Sep8-2009--The pakistan army has backed out of creating cantonments in kohlu and dera bugti which are at best residential colonies for faujis in any area...sindhis and baloch are known to oppose pakistan army cantonments which number 54 in teh rest of teh country...creating different rules for different areas is at best a policy of divide and rule...teh government of teh PPP which previously was known for its committment to teh peopel has this time around joined in with imperialist thinking industrialists and agricultural landlords to crush teh peoples will thru price hikes, tax hikes and seperate thinking for seperate areas...teh policies are apparent in the cruel price hikes, different polices for karachi and the northwest and the facile reforms in teh fata and the northern areas...while they pamper one they kill another...the bugti son jamil bugti had come out strongly against cantonments although what difference that will make is unclear...the pakistan army has shown itself capable enough to work in remote areas with small logistic bases..a thinking which has developed since east pakistan and with small to sometimes lethal trouble making rabble rousers..there seems no clear cut policy on balochistan with even teh PPP chief minister advocating a semi independent state...baloch liberationists have a policy of armed conflict in which they attack other pakistani ethnic groups and create a sense of anarchy but teh situation in teh region leaves them no support and they have little public backing...teh government as has been pakistans policy follows a generalized theme of allowing such movements to play themselves out...with teh government refusing tobe pushed to extreme solutions and the liberationists continuing to create tensionsSep8-2009--dawn reports suggest that teh PMLn preparing for elections...with the PPP having sold out on all issues whether political or otherwise teh PMLn demanded that one extreme only not be listened to on renaming nwfp...nwfp which has a diverse language base with at least two main parties supporting the name pukhtunwa while others like the PMLn with a base in hazara suggesting a neutral name..The ANP suggests a referendum on a third time primeministership also which could be a good idea as the PPP which has little decisive powers would be able to defer another issue rather than talk it out ..The PMLn is generally only talking on political issues generally avoiding people intensive issues such as price hikes even though they are now considered more populist than the PPP Sep8-2009--drone attack kills five in mir aliSep8-2009--The government and teh courts have failed to resolve teh sugar crisis as teh rich sugar mill owners seem to have more power than teh feeble natured governments...Sep8-2009--hazaraite husband of ppp leader in balochistan shot dead by motorcyclists Sep8-2009--The communist party of pakistan issues a comprehensive list of 481 people who should be tried under article six...many think that a few prominent people should be tried to show future politicians how to move on such a serious issue...Sep8-2009--Balochistan wants its NFC share doubled by a determination ration of 70(population)--10(size)--15(backwardness) and 5(revenue generation)...the increase in revenues should in general be able to take care of thatSep8-2009--Faisal Saleh Hayat urges the SC to take note of the minister for powers corruption who is apparently accused of buying a flat in london for Rs600 million...Sep8-2009--10 militants killed in bara areaSep8-2009--In south waziristan a roadside bomb blows up a military vehicle killing five soldiersSep8-2009--Yusuf Raza Gilani hell bent on raising taxes says teh IMF...already having crushed teh people thru unnecessary shortages, price hikes and tax hikes the government plans more misery for the poverty stricken people...Sep8-2009--In what many see as the type of governance in pakistan ijaz butt who has literally brought pakistan to its cricketing death barring teh 20-20 triumph has removed all his appointees at teh senior level in the PCB leaving the innocuous wasim bari in almost total charge...they however say that Ijaz Butt unlike other rich men in government does not use any of teh huge expenses/perks allowed to the PCB chief...cheaper and honest than most corrupt individuals around but inefficient and obviously unable to handle even the management of cricket matches...
