While two of the officers need to carry the danda to keep the flock in order, carrying a vaseline tube is compulsory for all especially if they are abroad as duty can beckon anytimeanupmisra wrote:From a distance, if you squint your eyes, they all look like bad copies of zia-ul-haq. Don't they?Falijee wrote:
Vips wrote:While two of the officers need to carry the danda to keep the flock in order, carrying a vaseline tube is compulsory for all especially if they are abroad as duty can beckon anytimeanupmisra wrote:
From a distance, if you squint your eyes, they all look like bad copies of zia-ul-haq. Don't they?
LONDON: DG ISPR Asif Ghafoor has said that Pakistan Army has absolutely no role in the ongoing anti-corruption and accountability drive.
“Army believes that democracy is the only way forward and as an institution, Pakistan Army has provided full support to democratic institutions,” Asif Ghafoor told media persons in London.
"Mouth" of Pajwa !“We will work to make sure that democracy continues in Pakistan,” said Major General Ghafoor, who is accompanying Chief of Army Staff General Bajwa on his visit to the United Kingdom.
“Whenever the army chief talks to any foreign dignitary, we talk about Pakistan and not about the army,” he added. Army Chief indulging in Foreign Diplomacy also
I.O.W, toe the propaganda line and do not ask "tough" questionsHe said army has its own stringent mechanism of accountability and it’s the most robust and toughest.
A Question about Fauji Corruption from the journos presentBut what was the question asked about "fauji corruption"? Readers would like to know“We have our hands full on the eastern and western border; the army is having to maintain the security of the country. Army has its own stringent mechanism of accountability and it’s the most robust and toughest. It happens at various levels and no one is above accountability,” he said.
The DG ISPR later took to Twitter to share a photo of his interaction with journalists in London.“Interacted with Pakistani media at Pakistan High Commission, London. Candid discussion on various national security issues. Pakistani media abroad has a national responsibility to project positive narrative of Pakistan. Thanks to them for doing their bit,” he tweeted.
Pakistan on Saturday warned of "10 surgical strikes" against India in response to a single such attack, in the latest war of words between the two estranged nuclear-armed neighbours.
Major General Asif Ghafoor...
He also said "those who think of any misadventure against us should have no doubt in their minds on Pakistan's capabilities".
The military spokesman said the Pakistan Army was the custodian of the USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)and that the mega project will strengthen the economy of the country.
This idiot will be fired soon. He has a loose tongue and an uncontrollable mind.He said there were more good developments in Pakistan than bad...
Is this 'Operation Avenfield' to recover the $200 B in looted Paki wealth stashed overseas? All the crore commanders are out in Londonistan to recover the crores of Paki wealth, starting with Buckingham palace! (Didn't the British loot India, once ruled by the Muslims)?Falijee wrote:
A Well Deserved All Expense Paid "Vacation" For Pajwa And His "Top Brass" . Note the Medals And The Parade ( To Whitehall ? . Or To Meet The Rani )
“It is not true that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is the reason for our economic crisis,” Umar told a press conference here on Saturday.
“I never said we will not approach IMF,” Finance Minister Umar said
Pakistan has so far signed a total of 18 loan agreements with the IMF during military and civilian rules of PML-N and PPP.
Our current account deficit is running into $2 billion a month
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/38044 ... -asad-umarHe added that managing currency is the responsibility of the State Bank, not the Ministry of Finance.
If all the crore commandus of TSPA are in inglishtan, then who is minding the fort back in pakhanistan?RCase wrote:All the crore commanders are out in Londonistan to recover the crores of Paki wealth, starting with Buckingham palace!
You have the Kaptaan, no?anupmisra wrote:If all the crore commandus of TSPA are in inglishtan, then who is minding the fort back in pakhanistan?RCase wrote:All the crore commanders are out in Londonistan to recover the crores of Paki wealth, starting with Buckingham palace!
