MQM not to support RGST: Altaf Hussain

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain during a telephonic address at Bhit Shah on Saturday said that his party has become a party of all the segments of the country and its roots were very strong in the country and they want that MQM should play their role to resolve their issues.

He stressed upon the government to end feudal system in the country which has destroyed the agriculture sector, especially farmers adding that special tax should be imposed on feudal lords. He said if the government failed to resolve the issues of deprived people, a revolution like that of France could not be stopped. He also asked party workers to guide the party leadership in deciding whether it should quit government coalition or not. While rejecting the Reformed General Sales Tax (RGST), MQM chief said that his party works for the poor and how he can support it.

3 Injured in Peshawar School Blast

Peshawar, trendpk: At least three people were injured in an attack near a private school at Pallosai road in Peshawar.

According to police, the blast occurred near New Modern Collegiate School near Agriculture University due to which two rooms of the school were destroyed. Two children and a teacher are among the injured. The injured were shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital for treatment.

National Assembly SC rejects RGST

National Assembly standing committee for food and agriculture has rejected RGST, trendpk.Com reported on Saturday.

On the other hand FBR has confessed that the imposition of RGST would cause an increase in the inflation rate. Javed Iqbal Warraich presided over the meeting of standing committee for food and agriculture. During the meeting the members of the committee said that the agriculture sector is already under stress and that it should be saved from RGST. Imposition of RGST on agricultural sector would increase the prices of fertilizers, seed, pesticides and agricultural machinery which, in turn, would affect the peasants.

On the other hand standing committee has recommended to lift the ban on export of Gurr from KhyberPakhtunkhwa. Standing committee has constituted another committee to to deal with export of Gurr to Afghanistan from KhyberPkahtunkhwa.

Peshawar: AU sacks 10 teachers over salary increment’s demand

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: The Agriculture University (AU) of Peshawar has sacked 10 teachers to punish them for their demand of salary increment.

According to details, the teachers of IBMS Department were demanding, according to the Federal Government’s announcement, for 50 percent increment in salaries and 15 percent in medical allowances.

They were protesting for the acceptance of their demands while observing a continuous boycott of the classes.

The teachers of IBMS Department of AU have told that the administration of Peshawar’s Agriculture University has sacked their 10 fellow teachers and imposed a ban on their entry.

The teachers of IBMS Department have started a hunger strike against the decision of the administration. Trend Pk

Peshawar: AU sacks 10 teachers over salary increment’s demand

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: The Agriculture University (AU) of Peshawar has sacked 10 teachers to punish them for their demand of salary increment.

According to details, the teachers of IBMS Department were demanding, according to the Federal Government’s announcement, for 50 percent increment in salaries and 15 percent in medical allowances.

They were protesting for the acceptance of their demands while observing a continuous boycott of the classes.

The teachers of IBMS Department of AU have told that the administration of Peshawar’s Agriculture University has sacked their 10 fellow teachers and imposed a ban on their entry.

The teachers of IBMS Department have started a hunger strike against the decision of the administration. Trend Pk

Israel hints Jerusalem compromise in peace talks

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence minister said on Wednesday the Jewish state would be willing to hand over parts of Jerusalem in peace talks with the Palestinians to be launched by U.S. President Barack Obama.

A flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank and a deadlock over Jewish settlements there loom as potential deal-breakers for Obama, who will host Middle East leaders for dinner at the White House in Washington.

Obama brought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas together for face-to-face negotiations after months of U.S.-mediated indirect talks. But

he faces deep skepticism about his chances of success.

Defence Minister Ehud Barak’s rare comments about the need to partition Jerusalem, which is at the heart of the conflict, could signal a softening of Netanyahu’s long-stated refusal to divide

Pakistan economy to suffer prolonged flood damage

ISLAMABAD: Floods have ravaged Pakistan’s economy, the prime minister said on Wednesday, with massive job losses and soaring inflation expected to hurt a nation whose stability is vital to the U.S. war against militancy.

Briefing the cabinet on the worst floods to hit impoverished Pakistan, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani expressed concerns over food security due to the prolonged damage to agriculture and said the social impact of the disaster was “serious”.

“The floods have inflicted damage to the economy which may, by some estimates, reach $43 billion, while affecting 30 percent of all agricultural land,” he said. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, with cotton the main cash crop, and the sector is one of the biggest sources of employment.

Facing the prospect of long-term economic pain inflicted by the floods, Pakistan hopes the Internation Montery

Pakistan’s next wheat harvest at risk: FAO

MILAN: Pakistan’s next wheat harvest is at risk after floods destroyed more than 0.5 million tonnes of seed stocks in Asia’s third-largest wheat producer, the United Nations’ food agency said on Wednesday.

Pakistan’s worst floods in decades have damaged 3.6 million hectares of standing maize, rice, cotton and sugar cane, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a statement, citing early estimates.

“Unless people get seeds over the next few weeks they will not be able to plant wheat for a year,” Daniele Donati, chief of FAO’s Emergency Operations, Asia, Near East, Europe and Special Emergencies, said.

Wheat, the staple food of the rural poor in Pakistan, is due to be planted in September through to November, and wheat farmers were in the process of preparing land for planting when the floods began, the Rome-based FAO said.

In some areas, the

Thousands tones wheat rotten at Daharki rail station

GHOTKI: Thousands of wheat sacks, dumped at a Daharki Railway Station, have gone rotten upon being exposed to open air and rainwater, Geo News reported Monday.

Sindh Food and Agriculture Ministry sources termed the rotting of tonnes of wheat being the alleged negligence and corruption rendered by ministry officials.

This wheat also included those 12000 sacks, which were imported last year due to food crisis, sources said adding that as many as 25000 locally grown wheat sacks, have also turned a huge heap of husk and rotten shit, sources said.

Food ministry sources said massive quantity of dearly wheat costing Rs.90 millions have turned into a complete litter.

Meanwhile, a total of 2,00,000 sacks of wheat, purchased last year by food ministry, have yet to be sold out due to conflicts on commission, however, sacks are safe and sound with floor mills owners, sources said further.

Oil hovers around 79 dollars in Asia

SINGAPORE: Oil prices dipped in Asian trade after an overnight surge as investors await European banking stress test results for indications of the global economic outlook, analysts said.

New York”s main contract, light sweet crude for September delivery, was down 28 cents at 79.02 dollars a barrel, while London”s Brent North Sea crude for September dropped 38 cents to 77.44 dollars.

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