Saw a program on Express news , where a grieved man was cursing Chief Secretary of Punjab and Punjab Police. The man in grief was the brother of Colonel (retd) Ikram, who was killed by Chief Secretary’s Car, that violated the traffic signal and hit the retired colonel. Its a sad news , so thought would share with our viewers the inhumane and barbaric acts of these so called Government representatives. Media reports further adds;
Col Muhammad Ikram (retired), also a relative of Commissioner Khusro Pervez, was on his way to the Allama Iqbal University sub-campus on a motorcycle when CS Javed Mahmood’s car hit the two-wheeler at Girja Chowk. The chief secretary, along with his motorcade, was returning from Lahore airport after seeing PM Yousuf Raza Gilani off. Col Ikram suffered critical injuries and was rushed to the CMH where he died. [click to continue...]
In Pakistan, inter province politics is a hot topic among people from different walks of life and belonging to different provinces. For the overall good of our fellow citizens, we will try to present a detail article about the National Finance Commission (NFC) award in Pakistan and how it is functioning. The purpose here is not to take sides with any province but to present the facts and our analysis and let the readers make the decision themselves. You are more then welcome to share your own judgment and proposal with us. Before going ahead, i must tell you that i have been certified by World Bank Institute in the field of Fiscal De-centralization and hence i am well versed on this topic. However, i will still try my best not to voice my personal opinion as that will allow people to hurl accusations on me for being biased towards small provinces of Pakistan.
National Finance Commission (NFC):
Background and History of NFC:
In 1971, Pakistan was cut into two by our enemies with the indirect support of our fellow Pakistani’s and hence we lost East Pakistan to Bangladesh. There are many reasons that can be attributed to the 1971 incident but one of the major one is the “Distribution of Resources” among the provinces i.e East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Since East Pakistan was responsible for majority of our output, it was its right to get the major portion of it as well, however, it was not allowed to take when it actually owned and most of it was used in West Pakistan. This infuriated the Bangladeshi people and contributed towards their final revolt against the Government owned by West Pakistan. [click to continue...]
As we all know our Pakistani brothers and sisters from NW are going through tough times. Our Pak army is successfully clearing out the area of these Indian backed terrorists, and thousands have to leave their homes and livelihood behind, all in the name of Pakistan and its security. They are only stuck in the middle of this fight without a choice of their own.
We would like to remind all Pakistanis in these tough times, that we are all proud PAKISTANIS. We all believe in One Allah, One Quran, One Prophet (PBUH) and we all love our ONE PAKISTAN. We may be different, and have beautiful diverse cultures but we are all Pakistanis and that only because we are together as one. Lets join hands in helping those who need us today and show them our solidarity, unity and faith.
Here is a very beautiful song from Mehdi Hasan a true legend. The song is absolutely amazing, and the words are overwhelmingly moving.
The message we would like to present is all in this song.
Lyrics are as below:
Ye watn tumhara hai,
Tum ho pasban is ke,
Ye chaman tumhara hai,
Tum ho naghma-khuaan is ke.
The briefing given to the Senate by Advisor to Prime Minister for Interior Rehman Malik disclosed some serious problems that our beloved country Pakistan is facing from its arch enemy India and the cold war rival Russia. Both these countries are actively involved in fueling insurgency in the province of Baluchistan. Russias are taking revenge for their cold war defeat at the hands of American allies in Pakistan. While today the same Americans are indirectly helping the Russians through their Afghan allies. The Americans have never been a good friend of any country in the world except Israel and have proved it time and again. The short history of Pakistani nation is filled with so many instances when our so called American allies abandoned us.
The Indians and Russians have proved their alliance and today they are both busy in destabilizing Pakistan through the puppet government of Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan. In this scenario, Talibans can be considered our allies by default since the Afghan Talibans are the only force fighting the war against all three of our enemies. The terrorists operating in Pakistan are not Talibans and hence they should not be counted as Afghan Talibans whose only reason for Jihad is to liberate Afghanistan from the Americans and its allied nations. In return the enemy troika has make their own version of Talibans inside Pakistan to keep our armed forces busy and to turn aruond the public opinion against the true Talibans who just fight the western invaders in Afghanistan. [click to continue...]