Few friends or presumed enemies seem willing to trust Pakistan’s promises even under a new leader. Reluctance of ‘friends’ Saudi Arabia and China to pump in billions of dollars in a faltering economy forced Prime Minister Imran Khan to turn to the IMF for a bailout. Ironically, he had said at one time that he would “rather commit suicide than go round the world begging for money”.
"Made to Specs" Attack Helis purchased and paid for by Pakiland , not being released by Massa , until terrorism stopped and Taliban brought to negotiating tableThe offer of a ‘reset’ in relations by the United States is also not panning out. The US wants Pakistan to help with the peace process in Afghanistan and remains concerned about terrorism. Washington refuses to restore suspended economic and security assistance until it sees signs of change in Pakistan’s conduct.
Pakis "unilaterlly" invited Saudis to join CPEC alienating "tallel than mountain fliend". And Saudis want Paki muscle in Yemen, which the Pakis are putting offIndia, often painted as Pakistan’s ‘eternal enemy’, has refused to hold high-level talks unless Pakistan stops supporting Kashmiri militants and other terrorists. Pakistan, it seems, has a credibility problem with most countries that matter in its foreign policy. American and Indian concerns about Pakistan are quite old but now even China and Saudi Arabia are indicating wariness over unfulfilled promises.
China is concerned that Pakistan is trying to revise the terms of the approximately $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). From the Chinese perspective, a nation must honour its contracts and the Pakistani penchant for revisiting international business deals with every change of government in Islamabad is unacceptable.
Confirmed !Saudi Arabia is also unwilling to continue giving cash first and making requests later – something it has done as a friend of Pakistan in the past. Its current leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al-Saud, wants Pakistan to shed ambiguity and stand by the Kingdom against Iran, in addition to providing troops or other material support for the Saudi war effort in Yemen.
The Reko Dic Gold Mines was handed over to the Chinis- on a golden platter - in violation of an International Agreementhe Saudis say they are willing to invest in Pakistan but, like the Chinese, would want security and a good return for their investments. Pakistan has a poor track record in cancelling projects and using engineered judicial verdicts and criminal cases to deprive foreign investors of promised returns.
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) learnt the lesson on Pakistan’s unreliable investment environment in the 1990s. Over the years, several foreign investors have won hefty international arbitration awards against Pakistan because of allegedly unfair cancellation of contracts.
Confirmed !Tethyan Copper Company Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Chilean mining giant Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick Gold Corporation, is claiming more than $11 billion in compensation in the Reko Diq project after proving to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) that Pakistan’s decision to cancel its mining contract in Balochistan was unlawful and unfair.
To be fair to Khan, many of these problems are the result of policies that have persisted for decades. But Khan still supports the hyper-nationalist Pakistani narrative that has given rise to Pakistan’s lack of international credibility. It persists with myths about Pakistan’s external friendships and animosities that are at the heart of the country’s global isolation.
The entrenched establishment that brought Khan to office had hoped that a new government, led by a fresh face, would be enough to convince the world that a new Pakistan had been born. In this view, renewed national pride and a celebrity prime minister was all that was needed to make other countries see Pakistan differently than they had in the past.
But a new prime minister and a recycled foreign minister ( plus selected electables !) do not change harsh realities. Pakistan does not honour United Nations’ terrorist designations nor does it abide by commercial contracts and agreements considered sacrosanct by the rest of the world. Such attitudes have consequences. Appointment of a new top management cannot help sell the old, bad product.
India was the first to burst Khan’s bubble. Khan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought talks between Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. India initially agreed, leading to premature euphoria in Islamabad.
Everytime talk happens, a terror attack takes place . !For years, Pakistan’s leaders have defined the ability to keep India engaged diplomatically as an accomplishment in itself, even when no substantive progress is made in India-Pakistan talks.As nuclear-armed neighbours, it makes sense for both sides to continue talking. But after terrorist attacks in India following Modi’s trip to Lahore in 2015, Indians had decided to stop talking.
As if to prove India’s point that the Pakistani side only wanted talks to score a point, not to solve any outstanding problems, Khan’s response to the cancellation of talks was worse. He tweeted about Modi being among “small men occupying big offices who do not have the vision to see the larger picture”.
