Producer accuses Govinda of threatening him

That Govinda always had the ‘issue’ of being a latecomer on the sets was well known. The latest ‘allegation’ against him is that, Praveen Khanna, a Mumbai based film producer has gone ahead and lodged a complaint against him for abusing and threatening to kill him.

Reports have it that, the reported abuses and threats were allegedly hurled by Govinda amidst a meeting of the Indian Motion Pictures’ Producers Association (IMPPA). The said matter is registered as a complaint with the Khar police station, who said that they had received a written complaint from Praveen Khanna that Govinda had abused and threatened to kill him after a heated exchange on Aug 24, and that the same has been registered as a non-cognizable offence.

SC rejects plea to shift Karachi killings case

 The larger bench has reportedly rejected the Sindh government plea that the hearing be shifted to Islamabad.

A five-member bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is hearing the case at the SC Karachi Registry. The media have been given permission to enter the premises of the Supreme Court Registry. The Sindh Bar Council and the Karachi Bar Association have filed an application to be a party in the case.

 

Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, appearing for the Sindh government, said that ethnic violence has increased in the city following the restoration of the commissionerate system. He said many people from varied ethnicities are living in Karachi illegally. He requested the court to shift hearing to Islamabad as it had put strain on the provincial government for law and order.

Upon this, members of various political parties present in the court objected, saying the presence of the SC larger bench in the city has restored peace to a great extent. They pleaded that the SC should not shift the hearing venue. The parties that requested to be party in the case included ANP, JI and Baloch Ittehad in addition to Karachi Bar Association and Sindh High Court Bar Association.

The SC rejected the plea of Pirzada to shift venue for the case. Babar Awan is expected to present his arguments as a counsel for the federal government.

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that the court could meet on the Eid day if need be.

On the first day of the hearing yesterday, the Attorney General had submitted inquiry reports of the FIA and the Special Branch. The CJ declared the reports insufficient, directing preparation of a comprehensive report.

The IG Sindh had also submitted his inquiry report before the court. This report too was rejected as it didn’t have details from intelligence reports.

Amitabh Bachchan and Prakash Jha to launch the promo of Rascals

We have all seen stars promoting their movies before the release of their film but have you ever heard of a film promoting another film?

For the first time ever the first look of a movie will be unveiled by the team of another movie! On Thursday 11th August, the team of Aarakshan consisting of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and director Prakash Jha, will be unveiling the first promo of Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn starrer Rascals at a suburban multiplex.

Never before in the history of cinema has there ever been such a cross promotional activity. Mr. Bachchan ,who is quite close with Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn, willingly agreed to be a part of this promotional activity after a single phone call from Sanju baba who is also producing this film.

In fact Sanjay Dutt’s father, the late Sunil Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan had a great relation! Hence the association with the Dutt-Bachchan family goes way back. The director of Rascals, David Dhawan, too is quite excited with this development as he too has worked with Mr. Bachchan in movies like Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Hum Kisise Se Kum Nahi.

Prakash Jha was more than happy to unveil the first look of his favorite actor, Ajay Devgn’s, new movie. After all, both have worked together in many successful films like Gangajal, Apaharan and Raajneeti.

Producer Sanjay Ahluwalia and Vinay Choksey will also be present at the event. Rascals hits theatres this Dussehra.

Formers stop cotton picking

In reaction to it formers stopped cotton picking, rendering thousands of women jobless. Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association continued their strike against the imposition of withholding Tax, due to which factory owners stopped buying cotton. This situation has endangered the jobs of millions of cotton-pickers. Ginners Association representatives say they will continue their strike until the withdrawal of the tax.

Lahore: Chicken price dispute resolved

The chicken price soared up to Rs 230 per kg from Rs 150 per kg during the last few weeks.

The Lahore district administration fixed the price at Rs 200 a kg but the Poultry Traders Association refused to accept the rates and went on strike.
After the strike of the Poultry Traders Association, chicken sale was partially suspended in Lahore for two days.

The chicken sale has been restored in the city, following an agreement between the Poultry Traders Association and the district administration for selling the chicken at Rs 215 per kg.

Govt. plans petroleum levy on CNG

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Petroleum has decided to impose a petroleum levy on compressed natural gas (CNG) of Rs. 5 per kilogram, TrendPK reported on Tuesday.

This latest decision comes a week after the government increased the price of CNG by Rs. 6 per kilogram.

The ministry says that the government will earn additional revenue of Rs. 12 billion through this levy.

Officials say the decision has been made to reduce the profit of CNG owners. They say that the CNG sector could not be promoted any further due to the country’s depleting gas reservoirs.

On the other hand, the CNG Association has rejected the proposed petroleum levy on CNG and called a meeting on August 11 to chalk out its next strategy. TrendPK

Two lawyers gunned down in Karachi

KARACHI: Two brothers, both also lawyers, were killed in a firing of unidentified gunmen in the Musharraf Colony here on Saturday.

Following the incident, the lawyers protested and boycotted routine activities in the City Court.

According to details, two brothers Altaf Hussain and Nazeer Hussain were gunned down when unknown gunmen opened fire on their car in the Musharraf Colony, in the limits of the Maripur police station.

Police told the media that the slain brothers belonged to Chakwal and had been living in Karachi from last several years.

There was no enmity of them with anyone, told their brother.

Slain lawyer Altaf Hussain was a former member of the Karachi Bar Association.

The members of the Karachi Bar Association’s governing body protested and boycotted routine activities in the City Court and demanded quick action against the killers. TrendPK

Gold, silver hit new record high

According to Sindh Sarafa Association president Haji Haroon Chand, 10-gram gold price increased to Rs 40,542, up by Rs 342, while gold’s per tola price increased by Rs 400 to close at Rs 37,300.

Silver price reached Rs 14,070 per tola on Wednesday. This is the highest price of gold and silver in history.

Gold price decreases in local, intl markets

 

According to Sindh Sarafa Association, 10-gram gold price increased to Rs 39,685 with an increase of Rs 86 while price of per tola gold decreased by Rs 100 to close at Rs 46,300 per tola.

 

Silver price declined by Rs 5 to close at Rs 1,245 per tola.

Lawyers demanded recovery of abducted colleague

The Balochistan Bar Association (BBA) staged a demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club against the failure of the government to recover the abducted lawyers.

BBA President Baz Muhammad Kakar said that despite the constant assurance of the government the lawyers, Agha Zahir Shah and Muneer Mehrwani, could not be recovered. He said the lawyer fraternity was deeply concerned about situation.

He said that the BBA would observe a symbolic boycott of courts and would continue their protest until the recovery of the abducted lawyers.

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