Entire Nation Running After Plots: CJP

Pakistan News: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Thursday the whole nation was running after plots. Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed for stay order against allotment of plots to civil bureaucrats promoted to grade 22.
The affected bureaucrats have filed a petition against out of merit promotions in grade 21 and 22 of civil bureaucracy in SC. The case was heard by three-member bench headed by CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The hearing was adjourned till January 4, 2010 as Federal Attorney Abdul Hafeez Pirzada requested time to prepare for the case. The plaintiff counsel Dr. Aslam Khaki requested the court to halt the allotment of plots to the promoted officers, however, CJP remarked that the matter should be left apart.

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Entire Nation Running After Plots: CJP was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 4:19 pm.

Barack Obama Delays Japan Visit after Texas Shooting

Barack Obama Delays Japan Visit after Texas Shooting, US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Saturday, following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas.

Japanese national broadcaster NHK and Jiji Press reported that Washington had asked Tokyo to change the schedule for the two-day visit to allow Obama to attend a memorial service for the 13 people killed in Thursday’s shooting.

Obama had been due to arrive for his first trip to Japan on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and to meet Emperor Akihito.

“The (US) government has requested a delay,” a foreign ministry official told AFP, adding that the Japanese government had agreed to the request.

Obama would now be arriving on Friday and stay until Saturday, the official said. A meeting scheduled for Friday with Hatoyama would go ahead as planned, Kyodo News reported, quoting an unnamed foreign ministry source.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs earlier told reporters in the United States that Obama would attend a memorial service for those killed when a Muslim army doctor went on the rampage at the Fort Hood base.

“When a service is scheduled the president will attend,” he said, adding only that the timing of the memorial would be scheduled “for the convenience of the families.”

The US president’s visit to Japan is likely to be dominated by a row over an American military base on the southern island of Okinawa.

Residents have long complained about the base and plan to relocate it to another part of the island, while Hatoyama’s government, which came to power in September, has promised to review the issue.

Hatoyama on Friday said he did not plan to make a decision on the base before Obama’s visit.

While the Japanese leader has promised to review a pact under which a new US base would be built on the island, Washington has insisted Tokyo stick to the agreement.

The issue has clouded ties ahead of Obama’s visit.

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Barack Obama Delays Japan Visit after Texas Shooting was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 3:02 pm.

Malakand Will be Rehabilitated: PM Gilani

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Malakand Will be Rehabilitated: PM GilaniPrime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani says that Malakand will be rehabilitated and investors will invest there.
Addressing the National Assembly session PM maintained that Mehsud and Wazir tribes are patriotic. “People of Waziristan and FATA are peaceful and friend or ours,” he added. PM told that IDPs of Malakand were given Rs 25,000 per family and total Rs 8.5 billion were distributed among them. He assured that victims of Waziristan Operation will be supported through Benazir Income Support Program. PM gave credit to Swat people for Swat Operation’s success and vowed to rehabilitate FATA, Swat and Malakand better than before. PM praised people for supporting Malakand IDPs. “The entire nation salutes Pak Army and FC troops for giving sacrifices of their lives in Waziristan,” PM asserted.

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Malakand Will be Rehabilitated: PM Gilani was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 3:42 pm.