Now, this is the real reason why Paki Govt want Hussain's mouth shut once and for all and want him deported to Pakiland ASAP . Instead of "playing for Pakistan" , he is unabashedly batting for India.Those familiar with Pakistani hawks’ characterisation of Indian leaders in the past could see the pattern in Khan’s egomaniacal bravado. Field Marshal Ayub Khan’s propagandists had described Lal Bahadur Shastri as “a little man” during the 1965 war and General Yahya Khan had been dismissive about Indira Gandhi being “that woman”.
Of course, the outcome of the anti-India bombast in 1965 and 1971 was not favourable for Pakistan and, notwithstanding the Modi government’s purported mishandling of ties
While India’s refusal to talk could be chalked up to the historic India-Pakistan dynamic, the lukewarm response of China, Saudi Arabia, and the United States to Khan’s diplomatic initiatives represents greater challenges. It seems that major partners around the world want Pakistan to change its policies, not just its prime ministers, and that change in policy does not seem to be on the cards.
The Afghans have now empowered themselves . They are not willing to take "dictation" from Pakistan !If anything, the Khan government, backed by the establishment, has doubled down on the failed policies of the past. Foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, insisted recently that there can be no peace in Afghanistan without Pakistan, implying that Pakistan must be given a veto on the future of Afghanistan. This defies the notion of a peace process that is owned and led by Afghanistan’s government.
Similarly, Pakistan’s UN ambassador recently called on the international community to differentiate between ‘terrorists’ and ‘freedom fighters’ – an argument that was effectively buried by UN Security Council Resolution 1566 of 2004. That resolution defined terrorist acts and declared that they are “under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature”.
Until that happens, Pakistanis can express to each other as much optimism as they like about their future, based on the ‘dynamism’ and ‘incorruptibility’ of their new leadership. The rest of the world will not be swayed by such rhetoric.
'US doesn't have powers to veto IMF decisions': Asad Umar dismisses Washington's statements
https://www.dawn.com/news/1438767/us-do ... statementsUmar reassured that the government will not accept any condition from the IMF that could harm Pakistan's national interest. "The decisions are to be taken by us, not the IMF," he added. Ok, when is the U-Turn coming?
He said there was no truth to the reports that Pakistan had agreed to some "conditions" in exchange for help by Saudi Arabia, China and the United Arab Emirates. Where there is smoke, there is fire!
NEW DELHI/BEIJING – India and China have launched their first joint programme for Afghanistan to train its diplomats in New Delhi and Beijing in phases.
And "The Premiere Institution" ( ISI ) was not aware of this important development for all these months . Was it "sleeping on the job" or killing "Pashtun terrorists" in WaziristanAn understanding to launch a joint programme in Afghanistan was reached during an informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held in April at China’s Wuhan city. In June, after the two leaders met again at the Chinese coastal city Qingdao, India’s foreign secretary, Vijay Gokhale, confirmed that the two countries would undertake a capacity-building project in Afghanistan.“First joint programme by India and China for Afghanistan begins,” according to a tweet put out by the Indian Embassy in Beijing on Saturday.
There is surely going to be some "sad faces" in the corridors of Isloo, specially Aabpara on the joint India- China conspiracy against PakistanIndian Ambassador to Afghanistan (Vinay Kumar) “hosted 10 Afghan Diplomats who will be travelling to India for the 1st India-China joint training programme for Afghan diplomats under the aegis of the Trilateral Cooperation between India, China and Afghanistan,” the tweet said.
This will be a first such project in the war-torn country by India and China.
A third role officially announced by the PA in addition to being the custodian of the political and ideological frontiers.anupmisra wrote:Pakistan Warns Of "10 Surgical Strikes" If India Carries Out Even OnePakistan Army was the custodian of the USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
TSPA is involved in maintaining control over pakhanistan's political, ideological, spiritual, economic, legal and social well being. Djinnah gave the army this right as he realized that the politicians and business leaders that pakhanistan inherited in 1947 were scums of the lowest order. Another reason why he insisted on keeping armed forces (and ISI) under British, Aussie and Polish leadership while usurping the role of the governorship for himself.SSridhar wrote:A third role officially announced by the PA in addition to being the custodian of the political and ideological frontiers.
