By Rejaul Karim Byron in Daily Star, Feb 17 Dhaka; India will release 92 percent of the $800 million line of credit this year, which was offered to Bangladesh for infrastructural development in 2010. “Dr Dipu Moni and I are satisfied at the pace of utilisation of the LoC extended by India,” Salman Khurshid, India’s external affairs minister, said at a joint press conference in Dhaka yesterday. To date, the Indian government has approved 13…
Posts published in February 2013
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Feb 15 Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Secretary Sajjad Saleem Hotiana rejected a proposal to turn a shiny new college building into a jail. The proposal was presented by Ministry of Housing and Works Secretary Zafar Abbas on Thursday to provide better facilities to prisoners. “It will make a mockery of education,” Hotiana commented and directed officials concerned to ensure the building is immediately completed and classes begin soon. “The…
I RECENTLY tried my luck to fly to Gilgit from Gojal because the lake has frozen and boat transportation is not in operation. On reaching the helipad, I watched a lot of people -patients, students, businessmen and others stranded. The helicopter could carry only five to 10 passengers, depending on the weather. As a result, I missed my examinations and thus failed. Many students like me suffer on this count. The promise by Qamar Zaman…
The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday seemed to soften its anti-government stance in the face of strong opposition from people, especially youths, who expressed resentment at its leader Abdul Quader Mollah being awarded life term instead of capital punishment. On Monday, the day before the delivery of the verdict, Jamaat leaders issued threats of civil war and said they would enforce non-stop hartals if anything went against Quader Mollah. The party last night announced two-day protest programmes instead.…
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 4: Dozens of civil society activists staged a protest, on Monday, calling upon the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan to take stock of “unlawful inductions in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Council at the hands of federal minister Kashmir Affairs, Manzoor Wattoo, for electoral purposes.” Holding banners and placards, the demonstrators, including traders, lawyers and community leaders, assembled outside the press club and chanted slogans against Mr Wattoo for “abusing his position”…
ISLAMABAD: In the absence of telecommunication services, people in far-flung areas of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) depend solely on the postal service. However due to the heavy snowfall this season, the people have been finding it hard to send and receive letters. The post offices have been grossly understaffed due to postmen being unable to come to work due to heavy snow. “The postal service comes under the federal government and despite repeated requests, the Ministry of…