Unidentified assailants shot dead religious cleric Maulana Ismail Darwesh along with his bodyguard in Peshawar, Geo News reported.
This maulana was anti-shia and a front for SSP/LeJ.assailants riding on motorcycle opened fire on Maulana Darwesh
The sins of the religiously pious Abbaji now being visited on both the sonsLAHORE – The National Accountability Bureau on Friday arrested Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) president and former chief minister Shehbaz Sharif in the Rs14 billion Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme case.He was detained by the anti-graft body at the accountability body’s Lahore office following a hearing in Punjab Saaf Pani Company. A heavy contingent of Rangers has been posted outside NAB office.
Fawad "purchased" by the Deep State with offers of "carrots and sticks"The arrest of former Punjab chief minister followed shocking revelations of ex-principal secretary to PM, Fawad Hasan Fawad, who has become an approver in the cases against Shehbaz Sharif.
After which, he will be sent to Adiala or Kot Lakhpat jail !Following Sharif’s arrest, his private security staff and white land cruiser were sent away by NAB officials.A large number of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supporters reached the NAB office near Thokar Niaz Baig to protest what they say ‘political victimization’ of their leaders.According to the rules, the anti-corruption body has to take permission from the National Assembly speaker to arrest the leader of Opposition in the lower house of the Parliament. Rules are meant to be broken . Anyway, this is Pakistan, where rules do not matter.
"Corruption" is a handy excuse to jail anyone in Pakiland . Even Immy - one day- will be accused of this "crime"NAB in November last had launched a thorough probe into the affairs of the 56 public-sector companies formed by Shahbaz administration in Punjab for their alleged involvement in corruption.
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.From IMF Website :IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Pakistan
October 4, 2018
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board. This mission will not result in a Board discussion.
*Pakistan is facing significant economic challenges, with declining growth, high fiscal and current account deficits, and low levels of international reserves.
*Recent policy measures are steps in the right direction, but not yet sufficient. Decisive policy action and significant external financing will be needed to stabilize the economy.
*Once stabilization is beginning to take hold, increasing focus is warranted on critical reforms to foster sustained and inclusive growth and strengthen institutions.
A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Harald Finger, visited Islamabad from September 27-October 4, 2018 to discuss Pakistan’s economic situation and exchange views on necessary policies for economic stabilization and sustainable and inclusive growth. At the end of the visit, Mr. Finger made the following statement:
“Pakistan is facing an increasingly difficult economic situation, with high fiscal and current account deficits, and low international reserves. This mostly reflects the legacy of an overvalued exchange rate, loose fiscal policy and accommodative monetary policy. The fast rise in international oil prices, normalization of US monetary policy, and tightening financial conditions for emerging markets are adding to this difficult picture. In this environment, economic growth will likely slow significantly, and inflation will rise.
“The team welcomes the policy measures implemented since last December. These include 18 percent cumulative depreciation of the rupee, interest rate increases of cumulatively 275 bps, fiscal consolidation through the budget supplement proposed by the minister of finance, a large increase in gas tariffs closer to cost recovery levels, and the proposed increase in electricity tariffs. These measures are necessary steps that go in the right direction.
“Additional decisive policy action, anchored in a comprehensive strategy, and significant external financing will be needed in the near term. Policies should include more exchange rate flexibility and monetary policy tightening, further fiscal adjustment anchored in a medium-term consolidation strategy, and strengthening the performance of key public enterprises together with further increases in gas and power tariffs. Together, these steps would help reduce current account pressures and improve debt sustainability. Importantly, to protect the more vulnerable segments of society, there is a need to further strengthen social protection through the Benazir Income Support Program. These policies will help stabilize the economy and lay the foundations for sustainable and inclusive growth.
“Once stabilization is beginning to take hold, the focus should increasingly shift to reforms to foster sustained and inclusive growth and strengthen key institutions. Priority areas include modernizing the tax system and public financial management, strengthening fiscal federalism arrangements, improving governance and eliminating losses of public enterprises, enhancing the SBP’s autonomy, intensifying AML/CFT efforts, improving the business climate and anti-corruption efforts, and fostering the economic inclusion of the poor, youth, and women.
