Lahore, Aug 12 : In Iraq, Al Qaeda might have been alienated because of terrible killings of those who refuse to pledge allegiance to them, but it lost credibility in the Gulf country because of imposing a series of rules imposing their way of thought on the most mundane aspects of everyday life, like forcing women not to buy “suggestively-shaped” vegetables like cucumber!

They directed that only males could buy such vegetables, because they considered such vegetables as male.

The self-made ruled imposed by Qaeda, include a ban on women buying “suggestively-shaped” vegetables, the Daily Times quoted a tribal leader in the western Iraq province of Anbar as telling the Daily Telegraph.

Islamabad  - Legislators in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Tuesday passed a no-trust resolution against President Pervez Musharraf, who stands on the brink of impeachment over accusations of misconduct.

The move came a day after the assembly in the most populous province of Punjab demanded the embattled leader seek a confidence vote from the presidential electoral college or face trial.

Peshawar, Aug. 12  At least 13 people were killed in a bomb attack on an Air Force bus here on Tuesday.

Security officials said that the blast occurred near the Badaber Air Force Base on the outskirts of the city.

They said the bomb was planted on a bridge and went off as the vehicle drove over it.

Peshawar, Aug 12 : The NWFP Assembly today passed a resolution of no-confidence against President Pervez Musharraf, who is to soon face impeachment motion from the ruling PPP-led coalition.

A total of 107 votes supported the resolution whereas only four went against it, while 13 members abstained from voting, reported The News.

The NWFP Assembly comprises of 124 members.

Earlier, NWFP senior minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour presented the resolution and the members chanted ‘Go Musharraf Go’.

Islamabad, Aug 12: Foreign diplomats posted in Islamabad have said that the ongoing development in Islamabad (Musharraf’s impeachment) was an internal matter of Pakistan and that their respective countries won’t interfere in it.

The diplomats also said they were “keenly watching” the impeachment process and regularly reporting back to their capitals due to “huge” interest in the future of Musharraf.

Islamabad, Aug 12: Even as the ruling coalition continued deliberations on a charge sheet against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Labour Minister Khurshid Shah has said that the process (of impeachment) would take around one month to complete.

He said the process be completed by the first week of September.

“The entire process will take almost three weeks and will culminate by September 2 or 3, in case President Musharraf refuses to resign,” the Daily Times quoted Shah as saying after the meeting of the committee at the Parliament House.