tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31262626112512715312024-02-18T23:18:56.960-06:00VoH ! Weekly -Voice of the voicelessShamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-20018008133183125052012-03-01T23:28:00.003-06:002012-03-02T01:53:11.157-06:00VoH to soon resume online publication with a new Blog title, URL<div align="justify"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VoH </span>Team, after an interval of a year due to a busy schedule on part of its volunteer citizen journalists, would like to inform our readers about the new name of the blog. The Blog titled "Voice of Hunza" is being replaced with "GB Chronicle" under URL: <a href="http://www.gbchronicle.blogspot.com/">www.gbchronicle.blogspot.com</a></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">The new name is being adopted to cover comparatively a large area than before under the former blog name to be updated on daily basis.<br />Our valuable readers can also read us on wordpress interface under the same name of blog:<br />www.gbchronicle.wordpress.com<br /><br />Yet, VoH will continue to update our reader under the same name on weekly basis. Our readers are requested to quote following address to read our updates from the same platform:</div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.gbchronicle.blogspot.com/">www.gbchronicle.blogspot.com</a></div><br /><a href="http://www.vohweekly.blogspot.com/">www.vohweekly.blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><br />Regards!Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-82362526339434616662012-01-03T02:01:00.004-06:002012-01-03T03:11:05.670-06:00Happy New Year!<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>e, the team of <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> VoH</strong></span> Weekly would like to say a fabulous Happy New Year to all members of world community viewing this blog. We pray for end of War and aggressions from powerful against powerless. May the Year 2012 bring peace, prosperity and harmony among members, communities and different segments of global community?</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurwXfepXSx5qr7S_EBWnTXz_0YeI4yX44_vmoCEzYw8ww0SzBx3VsRbrX0QtlAiXcA7N0c-KfiPdiHSeWw6V2S6cvvfKOh08F4W6Zv6q58RPmQC09JPOHhBBorq7quCllKBMYyQkeQHK6/s400/Happy+New+Year.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693330419448705842" /><span style="font-family:arial;">We will soon back with a new Name of this blog to keep our blog updated after an interval due to busy schedules of the team members. The blog URL will be published a day earlier for the kind information of our valuable readers, globally.</span></p>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-62848553791711325402011-09-21T06:56:00.007-05:002011-11-03T00:50:45.997-05:00Warning Notice to miscreant/miscreants against misuse of blog name!<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCs66aXqKstEZbyOL3KJtPrbzEKqIjHM7QU4nC5rX7-HQJpBRogCAomngCl7maTdYFOSBb7X2k2BqRZYsvna9IlD5mszVkQ5Z74PMlAe5kUVrljkyWhrr8-XQA0JJiki7A8qrRpz-9tIBE/s1600/Warnning.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 105px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654786585931465890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCs66aXqKstEZbyOL3KJtPrbzEKqIjHM7QU4nC5rX7-HQJpBRogCAomngCl7maTdYFOSBb7X2k2BqRZYsvna9IlD5mszVkQ5Z74PMlAe5kUVrljkyWhrr8-XQA0JJiki7A8qrRpz-9tIBE/s200/Warnning.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">It has come to the knowledge of the team of Weekly VoH recently that the term 'Voice of Hunza' has been misused by any unknown individual/individuals by broadcasting an interview movie of a private tv channel on social networking websites like You tube and Face Book to show his/their hatred towards a state security organization. We highly condemn such unethical and illegal actions by the unknown individual/ individuals who used the term 'Voice of Hunza' aimed to show disrespect towards a certain security institution and authorties by concealing his/their identity. VoH team vows to desist any action from such misreants/miscreant who so ever use the term captioned to spread misleading information in future.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The policy of Weekly VoH as a blog since its inception has been to promote harmony amoung different communities living in the region to ensure co-existance; give respect to diversity, human rights, have a say on public policy, public finance, undertake socio-economic analysis for transparency and accountiblity in a constructive way to bring improvement in the public and private sector organizations and to bring fore the problems of a common man to authorities without consideration of caste, creed, faith and origin in an ethical and democratic manner. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">We respect state owned security institutions for they are supposed exist to protect our national interest. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Broadcaste, publishing of any text, image and vedio with the name of 'Voice of Hunza' by any individual/inividuals is prohibited under copy right act. Simiarly, no image or text of VoH-Weekly can be published, broadcast or re-wtritten by any individual or individuals with out permission from publishing team under the same act. We, the team of Voice of Hunza reserves the right to take the miscreant/miscreants who so ever try to misuse the term that aims to hurt any individual/institution/ institutions to the court of law.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Team, Editor,<br />VoH WeeklyShamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-47688922972300772562010-12-10T17:58:00.006-06:002010-12-10T18:28:53.971-06:00GB News:Click here to read issue[ December 07-Dec.13]<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aisamul Haq in Gilgit-Baltistan: Tennis ace wants flood victims back in spotlight</span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"><br />Monitoring Report </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ISLAMABAD, December 10: UNDP goodwill ambassador and tennis player Aisamul Haq Qureshi on his return from a one-day trip to Gilgit-Baltistan said that his visit was ‘an eye-opener’, and added that the government and the media are not projecting the right image of the floods. On his first visit to the flood-affected regions of Gilgit-Baltistan, Ghizer Valley and Hunza, Qureshi described his whole experience as ‘memorable’,while talking to a national daily .<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCB3qGCApPa_dWgOzFiycYdEDP1Gb1zGv9f2oUDvrNpdkK8LObA869lGfR30SbO0MxX6dXotExX9R3s2zaXDAlUund3W7P8KlsrE8j9Cw8cMxti7SpqNBf-qnmEiD4wSFHeSM6Mcxpqpc/s1600/Aiasam+ul+haq.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 563px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCB3qGCApPa_dWgOzFiycYdEDP1Gb1zGv9f2oUDvrNpdkK8LObA869lGfR30SbO0MxX6dXotExX9R3s2zaXDAlUund3W7P8KlsrE8j9Cw8cMxti7SpqNBf-qnmEiD4wSFHeSM6Mcxpqpc/s400/Aiasam+ul+haq.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549208468453572722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Tennis player Aisamul Haq Qureshi says his visit to the flood zone has been an eye-opener</span><br /></span></div><br />“I am amused to see the people’s patience, courage and will to get back. If I were to put myself in their place, I do not know what I would have done,” Qureshi said, adding that the trip has made him appreciate life more than ever. While criticising the government and the media, Qureshi said that the limelight needs to be put back on the floods situation. “There is no news about the floods anymore and we feel as if the disaster is over. Far from it,” he said. “We are not acting as a nation; people are always aspiring to move out of Pakistan,” he added.<br />The tennis player himself has witnessed an unbelievable year. However, he insisted that there is more to life beyond the game. “There is more to life than tennis, this trip has been an eye-opener,” he said. Qureshi shared that he had aspired to assist the earthquake victims in 2005 and dreamt of making a rehabilitation centre for them, but was unable to get support from the government. “I do not like to get into politics, but I am more than happy to be a part of the UNDP and reaching out to the flood-stricken people,” he said.<br />Praising the contribution made by the youth of Pakistan, Qureshi desires to use his status to create awareness through the media and address the international community to keep supporting Pakistan. Qureshi announced that $10,000 donated by his tennis opponents, the Bryan Brothers, will be used in responding to the huge need for shelter and for the Gilgit housing project.<a href="http://expresstribune.com.pk/">The Express Tribune</a><br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyFull" title="Justify Full" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 13);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Justify Full" class="gl_align_full" border="0" /></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >CM press foreign investors for investments in Gilgit-Baltistan; <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Illegal contracts of wheat dealership declared nul and void</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">:</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amjad Hussain Advocate</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">VoH Monitoring Report</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj810snD6AAwYoso7J-W0LvRSjyRSTUXDlVY8d97tVgTeonSlL2XQ0fc1BLy2Ae3F9Ebn2SQRpuUPM5vlKM7hkc34bG_3oG9R-2_CtSOG2y69ntdYRC2o2trbcIrVbN0MtkMyi2N1Xmb7ve/s1600/mahdi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj810snD6AAwYoso7J-W0LvRSjyRSTUXDlVY8d97tVgTeonSlL2XQ0fc1BLy2Ae3F9Ebn2SQRpuUPM5vlKM7hkc34bG_3oG9R-2_CtSOG2y69ntdYRC2o2trbcIrVbN0MtkMyi2N1Xmb7ve/s200/mahdi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549214633388210514" border="0" /></a></div>GILGIT, Dec. 09: (Aslam) Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah has invited foreing investors to invest in Gilgit-Baltistan.Talking to a regional daily, he said that Gilgit-Baltistan has great potential for hydro power generation through construction of dams over rivers. He said that regional environement was attractive and peaceful saying PPP government would give them security. He said that investment in hydro power generation would help reduce the energy crisis in the region saying Foreign investors are supposed to be exampt from tax net.<br />On the other hand, illegal contracts signed with civil supply for the delivery of wheat has been declared nul and void. Member Legislative Assembly Amjad Hussain has alleged Zafar Iqbal, the managing director for his involvement in approving contract for his favourite ones saying his actions given mental pain to the assembly.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-87311165841647004652010-12-10T17:10:00.004-06:002010-12-10T17:56:51.834-06:00Hunza-Nagar Local News:Click here to read new issue of [December 07-Dec.13]<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >AKDN, UN agencies deserve appraise; I shall appeal Tenis federation for contribution in rehibilitation process of Attaabad disaster: Aisam-ul-Haq </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">VoH Report</span><br /></div>HUNZA, Aliabad Dec. 10: Aisam-ul-Haq, tenis star and popular player who got international fame in the recent US Open trophy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPqwEJVt9oXxrpdfaGKYSqtbOYegjYhWuAPJH4bf78B3wR2EjKbamEakOqRb_0CUeXRNAx_GNWDgPIZLyRY9DYk_yaZvCgrZMD5KA2uVFYxEE-zBS0ruCPuahWzybkJUFYah57QrodMYg/s1600/Aisam.+QURESHI+DELIVERS+WHERE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 658px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPqwEJVt9oXxrpdfaGKYSqtbOYegjYhWuAPJH4bf78B3wR2EjKbamEakOqRb_0CUeXRNAx_GNWDgPIZLyRY9DYk_yaZvCgrZMD5KA2uVFYxEE-zBS0ruCPuahWzybkJUFYah57QrodMYg/s400/Aisam.+QURESHI+DELIVERS+WHERE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516175907423075522" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >A file photo of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >speaking after semi final </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size: 100%;">of US Open trophy in the men’s doubles title</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size: 100%;"> India’s Rohan Bopanna also present on left</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >-Reuters Photo</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size: 100%;"></span><br />Aisam-ul-Haq, who is also United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) goodwill ambasider reached Hunza in Friday noon to meet the disaster hit families of Attaabad and Sarat at makeshift camps of Altit. He applauded the Aga Khan Development network and United Nations agencies for their humanitarian services during crucial times. Talking to media persons, ere at Aliabad he vowed that he would request International Tenis Federation (ITF) for a contribution in rehabilitation process of affectees. He also applauded the courage, patience , and organized approach of population of affected areas to tackle the challenges in the region. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;" > </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Hunzo-e-Qaumi Maraka hails Baig as governor; ten days dead line for immediate long term solution of energy crisis</span></span> </div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">VoH Report</span><br />HUNZA, Aliabad Dec.8: Hunzo -e-Qaumi Maraka ( HQM) has unanimously hailed interim governor Wazir Baig as governor,Gilgit-Baltistan during a meeting convyened by the party leadership. An emergency meeting of Hunzo-e-Qaumi Maraka (a Brushaski term means Hunza national Forum) presided by engineer Aman ullah was held and participants unanimously hailed the proposal of Wazir Baig as the new governor of Gilgit-Baltistan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKqhr9mbXAnvdj-ZphaViZjpLA93-M5Fpd7UXwRp7rDRVd61kndnHOR9C50dDkDZAqeiPvus9ruTWJ3XKZdukaKjp5cbYlJkhZVO-K8UJTqVLKGGLgTLNtVPcHyMeBfClCimPWLS5uJ0b/s1600/SP_A2235.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 565px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKqhr9mbXAnvdj-ZphaViZjpLA93-M5Fpd7UXwRp7rDRVd61kndnHOR9C50dDkDZAqeiPvus9ruTWJ3XKZdukaKjp5cbYlJkhZVO-K8UJTqVLKGGLgTLNtVPcHyMeBfClCimPWLS5uJ0b/s400/SP_A2235.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549204941264982562" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HUNZA, Karimabad: The only electric transfermer, for more than 150 families of the locality went out of order and kept without repair for weeks. VoH Photo</span></span><br /><br />Speakers and participants demanded of government to solve energy crisis on long term basis. They have worned the local authorities for strong agitation and mass protest if current government continue to neglect the crucial issue of energy crisis resolution in Central and Lower Hunza.<br /><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-28343150225830147022010-12-10T16:34:00.003-06:002010-12-10T17:03:41.527-06:00Editorial-Shotage of Petroleum products and wheat [Dec. 07 -Dec.13]<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://voiceofhunza.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Voice of Hunza</span></a><br /></div>Given the dependency of Gilgit Baltistan on down cities of the country has led more than twenty lake population in scattered paleographer with with meager income levels with broken infrastructure since the summer heavy rains to face numerous problems including availability of petroleum products to facilitate moment across the region to cater their needs in wake of artificial shortage of diesal and petrol for last four weeks . The regional authorities succeeded to managed to arrange addendam in reserved quota of essentials especially feud and food items from federal government for Gilgit-Baltistan after de-linking of Karakorum High Way that remained block for more than a month during last rains and subsequent flash floods. The move helped as a temporary remedy to pacify the pressure in time but what it seems now is irk some.The are reservations among public circles that petroleum products and food items from the Gilgit-Baltistan quota was being smuggled to to areas of Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa including Kohistan. There are rumors in media and public circles of involvment officials of Diamer civil supply department in issuance of bogus invoices against fake issued stuff from Sai Juglot deport.On the other hand, according to local population of Central, Lower Hunza-Nagar, petrol pump owners through secret deals disappearing high octane diesel, petrol and kerosene oil to create artificial petroleum shortage. Consequently, indigenous public in this area of Gilgit-Baltistan region are facing double edge sword: one they have to pay high fare increased by transporters their own and secondly public transport is dear even in emergency. Similarly, there are rumors that civil supply officer of this region is reportedly neglect common man and bestowing a portion of reserved quota to mill owners.<br />Drastic increase in LPG and lack of hydro electricity, one of the major component in past to help poor sustain their lives in severe cold winter has put a dent upon the pockets of families with decreasing incomew.We would like to press the local government to keep constant check on supply department, take remedial steps to stop black marketing and smuggling before arrival to the region and ensure proper mechanism of distribution of qouat as par requirement.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Editor</span><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-23752639775612687152010-12-10T02:31:00.006-06:002010-12-10T16:34:46.075-06:00View-Leaky logic-Smokers' Corner<div face="arial" style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">By:Nadeem F. Paracha<br /><a href="http://voiceofhunza.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">VoH Monitor</span></a><br /></div>Now how bad can it be for a president to be criticized by a monarch <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWhOYy7btKp__ArVQA_egjQ4pKT-bHu1iFdWHH5ZmYqsSfXij7mJQpGv0rKz8JSSxpRpB4E837gsxAW2PRcYHDv-OU87w7ivtmMV8JQTG76so1-jElMyQwrJKRkY-uTpNHosDdpj24i7k/s1600/Nadeem+F.+Paracha.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWhOYy7btKp__ArVQA_egjQ4pKT-bHu1iFdWHH5ZmYqsSfXij7mJQpGv0rKz8JSSxpRpB4E837gsxAW2PRcYHDv-OU87w7ivtmMV8JQTG76so1-jElMyQwrJKRkY-uTpNHosDdpj24i7k/s200/Nadeem+F.+Paracha.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549180791604913330" border="0" /></a>who is alleged to have asked the Americans to bomb Iran and whose countrymen are still thought to be one of the leading donors to terror organizations like Al-Qaeda? Well, that’s what the recent US intelligence documents uploaded on WikiLeaks suggest.<br />To a lot of Pakistanis, the leaks were a big fat disappointment. For example, a colleague of mine was wagging a finger at me saying, ‘NFP, these new leaks will expose your president in the worst way possible.’ He was ‘my president’ and not my colleague’s because the guy’s into … ahem …the concept of modern-day caliphs as heads of state. Well, come the day of the leaks and I saw him all glum and gloomy. Sure the president was taken to task by the Saudi monarch according to the leaked documents. Nevertheless what the monarch said about Mr Zardari would have been music to the ears of all the Saudi-philes out there but only if the leaked documents had stopped at that.<br />What gave my pro-caliphate colleague a sudden bout of embarrassment, inducing depression, was how the same documents then go on to quote many Arab leaders (including the said monarch), asking the US to conduct aerial raids against Iran. Now, I am no fan of the current Iranian leadership; in fact, I find Ahmadinejad suffering from verbal diarrhoea against the West and all things western. However, it is actually this trait of his that has turned him into a hero of sorts among Muslims everywhere. What a shock then it was for my colleague to read that Arab monarchs had actually instigated their American friends to bomb a fellow Muslim country. But, really, why the surprise? I mean, hasn’t it been clear all along that Arab leadership has always been repulsed by Iran, especially after the 1979 revolution? The truth is, and this goes for a lot of groups with sympathies for Iran in Pakistan too, no matter how loudly they exhibit their spite against Israel, they remain suspect in the eyes of a majority of Arab leaders, or worse, targets of various extremist groups.<br />I don’t think my pan-Islamic colleague’s shock was due to his surprise over the revelations, because everyone knows about the historical fissures that divide Arabs and Persians. Instead, he was stunned by the realisation that lofty caliph-oriented daydreams that men like him hold so dear would sound ridiculous now that the world knows that one set of Muslim leaders want the ‘infidels to bomb another Muslim country.He was itching to let loose the tirade that people like him usually unleash once they do not agree with something: It’s a trick. A conspiracy and propaganda against Muslims, blah. But how could he? Not this time. Because had he termed these documents a ploy by Zionists to ridicule Arab leaders, it would also mean that the Saudi monarch’s criticism of Mr Zardari too was not true. Anyway, even if we forget what the Arabs blurted out against Iran, there is an inherent irony in the statement that sees a monarch being unhappy about a president in a democratic country.<br />The Pakistani president, no matter how unpopular he may have become, remains an elected leader. So what right does a monarch have to show concern about an elected leader of another Muslim country? The Saudi king is supposed to have said that Pakistan cannot progress as long as Zardari holds office. Now, I do wonder, what is the concept of progress to a monarch of a puritanical Muslim state? Is his disappointment based in the fact that unlike the Ziaul Haq dictatorship, the Zardari regime is not constructing enough mosques or madressas? Is it due to the fact that unlike Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N, Zardari’s PPP has been traditionally more associated with certain populist and indigenous folk versions of Islam in Pakistan that the Saudis scorn at? I am really interested in determining exactly what constitutes ‘progress’ to oil-rich Muslim monarchies, one of which, according to the leaked documents, is hovering at the top as the world’s leading donor nation to terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda.<br />Yes, sir, no matter how much carnage and madness countries like Saudi Arabia or Pakistan face from the monsters they themselves have created, they just refuse to learn from their follies. In their obsessive-compulsive paranoia that sees many of their citizens stuck in an old Cold War thinking mode as far as countries like Israel, India and US are concerned, they keep feeding merciless ogres whom they believe will fight their egotistical battles against their sectarian, religious and ideological enemies. The mindset continues despite the fact that in the last one decade, terrorist foot soldiers have spilled more Muslim blood than that of ‘infidels.’ Wikileaks or not, we are suffering from a freaky deluge of a delusion. <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Courtesy:</span> <a href="http://dawn.com/"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">Dawn</span></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-38553705139375212852010-12-10T02:17:00.011-06:002011-09-07T09:46:34.689-05:00National News: Click here to read new issue of[December 7- Dec.13]<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Punjab students protest educational institutes’ privatisation</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monitoring Report</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">LAHORE, December 10: The students’ protest against the privatisation of educational institutes by the Punjab government continued for the third day on Friday.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">However, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif invited teachers and students for negotiations over the issue and assured redress. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_kR53SHOCDaCjW5HcVKe97DjZVKm9kXbhv5TJFj0yldopajCXvFTAmifFkqr3DTdiA43xpnh73idMy-ovR5Bz2EBMnx7T1Dnu6e8FA0NUAqqeV9DJVey6uox4d5jGgk6lROgPZXByS5I/s1600/Punjab+students+protest.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 505px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_kR53SHOCDaCjW5HcVKe97DjZVKm9kXbhv5TJFj0yldopajCXvFTAmifFkqr3DTdiA43xpnh73idMy-ovR5Bz2EBMnx7T1Dnu6e8FA0NUAqqeV9DJVey6uox4d5jGgk6lROgPZXByS5I/s400/Punjab+students+protest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549157182038160642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Protests were also staged in Vehari, Multan, Mian Channu and other parts of Punjab. —</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Photo by Online</span></span><br /></div></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In Faisalabad city, students boycotted classes and staged a protest demonstration, chanting slogans against the provincial government and its decision to privatise educational institutes.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Charged students also pelted stones at cars. Police subsequently resorted to tear-gas shelling and baton-charged the students to disperse them. An exchange of hot words was also witnessed between teachers and policemen. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Moreover, students in Vehari, Multan, Mian Channu and other parts of Punjab also held protest rallies.Dawn</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Round table Conference on Human rights day calls govt for information on for </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">missing persons</span></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">Press Release</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">LAHORE, December 10: A round table coference for missing persons under the </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">theme 'problem of missing persons and role of government institutions and </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">civil society organizations' organized by International Institute for </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Research and Education Asian Human Rights Commission in collaboration with </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Labour Education Foundation was held on Friday at Rawalpindi press club to </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">mark international Human Rights day. A large number of activists of different </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">political parties, lawyers and civil society members participated in the </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">conference. According to the press release, the speakers and participants of </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">the confrence demanded of government to assure respect of fundamental rights </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">of its citizens given in the international charter of human rights in general </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">and constitution of Pakistan particular. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCriJF1ibj78yDqEhfakOwG2x1CZ9ZVjDrmkYOKv7E4e3tZQnmmPv6gWSTcA7d8Cy1ZWrpgq5hzBZNONhsES95gNpwD1aFospi7r9tT7dfoizKrwGcX7lo5P7X4xaj8WvyfCwriayiVfXR/s1600/NIsar+Shah++misssing+persons.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCriJF1ibj78yDqEhfakOwG2x1CZ9ZVjDrmkYOKv7E4e3tZQnmmPv6gWSTcA7d8Cy1ZWrpgq5hzBZNONhsES95gNpwD1aFospi7r9tT7dfoizKrwGcX7lo5P7X4xaj8WvyfCwriayiVfXR/s400/NIsar+Shah++misssing+persons.