N snaps all contact with Gilani as premier

By: Abrar Saeed | April 29, 2012 | The Nation

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided that the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly would not engage himself in any sort of consultation with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, since “the latter was a convicted person and no more a legitimate chief executive of the country”.
Sources in the party informed The Nation that Leader of Opposition Ch Nisar Ali Khan was in the process of consultation with Leader of the House Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on the appointment of the new Chief Election Commissioner, but the party leadership decided after the April 26 conviction of the Prime Minister to halt the process till a new chief executive is installed by the ruling coalition.
The party leadership, after the conviction of Prime Minister Gilani, held a detailed discussion in Lahore wherein it was also decided that the Punjab Government would no more accord protocol of Chief Executive to Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and would also move all appropriate forums to stop him from functioning as the Chief Executive of the country.
Sources said that the party would also consider bringing “a reference” against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in the National Assembly in the light of the Supreme Court of Pakistan verdict and the date and time of submitting “the reference” to the Speaker National Assembly would be decided in the Monday meeting of the party at the Punjab House, Islamabad.
The final decision of the party's future course of action, both within and outside the Parliament, would be decided in the Monday meeting of the party as by the time the party leadership would also have taken into confidence the other political stakeholders in the Parliament.
Sources said that Ch Nisar Ali Khan also took into confidence both Mian Nawaz Sharif and Mian Shahbaz Sharif about his telephonic contacts with heads of various political parties including JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, PPP-S chief Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, PML-Likeminded chief Saleem Saifullah Khan and some other nationalist leaders who do not have representation in the Parliament.
Sources said Ch Nisar Ali Khan would be meeting Maulana Fazlur Rehman ahead of the party meeting on Monday as the PML-N wanted to evolve a consensus on the opposition’s strategy in the National Assembly when it would resume its session Monday evening.PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif declared open war against PPP the other day when he said that Gilani would have to step down or face a long march.

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‘Senseless women’ minting money in the name of bill: JUI-F

By  Correspondent

Published: April 8, 2012

Activists dismiss accusations of hidden agenda as party vehemently puts its foot down.

ISLAMABAD:  Announcing a countrywide strike against the tabling of Domestic Violence Bill, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) demanded legal action against NGOs, and female NGO workers in particular, supporting the bill.

The JUI-F, which has already declared its opposition to the passage of the bill in its current form, said it would fight its passage ‘tooth and nail.’ The group had earlier warned NGOs to stop supporting a bill which represents ‘western culture.’
“We will not let these senseless women, who depend on American dollars, work against the constitution and the Islamic shariah,” said statement issued by JUI-F Islamabad media coordinator Jamshid Abbasi. “Minting dollars in the name of women rights, (women) representatives of these NGOs are earning a bad name for Islam,” the statement said.
NGOs dismiss ‘agenda’
In response to the statement, leading human rights activist, Dr Farzana Bari, said that the allegations were completely baseless. She said that protection of women from domestic violence was the right and demand of every Pakistani woman. The bill, she said, was drafted by the country’s lawmakers in standing committees represented by all political parties including the JUI-F.
Earlier on Friday, opposing protest rallies took place outside parliament. Rights activists chanted slogans in favour of the passage of the bill, while religious activists raised slogans opposing it.
Human rights activist and filmmaker, Samar Minallah, said the protest was against the language and insensitivity shown by JUI-F Chief in parliament when the bill was introduced on April 4, 2012.
“It was a protest against a particular mindset. A mindset that tends to trivialise and politicise all women rights issues,” she told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 8^th, 2012.

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Pakistan's president visits India amid warming ties

By Harmeet Shah Singh

April 8, 2012 , (CNN)

New Delhi (CNN) -- President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan visits India on Sunday -- the first by a Pakistani head of state in seven years amid thawing relations between the two nuclear-armed archrivals.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India will host a lunch in honor of Zardari in New Delhi before the Pakistani leader travels to the shrine of a revered Sufi saint at Ajmer in Rajasthan state, officials said.

Zardari's visit Sunday, a private trip, comes in the wake of Pakistan's recent promise to grant India "most favored nation" trading status.

The South Asian neighbors have fought three wars, two of them over the Himalayan territory of Kashmir, since the 1947 partition of the subcontinent into Islamic Pakistan and Hindu-majority, secular India after independence from Britain.

