Word - what a complete dump Pakistan is. Anyone is picked up, students are lynched, journalists are kidnapped, Presidents are hanged. Even African countries come across as Scandinavia in comparison.
Islamic Republic of Pakistan : News, Discussions & Updates
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It is up to the people to make their country whatever it needs to be to work for a majority of them. By this criterion, Pakistan works very well indeed for those that control its affairs. Who is the rest of the world to complain?
Pakistani Suspected of Forging Terrorists' Papers Detained in Thailand - Reports
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The police in Thailand detained a man from Pakistan suspected of forging documents for international criminals, including those who were planning to join the Daesh terrorist group, local media reported on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.
The agents of police, immigration authorities and armed forces arrested Mohammad Iqbal, 51, on Sunday, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported.
Several Singaporean and Indian passports and the equipment for making forgeries were found in the suspect's apartment.
The police have reportedly said that Iqbal is a member of the group that was making documents for people from the Middle East who wanted to enter Europe and Australia and for people linked to Daesh.
In Thailand any forged documents can be easily purchased on the streets housands, whereas thousands of passports are reported missing every year.
The flourishing forgery market has contributed to the fact that Thailand became an important hub for smugglers and human traffickers.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The police in Thailand detained a man from Pakistan suspected of forging documents for international criminals, including those who were planning to join the Daesh terrorist group, local media reported on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.
The agents of police, immigration authorities and armed forces arrested Mohammad Iqbal, 51, on Sunday, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported.
Several Singaporean and Indian passports and the equipment for making forgeries were found in the suspect's apartment.
The police have reportedly said that Iqbal is a member of the group that was making documents for people from the Middle East who wanted to enter Europe and Australia and for people linked to Daesh.
In Thailand any forged documents can be easily purchased on the streets housands, whereas thousands of passports are reported missing every year.
The flourishing forgery market has contributed to the fact that Thailand became an important hub for smugglers and human traffickers.
Drone strikes on both sides of Pak-Afghan border kill 2, injure 1 suspected militant
At least one man was severely injured in a drone strike allegedly carried out by a US spy plane in Kurram Agency's Badshah Kot area near the Pak-Afghan border.
According to officials, the man severely injured in the strike was identified as Khalid, said to be an "Afghan extremist".
The missile fell close to a house in the area, eyewitnesses said.
In a similar strike carried out on the Afghan side, two "Afghan extremists" were killed in the Khost province of Afghanistan, said officials.
The two men were killed in the the strike carried out close to an extremist den in the Khani Kila area.
According to eyewitnesses, US spy drones have been circling the Pak-Afghan border since Wednesday morning.
Three-member Taliban delegation visits Pakistan
The Taliban have quietly sent political negotiators to Pakistan from its Qatar-based office amid a new diplomatic push for encouraging peace talks between parties to the Afghanistan war.
According to a VOA report quoting local media, a three-member Taliban delegation headed by Shahabuddin Dilawar, who is also a senior member of the Doha office, is currently in Islamabad.
However, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif told Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday that he was not aware of any Taliban delegation visiting Pakistan.
Diplomatic sources in Islamabad have told VOA they are “aware” of the arrival of Taliban officials, but they refused to speculate on their mission.
When the VOA sought confirmation and purpose of the Taliban delegation’s visit to Pakistan, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, “Let me check and if I get any information I will get back and share it with you.”
The tension between the US and Pakistan has recently grown over US complaints that the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network that target American troops in Afghanistan are allowed to take shelter on Pakistani soil.
Trump’s administration earlier this month announced the suspension of about $2 billion in security aid to Pakistan over accusations Islamabad is playing a double game in Afghanistan. Islamabad denies this and accuses the US of disrespecting its vast sacrifices in fighting terrorism.