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549288475869880034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">"Articles 8 to Article 28 of the 1973 Constitution describe the Fundamental </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Rights which are to be available to all citizens, women as well as men </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">wherever they may be, as well as all people temporarily or permanently in </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Pakistan. However, the freedoms guaranteed can be curtailed or taken away by </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">the government on the grounds of the sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan, </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">maintenance of public order, public morality. BUT these restrictions can be </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">challenged in the superior courts. The executive is bound to implement these </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">rights while the judiciary is bound to take notice of any violations and </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">provide redress on individual complaints or take notice of its own (called </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">‘suo moto’ notice) of any gross violations of a collective right."1 </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The conference maintained that detention of somebody without registration of </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">report was against human rights. Press release also pressed for search for </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">missing persons among whom, mostly belong to Balochistan where nationalist </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">forces resorted to armed struggle. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">1.<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;">SDPI</span></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Kaira seeks youth support to re-create liberal,tolerant Pakistan </span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Monitoring Report</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ISLAMABAD, Dec 9 (APP): </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgZMvh-6Gph6DavPH9XrdE7YH2KYgUQrUoNBOvGAQ640CycAV3_IJojYiRSCiGXiZNpZ59Q2r0lWt4yepyAx-rcy1JPcOZ8nBq5KRtVtmHRFY_i47aWGIO8yT-U5tFb9hYrISQfvIQkJ5/s1600/kaira.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgZMvh-6Gph6DavPH9XrdE7YH2KYgUQrUoNBOvGAQ640CycAV3_IJojYiRSCiGXiZNpZ59Q2r0lWt4yepyAx-rcy1JPcOZ8nBq5KRtVtmHRFY_i47aWGIO8yT-U5tFb9hYrISQfvIQkJ5/s320/kaira.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548973837050258018" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the present government was striving to re-create a liberal,tolerant,and peaceful Pakistan of the past and this cannot be done without active support and participation of youth.While addressing the participants of International Youth Conference titled “Building Bridges Across the World”,at a dinner hosted by Ministry of Information he said such events are dialogue between the two generations. The minister asked the youth to play their active role in combating and defeating terrorism in the country.He urged the organizers of the conference to arrange similar conferences at regional level to create bridges between the urban and rural youth.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kaira said that the overseas participants of the conference are a sort of country’s ambassadors and they should promote the real soft image of Pakistan abroad.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kaira said the entire nation is united for eliminating terrorism and extremism from the society. He said dictatorship is also a big challenge in the way of democracy and the government is committed to tackle this challenge by following the philosophy of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> He said the Shaheed leader worked in her life for promoting and strengthening of democracy and the government is following her vision to ensure supremacy of the constitution and rule of law. </span> </div><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br />India needs to cooperate more with Pakistan: FO</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Monitoring Desk</span><br /></div>ISLAMABAD, Dec. 08: India will <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvnmv13eKPS0B27rFD71bG0aQO4rCOWE0Mg4Yip_FK5ff4PL2ckowc_D0rUsTpB5oqCMlSE3CrvoshiHAUWm4ylJLBpwZxx0uFKvcjuxj7ruxzYcvNuvn8ZTE2HaF3W1T2y37pwfxrQFC/s1600/Pakistani+and+Indian+Foreign+ministers.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvnmv13eKPS0B27rFD71bG0aQO4rCOWE0Mg4Yip_FK5ff4PL2ckowc_D0rUsTpB5oqCMlSE3CrvoshiHAUWm4ylJLBpwZxx0uFKvcjuxj7ruxzYcvNuvn8ZTE2HaF3W1T2y37pwfxrQFC/s320/Pakistani+and+Indian+Foreign+ministers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548966045259569650" border="0" /></a>have to take further steps to cooperate with Pakistan in order to reach the final outcome of the Mumbai attacks, said Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit on Thursday. Speaking at the weekly Foreign Office briefing, Abdul Basit said that India needed to do more on its part by responding to Pakistan’s requests on the Mumbai trial instead of doubting Islamabad’s intentions. He said that the Indian Home Secretary’s remarks on the Mumbai attack trial in Pakistan were misleading and that Pakistan was seriously pursuing the trial.<br />He stated that Pakistan was looking forward to resuming the dialogue process with India so that issues such as the plight of fishermen were addressed efficiently. However, Abdul Basit stated that despite making serious efforts to resume the dialogue between the two nations, Pakistan was not willing to compromise on its national security at any cost. The spokesman rejected the claim made by the Indian Foreign Secretary that Kashmir was an integral part of India and said that the issue was awaiting settlement in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolution, Dawn News Reported.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Police arrests 30 suspects after attack on CM Raisani</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monitoring Desk</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">QUETTA, December 8: Quetta police on Wednesday arrested more than 30 suspects after the suicide attack on Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The chief minister’s convoy was attacked on Tuesday at Saryab Road in Quetta which resulted in the death of one person while injuring 12 others.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTTE13iWNbAG6pNU1R_6YYf64uQWk5BJFjB4wmQak0AlDlytl8xgVrqK1kknnToDu2hvVdku5jcu4Ga_R0Mjsn-dV72qOajJQMPHFnOA7Z4cOg8oNiAkWNwETWUSgiJoVdNNjdHeow_P6/s1600/Raisani+attacked.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 477px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTTE13iWNbAG6pNU1R_6YYf64uQWk5BJFjB4wmQak0AlDlytl8xgVrqK1kknnToDu2hvVdku5jcu4Ga_R0Mjsn-dV72qOajJQMPHFnOA7Z4cOg8oNiAkWNwETWUSgiJoVdNNjdHeow_P6/s400/Raisani+attacked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549156777325131858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Policemen gather at the site of the suicide attack on Chief Minister Raisani's convoy in Quetta on December 7, 2010. PHOTO: AFP</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Inspector General (IG) of Balochistan constituted four investigation teams to probe the attack, which arrested more than 30 suspects from different areas of the province.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Meanwhile the body parts of the suicide bomber have been sent to the laboratory for tests, while a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team has also collected evidence from the blast site.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Raisani said the incident was an act of terrorism carried out either by the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi or the Baloch Liberation United Front.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He said both these organizations are banned militant outfits which will be pursued vigorously.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Addressing the media at an inaugural ceremony Raisani also said that there is no reason for carrying out drone attacks in Balochistan. Courtesy: Express Tibune<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></div> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">N-reactors sale to India will create 'mistrust': FO</span></span> </div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">VoH News Watch<br /></div>ISLAMABAD, Dec. 07Pakistan today criticised a multi-billion-agreement finalised by France to sell two nuclear reactors to India, saying the deal would create "mistrust" and have "serious security implications" in South Asia. Responding to a question on the France-India deal at a weekly news briefing, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit renewed Pakistan's demand to be treated at par with India in the field of civil nuclear cooperation. "We strongly believe that creating exceptions for any country is not only a step backwards in terms of promoting peaceful nuclear cooperation, but it also has serious security implications at the regional and global levels," he said. Basit contended there was "no tenable alternative to criteria-based approaches towards promoting international cooperation" in issues like civilian use of nuclear energy.-The Nation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;">15 killed in Kohat suicide attack against Shias;Bomber blows himself up close to passenger van ready to depart for Orakza,Taliban from Darra Adam Khel claim responsibility<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><br />Monitoring Report</span></span><br /></div>KOHAT, December 8: A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a minivan in Kohat, leaving 15 passengers, including women and children, dead and 24 others injured in a blatant attack on Shias, police officials said on Wednesday. The packed minivan was ready to depart for Kalaya in Orakzai, west of Kohat, which is 65 kilometres south of Peshawar, when a 20-year-old terrorist detonated explosives coupled with lethal ball-bearings close to the passengers, Kohat District Police Officer Dilawar Bangash told reporters.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ScGl8aZxd8xXeV4X13E0Le-XW1QCssunNHbXWzxjVfAUZxlEvGzYl_ZBHfGSYWz8wcV7lwzMzPch0VH2GkdZaRkNTOGHdJXLsq87ZXcimRKEyPYVDAkBSKbn0HHGVxR3v6u_kyPiySWA/s1600/Kohat+Blast.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ScGl8aZxd8xXeV4X13E0Le-XW1QCssunNHbXWzxjVfAUZxlEvGzYl_ZBHfGSYWz8wcV7lwzMzPch0VH2GkdZaRkNTOGHdJXLsq87ZXcimRKEyPYVDAkBSKbn0HHGVxR3v6u_kyPiySWA/s400/Kohat+Blast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548966483329523746" border="0" /></a>“It was a suicide attack on a passenger van at the Tirah bus stand,” the police official said. He did not say which sect the casualties belonged to, however, local journalists said most of the victims were Shias. A purported spokesman for the Taliban from Darra Adam Khel, Usman Ali, rang up journalists in Kohat to say that “Shias were targeted and more such attacks would follow”. Eyewitness Waheed Ahmed said the bus stand was used mainly by passengers from Shia-dominated areas of Orakzai and Kurram, where sectarian violence has rocked the local population. Wednesday’s attack comes after authorities sealed off Kohat and adjoining Hangu districts as part of the security arrangements for Muharram to prevent possible attacks from Sunni sectarian groups. Double suicide attacks in Ghalanai on Monday left 42 tribal elders, levy force personnel and journalists dead, while another bomber failed to assassinate Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani on Tuesday. Security officials warned that the Taliban might increase suicide attacks during Muharram and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has ordered strict measures to foil the designs of terrorists.-Daily Times</div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-47595636561636754172010-12-10T02:00:00.006-06:002010-12-10T17:10:02.927-06:00Editorial:Facts are stubbern things [Issue November 30-December 06]<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Voice of Hunza</span><br /><a href="http://%20www.voiceofhunza.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://%20www.voiceofhunza.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">www.voiceofhunza.blogspot.com</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"></span></div><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"></span>We are living in strange times, few are unccomfortable with all and others few are contented with little, few straddling against tyranny and oppression to get liberty, few doing away with their liberty and there are very few who really know what the liberation actually means in the earth planet. Liberty virtually does not only mean a physical or territorial freedom on mass level or freedom of expression, adoption and speech but also to an extent exemption of mind from availability of facilities to the citizens of a state of modern era. What ever is the case for a citizen of a particular state, with reference to developing states as in case of Pakistan, it is duty of the later to whether the government is theocratic, aristocratic, oligarchic or democratic to ensure access to the later to services such as education, shelter, security and clothing. Given the pattern of prototyped economies of cold war era which gradually merged or infused into each other gradually, the concept of welfare state has been blurred Universally and China is a good example where amalgamation of sue do typed neo-captalist cum socialist nature of political economy emerged; in the North America, many features of socialist nature of economy like unemployment allowance, accommodation facilities and welfare health and food related facilities for families with meager income levels.In third world countries, like in Pakistan where establishment and functioning of industrial sector is becoming day dream for a drastic increase in accumulated cost of production coupled with worsening law and order situation has serve to halt industrial development. Similar is the case with commercial activities across the country except few cities.<br /></div>While few country side region like Gilgit-Baltistan, particularly its distant aluring valleys which affected a lot during monsoon rains, destroyed some of hydro power generation plants, the only mean of energy to bolster meager commercial and social needs, now facing severe energy short fall. The valleys like Hunza, Chalt, Oshikhandas, Danyore,Tangeer,Bagrot, Yasin, Ishkoman and some other, there exist a huge discrepancy between generating capacity and net consumption.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9R6ODwWrQD8fXoFJW0rB9hCDmlbUex4ooN17eCBnVJTOz3FzUxeZt0Sv1WQ1kyMVhTVha0TDod8KKP5wInYscGczXjMfRWLwSC6TDplsypaq3Mw4g679iUMFyrwPvoryV6tQd2ChlDjV/s1600/SP_A0702.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 563px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9R6ODwWrQD8fXoFJW0rB9hCDmlbUex4ooN17eCBnVJTOz3FzUxeZt0Sv1WQ1kyMVhTVha0TDod8KKP5wInYscGczXjMfRWLwSC6TDplsypaq3Mw4g679iUMFyrwPvoryV6tQd2ChlDjV/s400/SP_A0702.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485425992839904514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">HUNZA: The file photo of the only 1.2 mega watt Hydro-power generating plant for more than thirty thousand population of a large portion of Central Hunza. Image by: Shams</span></span></span><br /><br />In Central Hunza for instance,generation capacity is around 1.7 mega watt against current demand of 4.4 mega watt, with difference of around 2.5 mega watt, cumulatively. Addition of floor mills and expansion in population has further increased pressure on decades old hydro power generation plant, affecting the common man especially in winter season when LPG and Petroleum products are already beyond reach of poor. Interestingly neither concerned power department nor any public representative ever thought earlier about it and nor contemporary one. An additional fuel back automatic electricity producing generator has been used to cater the needs of the people which in current scenario unable to do so.<br />Contrary to claims of rulers, Hunza-Nagar still deprive of proper departmentalization and any proper set up and it seems that mere establishment of this department was to calm the demands for more rights from different circles in the Central and Lower Hunza. In Gilgit, civil supply officials are said have involvement in creation of artificial shortag in the disttrict. We would like to press on concerned department and our public reprsentatives to think over this issue to chalk out a long term strategy to fill the gap by approving a new plant with capcity of 10 mega watt in Hunza. Similarly, in those areas of Gilgit-Baltistan where such shortfall exist, the government must work on war footings to address on priority basis. This, we are sure would serve to strengthen faith on current regime that cliams for greater internal autonomy provided by federal government under self governance order, 2009.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Editor</span><br /><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-4560032125594551022010-12-09T09:24:00.004-06:002010-12-10T01:51:32.233-06:00GB News:Click here to read issue of [November 30-December 06]<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">GB government amidst challenges, NGOs should collaborate; AKES playing vital role in education sector:Governor<br /></span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">VoH News Monitor</span><br /></div>GAHKUCH, December 06: Government of Gilgit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjBOX-Qbt9ioL_cyr3XU4-q-mqCQhfD5BVghzAX7FE9hO1TI2HRyoqTW613IjdNxzKJUqsh8RDKKDCV5bltfkirw5ydAEja_33luQYWHvA0tGH0CI6ltbNmRZIKOIb0WWRwMgEpgjq7L4/s1600/Wazirs+singlkes+for+need.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjBOX-Qbt9ioL_cyr3XU4-q-mqCQhfD5BVghzAX7FE9hO1TI2HRyoqTW613IjdNxzKJUqsh8RDKKDCV5bltfkirw5ydAEja_33luQYWHvA0tGH0CI6ltbNmRZIKOIb0WWRwMgEpgjq7L4/s320/Wazirs+singlkes+for+need.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548724947657603090" border="0" /></a>-Baltistan is trying to get out from hard times and still working amidst numerous challenges ranging from rehibilitation to good governance. These views were expressed by Interim Governor and speaker Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) on Foundation day aniversary of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gahkuch, Ghizer. He said that resources were being utilized for the rehibilitation of affectees of moonsoon torential rains and subsequent floods saying government would leave no stone unturn to address the demands of the peole. According ot media sources, he emphasized Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to join hand with Gilgit Baltistan government to assure grass root level benefit of initiatives like Benazir Income Support Programme and Wattan card aims to cater the needs of those in trouble. He applauded the revolutionary role of Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) saying it was the services of this NGO that given alternate option to youth for quality education. He announced Rs. 200,000 as grant for development of facilities, welfare of students and teacher community in the institution.<br />AKES is rendering its services in nine countries including Pakistan where four higher secondary schools and more than 120 secondary level schools are contributing to provision of quality education.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leadership crisis exists in GB; incompetent government officials endangering new set up to function smoothly, Chief secretary holds actual powers, public representatives still powerless: Wazir Shakeel</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">VoH Monitoring Report</span><br /></div>SKARDU, December 3: Wazir Shakeel, minister for law Gilgit Baltistan legislative assembly cabinet has claimed that existing leadership crisis endangering new set up given by centre under self rule reform package. He said that chief secretary is the sole bearer of powers and every department is powerless before him. He expressed these views while talking with a regional urdu daily. He said inclusion of region in national mainstreme was give harm than any benefit saying despite of unlimited natural resources, we are overwhelemed by inumerable issues ranging from competence in government officials to the proper allocation of funds in ADPs and their appropriate utilization. Courtesy: Daily Baad-e-Shimal, Urdu<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ban on pillion riding, disputed religious literature during Muharram; a permanent 8 members peace forum constituted</span> </span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">VoH Report</span><br />GILGIT, December 02: Law enforcement agencies has imposed section 144 banning pillion riding and exchange of disputed literature among followers of different faiths to ensure peace in the city. According to our correspondent, in a high level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah, it was decided to constitute an eight member permanent peace forum comprised of members Gilgit-Baltistan council and local members Legislative Assembly. Participants of meeting including Chairman Public Accounts Committee Syed Raziuddin Rizvi, deputy speaker Jamil Ahmed, member GB council Moulana Attaullah Shahab, Chief Secretary Saif-ullah-Chatta,advisor forestry Aftab Hyder, Amjad Hussain, Home Secretary Asif Bilal Lodhi, DIG Farman Ali, deuputy Commissioner Asad Zamin , Superitendent Police Gilgit city Sulatan Azam and other local administration officials hailed the proposal and unanimously approved immediately. According to sources, the first ever meeting of this permenant peace forum would be held at the residence of Syed Riziuddin Rizvi. Chief Minister also gave consent for establishment of three additional police stations: Jutial, Basin and Danyore area. Other matters including pick and drop of government employees and respect to meritocracy in recruitments were also discussed in the meeting. Suggestion from Few participants was also hailed in which they proposed to entrust peace keeping mission to the officials and subordinates hailing from Gilgit city keeping them accountable.<br /><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-4705769078463294802010-12-05T17:53:00.005-06:002010-12-05T19:08:18.203-06:00Hunza-Nagar Local News: Click here to read issue of [December 30-Dec.06]<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contingent security and facilitation plan discussed during the Ashura Maharram; alternate route for vehicles using KKH</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">VoH Report</span><br />HUNZA, Garelt,December 2: A comprehensive contingent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdJ-zXGaKdsakQWO_6oQzBg5eascFhXQrrHxXTo7EnZDRUew5-uJ_bJnkFG8t4OTpXAlXmqVoV48Cg-9GiDm3_DkjMfnIPsTftdDQRtXES0XhKkJY9MnzI8H8ZojIf86snMF_Lzo398ja/s1600/SP_A2317.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdJ-zXGaKdsakQWO_6oQzBg5eascFhXQrrHxXTo7EnZDRUew5-uJ_bJnkFG8t4OTpXAlXmqVoV48Cg-9GiDm3_DkjMfnIPsTftdDQRtXES0XhKkJY9MnzI8H8ZojIf86snMF_Lzo398ja/s200/SP_A2317.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547365821434539890" border="0" /></a> security and facilitation plan for mourners (Aza Daraan) during holy month of Muharram was planned. In a meeting convened and chaired by Supritendant of Police, Hunza-Nagar district Muhammad Yusuf discussed prospected facilitation plan with local notables, religious leaders,civil society members and media persons here at his office. Participants suggested local administration particularly police to<br />deply contingents at various points. It was decided that public transport and heavy vehicles using Karakorum High Way would be divert from Dordkhand towards Karimabad via Hyderabad while entrance to Ganish vally would be closed at Mominabad besides check at Ganish bridge. Police officials agreed to request National High Way authority to fill the ditches and intersections ahead of ashora to reduce dust for pedestrians.<br />Followers of Shiat school of thought in Islam commomerte the great sacrifice of Hussain Ibn-e-Ali, the grandson of Holy Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and younger son of Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib who laid his life to save value of Islam endangered by Yazid, the then tyrrant Khalifa of Muslim community.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mercury during night falls minus one; anxiety of possible chilling weather proved wrong, demand for wool made sweaters and over coats increased</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">VoH Report</span><br />Hunza-Nagar, December 2: The demand for for wool made sweaters and over coats increased with the mercury fell during night in the district. Water freez has burst taps creating water shortage problems in many localities. With the commencement of month of December, the tradition of 'Nasalo' a tradition among mountain communities of presevation of meat from animals has badly affected due to rise in inflation and lowering income level.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwF-Zy3Jt8DXa7LZJGbnLf67JfXZgDG2Zi0OjnfOm79ckg_Zk4DhX2Fa_MIXapyBcgrhDiFBrhKt9_3cq50ET0mrmA2mmzHbuJG9PtSPBBlHKBFlHc_i6_iZSybnb-EsEJu2k4OExY2ZR/s1600/SP_A2234.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwF-Zy3Jt8DXa7LZJGbnLf67JfXZgDG2Zi0OjnfOm79ckg_Zk4DhX2Fa_MIXapyBcgrhDiFBrhKt9_3cq50ET0mrmA2mmzHbuJG9PtSPBBlHKBFlHc_i6_iZSybnb-EsEJu2k4OExY2ZR/s400/SP_A2234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547369616592421458" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hunza: As the autom passes and winter fall caused to fall mercury minus one during night, freezing water on surface. VoH Photo </span></span><br />Anxiety among some people especially the astrologist of a possible chilling weather due to water blockade at Attaabad proved wrong as the consecutive sunny days made the day time hotter than before deuring winter.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Chinese fast food centers in town<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:100%;" >Voice of Hunza</span><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCVLpj6dClxlYboHOw13rB77HH6cVG-Wlat3TvUrZTSGvFHhd3VUPAlRmaD6BGUjvseDwlb_6su7jSR9EHNa5Utuq_FM9uF-_JQE-Xhswiw9h5ACNqeNgtSJpJZoVoW-vBsR5ikgvM6eA/s1600/SP_A2507.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCVLpj6dClxlYboHOw13rB77HH6cVG-Wlat3TvUrZTSGvFHhd3VUPAlRmaD6BGUjvseDwlb_6su7jSR9EHNa5Utuq_FM9uF-_JQE-Xhswiw9h5ACNqeNgtSJpJZoVoW-vBsR5ikgvM6eA/s400/SP_A2507.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547368932156484450" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hunza: Sheikh Juma-wal-Jamia Musa Karim and President Ismaili Religious concil innugurates a chines food center at Aliabad Hunza. Fida Karim, President PPP, Hunza chapter also present at the moment. Photo by:Shams</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pictory</span></span>: <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Good by automn<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR567h6vOGXi5Wzz_yqEBSOW20lQGPoifKyi72dCjk6Ole8bqOYmBo1leNOC4gknO_ZVs-1ovScslFJkH8U3rJ8ZjcjzhyZsjXvuskBmU9t4axsLHIYQ20Zd9BOZGrxCBow11ArpZ990d/s1600/SP_A2233.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR567h6vOGXi5Wzz_yqEBSOW20lQGPoifKyi72dCjk6Ole8bqOYmBo1leNOC4gknO_ZVs-1ovScslFJkH8U3rJ8ZjcjzhyZsjXvuskBmU9t4axsLHIYQ20Zd9BOZGrxCBow11ArpZ990d/s400/SP_A2233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547366836202365186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoIsLSmJgo7UiA-SlYE58UDo42G3-WOnVZLVkCjg6XHJ-JrKe1d0z0KEUFKhbGOUvpMlPgDL1mmyqYTNNL-74I-OVSiSh-wwUykawX84Tg1jtM0spLck3zK55-tVXQFTXxmY3dbfNZHo3/s1600/SP_A2213.