Israeli jets bomb 9 to death in Gaza

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Posted on October 30, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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Israeli jets bomb 9 to death in Gaza.

Israeli jets bomb 9 to death in Gaza

Updated at: 0614 PST, Sunday, October 30, 2011

GAZA: At least nine Palestinians succumbed to Israeli air raids on a militant cell in the east of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip. Most of the victims were members of Islamic Jihad and Al-Quds. Death toll has reached nine in less than 12 hours. Israeli warplanes also attacked central Gaza Strip leaving one injured. COMMENT: SUCH A WHIMSICAL DOING !

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Posted on October 29, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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Afghanistan: Suicide attack kills 13 US troops

The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville: ”Those buses are usually seriously armoured, so that explosion must have been quite large”

Taliban Conflict

• US patience wears thin
• Taliban tactical shift
• Haqqani militant network
• Q&A: Fighting the Taliban

A suicide bomber has attacked a bus carrying foreign troops in the Afghan capital Kabul killing 13 US soldiers.

A Nato spokesman said the attacker detonated a car filled with explosives.

The attack, in the Darulaman area, west of Kabul, also killed three Afghan civilians and a police officer.

The Taliban has admitted carrying out the attack – one of the worst ground attacks against foreign troops since the beginning of the war. Such attacks are rare in heavily-guarded Kabul.

Separately, three Australian soldiers were killed by a man in Afghan army uniform. Nato said the gunman was also killed in that attack in the south of the country.

Fewer attacks have hit Kabul this year, compared to 2010.

But the Taliban and the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, which is linked to it, have still been able to penetrate the city’s defences.

In September, the Haqqani network launched an attack on the American embassy and Isaf headquarters which lasted 20 hours.

Vehicles burning

The attack happened near Darulaman Palace, the bombed-out seat of Afghanistan’s former kings on the south-west outskirts of the capital.

Analysis

Quentin Sommerville BBC News, Kabul

The Taliban have been pushed back in the south of the country – their traditional heartland – where Isaf has made a lot of progress. But there are hot spots there and in the east of the country.

There has been a shift in the Taliban tactics – they are adaptable, in the way they match their attacks to a changed international mission.

Attacks on members of Isaf are down, but assassinations have dramatically risen by 60%, as have roadside bombs.

There has been some success in stopping attacks, but as Nato commanders say, “Militants have to be lucky only once, we have to be lucky every day.”

The suicide attacker driving a red Toyota Corolla detonated the bomb just as the bus was passing at 11:20 (06:50 GMT). The armoured bus was blown over by the force of the explosion.

Nato helicopters were seen taking away casualties.

“It was a very strong bomb,” said one eyewitness, Gulam Saki.

Thick black smoke rose from the scene – and some distance away there were shattered windows and scattered pieces of twisted metal, suggesting the blast had been massive.

“A suicide car bomb attack was carried out on a bus of foreign forces in the Darulaman area of Kabul,” Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a text message to AFP news agency.

“Initial reports indicate that 13 International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) service members died following an improvised explosive device attack in Kabul earlier today,” the force said in a statement. US officials later confirmed the soldiers were American.

Nato’s worst Afghan moments

• 6 April 2005 – Chinook crash in Ghazni province kills 15 US soldiers and three civilian contractors
• 28 June 2005 - 16 US troops killed when Taliban bring down Chinook in Kunar province
• 16 August 2005 - 17 Spanish soldiers die when Cougar helicopter crashes near Herat
• 5 May 2006 - 10 US soldiers die after Chinook crashes east of Kabul
• 2 Sept 2006 – 14 UK personnel killed when RAF Nimrod explodes following mid-air refuelling
• 18 August 2008 - 10 French soldiers killed in Taliban ambush east of Kabul
• 6 August 2011 – 30 US special forces killed in Chinook crash

Source: BBC and news agencies

It was the deadliest incident since the Taliban shot down a US helicopter in August, killing 30 US special forces.

