Spokesman of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Altaf Ahmed Khan Monday said that printing and transportation of ballot papers will be done under the strict security of Pak Army personnel.
Talking to Radio Pakistan, he said that there are three phases involved from printing of ballot papers till handing over to the returning officers.
The Paki Fauj will also decide who is going to be the governing party ( As it stands right now, the Fauj is "leaning" towards Imran , but things could well change, before election !)He said the printing of ballot papers will be carried out by printing press of Pakistan, Printing Corporation, and Postal Foundation Printing Press. After the printing of ballot papers the phase of transportation of the papers to the concerned returning officers is also the responsibility of election commission, he added.
Is there a difference between "army impersonators" and army officers NOT impersonatingISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Monday asked the general public to immediately inform the Pakistan Armed Forces on emergency helpline if they received any fake phone calls from army impersonators seeking private information from them. “Please be aware that no such calls are being made from Pakistan Armed Forces. Public is requested not to respond to such calls, and immediately report the same on emergency helpline (UAN 1135 and 1125),” ISPR said in a press release.“There are reports of fake telephone calls being made to general public by individuals impersonating as Pakistan Armed Forces officials. The impersonators try to seek personal details like Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC), bank accounts etc on the pretext of census verification, etc,” it added.
( Pakistan has been ranked as THE Conspiracy Capital Of The World !)LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President and former prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has expressed grave concerns over the statement of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary which he has given during briefing to the Senate Standing Committee on Interior that international forces want to sabotage 2018 election and he is ready to give in a camera briefing about these dangers.
Shujaat Hussain expressed the apprehensions that the same conspiring forces presently have also made inroads in the political parties. He said this is not happening for the first time, this conspiracy was also hatched in 2013 when US Vice President Joe Biden, former secretary of state Senator John Kerry and former secretary of defense Chuck Hagel came to Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in “our house in Lahore and categorically stated that if your party wins the election, US will not accept the results. I have also mentioned this conspiracy in detail in my book also which proves that external forces have been involved in Pakistan politics earlier on as well”.
LAHORE: Chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal Monday revealed that the anti-graft body was issued a threat to blow up its headquarters with explosives.The NAB chairman was addressing officers at the NAB’s Lahore complex, where he made the revelation.
"But the decision of life and death rests with Allah," he said, vowing that the war against corruption will continue without discrimination.
In Pakistan, name of Allah is invoked for "everything under the sun" !"Some people want the anti-graft body to arrest politicians so that they become political martyrs ahead of the elections," NAB sources quoted Iqbal as saying."But the NAB makes arrests on the basis merit in cases under investigation, not on anyone's wishes."The NAB chief said that they aimed to safeguard only Pakistan's interests and eliminate corruption from the country.
No details provided by NAB Chief. Could be an "election ploy" of some kind or the other. Maybe, no threat at all was received . !He further vowed that corruption cases would be forwarded to accountability courts with concrete evidence.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Fowzia Siddiqui’s petition regarding the repatriation of her sister Aafia from the United States.The three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar resumed the hearing of Siddiqui’s petition. Previously, the SC had admitted the petition and heard arguments. Siddiqui had also submitted a report presented by the consul general of Pakistan in Texas.
Justice Nisar questioned how the top court of Pakistan can direct US authorities and then directed the applicant to approach a US court to address the grievances. “We took up the matter only to know whether she is alive or not. it is learnt that she is alive and now we cannot do anything in this matter,” Justice Nisar added.
Siddiqui- an Al-Qaeda Agent, currently married to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed nephew , is languishing in a US prison. Her "supporters" in Pakiland claim that she was kidnapped and "sold" by Mush to CIA in order to collect "bounty money" . She however denies that she is affiliated with Al - Qaeda in any way . !It also recommended that a detailed note is sent to the US Department of Justice for an inquiry into the allegations of physical and sexual abuse Aafia spoke of. CG Farooqui also suggested a formal request to be made to the US Department of Justice to restrict male staff members into her unit and to ensure her safety.