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wiki Leaks discloses another key point regarding Pakistan-US ties</span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Monitoring Desk</span></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Voice of Hunza</span> </span></span></span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:100%;">I<span style="font-size:100%;">SLAMABAD, December 6: </span></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge170rt2MNSy0nYIIXMbi5SClyZ1hymaDHNyPOuTYzuAPl14AVA3QJ9YiMKAPvpzbRPmG0Aeg_kEqEW3mTsLU1uswAWVk3j_cIa6D27dEQ7h0-m8khg-UNzB-fjsW3MSdcMA0UPkTyz2BN/s1600/ZARDARI+TIES.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge170rt2MNSy0nYIIXMbi5SClyZ1hymaDHNyPOuTYzuAPl14AVA3QJ9YiMKAPvpzbRPmG0Aeg_kEqEW3mTsLU1uswAWVk3j_cIa6D27dEQ7h0-m8khg-UNzB-fjsW3MSdcMA0UPkTyz2BN/s200/ZARDARI+TIES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547348585415954418" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">WikiLeaks has </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="">disclosed another key point regarding Pakistan-US ties, which is about putting a condition on Pakistan for </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="">securing a nuclear cooperation with superpower likewise India.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="">According to WikiLeaks, during a meeting with President Zardari in 2009, a US’s Senator John Kerry placed a condition on Pakistan that the latter would have to ink a ‘New Security Arrangement’ accord with neighbor India, if it wanted a civil nuclear cooperation with US, according to leaked memos of US diplomatic cables, cited in a letter of the then US ambassador N.W Patterson.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="">Citing a letter of Patterson, WikiLeaks claimed that Senator Kerry wanted Pakistan to make agreement with New Delhi on New Security Arrangement, if latter was looking for winning a cooperation with US on Civil Nuclear deal.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="">Kerry also urged Pakistan to strengthen democratic institutions first for the purpose, leaked diplomatic cables disclosed.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="">Senator said AQ Khan network was key hurdle in way of progress of Pakistan.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;"><span style="">While, during the same sitting, President Zardari told him that India itself plotted Mumbai Attacks in November 2008. Courtesy: <a href="http://nation.com.pk/">The Nation</a></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Concern over damage done by leaks</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Monitoring Desk</span> </div><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204); font-weight: bold;">Voice of Hunza</span><br />ISLAMABAD, December 4: The Defence Committee of the Cabinet decided on Friday to convey to the US authorities the government’s reservations over the disclosure of confidential and secret information by WikiLeaks, reliable sources said. A meeting of the committee, presided over by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, denounced the leak of sensitive information and warned that its continuation would endanger friendly ties among countries. The DCC meeting was attended by ministers for defence, interior, finance and information, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the three services chiefs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYePbIO_u1nWyvobF8imdMyWOd8gMpiot8ZRRuxMh9Xwqd9qJgPlqpX7di797A3VWBTAs-tr5mPBtEFJset_wegOxf9xlwDpTK7WyQkIJ6UCx374vOSAgsFTfDI8jxOhWbyPfmBym-Ccd1/s1600/Damage+done.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYePbIO_u1nWyvobF8imdMyWOd8gMpiot8ZRRuxMh9Xwqd9qJgPlqpX7di797A3VWBTAs-tr5mPBtEFJset_wegOxf9xlwDpTK7WyQkIJ6UCx374vOSAgsFTfDI8jxOhWbyPfmBym-Ccd1/s400/Damage+done.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547336302599634738" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PM Gilani chairing the meeting of Defence Committee of Cabinet (DCC) at PM House.—APP</span></span><br /></div>The sources said that a formal stance of the government on the problem caused by the whistleblower website would be handed over to the US authorities through proper channel at an appropriate time. Some TV channels reported that after the DCC meting, Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani called on President Asif Ali Zardari, but neither the Presidency nor the ISPR confirmed the report. Although the Prime Minister’s Secretariat issued a press release of over 1,000 words on the proceedings of the committee, it did not say a word about the much-talked about leak of loads of top secret information about the country the US embassy had been sending back home through confidential cables.<br />“There are so many important issues than this (WikiLeaks disclosure) and whatever we have discussed at the meeting has been mentioned in detail in the official handout issued by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat,” Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira told a private news channel. He kept quiet when repeatedly asked if the DCC, which represents the top civil and military leadership, had deliberated upon information released by WikiLeaks over the past few days.<br />But sources privy to the proceedings say that the issue was very much discussed by the participants during the four-hour meeting. Initially, they said, it was decided to include one paragraph about it in the official statement, but it was later dropped on the instructions of a ‘top official’.Some participants, according to the sources, wanted that a clear stand should be taken on the WikiLeaks issue in the official statement, but others advised that it should be played down for the time being. According to the press release, the prime minister said that Pakistan needed to depart from its ‘traditional thinking’ on national security and develop ‘alternative strategies’.<br />“The multiplicity and size of the challenges to our national security demand that we may have to make a departure from our traditional thinking and look for out-of-box solutions and alternative strategies,” he told the meeting. Mr Gilani also sought views of the participants on his visit to Afghanistan beginning on Saturday. But the press release did not say anything about what response he had received from the participants. Dawn, Islambad<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Even If Acquitted, Pakistani Blasphemy Suspect Is In Mortal Danger</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">VoH</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">News Monitor</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">By Majeed Babar, Charles Recknagel</span><br />December,01: A 45-year-old Catholic mother of two has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy. But the real danger Aasia Bibi faces may not come from her court case. That is because, to date, although she have been sentenced to death, no one has ever been executed in Pakistan for blasphemy. Instead, the danger is that she will be killed if she is freed. And forhat there are ample precedents.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZN60S9Q1475PFoZz9Acq1DtR9TkuxgIM5VdwWsErlBgisHqczxjRcdsLQJoAGIsIDeMppqtfPlwuQf0unfYZIYc3xZKdSpWqmkNASdYaCgPjbctYNzYa1XRg1eDiF1-t31_Rdk-WYZpR/s1600/EVEN+IF+ACQUITED+SHE+IS+IN+MORTAL+DANGER.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZN60S9Q1475PFoZz9Acq1DtR9TkuxgIM5VdwWsErlBgisHqczxjRcdsLQJoAGIsIDeMppqtfPlwuQf0unfYZIYc3xZKdSpWqmkNASdYaCgPjbctYNzYa1XRg1eDiF1-t31_Rdk-WYZpR/s400/EVEN+IF+ACQUITED+SHE+IS+IN+MORTAL+DANGER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547342174549609986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">The daughter and wife of the governor of Punjab Province speak to Aasia Bibi (right), who has been sentenced to death for blasphemy. RadioLiberty Photo</span></span><br /><br />In July, two Christian brothers accused of writing a blasphemous pamphlet critical of the Prophet Muhammad were shot dead within the premises of a court in Punjab. One of the brothers was a pastor. That happened as they exited a court hearing in Faisalabad city, wherE hundreds of protesters had demanded they be sentenced to death. Those same crowds of protestors have gathered in Bibi's case like ominous storm clouds hovering over the proceedings.<br />Angry Demonstrations Last week, an Islamic party Jamat-e-Islami held a demonstration outside a mosque in Karachi after Friday prayers. The protesters demanded that Bibi be hanged as sentenced. Other groups have held other demonstrations, including the banned charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which the United Nations has blacklisted as aterrorist organization. It demonstrated in the streets of Lahore, wherePunjab's high court must confirm Bibi's November 8 death sentence before it can be carried out. The demonstrations have the support of many Islamic clerics, who see blasphemy as attacking the very heart of Pakistan's Muslim identity. As one Islamic scholar, Dr. Qasim Mahmood told to representative of European Radio service Mashaal:"The most sacred name is that of Allah and after that it is Muhammad, peace be upon him, and if somebody talks low about them, the Islamic clerics in Pakistan already describe the details of the punishment forthose who commit blasphemy, and now it's the law of the land inPakistan that they have to be awarded the death sentence." Islamic political parties and militant groups have seized upon the blasphemy case to cast themselves yet again as defenders of religion and show their street power. But the blame for the intensity of the issue lies with the blasphemy laws themselves and the willingness oflower courts to enforce them mercilessly.<br />The case of Bibi, the first woman ever to be convicted under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, provides a textbook example. In June 2009, a group of her co-workers accused Bibi of blaspheming Islam as the group worked in the fields around her home village in Nankana district, about 70 kilometers from Lahore. The trouble began on a searing hot day as she harvested the berry-sized fruit Grewia Asiatica, also known as falsa, which is used throughout the region as a flavor for juices and sorbets. She had forgotten to bring her own water pitcher so she drank a glass of water from a pitcher belonging to her female Muslim co-workers -- an act which some considered defiling. Bibi could not pacify her Muslim co-workers despite saying sorry. The co-workers asked her to convert to Islam and she refused and left the scene with tears rolling down her cheeks. Taking his cue from three of the Muslim women, a prayer leader of a local mosque, Qari Muhammad Salam, filed a case against Bibi in the district court. From there the accusations against her mounted. According to the lower court's verdict, obtained by RFE/RL, witnesses against her during the proceedings stated she had said the Koran is fake and "your prophet remained in bed for one month before his death because he had insects in his mouth and ears." She also allegedly said the Prophet Muhammad had married his wife, Khadija, who was wealthy, "just for money" and after stealing from herkicked her out of the house.<br />Judge Naveed Iqbal, in sentencing her to death, "totally ruled out" anychance that Bibi was falsely implicated and said there were "no mitigating circumstances." Speaking about why the judge passed a death sentence, Secretary-General of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan I.A. Rehman told Mashaal Radio: "In Pakistan, mullahs are stronger then the courts, and due to fear the lower courts can't let anybody go free because the lower courts always feel under threat and pressure from the mullahs." Now, as the case has gone to the provincial high court in Lahore, it presents the Pakistan government with a major dilemma. Human rights groups in Pakistan and abroad are incensed by the case and hard-liners' implicit threats to carry out the execution themselves if necessary.<br />Christians are a minority in PakistanAsim Malik, spokesman for Aurat Foundation, a women's-rights watchdog in Pakistan which is closely watching the case, says Bibi has already had to suffer harsh conditions because of the danger from hard-liners. "For the past year, Aasia Bibi, who is 45 years old, has been kept in isolation by the police because of the fear that somebody will end her life," Malik said. Meanwhile, Pope Benedict XVI has called for the release of Bibi, and<br />political pressure has been growing for her pardon. Showdown So far, the government in Islamabad and conservatives appear locked in a showdown over the case. Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti has presented a report to President Asif Ali Zardari recommending a pardon for Bibi. The report concluded that "the blasphemy against Asia Bibi has been registered on grounds of personal enmity." But conservative lawyers have petitioned the Lahore High Court this week not to let Zardari to use his office to pardon Bibi so long as the case is pending in the courts.<br />The only certainty is that the blasphemy law itself is never likely to be repealed. Minority Affairs Minister Bhatti, who is a Christian, toldReuters on November 23 that a repeal "is not being considered, though we are considering changing it so that misuse of the law should be stopped." But the pernicious effects of the blasphemy laws -- and the threat they resent not just to victims, but to the rule of law in Pakistan -- runtoo deep to be mitigated by simply guarding against misuse. Since the controversial blasphemy laws were introduced by then-dictator General Zia-ul- Huq in 1980, at least 1,035 men and women, including Muslims, Ahmadis, Christians, and Hindus have been accused, although all the accusations were dropped when the cases reached the higher courts. Some have languished in jail for years awaiting a final resolution of their case. Waji ul-Hassan, a Christian, has been on death row since 2002. Perhaps worse still, the laws have helped to legitimize the physical attacks, social stigmatization, forced conversion, and continued institutional degradation that characterize the position of religious minorities in Pakistan. Around 3 percent of Pakistan's population of about 170 million isestimated to be non-Muslim, and most of those are Christian or Hindu. Both communities are marginalized economically as well as socially, with both men and women commonly limited to working as street sweepers or in other odd jobs. The blasphemy laws also encourage a sense of majority power, even mob rule, over religious minorities that the Pakistani state cannot assure the safety of those accused of blasphemy even if they are acquitted. That is particularly true in Punjab, which is home to most of Pakistan's militant groups and where most of the attacks on Christians have taken place. Source: <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Radio Liberty</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Zardari worried military may take him out: WikiLeaks</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br />Monitoring Desk</span><br /></div>WASHINGTON, Dec.1: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMgR0m_MLiuDwQY9LBVn89WSGaCQY_s2t2uONsMjKD9mxQAD8cTqQF27NGSRSGKNKEs8YXvIJHzFHdxmdr95Vvwpc59E_-FKBYprXPUVF9hKIjV5ALlF5vd239o3wFpqrfxYTyrghYj6C/s1600/Zardaro.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMgR0m_MLiuDwQY9LBVn89WSGaCQY_s2t2uONsMjKD9mxQAD8cTqQF27NGSRSGKNKEs8YXvIJHzFHdxmdr95Vvwpc59E_-FKBYprXPUVF9hKIjV5ALlF5vd239o3wFpqrfxYTyrghYj6C/s200/Zardaro.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547343413945427842" border="0" /></a>told US Vice President Joe Biden that he was worried the powerful military in his country might 'take me out,' according to US diplomatic cables published in US and British newspapers on Tuesday. Zardari's comments reflect the influential role the Pakistani military holds in a country with a long history of coup d'etats, and further raises questions about the effectiveness of civilian rule. It was unclear whether Zardari's comments suggested he could be killed or merely forced out of office.<br />The US cables from the embassy in Islamabad were part of a massive cache of internal American diplomatic correspondence acquired by WikiLeaks and distributed to a handful of news organizations, including Indian, British, German and US newspapers and in France and Spain too. More than 250,000 documents were being released this week despite the strong objections of the US government, which considers them stolen and says their public release undermines international diplomacy. The cables underscore the difficult relationship between the United States and Pakistan and US skepticism about whether Islamabad is fully committed to defeating Islamic extremism despite billions of of dollars in annual military and civilian aid.Source: Geo Tv<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:130%;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sherry submits bill for amending blasphemy laws</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><br />VoH News Watch</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">By Amir Wasim</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 0); font-style: italic;">Voice of Hunza</span><br /></div></div>ISLAMABAD, Nov.30: Amid announcements by the religious forces in the country to resist any move to change the blasphemy laws, former information minister and Pakistan People’s Party MNA Sherry Rehman has submitted a bill to the National Assembly Secretariat seeking an end to the death penalty under the existing blasphemy laws. <span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghB-x6LEwLjyS1vMP_A4csr3Zip51MFRbzzGgTGTpbhGUOqLZCdMpSTQUODKWOWxnsTMxfjB6KI4yT3q1XTqtILsqpb0HwifCTHs83tpVutQuUSfMViJ-i-FBT9fK01PA7I4giQlMSG-Q2/s1600/Shery+to+submit+Blasphemy+law.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghB-x6LEwLjyS1vMP_A4csr3Zip51MFRbzzGgTGTpbhGUOqLZCdMpSTQUODKWOWxnsTMxfjB6KI4yT3q1XTqtILsqpb0HwifCTHs83tpVutQuUSfMViJ-i-FBT9fK01PA7I4giQlMSG-Q2/s200/Shery+to+submit+Blasphemy+law.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547343729268066946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Right: Former information minister and Pakistan People’s Party MNA Sherry Rehman had submitted a private member’s bill as she believed that blasphemy laws as set out in the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) found their roots in colonial laws. – AFP Photo</span></span><br /><br />Talking to Dawn here on Monday, Ms Rehman said that she had submitted aprivate member’s bill as she believed that blasphemy laws as set out in the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) found their roots in colonial laws and had in their present form become a source of victimisation and persecution of the minorities in the country. The amendments to the Blasphemy Act, she said, were intended to ensure that all citizens of Pakistan had an equal right to constitutional protection and that miscarriages of justice in the name of blasphemy were avoided at all costs. “The bill amends both the PPC and the Code of Criminal Procedure, the two main sources of criminal law. The aim is to amend the codes to ensure protection of Pakistan’s minorities and vulnerable citizens, who routinely face judgments and verdicts in the lower courts where mob pressure is often mobilised to obtain a conviction,” she said.<br />According to Ms Rehman, the definition of the term “blasphemy” is currently vague, yet it carries a mandatory death sentence. Also, she said, there were serious problems with the mechanisms to implement the law. She said her proposed bill would rationalise the punishments prescribed for offences relating to religion provided under Sections 295 and 298 of the PPC. share save 120 16 Sherry submits bill for amending blasphemy laws. Source: Dawn<br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-77230034195392862252010-12-04T05:38:00.003-06:002011-09-07T09:47:27.229-05:00National News:: Click here to read new issue of[ December 30-Dec. 06]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLW9iG_xVvPfGin3enyV3Z0OjCyvY5xjF6mV1OfEt7jGVtuayCI_wqTAeIVS3F5LPJHuDVfrKvZ41NRCFwVTVHEm5S9omSdvA-fJ_ZpiAnvV5Cp_9V-Oof4yxot8uU-dKkeof2_laq6Qgx/s1600/EVEN+IF+ACQUITED+SHE+IS+IN+MORTAL+DANGER.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLW9iG_xVvPfGin3enyV3Z0OjCyvY5xjF6mV1OfEt7jGVtuayCI_wqTAeIVS3F5LPJHuDVfrKvZ41NRCFwVTVHEm5S9omSdvA-fJ_ZpiAnvV5Cp_9V-Oof4yxot8uU-dKkeof2_laq6Qgx/s400/EVEN+IF+ACQUITED+SHE+IS+IN+MORTAL+DANGER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546793030557038194" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLW9iG_xVvPfGin3enyV3Z0OjCyvY5xjF6mV1OfEt7jGVtuayCI_wqTAeIVS3F5LPJHuDVfrKvZ41NRCFwVTVHEm5S9omSdvA-fJ_ZpiAnvV5Cp_9V-Oof4yxot8uU-dKkeof2_laq6Qgx/s1600/EVEN+IF+ACQUITED+SHE+IS+IN+MORTAL+DANGER.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLW9iG_xVvPfGin3enyV3Z0OjCyvY5xjF6mV1OfEt7jGVtuayCI_wqTAeIVS3F5LPJHuDVfrKvZ41NRCFwVTVHEm5S9omSdvA-fJ_ZpiAnvV5Cp_9V-Oof4yxot8uU-dKkeof2_laq6Qgx/s400/EVEN+IF+ACQUITED+SHE+IS+IN+MORTAL+DANGER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546793030557038194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;" >Even If Acquitted, Pakistani Blasphemy Suspect Is In Mortal Danger</span><br />VoH News Monitor<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">By Majeed Babar, Charles Recknagel</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">December,01: A 45-year-old Catholic mother of two has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy. But the real danger Aasia Bibi faces may not come from her court case. That is because, to date, although some have been sentenced to death, no one has ever been executed in<br />Pakistan for blasphemy.<br />Instead, the danger is that she will be killed if she is freed. And for that there are ample precedents. In July, two Christian brothers accused of writing a blasphemous pamphlet critical of the Prophet Muhammad were shot dead within the premises of a court in Punjab. One of the brothers was a pastor. That happened as they exited a court hearing in Faisalabad city, where hundreds of protesters had demanded they be sentenced to death. Those same crowds of protestors have gathered in Bibi's case like ominous storm clouds hovering over the proceedings.<br />Angry DemonstrationsLast week, an Islamic party Jamat-e-Islami held a demonstration outside<br />a mosque in Karachi after Friday prayers. The protesters demanded that Bibi be hanged as sentenced.<br />Other groups have held other demonstrations, including the banned charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which the United Nations has blacklisted as a terrorist organization. It demonstrated in the streets of Lahore, where Punjab's high court must confirm Bibi's November 8 death sentence before it can be carried out.<br /><br /><br />The daughter and wife of the governor of Punjab Province speak to Aasia Bibi (right), who has been sentenced to death for blasphemy. Radio Liberty Photo<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The demonstrations have the support of many Islamic clerics, who see blasphemy as attacking the very heart of Pakistan's Muslim identity. As one Islamic scholar, Dr. Qasim Mahmood told RFE/'RL's Radio Mashaal: "The most sacred name is that of Allah and after that it is Muhammad, peace be upon him, and if somebody talks low about them, the Islamic clerics in Pakistan already describe the details of the punishment for those who commit blasphemy, and now it's the law of the land in Pakistan that they have to be awarded the death sentence."<br />Islamic political parties and militant groups have seized upon the blasphemy case to cast themselves yet again as defenders of religion and show their street power. But the blame for the intensity of the issue lies with the blasphemy laws themselves and the willingness of lower courts to enforce them mercilessly. The case of Bibi, the first woman ever to be convicted under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, provides a textbook example. In June 2009, a group of her co-workers accused Bibi of blaspheming Islam as the group worked in the fields around her home village in Nankana district, about 70 kilometers from Lahore. The trouble began on a searing hot day as she harvested the berry-sized fruit Grewia Asiatica, also known as falsa, which is used throughout the region as a flavor for juices and sorbets. She had forgotten to bring her own water pitcher so she drank a glass of water from a pitcher belonging to her female Muslim co-workers -- an act which some considered defiling. Bibi could not pacify her Muslim co-workers despite saying sorry. The co-workers asked her to convert to Islam and she refused and left the scene with tears rolling down her cheeks.Taking his cue from three of the Muslim women, a prayer leader of a local mosque, Qari Muhammad Salam, filed a case against Bibi in the<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">district court. From there the accusations against her mounted. According to the lower court's verdict, obtained by RFE/RL, witnesses against her during the proceedings stated she had said the Koran is fake and "your prophet remained in bed for one month before his death because he had insects in his mouth and ears."<br />She also allegedly said the Prophet Muhammad had married his wife, Khadija, who was wealthy, "just for money" and after stealing from her kicked her out of the house.Judge Naveed Iqbal, in sentencing her to death, "totally ruled out" anychance that Bibi was falsely implicated and said there were "no mitigating circumstances." Speaking about why the judge passed a deathsentence, Secretary-General of the Human Rights Commission of PakistanI.A. Rehman told Mashaal Radio: "In Pakistan, mullahs are stronger thenthe courts, and due to fear the lower courts can't let anybody go free because the lower courts always feel under threat and pressure from the mullahs."<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, as the case has gone to the provincial high court in Lahore, it presents the Pakistan government with a major dilemma. Human rights groups in Pakistan and abroad are incensed by the case and hard-liners' implicit threats to carry out the execution themselves if necessary.<br />Christians are a minority in Pakistan Asim Malik, spokesman for Aurat Foundation, a women's-rights watchdog in Pakistan which is closely watching the case, says Bibi has alreadyhad to suffer harsh conditions because of the danger from hard-liners. "For the past year, Aasia Bibi, who is 45 years old, has been kept in isolation by the police because of the fear that somebody will end herlife," Malik said.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The blasphemy law also encourage a sense of majority power, even mob rule, over religious minorities that the Pakistani state cannot assure the safety of those accused of blasphemy even if they are acquitted. That is particularly true in Punjab, which is home to most of Pakistan's militant groups and where most of the attacks on Christians have taken place.- Radio Liberty<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Zardari worried military may take him out: WikiLeaks<br /><br />Monitoring Desk<br />WASHINGTON, Dec.1: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari told US Vice<br /><br />President Joe Biden that he was worried the powerful military in his<br /><br />country might 'take me out,' according to US diplomatic cables<br /><br />published in US and British newspapers on Tuesday.