہ بنانے کے بعد کمرے سے باہر نکلے تو میں نے سنا کہ میرا باپ انہیں اس گاوں کو چھوڑنے کا کہ رہا تھا۔ جس کے بعد وہ دوسرے گاوں تصل میں چلے گئے۔اس کے بعد میری والدہ، بھائی اور بہن گھر واپس آئے تو میں نے اپنی والدہ سے پوچھا کہ مجھے اکیلا کیوں یہاں چھوڑ گئے تھے۔لیکن اس نے مجھے بتایا کہ جو کچھ آپ کے ساتھ ہوا ہے اچھا ہوا ہے۔ جس کے بعد اس نے مجھے دھمکی دی کہ کسی کو بتانا نہیں ورنہ آپ کو مار دوں گی۔جب میری ماں باہر جاتی یا واپس آتی تو نہاتی تھی۔وہ اسے ْجہاد النکاح۔کہتی تھی۔ کچھ عرصے کے بعد میرے باپ نے ماں سے کہا کہ وہ مجھے روان لے آئے۔جس سے مجھے فورا خیال آیا کہ وہ مجھے دوسرے گاوں لے جانا چاہتے ہیں جہاں وہ جہاد النکاح کرنےجاتی ہے۔ میں اس کے باوجود ماں کے ساتھ جانے کے لئے آمادہ ہوگئی۔ ہم تصل گاوں جانے کے لئے ٹیکسی میں سوار ہوئےاور جب وہ فوجی چیک پوائنٹ پر رکی۔ تو میں نے چیخنا چلانا شروع کر دیا جس کے باعث ایک فوج میرے پاس آیا اور گاڑی سے باہر نکالا۔ اس نے مجھ سے پوچھا کہ کیوں چیخ رہی ہو تو میں نے اسے سارا واقعہ بتا دیا۔جو میرے ساتھ ہوا تھا۔ انہوں نے مجھے کار میں بیٹھا کر ایک پرامن گھر میں منتقل کر دیا

Signed on 23 Dhul Hijja 1434 / 28 October 2013 At a meeting convened by the Universal Justice Network This is the link to the UJN Press Release on the declaration. It contains the links to: The text of the declaration Scans of the signed copies The photos of the signing and the video of the signing http://www.ihrc.org.uk/activities/press-releases/10812-press-release-pakistani-leaders-sign-historic-anti-sectarianism-declaration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Universal Justice Network (UJN) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 October 2013 Press Release: Pakistani leaders sign historic anti-sectarianism declaration Muslim scholars from Pakistan have signed a historic agreement condemning sectarianism and vowing to remove it as a cause of conflict in the violence-stricken country. Meeting in the Turkish seaside resort of Bodrum under the auspices of the UJN the scholars, who represent all of Pakistan\\\'s major Islamic sects and tendencies, agreed to come together to tackle religious intolerance in the interests of Muslim unity. The signatories include Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza of the Sunni Ittehad Council, Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza of Jamiat Ahle Hadith and Allama Syed Niaz Hussain Shah of Hoza Ilmia Jamia Al Muntazar. The 11-point UJN Pakistan Unity Declaration commits the signatories and the UJN to sign statements in the upcoming Islamic month of Muharram denouncing the killing of fellow human beings on the basis of colour, creed, ethnicity or religion as haram. The statements will also declare excommunication or takfir against fellow Muslims and abusing the Prophet Muhammad\\\'s family and companions as against the Shariah. Also party to the accord were Allama Mohammad Sadiq Qureshi (Minhaj ul Quran International), Maulana Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi (Jamay Imamia), Liaqat Baloch, MP (Jamaat-e-Islami) and Muhammad Sarwat Ejaz Qadri (Pakistan Sunni Tahreek). The accord is based on Charter 3:103, initiated by the Islamic Human Rights Commission in 1997 and now a UJN core project, and since adopted by scores of Muslim organisations, which calls for Muslims to be united in accordance with the 103rd verse of the third chapter of the Holy Quran. It also addresses the challenging problem of madrasas in Pakistan, believed to be a breeding ground of intolerance, recommending that syllabuses and curriculums under the signatories\\\' respective spheres of influence address the need for respect, harmony and peace between all members of Pakistani society. Chair of IHRC, and UJN co-ordinator, Massoud Shadjareh said: \\\"The signing of the declaration is a detrmined step out of the quagmire of murder and fear that has come to characterise the landscape in Pakistan. The situation of sectarian killings and intimidation that has worsened year on year has been dealt a blow by the unity shown today.\\\" Director of Citizens International and UJN Co-ordinator Mohideen Abdul Kader said: \\\"The dream for many that the inception of Pakistan once was had become a nightmare. Today\\\'s events bring back hope that one day Pakistan can put the internecine strife of the current era behind it.\\\" Photos of the signing ceremony can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ihrc/sets/72157637054317024/ The full text of the document and images of the signed copy canbe found here http://www.ihrc.org.uk/activities/press-releases/10812-press-release-pakistani-leaders-sign-historic-anti-sectarianism-declaration Please contact the IHRC Press Officer on [email protected] or +447958522196.

