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The News, Sept 29 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) MNA Marvi Memon has decided to call a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Northern Areas to discuss the passing of the self-governance order without the approval of the Northern Areas Legislative Assembly (NALA) or the Kashmir and Northern Areas Standing Committee despite the prime minister’s commitment. In a letter to Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Shehzada Mohiuddin,…

By Bhagwandas The Dawn, Sept 28 KARACHI, Sept 27: Because of a paucity of funds, the restoration work of the Wazir Mansion — the birthplace of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah — has been suspended for over 15 months, it has been learnt reliably. While the government is spending billions of rupees on various projects in the city, the historical structure located in the old city neighbourhood of Kharadar, awaits a mere Rs3 million so that…

GILGIT, Sept 26: Four people were killed and several others injured on Saturday in a bomb blast and violent protests that followed, police said. The bomb went off in a bookshop in a busy market on the Airport Road, injuring four people. They were taken to the DHQ hospital where one of them died. Gilgit police chief Khurshid Alam said it was a locally-made device. After the blast, protesters took to the streets and pelted…

ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) may forge an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League-N to form a coalition government in Gilgit-Baltistan, according to the party’s secretry-general Jehangir Badr. “We can make an alliance with any political party in the region,” he said at a press conference here on Friday after a meeting with leaders of his party in Gilgit-Baltistan. Political analysts here believe that there is a possibility of the PPP and…

GILGIT, Sept 24: Experts have raised questions about the legal status of forthcoming elections for Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly, saying that polls will be in violation of the newly promulgated Empowerment and Self-governance Ordinance 2009 if a free and independent election commission is not formed for the purpose. They fear that the entire process of elections for legislative assembly can be challenged in a court of law after the promulgation of the self-governance ordinance. The ordinance…

By Irfan Ghauri ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the federal government’s Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-governance Order 2009, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) on Wednesday criticised Qamar Zaman Kaira’s appointment as governor, claiming it would lead to pre-poll rigging. Addressing a press conference at PML House, PML-Q Gilgit-Baltistan in-charge Marvi Memon said the package should have been implemented through an act of parliament after consultation with all political parties. Massive rigging: She said people of the area felt the…

MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 1: Three policemen were injured on Tuesday when shots were fired by three suspicious persons who later disappeared in the nearby forests bordering Bagh and Poonch districts, police and residents said. The accused, sporting beards and wielding automatic weapons, hidden under shawls, were spotted by the residents of Kothiyan village in dubious condition and they immediately informed the Chitra Topi police post about their presence. When a police party, comprising head constable Idrees…

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Monday he would demand the government call a National Assembly (NA) session to discuss the New Governance Order for the Northern Areas. The former premier was talking to Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik, who called on him at his Raiwind residence. Although Malik and a delegation of AJK Legislative Assembly members visited Nawaz separately, but they had the same agenda, sources privy…

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…

MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 21: The ruling faction of Muslim Conference got a much needed moral boost on Friday after another constituent of the coalition government in Azad Kashmir — People’s Muslim League of Barrister Sultan Mahmood — joined hands with it warning Prime Minister Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan to conform to settled principles and decisions. At a press conference which was also attended and addressed by a representative of PML, MC-F president Raja Farooq Haider announced…