. .Targeting to make Pakistan even more clean and green than Europe, Imran Khan launched the action day of the ‘Clean and Green Pakistan’ here at Islamabad College for Girls by planting a sapling and sweeping the lawn of the college.
Holding the broom, the premier clad in white Shalwar Kameez also picked the garbage and disposed it of before washing hands to teach the youngsters the proper cleanliness methods.
He said after successful completion of billion tree Tsunami in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the government had launched a five-year 10 billion tree tsunami across the country.
https://nation.com.pk/14-Oct-2018/pakis ... e-years-pmHe hoped that after plantation of 10 billion trees, the weather pattern of the country would be changed altogether.
Even as the ruling party keeps claiming to have planted a billion trees across the province — a claim hotly contested by opposition parties, it seems that the government may be literally cutting itself short as trees planted under the project are being felled right under its nose.
But, even as the government plants saplings, it seems that the timber mafia and not the environment has been the biggest beneficiary. The project, it seems, has practically set up a free tree farm for the timber mafia to harvest.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1669914/1- ... i-thinned/But just a year after the government planted thousands of trees after they had grown to be of some value, the timber mafia swept in. Using modern cutting tools and a solitary pickup truck, members of the powerful mafia managed to cut down scores of trees and quickly leave the area before being noticed.
Yes, quite unfortunate and embarrassing for low level govt employeesanupmisra wrote:Without his uniform, the DG/ISPR looks like an ordinary low level public sector bank employee.
arun Ji :arun wrote:Hak Thoo …… Punjabi pappi jappi gets infected by Pakjab and goes disgustingly tasteless
Looking forward to the electorate of Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry collectively sticking it to the Nehru-Gandhi family dynasty led Congress Party if stringent action of stripping Navjot Singh Sidhu of his Ministerial berth and expulsion from the Congress party is not taken for his disgusting sentiment of placing fellow countrymen on a pedestal lower than those with whom we have waged some three and a half wars
Sidhu loves Pakistan more than South India: Here is why:
One India
Can relate more with Pakistanis than with people in Tamil Nadu:
Times Of India
. Again!Bcoz South don't give a crap about Sidhu...kvraghav wrote:Looking at no reactions from the dravidas for sidhu statements, think dravidians have only problem with Modi
kvraghav wrote:Looking at no reactions from the dravidas for sidhu statements, think dravidians have only problem with Modi
jpremnath Ji :jpremnath wrote:Bcoz South don't give a crap about Sidhu...
HYDERABAD:
A study conducted by the researchers of US-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCASW) ( outsourced to Massa outfit for lack of funds
Imran and his Propaganda Minister, Fawad has already announced Naya Pakistan, Green Pakistan , Make In Pakistan. Why not introduce Saaf Pani in Pakiland“… the presence of ARB is found in the groundwater, surface water and wastewater in Hyderabad and its surroundings,” said USPCASW Deputy Director and principle investigator of the study Dr Rasool Bux Mahar. He identified the industrial waste, agricultural runoff and the waste of humans and animals as sources of the ARB.
“Bacterial isolates identified in the study’s findings pose a potential threat to the people living in Hyderabad,” he highlighted. According to Dr Mahar, the water distribution network in Hyderabad, being operated by the Water and Sanitation Agency, brimmed with technical flaws, deteriorating the water quality and also providing ripe conditions for the bacterial growth.
The Heterotrophic Plate Count, a method of measuring colony formation of bacteria in drinking water, found pseudomonas, shigella, vibrio and e-coli bacteria in the water samples. The ARBs reduce the efficacy of antibiotic medicines, making treatment of life-threatening illnesses difficult, if not impossible. Dr Mahar also illustrated the disinfection processes of ARB including the chlorine, ultraviolet and silver nano particles.