Aug20-2009--Maulvi Faqir takes over TTP leadership claiming Baitullah is sick and appoints Muslim Khan his spokesman...?Aug20-2009--In what can best be described as taking a tumble, going belly up or turning turtle yusuf raza gilani true to his suspect origins(whether he is a military spy or not) suddenly went for teh PPP's jugular and refused to put musharaf on trial...earlier he had left it to parliament which despite its subjugated nature was willing to test him...this was in response to chaudhry nisar ali khan who is also related to a coup friendly general calling musharaf supporters traitors...yusuf raza gilani wilted like a wallflower and fell back upon poor bilawals statement that democracy is the best revenge said in extremely different circumstances and under very difficult pressures...he said a trial under article 6 was not doable despite musharafs known treacherous and treasonous relationships with teh countries enemies...Chaudhry nisar otherwise a mild supporter of teh PPP also ridiculed teh MQM for its support of the treacherous general...forgetting that teh mqm supports everyone in power...Aug20-2009--In a difficult triangle... flyoff to china which is exactly what zardari is doing... many say it is more for relaxation and enjoying chinese culture than discussiing how to dredge the tarbela dam...Aug20-2009--two schools attacked in lower Dir...Aug20-2009--Shabaz sharif usually willing to meet victims of violence in lahore seems now sensitive to the times as policemen rough up a dacoity victims family from approaching teh CM secretariat in lahoreAug20-2009--two LHC judges retirement accepted by ZardariAug20-2009--militants kill three in bajaur..Aug20-2009--three blasts in balochistan.Aug20-2009--Tarin insists that punjabs resources will be looted in the NFCAug20-2009--Sindh democratic forum mocks zardaris new sindhi town near Thatta to change sindhs karachi only development policy...seeks revival of sindhs 300 small towns first...
Aug7-2009--In what must be said tobe an escalation by karachi based assassins usually thought to belong to the mqm a balochistan minister from the well known pro pakistan jamali clan was shot dead by four to five gunmen...the police incredulously said that it was a car jacking attempt rather than a target killing...Aug7-2009--The PMLn claims PPP following dictatorial traditions by forcing thru a bill that empowers needlessly election tribunals to decide issues quickly...Aug7-2009--An indian court sentences three muslims to death for planting bombs in 2003 that killed 52...the defendants claim that they were retaliating for the death of over 2000 muslims in gujerat for which nobody has been indicted by teh indians...Aug7-2009--26 troops among 34 dead as bus falls into into indus near gilgit.. Aug7-2009--There have been two incidents in islamabad where US and danish security men have tried to fool pakistani police...a danish security man tried to pass by cops with something wired to his car while a US security official apprehended an SHO passing by teh US embassy and literally used profane language against pakistan...Aug7-2009--lahore commissioner confirms reports that the indians are actively using religious hatreds,ethnic divisions and labour activism to create problems for pakistan thru trained religious terrorists...Aug7-2009--lahores famed food streets gate was uprooted on teh orders of teh PMLn regime...Aug7-2009--punjab PMLn senior leaders son thrashed by legharisAug7-2009--Lahore HC PCO judge resignsAug7-2009--The country has over 9966 seminaries...most are just mosque based and teach teh basics of reading teh quranAug7-2009--TNFJ a sectarian grouping says it is not a proscribed organization...?banning organizations has not helped much and it only creates many smaller more vicious groups...Aug6-2009--PPP agrees to a treason case under article 6 against musharaf if national assembly says so...others have asked the SC to review the 1999 zafar ali shah case in which it regularised or accepted the musharaf coup...basically the SC has to say that military rule under any circumstance is not allowed under teh constitution and army chiefs cannot take over teh presidency or governance systems...the judges actively supported military rule earlier and their present attitude is in sharp contrast to their earlier activities...Aug6-2009--In balochistan Barrister Qazi Faez Isa son of Qazi Isa a reknowned muslim leaguer made CJAug6-2009--Two PCO judges of the SC faqir khokhar and javed buttar have resigned Aug6-2009--a drone attack on teh house of baitullah mehsuds father in laws house in laddha kills his wife with reports suggesting that baitullah mehsud is also deadAug6-2009--In doog darra 11 militants killed in lashkar attackAug6-2009--PPP naib nazim killed in gadap, karachiAug6-2009--Imambargah caretaker shot dead in karachiAug6-2009--Moonis elahi says government derelict inits economic responsibilities due to unnecessary price hikes, IMF loans and acquisition of expired rental power plants...Au6-2009--Shazain bugti says indian involvement being focused on only for military action...government says it has information about indian associations and the BLA/BLU's continued ethnic oriented assassinations are enough reasons for military actionsAug6-2009--government to remove all afghan mosque clerics from malakand...Aug6-2009--former mqm sector incharge killed in hyderabad who had been jailed for killing a hyderabad municipal officerAug6-2009--soldier killed in attack on military convoy in kohistan...Aug6-2009--musharaf could possibly be facing a corruption charge on acquisition of a five acre vegetable farm and construction of a huge palatial house...in islamabad...The SC has apparently backed off at present...other influential owners include a sitting SC judge and a former ISI director...etc..
