Sep03-2009--In what some say is saudi interference...while others say are saudi attempts to keep teh peace more in the terrorism related field than any other...when musharaf left after being theoretically kicked out it was said that he could participate in politics after two years but now that seems impossible and he wants to avoid teh judicial attacks on his military rule which could suppress him for years if not the rest of his life...others say that the recent terror attacks in pakistan, saudia and afghanistan might have caused teh saudis to realize that musharaf might be behind them..the new taleban chief has started another round of terror attacks and many suggest that musharaf might still be in control of the network in india...many suggest that teh saudis who study pakistans governance may not like teh PPP style of literally creating problems for teh people day in and day out and might be looking for a knight in shining armour as a stop gap measure if they can foment a coup...?others suggest that teh saudis also might have a soft corner for teh taleban who have been clobbered by the PPP regime...Sep03-2009--LHC suspends its order lifting curbs on AQ Khan as teh government is swayed again by meaningless american concerns..Sep03-2009--Nawaz Sharif backs out of confrontation again and suggests that the PPP scrap teh 17th amendment as a first step...he says if teh saudis have any concerns about musharaf he will hear about them when he goes for umrah otherwise advising against saudi interference..Sep03-2009--In islamabad two motorcycle terrorists struck by firing at the religious ministers car killing his driver and injuring two others as he left office...religious minister quite brave as he has no security and even teh office is in an open place...the office is quite near the ISI office and a kalashnikov was recovered from outside teh ISI office...as well as two from the place of teh incidentSep03-2009--16 militants killed in Bara operationSep03-2009--Yasin malik says that gilgit and baltistan were part of azad kashmir under teh constitutionSep03-2009--Nawaz Sharif says that problems cannot be solved by changing governments...in teh present instance that seems true as the PPP is unable to solve any issue..many suggest that the PMLn should at least raise and discuss with teh government peoples concerns since constitutional changes seem difficult for teh docile dual natured PPP...Sep03-2009--two militants killed in swat...Sep03-2009--the JI wants talkative former intelligence officers apprehended...especially those that were behind teh jinnahpur mqm consiracy...(the mqm many say was formed by the interior ministry in zia's times (as was the afghan taleban) to subdue the PPP which it did adequately until benazir reconciled with an ill altaf...)they also say that teh US bought 18 acres of land in teh diplomatic enclave for just one billion for a marine house..pakistan they say should avoid american contract security firms like Blackwater...Sep03-2009--PPP minister in sindh accused of selling jobs while teh primeminister many say wants 15 million from his wife to have her loans written off...
Sept2-2009--ANP frightens PPP into agreeing to pay teh incredulous amount of Rs100 billion as tarbela royalty dues...royalty which can at best be 1-2% of profits can hardly amount to that much and it seems that the pressurized PPP regime is falling into nwfp's blackmail attempts...!! Sept2-2009--PMLn says corruption under PPP last year rose by 400% Sept2-2009--military launches operation in the troubled Bara region killing 40 in helicopter raids as a hundred lay down their arms in mingora Sept2-2009--As pressure grows on teh PPP regime to put musharaf on trial for various offences musharaf abruptly flew to saudia where he could probably have more protection...teh saudis known to give protection to toppled muslim rulers with serious character flaws......teh supporters of musharaf urged him to come back and stand trial but one is certain that musharaf does not have that sort of character...he would have to rely on his friends in teh army to protect his hide... Sept1-2009--The government again raises petroleum prices...petrol at Rs65.26 and diesel at Rs.66 Sept1-2009--Nawaz Sharif again tries to get teh government some support from their own lobbies who have been extremely disappointed with gilani and zardari...he gives the government a 48 hour ultimatum to stop spreading propaganda...teh culprit may well be yusuf raza gilani who many see as a crooked politician now after teh revelation that ADB loans to his wife in 1984 have not been returned...alongwith raja ashraf many see their hand in teh till not withstanding the open corruption of giving away 12.5% OGDC shares without payment...The PPP and mqm are using former spooks to suggest that nawaz sharif got millions in payments in the runup to the IJI elections and for getting teh PPP regime toppled in 1992...dont they think that the over 6 billion in loans to the sharifs was enough or are they suggesting a few millions more to shut them up... Sept1-2009--A LHC judge summons the suspicious looking duo of rehman malik and baber awan to explain their activities surrounding teh Benazir assassination... Sept1-2009--The PPP's traitor governor who claims to come from teh mqm invites teh mqm to the punjab alongwith the PMLn who also offered teh frightened altaf hussein a bullet proof car...teh mqm has already tried and failed in punjab as it has no punjabi leadership and wants teh punjab to be cowardly sheep as they try to divide the country further...Apparently teh mqm asked the PPP's yusuf raza gilani for an area in punjab where they could tryout their anarchic karachi politics Sept1-2009--PMLN to also move into AJK politics Sept1-2009--forty five militants killed in swat operations
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
Aug13-2009--as exports fell 24% in july teh government which supposedly has a policy to end subsidies offered the textile sector huge subsidies to enhance textile exports which are being challenged by countries like china, bangladesh and india...india already has western brand outlets in nepal and sri lanka and sells them at double the prices of pakistan...pakistan cannot compete if it does not improve quality...if prices are important than why does teh pakistani government hike the prices of all inputs...Aug13-2009--lawyers say that zardari and gilani are ambivalent about bringing musharaf to justice...they are bent upon avoiding charging him for violating teh constitution and imposing military rule as if they supported military coups...Aug13-2009--supporters of baitullah mehsud and turkistan bhittani clash in jandola killing over 70...baitullahs men set fire to 33 bhittani houses in soor gher that left seven bhittani men dead..Bhittanis claim killing over 50...Aug13-2009--Rehman malik says they will continue reconciliation in balochistan despite not wearing bangles and an announcement about implementing 14 points might be in teh offing...Aug13-2009--MCB buys RBS local operationsAug13-2009--seven pakistanis apparently tablighis gunned down at a mosque in somalian puntland...Aug13-2009--The pakistani regime which is unable to even represent its own views is supposedly behind the construction of the $1 billion american embassy says an american charge d affairs..to house over 300 marines who could conceivably start mounting raids or operations...they say that they will also hire 1200 pakistanis...americans who have never been able to explain what they are doing in pakistan say their deeds will be honourable this time..?Aug13-2009--two killed in quetta as a motorcycle blows up and militants fire on FC...rockets fired at a FC fort in loralai...grenade hurled at FC vehicle in hazar ganji and rocket fired at police personnel carrier
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..