“The team is grateful to the authorities for open and constructive discussions. The team met with Minister of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Asad Umar; Minister of Planning Khusro Bakhtiar, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Institutional Reforms and Austerity Ishrat Hussain, SBP Governor Tariq Bajwa, Finance Secretary Arif Ahmed Khan, FBR Chairman Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, other senior officials, and representatives of the private sector and development partners.”
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Sirs,Peregrine wrote:Vikas wrote:^ So even paint job was not completed properly leaving the Cheeni maal in red.Falijee Ji :Falijee wrote:Vikas-ji :
But one raackit ( not red, but silver !) is pointed West (not East ) towards Ummah Afghanistan
Methinks The BIG SILVER raakit is Pointing towards the NORTH-WEST DIRECTION and IMO is aimed at RussiaI
Cheers
The website can be accessed using the URL:Information and BroadcastingPropaganda Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday announced the launch of an official website designated to track Prime Minister Imran Khan’s performance during the first 100 days of his government under the 100-days agenda.
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Friday and briefed him about his visit to the United States.
Alright, with whatever lil bit of money we have at the bottom of the begging bowl, lets start printing some stupid stamps..Falijee wrote: No need to go into the details. One picture is worth a thousand words. Body language and expression in pic tells it all
State secrets out !ISLAMABAD: The government has initiated work to build gas storage initially for 11-12 days in various pockets of the country as currently Pakistan has no capacity to store even a single gas molecule.
$ 10 TAPI ( IndiaBy 2020 Pakistan will be having 1.3 bcfd gas from Turkmenistan through $10 billion TAPI. The LNG in the open market gets cheaper in summer season and it surges a lot in the winter season.”
) pipeline, $ 20 Billion Gwadar oil refinery, spanking brand new railway line from Karachi to Khunjerab Pass, $ 20 Billion . And now underground gas storage costing probably another billions ! Where is the Damn ( forgot about The Dam !) Money coming from It does not "cost" anything to cover all these possibilitiesIdea is, the official said, to store the imported gas in summer season at cheaper rates and utilise it in winter season for keeping the country energised and industrial activity intact. More importantly in case of disruption in LNG supply chain on account of any Tsunami in the sea or any reason, the gas storages will be used for industrial activities till the time the problem is vanished.
This is the main reason ! India has it ! So (bankrupt ) Pakistan should also have it .!There are Bokhari and Kharewl gas fields wherein the government would first make the gas storages as strategic stock. “For this purpose, Pakistan has initiated interaction with an international company --Gazprom of Russia.” The official said that a top delegation of Gazprom is due in the end of the current month of October.Managing Director of the Inter-State Gas System (ISGS) Mobin Saulat said that USA has the gas storages for 10 years. “China and Japan has also built many gas storages and more importantly India has also erected the gas storages.
LAHORE: The Lahore police is busy blackmailing and extorting unwitting young couples in the city with impunity, as senior officials of the department look the other way.According to details available with Pakistan Today, a number of cops of the Lahore police have been intercepting and filming young couples travelling together on cars.
No need to get alarmed . This is a well organized racket . Everyone on the "inside" knows it ! Right from the top ( DIG) to the Police Station's chaprassi will get his cut ( on a weekly basis !)Videos reportedly obtained from the phone of one of the policemen involved in the extortion ring show how the gang operates. The gang stops cars and then verbally and physically assaults the men while making videos the entire time. They then use those videos as leverage to get money out of those they corner.
Not sure why Nadeem was NOT on the scamThe matter came to light when a police constable of Ghalib Market Police Station, Nadeem Iqbal (C/6412) filed an FIR [First Information Report] in which he alleged that a couple he and his colleagues – Usman Mushtaq (C/14575) and Usman Saeed (C/20154) – had tried to intercept had used their contacts to have him and the other two cops kidnapped.
The risk is always there ! Maybe, they catch someone, who have more sifarishHowever, sources privy to the details of the incident revealed to Pakistan Today that the trio had in fact tried to blackmail the couple by filming them when they were stopped near LDA Park in the Ghalib Market police precincts for ‘checking’ on the night of Oct 1. However, Iqbal and his companions faced resistance from the man, who happens to be a close friend of Mian Hassan, the son of Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed.