<br /><br />Zardari's comments reflect the influential role the Pakistani military<br /><br />holds in a country with a long history of coup d'etats, and further<br /><br />raises questions about the effectiveness of civilian rule. It was<br /><br />unclear whether Zardari's comments suggested he could be killed or<br /><br />merely forced out of office.<br /><br />The US cables from the embassy in Islamabad were part of a massive<br /><br />cache of internal American diplomatic correspondence acquired by<br /><br />WikiLeaks and distributed to a handful of news organizations, including<br /><br />Indian, British, German and US newspapers and in France and Spain too.<br /><br />More than 250,000 documents were being released this week despite the<br /><br />strong objections of the US government, which considers them stolen and<br /><br />says their public release undermines international diplomacy.<br /><br />The cables underscore the difficult relationship between the United<br /><br />States and Pakistan and US skepticism about whether Islamabad is fully<br /><br />committed to defeating Islamic extremism despite billions of of dollars<br /><br />in annual military and civilian aid.Source: Geo Tv<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sherry submits bill for amending blasphemy laws<br />VoH News Watch<br />By Amir Wasim<br />ISLAMABAD, Nov.30: Amid announcements by the religious forces in the<br /><br />country to resist any move to change the blasphemy laws, former<br /><br />information minister and Pakistan People’s Party MNA Sherry Rehman has<br /><br />submitted a bill to the National Assembly Secretariat seeking an end to<br /><br />the death penalty under the existing blasphemy laws.<br /><br />Former information minister and Pakistan People’s Party MNA Sherry<br /><br />Rehman had submitted a private member’s bill as she believed that<br /><br />blasphemy laws as set out in the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) found their<br /><br />roots in colonial laws. – AFP Photo<br /><br /><br />Talking to Dawn here on Monday, Ms Rehman said that she had submitted a<br /><br />private member’s bill as she believed that blasphemy laws as set out in<br /><br />the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) found their roots in colonial laws and<br /><br />had in their present form become a source of victimisation and<br /><br />persecution of the minorities in the country.<br /><br />The amendments to the Blasphemy Act, she said, were intended to ensure<br /><br />that all citizens of Pakistan had an equal right to constitutional<br /><br />protection and that miscarriages of justice in the name of blasphemy<br /><br />were avoided at all costs.<br /><br />“The bill amends both the PPC and the Code of Criminal Procedure, the<br /><br />two main sources of criminal law. The aim is to amend the codes to<br /><br />ensure protection of Pakistan’s minorities and vulnerable citizens, who<br /><br />routinely face judgments and verdicts in the lower courts where mob<br /><br />pressure is often mobilised to obtain a conviction,” she said.<br /><br />According to Ms Rehman, the definition of the term “blasphemy” is<br /><br />currently vague, yet it carries a mandatory death sentence. Also, she<br /><br />said, there were serious problems with the mechanisms to implement the<br /><br />law. She said her proposed bill would rationalise the punishments<br /><br />prescribed for offences relating to religion provided under Sections<br /><br />295 and 298 of the PPC.<br />share save 120 16 Sherry submits bill for amending blasphemy laws.<br /><br />Source: Dawn PakistanShamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-92109047061146251102010-12-03T21:50:00.002-06:002011-09-07T09:48:19.416-05:00National News:: Click here to read new Issue of[ November 22-Nov.29]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaFJuXQJzxQPVtUXVIqH-qN08eu4012_3C74r1IZ7oy81Rz0JLgho3xHa6diOCBcRz47LV2qRXve3Dh092G_oZXAV0-v-a75_U35Hoq7fS4q7_W7M2v7g1pSY977p3mQ2ibBUv0pCy2iO/s1600/Damage+done.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaFJuXQJzxQPVtUXVIqH-qN08eu4012_3C74r1IZ7oy81Rz0JLgho3xHa6diOCBcRz47LV2qRXve3Dh092G_oZXAV0-v-a75_U35Hoq7fS4q7_W7M2v7g1pSY977p3mQ2ibBUv0pCy2iO/s400/Damage+done.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546673729165169794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;" >Concern over damage done by leaks</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Monitoring Desk</span><br /></div>ISLAMABAD: The Defence Committee of the Cabinet decided on Friday to convey to the US authorities the government’s reservations over the disclosure of confidential and secret information by WikiLeaks, reliable sources said.A meeting of the committee, presided over by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, denounced the leak of sensitive information and warned that its continuation would endanger friendly ties among countries.<br /><br />PM Gilani chairing the meeting of Defence Committee of Cabinet (DCC) at PM House.—APP<br />PhotoThe DCC meeting was attended by ministers for defence, interior, finance and information, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the three services chiefs. The sources said that a formal stance of the government on the problem caused by the whistle blower website would be handed over to the US authorities through proper channel at an appropriate time. Some TV channels reported that after the DCC meting, Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani called on President Asif Ali Zardari, but neither the Presidency nor the ISPR confirmed the report. Although the Prime Minister’s Secretariat issued a press release of over 1,000 words on the proceedings of the committee, it did not say a word about the much-talked about leak of loads of top secret information about the country the US embassy had been sending back home through confidential cables. “There are so many important issues than this (WikiLeaks disclosure) and whatever we have discussed at the meeting has been mentioned in detail in the official handout issued by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat,” Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira told Dawn.<br />He kept quiet when repeatedly asked if the DCC, which represents the top civil and military leadership, had deliberated upon information released by WikiLeaks over the past few days. But sources privy to the proceedings confided to Dawn that the issue was very much discussed by the participants during the four-hour meeting. Initially, they said, it was decided to include one paragraph about it in the official statement, but it was later dropped on the instructions of a ‘top official’.<br />Some participants, according to the sources, wanted that a clear stand should be taken on the WikiLeaks issue in the official statement, but others advised that it should be played down for the time being.According to the press release, the prime minister said that Pakistan needed to depart from its ‘traditional thinking’ on national security and develop ‘alternative strategies’.“The multiplicity and size of the challenges to our national security demand that we may have to make a departure from our traditional thinking and look for out-of-box solutions and alternative strategies,” he told the meeting.Mr Gilani also sought views of the participants on his visit to Afghanistan beginning on Saturday. But the press release did not say anything about what response he had received from the<br />participants.Courtesy:Dawn</div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-34712218967997532092010-12-03T19:56:00.006-06:002011-09-12T01:40:40.057-05:00An advanturous Experience<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><img src="file://localhost/C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://voiceofhunza.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">VoH</span></a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Today, VoH completes its one years of online publication. We, few youth </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUiuGVjnyxE50mVYP2kpHoKMqzVQqpvZwGODT3Us_vhCuWPqDAImwRLod9WnoZp1w_svgUqCdRfbf4PNxbgjWPNiiU6dvnipJPBH-VsOteT23aY43gIIx9wZhyphenhyphenUA5QLP2lxNjAzIKERIA/s1600/SP_A1747.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUiuGVjnyxE50mVYP2kpHoKMqzVQqpvZwGODT3Us_vhCuWPqDAImwRLod9WnoZp1w_svgUqCdRfbf4PNxbgjWPNiiU6dvnipJPBH-VsOteT23aY43gIIx9wZhyphenhyphenUA5QLP2lxNjAzIKERIA/s200/SP_A1747.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547328191969008514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">during studies in Karachi had planned to start a </span><span style="font-size:100%;">regional website few years back amidst numerous constraints ranging from finance to contribution of time and support. Last year on impulse, we decided to start this blog to materialize the desire to create an alternative source to further the cause of the common man of an area surrounded by many challenges as an inspiration from other regional blogs, news bulletin sites and news papers which are already working to educate and inform to the people of backward Gilgit-Baltistan region about developments at regional and international level. Yet, due to widening circle of concern on part of blogs and online websites, numerous issues in the region have been remained unoticed. Few of the readers of this blog from Gilgit-Baltistan region of which Hunza is a small territory and former is the guardian of later also suggested a year back to start a liberal and impartial news paper formally as an addition in print media. The financial cum publishing and bureaucratic red tap and formalities in declaration, economic crunch and regional uncertain market situation and circulation constraint on our own parts compelled us first undertake a home work through a blog under a heading of a suffix (Gilgit-Baltistan) GB.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"Our three months trial publication and valuable suggestion and advice via innumerable emails gave us the courage to continue a path, though difficult but full of fun and experience. We try and will try our most to deliver the voice of a common man to authorities without adding some thing from our own. Our main objectivity is to show reality in news bulletin and keep ourselves impartial but logical and factual in columns and editorials "</span><br /><br />Yet, following many e-mails and suggestions, we tried to focus a particular area with reference to Gilgit-Baltistan as well as Pakistan that administer the area for decades. Despite of critic to replace name of Hunza with GB, we continue work the same name for few reasons: first, by focusing on nascent Hunza-Nagar district we would try to identify the flaws in public policy, appreciate healthy, steady and sustainable developmental initiatives, human rights issues and to protect interest of common man in society. Using the same domain, we try to cover Gilgit-Baltistan as well as rest of the country according to our capacity. We know, many would have hatred with name of Hunza that make them vary for any reason, but our aims was and is to identify our deficiencies and convert them into strengths. We, the team of VoH are thankful to God almighty, for his support as well as to our valuable readers whose trust and confidence enabled us to persevere and retain relation during a year like a family members of online community. We faced odds of various types ranging from financial, administrative burden and constant obstacles to deviate us and make us abstain to show reality by few anti social elements besides energy crisis and least cooperation from both government and non-government organization while covering any incident or event on apprehension of sensor free dissemination of information. Despite of difficulties, we are committed to portray reality by disseminating the authentic information with maximum accuracy, without adding something from ourselves except where urgent; while drawing conclusions on any issue, we would continue to be impartial and any kind of suggestions for correction in any of analysis or news post from readers would be highly appreciated. As human beings are err and despite of our efforts to portray reality it is equally possible that the event or any incident bear any other perspective that we might have remained unaware.<br />We reterate our determination to unfoil every conspiracy against basic human rights, social injustice, nepotism, secterainism, generder biasness and voilation to administrative accountibility. VoH shall follow the principles of undounted journalism irrespective of any ideology, respecting communal harmony,diversity and pluralist thought keeping the our regional identity albiet acceding to other currents. Both public and private sector keep influnce on print and electric media in terms of advertisement. Despite of our limited financial means to operate or moderate this blog, being an independent, non-profit humanitarian mission, we shall continue to hit on corruption and other social evils. We respect human beings irrespective of their faith, origin, ideology and status for the end phenomenas leads to to disturb peace of mind both at individually and collectively. Despite of certain limitations we vow to do our role though nominal as compared to the rest for the larger benefit of poor class and world peace throughout our lives.<br />Moreover, VoH would strive to become an effective medium to applaud positive developments and voice over injustices that hurt common man in the country. We aspire to become a powerful voice of voiceless people any where in the country in general and he region in particularly. Moreover, we thought extensively over the suggestions by some of the readers to replace name Hunza, as few argued this name has confined its circle of readership. Yet, few others even from down cities disliked it saying being a popular place across the world, we should use the same domain. Thus, we would try to cover every event and incident according to our capacity in future. Furthermore, we shall also cooperate government to fight against social evils as a responsible media.<br />We, VoH team would like to say happy diwali to followers of Hindu, Eid-ul-Azha Mubarak to the Muslim and to other faiths if any as such celebrations were observed this year, including Happy New year in advance to all our readers, respectively. Once again we thank our readers for their suggestion and guidance both by emails and few comments for correction of both grammatical and lay out errors. Have a fantastic and thrilling year to come! Always welcoming your advice as valuable readers. Good Bye, Khuda Hafiz, Khuda yaar!</span><span style="display: block;font-size:100%;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyFull" title="Justify Full" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 13);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Justify Full" class="gl_align_full" border="0" /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:100%;">VoH Team</span><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-79482172152368229152010-12-03T15:38:00.008-06:002010-12-03T19:30:21.527-06:00Hunza-Nagar Local News: Click here to read new Issue of the week[November 22-Nov.29]<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Wazir inaugurates PC-4 health unit building; says mere beautiful structures without proper staff unimportant; pledges to upgrade unit to fifty bedded facility;says govt working for improvement of health and education </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">VoH Report</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">By: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Shams</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">uddin Muahammad</span><br /></div>HUNZA, Aliabad, November 28: Mr. Wazir Baig, interim governor and speaker Giligit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) inaugurated PC-4 30 bedded hospital extension unit in Head Quarter hospital Aliabad,on Monday afternoon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-96l_1khK_PTUNqFT-MFzzjXRCZrZMqWtCvjW1tRRd5WAPwsbg7OBQrDxLesafkoPCeWYaMVLjJN6IkyNSCdqOWfLtP4XlO-VS9X26JmKXhApQ4bJRpESZoNwd00PHyy4Q_0ppV2-82np/s1600/Prayers+are+begged+after+inuaguration.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-96l_1khK_PTUNqFT-MFzzjXRCZrZMqWtCvjW1tRRd5WAPwsbg7OBQrDxLesafkoPCeWYaMVLjJN6IkyNSCdqOWfLtP4XlO-VS9X26JmKXhApQ4bJRpESZoNwd00PHyy4Q_0ppV2-82np/s320/Prayers+are+begged+after+inuaguration.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546584885669631730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEVtcmr2DDr1kmAdw_7DIuNTYR9i6rLN5UFpNbSD6xvp11G7CiXheeDx1HI6r5URiHXx34AL5mFS0W1r5LAngx1QZDhpSRaOAYc2wl4DE_GSTU1OeRjs4c_9zFTLu4Gv4qvJKNfbRXW8z/s1600/Governor+coming+into+function+after+inaugration.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEVtcmr2DDr1kmAdw_7DIuNTYR9i6rLN5UFpNbSD6xvp11G7CiXheeDx1HI6r5URiHXx34AL5mFS0W1r5LAngx1QZDhpSRaOAYc2wl4DE_GSTU1OeRjs4c_9zFTLu4Gv4qvJKNfbRXW8z/s320/Governor+coming+into+function+after+inaugration.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546586043643532674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hunza:(Left above) Interim governor Mr. Wazir Baig inaugurates PC-4 Project at Aliabad. (Right) Mr. Baig is being escorted by government officials to the public gathering. </span></span><br /><br />He was accompanied by Secretary Health Zafar Lodhi, Assitant commissioner Momin Jan, SP Hunza-Nagar Mohammad Yusuf, president PPP Hunza Chapter Fida Karim,heads of institutions and civil society members.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fsI1c2lFKZjAFKUqWgIpWQU_TezZ3KQAQVwMUuoidRJoGp24WR2VXWqus7J3O-pNmOWBk62vb1OMKn-w71qBeKL64wEfkPAThlW9COAnXK1rGEfufYg7OEXcvOXmLZV2gskjOY_DSoQI/s1600/Audience+listening+to+the+speakers.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fsI1c2lFKZjAFKUqWgIpWQU_TezZ3KQAQVwMUuoidRJoGp24WR2VXWqus7J3O-pNmOWBk62vb1OMKn-w71qBeKL64wEfkPAThlW9COAnXK1rGEfufYg7OEXcvOXmLZV2gskjOY_DSoQI/s320/Audience+listening+to+the+speakers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546581695200892674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOa8dkscExpjBGtiR9o_tWMLVx3Zgg43EMg1dock99XYZmzmPHuPzW3Yr23EVFbx27-KFqR4IqevIjoy0-rGsBMcXjqu8MLL_vrWr0jC7OQZ8oGulIxrr3kCwNYocQD8aPlsDZPEgVFag/s1600/Governor+Speaking+to+the+audience.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOa8dkscExpjBGtiR9o_tWMLVx3Zgg43EMg1dock99XYZmzmPHuPzW3Yr23EVFbx27-KFqR4IqevIjoy0-rGsBMcXjqu8MLL_vrWr0jC7OQZ8oGulIxrr3kCwNYocQD8aPlsDZPEgVFag/s320/Governor+Speaking+to+the+audience.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546583059119087954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><br />HUNZA: Interim Governor, Speaker GBLA, Wazir Baig is speaking to a large public gathering after inuaguration ceremony of PC-4 health care unit at District Head Quarter Hospital, Aliabad.</span><br /><br />District Health Officer Hunza Nagar while presenting facts and future demands said that Hunza-Nagar district has a population more than 128,800 and area stretching around 14000Square kilometers with 4 main hospitals having 292 staff out of which 21 qualified medical practitioners. He said that for such a huge population,due to lack of funds only two TB control units were functional while 145 lady health workers are working in supervision of 8 supervisors in 6 vicinities.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfAuIxURCNvPVjfsqs4FVpzJ-i3GlYHrHS9d_PpQMGBUG5TuPn2hLAYEkUyDiRQ5j6y38ioPztrzy5ieAtGXnt50CYU5b-v3HYd5W4dRRxQ2TXBrktouoFVJoo40UaQAKXjLejHXF8d4H/s1600/Audience+attentively+listtening+Governor+speech.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfAuIxURCNvPVjfsqs4FVpzJ-i3GlYHrHS9d_PpQMGBUG5TuPn2hLAYEkUyDiRQ5j6y38ioPztrzy5ieAtGXnt50CYU5b-v3HYd5W4dRRxQ2TXBrktouoFVJoo40UaQAKXjLejHXF8d4H/s320/Audience+attentively+listtening+Governor+speech.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546578647034810162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidATnYilsB2L7SdG2rekr0mr617yzmXWfO3V1NWRtMcTKsKSsjG70e7-Jim5e4lBye__V0gL4BvoUAZddzDd8eLP-adeQ6-N-mlAsCb6kbRczKYeP262K2-Zd2zKnY2HToRd4XfeFgDNin/s1600/DHO+Presenting+speech.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidATnYilsB2L7SdG2rekr0mr617yzmXWfO3V1NWRtMcTKsKSsjG70e7-Jim5e4lBye__V0gL4BvoUAZddzDd8eLP-adeQ6-N-mlAsCb6kbRczKYeP262K2-Zd2zKnY2HToRd4XfeFgDNin/s320/DHO+Presenting+speech.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546579926850401026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />DHO, Hunza-Nagar Doctor Muhammad Iqbal is presenting facts and demands for the headquarter hospital.</span> </span><br />He demanded for hospital cafeteria,laundry, labor room facility, residential quarters for medical officers and other staff members, up gradation to 50-bedded facility,additional ambulances and fuel, immediate creation and recruitment on position." Despite of my efforts to fill the necessary positions, no response was given by health and services department," he added.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIqxA0oXAdwNspzWEuxQ-i8c2jcTevpwz19cz6qlnPgZTyJu2iLmfZ08qrOo3KcavwsKDFNMT5sYaVBBQgnIXMeu0e40DLLyy1kSHrPh6KiJYm9eD5umn1SgolBRXGbdoDN3TzoHiz8Tx/s1600/Audience+at+DHQH+Aliabad+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIqxA0oXAdwNspzWEuxQ-i8c2jcTevpwz19cz6qlnPgZTyJu2iLmfZ08qrOo3KcavwsKDFNMT5sYaVBBQgnIXMeu0e40DLLyy1kSHrPh6KiJYm9eD5umn1SgolBRXGbdoDN3TzoHiz8Tx/s320/Audience+at+DHQH+Aliabad+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546588053743944722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3q4_xkc8g4TX4_Mmvckg3IeVY9YnICPSdUKKjTfEyGrmFsXOG_iXpQ15f3f1ngcMdrN2BcfKzU9VzLKoDBWgcvOHMcyFokF8QUnAV1LKSh8sRGIF1haI6pRrK8mRqO1S_PMNg0KKoaQOD/s1600/Dr.Khan%2527s+inugrural+speech+pic+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3q4_xkc8g4TX4_Mmvckg3IeVY9YnICPSdUKKjTfEyGrmFsXOG_iXpQ15f3f1ngcMdrN2BcfKzU9VzLKoDBWgcvOHMcyFokF8QUnAV1LKSh8sRGIF1haI6pRrK8mRqO1S_PMNg0KKoaQOD/s320/Dr.Khan%2527s+inugrural+speech+pic+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546589045771173890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Doctor Ali Khan is thanking governor for his visit to inaugurate and public for participation extension unit at DHQ hospital, Aliabad, Hunza.</span><br /><br />Speaking to the occasion, interim speaker said that despite of his appointment for a short time, he would continue to work for the betterment of the region as par authrority allows. He applauded Gilgit-Baltistan Works and Power Department (GBPWD) for proper monitoring of project to get complete within allocated development fund in a short span of time. He said that mere attractive building without proper staff would be a joke and ordered Secretary health to propose immediate recruitment of necessary staff for the medical care unit. He said that from today's onward, people of Hunza-Nagar District would avail quality health facilities along with medical check up from qualified physicians.<br />He said that President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani wants bring Gilgit-Baltistan equal to other provinces saying the recent visit of Chief Minister with degnitories to China was an idication of honor from centre.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdBREcGth4kAC2n5thyphenhyphenxktNrsVC47TdP9_bnmTlZexxGpthsavj1rOtv0XnwHDs8ccXr2MQeku5OcRp_6P-LxfE_C6RMPMolraQwT6-yrq007mmDJct6FPFuL-GISZfbGnwunZRXWdUDJ/s1600/Speaker+Speech+Pic+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdBREcGth4kAC2n5thyphenhyphenxktNrsVC47TdP9_bnmTlZexxGpthsavj1rOtv0XnwHDs8ccXr2MQeku5OcRp_6P-LxfE_C6RMPMolraQwT6-yrq007mmDJct6FPFuL-GISZfbGnwunZRXWdUDJ/s320/Speaker+Speech+Pic+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546591618246507618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4NJBHrtIp_-1oqVhOh2MtXFGwawQY8ZOt9PHjzqVx_vEHacqVuqD_RdYVNyfcWjLdL92wpaaWf0mJPMzhjPVf0zBNtWrYrqh_PVoDq3ULsD5U0W0777O0W1XNY9R1ccJGWMwtJj8e2Jo/s1600/Governor+speech+deliverance.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4NJBHrtIp_-1oqVhOh2MtXFGwawQY8ZOt9PHjzqVx_vEHacqVuqD_RdYVNyfcWjLdL92wpaaWf0mJPMzhjPVf0zBNtWrYrqh_PVoDq3ULsD5U0W0777O0W1XNY9R1ccJGWMwtJj8e2Jo/s320/Governor+speech+deliverance.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546592835663867042" border="0" /></a>Meanwhile, expressing his views on the occasion regarding the delay in allocation of head quarter site for district he rolled out any resistance from Hunza in case people of Nagar want to allocate space in their jurisdiction saying both populations have similar language, culture and tradition. " People of Hunza would assume it a honor to see Nagar a developed area," he added. He said that he is working for the benefit of region according to his capacity as vice chairman while prime minister of the country functions as Chairman Gilgit-Baltisatan council.<br />He said that in order to ensure benefit of Banazir Income Support Progaramme (BISP) to pass on to grass root a comprehensive survay is being undertaken by Aga Khan Rural Supprt Programme ( AKRSP) which has been given end of December as deadline. He said that BISP aims to facilitate families with poor income sources. He further said that Wattan card scheme would help repair properties damaged during heavy rains and subsequent floods.<br />He claimed that cheques of around 14 million were distributed among disaster hit population at Altit makeshift camps as the initial relief and rehibilitation package. He announced a basic health unit for Salman abad hamlet, a village in near proximity of Attabad disaster site.<br />He said that real source of power was the masses saying this was the thier support during ellections that enabled him to serve them as interim governor cum speaker. He emphasized youth to focus on their career building saying their hard work would yeild benifits for both their families and the region a like.<br />The existing ten bedded hospital was established by British in 1928. This was the only second hospital with that in Gilgit agency. PC-4 project was proposed during former PPP regime and got completed in the same government.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Doors of opportunities about to open for talented youth; self accountability, constant improvement and struggle for best the essence of Iqbal's thoughts;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> intellect helped </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">human being to develope from stone to modern age, </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">teachers must focus on career building of students: Wazir Baig</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;" >VoH Report</span><br /></span></div>Hunza, Karimabad, November 26: We have inspiring potential in terms of natural and human resources and its appropriate use will help develop a sustainable ethical society; self accountability, constant improvement and struggle for the best was one aspect of Allama Iqbal's philosophical thoughts. These views were expressed by Wazir Baig Interim Governor and Speaker Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly during his visit to function organized by F.G.Girls Inter College, Karimabad to mark Iqbal day. He was accompanied by deputy secretary to governor Safder Khan, deputy commissioner Hunza-Nagar Zafar Waqar Taj, President PPP Hunza chapter Fida Karim, finance secretary Aman, principal F.B. Degree college Aliabad and other officials of local administration.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6hYtiV2O2Da0OYI4APeplnkMg-ruF99Qb_6iJGSGdO_3LWejOMEKeo0o8BZXHdNECYave4NM8cWTxeh9LNHYyUpyJ-cs_bZ-HFMG8U6w5GU-j9uLJzPoADy91O_zB5hsDXx9IH4BeDoJ/s1600/Audience+listening+to+governor+at+girls+college.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6hYtiV2O2Da0OYI4APeplnkMg-ruF99Qb_6iJGSGdO_3LWejOMEKeo0o8BZXHdNECYave4NM8cWTxeh9LNHYyUpyJ-cs_bZ-HFMG8U6w5GU-j9uLJzPoADy91O_zB5hsDXx9IH4BeDoJ/s320/Audience+listening+to+governor+at+girls+college.