Will protect constitution and respect institutions: PM

MULTAN: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that the constitution would be protected and institutions

Written on January 8, 2012 | Posted in Politics, UN, US, aid

No threat to democracy, constitution or parliament: Pervaiz Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Parvaiz Rasheed said on Friday that the constitution, parliament and democracy were under

Written on December 16, 2011 | Posted in News, UN, ad, aid, islam, islamabad

Top court orders ‘memogate’ probe

Asif Ali Zardari , army and ISI chiefs besides others in connection with petitions before it seeking an investigation in to the controversy. The apex court, ordering the constitution of a probe …

Written on December 2, 2011 | Posted in ISI, Zardari, army, controversy, unlmitie

15pc flood surcharge imposed, ordinance issued

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday imposed a flood surcharge of 15 percent on income tax, ordinance issued. Following is the text of Ordinance: WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the income Tax Ordinance, 2001, for the purposes hereinafter appearing, AND WHEREAS the Senate and the National Assembly are not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action. NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:- 1. Short title and commencement:- This Ordinance may be called the Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 2, Ordinance XIIX of 2001:- In the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, after section 4, the following new section shall be inserted namely:- “4A Surcharge:-(1) Subject to this Ordinance, a surcharge shall be payable by every taxpayer at the rate of fifteen percent of the income tax payable under this Ordinance including the tax payable under Part V of ChapterX or Chapter XII, as the case may be, for the period commencing from the promulgation of this Ordinance, till the 30th June, 2011. (2) Surcharge shall be paid, collected, deducted and deposited at the same time and in the same manner as the tax is paid, collected deducted and deposited under this Ordinance including Chapter X or XII as the case may be: Provided that this surcharge shall not be payable for the tax year 2010 and prior tax years and shall be applicable, subject to the provisions of sub- section (1), for the tax year 2011 only.”

Written on March 15, 2011 | Posted in 2010, 2011, ISI, News, Pakistan, Politics, UN, US, Zardari, ad, aid, call, islam, islamabad, media

Awan accuses Shahbaz of inviting judicial martial law

He said there was no role of the judiciary and Army in government affairs in the Constitution

Written on March 9, 2011 | Posted in aid, army, cia, fair, unlmitie

PM hints at Saudi role in Davis case

LAHORE: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Sunday said if Raymond Davis issue is to be resolved through Qisas/Diyat then in that case role of Saudi Arabia could not be ruled out, Geo News reported. Talking to senior columnists at PM House, Gilani said the government would not take any decision against the dignity and sovereignty of the country in Raymond Davis case. He said he in process of taking into confidence the Ulema and Mashaikh to deal with the menace of terrorism. The Prime Minister said that no institution other than the Parliament could change or amend the Constitution. “The Constitution clearly determines the role of all state institutions which work within their ambit and are bound to follow the Constitution.” The Prime Minister said that all institutions were passing through the process of evolution and they would identify their role with the passage of time. “Soon after PPP came into power, the country was faced with multiple challenges like global recession, energy crisis, terrorism and floods which consumed enrgies of the government but we would overcome these challenges”, he asserted. He said that he would invite all political parties to be on the same page on the security as well as economic issues, adding that he would take requisite initiatives to bring all religious as well as political parties on the table to discuss security challenges to the country. The prime Minister said that the policy of reconciliation has played vital role in creating political harmony in the country and it helped in the passage of constitutional amendments including the 18th as well as 19th amendments, and NFC Award, adding that efforts for political harmony would continue. Regarding security issues, Gilani said that the government would not allow the misuse of any law which might undermine the constitutional rights of citizens or lead to injustice.

Written on March 6, 2011 | Posted in 2011, IPL, ISI, News, PPP, Terrorism, UN, US, War, ad, aid, floods, lahore

Zardari discuss Punjab with Khosa, Malik

KAACHI: Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khan Khosa and Interior Minister Rahman Malik called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House here on Monday. Overall political situation in the Punjab province after the decision of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to relieve the PPP ministers from the provincial cabinet was discussed during the meeting with Governor Khosa. Khosa informed the president that he had received a summary from the Punjab Chief Minister on Monday advising him to relieve the seven Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ministers from the provincial cabinet. Zardari said that the PPP would uphold the law and advised the Governor to proceed in accordance with the Constitution. Pace of progress on developmental projects, rebuilding of damaged infrastructure and the prevailing law and order situation in the province also came under discussion during the meeting. The president informed the Governor that during his visit to Japan last week he sought Japanese assistance in rebuilding roads and bridges destroyed during the last year’’s floods in Punjab like its help to rebuild the damaged infrastructure in the Khyber Pakhtukhwa. Interior Minister Rahman Malik briefed the President about the overall law and order situation in the country. (APP)

Written on February 28, 2011 | Posted in ISI, Mali, News, PPP, Pakistan, UK, UN, US, Zardari, ad, ads, aid, call, cia, floods, projects

Not to be part of anti-Constitution drive: Awan

LAHORE: Pakistan people’s Party will not be part of any conspiracy that is aimed at sabotaging the Constitution, said Federal Minister for Law Babar Awan here on Sunday. Addressing a ‘Meet The Press’ program here at Lahore Press Club, Babar Awan said: “We will not let the campaign towards derailment of reconciliatory politics and democracy succeed,” and added that PPP’s doors for talks would continue to remain open.” On the occasion, the Law Minister announced Rs2 million for the Lahore Press Club. He said: “The ink of the 18th and 19th amendment still hadn’t dried that N-League began indulging in the politics of Changa Manga.”