Last year, both nations pledged not to let their fragile peace process unravel again over the range of thorny issues that put them at odds.

After meeting her Indian counterpart in New Delhi in July, the Pakistani foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, said she believed that "it is the desire and commitment of both the governments to make it an uninterrupted and uninterruptable process."

Their meeting came barely two weeks after three deadly explosions ripped through Mumbai, killing 27 people. The attack revived painful memories of the 2008 terrorist siege in Mumbai, for which India blamed Pakistani-based extremists. Pakistan was quick to condemn the 2011 bombings of Mumbai while New Delhi was careful not to point the finger at Islamabad.

In 2004, the nations agreed to negotiations that cover eight issues, including Kashmir, terrorism and Pakistan's concerns over river dams on the Indian side of the border, which it sees as a threat to its water supplies.

Since then, successive governments have held talks in an effort to end the historical acrimony.

Singh and Zardari hailed results from the dialogue in September 2008 as the countries completed four rounds of diplomatic meetings.

But engagements were suspended two months later in November 2008 after the terrorist assault on Mumbai, which left more than 160 people dead.

Over the past two years, India and Pakistan have held a series of high-level meetings in their bid to put their peace dialogue back on track, a process considered crucial to regional stability ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

In 2011, New Delhi and Islamabad agreed to resume talks.

"It's a win-win situation when Pakistan and India are engaging in dialogue, are talking to each other, and are building better cooperation," Mark Toner, a deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said Thursday regarding Zardari's upcoming India visit.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan, who met Singh on the margins of a nuclear security summit in Seoul, South Korea, last month, also invited the Indian leader to his country.

"Zardari has chosen a visit to Ajmer as a reason to be in New Delhi," Sanjaya Baru, Singh's former media adviser, wrote in a column for the Indian Express on Friday.

Baru suggested Singh "could choose a visit to his place of birth, the village Gah, as a good reason to go to Lahore, and maybe even Islamabad."

Singh was born in Gah during British rule over the subcontinent. Today, the village is part of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

Gen. Pervez Musharraf was the last Pakistani president to visit India, in 2005, upon invitation by Singh to watch a cricket match between the two countries.

"Nothing need come out of such visits. No joint statement, no agreements, no final solution. But each such visit and the ensuing dialogue will make it easier for both governments to walk down the road that Singh and Musharraf defined," Baru wrote.

Other observers also said the Sunday lunch meeting between the Indian and Pakistani leaders was encouraging.

"The lunch being hosted by the prime minister for a Pakistani president on a private visit is a welcome step," said Uday Bhaskar, a strategic analyst. "These gestures are in the long-term interest of India and that of the region."

What Manmohan Singh should tell Zardari today

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What Manmohan Singh should tell Zardari today

by Aakar Patel  , 8Th April 2012, Fristpost.India,

What should Manmohan Singh tell Asif Zardari about Hafiz Saeed when he meets him today?
He should say that the US move to squeeze Pakistan by putting a bounty on Saeed must be used to its advantage by Pakistan.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani says this is an internal issue for Pakistan. Arresting, prosecuting or simply containing Saeed does not concern the United States because Pakistan is equipped to deal with its citizen.
The question is: Has it succeeded? The answer is no. An editorial in the Daily Times explained why. Writing about the “November 2008 Mumbai bloodbath in which 166 people, including six American citizens, were killed”, the newspaper says about Saeed: “His subsequent arrest and trial however, yielded an acquittal from the Lahore High Court for lack of evidence. It is evident that our courts’ hands are tied if no credible evidence or witnesses are available. The former may be difficult to obtain given that our sleuths are not renowned for competence and also because people of Hafiz Saeed’s ilk have powerful protectors and friends in the intelligence community, which sees them as ‘strategic assets’. The latter are usually too frightened, or frightened off by open threats from organisations wedded to extremist jihad.”

