The Daily Pakistan Politics--Aug22-21, 2009

Aug22-2009--Abdul razzaks dumping from chanpions trophy one day tournament team widely critisized

Aug22-2009--seven die in Bara floods

Aug22-2009--Altaf hussein tries to protect his local government in karachi which under the LG system was the only one having any real resources to spend...provinces bent on turning LG system into municipality type system...while development and law and order become a provincial subject...in karachi mqm had refused to act to stop violent riots...

Aug22-2009--hand grenade wielding youths killed in kohat and quetta

Aug22-2009--twelve militants killed in mohmand

Aug22-2009--Yusuf Gilani opts to appoint a mohajir as pakistan steel chairman as he refuses to accept a sindhis appointment

Aug22-2009--trade with china falls 13%

Aug22-2009--Government insists on going with expensive rental power plants...raja ashraf who is being openly accused of corruption says that is teh only way...a rental power station in sheikhupura has taken around 2-3 years and most industrialists can setup small to medium plants in that time frame..speaker turned off the mikes of opposition speakers from speaking on teh subject

Aug22-2009--21 militants die in drone attacks in north waziristan

Aug21-2009--The PMLn walked out at Gilanis odd support for musharaf and refusal to allow a resolution tobe moved in the NA to start proceedings against musharaf...

Aug21-2009--the government approves the Bhasha dam tobe completed in 8-10 years with a height of more than 924 feet and just 35 miles from an earthquake faultline...sindhis say dam is too high... huge cost of Rs894 billion

Aug21-2009--60 taleban surrender at kanju airport as four militants are killed

Aug21-2009--a bomb blast near a police patrol in rawalpindis misrial road injures eight...

Aug21-2009--Sindh too to sell atta at Rs10 while punjab chief minister attempts to sell sugar at Rs45 when it is at Rs38 in the utility stores

Aug21-2009--new PMLq real faction headed by hamid nasir chatta is formed containing some big names such as MKM kasuri, salim saifullah,humayun akhter and gohar ayub..they demanded that teh US leave the region and apologized to balochistan

Aug21-2009--government says its PDL and subsidies have been jokes with the people as the PDL pays for teh subsidy...SC asks rationale for 16% sales tax on petroleum products...SC should ask government to reduce sales taxes on everything to 2.5%...similar excessive taxation on mobile phones of 22% and advance tax collection causes immense harm to people who are not usually taxable...since teh government never pays back the advance taxes...

Aug21-2009--Inayat Kalley bazaar in bajaur opens after a year

Aug21-2009--blast in nowshera

Aug21-2009--Police blow up six houses in lower dir