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546596590809429490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gVU2DkjVJmFJxD_vJ8DaLJj2l63T0lhtfJLerAQQkhC3IEOtB7sAJePKvlwZHXgSCMAdQvUJHJo61M-pKvukBJiaXIvZahoj9-HdrEB7tKCGbdv9FFssEwV1DWRF9bEJdu9N7FSmkv18/s1600/Aga+Khan+Higher+Sec+school+speaker+and+winner.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gVU2DkjVJmFJxD_vJ8DaLJj2l63T0lhtfJLerAQQkhC3IEOtB7sAJePKvlwZHXgSCMAdQvUJHJo61M-pKvukBJiaXIvZahoj9-HdrEB7tKCGbdv9FFssEwV1DWRF9bEJdu9N7FSmkv18/s320/Aga+Khan+Higher+Sec+school+speaker+and+winner.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546598527256812066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The theme of event was " Hayat Zoque Safar Kay Siva kutch oar Nahi" and was attended by a large number of governoment officials, students and teachers of government and private colleges and members of civil society.<br />The function was arranged in two sessions, the first included speech competition followed by Kalam-e-Iqbal recitation. Presenters also entertained audiences with Qawaliz and poems having taste and culture. Speakers of speech completion shed life on Iqbal's poetry saying Iqbal, the Hakeem (genius) in Muslim history, had remedy for their adversaries." Allama Iqbal was poet of all times and forced every soul to find the way towards light," said a participants. Speakers stressed on hard and continuous work saying sustainable nations have belief on self improvement and struggle for the better.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqcTjh9QBRy8oq8yLDt1OeDB9rfXZ_M6vqlXPtRNPChMRpjLb_ax35k2fH9iqBc8n7XS-fraC6JGxd_EUOjeQfcjORfhgAAHrK1Qd4IheNG_LCOniOu44KJdfY1k9c_S2xzwhIN6m1cR6/s1600/Wazir+speaking.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqcTjh9QBRy8oq8yLDt1OeDB9rfXZ_M6vqlXPtRNPChMRpjLb_ax35k2fH9iqBc8n7XS-fraC6JGxd_EUOjeQfcjORfhgAAHrK1Qd4IheNG_LCOniOu44KJdfY1k9c_S2xzwhIN6m1cR6/s320/Wazir+speaking.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546599903146816610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfwsX2sl8f2Lv7sdC5kKxiMyZkrBYh8EvG7U1flSig7uLPYSwWnt5rUOCBP1Vs5aQqK6ZSgy_4t2r19ruer3p1jHGYE3kTOkKQuGe-qLhW0CJGG2B4zd6sGCpC-yzw6isguiuWOUcK1sq/s1600/Speaker+3+at+GIC.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfwsX2sl8f2Lv7sdC5kKxiMyZkrBYh8EvG7U1flSig7uLPYSwWnt5rUOCBP1Vs5aQqK6ZSgy_4t2r19ruer3p1jHGYE3kTOkKQuGe-qLhW0CJGG2B4zd6sGCpC-yzw6isguiuWOUcK1sq/s320/Speaker+3+at+GIC.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546601185988609618" border="0" /></a><br />Speaking to the event Mr. Wazir said that we have hidden talent in our youth and that is on us how we change it to our strength. He said," essence of Iqbal's philosophy lies in enlightenment of thought, self accountability and change for the better". He said that it was use of human intellect that enabled human kind to leave the stone and evolve into modern age. He asserted that teachers are more respectful than real parents saying it was teacher who develop a young soul to a genius. He said that doors of opportunities are opening to the talented youth to play their role in both regional and country's development.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1aDgwvir2P1jiVOC65E9xkxwwpQsBJ3AqREsDnaK9nYvzCVykF-ETul1PAKhZ5UrTCYuL0Ryc68TM1Hlt5EH8nPakDo_GJ0ljV0TFuqqM0D3gaWz8ylfPny19wllA3SHpz-NJAW1BHXD/s1600/2nd+Collective+Picture+of+Girls+Inter+College.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1aDgwvir2P1jiVOC65E9xkxwwpQsBJ3AqREsDnaK9nYvzCVykF-ETul1PAKhZ5UrTCYuL0Ryc68TM1Hlt5EH8nPakDo_GJ0ljV0TFuqqM0D3gaWz8ylfPny19wllA3SHpz-NJAW1BHXD/s400/2nd+Collective+Picture+of+Girls+Inter+College.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546623355456730322" border="0" /></a>He qouted surah Ikhlas of Holy Quran saying universe is limitless and it was proper development and use of intellect, education, reasoning and scientific pursuit that enabled human kind to discover God's creations, that remained in vail in past centuries. He said that one of the reasons of our sufferings was deviation from the message of hard work, to balance material and spiritual words and self esteem saying running behind world only begets mental stress and discomfort. He emphasized new generation to devote themselves for their curricular, co-curricular activities as well as character building. " Our one sided pursuits, even higher accomplishments without building on good character is an odd for one's own personality and society simultaneously.He emphasized students to follow the principles described by Poet of East, doctor Allama Iqbal in his brainstorming thoughts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIjWfvm9xzKRm0jAVFqQISK6HwddisZKo1vsd48IW9IG2wvNc2W8ZiH23G7aIseV9Y0K_Ch-FHFiM-pa6mOfFwNVTqtz3BcILmotK72Xn6iE1s2EvAdix12p9tsYZUiiI1gGH7bGZn0pO/s1600/Collective+Picture+of+Citation+Certificate+distribution.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 555px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIjWfvm9xzKRm0jAVFqQISK6HwddisZKo1vsd48IW9IG2wvNc2W8ZiH23G7aIseV9Y0K_Ch-FHFiM-pa6mOfFwNVTqtz3BcILmotK72Xn6iE1s2EvAdix12p9tsYZUiiI1gGH7bGZn0pO/s400/Collective+Picture+of+Citation+Certificate+distribution.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546623934269644786" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hunza: Interim governor, speaker Mr. Baig is distributing citation certificates among teachers at Govt girls Inter college, Karimabad.</span></span><br /><br />He said that PPP's led coalition government both at center and Gilgit-Baltistan was aware to the needs of the people saying GB government is working on warfootings and facilitating new initiatives to ensure quality education in collabration with privte sector. He said that GB government has facilitated a mega 14 million dollar project signed between Australian government and Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) aimed to improve education standard, facilities and construction of disaster hazards free structures. "Another milestone of GB government was its proposed new institution with the name of Mountain School of Professional Studies to develpe and maintain human capital," he added.<br />He further said that working of more than half a dozen degree colleges both in Public and private sector was a sign that people of Hunza were following the message to poet of East saying hard work is needed to keep pace with outside dynamic world.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TK_CsN9-LAm-SzYW0Kql62aNf7fm5-nUjNDy7bePvyFf4iqMdcHAfFEOCNrbF2A-WswgC4LrUG1VEZwYWz6Pq0Sfi5uhSMpIWdtd_WilaBCfoQrW3Ot2bBfiFfaM38a1IDzzV1idUgqT/s1600/Governor+visiting+Stalls.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 563px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TK_CsN9-LAm-SzYW0Kql62aNf7fm5-nUjNDy7bePvyFf4iqMdcHAfFEOCNrbF2A-WswgC4LrUG1VEZwYWz6Pq0Sfi5uhSMpIWdtd_WilaBCfoQrW3Ot2bBfiFfaM38a1IDzzV1idUgqT/s400/Governor+visiting+Stalls.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546624390056686370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Hunza: Mr. Baig inspecting stalls and scientific projects prepared by students in the Girls college premises.</span></span><br />Deputy commissioner Hunza-Nagar Zafar Waqar Taj speaking to the occasion said that zest among the youth towards literature of our national icons was applaudable. He emphasized students to implement message of iqbal in their lives to attain self actualization. Mr. Wazir donated Rs. 100,000 for the development of college facilities.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_JMWodzsyczkgvNs7xxkI-CLsegGPPk2Omn9KYUB-xxlMAsOt0U_1u0wV0wZGomO0dBHYEAm5Hjp8Gy-JFpjzyd2JLkp_rVz3afr2wNolYG6ulwAgYL5In809asxceil8hhqYHHNMc1M/s1600/Perver+pic+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 488px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_JMWodzsyczkgvNs7xxkI-CLsegGPPk2Omn9KYUB-xxlMAsOt0U_1u0wV0wZGomO0dBHYEAm5Hjp8Gy-JFpjzyd2JLkp_rVz3afr2wNolYG6ulwAgYL5In809asxceil8hhqYHHNMc1M/s400/Perver+pic+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546626059405047218" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hunza: Mrs. Maher parver, function in charge paying thanks to chief guest and other participants in the end of programme.</span></span><br /><br />Interim governor in the end gave away prices to winner participants in speech and Kalam recitation. In speech competition, Rani Meher remained winner and Bashir Ahmed stood as runner up. While in Kalam-e-Iqbal recitation, Shahina Big of Hasagawa Memorial Public School and Shahida of Sedna Public School and College secured first and second positions respectively.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cheques of Rs. 200,000 distributed among 141 Attaabad land slide affected families; seismic proof economy shelter homes for affectees in future: Governor</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">VoH Report</span></span><br /></div>HUNZA, Altit, November 25; Interim Governor and Speaker Wazir Baig distributed cheques of Rs. 200,000 as a portion from relief package out of Rs. 630,000 per affected 141 families of Attaabad and Sarat hamlet. Former governor Qamar Zaman Kaira and then Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shahg had pledged to pay the package in the third quarter of the current year. Nevertheless, scarcity of funds on backdrop of heavy flesh floods across Gilgit Baltistan and rest of the country caused a delay in fulfillment of the promises. Affectees of Attaabad disaster were kept in makeshift camps at Altit and with passage of time their difficulties increased. Despite of voice over lack of facilities in form of clean drinking water, fire wood and LPG to cater their household requirements both from NGOs and even from government especially during and after summer torrential rains remained unheard. Consequently, many families managed to shift to affordable houses in Hunza to escape winter season. While most of them are still waiting for proper rehabilitation. Amidst anxieties and uncertainties among affected families of these camps, interim governor's visit will serve to heal their wounds.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Local media persons congratulates Baig; </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Baig directs authorities to allocate quota for HNR journalists in VIP and cross border moment</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">VoH Report</span><br />Hunza, Karimabad, Nov.25: Media persons of Hunza-Nagar met Interim governor and Speaker Gilgit-Baltistan Wazir Baig on Thursday, here at Karimabad. Mr. Baig assured local media persons for a proportionate and issued directions to deputy secretary to Govenor Safdar Khan to work out a proportionate qouta in this regard to adress the concerns of local journalists.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSuvgFXcM0fNVRtBi27cIBenBti4MH3IX56Ct7IDDOHrN0JEK0gk6mw2uPqO7YxdKy4CCNI1PKs6qyFDiCuVBIS4sjPsh-D8vD0_B66oXbWiajm3i63-_j6ynkFm-YPlmoB-DM8yniDP0/s1600/Governor+assures+media+persons+for+the+demands.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 513px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSuvgFXcM0fNVRtBi27cIBenBti4MH3IX56Ct7IDDOHrN0JEK0gk6mw2uPqO7YxdKy4CCNI1PKs6qyFDiCuVBIS4sjPsh-D8vD0_B66oXbWiajm3i63-_j6ynkFm-YPlmoB-DM8yniDP0/s400/Governor+assures+media+persons+for+the+demands.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546632728946131282" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hunza: Interim Governor, Speaker GBLA discussion problems faced by local journalist community during a meeting here at Karimabad. Deputy Commissioner Zafar Waqar Taj is also present on the occasion. Photo by:Shamsuddin Muhmmad<br /><br /></span></span>Representitives of internationals, national and regional media congratulated interim governor for appointment vowed to support every move of current government aims to foster integrity, mutual respect and development both at grass root and institution level. They also call upon governor and accompying authorities to facilitate with a temporary building for Hunza-Nagar press club. Acting governor assured journalists for possible facilitation on priority basis.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >Interim Governor due on Thursday</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">VoH Report</span><br /></div>Hunza, November 24: Interim Governor, Speaker and member Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Wazir Baig is expected to reach Hunza on his three day visit on Thursday morning. According to party sources, Wazir will be an unofficial visit and accompanied by only few officials keeping in view worsening law and order situation in Gilgit, regional capital. Party leadership, Hunza chapter will receive him at Nasirabad bridge to bring Aliabad, his home town. During his three day visit, interim governor will meet delegations from different localities. On second and third day, he is expected to participate in educational programmes followed by inauguration of PC-4 30 beded medicare unit in Head Quarter Hospital, Aliabad, respectively.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Delay in compensation of KKH-ACAKKH warns for inter district series of protest</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">VoH Report</span><br /></div>HUNZA, Aliabad, November 22: An emergency meeting of Action Committee Affectees Karakorum High Way (ACAKKH) was held in a local hotel, here at Aliabad on Sunday. The meeting was presided by Muhammad Hussain advocate, Chairman action committee, Hunza-Nagar district. Participants including Imamdad,Baba Jan, Haji Rehmat Ali, Ahsan Ali, Fida, Akhtar Amin, Amanullah Khan, Naeemullah Baig, Jan Alam, Haji Rehbar Hussain, Saleem Khan, Muhammad Abbas Thai,Meherban Ali, Safdar Hussain, Muhammad Ayub and Attaullah Baig criticized on delay in implementation of Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah's directives for the payment to affectees who were waiting for compensation for of KKH expansion project. Mr. Shah had announced September 20, 2010 as the deadline for payment of compensation against their properties.speakers slammed local bureaucracy and political administration for negligence to issue saying authorities were busy to fill their pockets, instead.<br />A resolution was unanimously passed where in: in time and appropriate compensation was demanded. Failure to pay appropriate and in time or further delay in compensation package, sever protest will be resulted albait intervention in construction work on KKH and suspension of traffic across district, resultion reads. </div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-24466216074884144822010-12-03T15:13:00.003-06:002010-12-03T15:36:54.481-06:00GB News: Click here for new issue of [November 22-Nov.29]<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Acting Governor Gilgit-Baltistan calls on Pervaiz Ashraf </span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">VoH Monitor</span><br /></div>ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP): Acting Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Wazir<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma9NLWrLFoB_w5QNBxxpOJBPVJlrlPgZEbw7lrXQU-ykgu3F89EHVt0vcfOuFI7SN0Pjfdrd1Jkp7oDrYEAYhmqqb8xS-BTxQHlzIQ52y4U5vnRATzdCxIPoQXo1Yc9M-GsPL1PSw0tdj/s1600/Wzir+baig+speaker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma9NLWrLFoB_w5QNBxxpOJBPVJlrlPgZEbw7lrXQU-ykgu3F89EHVt0vcfOuFI7SN0Pjfdrd1Jkp7oDrYEAYhmqqb8xS-BTxQHlzIQ52y4U5vnRATzdCxIPoQXo1Yc9M-GsPL1PSw0tdj/s200/Wzir+baig+speaker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546572334305329602" border="0" /></a> Baig called on Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf here on Friday and congratulated him on getting funds from America for Sadpara and Diamar Basha dams. Wazir Baig was accompanied by Deputy Speaker Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Jameel Ahmad.<br />He also asked the minister to hold talks with China for completion of Bonji dam. He said the timely completion of those dams would not only facilitate the people of Gilgit-Baltistan but would also help meet power shortage in Pakistan.<br />The Acting Governor said that efforts should also be made for getting funds from Asian Development Bank for Hassan Abad, Hunza Power House. He said the Power House besides providing electricity to the local population would be a source of facilitating tourists. The minister assured him that the Pakistan government would make all-out efforts to address the genuine demands of Gilgit-Baltistan people.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:130%;" >Batogah, Chilas-energy crisis halts socio-ecomic activites; public circles calls for immediate but longstanding redmedy</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">VoH Report</span><br /></div>CHILAS, November 25: (Alamgir Khan) Energy crisis followed by frequent technical faults in generator of Batogah hydro power generation plant has brought socio-economic activities across the Chilas,Diamer district headquarter.According to our correspondent, hydro-power energy crisis have reached zenith coupled with frequent interruption on alternate days supply schedule leaving most of district headquarter chilas and outskirts. Notables, Hussain Ahmed, Najeebullah, Shah Makeen, Javed Ahmed and Hafeezurrah man has called upon GB administration to resolve issue immediately. They said that prototyped temporary remedy through repairing existing low capacity generator has had given little benefit. " Either generator or turbine goes out of order within few months of repair and purchase of new equipment was necessary to cater the needs," they added. Public circles have warned concerned authorities for street protest if their demands were not addressed in time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >One died, two critically injured in cross firing </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">VoH Report</span><br /></div>GILGIT, November 24: At least one person died and two injured critically when unidentified armed men opened fire in a tea shop in Basin road limits on Teusday morning. Polic sources confirmed one death while rest two were reported critically injured. After the incident, law enforcement agencies deployed extra check posts to embark on armed search operation in Western limits, increasingly becoming red zone.<br />Media circles in their reports had warned of such incidents duing and after Eid celebrations. Yet, both government and intelligence agencies incompetence resulted into mishap spreading anxiety and fear across the city.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Winter at bay, reciprocal impact-Decrease in temperature and increase in prices of fabrics, sweaters, coats,attracts public to Landa Bazar</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">VoH Report</span><br /></div>GILGIT, November 22:Decrease in temperature and a reciprocal increase in prices of fabrics, sweaters, coats and socks attracting even those belonging to affluent families. The tendency is the result of mutifaceted factors: low quality in first hand wear items due to increase in production costs, higher prices than lowering income brackets, dual brand items with the same lable and least appeal to mountainous zest. While, public interest in second hand items, mostly imported from China can be traced in their durablity, low prices and suitably designed for mountain communities. Chines products with lesser prices have dominated most of the markets from fabrics to general items, leaving products of foreign countries, and even Pakistan in hot waters.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBV7dkpZ7WuKkQdA0QG_WJ7yBRl3a-eWNIEmAECrtkeLbxqhENl2WkJoZL06VSXZCXPIa81HE_taGVppjTFhoPLFh5BEc7GCk0fVjKLn_Juwe_FRQi7UoLNOvuZt4AjCc0cVctx5TSHNlj/s1600/SP_A2025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 585px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBV7dkpZ7WuKkQdA0QG_WJ7yBRl3a-eWNIEmAECrtkeLbxqhENl2WkJoZL06VSXZCXPIa81HE_taGVppjTFhoPLFh5BEc7GCk0fVjKLn_Juwe_FRQi7UoLNOvuZt4AjCc0cVctx5TSHNlj/s400/SP_A2025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534683793637749458" border="0" /></a>On the other hand, influx of customers in such Landa markets have serve to made the venders increse in prices of such second hand products, slightly.<br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-82085760489343223342010-12-03T14:49:00.002-06:002010-12-03T14:55:04.951-06:00Editorial: Need of hour [Nov. 22-Nov.29]<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"><a href="http://voiceofhunza.blogspot.com/">VoH<br /></a></div>Talking to media men, minister for health, Gilgit-Baltistan Council Haji Gulbar has said that irregularities in public sector especially there was a dire need to bridle Gilgit-Balistan Works and Power Department (GBPWD). He further blamed this department officials for using tactics to delay developmental projects specifically Diamer district hospital for which in spite of appropriation of around 3 million addenda could not be completed even after five months of completion deadline. Similar voices came from top officials including Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan and GB council ministers to keep the bridle in the nose of this unrestricted department. Though, not a single department in GB is free from corruption yet, according to recent report of Transparency international, GB Power and Works department retained second position after AGPR (GB) followed by police department in years ranking. Tyrannically, the announcement for improvement and check and balance system in these golden sparrow departments,aforementioned were never got success either due to lack of will on part of political administration or poor coordination from line departments. While bureaucracy have had played a role of spectator, facilitating the situation go worse from bad.<br />It can be suggested to those in helm of power and authority, especially related to Power and Works department and regional bureaucracy to take things seriously to prove them real public servants devoting their lives to reduce sufferings by exploiting available resources. Failure to do so would lead to bring masses into street a way to create law and order situation, chaos and anxiety in society.<br /><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-16025144293701882492010-12-03T13:13:00.015-06:002011-09-07T09:47:56.197-05:00National News:: Click here to read new Issue of[ November 22-Nov.29]<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Sunni Ittehad ‘long march’ reaches Data Darbar</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">VoH News Watch</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;">LAHORE, Nov. 29: Participants of the ‘Save Pakistan Long March’, launched in protest against </span><span style="font-family:arial;">terror attacks on shrines, safely reached Data Darbar here on Sunday night.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The march organized by some groups belonging to the Barelvi school of thought under the umbrella </span><span style="font-family:arial;">of Sunni Ittehad Council set off for Lahore from the Bari Imam shrine in Islamabad on Saturday </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and after passing through Jhelum, Gujrat and Gujranwala, terminated at its destination </span><span style="font-family:arial;">peacefully.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gA-kx2eofzeNXq7Vd0xZOMrpLSZ7BNU0MzsaqJF58HUTsaMPsA-8pitIDanmUXkW7vaXio9qjMR5_Mh31pzcGlKQqyUJL8PiZYvgXojMA2k0IxFAZ-yDGCvPm2IYwn1GoqkNL-XNKcRS/s1600/sunni-ittehad.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 503px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gA-kx2eofzeNXq7Vd0xZOMrpLSZ7BNU0MzsaqJF58HUTsaMPsA-8pitIDanmUXkW7vaXio9qjMR5_Mh31pzcGlKQqyUJL8PiZYvgXojMA2k0IxFAZ-yDGCvPm2IYwn1GoqkNL-XNKcRS/s400/sunni-ittehad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546664410815342994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The participation in the car rally, however, was not very high because the Punjab government had </span><span style="font-family:arial;">detained scores of religious leaders on Saturday.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">In Rawalpindi, police barricaded the Grand Trunk Road and fought a ‘brick battle’ with activists </span><span style="font-family:arial;">before allowing them to proceed towards Lahore.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">However, the rally participants did not face hurdles during the rest of the journey and were </span><span style="font-family:arial;">given receptions in almost every town and city on the way. Strict security measures were taken to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">meet any eventuality.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In Lahore, police cordoned off Hazrat Ali Hajveri’s mausoleum, known popularly as Data Darbar, at </span><span style="font-family:arial;">3pm and traffic on roads leading to it was blocked. At least 1,000 security personnel were </span><span style="font-family:arial;">deputed around the shrine.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The protesters were asked to get off their vehicles when they reached Azadi Chowk and requested </span><span style="font-family:arial;">to go to Data Darbar on foot.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">However, MNA Fazl Karim, former federal minister Haji Hanif Tayyab and Sunni Tehrik’s Sarwat Ijaz </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Qadri were allowed to go to Data Darbar on their vehicles.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Outside the shrine, the Ulema delivered short speeches vowing to oppose those creating </span><span style="font-family:arial;">lawlessness in the name of Jihad. They also pledged to resist repeal of the blasphemy law.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">share save 120 16 Sunni Ittehad ‘long march’ reaches Data Darbar. Courtesy: Dawn</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Pakistan Christian Congress Files Petition in UN to release Asia Bibi</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Monitoring Report</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;">New York: December 2, 2010. (PCP) Dr. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAk0AbtBvxDNXS_niJ8jTPGXgdIESEpGpdAFRbjq_6U3-4vF-dynEM_uBJFcM2vsRoO-xl0wtDoKy4mXsU_PFxiA5_HQTJCgAyg3y-dQ3R2-3UXNCZ3OMKu2pRI33BIU4CT4xA-noJpd5A/s1600/Nazir-Bhatti.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAk0AbtBvxDNXS_niJ8jTPGXgdIESEpGpdAFRbjq_6U3-4vF-dynEM_uBJFcM2vsRoO-xl0wtDoKy4mXsU_PFxiA5_HQTJCgAyg3y-dQ3R2-3UXNCZ3OMKu2pRI33BIU4CT4xA-noJpd5A/s200/Nazir-Bhatti.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546654321133482162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Nazir S Bhatti, President, Pakistan Christian Congress PCC </span><span style="font-family:arial;">filed a petition for immediate release of Asia Bibi and repeal of Blasphemy law in Pakistan.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five, was sentenced to death by ADSJ of Nankana on accusation of </span><span style="font-family:arial;">blasphemy filed in Saddar Police Station on complain of local mosque Imam of village Ittanwali.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In his petition, Dr, Nazir Bhatti have invited attention of Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of </span><span style="font-family:arial;">United Nation on safety of life of Asia Bibi in Seikhupura jail and submitted dozens of incidents </span><span style="font-family:arial;">of killing of Christians in police or jail custody who were accused of blasphemy.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">Nazir Bhatti have feared that Asia Bibi can not have fair trial in Pakistan when Muslim religious </span><span style="font-family:arial;">groups and Islamic political parties are daily protesting and demanding death for Asia Bibi in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">public gatherings to pressurize higher courts.