The Daily PakistanPolitics Sept 15-16, 2009

September 16-2009--six taleban camps destroyed in hangu

September 16-2009--three militants killed in swat

September 16-2009--punjab many say is being turned into a police state with more policemen than people...as police shoot dead three in lahore for kidnapping and murder

September 16-2009--pakistan has no worries about any problems if the US is defeated in afghanistan...pakistan is used to a hostile afghanistan and US military analysis not correct...

September 16-2009--five militants killed in bajaur

September 16-2009--Kaira becomes gilgit- baltistan governor...he should also study a similar system for azad kashmir and fata...

September 16-2009--a blasphemy accused dies in jail

September 16-2009--Indias bizzarre behaviour towards pakistan was further highlighted as musharaf said he had never said in an indian interview that US aid was utilized for strengthening defence against india...During musharafs tenure teh US denied most military aid apart from some F-16 spare parts and guns for navy ships...pakistan has to look to other countries for advanced weapons...most of pakistans weapon systems are india specific and will be used against them whenever needed...for teh fight against terrorism US has supplied some transport helicopters and night vision devices...pakistan has for the last two decades been seeking replacement F-16s and only recently have some old F-16's been supplied...

September 16-2009--government again doles out money to teh agriculture sector which seems quite inefficient for not being able to function despite all its products being priced according to the international market...and literally everything being subsidized from electricity,water, loans, labour, tractors, fertilizer...government ends export taxes on wheat and doles out a whopping 750 rupee per bag of fertilizer...

September 16-2009--PPP starts more tax free loans of 3 lakhs per family(731 families per month).if family has no government employee,not travelled abroad and does not have a passport...under teh BISP...repayable in 12-15 years...conditions seem tobe a bit strange and bizzarre...according to reports PPP workers have mostly benefited from teh BISP's 1000 rupee per month scheme for teh poor...

September 16-2009--five militants killed in bajaur

September 15-2009--After insinuations that democracy cannot be successful unless the peoples aspirations are protected and teh constitution implemented Asif Zardari lamely suggested that the PPP had given musharaf safe passage and that he was effectively in exile and that meant he can play golf but not politics...as far as the people are concerned nobody apparently gave any guarantees for their safe living and economic well being......as musharaf supposedly asked for allowances and suggested that he might be back by november things heated up...safe passage meant his exit from government and teh army house which teh frightened army allowed him to use for over six months...but as musharaf could not keep his mouth shut calls for his trial under article six were raised...under article six only the coup plotter can be effectively charged who illegally occupied government and suppressed teh constitution and teh peopel...safe passage obviously does not mean a guarantee of not being sent to jail by teh courts...it just meant that the politicos would not bring crowds on to the street when he left government...the ten corp surrounded him until he went into exile...where he supposedly still has ex commando guards...

September 15-2009--In karachi indisciplined people hungry for free food stampeded killing 20...a trader doling out free grains arrested...governments policy of literally snatching the poor mans food from his hands has caused many problems for the poor...

September 15-2009--drone attack kills five in waziristan

September 15-2009--eight militants killed and one soldier in bara operations...

September 15-2009--three arrested from rojhan for firing on the religious affairs minister

September 15-2009--most lawyers appointed LHC judges come from teh lawyers movement which shows that no specific merit or competence is involved...

September 15-2009--bomb blast in mansehra kills one policeman

September 15-2009--149 militants surrender in swat

September 15-2009--zardari plans a truth and reconciliation commission tobe headed by asma jehangir...pakistanis have a hard time differentiating what is teh truth as everybody never notices their own flaws...