Ph D's jobless in Pakistan . Did not know that. ! Maybe, the Ph.D degree was issued by Axact University ( A Dawood Ebrahim "enterprise" )ISLAMABAD: In utter disappointment, the young jobless PhDs degree holders appealed to the chief justice to take sou moto notice after the failure of Higher Education Commission (HEC) to honour its commitment of providing ‘respectable’ jobs.In their request, a number of PhD holders complained to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar that the lack of jobs has caused brain drain and frustration among the educated scholars in the country.
What can the "poor" CJP do in this matter. If reports are to be believed, he himself is going to join the ranks of the unemployed in a couple of months . And if rumours are to be believed , he is , like Raheel Sharif is "angling" for Chief Legal Officer position , in the newly created 49 Nation Muslim NATO, Legal Department . Maybe, he could bring these unemployed Pee Ech Dees with him thereThey appealed to the CJP that according to articles 5-7 (fundamental rights), joblessness is an issue of prime importance as numerous Pakistani scholars are on roads due to an ‘elitist educational mafia’ in the country.Majority of the PhDs (671) from foreign and local universities in Pakistan are suffering because of non-provision of permanent jobs in the Pakistani universities and other departments.They alleged that the illegal appointments without advertisements and selection boards in various universities of Pakistan, including Multan’s Bahauddin Zakariya University, University of Sargodha and others, were noticed by the Punjab HEC where even hundreds of retired professors were hired on heavy salaries depriving the young people.
ISLAMABAD: A new medical report of former finance minister Ishaq Dar, which was submitted to the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, stated that Dar’s condition has “slightly improved”, while the former finance minister has said that he will return to Pakistan to face the corruption proceedings when doctors advise him to.
Dar, the previous Finance Minister under Nawaz, and also his brother-in- law, is a London trained CA. He is the brains behind Ganja's immense ill-gotten wealth and his London real estate properties, that are currently in the news. If social media is to be believed , he was seen walking on the roads of London like a healthy man. Note : Medical reports can be "purchased" anywhere for the right priceThe report maintains that Dar’s condition has improved by 10-15 per cent but pain still exists in his arms. It says that the movement of his neck is quite limited and he suffers discomfort due to the ache. Doctors have suggested additional eight-week physiotherapy of the former minister in the medical report.
“After two months, a new MRI of Ishaq Dar will be conducted. If his condition did not improve, the option of surgery will be reconsidered,” says the report.
The report dated June 8, 2018, has been prepared by neurosurgeon Richard Galan. More credible than a Paki origin doctor signing the report
On Sunday, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader was spotted walking out of the Harley Street Clinic where deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife is under treatement. A journalist attempted to question him but he walked away without giving any answer.
Heart disease, is the "favorite illness" of Paki politicians . Mush, was seen dancing to a Bollywood tune in a nite club in Dubai. And this was after, he claimed that he was suffering from back problem and heart disease !The PML-N leader remained in London where he is reportedly undergoing a medical treatment for a heart disease.
Not sure, what he is trying to convey here !The country’s interim Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar is set to defend Pakistan in Paris where the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will decide after a six-day meeting whether the country should be placed on the blacklist of countries that financially aid terrorism.
Currently placed on the ‘grey list’, Pakistan faces the prospect of being placed on the blacklist which would have the country included in the international sanctions list. In February, the country narrowly escaped placement, but a senior official of the FATF confirmed that Pakistan will be placed on the watch-list coming June.
IMO, Pakistan is not serious about taking the necessary measures !The delegation, including officials from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), finance ministry and the Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU), will inform the anti-money laundering and terror financing watchdog of the action plan drafted to avoid sanctions.
Even if the report is approved , the question still remains whether on one pretext or the other, Pakistan fails to implement the measures or does a lukewarm implementation to escape the punitive measures !Amid increasing global pressure to move decisively against proscribed organisations, Pakistan reviewed its new draft action plan for submission to global bodies working on curbing money laundering and terror financing.The action plan was reviewed just two days before the filing of comments to the observations raised by the Asia Pacific Group (APG) on money laundering.