Is it possible that the Police are forced to resort to these tactics because they have not yet been paid their salaries due to the country's desperate financial situationThe man asked the policemen not to record the video and put the phone aside, however the trio reportedly attacked the couple. During the scuffle, the man was able to snatch the constable’s phone while the woman telephoned some friends, including the son of the Punjab minister, for help. The couple’s friends reached the spot and managed to secure their release from the three policemen.
Any scam has risk factors !Constable Iqbal later registered an FIR, seemingly in an attempt to cover his tracks, making a hue and cry about having been abducted on duty.He alleged in the FIR that the couple was being taken to the police station when the youth called Mian Hasan, who immediately arrived there along with his three friends in two cars.
The complainant claimed that the suspects snatched their guns, bundled them into their cars and drove away. They later dropped the kidnapped policemen at different places and fled away, he alleged in the FIR.The police claimed that they kept looking for the suspects and traced one of the cars finally on Thursday through a CCTV camera footage that was registered in the name of Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed.
Responding to allegations that his son was involved in the abduction of the policemen, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed said that the couple caught by policemen was just going to the market to have coffee. He alleged the policemen on bikes without number plates tried to blackmail the couple and demanded Rs 50,000 as bribe from his son’s friend which prompted Mian Hasan to reach the scene to help him.He said that he himself directed his son to visit the police station and join the investigation to show that he respected the law.
Typical Paki bravado !“I’ll quit my office if the allegations leveled against my son proved true,” the minister said.
However, the recovery of a large number of videos featuring different couples from the phone taken from the cop belies the police’s claim regarding the incident.
The plot gets thicker !Speaking to Pakistan Today, DIG Operations Rana Shahzad Akbar said that for now the police was only looking into the FIR filed by Constable Iqbal, and that they had not yet received any complaint from the other side.DIG Akbar said the minister’s son Mian Hassan was involved in the entire episode.“They (suspects) kept driving the cars on various roads of the city for two hours, slapping the kidnapped policemen and also filmed the torture with their mobile phone cameras,” the DIG claimed, adding that the police traced out the suspects with the help of CCTV cameras of the Safe City Project which also showed them dropping the policemen one by one on different roads.
Forgot about an "objective investigation ".! This is Pakistan! Whoever brings the biggest sifarish in the investigation - The DIG or the Minister- wins th caseHowever, after being brought up to speak about the videos in question, the DIG said that the police would be launching two different investigations, one into the claims made by Constable Iqbal and one into the gang that has been harassing couples.“While we are investigating the FIR as per procedure, we are also conducting an internal investigation regarding these claims that have surfaced,” he said, hinting that no immediate action would be taken against the three policemen accused of extorting money from young couples.
The Pakistani cricket team met up with religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel in Dubai last night, as it sets out to play Test and T20 series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Shoaib JattIn a picture, Pakistan cricket team Captain Sarfraz Ahmed, pacer Wahab Riaz and batsmen Babar Azam and Azhar Ali alongside others can be seen listening to the scholar. The cricketers received his blessing before a decisive clash with Australia.
given by renowned Islamic scholar to Pakistan test squad
Falijee Ji :Falijee wrote:Light Bulb Movement And The Equal Equal Factor
Pakistan to build underground strategic gas storages
So (bankrupt ) Pakistan should also have it .!
Is it not kind of a bit late to investigate this kind of a thing . Almost 4 years after the fact !ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ordered the formation of a judicial commission to launch an investigation into the 2014 Army Public School (APS) attack.A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar issued these directives while hearing the suo motu case of the APS attack.
Falijee wrote:PM Imran Khan turns 66
But , is he still "performing" at this age
PS: The PTI denied the rumours in the Paki social media that Bushra Bibi is pregnant
Check Reham Khan's book! there are more chances that immy could be prego than Peerni!ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that the arrest of Shehbaz Sharif by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is not only disappointing but also ridiculous.
“Shehbaz Sharif set an example of honesty and humanity during his tenure as chief minister of Punjab,” Nawaz commented, adding that the PTI government was trying to cover their failures by such moves.He said, “The people, foreign organisations and international governments have all recognised the services of Shehbaz.”
Vikas wrote:^ So even paint job was not completed properly leaving the Cheeni maal in red.