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">Nazir Bhatti have appealed to Mr. Ban Ki-Moon to press upon government of Pakistan to repeal </span><span style="font-family:arial;">blasphemy law because its contradictory to Declaration of Universal Human Rights of United </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Nations on which Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a signatory state.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-family:arial;">Here are full content of appeal to UN:</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;">Mr. Ban Ki-Moon,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;">Secretary General, United Nations,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;">New York.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Release of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother sentenced to death on accusation of blasphemy and Repeal </span><span style="font-family:arial;">of Blasphemy Law in Pakistan</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">His Excellency,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I, the undersigned Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC wish to draw your </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">kind attention on victimization of Christian under blasphemy law and rising violence against </span><span style="font-family:arial;">religious minorities in Islamic Republic of Pakistan.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The death sentence to Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five children, resident of village </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Ittanwali, on accusation of blasphemy on November 8, 2010, by Additional District and Session </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Judge Seikhupura, Mohammad Naveed Iqbal, have sparked wave of fear of life and property among </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Christians.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The blasphemy law in Asia Bibi case was also used to settle petty dispute among Muslim neighbor </span><span style="font-family:arial;">woman and victim, like hundreds of other blasphemy cases registered in Pakistan from 1988-2010.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">According to National Commission on Justice and Peace NCJP, an esteemed establishment of Catholic </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Church in Pakistan, more than 974 cases have been filed from 1986 to 2009, against individuals of </span><span style="font-family:arial;">religious minorities under section 295 B and C of Pakistan Penal Code. The Section 295-C of b</span><span style="font-family:arial;">lasphemy law was introduced in the Pakistan Penal Code in 1986. Under this Section, any person </span><span style="font-family:arial;">guilty of defiling the name of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has made liable to suffer life </span><span style="font-family:arial;">imprisonment or death. Later, in 1991, instead of life imprisonment, capital punishment was </span><span style="font-family:arial;">inducted under the direction of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">According to Ahamdi Muslims, who were declared non-Muslim with 4th Amendment in constitution of </span><span style="font-family:arial;">1973, of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, more than 250 individuals of Ahmadi Muslims have been </span><span style="font-family:arial;">charged under Section 295-C PPC from year 1988-2009, in Pakistan.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">On November 18, 2010, Latif Masih aged 22, was granted bail after five months of imprisonment for </span><span style="font-family:arial;">"blasphemy" for allegedly burning pages of the Qur'an, was shot dead in Punjab.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The Islamic extremists are taking law in their hands and murdering Christians falsely accused in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">blasphemy in broad day light to win heaven for them. It is on record that radical elements gunned </span><span style="font-family:arial;">downed Pastor Emmanuel and his brother Sajjid in compound of District Courts Faisalabad, when </span><span style="font-family:arial;">brought in police escort for hearing in blasphemy case on July 19, 2010.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">On July 30, 2009, hundreds of members of banned Muslim organizations, torched Christian homes and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">burned alive seven Christian women and children in Gojra City in Punjab province of Pakistan. The </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Muslim mob set on fire hundreds of homes and vandalized Churches in village Korian Bahminwali in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Punjab on pretext to blasphemy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">On September 16, 2009, Robert Danish, a Christian youth was killed in Sialkot Central Jail in a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">security cell waiting for trial in a blasphemy case.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The Islamic militants gunned down Justice Arif Iqbal Hussain Bhatti of Lahore High Court on </span><span style="font-family:arial;">October 19, 1997, in his office on acquitting two people who were accused of blasphemy.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">On June 5, 1994, a blasphemy accused Manzoor Masih died on the spot in front of Lahore High Court </span><span style="font-family:arial;">when Islamic elements attacked him.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Bantu Masih, 80, and Mukhtar Masih, 50, were arrested on the allegation of committing blasphemy </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and stabbed to death in Police Station in city of Lahore. Tahir Iqbal facing sentence in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">blasphemy was killed in Lahore Distict Jail on July 7, 1991. A Christian teacher Niamat Ahmar was </span><span style="font-family:arial;">also killed by Islamic extremists on accusation of blasphemy law.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;">His Excellency,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The millions of Pakistani Christian fear that Asia Bibi is not safe in Pakistan like many other </span><span style="font-family:arial;">blasphemy victims gunned down by the hands of religious fanatics. It is noteworthy that Asia Bibi </span><span style="font-family:arial;">can not have a fair trial in Pakistan when Muslim religious groups and Islamic political parties </span><span style="font-family:arial;">are holding protest rallies and demanding death for her and pressurizing courts.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I must submit reference of an article by one prominent Pakistani Christian Lawyer Naeem Shakir, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">who terms Article 2, of constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan as: “The religion (Islam) </span><span style="font-family:arial;">was introduced in the socio-political corpus through an Objectives Resolution, which has served </span><span style="font-family:arial;">as a preamble to all the three Constitutions of 1956, 1962 and 1973. This resolution, while </span><span style="font-family:arial;">speaking for Islam, however, in a sixth paragraph, provided that "an adequate provision shall be </span><span style="font-family:arial;">made for the minorities freely to profess and practice their religion and develop their culture". </span><span style="font-family:arial;">During the military rule of 1977-1987 the Objectives Resolution which was serving as a preamble </span><span style="font-family:arial;">to the 1973 Constitution was through a Presidential Order made substantive part of the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Constitution by incorporation of Article 2-A: While doing so the word "freely" was deliberately </span><span style="font-family:arial;">deleted from the text. Now it reads as "an adequate provision shall be made for the minorities to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">profess and practice their religion and develop their culture." It was a deliberate and dishonest </span><span style="font-family:arial;">act on the part of the military ruler to delete the word "freely". Earlier in the preamble of the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Constitution of Pakistan, the word freely was present whereas in the new Article 2-A the word </span><span style="font-family:arial;">freely was missing. I think this is a singular example of reading history through prejudice. This </span><span style="font-family:arial;">deliberate deletion later had serious repercussions in our socio-political set-up. It introduced </span><span style="font-family:arial;">an element of religious extremism in our society. And from that point of time the treatment meted </span><span style="font-family:arial;">out to the non-Muslims citizens has been very harsh”</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">His Excellency</span>,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The incidents of abduction and enforced conversions of Christian women and gang rapes have risen </span><span style="font-family:arial;">in Punjab province of Pakistan. The 90% cases of blasphemy have been registered against </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Christians, Ahmadi Muslims and other religious minorities in Punjab province where Pakistan </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Muslim League Nawaz PML(N) rules which legislated capital punishment for Section 295-C PPC, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">during premiership of its leader Mian Nawaz Sharif. The Muslim mob involved in burning alive 7 </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Christian women and Children in Gojra is walking free on streets because culprits are voters of </span><span style="font-family:arial;">PML(N) while Federal Government of Pakistan Peoples Party PPP is silent on injustice towards </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">minorities because its sharing Punjab government.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">There have been armed attacks on Christian worshipers which killed dozens in Churches in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Bahawalpur, Chianwali, Karachi, Sukkur, Peshawar, Islamabad and Rawalpindi like Church in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Baghdad, Iraq. We had attacks on our institutions in Karachi, Murree and Taxila where Christian </span><span style="font-family:arial;">social workers were killed but not a single attackers have been brought before justice.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">Therefore, Pakistani Christians fear their safety of life in Pakistan and government of Islamic </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Republic of Pakistan have failed to adopt necessary security measure for Christians.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;">His Excellency,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The implementation of Hadood Ordinance, Law of Evidence and Compensation and blasphemy law have </span><span style="font-family:arial;">blocked Interfaith Dialogues in Pakistan which is damaging Religious Freedom and spreading hate </span><span style="font-family:arial;">among religions.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The Blasphemy law is contradictory to Universal Declaration of Human Rights of which Islamic </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Republic of Pakistan is a signatory state in United Nations but denies equal basic democratic </span><span style="font-family:arial;">rights for religious minorities in its territories.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Therefore, we appeal to your honor to press upon government of Pakistan to repeal blasphemy law </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and immediately release Asia Bibi.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Thanking you,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Dr. Nazir S Bhatti,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">President, Pakistan Christian Congress PCC</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Source: Pakistan Chiristain Post</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">LHC restrains Zardari from pardoning Aasia</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Monitoring Desk</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;">LAHORE, November 29: The</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5hH3K1yusuKPTpqgjIDS7h6Il2qCyM4OrkDr6I9s4FIWJHujRdbqkoOfMgQ16cdgfkHZ84-64yT2zS3B7TNUjraq3wXYxndO7zVn_dgAWL-kSg7yWSVxkJaB5X3C7-KXqOWCxM5LuhHv/s1600/Zardari+Restraints+Parden+Aasia.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5hH3K1yusuKPTpqgjIDS7h6Il2qCyM4OrkDr6I9s4FIWJHujRdbqkoOfMgQ16cdgfkHZ84-64yT2zS3B7TNUjraq3wXYxndO7zVn_dgAWL-kSg7yWSVxkJaB5X3C7-KXqOWCxM5LuhHv/s400/Zardari+Restraints+Parden+Aasia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546662322469420962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issuing stay order on President Asif </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Ali Zardari from pardoning Aasia Bibi in the blasphemy case has summoned the federation and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Governor Punjab on Dec 6.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The court was hearing a petition by one Shahid Siddiq. The petitioner had requested the court to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">halt the possibility of a pardon for Aasia by President Zardari.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The petitioner’s counsel argued that statements issued by government representatives pertaining </span><span style="font-family:arial;">to the possibility of a presidential pardon were disrespectful of the judiciary.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> According to Article 45 of the Constitution of Pakistan, Aasia Bibi cannot be pardoned as her </span><span style="font-family:arial;">case is sub judice, the petition stated.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The petition further stated that President Zardari does not have the authority to pardon those </span><span style="font-family:arial;">convicted of blasphemy.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the LHC subsequently issued an ad interim order that Aasia could not be released on presidential </span><span style="font-family:arial;">orders as her case was sub judice.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The petitioner also termed Punjab Governor </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Salman Taseer’s call to pardon Aasia as illegal. The </span><span style="font-family:arial;">court’s verdict is against Aasia and Governor Taseer,</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheorUsJPJMMtZHoQoNg556Y3LaCZ-9Px7hzQRjFJuqAbXL3THaG53P9_fkvmQtYjMWNDfHFfYZF0NvLgL8gCUnUxE-Qzxqr6wctzpBvxAj08SwgohL0UxrUrUqhncknLbyT88SRyO3oxY2/s1600/Zardaro.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheorUsJPJMMtZHoQoNg556Y3LaCZ-9Px7hzQRjFJuqAbXL3THaG53P9_fkvmQtYjMWNDfHFfYZF0NvLgL8gCUnUxE-Qzxqr6wctzpBvxAj08SwgohL0UxrUrUqhncknLbyT88SRyO3oxY2/s400/Zardaro.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546662327300665090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> terming her innocent, has called for a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">pardon, which is illegal, the petition stated.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">LHC Chief Justice </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Khawaja Mohammad Sharif after hearing the argument issued stay order and said </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the case is sub judice in Lahore High Court after which it can be brought into the Supreme Court. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">The court further said that till the verdict on the case is made Governor Punjab should restrain </span><span style="font-family:arial;">from any such activity hindering the court procedure and even the President has no authority to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">pardon Aasia bibi.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> The court has therefore sought an explanation of the call for pardon from Governor Taseer and the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">federation by December 6.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;">Rallies against govt's support for Asia Bibi</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Rallies were held in many important cities of Punjab on Sunday,</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YIhpofocYvfHJTuPSX1TGQIVPsqfbgKTdgNwzoo0hZWuuUUHIdQ7zuzUC_vmZhR8FE4p3Yb45sFQH0qMuE68CcGYXXu8wwYJvF1B_q5cb-JubH9_LMUcUGeERwPPPJAZiyGriR9mim3v/s1600/Rallys+against+release+Asia+bib.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YIhpofocYvfHJTuPSX1TGQIVPsqfbgKTdgNwzoo0hZWuuUUHIdQ7zuzUC_vmZhR8FE4p3Yb45sFQH0qMuE68CcGYXXu8wwYJvF1B_q5cb-JubH9_LMUcUGeERwPPPJAZiyGriR9mim3v/s200/Rallys+against+release+Asia+bib.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546663150511928914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> including Lahore, Faisalabad, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Multan Bahawalpur and Sahiwal, against the alleged conspiracies of the rulers to amend Article </span><span style="font-family:arial;">295(C). The rulers wanted to facilitate the release of Asia Bibi convicted for blasphemy.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The demonstrators carried banners, inscribed with various slogans against the government and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Governor Punjab Salman Taseer.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">According to a press release, the speakers while addressing the demonstrators said that rulers </span><span style="font-family:arial;">should fear the wrath of Allah. They said everyone knew the crime committed by Asia but they were </span><span style="font-family:arial;">trying to pave the way for release only please their Western masters.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">They said blasphemy law must be retained and strictly enforced. Source: The Nation</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">US military presence in Quetta denied</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:arial;">Monitoring Desk</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29MQclILGXmCdt1cIyOPTnuhBisFvXzGORlkn9V46qiEuOYQpjpxwmeaA-UutzPtAOj_pjVPfvdxp1UMk8wpjaktw58NyShoHbsUsxmVCjXkLEPo4omvLNAeoWOLvrioAPOrE1mZ7qFM_/s1600/ISPR+Deny+US+milility+presence+iN+Quetta.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29MQclILGXmCdt1cIyOPTnuhBisFvXzGORlkn9V46qiEuOYQpjpxwmeaA-UutzPtAOj_pjVPfvdxp1UMk8wpjaktw58NyShoHbsUsxmVCjXkLEPo4omvLNAeoWOLvrioAPOrE1mZ7qFM_/s200/ISPR+Deny+US+milility+presence+iN+Quetta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546661417951047506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">RAWALPINDI, 28th</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Novembe</span><span style="font-family:arial;">r:</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has denied the news regarding</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the presence of US </span><span style="font-family:arial;">office of the Defense Representative in Pakistan (ODRP) at Quetta.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">“the news report is not correct”, the ISPR spokesman said in a statement released on Saturday.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The spokesman further said that the US Officials however, occasionally visit Quetta to provide </span><span style="font-family:arial;">information and coordinate between ISAF & Pakistan Military whenever the US Forces are conducting </span><span style="font-family:arial;">operations close to the border in Afghanistan.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">US Embassy in Pakistan has also denied the same news report, the spokesman concluded.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;">Another Plane crash in Karachi city near Dalmia; eight died on board including at ground</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Monitoring Report</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;">KARACHI, November 27: Plane Crash in Dalmia, Karachi Exclusive so </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynxXSV7-ghs_QRUJXfAsmuRAUOR3eywPrkAqhHnZfeL8pTcFipFETg7Oo_RpKd_p7u6qaCfHO2wfcAM20bXjGq4-f7W2FD_wIuIIgfui_DBTUaX_ttIxN6xJjKpBxNaqYqsO8avHoUhNg/s1600/Another+PLANE+CRUSH+2nd+picture.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynxXSV7-ghs_QRUJXfAsmuRAUOR3eywPrkAqhHnZfeL8pTcFipFETg7Oo_RpKd_p7u6qaCfHO2wfcAM20bXjGq4-f7W2FD_wIuIIgfui_DBTUaX_ttIxN6xJjKpBxNaqYqsO8avHoUhNg/s200/Another+PLANE+CRUSH+2nd+picture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546660199183577154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">8 people were on board.6 </span><span style="font-family:arial;">families in one building that has completely demolished.2 buildings completely collapsed due to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">plane crashA plane has been crashed near Dalmia area in Gulistan-e-Johar</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> cargo plane has reportedly crashed near Dalmia area in Gulistan-e-Johar locality, Geo News </span><span style="font-family:arial;">reported late Saturday.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">According to sources, police, rescue workers, law enforcing agencies trying to reach the crash </span><span style="font-family:arial;">site.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">According to reports, it was a Russian made plane. Dalmia is a thickly populated area near </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Gulistan-e-Johar so deaths have been feared.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Earlier, people claimed hearing a powerful explosion, which appeared a plane crash.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Hundreds of people have arrived on the spot while the crash site is on fire and thick smoke is </span><span style="font-family:arial;">emitting from the scene, eyewitnesses said.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Another eyewitness Adnan, said the right engine of the plane, appeared to be PIA’s plane, right </span><span style="font-family:arial;">engine caught fire first then while preparing to take turn, it crashed into ground.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">A Russian-made cargo plane crashed in a fireball near residential apartments in Karachi, seconds </span><span style="font-family:arial;">after taking off from the city’s airport Sunday with eight people on board, said officials.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNVTh45f9izfhP-7W5oM28M4cl5apBt9AfIuBpIoKMxNb_9y7TnkRQ8puqVbn_4SVFBK3Jv2ayjVUTAaS0Of5QDD1vBg2l69nm0WQj1Nusd7aRDpCA5ISPTMBBVNc1VzCwLVAWdLPyfQn/s1600/Another+Plane+crush+Image+One.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 555px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNVTh45f9izfhP-7W5oM28M4cl5apBt9AfIuBpIoKMxNb_9y7TnkRQ8puqVbn_4SVFBK3Jv2ayjVUTAaS0Of5QDD1vBg2l69nm0WQj1Nusd7aRDpCA5ISPTMBBVNc1VzCwLVAWdLPyfQn/s400/Another+Plane+crush+Image+One.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546660629154493954" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KARACHI: Site where </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Ilyushin IL-76 </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Sudanese capital Khartoum </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">bounded </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> aircraft crashed.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft had been bound for the Sudanese capital Khartoum, said Civil Aviation </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Authority (CAA) spokesman Pervez George.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Police said there were injuries, but there was no immediate confirmation on casualty numbers or </span><span style="font-family:arial;">whether people had been hurt on the ground.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The crash caused a massive blaze in the Dalmai neighbourhood, where the Pakistan Air Force and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Nay have residential apartments and sensitive installations close to Jinnah International </span><span style="font-family:arial;">airport, witnesses said.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">“It took off from Karachi at 1:45 am (20:45 GMT Saturday) and after one and a half minutes it </span><span style="font-family:arial;">crashed,” said George.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">“It was an IL-76 cargo plane. It was going to Khartoum. It had eight people on board,” he said.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">Sunday’s plane crash was the third in four months in Pakistan and the second in Karachi in just </span><span style="font-family:arial;">four weeks.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">Police said injured people had been evacuated to local hospitals, but had no immediate </span><span style="font-family:arial;">confirmation on numbers or whether there had been any deaths. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Reports said there were 8 passengers on board which was bound to Khartoom, the capital of </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sudan.Source:<a href="http://thecurrentaffairs.com/">Current Affairs</a> </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">GST, Finance Amendment bills approved by Senate body</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Monitoring Report</span><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">By:SOHAIL SARFRAZ</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;">ISLAMABAD,November 24 : The Senate standing committee on finance and revenue on Tuesday </span><span style="font-family:arial;">unanimously approved the General Sales Tax (GST) Bill 2010 and Finan</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LuulunfiBO4qQPnREfz7zgWjMpFhDMnBIELCb2nfIGbsyNNXVV146kcDi7Tfnn3QbtpNGX-4r1htYqOiiqIeA7CjNSyeCZTplre_0TuiwNtge8oVQictyX4eXOGTU5aMH7_6vCQHstzC/s1600/GST+BILL.Jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LuulunfiBO4qQPnREfz7zgWjMpFhDMnBIELCb2nfIGbsyNNXVV146kcDi7Tfnn3QbtpNGX-4r1htYqOiiqIeA7CjNSyeCZTplre_0TuiwNtge8oVQictyX4eXOGTU5aMH7_6vCQHstzC/s200/GST+BILL.Jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546655075437243890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">ce Amendment Bill 2010 to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">introduce new taxation measures along with certain recommendations to expand the exemption basket </span><span style="font-family:arial;">including medicines, essential food items in packing, educational material and packed </span><span style="font-family:arial;">milk/products to minimise the inflationary impact of the Reformed General Sales Tax (RGST) on the </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">poor masses.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The government successfully managed approval of GST Bill along with taxation measures including </span><span style="font-family:arial;">flood surcharge and increase in special excise duty from the committee in the presence of PML </span><span style="font-family:arial;">(N), PML (Q) and other opposition parties. However, Chairman of the committee, Senator Ahmed Ali, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">of MQM, was unable to attend the proceedings of the meeting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The committee in the Parliament House with Senator Islamuddin Shaikh in the chair here on </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Tuesday. Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh, Minister of State for Finance Hina Rabbani Khar, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Secretary Finance Salman Siddiqui and Chairman of FBR Sohail Ahmed were present in the meeting.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">In the absence of the representatives of MQM, the chairman of the committee, Islam-ud-din, read a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">letter of the MQM that the Senate committee should reject the GST Bill 2010. The committee termed </span><span style="font-family:arial;">t as a political statement of the MQM.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The chairman of the committee announced unanimous approval of the GST Bill 2010 after hearing </span><span style="font-family:arial;">observations of committee members, particularly Haroon Khan from PML (Q), Ilyas Bilour from Awami </span><span style="font-family:arial;">National Party, Ishaq Dar of PML (N), Kulsoom Parveen and Khurshid Ahmed from Jamaat-i-Islami in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the second session of the meeting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">During the proceedings, Dar said he was surprised to know that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) </span><span style="font-family:arial;">had not conducted any sectoral analysis and item-wise revenue impact by bringing maximum items </span><span style="font-family:arial;">within the scope of the sales tax regime. He asked the tax managers to explain whether the Board </span><span style="font-family:arial;">had conducted any sectoral analysis of the exempted items. FBR Chairman Sohail Ahmed informed the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">committee that the list of the exempted items under the GST Bill had been drafted after thorough </span><span style="font-family:arial;">discussions keeping in view the best international practices. FBR Chairman strongly supported </span><span style="font-family:arial;">imposition of the GST on the expensive medicines consumed by rich people. However, he admitted </span><span style="font-family:arial;">that the sectoral analysis had not been conducted by the Board to give any figure about proposed </span><span style="font-family:arial;">collection from each and every sector. "We will move as per systems applicable in the best tax </span><span style="font-family:arial;">administrations for the purpose of exemptions', he added.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">"Any item has not been placed in the Exempted List of the GST Bill 2010 until or unless it is </span><span style="font-family:arial;">very necessary directly impacting the poor", Sohail added. When some members asked the FBR to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">take away the proposal on the enhancement of the SED from one percent to 2 percent, the FBR </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Chairman said that the doubling of the SED would have revenue impact of Rs 9 billion to10 </span><span style="font-family:arial;">billion, which would be applicable for only six months of current fiscal year.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Khurshid objected that the list of exempted items under the Schedule-I of the GST Bill 2010 has </span><span style="font-family:arial;">been limited to a few items. The sales tax exemption should be available to all kinds of basic </span><span style="font-family:arial;">food items, medicines, children uniforms, educational material and books.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">While reviewing the Schedule-I of the GST Bill 2010, Haroon said that all kinds of dry fruits had </span><span style="font-family:arial;">been brought into the GST regime as exemption is restricted to edible oil, edible fruit, red </span><span style="font-family:arial;">chillies, ginger, turmeric, fruit juices, etc. He said that the Exemption Schedule of the GST </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Bill also reflects that GST would be applicable on bakery products used by the general public. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">However, Hina pointed out that leading bakeries are only accessible to the elite class.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">About the penalty regime under Third Schedule of the GST Bill, Haroon objected that the Board has </span><span style="font-family:arial;">proposed harsh punishments like imprisonment for small violation of the Sales Tax Act. He said he </span><span style="font-family:arial;">was shocked that imprisonment has been proposed as punishment for destruction of record or false </span><span style="font-family:arial;">statements. The FBR has proposed imprisonment for violation for any embargo placed on removal of </span><span style="font-family:arial;">goods in connection with recovery of tax. The FBR assured the committee to review the penalty </span><span style="font-family:arial;">regime under the proposals of the committee.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">During the first part of the committee meeting, the opposition members told the government that </span><span style="font-family:arial;">there were certain flaws in the language of the RGST bills by identifying loopholes and they told </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the ruling PPP that they would prefer to read RGST and other bills clause by clause even if they </span><span style="font-family:arial;">decided to consider it for approval.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:arial;">Charter Flight Crashes In Karachi </span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:arial;">Monitoring Report</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">KARACHI, November 23: A charter aircraft crashed shortly after take </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqMChhP-hZhiw2GuAFyvcig3-64ukYhlUpaYh0ZcyBtNe_P9sn5F4SbYU1X698MOG5DjV4BupJJrQ8Zu9AUP1FAgqMzuE6qpfnrx3P-gWO8PjfnkpuxpcgG4-b1wPulS0pF-GIg4ak348/s1600/Karachi+plane+crush.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqMChhP-hZhiw2GuAFyvcig3-64ukYhlUpaYh0ZcyBtNe_P9sn5F4SbYU1X698MOG5DjV4BupJJrQ8Zu9AUP1FAgqMzuE6qpfnrx3P-gWO8PjfnkpuxpcgG4-b1wPulS0pF-GIg4ak348/s200/Karachi+plane+crush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546659344102047394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">off at Karachi airport in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Pakistan killing all onboard the Beech 1900.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">The crash was the second in less than four months in Pakistan — the latest tragedy in a year when </span><span style="font-family:arial;">massive floods left millions homeless and Islamist militants kept up attacks. The previous crash, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">in July, killed 152 people and was the worst-ever on Pakistani soil.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Beech aircraft that crashed Friday morning belonged to the JS Air company and had just taken </span><span style="font-family:arial;">off from the southern city of Karachi. It had been chartered by Pakistan’s branch of ENI, an </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Italian-based oil and gas company, said Roger Amir, an official with the organization in Karachi, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">p3air reports.</span></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-8292291016451092602010-12-03T11:02:00.003-06:002010-12-03T13:06:55.218-06:00GB News:Click here to read issue of [Nov.15-Nov.22]<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eidul Azha celebrated in GB, Eid Prayer sessions were held in main Eidgahs and mosques of Muslim communities; special prayers for inter-communal harmony,peace and prosperity of region and country begged</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">VoH Report</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">GILGIT, Nov. 17: Like other parts of the world, Muslim community c<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsYYARQ9eaYr5cKOjIjUvS67mZ0YZv9cg-Qr3jlqv410UmNr-3eH41vawPCWiwgCzkHIhvl_zFq1sRqj5KsXtcrRGGtVguF7HZQBtdVj1kKQcRXieqJMSDK5pkNCCDXA9x8k_msBDYMgv/s1600/Cescent+Eid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsYYARQ9eaYr5cKOjIjUvS67mZ0YZv9cg-Qr3jlqv410UmNr-3eH41vawPCWiwgCzkHIhvl_zFq1sRqj5KsXtcrRGGtVguF7HZQBtdVj1kKQcRXieqJMSDK5pkNCCDXA9x8k_msBDYMgv/s200/Cescent+Eid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546533730511498354" border="0" /></a>elebrated Eid-ul-Azha also known as Greater or Qurbaan Eid across the Gilgit-Baltistan region. Eid- Prayers were offered at main Eidgahs and mosques or respective communities wherein peace and prosperity of region and country was begged. Ahl-e-Sunnat Waljammat, Ahl-e-Hadith, Brelevi community held their prayers at Jamma Moques at Gari Bagh; the main gathering of Shia community was held at Jamia Mosque Khazana road while Ismaili community offered Eid prayers at their respective Jamat Khanas.<br />The constant prices hikes have served to reduce influx of animals for sacrifices to commomerate the great sacrifice by prophet Abraham (A.S), this year.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" >Security Tighten in Gilgit city during Eid celebrations</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">VoH Report</span><br /></div>GIL GIT, November 16: As par directives of Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah, ;law enforcement agencies were kept vigilant and security has been beefed up to avert any unwanted incident in the Gilgit, main hub of regional economic and commercial activities. Inhabitants of the city experienced violence since 1988 sectarian clashes and despite of tall claims of political and civil administration, culprits had been creating law and order situation whenever they want in sensitive areas of the city.<br /><br /><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-68017894412843284482010-12-03T09:59:00.016-06:002010-12-03T11:01:52.823-06:00Hunza-Nagar Local News: Click to read issue[ November 15-Nov 22]<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hunza-Nagar observe Eid, speakers keep emphasis for adoption and preservation of rules prescribed by Islamic faith,Itihad-e-Bainul Muslimeen; rivate boat operators celebrate Eid at Attaabad blockade</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VoH Report<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">By:Shamsuddin Muhammad</span><br /></span> </div>Hunza-Nagar, November 17: People of Hunza and Nagar celebrated to mark the sacrifice by Prophet Abraham to Allah almighty following a dream wherein God almighty sought sacrifice of his dearest belonging in terms of Ismail, his only son. Eid prayers were held at various places followed by animal sacrifice throughout the district.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMufCPx29kd4JZz_YPGpDzfmEkLcHXwuYBGQB0lugMRs14JonGCKFdvgPEaBA1njitLqVbT4RXhvsDxlXeJBo8ZzYPR9ldEOuzMBTTRnkrQh-z6pEZpxE7U5H8ks2Itm_liUA-DSE7Kjx6/s1600/SP_A2671.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMufCPx29kd4JZz_YPGpDzfmEkLcHXwuYBGQB0lugMRs14JonGCKFdvgPEaBA1njitLqVbT4RXhvsDxlXeJBo8ZzYPR9ldEOuzMBTTRnkrQh-z6pEZpxE7U5H8ks2Itm_liUA-DSE7Kjx6/s400/SP_A2671.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546492136120971938" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HUNZA: Shia Imami Ismaili community offering Eid prayers in premises of Central Jamat Khana Aliabad. </span></span><br />Main public gathering of Shia community was held at Ganish Eidgah where Sheikh Qurban Ali administered Eid prayers; And Shiek Mosa Karim, Imam-ul-Juma wal Jamia administered at Aliabad, Jamia Mosque. Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat arranged Eid prayers at Qaba Jamia Mosque, Aliabad followed by special sacrifice arrangements for Attabad land slide affectees living in makeshift camps at Altit.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo4oLtqXuT0sErnArEgw7JiV8TFyeLUhE1QoXVkU9qQh6uq8A5pa0YuwQocQEVKw_yUBS03c2LDWWNIsCiUD3mSj2PtxQ2MpEgHGtUcK3KYIM7eZ-lW7mbZ4PtdTQ8au5VNXXqPPAi9QQ/s1600/SP_A2682.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo4oLtqXuT0sErnArEgw7JiV8TFyeLUhE1QoXVkU9qQh6uq8A5pa0YuwQocQEVKw_yUBS03c2LDWWNIsCiUD3mSj2PtxQ2MpEgHGtUcK3KYIM7eZ-lW7mbZ4PtdTQ8au5VNXXqPPAi9QQ/s400/SP_A2682.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546491261473489122" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HUNZA: Participants hearing to Khateeb after Eid Prayers at Central Jamat Khana, Aliabad.</span></span><br /></div><br />Shia Imami Isamili community administered Eid prayers at Central Jamat Khana Aliabad, historical polo ground Karimabd, Altit, Murtazaabad, Nasirabad, Gulmit,Khyber, Sost and Misgar.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKMSclPIw3ewm7ixb-O7zMz1BcFWSTYuYVNb69aoptUv0NelTbnLhSHMcKGwj7QcwbcNredWtX4hx5AoWlSSmlBNJ9BlQZvcP8KL8AJ934d_UzCRaz_V7FHAtffle1RDsDngX2YI_lLpp/s1600/SP_A2691.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKMSclPIw3ewm7ixb-O7zMz1BcFWSTYuYVNb69aoptUv0NelTbnLhSHMcKGwj7QcwbcNredWtX4hx5AoWlSSmlBNJ9BlQZvcP8KL8AJ934d_UzCRaz_V7FHAtffle1RDsDngX2YI_lLpp/s400/SP_A2691.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546492931660241170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HUNZA: Imam-ul-Juma Juma wal Jamia Sheikh Musa is administering Eid prayers in Jama Imamia Mosque premises, Aliabad.</span></span><br /><br />In Nagar, Shia community arranged Eid prayers at Imam bargahs of Nagar Khas, Central and lower Nagar. Speakers on the occasion stressed audience for adoption and preservation of rules prescribed by Islamic faith,Ithad-e-Bainul Muslimeen and mutual respect.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSwJn4KqgIt2LukmEf99xzt-giLyzO94UUuRmd1AapgDbZkzyYB4FtQdZDPfTbxUCkrMrk_-FEQrOEzisRnoRNGdlD9Uf5W668Vojilz3ekXfTxHb70Jwr4KUakc3eV7BbbCyJ2xu1-jC/s1600/SP_A2709.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSwJn4KqgIt2LukmEf99xzt-giLyzO94UUuRmd1AapgDbZkzyYB4FtQdZDPfTbxUCkrMrk_-FEQrOEzisRnoRNGdlD9Uf5W668Vojilz3ekXfTxHb70Jwr4KUakc3eV7BbbCyJ2xu1-jC/s400/SP_A2709.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546496724020654642" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HUNZA: Shia Imami Ismaili community members offering animals to commemorate great sacrifice in Khurukushal, Hyderabad.</span></span><br /><br />Local community, around 99 percent Muslim attended religious gatherings after Eid prayers and offered animal secrifice in their vicinities.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcidK4A3i_Jw2ra6KLa2o7KPDBko4l5IHumtvxgW5XWVUGA8u8xqfyVQVjhgfpWCkTI1crohoYQ50LQjkcljMNRIg6NoVYXjO_MdL-qcldaS1uhx70iToTmElzHzirY9efof8Sx0h3fN1Y/s1600/SP_A2703.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcidK4A3i_Jw2ra6KLa2o7KPDBko4l5IHumtvxgW5XWVUGA8u8xqfyVQVjhgfpWCkTI1crohoYQ50LQjkcljMNRIg6NoVYXjO_MdL-qcldaS1uhx70iToTmElzHzirY9efof8Sx0h3fN1Y/s400/SP_A2703.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546498561139707874" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HUNZA: Animals being sacrificed on Eid-ul-Alzha by Ismaili Muslim community in Hyderabad.</span></span><br /></div>Shia Imami Ismaili community used to bring animals in prmises of community halls and distribute meat among the inhibitants equally including one who offer animal as sacrifice. While, non-local private boat operators on Attabad land slide lake celebrated Eid at Attabad blockade. Financial constraints allowed lesser people to offer sacrifice than the last year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayoI9m5Ta48oHzjX27EpB6HMUSPuLL5WRwNNLx8sZkLMFeChnY3VKvKx9tVP8gVQBoiBUMnBy0O9Vd1ndkdr1pgQ1r_QY11cI9eFG3aCK-IKbaByc5TC4edzkvNE86hmdQg137OjDT8uH/s1600/SP_A2696.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayoI9m5Ta48oHzjX27EpB6HMUSPuLL5WRwNNLx8sZkLMFeChnY3VKvKx9tVP8gVQBoiBUMnBy0O9Vd1ndkdr1pgQ1r_QY11cI9eFG3aCK-IKbaByc5TC4edzkvNE86hmdQg137OjDT8uH/s400/SP_A2696.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546495145166555266" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HUNZA: Animals are being sacrificed to commemorate great sacrifice of Abraham thousands of years ago in as a ritual by Shia Muslim community, Garelt.</span></span><br /><br />According to Muhammad Ramzan Ali, a resident of Garelt Hunza, number of animals being offered before Lord was decreased due to increase in inflation and decline in purchasing power of inhabitants. Thousands of animals were slaughtered as offerings for pleasure of God almighty across the Hunza Nagar district and outskirts.<br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-81228214593871959662010-12-03T09:51:00.003-06:002010-12-03T09:59:20.807-06:00Voices accross globe-Cameron urges China Moto take greater role in world affairs<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">British prime minister ends visit saying as Beijing's star rises so does its stake in human rights and a stable world</span></span> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VoH Minitor</span><br /></div>David Cameron has ended his two-day visit to China by urging the country's leaders to recognise that its economic power requires it to shoulder greater responsiblities on human rights, climate change and Africa. He said: "There is barely a global issue that needs resolution which does not beg the questions: what does China think, and how can China contribute to a solution?"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyopxrur5kKSUv1QyTBh7mgpePH1CHqFUcODjKYOpcMgatKkHblIFfiIPpKHuM3P_V9gOfAjR8AM2oWDjWpa7djR2wGsti8avYDBMo3q89l5yLGg1eZuTEg9HbCN7NxrYMzslSBYoLPcn/s1600/Camron+urges+china.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyopxrur5kKSUv1QyTBh7mgpePH1CHqFUcODjKYOpcMgatKkHblIFfiIPpKHuM3P_V9gOfAjR8AM2oWDjWpa7djR2wGsti8avYDBMo3q89l5yLGg1eZuTEg9HbCN7NxrYMzslSBYoLPcn/s400/Camron+urges+china.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546485629264287026" border="0" /></a>David Cameron in Beijing David Cameron acknowledges a question during a question-and-answer session with students in Beijing. Photograph: Chinafotopress/Getty Images<br /><br />It also emerged that Cameron directly raised the cases of recent individual human right abuses in a private conversation with the Chinese premier at a banquet last night. Downing Street declined to go into the details of the conversations, but sources said the case of Nobel prizewinner Liu Xiaobo was raised with Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier. There is no means of knowing how strenuously or lengthily he raised the issues, and Cameron refused to call for the writer's release in public. His language on human rights was arguably less strong than that deployed yesterday by Barack Obama in Indonesia, but British diplomats argue a head-on confrontation will reduce the UK's influence, and it is better to open up a strategic dialogue with the Chinese on human rights.<br />Officials seem to believe that economic prosperity and the spread of the internet, including blogs, will do more to liberalise the country than public lectures by British leaders. Cameron is also trying to strike a delicate balance between the trade mission aspect of his trip and the need to set out British support for the universal values of human rights. In his speech to Beijing University – the only public speech of his two-day visit – he said Chinese responsibilities included playing by the "rules and norms" that govern the international financial system.China had attempted to avoid entanglement in global affairs in the past, but its size and global reach meant this was no longer a realistic choice. China was too big and too important not to play its part in delivering aid to Africa, policing the world's shipping lanes and leading the drive for green technologies, he said. He said China would not need to contribute as much as others on a climate change agreement, but it had to be involved in such a deal.<br />He also urged China not just to see Africa solely as a source of raw materials, but to work with other countries to ensure money spent there was not supporting corrupt and intolerant regimes.<br />He said: "As China's star rises again in the world, so does its stake in a stable and ordered world in which trade flows freely. "China is the world's second biggest importer of oil, and Sudan is one of your most important suppliers. So China has a direct national interest in working for stability in Sudan."Whether it's nuclear proliferation, a global economic crisis or the rise of international terrorism, today's threats to our security do not respect geographical boundaries.<br />"We have been working with China in the UN Security Council to keep up the pressure on Iran and China's continuing role here is vital if we are to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon."In your own region, I believe China can work with us to improve the situation for the Burmese people. China is one of the few countries that Burma will listen to on this point.<br />Courtesy: Gaurdian, UK<br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-19249118707276313622010-12-02T17:38:00.007-06:002011-09-07T09:48:47.454-05:00National News:: Click to read Issue of November 15-Nov.22<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">View:Time to repeal the blasphemy law</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">By: Nasim Zehra</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VoH Monitoring Desk</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In June 2008, Asiya Bibi, a Pakistani farm worker and mother of five, fetched water for others working on the farm. Many refused the water because Asiya was Christian. The situation got ugly. Reports indicate Asiya was harassed because of her religion and </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the matter turned violent. Asiya, alone in a hostile environment, naturally would have attempted to </span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8i2wWXVc2g_HLwLMmv7bJBIMArIoptPX0sA1WKjLPxkRkVDavNZX_uqaQ_XfNTX1JLTHH8zUep1HbjU16IJS7SsWYAhmdrDKi5oNBznTJrLJD8uYDHGLICrK3_Ww2v7J9bI3dtFNjHatb/s1600/Nasim+Zehra.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8i2wWXVc2g_HLwLMmv7bJBIMArIoptPX0sA1WKjLPxkRkVDavNZX_uqaQ_XfNTX1JLTHH8zUep1HbjU16IJS7SsWYAhmdrDKi5oNBznTJrLJD8uYDHGLICrK3_Ww2v7J9bI3dtFNjHatb/s320/Nasim+Zehra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546480730996495874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">defend herself but was put in police custody for her protection against a crowd that was harming her.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">However, that protection move turned into one that was to earn Asiya a death sentence. A case was filed against her under sections 295-B and C of the Pakistan Penal Code, claiming that Asiya was a blasphemer. Her family will appeal against the judgment in the Lahore High Court.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The Asiya case raises the fundamental question of how Pakistan’s minorities have been left unprotected since the passage of the blasphemy law. There may have been no hangings on account of the law but it has facilitated the spread of intolerance and populist rage against minorities, often leading to deaths. There is also a direct link between the Zia-ist state’s intolerance against minorities and the rise of criminal treatment of Ahmadis.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cases have ranged from the Kasur case to the more recent Gojra case, from the mind-boggling row of cases between 1988-1992 against 80-year-old development guru Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan, to the case of the son of an alleged blasphemer, an illiterate brick kiln worker who was beaten to death by a frenzied mob.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Although doctor sahib faced prolonged mental torture, he was saved from the maddening rage that has sent to prison, and in some cases devoured, many innocent, poor and hence unprotected Pakistanis.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There is a long list, prepared by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, of unjust punishments handed down to Pakistani citizens whose fundamental rights the state is obliged to protect. Beyond punishments, minorities live in constant fear of being lethally blackmailed by those who want to settle other scores.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yet most political parties have refrained from calling for the law’s repeal or improvement in its implementation mechanism. When, in the early 90s, I asked Nawaz Sharif sahib to criticise the hounding of Dr Khan, his response was a detailed recall of the story in which Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) went to ask after the health of a non-Muslim woman who repeatedly threw garbage over him. He condemned what was happening but said politics prevented him from doing so publicly. Later, General Musharraf, advised by other generals, reversed his announcement of changing the law’s implementation mechanism. Small crowds protested against it. Among politicians, very few exceptions include the PPP parliamentarian Sherry Rehman and, more recently, the ANP’s Bushra Gohar, who asked for its amendment and repeal.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Already sections of the judiciary have been critical of flawed judgements passed by lower courts in alleged blasphemy cases. Recently in July, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif quashed a blasphemy case against 60-year-old Zaibunnisa and ordered her release after almost 14 years in custody. According to the judgment, the “treatment meted out to the woman was an insult to humanity and the government and the civil organisations should be vigilant enough to help such people.” Surely the Bench should know the plethora of abuses that Pakistan’s minorities have suffered because of an evidently flawed law.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A message more appropriate, perhaps, would be to repeal the black law that grossly undermines the Constitution of Pakistan and indeed the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, one of the most tolerant and humane law-givers humankind has known. This environment of populist rage, fed by the distorted yet self-serving interpretation of religion principally by Zia and a populist mixing of religion and politics by a politically besieged Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, must be emphatically challenged. A collective effort to roll back these laws must come from parliament, the lawyers’ forums, the judiciary, civil society groups and the media.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The writer is director current affairs, Dunya TV and a former fellow at Asia Center, Harvard University nasim.zehra@tribune.com.pk</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Published in The Express Tribune, November 17th, 2010.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pakistan’s First Digital 3D Cinema Opening In Karachi In December 2010</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Monitoring Report</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">KARACHI, Nov.22:( Online) Karachi will soon be host to Pakistan’s first Digital 3D Cinema. The Atrium Cinema, a project by Atrium Mall and Mandviwalla Entertainment, will open its doors to the public on December 24, 2010.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGV7fpnd5U62XOGMemuDioOqOhM-wMa7aJSGQhYkZ7H-GBl7I2FWlur6ejPtmLMC2rjx7-dZzOp-vF4eP6LfNsLCE_Bw_PIyigycBOEPkd7K0nsC35FOTvFtVmHikQc-btNWAVCWVNK5V/s1600/digital-cinema.