ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to impose margins and other charges on the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in an attempt to collect millions of dollars from the consumers, which will also go into the pockets of business tycoons having major stakes in gas utilities.
His second wife Tayyaba Bukhari who kept striving to get Zaid out, finally leaving for Pakistanafter her visa limit expired.
Zaid Hamid is told to be under investigation for allegedly being Iranian informerand for his speeches against Saudi government.
The federal government has banned the exit of many ministers, ex-ministers, MPs and scores of bureaucrats from the country, placing them on a watch list at all exit points of the country.
Sources told The News that the federal government had directed the FIA Immigration Wing not to allow seven provincial ministers, four former ministers, 20 MPAs and 8 MNAs of the PPP and over 100 officers of the Sindh government to leave the country and seek clearance from the law enforcement agencies in this regard.
Falijee wrote:His second wife Tayyaba Bukhari who kept striving to get Zaid out, finally leaving for PakistanZaid Hamid is told to be under investigation for allegedly being Iranian informer
A_Gupta wrote:Accord signed with US firm for 55 diesel-electric locos
http://www.dawn.com/news/1189508/accord ... tric-locos“Within three years or so, these locomotives would recover their cost Rs500 million per unit.
Up to 20-hours long power cuts were reported in Peshawar, Charsasda, Mardan, Swabi, Kohat, Dera Ismail Khan, Karak and Dir districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prompting violent protesters to take to the streets.
A grid station was torched by a mob in Charsadda district while district administration offices were set alight in Swabi. Clashes between police and protesters were also reported in several areas.
According to Khawaja Asif, power generation on Wednesday had crossed the 16,000MW mark and the demand-supply gap now stands at about 3,600MW.
A_Gupta wrote:b. Modi's Gujarat has installed power capacity of 28,000 MW, Pakistan has only 23,000 MW of installed capacity. Not a small state.
Vipul wrote:Paki claims Yoga originated near Multan.
Isnt this guy wajib-ul-cutlet for propagating Yindoo practise in Shitistan?
A_Gupta wrote:Accord signed with US firm for 55 diesel-electric locos
http://www.dawn.com/news/1189508/accord ... tric-locos
Anujan wrote:http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-38150-Hundreds-banned-from-leaving-PakistanThe federal government has banned the exit of many ministers, ex-ministers, MPs and scores of bureaucrats from the country, placing them on a watch list at all exit points of the country.
Sources told The News that the federal government had directed the FIA Immigration Wing not to allow seven provincial ministers, four former ministers, 20 MPAs and 8 MNAs of the PPP and over 100 officers of the Sindh government to leave the country and seek clearance from the law enforcement agencies in this regard.
In Zardari's case, it will most likely be military courts.National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, under Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, flooded the market with 40,000 kilograms of basic Bt cotton seed that it had made from technology stolen from multinational GM seed producing company
SSridhar wrote:A_Gupta wrote:Accord signed with US firm for 55 diesel-electric locos
http://www.dawn.com/news/1189508/accord ... tric-locos
This raises some questions. The US has been trying for almost two decades now to sell their GE engines but without success. The extraordinary pressure it put on Pakistan was not enough to break the Chinese stranglehold in spite of the proven failure of the Chinese material. Several rounds of purchase saw only the Chinese product being preferred. PR even had to break the platform edges all over the place to make these engines haul their trains. A huge scandal, a probe and yet the Chinese locomotives were the choice. So, what gives suddenly? Are the Americans able to bribe more? Have the Pakistanis understood the uselessness of the Chinese maal?
LARKANA: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said here on Sunday that ‘all killers’ of Benazir Bhutto, except retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, had died.
Addressing a ceremony held in Naudero to mark the 62nd birth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, the former president said the slain PPP chairperson had herself lodged an FIR against the former military ruler.Mr Zardari said emphatically that the PPP would never yield to any pressure to withdraw the FIR. This was the key issue, he said, adding that a UN commission had been formed to investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.Don’t worry I will be here with you under all circumstances. We and the party will be here with the support of my children and strength of people and workers. Wherever we go, we are recognised as people from Bhutto’s Larkana and it’s our identity,” he said.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and MNA Ayaz Soomro, who is PPP’s Larkana president, also spoke on the occasion.Meanwhile, Mr Zardari and Mr Bilawal Bhutto separately met Mr Khursheed and, according to sources, exchanged views with him on the political situation in the country.
Talking to journalists at the mausoleum, Chief Minister Shah said that Benazir Bhutto had struggled for democracy and betterment of people and would be remembered for centuries. “Our politics is based on her philosophy and guidelines and for serving the masses.”When asked about reports that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement might join the Sindh government, the chief minister said he was not aware of it, but added that talks through a ‘friend’ were being held with the MQM and at the moment he was not in a position to say anything more about it.About differences with the PML-N, Mr Shah said: “We are working with the federal government to combat and curb terrorism.”