Falijee wrote:Vikas-ji :
But one raackit ( not red, but silver !) is pointed West (not East ) towards Ummah Afghanistan
Peregrine wrote:Falijee Ji :
Methinks The BIG SILVER raakit is Pointing towards the NORTH-WEST DIRECTION and IMO is aimed at Russia
sudhan Ji :sudhan wrote:Sirs,
You are sorely mistaken.. that silver 'raakit' is no raakit, but the mighty JF-17 bundar..
Now pliss retire to your dark corners and resume quaking in your dhotis..
Salam
A prominent Pakistani journalist has been ordered to face a court hearing on accusations of treason next week, in a case the country’s press corps says is one of several recent attempts under the new government to intimidate the news media into silence.
The journalist, Cyril Almeida, a leading columnist for the newspaper Dawn, has been summoned to appear before the High Court in Lahore on Monday. The accusation stems from an article he wrote in May that featured an interview with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was at loggerheads with Pakistan’s powerful military until he was ousted last year.
In the interview, Mr. Sharif appeared to reinforce India’s accusation that Pakistan’s military aided the militants who carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which killed more than 160 locals and foreign tourists.
Mr. Almeida’s summons to stand trial on a potentially capital offense for simply conducting an interview was instantly alarming to veteran Pakistani journalists, who were already worried that the country’s new government will continue the intimidation tactics favored by the military in the lead-up to the parliamentary election in July. Pakistan’s opposition and European observers said the military created an unlevel playing field before the polls, censoring the news media and pressuring candidates to secure a victory for Imran Khan, who became prime minister in August.
On Tuesday, journalists, editors and other civil society groups will stage a demonstration against the court’s action against Mr. Almeida and what they say is pressure on media organizations to stifle criticism of the government and military.“This is the darkest period for journalism in the country’s history, no doubt about it,” said Afzal Butt, president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists.
In the months before the election, several journalists were beaten or abducted, with only one thread tying them together: their criticism of the military.In June, the columnist and political commentator Gul Bukhari was abducted in an army-controlled area of Lahore by unknown attackers, including men in military uniform. And Dawn, which Mr. Almeida works for, was prevented from being distributed in military cantonments, which make up large residential areas of most Pakistani cities.
Mr. Almeida and the editors at Dawn declined to comment for this article, citing the upcoming trial.
He came into power through the support of the Army !Before the election, while most parties decried the pressure on the news media, Mr. Khan was silent. In an interview with The New York Times weeks before the polls, he said that the pressure certain media outlets came under was deserved, as they supported Mr. Sharif, the ousted prime minister.
But, there are Red Lines !But in the same breath, Mr. Khan insisted that the news media was free.“Pakistan’s media is one of the most vibrant medias in the world,” he said in the interview. “Watch the programs every evening. There are 10 current affairs programs going on; everyone expresses their views.”
Many journalists and editors say the current hostility is more dangerous than pressure seen under previous governments: They see it as coming from all pillars of the state, with Mr. Khan’s government considered closely in sync with the courts and the military. The military is accused of pressuring the courts to block any opposition — or even criticism — of Pakistan’s powerful army, and military pressure was seen as a factor in the court’s ruling last year removing Mr. Sharif from office on corruption charges.
Soon after the inauguration of Mr. Khan’s new government, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry ( he is Propaganda Minister not Information Minister !) raised hopes among the international news media when he said in an interview in August that he would ease visa restrictions for foreign journalists. But since then, editors and reporters have been on edge.
Another pressure tactic !In mid-September, Mr. Khan created the Content Committee, a board to coordinate and oversee the distribution of state advertisements to local newspapers and electronic media. The government is the country’s largest media advertiser and has not paid its recent bills, several newspaper publishers said, leaving hundreds of journalists and other media employees without salaries for the past four months.
Editors and publishers fear that the Content Committee may favor media outlets deemed to be supportive of Mr. Khan’s government while indirectly punishing those that are critical by withholding needed advertising.
“We have to wait and see if this is a monitoring body to favor some groups and curtail advertisement for others that in the past or present were critical to government,” said Mazhar Abbas, the former secretary general of Pakistan’s journalist union.“The tactics are now different, to financially cripple strong media houses, unlike before where they may ban a newspaper for some time. By crippling the media houses, newspapers are curbing their reporting, reducing their pages,” Mr. Abbas added.