This is totally false . If, on the blacklist, Pakistan will become a pariah like NOKO and Iran !The federal government does not see any major impact of the FATF’s decision on its economy and the country’s then-de facto finance minister said that during 2012 to 2015 period, Pakistan signed agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and issued sovereign bonds in international capital markets.
Pakistan’s financial system was strong and its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regimes were among the most stringent in the world, said Dr Miftah Ismail earlier.
Preparing the Abduls for the "bad news" !The decision to place a member country on the FATF list is usually taken in light of the Mutual Evaluation, so FATF’s latest move suggests that Pakistan was falling victim to international politics, government officials said while requesting anonymity.
KARACHI: They say he who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. Abdul Aziz’s life was beset with tragedy as one terrorist attack after another targeted his community in Quetta. He saw only one way out: by sea.The problem was, he was just 15 years old and still in school. Even if he cleared his exams, he would have taken another step forward towards uncertainty. “For intermediate, I had to take risk of getting enrollment in Musa College which was located in a no-go area for us – Hazaras,” says Abdul.In the last five years, around 509 members of the Shia Hazara community have been killed and 627 have been injured, according to a report by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR). However, community leaders have told the Senate that more than 3,000 Hazaras have been killed since 2011.
Now 20, Abdul lost his elder brother in the Alamdar Road blast which took place in February of 2013. “After that, I said to myself I had had enough. I couldn’t take it anymore.”With his parents’ permission, Abdul began preparing for a 40-day journey from Quetta to Switzerland in August 2015.“I faced treacherous water currents, days and nights without food, humiliation in refugee camps in Europe; yet all of it seemed insignificant to me when I thought of the situation in Quetta for Hazaras,” he says.
Abdul went to Iran, his first stop out of Pakistan and onto a journey for a better tomorrow. “I was stranded in Iran for two weeks before my agent could make me cross the Turkish border because there had been cross-border firing. I remember walking by foot for 11 hours after a bus took us near the border and we had to cross it surreptitiously,” he says.He arrived at Greece from Turkey via sea. He was piled into a barely functioning boat along with many other families also seeking refuge. “We were around 50 people on board with women and children when in the middle of the sea, the boat’s machine stopped working,” he recalls. Fortunately, another boat came to their rescue and guided them to shore.
For months, Abdul went from one police station to other, from one camp to another for registration. “Sometimes we were awakened during the night after a tiring day and dispatched to another camp because we were running out of our stay time. Long story short, I ended up at Switzerland after more than 40 days and was confined in a camp.”
Away from his family, Abdul recalls how he saw a familiar face from Quetta inside the camp in Switzerland. “I couldn’t believe my eyes and thought I was dreaming but there were my people from my area. We sat together that day and shared our painful experiences as tears rolled down our eyes.”
A trans man in Pakistan“Life here is very tough and came at an exorbitant price of Rs1.2million but at least I am far away from the horrors I grew up seeing,” he says.
On "paper", transgender are "officially recognized " in Pakiland . In reality, it is a different story as this man narrates !“I am glad you’re listening to me because people don’t get to hear our side of story and assume we fled the country for better opportunities,” says Sumair Ali Khan, 26, a trans man who has sought asylum in Sweden after facing threats to his life in Pakistan.Sumair was born a girl but at the age of eight, he figured out he was not ‘girly’ enough. When he hit puberty, his mother had had enough and told him to act like a girl.“I was into sports and would play with boys in the streets. But when I turned 13, my family forbade me from going out and I would be confined to my home,” Sumair recalls.
Depressed and alone in his struggle, Sumair asked his maulvi sahab about gender and sex-change operations. “He told my parents right away and I was brutally beaten up by my father,” says Sumair.Things weren’t any better outside his home. In school, Sumair was looked down upon and bullied for being too manly. “No one would like to sit with me and I had no friends. Even teachers would ridicule me.”