“Our influence with the Taliban, naturally has over the years diminished, mainly because most of them have actually moved into Afghanistan and therefore, they are not really under our influence directly,” Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry told VOA in a recent interview.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s official High Peace Council, tasked to promote peace and reconciliation with the armed opposition, said on Tuesday that the Afghan government was committed to engaging in talks with the Taliban.
FDI in Pakistan drops massive 71.5% in Dec
KARACHI: Foreign investment in Pakistan’s economy dropped a massive 71.5% in December, amounting to just $197.4 million from $692.1 million in the same month of 2016, according to data released on Tuesday by the State Bank of Pakistan.
December was the first month of the current fiscal year that saw a fall in foreign direct investment (FDI).
Majority of the foreign investors seem to have taken a wait-and-see approach in making new injections in Pakistan considering mounting political tension ahead of the planned next generation elections this year. Additionally, worrying macroeconomic indicators are keeping investors at bay, say analysts.
At least one man was severely injured in a drone strike allegedly carried out by a US spy plane in Kurram Agency's Badshah Kot area near the Pak-Afghan border.
According to officials, the man severely injured in the strike was identified as Khalid, said to be an "Afghan extremist".
The missile fell close to a house in the area, eyewitnesses said.
In a similar strike carried out on the Afghan side, two "Afghan extremists" were killed in the Khost province of Afghanistan, said officials.
The two men were killed in the the strike carried out close to an extremist den in the Khani Kila area.
According to eyewitnesses, US spy drones have been circling the Pak-Afghan border since Wednesday morning.
Three-member Taliban delegation visits Pakistan
The Taliban have quietly sent political negotiators to Pakistan from its Qatar-based office amid a new diplomatic push for encouraging peace talks between parties to the Afghanistan war.
According to a VOA report quoting local media, a three-member Taliban delegation headed by Shahabuddin Dilawar, who is also a senior member of the Doha office, is currently in Islamabad.
However, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif told Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday that he was not aware of any Taliban delegation visiting Pakistan.
Diplomatic sources in Islamabad have told VOA they are “aware” of the arrival of Taliban officials, but they refused to speculate on their mission.
When the VOA sought confirmation and purpose of the Taliban delegation’s visit to Pakistan, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, “Let me check and if I get any information I will get back and share it with you.”
The tension between the US and Pakistan has recently grown over US complaints that the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network that target American troops in Afghanistan are allowed to take shelter on Pakistani soil.
Trump’s administration earlier this month announced the suspension of about $2 billion in security aid to Pakistan over accusations Islamabad is playing a double game in Afghanistan. Islamabad denies this and accuses the US of disrespecting its vast sacrifices in fighting terrorism.
“Our influence with the Taliban, naturally has over the years diminished, mainly because most of them have actually moved into Afghanistan and therefore, they are not really under our influence directly,” Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry told VOA in a recent interview.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s official High Peace Council, tasked to promote peace and reconciliation with the armed opposition, said on Tuesday that the Afghan government was committed to engaging in talks with the Taliban.
FDI in Pakistan drops massive 71.5% in Dec
KARACHI: Foreign investment in Pakistan’s economy dropped a massive 71.5% in December, amounting to just $197.4 million from $692.1 million in the same month of 2016, according to data released on Tuesday by the State Bank of Pakistan.
December was the first month of the current fiscal year that saw a fall in foreign direct investment (FDI).
Majority of the foreign investors seem to have taken a wait-and-see approach in making new injections in Pakistan considering mounting political tension ahead of the planned next generation elections this year. Additionally, worrying macroeconomic indicators are keeping investors at bay, say analysts.
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UN must step up pressure on Pakistan: US
Returning from a UN Security Council visit to Afghanistan, US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Wednesday stressed the Kabul government wants world powers to step up pressure on Pakistan.
Haley joined the 14 other council envoys for talks with top Afghan leaders in Kabul at the weekend as the government considers holding peace talks with the Taliban to end decades of insurgency.
"They feel confident that the Taliban will be coming to the table," Haley told reporters at UN headquarters.
