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Reinstatement notification likely today
Notification on reinstatement of sacked judiciary, detailed judgement in Sharif brothers’ disqualification case and review petition against that decision are likely today. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday announced reinstatement of all judges deposed by former President Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007 after their refusal to take a fresh oath under the PCO.
The government adopted various modes to address judicial crisis which include increase in number of apex court judges from 16 to 29 to accommodate deposed judges, payment of salaries to all deposed judges and restoration of deposed judges through fresh oath. (more…)
COAS held routine meeting with president : ISPR
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held a meeting with President Pervez Musharraf at the Army House here late on Wednesday ISPR spokesman confirmed it on Thursday.
According to press release issued by DG ISPR Athar Abbas it was a routine meeting and issue relating to country’s security situation at Pak-Afghan border, Pak support to US war on terrorism were discussed.
COAS and president also shared their views on current political situation of the country. (more…)
L’ Alliance Française d’ Islamabad to present book of Nusrat Fateh life
L’ Alliance Française d’ Islamabad is proud to present Pierre Alain Baud’s Book Presentation: “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the messenger of Qawwali”, on the life and works of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
The function will be held at La Galerie, Alliance Française d’ Islamabad at 6:30 pm on Tuesday.
Our very own distinguished guest, Ambassador Régis de Belenet, will be attending the lecture along with members of Alliance Française, Socialites, and Diplomats. (more…)
Presidency, PPP indirect talks end in collapse
The indirect talks between Presidency and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) aides have ended in collapsed here on Friday.
President Pervez Musharraf taking serious notice of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s statement that Musharraf is stumbling bloc in the way of democracy, directed all his advisors including former minister Tariq Azeem not to hold any talks with Zardari aides.
President Musharraf has denied to accept any reduction in president’s authorities and has said that article 58-2 (b) would not be removed.
Indian FM calls on President Musharraf
President Pervez Musharraf met India’s foreign minister at the president’s camp office here on Wednesday as the two countries resumed peace efforts after a lull caused by political turmoil in Pakistan.
The president in the meeting with Indian minister urged for success of the bilateral talks.
Mukherjee held talks with the president over bilateral affairs matters. President Musharraf urged the two sides to work for progress and success in the talks over Occupied Kashmir issue. (more…)
Abducted Pak ambassador Tariq Azizuddin recovered
Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin kidnapped by suspected militants more than three months ago has been recovered safe, a senior official said on Saturday.
Envoy Tariq Azizuddin was heading to the Afghan capital Kabul with his driver when he disappeared in the troubled Khyber tribal district bordering Afghanistan on February 11.
Media reports, quoting unnamed sources, said “the ambassador has been recovered safe and will reach home soon,” but did not provide details. (more…)
Happy Mother’s Day
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Sweet is my Mother
So kind is my Mother
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Government to issue notification for Chaudhry restoration on TuesdayGovernment will issue notification for judge restoration on Tuesday, an official confirmation of the restoration of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Federal Secretary of Law and Justice Agha Rafiq told reporters that the law ministry would forward the notification draft to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. (more…)
Suicide blast at Danish embassy
A suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad on Monday, killing eight people and wounding nearly 30 others, state media and officials said.
The blast badly damaged the mission and a nearby UN agency and left a huge crater in the road outside. Dozens of cars were wrecked by the force of the explosion and some were on fire, an AFP reporter said. (more…)
Pak IT sector at the verge of taking off : Microsoft country managerCountry Manager, Microsoft Pakistan, Kamal Ahmed has said that the country is at the verge of taking off in the Information Technology (IT) sector, following the telecom revolution.
“I am very hopeful that the explosion in IT sector will be just like the one we have seen in the country’s telecom sector,” he told a TV news channel in an interview.
Elaborating his statement he said, it has been observed in many countries that the telecom sector develops ahead of the IT sector. The telecom sector provides the bandwidth, which is the backbone for IT sector to flourish, he explained. (more…)
Official time advanced for an hourAnother experiment is being made in Pakistan since people across the country have now 60 additional minutes (one hour) to use before the sunset, following advancement of the official time by an hour from Sunday June 1st.
A government notification says the country has advanced its time on the first day of June and will be six hours ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) instead of the present five hours. The DST is being introduced to reduce power consumption and maximise the use of daylight. During DST, the sun appears to rise one hour later in the morning, and sets an hour later in the evening, seeming to stretch the day longer. (more…)
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The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has now directed the power distribution companies (discos) to lower industrial load by 15 percent after introducing five hours a day load shedding to the textile industry a day earlier, industries sources said. This decision by Pepco has gathered endless worries for different industrial sectors, particularly the textile industry.
According to sources, the textile industry has objected to the move strongly and pointed out that it was already deprived of the exemption, and the present move would be equivalent to its closure. Sources said that Pepco officials have assured of not applying the load lowering down formula to the textile sector. (more…)
Bullion RatesGold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (May 16, 2009).
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In rupees per 10 gram
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KARACHI
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Gold Tezabi 23742.00
Silver Tezabi 325.71
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MULTAN
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Gold Tezabi-24 CT 23320.00
Gold 22 CT 21320.00
Silver Tezabi 385.00
Silver Thobi 382.00
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NOTE(Bullion rates from Lahore and Hyderabad were not received).
Raja hints at increase in power tariff from JulyFederal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Saturday hinted at increasing electricity tariff from new fiscal year but the poor segment of the society, he said, would be protected. Addressing a press conference here.
The minister said that at present the government is subsidising 82-paisa per unit of electricity and it is going to be difficult for the government to maintain this subsidy keeping in view the unprecedented surge in oil prices in the international market. (more…)
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The death of Benazir has raised a lot of questions which need to be answered. Government has also been critised but does really the government alone needs to be critisised? Here are some questions which need to be answered. (more…)
Benazir Bhutto knew her assassins“Benazir Bhutto was also my sister, and I will be with you to take the revenge for her death [..] Don’t feel alone. I am with you. We will take the revenge on the rulers” , said Nawaz Sharif to the supporters of Benazir Bhutto after her assassination on 27th December 2007.
The assassination of opposition political leaders and activists has always been the practice of tyrants, dictators and imperialist occupiers. Israel has long practiced such assassinations with the complicity of the United States. (more…)
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