At 18, he attempted to suicide but fortunately survived. This was a turning point in his life. His parents gave him space and he began considering transitioning. But in Pakistan, he says, being a trans man is dangerous.“I consulted a psychiatrist because I was diagnosed with severe depression. The therapist I went to said he would apply electric shock therapy for me to make me feel better. I decided that day, it’s not going to work out here.”He came out to his mother at the age of 22 and told her his wish of transitioning into a man. “My father would try to get my brothers to talk me out of it. He was really unwell by that time, but despite that, he told me that if he had strength, he would kill me right away,” Sumair says.Last year, three men on a motorbike stopped him in the Karachi’s Gulshan area and pulled out a gun. “Today, we’re just showing this to you. Next time, we’ll use it on you if don’t mend your un-Islamic ways,” Sumair quoted them as saying. Consequently, he had to take shelter at one of his friend’s place and kept a low profile.
Being AhmadiSumair then applied for a training event in Sweden that was held for activists in South Asia. He got selected and once there, engaged with people from Sweden’s trans community to help him file for asylum. He had saved up enough from his job in Pakistan as a graphic designer. “No one would like to leave 25 years of memories behind and seek asylum. I had to run for my life,” Sumair says.Currently, he is residing at a safe house in Sweden which exclusively for the LGBTQ community who seek refuge there.
A bright student from Rabwah, Kashif Chaudhry was excited to begin his dream of being a doctor. He was in his first year at King Edward Medical University when the 9/11 attacks took place. “A classmate come to my room and told me: ‘Next time it will be your people’.”Pakistani law prohibits Ahmadis from calling themselves Muslims, and they are classified as a minority. “The situation would have been a bit different if it was only society that discriminated against us. But, sadly, the state is also involved in this apartheid against us,” he says.Kashif had hoped that despite this, he would be able to stay in Pakistan but after many incidents against his community, his dreams of serving his countrymen began to fade. “When I was in my third year at the medical college, two high-profile Ahmadi doctors were killed.
“I have faced hatred and animosity everywhere in Pakistan. Anti-Ahmadi posters calling us traitors were splashed across the walls on the streets as well as the ‘prestigious’ college I studied at.”In one incident, his classmate’s brother showed him a pistol and told him he would soon be targeted. “During my last year in college, I went to my college mess where the manager asked me if I was Qadiani. I said I am an Ahmadi. He replied that my food should be poisoned.”
PS: Pakistan is a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council . Go figure !!!n 2008, having finished his studies in Lahore, Kashif went to the US to clear an examination and intended to stay for three months before going back to Pakistan. However, seeing that the situation had worsened for Ahmadis in Pakistan, he filed for asylum.“I knew that an outspoken person like me would be killed within two years if I carried on speaking out about the persecution [the Ahmadiyya community faces],” he says.Kashif is active on social media, especially on Twitter, where he has thousands of followers and often raises awareness about the violence and discrimination his community faces in Pakistan. He hopes to return one day to a safer Pakistan. "safer Pakistan" unlikely in the near future !
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Pakistan outplayed by India in Champions Trophy opener
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Pakistan was humiliated by India ( This should have been the Header
Two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots weremartyredkilled on Tuesday when a trainer aircraft crashed during landing at the Peshawar Air Base, a PAF spokesperson said.
"Pakistan Air Force reports with regret that a PAF FT-7PG trainer aircraft, while recovering from a routine operational training mission, crashed during landing at Peshawar Air Base," the PAF statement reads.
About 11 or 12 F7-PGs/FT-7PGs have been lost during their 15 years in service. The PAF has more than 50 of the Chinese-made aircraft in its fleet.
The losses of F7-PGs/FT-7PGs in air crashes are within normal limits, aviation experts claim.
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From here:In 1989/90, as many as 7,010 Pakistani students were enrolled in US universities and those from India were 26,240 ie a ratio of 1:4. By 2014-15 the disparity is simply astounding — 132,888 Indians vs only 5,354 Pakistanis, a ratio of 1:25. Most of the Indians were enrolled for advanced degrees in STEM subjects in leading universities. Faculty members and research scientists of Indian origin run into the thousands while we have only a handful of Pakistanis. In an earlier search for recruiting faculty for IBA, I found there were 250 faculty members of Indian origin teaching in the top 10 business schools in the US while we were represented by only four young women.