While the peace talks will be Afghan-led, the Kabul government did request that the Security Council weigh in to bring Pakistan onboard.
"They did ask us for consensus to put further pressure on Pakistan to come to the table and change their behavior," Haley said.
The Afghan government is making strides towards stability, she said, and "continue to make ten steps forward and with Pakistan they feel like they continue to take steps backward."
"As long as they are supporting terrorism in Pakistan, the Afghan community is continuing to feel it is not safe," she said.
Haley did not specify what measures could be taken to pressure Pakistan, but the council does have the power to impose sanctions.
Pakistan has long been accused of supporting the Taliban and various militant groups in Afghanistan -- charges it denies.
President Donald Trump has frozen US payments of military aid to Pakistan, worth $900 million, saying Pakistan is not doing enough to target Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani guerilla group.
A question mark also hangs over a further $1 billion of US military equipment for Pakistan.
US officials believe that Pakistan's intelligence agency and military have long helped fund and arm the Taliban to counter rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, whose government is backed by the US.
The Afghan government also requested council help to address narcotics production and trafficking, looking at "every country that moves them," said Haley.
Returning from a UN Security Council visit to Afghanistan, US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Wednesday stressed the Kabul government wants world powers to step up pressure on Pakistan.
Haley joined the 14 other council envoys for talks with top Afghan leaders in Kabul at the weekend as the government considers holding peace talks with the Taliban to end decades of insurgency.
"They feel confident that the Taliban will be coming to the table," Haley told reporters at UN headquarters.
While the peace talks will be Afghan-led, the Kabul government did request that the Security Council weigh in to bring Pakistan onboard.
"They did ask us for consensus to put further pressure on Pakistan to come to the table and change their behavior," Haley said.
The Afghan government is making strides towards stability, she said, and "continue to make ten steps forward and with Pakistan they feel like they continue to take steps backward."
"As long as they are supporting terrorism in Pakistan, the Afghan community is continuing to feel it is not safe," she said.
Haley did not specify what measures could be taken to pressure Pakistan, but the council does have the power to impose sanctions.
Pakistan has long been accused of supporting the Taliban and various militant groups in Afghanistan -- charges it denies.
President Donald Trump has frozen US payments of military aid to Pakistan, worth $900 million, saying Pakistan is not doing enough to target Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani guerilla group.
A question mark also hangs over a further $1 billion of US military equipment for Pakistan.
US officials believe that Pakistan's intelligence agency and military have long helped fund and arm the Taliban to counter rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, whose government is backed by the US.
The Afghan government also requested council help to address narcotics production and trafficking, looking at "every country that moves them," said Haley.
US, Israel, India nexus major 'threat' to Muslim world: Pakistan Senate Chairman
ISLAMABAD: An emerging nexus between the US, Israel and India is a major threat to the Muslim world, Pakistan's Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani has said.
According to a press release issued by the Senate secretariat on Wednesday, Rabbani sounded the "warning" while addressing the 13th session of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic Countries (PUIC) in Tehran.
Rabbani said: "There is a changing world scenario in which a nexus among the US, Israeli and India is emerging and the Ummah (Muslim world) needs unity to deal with this because today it is Pakistan and Iran tomorrow it can be any other country."
ISLAMABAD: An emerging nexus between the US, Israel and India is a major threat to the Muslim world, Pakistan's Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani has said.
According to a press release issued by the Senate secretariat on Wednesday, Rabbani sounded the "warning" while addressing the 13th session of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic Countries (PUIC) in Tehran.
Rabbani said: "There is a changing world scenario in which a nexus among the US, Israeli and India is emerging and the Ummah (Muslim world) needs unity to deal with this because today it is Pakistan and Iran tomorrow it can be any other country."
Pakistan's foreign reserves slide continues
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday its foreign exchange reserves amounted to $13.69 billion on Jan 12, down $2.45bn from $16.14bn at the end of June 2017.