This is the link to the UJN Press Release on the declaration. It contains the links to: The text of the declaration Scans of the signed copies The photos of the signing and the video of the signing http://www.ihrc.org.uk/activities/press-releases/10812-press-release-pakistani-leaders-sign-historic-anti-sectarianism-declaration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Universal Justice Network (UJN) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 October 2013 Press Release: Pakistani leaders sign historic anti-sectarianism declaration Muslim scholars from Pakistan have signed a historic agreement condemning sectarianism and vowing to remove it as a cause of conflict in the violence-stricken country. Meeting in the Turkish seaside resort of Bodrum under the auspices of the UJN the scholars, who represent all of Pakistan\\\'s major Islamic sects and tendencies, agreed to come together to tackle religious intolerance in the interests of Muslim unity. The signatories include Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza of the Sunni Ittehad Council, Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza of Jamiat Ahle Hadith and Allama Syed Niaz Hussain Shah of Hoza Ilmia Jamia Al Muntazar. The 11-point UJN Pakistan Unity Declaration commits the signatories and the UJN to sign statements in the upcoming Islamic month of Muharram denouncing the killing of fellow human beings on the basis of colour, creed, ethnicity or religion as haram. The statements will also declare excommunication or takfir against fellow Muslims and abusing the Prophet Muhammad\\\'s family and companions as against the Shariah. Also party to the accord were Allama Mohammad Sadiq Qureshi (Minhaj ul Quran International), Maulana Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi (Jamay Imamia), Liaqat Baloch, MP (Jamaat-e-Islami) and Muhammad Sarwat Ejaz Qadri (Pakistan Sunni Tahreek). The accord is based on Charter 3:103, initiated by the Islamic Human Rights Commission in 1997 and now a UJN core project, and since adopted by scores of Muslim organisations, which calls for Muslims to be united in accordance with the 103rd verse of the third chapter of the Holy Quran. It also addresses the challenging problem of madrasas in Pakistan, believed to be a breeding ground of intolerance, recommending that syllabuses and curriculums under the signatories\\\' respective spheres of influence address the need for respect, harmony and peace between all members of Pakistani society. Chair of IHRC, and UJN co-ordinator, Massoud Shadjareh said: \\\"The signing of the declaration is a detrmined step out of the quagmire of murder and fear that has come to characterise the landscape in Pakistan. The situation of sectarian killings and intimidation that has worsened year on year has been dealt a blow by the unity shown today.\\\" Director of Citizens International and UJN Co-ordinator Mohideen Abdul Kader said: \\\"The dream for many that the inception of Pakistan once was had become a nightmare. Today\\\'s events bring back hope that one day Pakistan can put the internecine strife of the current era behind it.\\\" Photos of the signing ceremony can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ihrc/sets/72157637054317024/ The full text of the document and images of the signed copy canbe found here http://www.ihrc.org.uk/activities/press-releases/10812-press-release-pakistani-leaders-sign-historic-anti-sectarianism-declaration Please contact the IHRC Press Officer on [email protected] or +447958522196.

The Sun has undergone a \\\"complete field reversal,\\\" with its north and south poles changing places as it marks the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24. Experts say that the reversal of the Sun\\\'s magnetic field is, literally, a big event and it is a regular part of the solar cycle. While it may seem like the event could have catastrophic repercussions for the galaxy, its effects are actually more subtle, mostly interfering with space exploration. Some researchers say cosmic rays are a danger to astronauts and space probes and might affect the cloudiness and climate of Earth. NASA has released a visualization of how the switch occurs. Beginning in 1997 and ending in 2013, it shows the green positive polarity switching with the purple negative polarity. Solar Cycle 24 has been viewed as quite unpredictable. First, it came late by about a year, with extremely low activity recorded throughout 2009. This prompted astronomers to shift a predicted 2012 peak to 2013.

Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has passed away at the age of 82 due to heart condition. Ayatollah Rafsanjani was admitted to a hospital in northern Tehran on Sunday after having an acute heart attack. Born on August 25, 1934, the influential Iranian politician and writer was the fourth president of the Islamic Republic, serving from 1989 to 1997. Rafsanjani was the head of the Assembly of Experts from 2007 to 2011. The influential cleric was elected chairman of the Iranian parliament in 1980 and served until 1989. He assumed office as the Chairman of the Expediency Council in 1989. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attended the hospital where Ayatollah Rafsanjani was hospitalized, undergoing treatment. Head of Tehran’s Shohada Hospital has declared heart arrest as the cause of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s passing away. Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani was among the main aides to late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini. He played an influential role both during anti-Shah struggles before the victory of the Islamic Revolution and afterwards through various stages of the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Rafsanjani was also a key figure during the eight years of Iraq’s imposed war on Iran (1980-88), serving as substitute to commander-in-chief of the armed forces. According to IRNA news agency, the funeral for Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani will be held in Tehran on Tuesday.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah spoke for the first time about his son Hadi who embraced martyrdom in 1997 along with two other resistance fighters while waging an operation against the Israeli enemy in Jabal Al-Rafea. His body was captured by the Israelis to be released later on. “Ruholamin”, a campaign launched by a group of young men who’s purpose is to revive the memory of martyr Hadi Nasrallah, held an interview with Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in attempt to introduce martyr Hadi more to the public. In a very subjective, emotional, and transparent interview, Sayyed Nasrallah spoke openly about his eldest son and about the moment he received the news about his martyrdom. This interview introduced us to Sayyed Nasrallah the loving father not just the Secretary General of Hezbollah. The interview was aired on the anniversary of Hadi Nasrallah’s martyrdom.