Note that the followers are asked to send in their CNIC numbers. Isn't that invasion of privacy? Those numbers can be used to create fake IDs and fake voters.Falijee wrote:"Strong Islam Mix" In The Paki Political Hell- Hole. Sponsored By "Deep State"
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LONDON: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s elder son Hussain Nawaz says that his family doesn’t own the properties mentioned by a UK daily in its report on Sunday.
In an informal chat with journalists in London on Tuesday, Hussain admitted that his brother, Hasan Nawaz, was once involved in a business venture involving those properties, but he doesn’t own them anymore. Obviously a reply that is being given after "consulting" a lawyer, so as to be "not caught in the act of lying" . Very difficult to unearth the truth though ! Some Conspiracy Theorists of Pakiland have gone so far tas to conjure that the Harley Street Clinic where the Begum is "admitted" is "hook, line and sinker" owned ( including the doctors and nurses !) by the Ganja Sharif family !
The "Junior" is talking like a well trained lawyer !He said that his family would respond to the report at an appropriate forum.Responding to a question, Hussain Nawaz said that there was no importance of NAB’s request to Interpol. “There is supremacy of law in UK, where unlawful actions cannot be accepted. NAB can do whatever it wants to,” he said.
Some reports have suggested that the said daily has a track record of "fake news" !The Daily Mail published a report about Nawaz Sharif and his sons, referring to the Avenfield apartments in London.
Ishaq Dar, London trained CA, former Finance Minister, and brother in law of Nawaz did a "good job" of hiding the trail of Ganja Sharif's gol-maal, , but in the process wrecked the public finances of The Islamic Republic Of Pakistan , so much so that the Public Treasury is now almost empty, while the private fortune of Ganja and his extended family has soared like anythingThe report stated: "The family has made huge profits from other sites which have not figured in court – such as the swankiest address of all, at One Hyde Park Place, which Nawaz Sharif’s son Hasan sold for £43 million. Untangling the web of the Sharifs' British real estate portfolio is not easy. The properties are registered via a bewildering network of companies, trusts and bank accounts."
If it comes to the crunch, there is absolutely no doubt the PML Party will use The Begum's health as a tool to victory in the polls !Speaking of his mother who remains under treatment at a London hospital, Hussain said that Begum Kulsoom's condition was more critical than earlier, adding that the doctors have increased her dose of anaesthetic given to her.
All this "PR-giri" and good work is not going to get him more Islamic "sawab" from the unwashed, thirsty and hungry Pakis. What they are looking for from this envoy is "open door visa policy" for "deserving Pakistanis" (ie "students," "immigrants," "visitors", "asylum seekers", "refugees", "tourists", Aam Abduls etc etc )Turning to Twitter, the German envoy posted a picture of himself at the once surging Rawal Lake in Islamabad which now stands completely parched.“where did all the water go?? i visited rawal lake in #islamabad to see the effects of water scarcity & drought in #pakistan. shocking!!! parts of it look more like a desert than a lake.. hopefully the monsoon season will bring the much-needed
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But there is no doubt that Bhutto Jr will "beat" Showbaaz Sharif hands down when it comes to "knowing London in particular and Bartania in general " . That is his "own back yard". And he just got back from a "flying visit" there ! His neice "got hitched " there - to a jew !KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly reacted to PMLN President Shahbaz Sharif’s election campaign in Karachi, saying ‘Vote Mangnay Niklay Hein--Rasta Tak Pata Nahi Liyari Ka” (They came here to ask for vote even they don’t know the route to Lyari).
IMO, Shahbaaz probably "knows" Lyari better that Bilawal , who is more comfortable in the posh area of Clifton ( Bilawal House ) where Dawood Ebrahim also has his digs !
"Peasants and labourers" who fly to London and back for the weekend, just for a weddingBilawal took to twitter after Shahbaz Sharif kick started election campaign in Karachi here Tuesday. PPP Chairman said “Mazdoor Ka Hay Haari Ka ---Sindh Nahi Darbaari Ka’ (Sindh does not belongs to sycophant, it belongs to peasants and labourers)
( without security clearance from the Deep State !) SLAMABAD – Lijian Zhao, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Minister Counsellor at Chinese Embassy, has clarified that the idea of multi-billion dollars China Pakistan Economic Corridor was initiated by former President Asif Ali Zardari who introduced the prime minister in waiting to Premier Li to discuss the idea.
