Aug15-2009--The government is apparently buying sugar at Rs 25 per kilo and selling it to the unwary public at Rs38...The nasty and mean industries minister refused to bring sugar rates down even in ramazan...why the government is taking a hefty 55% profit is not very clear..Aug15-2009--american policy in the region is for pakistan to follow their orders and for india to do whatever it wants...a former ambassador to india Robert Blake the defacto secretary of state for south asia which as far as teh US and india are concerned has no pakistan...Blake has no soft spot for pakistan as is apparent from todays dawn...pakistan had better eat politics while india orders it around...people cannot be condemned without a trial as is done in india and perhaps teh USA too...it is clinton who does not want to raise teh issue of kashmir not pakistan as suggested perhaps erroneously by Blake...a country can hardly be teh highest foreign policy priority when its views and interests are totally rejected...Aug15-2009--Mr Zardari must have a very myopic view of things ..he wants a country that cant protect its gas plants, pipelines and power pylons from being bombed to become a hub for india and china...rajasthan, gujerat and indian punjab are not very far from bombay and they really donot need pakistani ports...as far as china is concerned it would best leave its hinterland undeveloped as it is a politically volatile territoty...building pipelines is a costly business and pakistan has enough problems of its own to manage...Aug15-2009--The judges who have been fired say there are enough loopholes in teh anti PCO judgement to warrant an appeal...?Aug15-2009--Nawaz Sharif says the army should prosecute musharraf for bringing it into disrepute and disregarding teh constitution...he mocked the islamabad traffic police saying that if a traffic error is punished than so should teh abrogation and negation of teh constitution...Many have however argued that teh army should court martial musharaf and a court of his peers should sit in judgement...there are enough retired generals to form a court martial headed if needed by teh army chief or general tariq...?many have argued that nawaz sharif should also be punished for appointing such a bad character and malingerer as army chief...as should teh SC for approving teh coupAug15-2009--In what can be termed as outright corruption the PPP regime has offered 12.5% shares of state enterprises to teh bad state enterprise workers so that the misdirected privatisation plan can go ahead...teh PPP which initially nationalized everything has forgotten its populist and socialist ideals and become a mean capitilistic natured party...Aug15-2009--Punjab government confiscates sugar stocks of various factories Aug15-2009--rockets fired into kohat and peshawarAug15-2009--IDP's in kacha garhi camp raise black flags to describe their hell hole life in teh camp...Aug15-2009--over ten people die in independence day celebrationsAug15-2009--The governments policies are full of contradictions...it wants everything that the people buy to be more expensive while it subsidizes the rich agricultural and textile lobbies..Aug14-2009--government announces some reforms to fata's FCR regulations allowing politics but not going far enough to change teh cruel collective responsibility clauses and destruction of homes and properties...Aug14-2009--13 militants killed in orakzai air strikesAug14-2009--Yusuf raza Gilani refuses to meet mark lyall grant who apparently came to ease the pressure on musharaf to face trialAug14-2009-- a lt col is killed in clashes with smugglers in kharanAug14-2009--punjab sugar factories hoarding 30% sugar stocks...Aug14-2009--another LHC judge resignsAug15-2009--while the rates for teh older IPP plants should have been reduced by now the power minister accused of corruption says that rental plants are teh only solution...and their rates are almost similar to IPP's...since teh rental power plant is not being bought and requires less financial outlays the rental power rates should be much lesser...the high rates are evident in teh huge profits earned by Hubco...!!
