ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) on Saturday rejected the new package for Northern Areas approved by the federal government. PML-Q’s member in the National Assembly Marvi Memon, who is in charge of the party’s Gilgit-Baltistan affairs, in a statement said the Gilgit-Baltistan (Empowerment and Self Governance) Order 2009, as approved by the cabinet, failed to give provisional provincial status to the region. It was also short of AJK-style self-governance, the longstanding demand of the…
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GILGIT/SKARDU, Aug 29: Public representatives, nationalist and progressive political groups and activists on Saturday rejected the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-governance Order, saying it is gimmick of words to perpetuate the bureaucratic rule over the region. Labour Party Pakistan Gilgit chapter chief Advocate Ehsan Ali rejected the package and said that it would increase the sense of deprivation among the people. “The real powers rest with the governor, who is President’s appointee and not answerable to…
By Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD, Aug 29:The Zardari government approved on Saturday a self-governance reforms package for the Northern Areas aimed at giving it full internal autonomy, but without the status of a province, and changed its name to Gilgit-Baltistan. The People’s Party, Pakistan Muslim League-N and PML-Q have supported the decision, but most nationalist parties rejected the package as a ‘gimmickry of words’. They contend that the region was an integral part of Jammu and…
By Tariq Naqash in The Dawn, Aug 30 MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 29: The joint parliamentary party of Muslim Conference forward bloc (MC-F) and People’s Muslim League (PML) will meet Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif on Monday “to discuss the ongoing political situation in Azad Kashmir”. Talking to Dawn here on Saturday, MC-F chief Raja Farooq Haider said meeting would be held at the Raiwind residence of Mr Sahrif. “We will discuss political situation…
U.S. military equipment provided and on order in response to Pakistani military requests in recent years includes the following (Source: U.S. Central Command) Helicopters 10 MI-17s delivered (refurbished, Russian-made “medium lift” troop transports) 2 Bell 412s being procured (refurbished, without gun emplacements) Night-Vision Devices 300 sets delivered 100 sets en route 200 sets in production Body Armor 6,500 plates, 1,000 sets (armor plates and vests), 1,000 helmets being procured Ammunition 112,000 rounds of 20mm delivered…