So, this fellow Muslim ( Zhao ) is just setting the record straight ! ( he has now dropped the "Mohammed" from his "good name"Addressing a seminar titled CPEC & Role of Media – Separating Facts from Misconceptions, Zhao said the success of all CPEC projects is based on transparency to minimise corruption.In a tweet, the official endorsed his comments, reiterating ( Ganja and his "now gone" Govt has been "claiming credit" all along for this !) that Asif Zardari was behind the project that links the South-Asian states.
) The Chinese official also negated the rumours that Chinese prisoners were employed in various CPEC projects across Pakistan, ( but the rumours are just not dying away, specially when the Chinese went "hunting" recently for Paki ( female ) flesh in Khanewal
Meanwhile, Dr Ishrat Husain, former Governor State Bank of Pakistan, and Ikram Sehgal, member World Economic Forum, highlighted the importance of CPEC. To a query whether the lack of transparency and corruption in Pakistan could hit the CPEC projects, Sehgal replied that it depends on the outcome of July elections.
Ganja Sharif had been "proudly" cutting ribbons and laying foundation stones and plaques "taking credit himself " for this so called GAMECHANGER. High time, someone "corrected" these tall claims of Nawaz and give some "decent credit" to Dus Percenti and his PPP PartyThe comments of Chinese diplomat must have surprised the political analysts and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, which has been taking the credit for bringing in billions of dollars under the banner of CPEC.
Tick it off as another "collateral damage" , IMO !LAHORE – Pakistani devotees intending to visit India for the annual Urs of Hazrat Amir Khusro, which is going to start in two days in capital New Delhi, are facing great difficulty owning to visa issuance.The Urs, scheduled from June 28 to July 5, is attended by devotees from across the world. However, Pakistani pilgrims are yet to be granted the visa for the ceremony despite having sent applications to the Indian embassy in January.Earlier in March, at least 503 Pakistanis were refused visas for the Urs of Hazrat Khawaja Mohinuddin Chisti in Ajmer Sharif.
"Verbal nod" from the Indian High Commission just won't do in these "stressful times". Paki authorities need to get written, certified and notarized approval- in triplicate, from at least three OFFICIAL , sources from the Govt Of India, based in Nai Dilli , before they can proceeds ( Tweeets from Shushma-ji will not be acceptable !)The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony had submitted passports of pilgrims willing to attend the Urs of Hazrat Amir Khusro after receiving a nod
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KARACHI – In a bizarre incident, a man was caught putting his hairs in the food served at Karachi’s local restaurant for just to avoid payment.
In a CCTV footage posted by the restaurant Masken Mandi, a middle-aged man can be seen ordering his food and later on plucks his eyelashes, hold them in hands, puts it on the half-eaten plate after he had finished most of his meal.
Nothing new here ! It is also "practiced" on the national level as well ! BRF readers know it as PakistaniyatAfter the incident, the man started arguing with restaurant’s employees and left the eatery without paying the food bill.Laterwards, the food outlet issued a clarification and decried the move of the youngster, saying they were being defamed over a hoax.
Indeed. Such a big scam was a bit too far-fetched even for Ganja and took Zardari levels of corruption to imagine.Falijee wrote:Chini Envoy : Dus Percenti Is The Initiator Of ( Gamechanger ) CPEC
Asif Zardari initiated CPEC, asserts Chinese diplomat Lijian Zhao
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A major Pakistani newspaper recently discovered the new limits of press freedom here after it published an interview with ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in which he questioned the military’s counterterrorism efforts.Soldiers confiscated copies of the Dawn newspaper in army-controlled regions, officials harassed its distributors, and cable TV networks dropped the group’s TV news station, the company says. The government, then still run Mr. Sharif’s own party, “condemned the fallacious assertions” made by him, after a meeting with top military brass. That happened a couple of months ago !