Written on February 27, 2011 | Posted in 2011, News, PPP, Pakistan, Politics, UN, War, ad, aid, conspiracy, lahore

Not to let lotacracy hijack democracy: Awan

GUJRAT: Federal Minister for Law, Babar Awan Saturday said after a very long time the practice of ‘lotacracy’ is back and in full swing in Punjab but added that democracy would not be allowed to be hijacked by horse-trading, Geo News reported. Addressing a press conference in Gujrat, Babar Awan said there are provisions in the Constitution under which ‘lotacracy’ could be checked. “In case a party tries to make use of turncoats, it will automatically be exposed,” he said, adding no one should try to become a ‘godfather’ of democracy in Pakistan because the sacrifices rendered by Pakistan People’s for the survival of democracy are visible to all. He said the culture of reconciliation will be saved at all cost and ‘we will play a very active role as opposition in the Punjab.’

Written on February 26, 2011 | Posted in 2011, ISI, News, Pakistan, Politics, UN, US, ad, aid, call

Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite Ben Ali

TUNIS: Tunisia’’s interim government on Sunday asked Saudi Arabia to extradite deposed strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as it faced a second day of protests demanding its resignation. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi’’s government made the official request to Riyadh, where Ben Ali fled on January 14 with his family after weeks of popular revolt against his 23-year regime, said a foreign ministry statement cited by state news agency TAP. The government acted “following a new batch of charges against the ousted president regarding his involvement in several serious crimes aimed at perpetrating and inciting voluntary homicide and sowing discord between the citizens of the same country by pushing them to kill one another,” it said. The caretaker government also asked Saudi Arabia for information about 74-year-old Ben Ali’’s health following reports this week that he had fallen into a stress-induced coma and was being treated in a hospital in Jeddah. Two days ago Tunisian officials spurned the reports, saying Ben Ali’’s health was “not the government’’s business”. Radhouane Rouissi, Tunisian state secretary at the foreign ministry, said in televised remarks that the government was certain “Saudi authorities will give a positive answer to our demands, which are the demands of an entire people who suffered so much under Ben Ali’’s regime”. Sunday’’s requests came as Ghannouchi faced fresh demonstrations, including a protest by around 4,000 people in central Tunis, demanding his resignation. In Sunday’’s rally many protesters waved Tunisian flags and banners proclaiming: “Resignation of the prime minister.” “We are against Ghannouchi’’s government because our revolution has led to nothing with Ghannouchi. This is Ben Ali’’s team and it has changed nothing,” said teacher Samia Mahfoudh, 50. Ghannouchi was prime minister under Ben Ali from 1999 until his ouster. On January 17, he took the reins of a transitional government of national unity, which included many ministers who were part of the old regime. The authorities have appointed a panel to prepare free elections due in six months while several opposition parties have demanded the election of a constituent assembly to write a new constitution. The government also announced Friday a first set of urgent social measures and ordered reservists to join the army Wednesday to fill a security vacuum. But protestor Sami Ben Moumen was unmoved: “They are taking us for fools.” “All members of the government and regional councils have been elected by the former regime, the constitution has been reformed by the former regime. The RCD wants to sow terror,” he said, referring to the banned former ruling party. Saturday, hundreds of Tunisians also marched to demand a secular state following the murder of a Polish priest, verbal attacks on Jews and an attempt by Islamists to set fire to a brothel. Meanwhile hundreds of fearful Tunisians fled what they called “real carnage” in Libya on Sunday to head home via the coastal Ras Jdir border crossing, a union official said. “Hundreds of Tunisians left Libya Sunday through the Ras Jdir border post. There are a lot of people and there is a big bottleneck in the area,” said Houcine Betaieb, a member of Tunisia’’s influential UGTT trade union. “These are people who work there, who have left Libya out of fear that something would happen to them,” he said. Inspired by events in neighbouring Tunisia, protests have erupted in Libya against the regime of longtime leader Moamer Kadhafi, who has responded with a violent crackdown that Human Rights Watch said had killed more than 170 people. (AFP)

Written on February 21, 2011 | Posted in 2011, Health, ISI, News, Social, UN, US, ad, aid, army, ban, banned, call, cia, dha, elections, islam, tests, trade, uth

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