Isra University Prof Dr Hussain Bux Kolachi, while sharing his research over typhoid, ( alarm bell being sounded by a Paki "intellectual" !) told the seminar that antibiotic resistant strains of Salmonella Typhi are showing a rapid increase. “We are running out of the treatment options, which makes [preventive] vaccination against typhoid even more imperative,” he underscored.
Now that ties with DC are slowly improving, laying the groundwork for more Moolahs from MassaUniversity of Utah, USA, Prof Dr Jeff Ulman said that the revealed study paved the way for the global health networks to tackle such health issues. He suggested that lifestyle changes are indispensable as a preventive measure.The seminar recommended that the communities, government and relevant authorities should be sensitised about the health issues through awareness campaigns. The people should be discouraged from self-medication and excessive use of antibiotics. It also suggested disposal of hospital waste and treatment of wastewater before it is released in the fresh waterways. The recommendations also emphasised on removing the technical flaws in the water distribution network.
So, a Paki betraying the Faithfool for Moolahs !When a limousine crashed in upstate New York this weekend, killing 20 people, investigators quickly uncovered a series of shoddy practices by the limo company that owned the vehicle, including a record of repeated safety violations. The limousine that crashed in Schoharie, New York, in the deadliest U.S. transportation disaster since 2009 had failed an inspection last month and was not licensed to be on the road. Now it’s been revealed that the owner of Prestige Limousine Chauffeur Service is a Pakistani immigrant named Shahed Hussain, an FBI informant with a long history of entrapping Muslim men on behalf of the U.S. government. On Wednesday, state officials arrested his son Nauman Hussain, who operates his father’s limo service, and charged him with criminally negligent homicide. In Pittsburgh, we speak with a man who was entrapped by Hussain, Khalifah al-Akili. We also speak with Lyric Cabral, co-director of “(T)ERROR,” a documentary that follows a sting operation targeting Khalifah al-Akili. In New York, we speak with Sam Braverman, an attorney who represented one of the “Newburgh Four,” four black Muslim men who were convicted in 2010 of plotting to shoot down U.S. military planes based on testimony from Shahed Hussain.
On Wednesday, state officials arrested the operator of Prestige Limousine Chauffeur Service and charged him with criminally negligent homicide. He is Nauman Hussain, the son of a Pakistani immigrant named Malik Shahed Hussain, who is the company’s owner and also an FBI informant.
Someone has to bring the bacon home to feed the family . Hussain "chose" to do it this wayAMY GOODMAN: In 2001, Malik Shahed Hussain was arrested for helping people cheat on driver’s license tests. In exchange for avoiding deportation, he took a job as an FBI confidential informant, posing as a radical arms dealer in FBI sting operations. Hussain was a key figure in the FBI’s case against the so-called Newburgh Four, four black Muslim men sentenced to 25-year prison terms after they were convicted for placing what they thought were bombs in a New York synagogue in 2010. Defense attorneys say the men were entrapped by Hussain.
Nothing wrong in that . He is doing this to save Massa from another 9/11 . Another way to make a living !We turn now to a Pittsburgh man who was entrapped by Hussain. His name is Khalifah al-Akili. He just finished serving nearly eight years in federal prison and was released September 25th. In a moment, we’re going to speak to him directly. He is in a halfway house. But first, we want to turn to a clip from the documentary (T)ERROR—that’s T in parentheses and the word “error”—(T)ERROR—where Khalifah al-Akili describes how Hussain, then working as an FBI informant in Pittsburgh under the name of Mohammed, tried to recruit him for a terror plot.