Pakistan’s powerful military is stifling the media ahead of a July 25 election, part of a larger power grab that seeks to ensure a pliant government emerges from the polls, say human-rights groups, politicians and media personnel.
“I’ve not seen this before under any democratic rule, not even under martial law,” said Hameed Haroon, Dawn’s CEO and president of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, which represents newspaper owners. “They seek to influence the election results, influence the national narrative and liquidate the press.” Hameed Haroon, is also the owner of DAWN newspaper. His younger brother ( Hussein Haroon) was at one time Pakistan's permanent Rep to the UN. It was one time rumoured that Hameed Haroon - once upon a time , a US resident - was also "Massa's man in Pakiland" , whatever it means. ! .
Lip service to democracy and freedom of press.The military declined to comment. But it has denied accusations of press censorship or political interference, and says it supports democracy.
Washington has long accused the Pakistan army of using militant groups as its proxies, including the Taliban in Afghanistan, a charge it denies. Pakistan’s military alleges that India uses Afghan territory to support Pakistani insurgents, an accusation that Delhi denies.
In this election, the military seeks to boost the party of Mr. Sharif’s toughest challenger, Imran Khan, to ensure that Mr. Sharif’s party loses its majority in parliament and must forge a coalition, say Mr. Babar and analysts.
Both the military and Mr. Khan’s party—which brought the lawsuit that led to Mr. Sharif’s court-ruled ouster and his current corruption trial—dismiss any links to one another. Mr. Sharif denies any corruption. The judiciary says it is independent.
Newspaper and other media are dependent on govt advertising as a source of revenue. And they can be cut off from this revenue source if they step outside their boundariesGeo News, the leading news channel, was taken off air by cable companies for several weeks this year until it negotiated directly with senior military officials to be allowed back, say two people familiar with the talks.Several columnists at the group’s newspapers recently tweeted their reports when the papers wouldn’t publish them. Geo declined to comment. Security officials privately say they found Geo’s coverage too sympathetic toward Mr. Sharif.The Pakistan Broadcasters Association, which represents many channels, didn’t respond to a request to comment. But one of its members disputed the notion that editorial policy is compromised.
“By and large I don’t see any coercive pressure,” said Taher Khan, owner of the News One channel and an association board member. “As a responsible media, we shouldn’t say anything that’s antistate,” he said. In Pakistan, the term antistate is often used to describe opinion critical of the military.At a press conference this month, Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, the military’s spokesman, challenged any media owner or journalist who was told what to report by the military to disclose it on air. Typical Pakjabi boast. Obviously it is not as straight forward as the Maj- Gen's challenge !
The police are "afraid" to get involved when they suspect the hand of Deep State !Maj. Gen. Ghafoor also displayed a chart showing which journalists have retweeted “antistate and anti-army” posts on Twitter. He said “anti-Pakistan” Twitter accounts based abroad had grown fivefold between January and May this year.“We have to stay united, we have to defeat them,” he told journalists.The next day, Gul Bukhari, a journalist and military critic with dual British-Pakistani citizenship, was abducted by uniformed and plain clothes men in the Lahore military zone.
She was released hours later after her channel publicized the news and an outcry ensued. But journalists said the message was clear: No one is safe. In an interview, Ms. Bukhari said she has since sought police protection. Police say they are investigating.
This is taqiyya !The military denies involvement in her abduction.
Hameed Haroon the owner of DAWN, has "powerful" friends in US. Doubt that the "Deep State" will be able to "touch" him !!!Last year, five bloggers critical of the military said they were kidnapped by security officials, held for more than three weeks and badly tortured, they said after they were freed and fled abroad. One of the bloggers, Ahmad Waqass Goraya, said his parents, still in Pakistan, were threatened by military officials this month. The military denies involvement.Independent-minded reporters say they will persevere.“People who know the craft, they somehow push out information, using metaphors, sarcasm, signs, tone,” said Murtaza Solongi, the host of a political talk show on TV. “I don’t see censorship and self-censorship working.”
National Security Adviser retired Lt Gen Nasser Janjua resigned from the post on Wednesday, allegedly due to differences with the interim government, DawnNewsTV reported, citing sources.
