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Posts published in July 2012

Gilgit-Baltistan police chief suspended, SC told

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, on Thursday, was informed that the establishment division has suspended Gilgit-Baltistan Inspector General of Police Hussain Asghar from service for flouting orders of the bench hearing the 2010 hajj scam case. During Thursday’s hearing, Attorney General Irfan Qadir produced the suspension notification of Asghar before a three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Qadir informed the bench that Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had been…

Gilgit-Baltistan police chief suspended, SC told

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, on Thursday, was informed that the establishment division has suspended Gilgit-Baltistan Inspector General of Police Hussain Asghar from service for flouting orders of the bench hearing the 2010 hajj scam case. During Thursday’s hearing, Attorney General Irfan Qadir produced the suspension notification of Asghar before a three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Qadir informed the bench that Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had been…

Govt again directed to suspend Hussain Asghar as GB IG

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday again directed the government to suspend the appointment of Hussain Asghar as Gilgit-Baltistan Police inspector general over non-compliance of the apex court order. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, is hearing a suo motu case of corruption in arrangements for Hajj 2010. During the hearing, the court asked Attorney General…

Govt again directed to suspend Hussain Asghar as GB IG

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday again directed the government to suspend the appointment of Hussain Asghar as Gilgit-Baltistan Police inspector general over non-compliance of the apex court order. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, is hearing a suo motu case of corruption in arrangements for Hajj 2010. During the hearing, the court asked Attorney General…

Dilapidated chairlifts: Risky routes for option-less travellers

The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2012. GILGIT: To travel on a chairlift across the remote valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) is not the safest option but the only one. Scores of people use the facility to cross rivers, even if it spells risk. Only two days back, eight people drowned in a river in Gaise valley, after the rope holding the chairlift snapped, while it was in the middle of the river. None of the bodies…

India, Pak to talk cross-LoC trade: By Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Senior officials from Pakistan and India will meet this week to discuss confidence building measures that seek to remove hurdles in travel and trade across the Line of Control (LoC). A foreign ministry spokesperson said that the meeting of the Pakistan-India Working Group on Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), regarding the longstanding Kashmir dispute, will be held in Islamabad on July 19. The Pakistani delegation will be headed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General…

Pakistan decides not to move ICA against Nimo Bazgo project

By Zeeshan Javaid in the Daily Times, July 18 ISLAMABAD: The federal government had decided not to file a lawsuit in the Permanent Court of Arbitration-International Court of Arbitration (PCA-ICA) in Hague regarding its concerns and grievances over the controversial 45MW Nimoo Bazgo hydroelectric power project, sources in the water sector informed Daily Times on Tuesday. Regarding the 45MW controversial Nimoo Bazgo project on River Indus, Pakistani authorities were likely to lose the case before…

Dilapidated chairlifts: Risky routes for option-less travellers

The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2012. GILGIT: To travel on a chairlift across the remote valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) is not the safest option but the only one. Scores of people use the facility to cross rivers, even if it spells risk. Only two days back, eight people drowned in a river in Gaise valley, after the rope holding the chairlift snapped, while it was in the middle of the river. None of the bodies…

India, Pak to talk cross-LoC trade: By Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Senior officials from Pakistan and India will meet this week to discuss confidence building measures that seek to remove hurdles in travel and trade across the Line of Control (LoC). A foreign ministry spokesperson said that the meeting of the Pakistan-India Working Group on Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), regarding the longstanding Kashmir dispute, will be held in Islamabad on July 19. The Pakistani delegation will be headed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General…

Pakistan decides not to move ICA against Nimo Bazgo project

By Zeeshan Javaid in the Daily Times, July 18 ISLAMABAD: The federal government had decided not to file a lawsuit in the Permanent Court of Arbitration-International Court of Arbitration (PCA-ICA) in Hague regarding its concerns and grievances over the controversial 45MW Nimoo Bazgo hydroelectric power project, sources in the water sector informed Daily Times on Tuesday. Regarding the 45MW controversial Nimoo Bazgo project on River Indus, Pakistani authorities were likely to lose the case before…

Concern voiced against hydropower projects in AJK

By  Tariq Naqash in Dawn, July 16 MUZAFFARABAD, July 15: The federal government and its Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) should sincerely and seriously address the concerns of the Kashmiris in the wake of construction of two mega hydropower projects in the area, before launching any further undertaking. This was demanded by the participants of a seminar held here under the aegis of a local NGO, Muzaffarabad City Development Foundation (MCDF). The seminar, which…