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Saturday, November 07, 2009
Zardari sets March deadline; Babar says no deadline given by president
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari had directed the government to complete the process of constitutional reforms by March 2010.
“I have asked the government to repeal all amendments enacted by the dictator before my address to parliament,” the president told a delegation of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists led by its president Pervez Shaukat, which met him at the Presidency on Friday.
Farhatullah Babar, spokesman for the president, however, said that President Zardari had not given any deadline for repealing the controversial constitutional amendments, adding that the Constitutional Reforms Committee would decide the timeframe.
He said it had been agreed that controversial constitutional amendments would be abolished before March next. He said the president asked the government to repeal all the disputed constitutional amendments without wasting time.
During the meeting that lasted two hours, the president held wide-ranging discussion with the delegation on issues relating to national politics, reservations of the allied parties and the National Reconciliation Ordinance. The president said the decisions were being made in consultation with the coalition partners.
The president dispelled the impression that all decisions were made in the Presidency instead of the Prime Minister’s House. “ Parliament is supreme and all decisions are made there,” he told the delegation.
On the Balochistan issue, the president said the government would soon present a comprehensive package that would remove the sense of deprivation among the people of Balochistan.He further said it is the first time that the finance award will be presented with consensus and according to the wishes of the federating units.
According to the participants of the meeting, the PFUJ delegation raised the issue of implementation of Wage Board Award and other problems relating to the day-to-day functioning of the federation.
The president asked Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira to look into the issues raised by the delegation.The PFUJ delegation included Shamsul Islam, Sheharyar Khan, Bilal Thaim, Waqar Satti, Malik Maqbool Illahi, Najmus Saqib and Mushtaq Minhas.
Federal minister for information & broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira, federal minister for labour & manpower Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Ms. Fauzia Wahab, Ms. Farahnaz Ispahani, secretary information Mansoor Suhail and Farhatullah Babar, spokesperson to the president, also attended the meeting.
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20 die as bomber hits Peshawar Judicial Complex
By Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of the Judicial Complex on the Khyber Road here on Thursday, killing 20 people, including three cops, and wounding over 50 others.
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Finally, dreaded NRO list is out and official
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) presented to the government on Thursday a list of 248 politicians and bureaucrats, who were alleged to have plundered hundreds of billions of rupees but were more |
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Gilani to quit if wife proved NRO beneficiary
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
& Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: In what could be described as a clear message to the beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to resign from their posts, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilan more |
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Multiple criteria agreed for NFC Award
By Imtiaz Ali
KARACHI: The Fifth National Finance Commission (NFC) meeting in the city on Thursday decided in principle to make population, revenue, backwardness and “inverse density population” (the less the population, the more |
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Karzai sworn in for second term
KABUL: Veteran Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was sworn in as president on Thursday, pledging to fight graft and take control of his country’s security before his five-year term ends, after a fraud-marred election more |
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US asked to take Pakistan into confidence on Afghan policy
KABUL: President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the US to take Pakistan on board regarding its new policy on Afghanistan, as it would also have an impact on Pakistan.
He expressed these views while talking t more |
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‘India failed to respond positively on peace talks’
KABUL: Reiterating his strong stance that India is not serious in the process of dialogue with Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday underlined that India had not given Pakistan a positive more |
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Dictators ruled for decades but civilians can’t complete tenure: Shahbaz
KARACHI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Balochistan CM Nawab Aslam Raisani and Sindh CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah have vowed to make Pakistan a welfare state as envisioned by the Quaid-i-Azam.
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Vehicle escorting CIA director overturns
By Shakeel Anjum
ISLAMABAD: A vehicle of a sensitive security agency escorting US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta, currently on a ‘secret’ visit to Pakistan, overturned near the KRL Chowk at Islamabad Ex more |
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Headley, Rana being probed for involvement in 26/11 attacks
By Sami Abraham
WASHINGTON: Two former students of Cadet College Hasan Abdal, currently living in Chicago, are being investigated for their possible involvement in Mumbai attacks last year in which more than 160 people were ki more |
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PM’s wife not NRO beneficiary: NAB
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau Thursday clarified that Fouzia Gilani, wife of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, was not a beneficiary of the National Reconciliation Ordinance as references agains more |
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Recovered billions can make real difference
By Mehtab Haider
ISLAMABAD: The 160 million people can be provided major relief and even increase in electricity tariff by 30 per cent can be avoided if Rs 165 billion (conservative estimate) are recovered from the beneficiarie more |
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China wants improved Indo-Pak ties
News Desk
BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday gave the impression that it was merely interested in the gradual improvement in relations between India and Pakistan but was not trying to interfere with the pr more |
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US supports Pakistan-India dialogue
WASHINGTON: A senior American diplomat has said Washington is supportive of resolution of disputes between India and Pakistan through dialogue.
“Of course, we all share an interest in stability and peace more |
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Remarks on women pilots
News Desk
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) vice chief, Air Marshal P K Barbora, on Thursday offered his apologies if anyone’s feelings have been hurt by his remarks on induction of women fighter pilots, and stressed more |
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Nato must not walk away from Afghanistan, says chief
BUDAPEST: Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday the alliance must not turn its back on Afghanistan as this would raise the threat from al-Qaeda and lead to insecurity throughout central more |
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BoP scam accused sent on 12-day remand
By our correspondent
LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday sent two main accused of the Rs 9 billion Bank of Punjab scam on 12-day physical remand, directing the NAB officials to produce them again in the court along with oth more |
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Eid holidays
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced Eid-ul-Azha holidays from November 27 to 30, said an announcement made by the PM Secretariat here on Thursday.
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