Hot, dry weather forecast for Pakistan
September 15, 2010 by Trend PK
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ISLAMABAD: The Meteorological Department on Wednesday, has forecast hot and dry weather for several parts of the country, over the next 24 hours.
According to the Met office, rain with lightning along with heavy winds is expected in some parts which include Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and Sindh.
Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, lower Sindh, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and some other parts received rain over the last 24 hours.
The heaviest rain measuring 20 millimeters was recorded in Pud Eiden on Tuesday. SAMAA
Pak floods took 1,700 lives, devastated 79 districts
September 15, 2010 by Trend PK
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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s historical destructive floods have claimed over 1,700 lives. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is the worst hit province with 24 affected districts. 19 districts in Sindh, 12 in Punjab, 10 in Balochistan and 7 each for Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan have been hit by these floods.
According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, the floods have inundated 5,436,601 acres of land in all provinces of the country, including Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir.
A total of 6,359 towns, cities and small villages were inundated due this natural disaster.
As many as 474 bridges and 1,237,343 buildings have been completely washed away. 282 bridges in KP and 182 in Gilgit Baltistan have been completely destroyed.
Within no time, relief and rescue operations started by the Pakistan army. A total of 72,000
PM directs rehab of Atta Abad affectees by end Aug
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday directed return of Atta Abad affectees by end August and disbursement of Rs.315 million relief package to them.
Chairing a high level meeting here at the PM Secretariat Gilani directed the Gilgit-Baltistan government, National Disaster Management Authority and concerned ministries and departments to work in tandem to ensure the return of Atta Abad affectees by the deadline. He also directed disbursement of the relief package for the affectees on the pattern of the affectees of Swat-Malakand line.
The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah, Secretary Finance, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority, Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan and Member Planning Commission.
Gilani said Rs.77 million have already been spent on food, medicine, shelter and transportation of Atta Abad lake affectees.
He also directed the Finance Ministry to release an additional amount of Rs. 80 million for further deepening and broadening of the spillway to drain out water from the lake at the earliest.
Out of Rs.15 billion Special Development Programme for Gilgit Baltistan,he said, the government has already allocated an amount of Rs. 3 billion in the current budget to bring the region at par with other areas of the country.
He also directed to ensure provision of relief goods to the people stranded in the upper part of the lake.
Gilgit-Baltistan; Election Campaigns in Full Swing
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Election campaigns of various political parties are full swing in Gilgit-Baltistan. As many as total 264 candidates are contesting for 24 seats of Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly.
For the election to be held on Nov 12, there are 23 candidates contesting from PPP, 20 from MQM, 14 from PML-N, 14 from PML-Q, 6 from Jamiat-e Ulema-e Islam, 3 from Jamaat-e Islami, 10 from the Gilgit-Baltistan Democratic Alliance, 4 from the ANP and 2 from TIP and 2 from Balawaristan National Front.
According to the election commission, there are 166 independent candidates in the field.
The Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Election Commissioner Raheem Durrani said that law-enforcement agencies have been called for maintaining law and order in the region.
After the death of the constituency LA-19 candidate Sher Bahadur, MQM now has 19 candidates.
Gilgit-Baltistan; Election Campaigns in Full Swing was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 2:45 pm.
Hearing underway in LHC for Postponement of by-election
LAHORE , Pakistan: The hearing is underway in Lahore High Court (LHC) of the petition filed by Punjab government in a bid to stay the upcoming by-polls in NA-123 (Lahore), NA-55 (Rawalpindi), PP-82 (Jhang) and PP-284 Bahawalnagar.
The Punjab chief secretary and the home secretary filed one of the petitions, citing the law and order situation – while Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas Gujjar, a candidate for the by-polls, filed the other petition challenging the election process that allows new candidates for NA-123 to file nomination papers.
The provincial government’s lawyer said the security situation in Punjab was not suitable for elections. Also, he said the Punjab government was not consulted over the schedule. He said the threat to the lives of certain leaders was “real”.
He cited the arrest and deaths of Taliban leaders, and said there were concerns of “a serious backlash”. He asked the court to order that the polls be delayed in light of the “grave security situation”.
Ilyas Gujjar’s lawyer said the latest notification on the election schedule was “unlawful”, because nominations had already been filed and symbols allotted but the EC was now inviting fresh nominations.
Hearing underway in LHC for Postponement of by-election was first posted on September 29, 2009 at 12:58 pm.
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Prime Minister arrives in Gilgit-Baltistan
Prime Minister of Pakistan arrives in Gilgit-Baltistan, ISLAMABAD Pakistan : Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has arrived in Gilgit Baltistan on Tuesday on a two-day visit where he will announce the development package for the area people.
The prime minister will meet notables of the area and discuss with them importance of ‘Gilgit Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order 2009′ announced by him.
He is also expected to make financial announcements for Gilgit Baltistan during his visit.
Prime Minister arrives in Gilgit-Baltistan was first posted on September 29, 2009 at 1:03 pm.
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