Mr. Almeida is not the first journalist to be charged with treason, and Mr. Khan is certainly not the first Pakistani leader to be accused of hostility toward the news media. During Mr. Sharif’s second term as prime minister in 1999, Najam Sethi, a prominent journalist and editor, was beaten and arrested on suspicion of treason after he gave an inflammatory speech while visiting India. He was detained for several weeks, but the Supreme Court ordered the charges against him dropped.
But Mr. Abbas and others say Mr. Almeida’s case is unique because his treason charges stem directly from an interview he conducted.“If an interview is now a crime, how can we do our jobs?” Mr. Abbas asked.This month, the Ministry of Information started a Twitter account called Fake News Buster, supposedly to debunk social media rumors. The move was a chilling reminder of the army’s warning to journalists before the election that their social media accounts were being monitored, hinting that they would be punished for any posts that were unfavorable to Pakistan.
“This seems to be a well-thought, sinister move on the part of both government and military to remodel and regulate the country’s print and electronic media industry to strengthen the military’s narrative about politics and the economy at the cost of constitutionally guaranteed freedoms,” said Matiullah Jan, a prominent talk show host.The tendency by officials to “paint critics as anti-state and traitors is pressurizing and endangering the lives of journalists,” Mr. Jan added.
SLAMABAD – A federal court has issued permanent arrest warrants ( no expiry date, forever good, !) of Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani today (Friday).
During the hearing of Memogate scandal headed by special judge Irum Niazi, ( From Kaptaan's biradari
He goes to work every day at the Hudson Institute in DCThe FIA official said that the former ambassador was deliberately hiding to avoid arrest.
Haqqani was criticised by the Pakistani parliament for his column in The Washington Post in which he had written that he had helped US forces in action against Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden when the government and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had been kept in the dark about the secret operation.
He has been accused of "bad mouthing" Pakiland at the world stage !!!During the hearing of Memogate scandal headed by special judge Irum Niazi, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) presented its report, alleging Haqqani of embezzlement of Rs2 million dollars.
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday crashed and shed 860.77 points or 2.15 per cent amid investors’ concerns over International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) assessment report of Pakistan economy and the declining forex reserves of the country.
The IMF mission in a report after completing an assessment of Pakistan economy said Pakistan is facing significant economic challenges, with declining growth, high fiscal and current account deficits and low levels of international reserves.The Fund’s report and State Bank of Pakistan’s report about declining Pakistan forex reserves triggered panic selling which led to market’s crash.The shares market opened trading on Friday in the green zone. But soon the market crashed and then there was all-round fall.
At one point during the trade, the market shed 1054 points. However, it managed to recover some of the losses in the last session and closed 860 points down. During the trade, some 87,369,890 shares changed hands at the market.
On Friday, trading held on the shares of 367 companies out of which share prices of 311 companies decreased, whereas share prices of 43 companies increased. Prices of 13 companies remained unchanged.
The federal government has slashed the development budget allocated to Science and Technology in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) by 44 per cent.
The government has cut the allocations for Science and Technology by Rs1.172 billion in the mini-budget passed by the National Assembly.As many as 10 new projects of Science and Technology Ministry in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for Fiscal Year 2018-19 out of the total 11 projects have been dropped.The dropped projects include upgradation of National University of Science and Technology’s (NUSTG) laboratory as per international standard. A research project of the Ministry costing Rs 200 million was also dropped.
The government has also shelved the NEUTECH University project and dropped it from the PSDP. The Model Science School project costing Rs 100 million has also been dropped. Besides, Pa-Korea Solar Testing project has also got an axe from in the mini-budget.Out of the axed projects include a programme for groundwater management. With the fresh cut in the mini-budget on PSDP allocations of the Ministry, the allocations for Ministry of Science and Technology have dipped to less than one per cent of the GDP.
India recently signed a massive arms deal with Russia , which will equip its arm forces with the latest Missile System . Informed sources in Islamabad have rubbished the rumours that the massive cut in the Science and Technology Budget , coupled with the decrease in education and other social welfare programs have anything to do with this increase in Indian Defence Expenditure nor the cut is related to the uncertainty surrounding the IMF loan .The budget was slashed despite the Senate’s Standing Committee on Science and Technology recommendations to increase budgetary allocations for Science and Technology to 4 per cent of the GDP. The Standing Committee has made the recommendation recently with a view to promoting scientific research in the country.