Finance Minister Asad Umar on Saturday dismissed US statements about reviewing Pakistan's debt position before evaluating Islamabad's request for a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Are the Chinis going to support Pakiland . Is Asad aware that India also has some say in IMF affairs. Is he dismissive of Pompeo early warning that IMF loan proceeds will not be allowed to pay of Chinese Govt or Chinese companies ?Talking to reporters after returning from Indonesia, where he attended the annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF, Umar said the United States does not hold the power to veto decisions by the Fund.The US is the largest contributor to the IMF and has 17.68 per cent of voting rights in major decisions. China is third, behind Japan, and controls 6.49pc of the vote. The US had on Thursday said that it will examine closely Pakistan's request for an IMF loan, adding that “part of the reason that Pakistan found itself in this situation is Chinese debt”.
Without providing details, this is just BS talk !Asked at a news briefing how Washington would deal with Pakistan’s request, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said: “In all cases, we examine that closely from all angles of it, including Pakistan’s debt position, in evaluating any type of loan programme”.Umar defended the government's decision to approach IMF for a bailout, saying it was "inevitable". He said the country immediately needs $12 billion and the crisis could worsen if Pakistan does not opt for a loan programme. He said efforts are underway to obtain foreign exchange from other sources as well.
Umar reassured that the government will not accept any condition from the IMF that could harm Pakistan's national interest. "The decisions are to be taken by us, not the IMF," he added.He said the country is having to go to the IMF once again due to the flawed economic policies of the previous government.
More troops to Yemen frontIn response to a question, Umar said the recent depreciation in rupee's value was done by the central bank and that it was the policy of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government that the "State Bank should decide the exchange rate".He said there was no truth to the reports that Pakistan had agreed to some "conditions" in exchange for help by Saudi Arabia, China and the United Arab Emirates.
Oil city in Gwadar with Saudi help ? Put on cold storage for nowUmar said talks are currently underway regarding oil supply on deferred payment from Saudi Arabia. A proposal to secure oil for three months on deferred payment is currently being considered, the minister revealed.
And as our economy explores new lows, who’s in charge? The PTI has typically blamed the PML-N for the mess it has inherited. But it’s a bit late for playing the blame game: Imran Khan is now PM, and the buck stops with him. And he has made Asad Umar the finance minister, for better or for worse.
Never having met him, I thought he came across as a reasonable, fairly competent person with some relevant corporate experience behind him. How wrong I was. Somebody has sent me Engro’s annual accounts for the five years Asad Umar served there as CEO, and I’m afraid they make for dismal reading. What puzzles me is why one of Pakistan’s biggest conglomerates waited five years before parting ways with him.
For starters, Engro shares fell by 77 per cent during Umar’s tenure, largely because of the ill-conceived new fertiliser plant he had pushed. After he left, the annual report for 2012 said, “the very survival of the company was at stake”. In fact, Engro lost Rs3bn in its fertiliser operation in just a year. Its other subsidiaries didn’t fare much better.
When Pakistani farmers buy all the fertiliser produced in the country, it is difficult to see why Engro’s flagship plant did not thrive. The problem since its inception was that due to the depletion of many of our gas fields, the government was simply unable to supply the plant with the raw material it was based on. While the billion-dollar project was operational, it could not produce any fertiliser.
So how did a corporate titan — a title awarded by some pliant reporters — get it so badly wrong? According to my source, he and some top Engro executives did their best to persuade key officials and politicians in the last two governments to resolve the problem, but to no avail. They were told there was simply not enough gas.
A friend recently rang from Islamabad to say that he had just been to the Finance Ministry, and had never seen so much chaos and confusion. The embarrassment surrounding Imran Khan’s failed begging mission to Saudi Arabia should serve to remind him that while he might have a host of admirers in Pakistan, his charisma and cricketing reputation doesn’t cut much ice abroad.
Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Saturday revealed that Pakistani scientists from University of Health Sciences (UHS) had successfully cloned biological skin which was far cheaper than imported cloned skin.
Another "feel good" story for these gloomy timesAddressing an Anatomical Scientific Conference held at UHS here, she said that it was a landmark development in the history of scientific research in the country.“Previously we had been spending millions of dollars on importing biological skin but now the same will be available only at the cost of Rs 720 in Pakistan,” she said while appreciating the scientists.
The minister extended her cordial greeting to the Vice Chancellor of UHS Professor Javed Akram for patronizing research work under his institution.