The dip comes despite $2.5bn borrowing from global bond markets at the end of November.
Static remittances, increasing trade deficit, insufficient rise in exports and relentless build-up of external debt are some of the reasons behind the softening position in the external account.
During the current fiscal year, Pakistan has also raised about $1bn through commercial short-term borrowing.
In view of a rising trade deficit coupled with slow growth in exports, the current account deficit has emerged as the biggest problem for economic managers. In the first five months of the current fiscal year, it rose 91 per cent year-on-year to $6.4bn.
The current account deficit hit a record high of $12.4bn in 2016-17, which hurt the external sector and put enormous pressure on the government to build reserves through more borrowing.
Militants kill mother-daughter polio workers in Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday shot dead a mother and her daughter who were part of a polio vaccination team in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province.
The gunmen opened fire on the polio team in the Shalkot area, killing the two women in what law enforcers believe is a targeted attack, Dawn reported, quoting police sources.
The attackers escaped unhurt from the site of the attack, police said.
Earlier on Thursday, two policemen were shot dead in a targeted attack in the Zarghoon Road area in Quetta.
Polio teams have been the target of militants after the Taliban spread rumours that the vaccination drives were a front for espionage or a conspiracy to sterilise Muslims.
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday its foreign exchange reserves amounted to $13.69 billion on Jan 12, down $2.45bn from $16.14bn at the end of June 2017.
The dip comes despite $2.5bn borrowing from global bond markets at the end of November.
Static remittances, increasing trade deficit, insufficient rise in exports and relentless build-up of external debt are some of the reasons behind the softening position in the external account.
During the current fiscal year, Pakistan has also raised about $1bn through commercial short-term borrowing.
In view of a rising trade deficit coupled with slow growth in exports, the current account deficit has emerged as the biggest problem for economic managers. In the first five months of the current fiscal year, it rose 91 per cent year-on-year to $6.4bn.
The current account deficit hit a record high of $12.4bn in 2016-17, which hurt the external sector and put enormous pressure on the government to build reserves through more borrowing.
Militants kill mother-daughter polio workers in Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday shot dead a mother and her daughter who were part of a polio vaccination team in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province.
The gunmen opened fire on the polio team in the Shalkot area, killing the two women in what law enforcers believe is a targeted attack, Dawn reported, quoting police sources.
The attackers escaped unhurt from the site of the attack, police said.
Earlier on Thursday, two policemen were shot dead in a targeted attack in the Zarghoon Road area in Quetta.
Polio teams have been the target of militants after the Taliban spread rumours that the vaccination drives were a front for espionage or a conspiracy to sterilise Muslims.
ُPakistan rejects allegations of Haqqani network, Afghan Taliban safe havens
Pakistan’s Ambassador to United States Aizaz Chaudhry, in an interview with BBC Urdu, has said that Pakistan wants to send Haqqani network and Taliban back to Afghanistan so they can participate in national politics there.
Aizaz Chaudhry, responding to a question regarding allegations Pakistan providing safe haven to Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network, dismissed such accusations, saying if the United States has any doubt and have any information they must share with Islamabad because Pakistan itself wanted to eliminate them.
“Our position is that we want to eliminate them (terrorists); we do not want Haqqani network and Taliban on Pakistani soil. We are pressurizing them to return to Afghanistan(but but no safe havens?) because it is their homeland, and urging them to take part in political activities over there as their stay in Pakistan is totally unacceptable,” stated Aizaz.
He went on to state that according to the information acquired, these banned outfits have 43 percent occupation of Afghani land. Hence, it is needless that they stay in Pakistan. However, they do have close relations with some Afghan refugees in Pakistan, which is why Islamabad wants to repatriate them as well.
Aizaz Chaudhry added that the ‘Afghan refugees have now become a threat to Pakistan’s security as terrorist outfits were recruiting youth from them, therefore, Pakistan also wants repatriation of Afghan refugees besides safeguarding the border, making it difficult for miscreants to travel across it.'