This is a very positive development and will surely come as a relief in the uncertain times in Pakistan. The democracy will surely be strengthened from this move. Geo News reported:
LAHORE: The government has lifted governor-rule in Punjab and issued a notification to this effect, Geo news reported on Monday.
President Asif Ali Zardari signed the advice moved by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani for lifting of governor’s rule in the province.
Prime Minister Gilani had an important meeting with President Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr yesterday after which the latter duly signed the advice from the PM seeking lifting of governor’s rule in Punjab.
There is news in the government circle that the controversial Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer would be replaced by Malik Mushtaq Awan. Malik Mushtaq Awan had served as senior minister in Punjab and would be a first major appointment in his political career. Some reports also indicates that Khawaja Akbar is also in the race for the coverted position (This news would be updated as the story develops)
Aatish Taseer, the 29-year old son of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, who is a journalist and lives in London, has written a book, a personal memoir, about his life story in which he has depicted his father in a manner that will shock and repel many of his Pakistani readers.
The book, titled “Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey through Islamic Landsâ€, is about to be launched in London in a week and in India a few weeks later. Indian magazine “Outlook†has acquired the rights to the book and as a gesture of friendly cooperation, the magazine has agreed to share their breaking story about the book with The News. The magazine will hit the stands in India on Friday.
Aatish has also been interviewed by the Outlook magazine, which says the book is ready to roll and Aatish is on the brink of entering a heady world of book launches and international book tours. It has been published by the Picador India. [click to continue...]
Governor rule imposed in Pakistan biggest province after the decision of Sharif brothers disqualification in election for next two months. The order of this rule passed by president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari on the advice of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani under the article 234 of the constitution.
More ever the sources said that this action taken by after a high-level meeting which was held in president house and attended are PM Gilani and President Asif Zardari.
Due to worsening relationship and Increase in tension between Pakistan and India, Pak Armed Forces have started mobilizing its forces from the Western border with Afghanistan towards Eastern border with India. Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas declined to comment but a senior defence ministry official confirmed some troops were being moved from the northwest to the east of the country along the Indian border.
“We do not want to create any war hysteria but we have to take minimum security measures to ward off any threat,†he said. Senior military officials confirmed to this correspondent that the number of troops has been reduced in some of the tribal regions as well as in Swat and Dir districts. Read the Full Report
While on the other end , Times of Indian further revealed that Pakistan army has deployed its 10th Division at Ichogul Canal border area near Jammu and its 11th Division in the Tilla firing range, again bordering Punjab. These troops, said Indian Army sources on Friday, are around 10 km behind the international border.
As per the Geneva Convention, no country can deploy its troops in such heavy numbers within 3-4 km of the international border unless war is declared formally. They can, however, conduct routine patrolling along the border. With such heavy deployment of troops by Pakistan, Punjab has emerged as a vulnerable state as it shares a 553 km border with Pakistan. Further, sources said Punjab is strategically very important for Pakistan as the formation of its army is extremely strong in this area. Read the full reportÂ
Saw a program on Express news , where a grieved man was cursing Chief Secretary of Punjab and Punjab Police. The man in grief was the brother of Colonel (retd) Ikram, who was killed by Chief Secretary’s Car, that violated the traffic signal and hit the retired colonel. Its a sad news , so thought would share with our viewers the inhumane and barbaric acts of these so called Government representatives. Media reports further adds;
The briefing given to the Senate by Advisor to Prime Minister for Interior Rehman Malik 
There is news in the government circle that the controversial Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer would be replaced by Malik Mushtaq Awan. Malik Mushtaq Awan had served as senior minister in Punjab and would be a first major appointment in his political career. Some reports also indicates that Khawaja Akbar is also in the race for the coverted position (This news would be updated as the story develops)
By Mariaana Babar for The News Pakistan
Governor rule imposed in Pakistan biggest province after the decision of Sharif brothers disqualification in election for next two months