There has been an increase in militant attacks across Afghanistan in recent months, despite the presence of more than 130,000 foreign troops.

But this was a very significant attack, says the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville in Kabul. It is rare for so many servicemen to die in a single incident, our correspondent says.

On Thursday the Taliban said it was behind an attack on a compound housing Western officials and military personnel in the city of Kandahar. The attack was repelled after a 15-hour battle.

The US is planning to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan and hand over security to local forces by 2014.

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Posted on October 29, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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Updated at: 1551 PST, Saturday, October 29, 2011 GUJRANWALA: A teacher at a private school here painted the face of seven female students black after they failed to complete their assignment, Geo News reported. When the Geo News team arrived to speak to the school administration, the team was threatened and assaulted. Protesting parents outside the school located at Street No.3, Chirangh Nagar Noshera Road are asking why their daughters were subjected to this inhumane punishment. According to students of the school, the teacher punched the girls of class seven over not completing their assignment. Later she painted the face of female students with ink and asked them to leave the school. Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Shairf took notice of the incident and the registration for the school was cancelled by the commissioner. COMMENT: SOUNDS THE REASONABLE LEGAL ACTION TO HAVE TAKEN AS PER THE ALLEGATION

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Posted on October 26, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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Railways pensions and salaries to be paid before November 5

Updated at: 1514 PST, Wednesday, October 26, 2011 ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Railways (PR) employees and pensioners will be paid their dues before November 5, Geo News reported. This decision was taken during a meeting between the Railways and Finance Ministries. PR will be issued a fund of Rs 25 billion for the payment of salaries by the 25th of each month by the Finance Ministry. All employees will be paid their salaries by the first of every month. According to GM Railways, an agreement has been reached between PR and National Bank which will set up five separate counters in bank branches for the payment of salaries and pensions. COMMENT: RAILWAYS PENSIONERS’ STRIKE SEEMS ULTIMATELY ACHIEVING SUCCESS.

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Posted on October 22, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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Libya: Muammar Gaddafi’s body ‘undergoes post-mortem’

People are queuing to see Gaddafi’s body which is being kept in a cold storage container in Misrata

Libya Crisis

• As it happened
• The bloody birth of new Libya
• Last of the buffoon dictators?
• Revolution ‘still has far to go’

A post-mortem examination on the body of Libya’s ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi has been performed in Misrata, an official told the BBC.

He said the body would be handed over to relatives. The burial has been delayed, with officials divided about what to do with the remains.

The UN has called for an inquiry about into Col Gaddafi’s killing on Thursday.

Meanwhile the commander of the forces that captured him in Sirte gave details of the events leading to his death.

In an exclusive BBC interview, Omran el Oweib said the injured colonel had been dragged from the drainage pipe where he had been hiding, took 10 steps and collapsed.

He said gunfire then broke out between Gaddafi supporters and fighters of the National Transitional Council (NTC). It was impossible to tell who fired the fatal bullet, he added.

At the scene

Gabriel Gatehouse BBC News, Misrata

We’ve just been shown into a refrigerator compartment in a market on the outskirts of Misrata. Inside is the body of Muammar Gaddafi. He’s got various wounds on his body and what appear to be wounds on his head, although it’s not clear whether there is in fact a head shot that was talked about as the cause of death.

The crucial thing is that this is recognisably the former Libyan leader, his curly hair and trademark goatee beard. There are people queuing up outside still to view the body, the occasional chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’ ['God is great'], going up from the crowd, who are all donning face masks to overcome the smell.

It’s now coming up to two days since the Libyan leader was captured and killed, and still he hasn’t been buried, contrary to Islamic custom.

Mr Oweib said he had driven the former leader to a field hospital, where he was pronounced dead. “I tried to save his life but I couldn’t,” the commander said.

Questions have been mounting as to what happened in Col Gaddafi’s last moments. Acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said he had been shot in crossfire.

Video footage suggests he was dragged through the streets.

Secret burial?

The US has called on officials to give an account in an “open and transparent manner”. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the “way his death happened poses an entire number of questions”.