Aug11-2009--The white sheep or frightened leader of this country yusuf raza gilani who sits in islamabad contemplating which price to hike next apparently finally ventured into swat on the reopening of a school herded alongwith amir haider hoti and shabaz sharif by the army chief declaring the defeat of the swat militants...Aug11-2009--government insists that baitullah mehsud is dead alongwith one or more of his top aides...The talebans hakeemullah mehsud and wali ur rehman insist that he is not dead although he is definitely missing and might have left teh country or gone for consultations to afghanistan..many suggest that a look alike might be slotted in and the TTP might be waiting for someones approval either al qaeda or mullah omar's...reports also suggest that someone might be brought in from outside to lead the TTP while others suggest that the TTP might go for a surrender and end its fight...rehman malik refers to baitullah mehsud as teh countries chief terrorist...Aug11-2009--BRA says that kidnappers kill another ten policemen and leave their bodies in chattar, nasirabadAug11-2009--11 militants killed as gul bahadurs militants attack a military convoy and claim killing 32 soldiesrs and capturing 14 vehicles...curfew in many north waziristan areasAug11-2009--a sessions court came into the limelight as it ordered police to register a case against musharaf for detaining SC judges and their families and illegally issuing a PCO....petition filed four months ago in islamabadAug11-2009--a huge crowd appears for rehman dacaits funeral who apparently has been killed in cold blood by the police alongwith three othersAug11-2009--two mqm men killed in federal B area and one in baldiaAug11-2009--The punjab government turns down plea by APP to provide, sasti roti for Rs1 in ramazanAug11-2009--four children killed in army operations in bara areaAug11-2009--two militants killed in charmang, bajaurAug11-2009--US NSA says there are twenty thousand taleban inside pakistanAug11-2009--The sugar price rises in karachi to Rs55
Aug5-2009--The government which has generally been unable to control even normal crimes against individuals by groups political or criminal passes the domestic violence bill to protect domestic victims of violence supposedly after teh crime occurs...in general pakistan is a violence ridden country where there is little or no control on crime or violence or protection by police or government...Aug5-2009--The CJ quickly calls an SJC meeting as all five judges of teh BHC resign as government stops PCO judges from working...Aug5-2009--Nawaz Sharif says he will oppose destabilization of teh government as he opposes reenactment of the NRO and suggests the army cleanse itself of pro coup tendencies by moving against musharaf onits its own if teh the government and judiciary are frightened of doing so...as should teh national assembly demonstrate its courage by kicking out members who had supported the 17th amendment...Aug5-2009--pro musharaf groups file review pettition against PCO judgement while others urge the SC to give a clear judgement against army rule and teh individuals involved init and those that acted as a support group...the PPP many say should also learn some lessons of going against teh basic interests of teh people...Aug5-2009--islamabad- istanbul freight train tobe launched...as government wants rail tracks to afghanistan and china.Rail track to jalalabad being constructedAug5-2009--In north waziristan five soldiers, four women and one other die as clashes occcur around miranshahAug5-2009--punjab government to use couriers to deliver flour to sasti roti tandoorsAug5-2009--two including a factory owner shot dead by labour leaders for desecration in sheikhupura..Aug5-2009--four killed as helicopters attack lower orakzai areaAug5-2009--eight policemen have been killed by kidnappers over the last four days in balochistanAug5-2009--JUI minister for housing allots several houses in islamabad to maulana fazlur rehmans NGO's...?Aug5-2009--The governments apathy towards the peoples living concerns sees atta jump to around Rs.600-660 per 20 kilo bag...and as sugar reaches Rs.50 in retail it vanishes from utility stores that nowadays have only a few saleable commodities..oil prices edgeup in london to $74Aug4-2009--while other cricket teams are improving pakistan is self destructing...younis khan blames the system rather than his own form...others blame bookies and still others say the pakistan team is compensating sri lanka ...there are numerous upcoming cricketers and many suggest a poor bowling and batting combination...Aug4-2009--five militants killed in dok darra, swat during air raids as military razes house of TNSM leaders in BunerAug4-2009--SC decides not to adjourn cases in futureAug4-2009--six killed in fresh tirah clashesAug4-2009--Shujaat who alongwith his father acted as a support group for two coup plotters says that teh SC wont be able to stop a coup by even two trucks and a jeep...Aug4-2009--Only two SC judges to face teh SJC...Aug4-2009--another seminary blownup by security forces in lakki marwat area...JUI mullahs protestAug4-2009--rehman malik says that karzai promised to strike anti pakistan terrorist camps but is backing out...Aug4-2009--PMLq sources say musharaf by refusing to defend himself in court effectively exiled...
