News Fom Pakistan

[+]PALPA demands withdrawal of show-cause notices
      Tuesday, September 09, 2009

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Airline Pilots Association (PALPA) has demanded withdrawal of show cause notices issued under Removal from Services (Special Power) Ordinance 2000 of the military regime. An official communiquÈ sent to the management from PALPA demanded that the inquiries against the flying crew should be undertaken under routine aviation enquiry procedures PPM Chapter-XV which deals with the inquiries of the technical nature involving the aircraft and cockpit crew.

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+]Tankers supplying fuel to Nato attacked
      Tuesday, September 09, 2009

QUETTA: Four oil tankers, supplying oil to Nato forces across the border in Afghanistan, caught fire in the Akhtarabad area of the provincial capital on Tuesday when they were attacked by unknown armed men. Confirming the attack, police told The News that the oil tankers were going to Afghanistan for supplying oil to the Nato forces. When the tankers were passing through the Akhtarabad area of Quetta, some unknown armed men, riding a motorcycle, attacked the oil tankers. The armed men opened indiscriminate fire with sophisticated weapons at the tankers. The police said one of the oil tankers caught fire, which engulfed the other three as well. Flames could be seen from miles, eyewitnesses said.

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+]Provinces may be allowed to procure sugar
      Tuesday, September 09, 2009

ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting of the four chief ministers, convened by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today (Wednesday), is all set to allow the provinces to procure sugar after the upcoming crushing season in order to build up a buffer stock, it is learnt. “This is a political economy and political point scoring out of the sugar crisis will further aggravate the situation” was the consensus view of the secretaries of finance and commerce during a meeting held here on Tuesday, in which the issue of sugar came under discussion.

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+]Cabinet to approve declaration of war to prevent new Kargils
      Tuesday, September 09, 2009

ISLAMABAD: To pre-empt Kargil-like military adventures in future, the ruling PPP’s draft constitutional package recommends the cabinet’s approval prior to the declaration of war and use of armed forces against any foreign country. The package also talks of the Federal Constitutional Court, besides recommending new appointment procedure for judges of the superior judiciary in line with the Charter of Democracy, but altering it to the extent that Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry could head the commission to be set up for the appointment of judges of the superior judiciary. The package also proposes a constitutional bar on judges to take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) or any oath other than the one given in the Constitution.

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+] Faisal Saleh Hayat seeks SC probe into rental power plants
      Thursday, September 10, 2009

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary leader of the PML-Q in the National Assembly, Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, has urged the Supreme Court to probe into the controversial Rental Power Projects (RPPs). “I appeal to the Supreme Court to take suo moto notice of the installation of Rental Power Projects, Full story Print version

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+]Pay victims out of Zarco security with SBP: LHC
      Thursday, September 10, 2009

LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered the use of Rs 50 million security of the Zarco Exchange Company, deposited with the State Bank of Pakistan, through a committee, comprising representatives of the FIA, the SBP and the Zarco for payments to the company’s victims.

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+]PML-Q govt fudged figures, claims PML-N
      Thursday, September 10, 2009

LAHORE: PML-N Central Joint Secretary MPA Zaeem Hussain Qadri on Wednesday alleged that Ch Pervaiz Elahi was hardly in a position to talk about democracy as he had been a crony of Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who had trampled the mandate of the people.

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+]More houses demolished as Bara action continues
      Thursday, September 10, 2009

BARA/PESHAWAR: Three houses of tribesmen were demolished by security forces as the operation against militants continued in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency for the ninth consecutive day on Wednesday. The Frontier Corp (FC) personnel continued the operation after the surprising withdrawal of ..

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+]Violation of Constitution an act of treason in 18th Amendment
      Thursday, September 10, 2009

ISLAMABAD: Superior court judges and MPs, who would validate the abrogation, subversion, suspension of the Constitution or holding it in abeyance by military adventurers or anybody else would be liable to be tried for high treason as per the draft constitutional package of the ruling Pakistan People

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)

[+]Seminar on President Zardari’s achievements in one year
      Thursday, September 10, 2009

LAHORE: The government will announce a package to redress the grievances of the people of Balochistan within a few days. Federal Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira said this while addressing at a seminar organised by Parliamentary Party of the PPP Punjab here on Wednesday for celebra

(Courtesy Daily The News, Pakistan)