Jun24-2009--drones target Khog Wali's funeral and kill over 50...in lataka and bekh mary langara areas of south waziristan...drones also targeted escaping vehiclesJun24-2009--baitullah mehsuds rival zainuddin was shot and killed apparently by his security guard who escaped...rehman malik says zainuddin killed by his friends...misbahuddin takes over the original abdullah mehsud group..Jun24-2009--NA speaker whose performance in teh budget debate was at best lacklustre since she is only acting as if she has to control like a pastry puppet and not participate...being of teh Zardari group she has just formed the constitution reform group which apparently has only nine of 27 members from teh punjab...The smaller provinces would obviously prefer teh strong president while in theory punjab should prefer teh strong primeminister...one has seen teh performance of the powerless kaghzi primeminister and dictatorial president each at tangents to each other and causing severe problems to teh people who do not know who to even accuse for teh anti people nature of teh present governance...teh smaller provinces seem to be preferring high utility prices and taxes for a few more provincial rupees and the PPP has started to look like a special interest group with no peoples support or any pro people policies...Jun24-2009--The nura kushti group comprising teh PMln and mqm and other opposition groups all walked outof parliament at teh governments anti people nature...considering electricity bills of last july and this june bills have doubled and one can hardly accept that any subsidies are left...they accused the government of cruelty to the people...mqm which is at best a two sided sword of last resort apparently also walks out to provide the government intelligence..many have wondered if teh army and beurocrats need two salaries and pay enhancements why the people have not been provided a 25-30% help or relief package as they are the ones who suffer the governments absymal policies not teh government employees and soldiers...!!Jun24-2009--India issues warrants for 22 mumbai attack suspects...Jun24-2009--SC takes suo moto notice of teh governments evil electricity price hikes...Jun24-2009--pakistani assault cause prices of ammunition to double in afghanistan say teh americans...and taleban activity there is drying up...Jun24-2009--five armymen including two officers killed in charbaghJun24-2009--talks of seraiki province despite southern punjab politicians control over government and finances making lives miserable for everyoneJun24-2009--college principal gunned down in quettaJun24-2009--six militants killed in lower dir and bomb hits security convoy in charmang, bajaurJun24-2009--zardari insists that like musharaf he will issue a new NFC award this year...NFC talk only in sind which shows that performance will result in poorer election results at the next elections many say...democracy has tobe for everyone and not only for sindhJun24-2009--CDA chief removed as parliamentarians worry about their chak shezad farms and SC wants to know why the palatial residences get agricultural electricity rates or cheaper rates than the poor in teh cities... Jun23-2009--Rehman Malik says that guerrila chiefs in south waziristan and swat not be allowed to escape as yusuf raza stated that most top guerrilla leades had been eliminatedJun23-2009--Yusuf Raza who dreams of a primeminister with total dictatorial powers irked by Fauzia wahabs balance remarks...he says he will start a case against teh murderers of ZABJun23-2009--As Obama favors ahmedinajad Zardari says US caused problems by supporting dictatorsJun23-2009--21 killed in south waziristan actionsJun23-2009--Government shows its distance from the people in teh budget only favoring special interest groupsJun23-2009--IMF which does not know teh reality suffered by the people says it did not ask for the carbon tax...government thinks that it can make easy money from peoples lack of representation on issues and that inflation took off after its IMF agreement was implemented...the 14 % inflation now is only with reference to last year and portrays a 30-40% price hike in a year...Jun23-2009--two girsl schools blownup in peshawar and bajaurJun23-2009--three killed in bannu rocket attacks...three shot dead in quetta..MSF leader shot dead in hyderabadJun22-2009--pakistan wins an unexpecteted world 20/20 world cup as srilanka crumbleJun22-2009--lashkar kills seven in Dir..27 militants killed in bajaur..eight die in kurram tribal clashesJun22-2009--Military attacks continue in south waziristan..twelve killedJun22-2009--of the over 500 farms in teh islamabad suburbs only 100 are following teh rules...others identified as owning farms are chaudhry shujaat, mohammed mian soomru,wasim sajjad...many have received teh farms as corruption share which many say includes musharaf...most are using more than teh allowed covered area and around 50 are being used as wedding farms..!!
