Aug29-2009--power riots in sukkerAug29-2009--parliamentary panel terms PTCL deal with UAE's eitesalat a shady deal at bestAug29-2009--six to eight judges file review petitions aginst the PCO judgementAug29-2009--In quetta three explosions disrupt gas and railways operationsAug29-2009--five militants killed in malakandAug29-2009--police arrest twelve foreigners as they enter nwfp apparently coming from iran and claiming tobe tableeghis..Aug29-2009--five bodies found in bara...Aug29-2009--The TTP claims the cruelty of killing 22 khasadars in revenge for baitullah...Aug29-2009--The NFC meeting suggests a wide variation in the demands of teh four provinces...punjab says it is the most neglected as it gets Rs4000 per person while even balochistan gets Rs6000 per person...nwfp and balochistan more interested in getting arrears on controversial aspects..which are difficult aspects as where the arrears will be generated from is unknown unless they want the people tobe robbed further which is closer to Tarins views who wants the anti people policy of increased taxation and further price hikes...under the present system punjabs huge population is taxed more than any other province and even that is being claimed by other provinces...basically teh NFC has to decide how to divide around 38 % of revenues which was initially done on the basis of population alone...bringing in other criteria will not change the ratio very much..42.5-24-20-13.5 could be an acceptable ratio..the federal government could agree to divide the whole 50-50 with teh provinces which could increase the amounts available... Aug29-2009--LHC judge lifts protocol curbs on the movements and activities of Dr. Qadeer Khan...Aug28-2009--A suicide bomber killed 22 khasadars near a security post in torkham as they gathered for iftar...Aug28-2009--a drone attack killed eight militants in north waziristanAug28-2009--The SC refused to order the PPP regime to start a treason trial against musharafAug28-2009--The PPP regime does whatever it wants whether it is legal or not such as distributing OGDC shares to workers without payment..however when it does not want to it starts to raise inane objections...whether it is constitutional change or the trial of musharaf or going against the killers of benazir...Aug28-2009--US ambassador says that there would be only twenty marines to protect the huge US embassy complex..?Aug28-2009--AG says he has no idea of the extent of musharaf's involvement in the Benazir assassination...recent thinking suggests that musharaf, manmohan and literally the entire top echelon of teh PMLq were involved or had knowledge of the assassination...some say even hamid karzai asked benazir not to go to the party jalsa meeting at liaqat bagh...?still others suggest that benazir herself tried to stop the assassination but somebody at the meeting overrode her orders...Aug28-2009--security forces say lower dir cleared of militants...Aug28-2009--sufi mohammeds sons rearrested after release on court ordersAug28-2009--In hangu police fire at rioters who torched pesco offices and cars...Aug28-2009--9 militants killed in swat, buner clashes
Aug22-2009--Abdul razzaks dumping from chanpions trophy one day tournament team widely critisizedAug22-2009--seven die in Bara floodsAug22-2009--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 quettaAug22-2009--twelve militants killed in mohmandAug22-2009--Yusuf Gilani opts to appoint a mohajir as pakistan steel chairman as he refuses to accept a sindhis appointmentAug22-2009--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 subjectAug22-2009--21 militants die in drone attacks in north waziristanAug21-2009--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 billionAug21-2009--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 storesAug21-2009--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 balochistanAug21-2009--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 yearAug21-2009--blast in nowsheraAug21-2009--Police blow up six houses in lower dir