Mr Lavrov called for a full investigation, echoing a similar call by UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay.

However, correspondents say few Libyans are worried about the manner of their former dictator’s humiliating end. Celebrations continued late into the night across Libya.

NTC foreign affairs spokesman Ahmed Gebreel told the BBC that the post-mortem had been carried out on Saturday.

However another official, Fathi al-Bashaagha, told AFP news agency that there would be no autopsy.

Hundreds of Libyans have been queuing to get a glimpse of the bodies of Col Gaddafi and his son Mutassim – who was also killed on Thursday. They had been placed in a meat storage facility.

It is unclear whether the ex-leader will be buried in Misrata, in his hometown of Sirte, or elsewhere.

Officials from the NTC have said they want a secret burial to prevent any grave being turned into a shrine.

COMMENT: AS PER MOST LIBYAN FREEDOM FIGHTER, MANY LIBYAN PEOPLE AND MOST CRITICS: “DO GOOD AND HAVE GOOD OR ITS VICE VERSA.

Denuge claimes four more lives in Lahore

Denuge claimes four more lives in Lahore

Updated at: 0708 PST, Saturday, October 22, 2011

LAHORE: The killer Dengue fever claimed four more lives including that of two women in Lahore, Geo News reported Saturday. In Lahore alone the total dengue death toll now has reached 236, whereas 265 deaths have been registered overall in Punjab. With 242 more confirmed cases the tally of total patients, so far, has jumped to 18,300. On the other hand 199 more cases have surfaced in Lahore to take the figure for the city to 15,609. At the moment, around 1,385 patients are under treatment in the heart of Punjab. Doctors told Geo News that guidelines for the treatment of pregnant women suffering form the deadly disease have been devised. The patients coming in with hemorrhage/shock are being taken care at the high-dependency units. Doctors add that patients returning to hospitals with a relapse or a new infection are the most critical. COMMENT: DENGUE CLAIMS LIVES AFTER LIVES TRAGICALLY.

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No intention of ground offensive against Pakistan: Clinton

Updated at: 1724 PST, Friday, October 21, 2011
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has accepted that there was no evidence of ISI involvement in attack on US embassy in Kabul, Geo News reported.

Talking to media here, Clinton said there would be no ground offensive against Pakistan under any circumstance.

COMMENT: WHAT A DIPLOMATIC STATEMENT

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Four more succumb to Dengue in Lahore

Updated at: 1033 PST, Thursday, October 20, 2011

LAHORE: After the death of four more Dengue patients in Lahore, the toll has now surged to 231 in the city while 258 in the Punjab province Thursday, Geo News reported. The victims who died today include Rahat Bano aged 58, Rafiqa Bibi 76, Kiran 19 and Bashir Ahmed 56. After the confirmation of 250 new cases of Dengue in past 24 hours, the number of patients has increased to 17,837 in the province. However, number of patients visiting the hospital has decreased. Experts said that the number of patients would decrease with the change in weather. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif chaired the Dengue emergency committee meeting today and instructed to disseminate Dengue awareness CDs in the educational seminars. The CM Punjab was told that a year long planning is being done to cure Dengue. The meeting was attended by the members of National Assembly (MNAs) along with the Sri Lankan medical experts. COMMENT: HOW MUCH CARE ON PREVENTION AND CURE OF DENGUE VIRUS IS GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT IS THE QUESTION !

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Muammar Gaddafi killed, claims Arab TV

Updated at: 1644 PST, Thursday, October 20, 2011
TRIPOLI: Muammar Gaddafi has been killed, an Arab television claimed minutes after media reports of his capture, however, pro-Gaddafi television website deny the ‘strongman’ has been killed or captured.

According to the Arab television station, Libya’s former dictator Muammar Gaddafi was shot dead during a clash.

AFP adds: Earlier, a National Transitional Council (NTC) commander said that Muammar Gaddafi was captured as his hometown of Sirte was falling, adding that the ousted Libyan strongman was badly wounded.