In response to a question regarding the exchange of intelligence sharing with US and military cooperation, Aizaz said, ‘Both Pakistan and US are in contact with each other, including that of intelligence sharing on the working level.”
“We have to keep communication open besides cooperation on intelligence sharing which is at working level till now. Talks with officials are underway,” Aizaz revealed.
It is to be mentioned here that only a few days ago, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir had said that the exchange of intelligence sharing and military cooperation with the United States has been suspended.
Pakistan ‘faces $11.43b damages claims’ in Reko Diq mining case
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has observed that Pakistan faces $11.43 billion damages claims in Reko Diq mining case in international courts due to corrupt practices and inefficiencies of successive governments of Balochistan.
The PAC on Thursday also raised serious questions over the manner in which the provincial governments allowed change of ownership from one Australian company to two others from 1998 to 2006 despite the fact that there was no such clause in the original Chagai Hills Joint Venture Exploration Agreement (Chejva).
Honest discussion on state of Pak in their media
Pakistan’s Ambassador to United States Aizaz Chaudhry, in an interview with BBC Urdu, has said that Pakistan wants to send Haqqani network and Taliban back to Afghanistan so they can participate in national politics there.
Aizaz Chaudhry, responding to a question regarding allegations Pakistan providing safe haven to Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network, dismissed such accusations, saying if the United States has any doubt and have any information they must share with Islamabad because Pakistan itself wanted to eliminate them.
“Our position is that we want to eliminate them (terrorists); we do not want Haqqani network and Taliban on Pakistani soil. We are pressurizing them to return to Afghanistan(but but no safe havens?) because it is their homeland, and urging them to take part in political activities over there as their stay in Pakistan is totally unacceptable,” stated Aizaz.
He went on to state that according to the information acquired, these banned outfits have 43 percent occupation of Afghani land. Hence, it is needless that they stay in Pakistan. However, they do have close relations with some Afghan refugees in Pakistan, which is why Islamabad wants to repatriate them as well.
Aizaz Chaudhry added that the ‘Afghan refugees have now become a threat to Pakistan’s security as terrorist outfits were recruiting youth from them, therefore, Pakistan also wants repatriation of Afghan refugees besides safeguarding the border, making it difficult for miscreants to travel across it.'
In response to a question regarding the exchange of intelligence sharing with US and military cooperation, Aizaz said, ‘Both Pakistan and US are in contact with each other, including that of intelligence sharing on the working level.”
“We have to keep communication open besides cooperation on intelligence sharing which is at working level till now. Talks with officials are underway,” Aizaz revealed.
It is to be mentioned here that only a few days ago, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir had said that the exchange of intelligence sharing and military cooperation with the United States has been suspended.
Pakistan ‘faces $11.43b damages claims’ in Reko Diq mining case
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has observed that Pakistan faces $11.43 billion damages claims in Reko Diq mining case in international courts due to corrupt practices and inefficiencies of successive governments of Balochistan.
The PAC on Thursday also raised serious questions over the manner in which the provincial governments allowed change of ownership from one Australian company to two others from 1998 to 2006 despite the fact that there was no such clause in the original Chagai Hills Joint Venture Exploration Agreement (Chejva).
Honest discussion on state of Pak in their media
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Sialvi demands Shariah in seven days
LAHORE: Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi on Saturday set yet another deadline for the government, this time for enforcing “Shariah” within seven days or risk protests in every nook and corner of the country.
Addressing a Khatm-i-Nabuwat Conference in the city, the third protest rally of its kind in the last two months, the octogenarian Pir from Sial Sharif warned if the government failed to meet the deadline, Aashqan-i-Rasool [those in love with the Holy Prophet (PBUH)] would protest in every street in the country, and it won’t stop.
Earlier two protests were held at Faisalabad and Gujranwala.