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGV7fpnd5U62XOGMemuDioOqOhM-wMa7aJSGQhYkZ7H-GBl7I2FWlur6ejPtmLMC2rjx7-dZzOp-vF4eP6LfNsLCE_Bw_PIyigycBOEPkd7K0nsC35FOTvFtVmHikQc-btNWAVCWVNK5V/s400/digital-cinema.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546245207607007314" border="0" /></a>The cinema will be a part of the Atrium Mall and is expected to have a capacity of 320 people.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Six more F-16s to arrive in Pakistan Saturday</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">VoH Monitoring Report</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">ISLAMABAD, November 19: Pakistan will receive six new F-16 aircraft from the United States on </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Saturday, as part of 18 such fighter jets that are scheduled to reach the country by December. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The United States handed over three such planes to Pakistan last month.<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2_1Eb-WH05QJmwMwK4IZ_O2dE48-qOM4PVEuHIM7-IjIlK-BWYGEIN8XRpLjnBoYxP4r2hPu8dcevEhF153WLxgerAejjnTkSdn7gUwmCPgjwEpjAP-doj4sdkzKe3RizxeiQVnPtbE7/s1600/F16.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2_1Eb-WH05QJmwMwK4IZ_O2dE48-qOM4PVEuHIM7-IjIlK-BWYGEIN8XRpLjnBoYxP4r2hPu8dcevEhF153WLxgerAejjnTkSdn7gUwmCPgjwEpjAP-doj4sdkzKe3RizxeiQVnPtbE7/s400/F16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546243343490083714" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The incumbent government, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">after taking charge in 2008 decided to buy 18 additional new block-52 fighter jets, instead of </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">the 24 refurnished planes that had been agreed to by the previous government.<br />Source: The Nation</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:130%;">[Eid Feature]: Eid-ul-Azha:Celebrated across Pakistan with Religious Zeal, Fervor</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Voice of Hunza Monitor</span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">ISLAMABAD 18: Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated across Pakistan with great religious zeal and fervour on </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Wednesday.The day dawned with prayers in mosques and open grounds and was followed by sacrifices </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">of animals in the memory of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) who sacrificed his dearest son as a token of </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">surrendering himself to the command of Almighty Allah.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Eid-ul-Azha is a festival that is celebrated on the 10th of Zil-Hajj marking the close of the </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">annual Hajj Pilgrimage to the holy Ka'aba. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Three days of official Eidul Azha holidays, from November 17 to 19, will be followed by two </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">weekly holidays, giving people ample time to celebrate the festival with their families.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Strict security arrangements had been made across the country for celebrations.Law-enforcement </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">agencies strengthened security at public places, mosques and Eidgahs and important buildings to </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">thwart any untoward inciden.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3vEar-6OSUi06NoK8B3bKwBXmfaMq_sS589VrJn4bhBHYDrQwQdDVQz5v9MucHBVqDs-qDoPKSrqVEupcRp9xbb9jQwy7aF7q6WHDXyOdp-hesv97rZZZf1lJ0P8kVGLoYGi7asENd-o/s1600/Eid+in+Pak+celebrated.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3vEar-6OSUi06NoK8B3bKwBXmfaMq_sS589VrJn4bhBHYDrQwQdDVQz5v9MucHBVqDs-qDoPKSrqVEupcRp9xbb9jQwy7aF7q6WHDXyOdp-hesv97rZZZf1lJ0P8kVGLoYGi7asENd-o/s400/Eid+in+Pak+celebrated.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546244216322659458" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">As per details, Eid-ul-Azha, also known as 'Greater Eid', commemorating the supreme sacrifice </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">offered by Hazrat Ibrahim Khalilullah (AS) and his son Hazrat Ismail Zabiullah (AS) in the </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">fulfillment of the divine order, was observed in Pakistan, like other parts of the world with </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">religious zeal and fervour.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Eid prayers were offered at Eidgahs, mosques and open places across the country where ulema and </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">khateebs highlighted the significance and philosophy of the sacrifice, and called upon the </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Muslims to follow the teachings of Islam in its true spirit. Special prayers were also offered </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">for integrity, solidarity and prosperity of the country and unity among the Muslim Ummah. Prayers </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">were also offered for the liberation of occupied Muslim territories.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">After offering Eid prayers, the faithful sacrificed animals following Sunnat-e-Ibrahimi. The </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">process of sacrificing the animals will continue till Friday (third day of Eid). The faithful </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">later shared the meat with their family, friends and the poor, with each getting a third share.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Perspective</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated by Muslims all-over the world every year with religious solemnity and </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">renewed spirit of sacrifice.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">On this day, Prophet Ibrahim (AS) offered to sacrifice of his beloved son Prophet Ismail (AS) in </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">total submission to Almighty Allah. Almighty Allah blessed with mercy and asked him to sacrifice </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">a sacrificial animal instead of Hazrat Ismail (AS).</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Muslims the world-over slaughter sacrificial animals on this day and draw inspiration from the </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">unique example of sacrifice set by Hazrat Abrahim (AS).</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">In Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, the faithful thronged eidgahs, mosques as well as </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">open places for Eid congregations to invoke blessings of Almighty Allah. They offered Eid </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">prayers in thousands of mosques as well as in open places. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">In the federal capital the main Eid congregation took place at picturesque Faisal Mosque – close </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">to the range of Margala Hills.The faithful offered special prayers for peace, progress, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">prosperity of Pakistan as well as the welfare and affluance of the nation.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Over a week-long holidays began Tuesday for Eid celebration. Many city-dwellers of Islamabad left </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">for their native villages or towns to celebrate Eid with near and dear ones.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Eid-ul-Azha is a festival that is celebrated on the 10th of Zil-Hajj marking the close of the </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">annual Hajj Pilgrimage to the holy Ka'aba. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">A Muslim is required to perform the pilgrimage at least once in his lifetime, provided that he </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">can Afford the cost of the journey, is not indebted to anyone and is not otherwise prevented from </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">performing the Hajj. Those who are unable to perform the pilgrimage join in the Eid-ul-Azha</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">ceremony at their own places. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Eid is celebrated with great solemnity and reverence everywhere. Like Eid-ul-Fitr, Muslims </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">make preparations several days before the festival.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">On Eid day, Muslims assemble in the Eidgah or in the main mosques of the town for Eid Prayers. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Eid Prayer is comprised of two Raka'as and offered in the same manner as Eid-ul-Fitr. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Generally no breakfast is served on this Eid, and those who offer sacrifice do not eat anything </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">until after they have sacrificed the animal. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">After the prayer the Khateebs and Imams [religious leaders] deliver sermon in which they explain </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">the significance of the festival, giving the details of the sacrifices offered by Hazrat Abraham </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">(AS) and his son Hazrat Ismael (AS). Returning by a different route and reciting verses from the </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Holy Quran in praise of Almighty Allah, Muslim worshippers return home and slaughter their </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">animals. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The person who offers the sacrifice is allowed to use a portion of the meat, the remainder is </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">distributed among the relatives, friends, neighbors and the poor. The animals my be sacrificed on </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">the day of the Eid or the two days that follow. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Millions of animals are slaughtered all over the world on this occasion. The skins of slaughtered </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">animals are sold and the proceeds given to different charities. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Stringent security arrangements have been made by the law enforcement agencies to maintain law </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">and order. Policemen in plain clothes as well as uniform were deputed at Eid congregations for </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">the security of the faithful. NGOs and charity organisations have made special arrangements to </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">collect hides of sacrificial animals.-Pakistan Times</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;"><br />‘Decreasing trend in dengue virus’</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;"><br />Monitoring Desk</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeRWP_SyOExSbBDSrkSQfeeV9YokQdnD8z8_SZOfldiSoqRkWEPV9mxKSFVixuf_1VTWedFcxFfzpm1Kh1Xhn5BbsoVR2DNYaXYTm_LwYZjvG94uA-183QE_79OI_4VDkeNeUfGAlarJZ/s1600/Dangue+virus.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeRWP_SyOExSbBDSrkSQfeeV9YokQdnD8z8_SZOfldiSoqRkWEPV9mxKSFVixuf_1VTWedFcxFfzpm1Kh1Xhn5BbsoVR2DNYaXYTm_LwYZjvG94uA-183QE_79OI_4VDkeNeUfGAlarJZ/s200/Dangue+virus.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546482677314070578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">LAHORE, </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Nov 15: </span><span style="font-size:100%;">There is a decreasing trend in the prevalence of dengue virus as 109 such patients were reported in Lahore and 31 in other districts of the province during the last 24 hours.</span> <span style="font-size:100%;">According to a report released by the Health Department (communicable diseases cell) Punjab, aired on a private television channal,at least 4,334 dengue patients have recovered so far whereas 92 patients are under treatment in various hospitals of the province.</span> <span style="font-size:100%;">A spokesman for the Health Department said that there was no shortage of platelet kits in government hospitals.</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Besides free diagnostic and treatment facilities, he said platelet kits were also being provided to the under treatment dengue fever patients according to their requirements.</span><span style="font-size:100%;">share save 120 16 ‘Decreasing trend in dengue virus’, Dawn News Reported</span></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-33412198058395599692010-11-14T21:39:00.005-06:002010-12-03T09:51:46.433-06:00GB News:Click here to read issue of [Nov.08-Nov.14]<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inter district postings of GBPWD officials postponed; new transfer summery underway</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Special Report</span><br />GILGIT, November 13: As per directions issued from Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan secretariat, the postings of Gilgit Baltistan Power and Works department (GBPWD) has been postponed following the discloser of the details ahead of announcement. According to the sources, a list of officials including executive engineers and senior Senior District Officers ( SDOs) ready for notification was disclosed beforehand. Consequently, chief minister expressing his disapproval has anuled the schedule. It is said that mr. Shah has directed concerned department to keep the merit in view while implementing transfer process. " The new inter-district transfer list would be declared soon," sources said.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Unscheduled load shedding in Gilgit-Resident of Jotial protests against energy crisis</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">VoH Report</span><br /></div>GILGIT, November 11:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a9HPe_wnTG1WCbF0vQtYAJe44sZl23JnPwgac1MAet65rubnIWJDITaP7uMwRRB0XY3JgZAT2U1-59D5j5AicKOqNsaQPZJfNJNaoqbzSEHNkpMj9lQB_U78R2ZeviDd7MrbKyO2Dowb/s1600/Jotial+Portest+against+load+shedding.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a9HPe_wnTG1WCbF0vQtYAJe44sZl23JnPwgac1MAet65rubnIWJDITaP7uMwRRB0XY3JgZAT2U1-59D5j5AicKOqNsaQPZJfNJNaoqbzSEHNkpMj9lQB_U78R2ZeviDd7MrbKyO2Dowb/s200/Jotial+Portest+against+load+shedding.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539617183605483666" border="0" /></a>(Shehzad Ali) Hundreds of protectors took to the street against frequent power failure and fluctuations in voltage that caused putting electronics and electrical appliances out of order in Gilgit city in general and the Jutial area particular. According to the sources, hundreds of protectors marched from Helipad and finally assembled at Lalik Jan Shaheed stadium to record protest against incompetency of power department, a subsidiary organ of Gilgit-Baltistan Works and Power department. Protectors ablaze or burnt tires and blocked traffic to for several hours cuasing hurdles for inter city commuters. Talking to voice of Hunza, an official on conditions of annonymity told that lack of funds and advance appropriation has led to the situation where there exist no remedy for many years. "With expansion in city's size and population needs, the rising demand and accumulated depreciation in power generating plants have caused to create shorfall several times every area," he added.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Iqbal Day celebrated in Gilgit-Baltistan; speakers paid tribute for his work in Philosophy, literature and freedom moment of Pakitan</span><br />VoH Report<br /></div>GILGIT, November 10: The 75th anniversary of doctor Allamma Muhammad Iqbal was held with tradtional zeal and ferver. Public, political, academic and social circles arranged attractive programmes where speakers threw light on the contibution made by him in his life for a just society especially for his guidance to freedom struggle for a separate country. Iqbal, architect of idea of seprate Muslim nation state is given due importance and regard and day normally obasved as public holiday across the country.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Work on 250 billion medical college project to start in March 2011; project completion deadline kept five years</span><br />VoH Report<br /></div>GILGIT, November 9: According to the planning department sources, work on construction of 250 billion project of first ever medical college is expected to start by next march. As per Chief Minister house declaration, project will be completed within next five years. All necessary arrangements have entered final phase and summary is expected to get approval formally from federal government by next month.<br />Sources further said that tender notice will be announced in the first week of January and in first phase, five million ruppee will be kept to initiate development project.<br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126262611251271531.post-28727894925045176952010-11-14T20:53:00.008-06:002010-12-02T17:38:26.725-06:00Hunza-Nagar Local News: Click here to read issue of [Nov.08-Nov.14]<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Little out comes of relief packages-Flood affectees faces hurdles achieve wattan cards</span>; <span style="font-weight: bold;">arrangement of mere a single registration outlet intriguing: Affectees</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Bureau Report</span><br /></div>HUNZA, Aliabad, Nov 14: Flood<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg1RWAYeOO7C57gQVzhW2Ulz0KdFZOXkt32w_0_1NkthFHTbQWLFi6yBr3VxlXNBAKAB-GDtBnv7DuE9tZm_JUs234J1yc-Etswnk-uGya5Y1HlPrwIgqX5MciAA2jQn-0Ezff73Lvfdx/s1600/SP_A2506.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg1RWAYeOO7C57gQVzhW2Ulz0KdFZOXkt32w_0_1NkthFHTbQWLFi6yBr3VxlXNBAKAB-GDtBnv7DuE9tZm_JUs234J1yc-Etswnk-uGya5Y1HlPrwIgqX5MciAA2jQn-0Ezff73Lvfdx/s200/SP_A2506.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539609663631646610" border="0" /></a> affectees continue to suffer in achieving recently announced Wattan card facility in Hunza-Nagar district. According to the details,Wattan Card scheme was initiated three days earlier by Finance Minsiter Mohammad Ali Akhtar to facilitate affectees who lost their properties during torrential floods in the district is proved an exhaustive effort rather than a facility. Top officials of local and political administration had ensured on the occasion of innugural session to keep the process simple. Yet, rectification of domicile of Hunza-Nagar district for applicants to the scheme has created a new issue for their national identity cards bear Gilgit district as their permanent residential reference.<br />Affectees of Lower Nagar: Minapin, Jafarabad, Gulmit, Iskandarabad and Chalt were facing difficulties as they have to pay higher travel charges amidst shortage of petroleum products across the district." This is our second day and no one was here to hear us," said Shahban Ali, a resident of Buladas Nagar. " Arrangement of just one outlet for registration porocess was intrguing," he added.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifp7aCwpkszfS11HMO9nQGd5Gy1LM-e9aZGaWwon63-5CCMOoBttJRjTLcd1LL_fH3KzXuRFXMkzO9C5p1TCkAj5RFRqR5m7UQJpuQxfddR2vY5AqCd1Glez7Zm-LabQ4j2ZPlraxGreY/s1600/SP_A2503.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 566px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifp7aCwpkszfS11HMO9nQGd5Gy1LM-e9aZGaWwon63-5CCMOoBttJRjTLcd1LL_fH3KzXuRFXMkzO9C5p1TCkAj5RFRqR5m7UQJpuQxfddR2vY5AqCd1Glez7Zm-LabQ4j2ZPlraxGreY/s400/SP_A2503.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539606883111624962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Hunza, Aliabad: Flood affectees of Hunza and Nagar are waiting outside NADRA registration office for their turn to get their names register in Hunza-Nagar district category. According to affectees they have to travel long distance of mere change of district. VoH Photo</span><br /><br />It is pertinent to say here that despite of passing of two and half years, Gilgit-Baltistan government reluctant to complete departmentalization in the Hunza-Nagar district taking things to worse as local government machinery assumes its self unable to dispense its duties. Affectees have demanded of Gilgit-Baltistan authorities to open an additional outlet for registration at Iskandarabad, lower Nagar to facilitate the process. Courtesy: <a href="http://gbecho.blogspot.com/">Gilgit-Baltistan Echo</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Wedding season on peak;Public opt for economy</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">VoH Report</span></span> </span></div>Hunza-Nagar, November 11: Hunza-Nagar is assumed as cradle of the Brosho, Shin and Balti culture and population is said spreaded gradually to other areas of the region including Ladakh , Kargil, Chitral, Kalash,Azad Kashmir and Sri Nagar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJZu-f_I6uVFUckm86siICvFoxsJ-ZOOXY_qCQ9GOKqhuLDUL9YL_sPIjdpsaFZs_IQnk4gaMICnkD_TIlXpXsCAjG6Xm3792kiKkKZ4NteTcGzMYAVqNEj42egbW66TqPKlLwIub75KW/s1600/SP_A2539.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJZu-f_I6uVFUckm86siICvFoxsJ-ZOOXY_qCQ9GOKqhuLDUL9YL_sPIjdpsaFZs_IQnk4gaMICnkD_TIlXpXsCAjG6Xm3792kiKkKZ4NteTcGzMYAVqNEj42egbW66TqPKlLwIub75KW/s400/SP_A2539.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546230845643976258" border="0" /></a>According to Mohammad Shifa, an eminent regional historian Brosho and Yaskin has the same origin yet former merged into Shin with passage of time in Gilgit and outskirts while Balti remained a dominant language of Ghanche and Baltistan. According to some historians, Brosho tribe first appeared aroung 3000 ago. Yet, they started to settle too later. Currently, three major languages are spoken: Brushaski in Central Hunza, Upper, Lower Nagar' Wakhi in Upper Hunza called Gojal; and third Shina in Lower Hunza and Nagar with major components alike. The three languages share many common elements due to coexistance for many centries.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7YZxdi_tZ_VLRaMBKIuikY1j8d2QU-niB3-Xgh_NWcr8ayo4hwZbd5I2MKIYMBg0zX91cRQ6CaGXX3IwVLfS0tQO271z2J_T488BwUPKSiRzrmPhJ5lc_b4-MsjsAi7otexfgyB-zFNJ/s1600/SP_A2540.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7YZxdi_tZ_VLRaMBKIuikY1j8d2QU-niB3-Xgh_NWcr8ayo4hwZbd5I2MKIYMBg0zX91cRQ6CaGXX3IwVLfS0tQO271z2J_T488BwUPKSiRzrmPhJ5lc_b4-MsjsAi7otexfgyB-zFNJ/s400/SP_A2540.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546231364932949602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Hunza: A newly wedded couple is heading to bride house. Photo by: Shams</span></span><br /><br /></div>Today, the evolving term cultural diversity has strengthened the attitude of mutual respect and recognition of cultural heritage. Furthermore, resultant factor can be observed in terms of rising inter-marriage tendencies strengthening the bonding among these entities.<br />Wedding sessions in Hunza-Nagar starts in the mid of October and continue by the end of December every year. Constant rise in cost for arrangment of such events have also served to bring impact on expenditure as families now tend to find economy to fulfill the obligation.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Wattan card scheme aims to compensate property loss during rains, collaborative efforts with private sector to address the needs in time; implementation of taxes under consideration: Muhammad Ali Akhtar</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">VoH Report</span><br /></div>HUNZA, Aliabad, November 09: Wattan Card scheme was aimed to compensate loss to the properties of affected families during recent rains. These views were expressed by finance minister GB council Muhammad Ali Akhtar after inaugural session of the Wattan card scheme. Talking to voice of Hunza, Mr. Ali said that PPP government is trying its best to get the people from trouble in the wake of natural calamities.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVPeubiOr7bYaj6TXPThRuBSTYZaMvcnrT7h_fguvsh3JXgEkAythtmCDIjApnQ7bEU4jYxY2n42iVxbgU_KfhZqmaeJiJLqCU7aOQSlUTj2F9Q85GWdUy_RkOK3oVg5H1ZmsiopUpaQV/s1600/SP_A2339.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 563px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVPeubiOr7bYaj6TXPThRuBSTYZaMvcnrT7h_fguvsh3JXgEkAythtmCDIjApnQ7bEU4jYxY2n42iVxbgU_KfhZqmaeJiJLqCU7aOQSlUTj2F9Q85GWdUy_RkOK3oVg5H1ZmsiopUpaQV/s400/SP_A2339.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539610399648566722" border="0" /></a>He said that it was the PPP's led government that give importance to farmer class saying his government has potential to facilitate working class though effective packages aims to stabilize prices of their crops. He said that every government used to make promises and most of them remain either half fulfilled either due to lack of financial resources or other hindrance."Despite of high budget deficit, the contemporary government will continue to facilitate common man," he added.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqWBXb8pQmQ7nSss2Jx7crdZHNyj646So8KFegvy8T6wfm-hiSgP0fHjiIh4v49b34dUfGHwZrz4aME91PUlJ2gFLeuJOdn6Dtot-v2TclRuJZKQaOLIUJ2AO976jvC-B5ydusvem8WJe/s1600/SP_A2349.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 573px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqWBXb8pQmQ7nSss2Jx7crdZHNyj646So8KFegvy8T6wfm-hiSgP0fHjiIh4v49b34dUfGHwZrz4aME91PUlJ2gFLeuJOdn6Dtot-v2TclRuJZKQaOLIUJ2AO976jvC-B5ydusvem8WJe/s400/SP_A2349.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539610942948060162" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hunza, Aliabad: Finance Minister gives away wattan cards to inaugurate the scheme to compensate flood affectees in Central, Lower areas of Hunza-Nagar district. Zafar Waqar Taj, DC Hunza-Nagar also present on occasion. Photos by Shams</span><br /></span><br />Mr. Akhtar appraised Deputy Commissioner (DC) Hunza-Nagar Zafar Waqar Taj for his dedication saying such persons were our real assets. He said that GB council is considering over the move of the government to impose taxes to cover the cost accumulated due to flood relief operations saying any decision will be taken keeping interest of common man.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Hunza-Nagar to mark Iqbal day; holday announced, special programs to shed light on his accomplishments</span><br /></span>VoH Report<br /></div>Hunza-Nagar, Nov.09: Like other parts of the country as well as Gilgit-Baltistan , Iqbal day would be celebrated on Tuesday to commemorate the genius and poet of East. Speacial programmes have been arranged by acadmic circles to pay him tribute for his accomplishment in his domain and discipline. Such a programme would be held on today at Dawn Public School, Hyderabad coupled with cultural programme. According to a notification recieved from district education directorate, Hunza-Nagar on Wednesday, all educational institutions would remain close to give respect to the day.<br />Doctor Alamma Muhammad Iqbal, also known as poet of East wrote many masterpieces including Khudi (Self-conciousness), mind blowing letters to his son Javed, poems that reflect his due regard and love for his nation.<br /><br /></div>Shamsuddin Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238915229237018778noreply@blogger.com2