“He has been captured. He is badly wounded, but he is still breathing,” Mohamed Leith told AFP, adding that he had seen Gaddafi himself and that he was wearing a kaki uniform and a turban.

Libyan TV channel “Libya lil Ahrar” also said that he was in custody.

In Sirte, medics said the defence minister in Gaddafi’s ousted regime, Abu Bakr Yunis, had been killed in the final battle for the strongman’s hometown.

His body was identified at the field hospital where it was brought in a pick-up truck on Thursday, Dr Abdu Rauf told AFP.

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Pakistan's Rehman Malik: Taliban must disarm for talks

Peace talks with the Taliban in Swat valley were not successful

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Taliban Conflict

• US patience wears thin
• Taliban tactical shift
• Haqqani militant network
• Q&A: Fighting the Taliban

Pakistan will hold peace talks with the Taliban only if the militants lay down their weapons first, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.

He told reporters the Taliban would not "keep Kalashnikovs... and hold talks".

Both sides have indicated they are open to negotiations, but analysts doubt the insurgents, who are at war with the Pakistani state, would agree to disarm.

No such condition was set for previous talks, which failed to end violence in which thousands have died.

Mr Malik said that the minimum agenda for talks was for the insurgents to give up arms.

"If they think they will keep Kalashnikovs in their hands and also hold talks, that will not happen," he said.

Correspondents say his comments may not reflect official Pakistani policy.

In the past, peace talks with militants in tribal areas near the Afghan border have resulted in short-lived accords and accusations that Pakistan was providing the militants with sanctuary.

The Pakistani army has conducted a series of offensives against strongholds of the Pakistani Taliban, or Tehrik-e-Taliban, along the mountainous and remote border with Afghanistan.

But it has failed to curtail the activities of the group, which is close to al-Qaeda.

Militants in Pakistan have carried out a series of devastating suicide bombings and other attacks across the country since 2007 in an attempt to overthrow the US-backed government.

Earlier this month, a senior Pakistani Taliban leader told the BBC that talks with Islamabad would not succeed until US forces leave Afghanistan in 2014.

Washington is pressing Islamabad to take further military action against the militants.

Bhutto 'kidnap plot'

On Tuesday Mr Malik released details of what he said was an plan by militants to kidnap Bilawal Bhutto, the son of President Zardari and murdered Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

He also confirmed that militants were holding Shahbaz Taseer, son of murdered Punjab Governor Salman Taseer.

Mr Taseer's car was was intercepted by four men in Lahore in August, seven months after his father was killed for opposing the country's blasphemy law.

COMMENT: SOUNDS A REASONABLE STAND.

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Nawaz wants an end to corruption Updated at: 1523 PST, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Nawaz wants an end to corruptionSHAHDADPUR: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that we wanted an end to corruption and corrupt officials in the country, Geo News reported. Addressing party workers and flood victims in Shahdadpur, Sharif said he wanted to bring a change in the lives of people and it was his wish that Pakistan should prosper. Sharif added that he felt the pain of the people that is why he was between them. “There is no electricity, gas or employment in the country” Sharif said. The PML-N president told the gathering that a change was about to come in Sindh and those responsible for criminal activity in Karachi should be punished.

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Updated at: 0935 PST, Saturday, October 15, 2011 WANA: A US drone fired multiple missiles on a house located at a place called Bagar in Tehsin Barmal of South Waziristan Agency killing three persons, Geo News reported Saturday. According to agency sources, the US drones hit nine missiles at a house in Tehsil Barmal early Saturday morning that killed three persons and injured seven others. The death toll is expected to rise. Sources said that the victims belonged to local commander Mullah Nazir group of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This is the fourth attack in past three days against Taliban hotbeds in Waziristan agencies. In an earlier such attack in North Waziristan, the US officials claimed to kill a key commander belonging to Haqqani network. Comment: US drone attacks within Pakistan’s territory still going on!!! Strange!

