PM Gilani cancels contract orders of 9 top officials
ISLAMABAD: Following the directives of Supreme Court, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has cancelled the contract orders of nine top officials including Director General FIA and Sindh IG police, TrendPK reported Friday.
On the directions of SC, the Establishment Division recommended to cancel contracts of 15 officials.
PM Gilani has signed the summary of cancellation contract orders of Sindh IG Salauddin Babar Khattak, DG FIA Waseem Ahmed, Additional IG railways Akhtar Hayat, Karachi DIG Traffic Khurram Gulzar, DIG Training Karachi Nadir Hussain Khoso, DIG Larkana Din Mohammad Baloch, DIG Gilgit Farman Ali, Joint Director IB General Tariq Jamil and Deputy Director General Asghar Mehmood.
The Establishment Division will issue the notification soon. TrendPK
President for strict action against culprits behind Karachi killings
President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday night directed the Interior Minister Rehman Malik to submit a comprehensive report on the situation in Karachi.
He also directed that those behind the present spree of targeted killings be apprehended and brought to justice regardless of their political affiliations. President Asif Ali Zardari issued the directives during a meeting of the senior leadership of PPP present in Islamabad.
The meeting presided over by the Party Co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani discussed the overall political situation and law and order situation in the country.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Federal Ministers Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Syed Naveed Qamar,Rehman Malik and Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Secretary General of the Party Jahangir Badar, Senator Faisal Raza Abidi, Ms. Mehreen Anwar Raja, Ms. Rukhsana Bangash, Ms. Fouzia Wahab, Ms. Fouzia Habib and Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar.
The meeting took stock of the current situation and the participants put forth their points of view and suggestions on various issues.
PM sanctions summary proposal; SC warns against defiance
A solemn Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday warned Prime Minister against defiance regarding implementation of court orders.
A 17-member larger bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, of the SC was hearing the NRO cases.
The Prime Minister is a judicious person and very well aware of the repercussions of non compliance of court orders, the CJ remarked.
The Chief Justice maintained that in case of non implementation of court rulings, the court would have to take some other decision.
We have to maintain rule of law in the country, Chief Justice Chaudhry said. The court ordered the Attorney General Anwarul Haq to apprise the court of Governments response on Swiss cases on the next hearing.
The court deferred the case till Monday (Sept 27).
Earlier, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ratified the summary forwarded to him by the law ministry, which suggested that no case could be initiated against President Asif Ali Zardari in Swiss courts.
In a five-point summary sent to the PM on Thursday, the law ministry expressed serious reservations regarding reopening of Swiss cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The summary has been prepared on the directives of the apex court.
The summary states that the Swiss cases against President Asif Ali Zardari cannot be reopened for it would be tantamount to put countrys sovereignty at stake.
It added that national assembly, senate and president could not be separated and parliament is supreme and hence its supremacy could not be challenged.
The summary also states that as per law, no incumbent president could be prosecuted in any other country.
WAPDA, PEPCO cancel staff leaves in view of floods
ISLAMABAD: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) have canceled the leaves of its employees keeping in view the flood till the normal situation.
The WAPDA and PEPCO took the decision on the directives of Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf, said a press release issued here on Friday.
The Minister has also declared emergency in WAPDA and PEPCO and directed all the Chief Executives Officers (CEOs) of power distribution companies to remain available in the flood affected areas round the clock for addressing the electricity complaints.
He directed that all possible assistance and cooperation to be extended to the local administration for restoration of electricity in the affected areas.
The Minister in his directions has asked that WAPDA officials shouldalso present in all the major dams and barrages during the flood seasons andremained vigilant for any emergency situation.
He asked the Chairman Wapda and MD PEPCO to set up coordination cellsint the head offices to get in touch with the field staff for monitoring andinformation in order to take precautionary measures.
Pervez Ashraf said that at least GM level officers should be appointedin the coordination cells.
The Cells will directly report to the Chairman, MD and the Minister.
The Minister has also directed Federal Flood Commission for effective coordination with local administration in flood particularly in Khyber Pakhtukhaw and asked to provide all the assistance and early warning to them.
Blast reported in Quetta
QUETTA: A powerful explosion has been heard in Shahbaz Town area of Quetta, Geo News reported Thursday.
NRO review: federation allowed to file amended apeal
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has allowed the federation to file an amended appeal for NRO verdict review after the government assured the bench that it would remove the word, which invited the SC”s objection.
Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan heard the appeal filed against SC”s registrar office objection over government’s review appeal for NRO review.
Universities receive degrees of 419 parliamentarians
KARACHI: Two major universities – Punjab University and Karachi University – have received the degrees of 419 parliamentarians for verification while NED University has okayed 4 degrees.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) sent degrees of 313 members of National and provincial assemblies to Punjab University which has formed a committee to complete the process of verification in 15 days.
Vice Chancellor Karachi University, Pirzada Qasim said the university has received degrees of 106 lawmakers including those of Farooq Naik, Shahla Raza, Nisar Khuhro, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Rehman Malik and Raza Rabbani.
NED University received degrees of four members, Murad Ali Shah, Muhammad Farhat Khan, Tayyab Hussain and Basant Lal. The university declared all the four degrees authentic.
Meanwhile, degrees of all the Balochistan cabinet members have also been forwarded to HEC for verification.
Verification process has also been initiated for grade-17 officers in Balochistan on the directives of HEC.
NAB Chairman Naveed Ahsan quits
June 12, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under Breaking News
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Naveed Ahsan tendered his resignation on the directives of the federal government, ARY NEWS reports Saturday.
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Road mishap leaves 5 dead; hurts 6
SARGODHA: At least five persons died including two children while another six sustained injuries amid a road accident near Sargodha late on Saturday night, Geo news reported.
According to sources, the accident took place as a speedy wagon vehicle met a head-on collision with a truck.
Rescue efforts are underway meanwhile injured and dead bodies are being shifted to hospital.
Water spill continues; major flood looming
GILGIT: The landslide-triggered Attabad Lake finally started to overflow into the spillway early on Saturday and officials warned that a major flood is imminent. Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt-Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmad said the purpose of creating the spillway has been achieved so far. He said the water outflow will increase after more water enters the lake. “The next 24 hours are crucial,” he said.
Some officials said the outflow of water through the spillway was about 20 cusecs while others said it was between 200 to 400 cusecs. “The spilling water was about 20 cusecs at present,” a senior administration official said, adding that the lake barrier can collapse any time, triggering a flash flood downstream. People should therefore not venture into low-lying areas.
Officials in the NDMA said the overflow on Saturday from the lake remained between 200 to 400 cusecs. Chief Minster Gilgit-Baltistan Mehdi Shah said their homework is complete and everything will be smooth even if the worst scenario takes place. “There is no doubt infrastructure will be damaged if the flow is severe but hopefully no loss of life will occur,” he said.
He said a flash flood cannot be ruled out in the coming hours as erosion in the spillway was taking place slowly. Noor Aftab adds from Islamabad: The local administration has started identifying schools and government buildings for the shifting of IDPs from relief camps as it is expected that temperature during night at the start of June would fall to 8-10 degrees centigrade.
A team of doctors that arrived in the area on the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is facing shortage of medicines but efforts are under way to provide necessary kits and medicines to all teams of doctors coming from various areas.
Zameer Abbas, Assistant Commissioner of Hunza Nagar, told The News that they were taking every possible measure to avoid any loss of life and evacuation from all such places, declared danger in new report of Nespak, has been completed.