Putin and Modi, who appear to enjoy a personal rapport, are also likely to discuss a deal for four Krivak-class frigates worth $2 billion and 200 light utility Ka-226 helicopters pegged at $1 billion.
More squeeze on the Education budget ?Experts say India needs the sophisticated S-400 system to fill critical gaps in its defence capabilities, in view of China's rise and perceived threats from Pakistan, against whom India has fought three wars.
Not sure that this Christian lady will get justice in the Islamic infested atmosphere of Pakiland , whether there is a two level system . One "justice" for followers of The Book . And other for minoritiesA three-member special bench of the Supreme Court will on Monday hear the final appeal against the execution of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy.
Only 44%!? The budget for STEM should be zero and the budget to the madrassas should be doubled. After all, all the worldly knowledge there is in math and science that needs to be learnt or discovered or invented is already in The Book.Falijee wrote:Science And Technology Budget Almost Slashed In Half In Imran's Naya Pakistan !
Federal Govt Slashes Science and Technology Budget by 44%
She is not going to get any different response from this SCJ. Her past appeals have been rejected. Besides, is there any brave attorney in the paki legal system who would dare to take up her appeal in earnest? Finally, it will come down to the president.Falijee wrote:Asia Bibi's appeal against death sentence to be heard by SC special bench on Monday
Not sure that this Christian lady will get justice in the Islamic infested atmosphere of Pakiland , whether there is a two level system . One "justice" for followers of The Book . And other for minorities
India on Friday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over a minister in the Imran Khan-led government sharing a stage with 26/11 terror attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, days after the images of the two emerged. Sources told The Indian Express that a top Pakistan diplomat was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi on Friday, and a similar demarche was made in Islamabad by the Indian High Commission.
Good luck!India pointed out that Saeed is a UN-proscribed terrorist, and the US has offered a $10-million bounty on him.
For the past two years, a Thai court has been trying to determine whether prisoner number 8 in a Bangkok jail is an Indian or a Pakistani national. The inmate is wanted by New Delhi and claimed by Islamabad as its own.
On Indian police records, Prisoner Number 8 in Bangkok's Maha Chai Road jail is identified as Mudassar Hussain Sayed alias Munna Zingada, a Dawood aide involved in a shooting attack on gangster Chhota Rajan in the Thai capital back in 2000.
According to highly-placed intelligence officials, Islamabad always feared that if extradited to India, Zingada would reveal some more fine details of the ISI's nexus with Dawood Ibrahim.
ISI spies were, therefore, flown to Bangkok with a battery of lawyers to block Zingada's deportation to India.
In the city's Lat Phrao court, they sought to own Zingada as a Pakistani citizen. The ISI-sponsored attorneys first produced a forged Pakistani passport identifying the Indian fugitive as Mohammad Salim, said top intelligence sources.
"What followed next was a forged marriage certificate to mislead the court. After that, they came out with another false testimony about the death of Zingada's father in Pakistan," said a senior official monitoring the Bangkok court proceedings.
A notorious shooter, Zingada travelled to Pakistan in 1997 via Nepal on the orders of Dawood Ibrahim, intelligence sources say.
But India called the Pakistani bluff last month in the Bangkok court.
Investigators paraded Zingada's entire family, including his father, before the judges. The Bangkok court was also shown DNA reports authenticating the relationships, said security officials.
Dead father turns up alive.With India's compelling evidence now with the Bangkok court, officials are hopeful Zingada would finally be handed over to New Delhi in the next few months.
ISLAMABAD: Gwadar Port Authority Chairman Dostain Khan Jamaldini, in an interview with the media on Friday, has said that at least thirty companies from various industries including hotels, banking, logistics and fish processing have entered
Early HarvestHe said that the companies have directly invested around $474 million in Gwadar.
Dostain Jamaldini said there are many corridors linked through the network of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping, but the most viable corridor is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Gwadar Chini Colony built ? Submarine Base Completed ?He stated that the Gwadar port collection, connectivity, and production areas are now almost ready, and added that the authority is receiving a ship from the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) on a weekly basis, and with the start of industrial production in the free zone, the frequency of these ships is bound to increase.