Janjua's resignation was accepted by Caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division.
Janjua is the second military official to hold the post after Major General (r) Mehmood Durrani who was NSA during an earlier PPP government.
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Swearing - to disprove your guilt - is a common tactic in Pakistan !Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday appeared unimpressed by Malik Riaz's charity work — which the property tycoon mentioned more than once during a hearing connected to Bahria Town Karachi — pointing out that charity does not make up for occupying land illegally."Charity work cannot be done by bribing people," Justice Nisar pointedly said to Riaz, who swore that he had never bribed anyone.
More like creating an exclusive ghetto to stay away from suffering Aam Abduls . And also creates resentment, leading to further class wars !!Riaz tried to argue that he had built Bahria Town Karachi so that "Pakistan can grow from a third world country to a first world country"."We planned construction projects in the areas where people did not go [due to poor security]," he said, directing the court's attention towards the fact that the housing society project also included the "world's third largest mosque", as well as an old-age home, a zoo, schools, and other facilities.
Riaz has the solid backing of the upper levels of the fauj; let us see what happens nowJustice Nisar, however, told Riaz that the court could not "allow [Riaz] to continue with illegal ventures just because of his religious projects". "You cannot Illegally occupy land and then do charity," he added.
Riaz had appeared before the Supreme Court in a case pertaining to Bahria Town Karachi issuing notices to people who have already been allotted plots, commercial buildings or build-up units to make payments to a new bank account set up by the housing society.Earlier today, the chief justice had barred the housing society from collecting any payments, saying that the administration of Bahria Town Karachi had violated court orders by opening up a separate bank account to collect outstanding payments.
However, Riaz's counsel Aitzaz Ahsan on Tuesday denied that the housing society had issued notices to anyone.Riaz, who appeared in court after being summoned by the CJP, vowed that he would obey court orders, but urged Justice Nisar not to pass a verdict that would "affect employees".
The top judge then ordered Riaz to deposit Rs20 billion in court, saying that the money had to be "returned to the nation".
"Using" the name of Allah, to get your way, ( who can "deny" God !) is also a very common tactic in Pakiland !The property tycoon then pleaded the court to reduce the amount to Rs5 billion "in God's name".When Justice Nisar told him to mortgage his 100 kanal house, Riaz claimed that he had no property and the house he lived in belonged to his wife.The CJP then reduced the amount to Rs10 billion. However, Riaz continued to invoke God and plead that the court reduce the amount to Rs5 billion.
Someone in the military establishment has to clip the CJP's wings for sure. He is stepping beyond his mandate. First tackling "missing persons" and now harassing a "Deep State" allyJustice Nisar subsequently ordered Riaz to deposit Rs5 billion in the next hearing, along with his property documents and an undertaking that he will not sell any of his assets before the court issues a verdict.The top judge also directed him not to initiate any new Bahria Town project. The hearing of the case was adjourned until June 27.
Maybe, a sweetener , like the "offer of a free flat " to the CJP, may change the My Laard's mindThe chief justice had expressed anger at Bahria Town Karachi's project of a multi-storey building in Clifton, saying that the apex court had ruled against it.Acting on SC's orders, last year the Sindh Building Control Authority had declared it illegal to build multi-storey and high-rise buildings "beyond ground plus two floors forthwith in Karachi".However, Riaz's counsel Aitzaz Ahsan argued that the ban on high-rise buildings had been imposed after the construction was completed.The argument was dismissed by the chief justice, who said that the construction was still underway and NAB was already pursuing a case regarding the violation. He told Ahsan to advise his client to appear before NAB.
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Zardari used to go every month to Beijing in those days, if one recalls, planning for all that. The Chinese didn't care throwing crumbs at him. At one time, the frequency was such that even the unscrupulous Chinese got annoyed.Bart S wrote:Indeed. Such a big scam was a bit too far-fetched even for Ganja and took Zardari levels of corruption to imagine.Falijee wrote:Chini Envoy : Dus Percenti Is The Initiator Of ( Gamechanger ) CPEC
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