A_Gupta wrote:http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/21-Jun-2015/mortem-per-patibulo
Dailytimes cr*p:
Those infatuated with Mr Modi’s performance in his previous political stint should understand that running a country is vastly different from running a state. In fact, on the economic front, the two are poles apart. Building bridges to nowhere might even kick start a small state’s economy but, on the national level, unproductive projects are a waste. Creating employment for millions every year and improving the quality of life of the masses, including the 60 percent or so living near or below the poverty line, is a tall order. Load shedding, lumbering State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and a lack of investment are real problems in India as well. And exactly like Pakistan, while cheap oil might have improved the current account balance, long term policy decisions to increase manufacturing require urgent attention. All these facts disprove the fallacy that all of Pakistan’s ills emanated during military establishment rule. India has cultivated exactly the same ills — corruption, bad governance, inflation, poverty, load shedding and SOEs that run at a loss — in spite of being a democracy since independence.
A_Gupta wrote:I don't think Pakistanis get it, nor will their media allow them to get it. The comments I posted were almost exactly like the above, not abusive or confrontative or such.
sum wrote:^^ One pooch:
Why have all the attacks on TSPA and its softer underbelly ( like the mosque in Isloo, army school in Peshawar, ISI HQ in Lahore etc) suddenyl completely stopped in last 5-6 months?
Has the TSPA broken the TTP and got the guys onto their side?
Are you planning to renew the ceasefire with NSCN (K) which is behind the attack on Army?
The abrogation of ceasefire by NSCN (K) was sudden and surprising. We were not informed of their intention to abrogate the ceasefire. In fact, we were ready to extend it. They blamed MHA for abrogation but it was a unilateral announcement by them. They are taking support from ISI and other sources. We were ready to extend ceasefire and they abrogated it. There is a possibility of talks but for that they must cease violence.
What is the role of China in the North-East? Is it a force for peace?
I will not comment on that side. But there is heavy presence of ISI in the North-East.
A series of explosions has hit the Afghan parliament in the capital, Kabul, and a number of attackers then raced into the building.
Police are trying to evacuate the parliament which is still under attack.
The incident happened as new Defence Minister Massoom Stanekzai was being introduced to MPs, who need to endorse him.
Falijee wrote:His second wife .... who kept striving to get Zaid out, finally leaving for Pakistan
Zaid Hamid is now the second wife of his cellmate Abdul who kept striving to get into Zaid's Pakistan, and ultimately managed to give him a Saudi vijja.
A_Gupta wrote:I don't think Pakistanis get it, nor will their media allow them to get it. The comments I posted were almost exactly like the above, not abusive or confrontative or such.
schinnas wrote:Afghan Parliament building which was built by India should have been a prime target by Taliban and should have been on the highest security alert regardless of whether parliament was in session or not. The fact that they were able to attack it while it was in session with President and ministers inside is indicative of big security failure by Afghans and the capacity of Talibs / ISI to strike at will in Afghan.
Dilbu wrote:How did they even get near the building? In a war zone which is on 24 hours alert if basic perimeter security cannot be taken care then I don't have much hopes on afghan security forces.
habal wrote:A_Gupta wrote:I don't think Pakistanis get it, nor will their media allow them to get it. The comments I posted were almost exactly like the above, not abusive or confrontative or such.
today each pakistani has Rs. 90,000 debt owed to external creditors. Whatever they may spin, this is their reality. They have been pwned by the IMF.
SSridhar wrote:A_Gupta wrote:Accord signed with US firm for 55 diesel-electric locos
http://www.dawn.com/news/1189508/accord ... tric-locos
This raises some questions. The US has been trying for almost two decades now to sell their GE engines but without success. The extraordinary pressure it put on Pakistan was not enough to break the Chinese stranglehold in spite of the proven failure of the Chinese material. Several rounds of purchase saw only the Chinese product being preferred. PR even had to break the platform edges all over the place to make these engines haul their trains. A huge scandal, a probe and yet the Chinese locomotives were the choice. So, what gives suddenly? Are the Americans able to bribe more? Have the Pakistanis understood the uselessness of the Chinese maal?
A_Gupta wrote:I don't think Pakistanis get it, nor will their media allow them to get it. The comments I posted were almost exactly like the above, not abusive or confrontative or such.
habal wrote:today each pakistani has Rs. 90,000 debt owed to external creditors. Whatever they may spin, this is their reality. They have been pwned by the IMF.
habal wrote:you have to also see that they are taking new loans chiefly to service the older loans. And new loans are high-interest loans and will pull them deeper into debt, pakistanis are complaining that the loans taken by military regime under musharraf were low interest loans and Zardari and Nawaz govts took exclisively high interest loans.
CRamS wrote:Guys, is Xerox Khan describing Yoga here? Just curious
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9 ... and-health
Is photo -chor Khan describing the Sunni version or the Shia version by the competition.saip wrote:Genetically modified cotton seed ‘blights’ Pakistan’s cash cropNational Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, under Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, flooded the market with 40,000 kilograms of basic Bt cotton seed that it had made from technology stolen from multinational GM seed producing company
Everything is stolen, not just the centrifuges.
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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly on Monday expressed serious reservationsover the increasing number of executions of Pakistanis in foreign countries.
The committee chairman also raised concernsover Pakistan’s absence from Milan International Expo that holds importance in the international trade and business community.
Leghari asked FO to confirm the news regarding the Italian deputy foreign minister’s offer to celebrate Pakistan Week during the said exhibition and if true, he questioned as to why the FO failed to ensure Pakistan’s participation in this mega international event.
assigned on the basis of merit or the 'biradari system' that is endemic in the Islamic nation.
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