ISLAMABAD: Qatar has urged the new Pakistani government not to discuss LNG terminal accord signed between Qatari and Pakistani company in the Parliament, media reports said Friday.
This is like a blackmail threat !In case the issue was brought under discussion in the Parliament, this would be tantamount to violation of agreement and Qatar would not only suspend the supply of energy but no relation would be established in future, they added.
So, it seems that there was some sort of a gol-maal arrangement between Ganja Sharif Govt and the Qatari Sheikhs ( houbara hunting licences, "false" affidavit", import of cars without paying custom duty and now this latest "scandal" !)According to credible sources, a recent visiting delegation had visited Pakistan to cater to this issue. Qatari government apprehends that new Pakistani government like other matters will try to revisit this agreement also, in which $2bn corruption has already been surfaced.
Are the Qataris trying to dislodge the Saudis as the mai baaps of PakilandQatari government wants Pakistan government to implement the agreement without any argument.Visiting delegation has assured that in return of this cooperation it will extend the fullest cooperation in CPEC mega projects also.Qatar also hinted at large scale investment in Pakistan.
Contrary to its previous claims, the PTI government will not public the secret clauses of the LNG deal with Qatar, sources said on Friday.In case of violation, Pakistan can face serious consequences, an official said. It is pertinent to mention here that Qatar Petroleum Chief Executive Officer Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi held a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan.Al-Kaabi highlighted the importance of the LNG accord and discussed over the deal. The LNG deal was made by the PML-N government; however, corruption was alleged in the deal.Prime Minister Imran Khan, before assuming charge of the country’s premier post, had promised that everything will be made public. However, the Ministry of Petroleum has decided to not public the accord, citing few sections which are a must for Pakistan to keep hidden.
The Qataris ( also Wahabis ) are in a major dispute with Saudia . The Saudis have placed an economic embargo on the Qataris. In any dispute, the Pakis are likely to toe the Saudi line , though for face saving purposes they may profess "neutrality"A large number of people have the view that, LNG will be imported from the public tax money and it is public’s right to know on which grounds the agreement was made. An official on condition of anonymity said the PML-N government had agreed to keep few sections of the agreement hidden and these sections can never be public. He said if Pakistan public this agreement Qatar can end the agreement.Following the situation, Pakistan would not be able to sign an accord with any other country because Qatar produces 70 of LNG in the world.Minister of Petroleum Sarwar Khan, when asked, said the matter is not in his knowledge. The Qatar High Commission is silent over the matter.
Bottom line : Beggars cannot be choosersIT is no secret that low-wage workers in the Gulf are the most vulnerable of Pakistan’s expatriate community. The kafala (sponsorship) system giving employers tremendous control over workers has created exploitation of a magnitude that can be compared to modern slavery. It is also no surprise that these states have the highest population of Pakistani prisoners abroad. Their notoriously opaque legal systems essentially deprive migrants of their rights through habitual due process violations. Over the past few days, as our new government has sought to cement its ties with Saudi Arabia — which, despite a dramatic reduction in Pakistani labour in recent years (50,000 in the past eight months alone) is still one of its largest employers — its constituents at home and abroad have been calling for commitments of another kind. On Tuesday, a Senate body was told that around 650 laid-off Pakistani workers are now petitioning Saudi labour courts to claim their unpaid dues. According to an overseas Pakistanis ministry official, one firm owes 127m Saudi riyals in back wages. Similar cases have been reported in the past. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, protesters in Islamabad called on the government to assist in the release of their loved ones currently incarcerated in the kingdom. There are approximately 3,000 Pakistanis languishing in Saudi prisons, including many on death row. Since 2014, the kingdom has executed more than 70 Pakistanis, most of them poor and convicted on drug ‘smuggling’, which they were likely tricked or coerced into.
Beggars cannot be choosers . If you do not want to annoy the "arrogant" Saudis , in this your hour of needed , you better keep your trap shutWhile the issue of unpaid salaries, as well as of increasing the job quota for Pakistanis, reportedly being broached with the visiting Saudi delegation, is a positive step, there is an urgent need to address the lack of safeguards —– functional consular services, legal support, a prisoner transfer treaty and a labour agreement — for Pakistanis living in Saudi Arabia. They, and their families at home, are desperate for a more equitable relationship between our two nations. Clearly, it is not only livelihoods but lives that are at stake.