She emphasized the need for research based education in Pakistani Universities.
“I am aware of the shortage of faculties at medical teaching institutions and will leave no stone unturned to address the issue,” reiterated Yasmin Rashid. She categorically pointed out, “We have to start counselling
Becoming a doctor is "one exit ticket" from Pakiland !Only earning money was not panacea, young doctors should adopt the medical profession as passion, she advised.
Empty Treasury“Unfortunately cheques amounting Rs 80 Billion released by previous Punjab government were dishonoured and we made them honoured when we took over,” she regretted.
Violation of basic budget rules ! Monies allocated for one purpose, being spend on something else ( like Metro Orange Line !)“The money of national exchequer must be utilized on masses only. I will not allow anyone to spend the budget of the Health department on projects like Metro Orange line train,” pledged the minister.
KARACHI – At least seven people were injured when a cargo ship caught fire at the Gadani Shipbreaking yard on Sunday.Vice-chairperson of the shipbreaking yard, Ghani Seth, said the fire broke out in a ship in Plot 10 which engulfed the whole area, reported Samaa TV.
The workers have been shifted to Karachi for treatment. Two of them are said to be in a critical condition, he added.He said the fire has not been controlled yet and no fire brigade vehicles have arrived. ( Are there any FireBrigades !) He said the fire broke out even though they took safety measures at the yard.
The steel and other parts of the ships- dismantled by a virtual slave labor work force - are recycled and used again. While the labour is paid pittance in violation of labour laws , while the "Seths" make millions !In 2016, a fire broke out in an oil carrying ship that was being dismantled in Gadani. Over two dozen workers were killed and 70 were injured. After that, the dismantling of oil-carrying ships was banned at the yard.More info to follow…
DUBAI – Sharjah will be welcoming book lovers, authors, poets and honoured guests from across the world at the 37th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) starting from 31st October until 10th of November.
Visitors can expect to meet and greet with renowned names, attend seminars and speeches and engage in literary panel discussions with their favourite authors and personalities.
One of the many VIP guests are Soha Ali Khan, an Indian film actress and author of, ‘The Perils of Being Moderately Famous,’ and Nandita Das, one of the most griping actor and director of Indian cinema.
When did Sharjah, Dubai and UAE start becoming "lover of books and literature" . I always thought that their forte was in camel racing and falcon hunting . And belly dancing !Among the acclaimed list of novelists at SIBF, there is also Laaleen Sukhera who is a writer and editor in Pakistan, she is the author of Austenistan which is a whimsical take on Austen’s world through contemporary lens, From Indonesia, SIBF will welcome Avianti Armand who is the author of ‘Women Whose Names Were Erased.’
KARACHI - A chingchi rickshaw driver from Karachi had banking transactions to unknown beneficiaries Rs3 billion through a fake account registered on his name.
This is the latest development in the money laundering scam involving fake bank accounts.As per details garnered, the driver has been identified as Rashid who lives in Korangi, a low-income neighborhood of the metropolis.
Dus Percenti Zardari should also be hauled in by the FIA. He may be able to "throw some light" on this matterRashid came to know about the scam when he was summoned by officials of Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) officials for probe in this regard.Rashid—while talking to media—stated that he had opened bank account back then in 2005 when he got job in a garment factory. However, Rashid resigned soon and never used to the account.
RAWALPINDI – Two policemen have been arrested and booked for stealing money during raid.
A case has been lodged against two policemen in Rawalpindi’s New Town police station over stealing cash worth Rs7.5 lacs from transgender’s flat.As per details garnered, Laila Ali—in first investigation report—stated that police raided the flat and arrested all those present and attending birthday ceremony.
PS: CJP Nisar should take "due note" and do the needful, IF he is genuinely concerned about the fate of transgenders in Imran's Naya Phakanistan ! Laila Ali is a "confirmed" transgender . The culprits ( Shah and Asif ) took her for a rideLater, two constables Izat Shah and Asif (large family to support, salaries not paid
