Sugar made expensive by Rs10/kg at utility stores
ISLAMABAD: Government has hiked the price of sugar by Rs10 a kilogram at utility stores while sugar will be supplied to the provinces on cash from Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) as part of the strategy to overcome country-wide shortage of the commodity.
The Inter-ministerial Committee on sugar held a meeting with Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani in the chair here on Monday.
The meeting fixed the sugar price at utility stores at Rs55 per kilo, keeping it Rs10 less than the price of the commodity in open market. The new price of sugar at utility stores has been made applicable with immediate effect.
It was decided that in future a gap of Rs10 will be maintained between sugar prices in open market and utility stores.
AJK premier Raja Farooq resigns
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq tendered resignation to AJK President on Monday and appointed himself as caretaker prime minister.
In a televised press conference just a day before the no-confidence vote, Raja Farooq Haider said: “I have decided to step down and have sent my resignation to the President.”
The incumbent premier has sent an advice for assembly session on August 06.
The no-confidence motion was moved in the legislative assembly by a breakaway faction of ruling Muslim Conference led by former premier Sardar Atique Ahmed.
He held Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo and Government of Pakistan responsible for political crisis in the AJK and said would support any other candidate for the premiership other than his rival Sardar Atique.
He also pointed out that the federal government shrunk AJK”s share in NFC and violated the Mangla Upraising agreement.
Last week, the Friends Group, comprising dissident legislators belonging to the ruling All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference, filed a no-confidence motion against AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider in the AJK Legislature seeking in-house change of leader of the house.
The Friends Group claimed to enjoy full support and backing of the required number of lawmakers, including those belonging to the opposition parties i.e. PPP, PML and MQM, in its no-confidence motion against the AJK premier.
The resolution of the no-confidence motion was submitted by Chaudhry Abdul Aziz, legislator belonging to the rival Friends Group in the ruling party, to Secretary AJK Legislative Assembly Syed Ashiq Hussain.
Khawaja Shahad sworn as Acting AJK CJ
ISLAMABAD: Khawaja Shahad Ahmed has taken oath as the Acting Chief Justice of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
President AJK Raja Zulqarnain administered oath to the acting chief justice at a ceremony held in Islamabad Tuesday.
The ceremony was attended by AJK Premier Raja Farooq Haider, Muslim Conference chief Sardar Atiq Ahmed, member of AJK cabinet and other dignitaries.
Earlier, the deposed Chief Justice Riaz Chaudhry resigned from his post, saying that he took the decision in the larger interest of AJK.
On the other hand, AJK government has decided to consider the outgoing chief justice as the retired judge.
AJK PM warns Pakistan against inference on judicial crisis
LAHORE: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider Friday warned the Government of Pakistani against taking any unconstitutional step in the legal matters of AJK.
Addressing the lawyers at Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA), he said any unconstitutional interference from Islamabad would also have implications on Pakistan.
Some steps taken by Islamabad are creating a split among the people of Kashmir, he said, but added for Kashmiris, Pakistan is like a mother, whom they cannot fight.
The AJP premier demanded Pakistan, after cleansing its only Constitution of distortions, should now address the grievances of Kashmiris.
The reference against AJK Chief Justice was sent as he was interfering in the matters of executive and administration, he said.
“I will sacrifice my own position for the Supremacy of Constitution,” he added.
Kashmiris observing Jammu Martyrs Day
Kashmiris are observing Jammu Martyrs Day across the world including Azad and Occupied Kashmir today.
Various ceremonies will be held in Azad Kashmir’s capital Muzaffarabad in connection with the day and protest rallies will be taken out. Raja Farooq Haider, Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, will address a gathering organized on state level. Gatherings will be organized in other districts of Azad Kashmir too. The observance of this day aims at condemning tyrannical massacre of Muslims in Jammu in 1947 by India and paying tribute to sacrifices of martyrs. Indian army and police had murdered 125,000 Muslims in four weeks on the call of Maharaja Dogara.
Kashmiris observing Jammu Martyrs Day was first posted on November 6, 2009 at 10:29 am.
High-level meeting endorse enhanced intelligence sharing
October 23, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under Breaking News
Lahore, Pakistan:- A high-level meeting chaired by PM Gilani discussed security situation across the country after recent spate of terrorism as the meeting decided to tighten security of important public and government places on Friday.
According to sources, while discussing the terrorist attacks carried out in Punjab, the intelligence agencies were urged to make their sources more effective and weaken the terrorists’ network internally. It was decided in the meeting that funds would be allocated to provide state of the art equipment to the security forces to cope with terrorists. The meeting also decided that civil and military intelligence agencies would share real time intelligence information and would launch immediate operation where required. The government and military leadership was briefed about the security measures and actions taken against militants so far.
Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, DG ISI, Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider, key cabinet ministers, Chief Ministers of Sindh, Balochistan and NWFP, Senior Provincial Minister of Punjab Inspector General Police of all the four provinces, top military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies’ officials attended the meeting chaired by PM Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.
High-level meeting endorse enhanced intelligence sharing was first posted on October 24, 2009 at 12:21 am.
Meeting to Discuss Security Issues Underway
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Meeting to Discuss Security Issues Underway, A high-level meeting to discuss the recent spate of terrorist attacks in the country following the Waziristan operation is currently underway at the Prime Minister House.
Chief of Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider, key cabinet ministers, chief ministers of Sindh, Baluchistan and NWFP Inspector General of Police of the four provinces, military commanders, intelligence officers and security forces were attending the meeting chaired by PM Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.
However, Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Shairf did not attend the meeting and the provincial government is represented by senior provincial minister Raja Riaz, the channel added.
The meeting was briefed on security measures and the ongoing military operation against militants in South Waziristan and is likely to formulate a strategy to counter terrorist activities in the country.
Meeting to Discuss Security Issues Underway was first posted on October 23, 2009 at 5:23 pm.