The Pir also supported the “jail bharo (fill the jails)” movement announced by the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allaha, starting from Jan 27, during which the TLYR claimed 100 workers of the party would court arrests daily till all jails in the province were filled.
The conference was attended by the workers the TLYR, the Sunni Ittehad Council, the Sunni Tehreek and other ulema and Mushaikh.
The protest had originally started with a single demand of resignation by Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for his controversial remarks in a TV programme. But, on Saturday, Pir Sialvi just demanded implementation of Shariah laws in the country in seven days.
For Rana Sanaullah, the Pir advised him to recite “kalima” again and renew his faith – otherwise, he said the law minister could not be considered a Muslim.
Sialvi also directed the participants not to vote for the PML-N in the next general elections because, he said, the party had failed to punish the offenders who tinkered with the text of oath on finality of the Prophet (PBHU).
Earlier, Sahibzada Hamid Raza of the SIC and Ashrif Jalali of TLYR also advised the participants to vote against the PML-N because “it was no more a party of Aashqan-i-Rasool. They also announced support for the decisions taken by the caretaker of the Sial Sharif and pledged they won’t let the movement lose the steam.
All Aashqan-i-Rasool would continue protesting till the goals set by the conference were met, they said.
They had earlier planned to hold the conference on Jan 13 but postponed it because of Kasur incident. At Faisalabad, five of the PML-N lawmakers – two MNAs Nisar Ahmad Jutt and Ghulam
Bibi Bharwana and three MPAs Maulana Rehmatullah, Nizamuddin Sialvi (his son) and Khan Muhammad Baloch – had resigned. The Pir is thought to have political influence over a dozen lawmakers belonging to the PML-N from Sargodha division.
Saturday also turned out to be a tough day for the Lahore police and the city dwellers as more than 3,000 policemen were deployed to secure the area around the venue of the protest and one of the busiest intersections, Bhati Chowk, was closed for traffic for the entire day.
The conference proceedings were expected to start early afternoon but were delayed because of the late arrival of Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi, who led a procession of his followers from Sargodha to Lahore.
Published in Dawn, January 21st, 2018
LAHORE: Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi on Saturday set yet another deadline for the government, this time for enforcing “Shariah” within seven days or risk protests in every nook and corner of the country.
Addressing a Khatm-i-Nabuwat Conference in the city, the third protest rally of its kind in the last two months, the octogenarian Pir from Sial Sharif warned if the government failed to meet the deadline, Aashqan-i-Rasool [those in love with the Holy Prophet (PBUH)] would protest in every street in the country, and it won’t stop.
Earlier two protests were held at Faisalabad and Gujranwala.
The Pir also supported the “jail bharo (fill the jails)” movement announced by the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allaha, starting from Jan 27, during which the TLYR claimed 100 workers of the party would court arrests daily till all jails in the province were filled.
The conference was attended by the workers the TLYR, the Sunni Ittehad Council, the Sunni Tehreek and other ulema and Mushaikh.
The protest had originally started with a single demand of resignation by Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for his controversial remarks in a TV programme. But, on Saturday, Pir Sialvi just demanded implementation of Shariah laws in the country in seven days.
For Rana Sanaullah, the Pir advised him to recite “kalima” again and renew his faith – otherwise, he said the law minister could not be considered a Muslim.
Sialvi also directed the participants not to vote for the PML-N in the next general elections because, he said, the party had failed to punish the offenders who tinkered with the text of oath on finality of the Prophet (PBHU).
Earlier, Sahibzada Hamid Raza of the SIC and Ashrif Jalali of TLYR also advised the participants to vote against the PML-N because “it was no more a party of Aashqan-i-Rasool. They also announced support for the decisions taken by the caretaker of the Sial Sharif and pledged they won’t let the movement lose the steam.
All Aashqan-i-Rasool would continue protesting till the goals set by the conference were met, they said.
