Nizam-e-Adl ?an anti-woman law?
Islamabad
Terming ?Nizam-e-Adl? an anti-women that tends to exclude women from the administration of judicial system, a resolution passed follo
More: continued here
Blast reported in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: A blast is reported to have occurred at Misryal Road in Dhok Sidan here, said CPO Rao Iqbal said on Thursday.
According to an eyewitness, a police picket seems to be the target of the blast.
Police is trying to locate the exact site of the blast.
More: continued here
Nobody can forgive constitution-violators: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader in National Assembly (NA), Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Thursday said the Punjab government was not taken into confidence over sugar price adding the sugar crisis emerged owing to hoarding and black-marketing.
Addressing the National Assembly, he said forgiving the violators of the constitution is tantamount to the betrayal of the country.
Ch. Nisar said the government is not prepared to take any action against Pervez Musharraf; this is regrettable, adding, ?We walk out over disappointing speech of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani yesterday.?
Chaudhry Nisar said, ?We do not accept the announcement of the PM Gilani regarding forgiveness to Musharraf,? adding no one including Zardari, Bilawal, Nawaz Sharif, Asfandyar Wali and Fazlur Rehman can forgive the violators of law and constitution.
He added his party will keep on raising the issue of Musharraf?s trial.
The sugar price has been increased in the interest of sugar-hoarders not the people, Nisar said, adding it has been decided in Punjab to set ex-mill price of sugar at Rs45/kg and the efforts would be made to enforce the same sugar price in other provinces.
Chaudhry Nisar said if the government withdraws Rs5 of excise duty, then sugar price would further be taken down to Rs40/kg.
?We turn up to parliament not to safeguard our sugar mills; instead, we have come to the House to protect the rights and interests of the common man.?
On this occasion, he said he was made the chairman of Public Accounts Committee not because of President, adding, ?I have been made PAC chairman under Charter of Democracy.?
He added, ?If this office is a favour by President Asif Ali Zardari, then I am prepared to resign tomorrow.?
Later on, the PML-N staged a token walkout from the house over PPP?s indisposition to take any action against Pervez Musharraf.
Later, Minister for parliamentary affairs Babar Awan, addressing the House, said the PM Gilani wants to build up a bridge ahead not the walls, adding he reitereated the resolve to frustrate everyone who wants to create rifts in the party.
Awan said there is nothing like minus-one and if there is no democracy, then everything will go minus.
More: continued here
Pakistan army says 60 militants surrender (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan’s military said Thursday that about 60 militants had surrendered to authorities in northwest Swat valley, where the government claims to have eliminated Taliban extremists.
More: continued here
Govt to raise anti-corruption agency salaries
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday said a good report regarding Pakistan Steel Mill surfaced on the media.
Talking to journalists after the meeting regarding anti-corruption, he said the corruption is more dangerous than the terrorism, as the corruption is eating into the country like a termite.
The minister said he government is working on emergency grounds to make Pakistan a corruption free country, adding a whole system of accountability is in place; but, nothing goes beyond reports.
Malik said it was decided the action would be taken up over the next reports, adding Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the accountability of the PM house before anyone else.
He said the biggest problem previously was to file an FIR; now, the registration of FIR would be computerized, adding Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani soon will inaugurate the system.
The interior minister said the salaries of anti-corruption officials are being increased equal to those of Motorway Police, adding the appointments and transfers would be made transparent.
He said the people investigating into crimes would be trained, adding Anti-Corruption Agency has been decided to be made superior to the concerned law enforcement agencies.
The federal government will provide forensic laboratory to the provincial anti-corruption agencies, Malik said.
The leadership of the extremists has been uprooted, he added.
More: continued here
Dollar improves against rupee by 12 paisas
KARACHI: Value of dollar registered an increase of paisas 12 against rupee and closed at Rs82.87 in the inter-bank market today.
Forex market dealers said, demand for dollar witnessed a rise because of payment of 35 million dollars in the banking system.
They said that at one stage dollar was seen trading at Rs82.92.
Meanwhile, the dollar sold at Rs82.80 and bought for 82.90 in the open market.
More: continued here
Pakistan’’s forex reserves climb to $12.96 bln
KARACHI: Pakistan’’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose to 12.96 billion dollars following the receipt of 1.2 billion dollars from IMF.
Spokesman of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Wasimuddin said this while talking to Geo News on Thursday.
According to break-up, foreign reserves held by SBP were 9.468 billion dollars while net forex reserves held by banks (other than SBP) 3.494 billion.
More: continued here
Nizam-e-Adl ?an anti-woman law?
Islamabad
Terming ?Nizam-e-Adl? an anti-women that tends to exclude women from the administration of judicial system, a resolution passed follo
More: continued here
PIA records Rs5.39 bln loss in six months
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) posted a loss of Rs 5.39 billions during a period of six months (January - June 2009).
According to a notice released by Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), PIA had suffered a loss of Rs 17.99 billions during the same period the last year, showing a 70 percent decline compared to this year?s loss.
The notice further stated that PIA?s loss per share stood at Rs 2.52 in the first six months of the current year.
More: continued here
I?m PAC head not because of president, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader in National Assembly (NA), Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said he was made the chairman of Public Accounts Committee not because of President, Geo News reported Thursday.
Addressing the National Assembly, he said ?We turn up to parliament not to safeguard our sugar mills; instead, we have come to the House to protect the rights and interests of the common man.?
He said, ?I have been made PAC chairman under Charter of Democracy.?
He added, ?If this office is a favour by President Asif Ali Zardari, then I am prepared to resign from the office tomorrow.?
Ch. Nisar said the government is not prepared to take any action against Pervez Musharraf, adding, ?We walk out over disappointing speech of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani yesterday.?
The PML-N then staged a token walkout from the house over PPP indisposition to take any action against Pervez Musharraf.
Nisar said the Punjab government was not taken into confidence over sugar price, adding the sugar crisis emerged owing to hoarding and black-marketing.
More: continued here