The PM should say the US move to squeeze Pakistan by putting a bounty on Saeed must be used to its advantage by Pakistan. AP Photo

There is another reason for Gilani to consider doing more on Saeed. It can be argued that the LeT’s attacks on India damaged Pakistan more than they did India. After the attack on Parliament in 2001, India mobilised for war. President Musharraf was pressured to ban LeT and Jaish e Muhammad. Little benefit accrued to Pakistan from the event except a devaluation of assets.  After the attack in Mumbai, the United Nations Security Council (under GA 9527, modifying resolution 1822) accepted India’s and the United States’ case that Hafiz Saeed and Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi were responsible and they were put under sanctions. The world stopped accepting Pakistan’s deniability.
As strategy, such attacks are more fulfilling emotionally than effective. The idea that India has been slapped by 10 men who kept its economic centre under siege for three days is satisfying to those who hate India. But other than killing some Indian women, children and men, this did not achieve much. Of course, it is valid to assume that the LeT saw value, including for propaganda, but the attack did not move it towards its goal. LeT’s goal is to free Kashmir from Hindu rule and have the crescent of Islam hoisted again at the Red Fort.
I would say the attack made the goal more difficult because it is LeT that was squeezed after it, not India.
The benefit such assets bring Pakistan is little compared to the cost. Their actions are not effective for three reasons:
First, India’s economy has escaped the orbit of South Asia’s low growth curse. LeT’s bloodiest attack could not change that. Second, Indians have a cultural ability (which Pakistanis also share) to absorb trauma. Traumatic events are episodic and put behind us more easily than by the West. Third, such attacks have failed to provoke communal rioting because there is a consensus that it is Pakistan that does it.
On Pakistan’s side, allowing space to LeT has led to other problems. Saeed is the moving force behind Difaa e Pakistan. This group has made the Parliament’s delicate job of repairing relations with the United States more difficult. There is a side to the Difaa e Pakistan which is not about Hindus, Christians and Jews, but threatens Pakistan’s own communities.
For this reason Gilani is right about Saeed being an internal issue, but only if he sees it in terms of both sovereignty and as a problem.
The truth is that even if the US put the bounty to please Manmohan Singh, and I believe it did, the beneficiary will be Pakistan. If they cannot successfully prosecute Saeed, Gilani and Zardari should use this opportunity to convince the army to shut LeT down.

Dolphins, Stallions in Super-8 T-20 semis

By:  Staff Reporter | March 31, 2012 | The Nation

 

RAWALPINDI – Helped by a breath-taking 59 from Flamboyant opener Imran Nazir Sialkot Stallions crush defending Super-8 Twenty20 Champions Rawalpindi Rams by 7 wickets in the last group B match here on Friday.
Nazir completed his half century in only 26 balls, with the help of five fours and four huge sixes. Shakeel Ansar 21 and Shoaib Malik 20 were the other runs contributors for Sialkot as they achieved the 122 target in only 15.3 overs. For Rawalpindi Mu Nawaz took 2 for 28 and Sohail Tanveer chipped in with 1 for 30.
Rawalpindi fail to win even a single group match losing to all opponents, thus becoming the only winless team of the event.
In the first semi-final to be played today Lahore Lions will face Karachi Dolphins, the match will start at 4:00pm, while Sialkot Stallions will be in action against Peshawar Panthers, the second semi-final will start at 8:00pm.
Earlier, Rawalpindi Rams openers once again failed to provide there team a solid start. Hammad Azam and skipper Sohail Tanveer both scored 24 runs each, while Awais Zia and Umar Amin contribute 20 each as Rams finished the innings at 121 for the loss of 9 wickets. Left arm spinner Raza Hasan grabbed 3 wickets in his last over to further dampen Rams hopes of posting a reasonable total on the board. Raza finished with 3 for 20 while Umaid Asif and Rana Navedul Hasan shared two wickets each by giving away 26 and 29 runs respectively while Shoaib Malik finished with 1 for 8.
In the first match of the day, Asad Shafiq’s superb knock of 58 guided Karachi Dolphins to a five-wicket victory over Lahore Eagles to book place in the semi-finals. Lahore Eagles, batting first, scored 148 runs for the loss of eight wickets in allotted overs. Imran Farhat hit 41 runs while skipper Taufiq Umar made 30 and Azhar Ali 23. Haris Ayaz and Roman Raees picked up two wickets each.
Needing 149 runs for victory, Karachi achieved the target in 18.1 overs for the loss of five wickets. Asad played a match-winning innings of 58 studied with six boundaries while Sheharyar Ghani made unbeaten 44 laced with five fours and one six. For Lahore Eagles, Mustafa Iqbal claimed three wickets for 26 runs while Taufiq Umar and Emmad Ali got one wicket each.