They had earlier planned to hold the conference on Jan 13 but postponed it because of Kasur incident. At Faisalabad, five of the PML-N lawmakers – two MNAs Nisar Ahmad Jutt and Ghulam
Bibi Bharwana and three MPAs Maulana Rehmatullah, Nizamuddin Sialvi (his son) and Khan Muhammad Baloch – had resigned. The Pir is thought to have political influence over a dozen lawmakers belonging to the PML-N from Sargodha division.
Saturday also turned out to be a tough day for the Lahore police and the city dwellers as more than 3,000 policemen were deployed to secure the area around the venue of the protest and one of the busiest intersections, Bhati Chowk, was closed for traffic for the entire day.
The conference proceedings were expected to start early afternoon but were delayed because of the late arrival of Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi, who led a procession of his followers from Sargodha to Lahore.
Published in Dawn, January 21st, 2018
I do not know why pakistan does not implement sharia.
Wasnt pakistan created for islam?
Isnt sharia the best system in the world?
Where is the holdup?
Wasnt pakistan created for islam?
Isnt sharia the best system in the world?
Where is the holdup?
UNSC sanctions monitoring team to visit Pakistan this week
Amid mounting global pressure on Pakistan to act against Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and entities linked to him, a UN Security Council team will visit the country this week for an assessment of Islamabad’s compliance with the world body’s sanctions regime.
The two-day visit of the UN Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team will begin on Thursday.
“The monitoring team of the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee will be here on January 25 and 26,” a senior Pakistani official was quoted as saying by Dawn.
The UN monitoring team’s visit is taking place amid increasing pressure on Pakistan from the U.S. and India with respect to the inadequate implementation of the sanctions on Saeed and entities linked to him.
However, Pakistani officials, insist that the trip is a routine visit.
“The terms of reference of the monitoring team for Pakistan visit are not publicly known, but as per its general mandate it assists the 1267 Committee in keeping an eye on the freezing of the financial assets of listed persons and entities and checking provision of training and other material to them and their travel,” the paper said.
Pakistan has remained under the Financial Action Task Force scanner over allegations by the U.S. and India about the UNSC sanctions not being fully implemented, the paper said.
Amid mounting global pressure on Pakistan to act against Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and entities linked to him, a UN Security Council team will visit the country this week for an assessment of Islamabad’s compliance with the world body’s sanctions regime.
The two-day visit of the UN Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team will begin on Thursday.
“The monitoring team of the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee will be here on January 25 and 26,” a senior Pakistani official was quoted as saying by Dawn.
The UN monitoring team’s visit is taking place amid increasing pressure on Pakistan from the U.S. and India with respect to the inadequate implementation of the sanctions on Saeed and entities linked to him.
However, Pakistani officials, insist that the trip is a routine visit.
“The terms of reference of the monitoring team for Pakistan visit are not publicly known, but as per its general mandate it assists the 1267 Committee in keeping an eye on the freezing of the financial assets of listed persons and entities and checking provision of training and other material to them and their travel,” the paper said.
Pakistan has remained under the Financial Action Task Force scanner over allegations by the U.S. and India about the UNSC sanctions not being fully implemented, the paper said.
well you wont find me complaining about it
Why?
What's so funny, btw, about children falling behind? Do we have a quarrel with kids who should be getting educated?
It is hair-raising to hear the moderator repeatedly trying to find a straw to cling to: first, will the other countries in the world follow the US in isolating Pakistan? second, will the world not hear Pakistan's protests that it is actually all the fault of India and Afghanistan? third, will China not come to the rescue?
And more hair-raising to hear the answers he got: first, that everyone will follow the US, and nobody will hesitate to align against Pakistan, if push comes to shove; second, that Pakistan is at risk from the US, not from India, and it is for Pakistan to mend fences with India and try to ensure that one source of constant complaint is stopped at the source; third, that China takes from relationships, never gives to a relationship.
Pak media ; analysts ; commentators ; writers can say anything
Ultimately what will happen is what Pak Army and ISI want
AND they will not change until US imposes really painful economic sanctions