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BB murder case: Saud Aziz, Khurram Shahzad’s acquittal plea rejected

Updated at: 1339 PST, Saturday, October 15, 2011 RAWALPINDI: The Trial Court has rejected the appeals filed by former Rawalpindi police chief, Saud Aziz and SP Rawal Town, Khurram Shahzad for their acquittal in the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto murder case, while in this very case the details of the confiscated assets of proclaimed offender General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf was handed over to his wife Sehba Musharraf. Earlier, Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC)-I had heard the appeal of Sehba Musharraf against the confiscation of Pervez Musharraf’s properties in this case and later it was adjourned until October 22 due to prosecution lawyer’s engagements. The defending party was provided with the details of the confiscated assets on the directive of the court on which the defence lawyer raised an objection for its being unconfirmed. Later, the judge of the court went to Adyala Jail and announced his earlier reserved judgment that rejected the police officers Saud Aziz and Khurram Shahzad’s acquittal pleas and also turned down the pleas relating to restraining their indictments in the case. Further hearing of Benazir Bhutto murder case would now be held on October 22. COMMENT: LENGTHY PROCESS OF THE CASE SEEMS MAKING THE HONORABLE COURT TO DECLARE THE DECISION DELAYED.

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Moin Akhtar to be waxed for Madame Tussauds

Updated at: 1042 PST, Thursday, October 13, 2011 LONDON: The world famous wax museum Madame Tussauds has expressed its wish to include a statue of a Pakistani actor for the first time. The actor who has made up to the list is none other than the legend comedian late Moin Akhtar. The one of its kind museum is famous for displaying waxworks of historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars and famous murderers. Considering Akhtar’s extensive work in the field of arts, the museum has contacted his family in Pakistan. With his unmatched acting skills, production and singing, Moin Akhtar entertained the audiences for 44 long years. The late actor will become the first Pakistani whose statue will be included in the Madame Tussauds. Comment: Moin Akhtar, a legend of his time who deserves the honour in reality.

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Majority wants change: Imran

Updated at: 0839 PST, Friday, October 14, 2011
DALLAS/TEXAS: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan said that majority of Pakistanis wanted change and no power can stop the people’s revolution.

Imran was speaking at a fundraising ceremony organized by his party here in Dallas. He said that major parties have been coming in power via bogus votes. ’37 million votes out of 80 million found fake while more than 35 million are not registered either, over which the Supreme Court has issued verdict.’

‘Pakistan is a very strong country, if it could bear Zardari regime for three years you can imagine its strength.’ Imran noted that PTI would implement a fair tax system in the country.

Dallas PTI President Nadeem Zaman, Event Coordinator Dr Jalil and others also spoke on the occasion. Central Deputy General Secretary Imran Ismail was also with the party chief.

A delegation led by President Women Wing Syeda Nayyara Bukhari met Imran Khan. Nazia Khan moderated the event.

COMMENT: SEEMS AND SOUNDS REALITY.

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Nisar’s letter to President Zardari issued to media

Updated at: 1453 PST, Friday, October 14, 2011 ISLAMABAD: The media has been issued a copy of Chaudhry Nisar’s reply to the letter written by President Zardari in regards to the nomination of Admiral (retd) Fasih Bukhari as NAB chairman, Geo News reported. In his reply Nisar wrote that there should be more than one nominee for the post and that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry should have been consulted. The two page letter which was sent to the President on Thursday stated that the appointment of NAB chairman was one the main reasons why the accountability bill was being amended. “It seems the government does not want to approve the new accountability bill” Nisar wrote. COMMENT: SOUNDS RELEVANT

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Banks to observe Saturday-Sunday off