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No indication of Pakistan lying about broader OBL support network: Mark Toner

By Huma Imtiaz

Published: March 31, 2012, The Express

State Department spokesperson says US engaging Pakistan government at all levels. PHOTO: FILE

WASHINGTON: The US State Department, reacting to news that Osama bin Laden had lived at five different locations in Pakistan over the decade leading up to his death in the May 2, 2011 raid, maintained that they never found credible evidence which points towards a Pakistan support network for the al Qaeda supremo.
State Department spokesperson Mark Toner was asked during the daily briefing on Friday whether the Pakistan government was consistently lying to the US over bin Laden. The official responded “immediately after the Abbottabad raid, we asked the Pakistani Government the question of whether there was a larger network at play here or there was some kind of network of support, I guess, for bin Ladin when he was there.  We have not received any information that indicates that there was such a network of support there.”
Pressed on whether he believed that Pakistan had lied to the US, Toner responded, “I don’t believe so … we haven’t received any indications that indicate that there was some broader network, no.”
US drones while waiting for parliamentary review
As if to send a reminder to the political forces in Islamabad to adopt a more urgent attitude towards the Parliamentary review of ties with the US, an unmanned aerial vehicle had launched missiles in Miranshah, North Waziristan, killing at least four people.
Asked about the strike, Toner said that he did not have a comment for the early Friday morning strike, but that the US continues to await results of the review.
“That’s still ongoing.  But I think that in terms of our relations, we continue to have engagement at all levels within the Pakistani Government.  And we certainly respect the review process that’s underway and we look forward to the results, and then we’ll be willing to discuss some of the issues raised by that.  But as to this incident, I don’t have any comment.”
Meanwhile, a US government official, dispelling notions that the drone strikes were on hold till Pakistan completes its review, told Reuters on Friday that, “the United States is conducting, and will continue to conduct, the counter terrorism operations it needs to protect the US and its interests.”

RPP contract cancellation: Decision to have little or no impact on power shortfall

By Zafar Bhutta

Published: March 31, 2012

Karkey was generating an average of 48 megawatts against the capacity of 231 megawatts and that too at the highest rate of Rs35-50 per unit. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: Though cancellation of rental power plant (RPP) contracts will have no impact on the country due to low power production at a higher cost, the government has decided to file a review petition in the Supreme Court.

The decision came after the Supreme Court on Friday declared RPPs as illegal and ordered them to be shut down.
Rental power plants are producing only 120 megawatts of electricity despite the fact that the government paid Rs21.8 billion in mobilisation advance with the help of bank loans taken against assets of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC).
“The government can easily add 120 megawatts to the national grid by bailing out independent power plants (IPPs) that are operating below capacity due to the burden of circular debt,” a government official said.
RPPs were a burden on the national exchequer that produced very expensive electricity and did nothing to provide relief to the consumers who had been facing severe energy shortages for a long time, the official said.
“The government may file a review petition after consultation with legal teams,” Water and Power Minister Syed Naveed Qamar said while talking to the media after attending an energy conference here on Friday.
Qamar said the court’s decision would not have a positive impact on future investment in the power sector, adding the economy could not survive without reducing power shortfall.
However, he expected power production to increase by 600 megawatts in the next two days.
Some government quarters termed the Supreme Court’s decision historic, saying it would not only discourage corruption in the power sector but would also force the government to invest in projects like coal and hydro resources to provide a long-term solution to the energy crisis.
A rental power plant, Karkey, was producing an average of 48 megawatts against the capacity of 231 megawatts and that too at the highest rate of Rs35-50 per unit. Among other RPPs, Gulf, which had a capacity of 62 megawatts, was generating 50 megawatts and Reshma Power with 201-megawatt capacity was producing 14 megawatts.
Experts are of the view that RPPs are not a solution to the energy crisis and the government should have arranged gas supply for power plants rather than investing in rental projects.
Four power plants with a combined capacity of over 800 megawatts have been demanding gas since June 2011 but to no avail. They either remain closed or run on expensive diesel to produce electricity, the experts say.
In addition to this, they say, higher charges of rental power plants and payment of rent have contributed to the increase in electricity tariff.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 31^st, 2012.

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