Updated at: 1450 PST, Friday, October 14, 2011 KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and commercial banks would be observing Saturday and Sunday as weekly holidays from October 15, while few branches located in the commercial centres would remain open on Saturday as well, Geo news reported. SBP handout issued here said that the Central Bank and all commercial banks would remain open five days a week, following the federal government’s announcement of two weekly holidays in government and semi-government organizations under a vigorous energy saving campaign. The handout further said that banking hours for Monday-Thursday would be 9.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M., while on Friday the transactions in banks would continue up to 6.00 P.M. According to the Central Bank, some bank branches in commercial areas would remain open on Saturday with prior permission of the Central Bank. People in reaction said that drawing cash from the ATMs of the banks had already been a great hassle for them and now two-day a week holiday would further add to their miseries. Industrialists said that the two days a week holiday for the banks would be adversely affecting the exports as well as the imports of the country. COMMENT: DOES PAKISTAN BEING A POOR/DEVELOPING COUNTRY DESERVE TWO HOLIDAYS AND FIVE DAYS ONLY AS WORKING WEEK DAYS, A QUESTION THAT FLASHES IN MOST PEOPLE’S MIND?

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Shahkot rape victim reaches CM House

Updated at: 1211 PST, Thursday, October 13, 2011 LAHORE: The first-year student who was gang raped in Kot Kahlwan, Shahkot reached the Chief Minister House here on Thursday, Geo News reported. The victim Saba Rai along with her mother Aarfa Tabassum reached Lahore to meet Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif. While talking to Geo News, victim’s mother told that the police and culprits are pressurizing them for agreement and to withdraw case against them. She told that the police has asked for the victim’s second medical check-up while the culprits have warned them of influencing the medical report. The victim’s family appealed to the CM Punjab to ensure justice. COMMENT: IMMEDIATE JUSTICE NEEDED.

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Petition against President, PM, politicians’ foreign assets

Updated at: 1324 PST, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notices on the filed petition making plea for demanding the details of the bank accounts and foreign assets of scores of politicians including President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan. Barrister Iqbal Jaffery in his petition filed in LHC has made 15 politicians respondents, which included Chaudhry Shujaat and Pervaiz Ellahi also. It is stated in the petition that the politicians have stashed away billions of rupees abroad throwing the country in dire financial crisis and, therefore, prayed that the details of the bank accounts and foreign assets of these politicians be called for and pass order for bringing back in the country these stashed away national wealth. The court adjourned further proceedings for two weeks. COMMENT: JUDICIARY IN PROCESS.

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Posted on October 8, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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The women had led the non-violent struggle for women’s political rights, said the committee

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This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to three women – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen.

They were recognised for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.

Mrs Sirleaf is Africa’s first female elected head of state, Ms Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist and Ms Karman is a leading figure in Yemen’s pro-democracy movement.

“We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women achieve the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society,” said Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland in Oslo.

Reading from the prize citation, he said the committee hoped the prize would “help to bring an end to the suppression of women that still occurs in many countries, and to realise the great potential for democracy and peace that women can represent”.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel – deemed by Forbes the world’s most powerful woman – called the award a “wise decision”.

Nobel committee chair Thorbjorn Jagland announced the awards

But Mrs Sirleaf’s main rival in polls this coming Tuesday, Winston Tubman, told the BBC she did not deserve the prize and was a “warmonger”

Comment: All are Women, Not a single Man!

Pagara threatens to quit government – GEO.tv | Arshams's Blog

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Pagara threatens to quit government – GEO.tv

Posted on October 8, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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Pagara threatens to quit government – GEO.tv.

Pagara threatens to quit government

Updated at: 1446 PST, Saturday, October 08, 2011 KARACHI: PML-F chief Pir Pagara has threatened to quit the government if ministries in Sindh were taken from his party, Geo News reported. Pagara said his party had entered into an agreement with President Zardari and not Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah. Pagara added that the CM was holding several portfolios and the government would be in trouble if the PML-F left. On Friday differences emerged between coalition partners over the allocation of ministries in Sindh. PML-F leaders were informed by the CM that their portfolios would be given to MQM who had recently announced its return to the government. COMMENT: WHAT’S NEXT !

Govt will abide by Karachi violence case verdict: AG – GEO.tv | Arshams's Blog

Govt will abide by Karachi violence case verdict: AG – GEO.tv | Arshams's Blog

Govt will abide by Karachi violence case verdict: AG – GEO.tv

Posted on October 6, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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Govt will abide by Karachi violence case verdict: AG – GEO.tv.

Govt will abide by Karachi violence case verdict: AG

Updated at: 1720 PST, Thursday, October 06, 2011 ISLAMABAD Attorney General Maulvi Anwar ul Haq said the government would abide by the Supreme Court verdict of the Karachi violence suo moto case. Haq was speaking with Geo News outside the apex court and said the government had been making efforts for establishing peace in the Karachi. “The government has demonstrated its commitment to control the law and order situation” he said. The Supreme Court announced the Karachi suo moto violence case verdict on Thursday in which it stated that it was the responsibility of the state to protect citizens and the government had failed in this regard in the metropolis. Comment: Notwithstanding, it is hoped that the Government would do its utmost to do the needful towards restoration of peace and harmony in Karachi despite its previous failure to do so.

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PML(N) led sit-in at Presidency

Updated at: 1232 PST, Thursday, October 06, 2011

ISLAMABAD: PML-N along with other opposition parties is staging a sit-in outside the Presidency after a protest march against prolonged loadshedding and the Balochistan situation. All the routes leading to the Presidency were blocked before the march. Members of JUI-F, JI, Fata, PPP Sherpao and PML-Hum Khayal have joined hands with the PML-N to participate in the protest. According to sources, government and opposition members exchanged bitter remarks against each other during National Assembly session today. The members of PML-N later walked out of the House followed by JUI-F. Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar, while marching towards the Presidency, said that almost all the opposition parties have joined them in the protest following their conscience. The PML-N kicked off its movement against the government by staging a sit-in outside the Parliament House on Wednesday with a PPP parliamentarian from Balochistan, Nasir Ali Shah, to protest against the killing of members of the Hazara Shia community. Speaking to the media outside parliament Wednesday, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the PML-N would protest against loadshedding so the government could start taking note of the internal problems plaguing the country. He said the situation had worsened to a point where the PML-N thought it would be a sin not to act. He said despite widespread protests countrywide, the PPP-led government was reluctant to take steps to overcome the crisis. Nisar vowed that his party would not let the government punish people and would remind it of its promises made to the public. Comment: SOUNDS LIKE THAT A GIANT STEP TAKEN TO RESCUE THE NATION/COUNTRY BY GETTING CORRUPTIONS ELIMINATED OUT OF GOVERNMENT MACHINERY (that ruins the lives and economy of the nation/people/country).

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JUSTIFIED JUSTICE

Posted on October 6, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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FOR ALL TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

No nation/country can even survive till its judiciary, bureaucratic and law and order enforcement functionaries are left unchecked, unobserved, unreached, unaudited, unattended. legally-polished up and cleaned up and so on.

– A.R.Shams’s Reflection Press/Online Publications

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JUSTIFIED JUSTICE

Posted on October 6, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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FOR ALL TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

No nation/country can even survive till its judiciary, bureaucratic and law and order enforcement functionaries are left unchecked, unobserved, unreached, unaudited, unattended. legally-polished up and cleaned up and so on.

– A.R.Shams’s Reflection Press/Online Publications

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Posted on October 3, 2011 by A. R. Shams

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Zardari danger to democracy: Nawaz – GEO.tv.

Zardari danger to democracy: Nawaz

Updated at: 1333 PST, Monday, October 03, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif again declared President Asif Ali Zardari a ‘danger to the democracy’, Geo News reported. Sharif was addressing the meeting of the PML-N Central Working Committee (CWC) held here on Monday. The meeting was held to discuss the current political situation, economic condition, implementation of decisions of the recently held All Parties Conference (APC), uncontrolled inflation, worsening electricity shortfall and the future strategy of the party. While declaring Zardari a threat to the democracy, Nawaz said if the resolutions of Parliament regarding national security were implemented then the situation would not be as worse as it is presently. COMMENT: SOUNDS AND SEEMS WELL SAID.