Handful people make economy hostage: Finance advisor
ISLAMABAD: Finance Advisor Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said few thousand people made entire economy hostage through institutions running in deficit.
Addressing a function of Institute of Public Policy, Finance advisor said common man always paid price of subsidies given by the government. Giving subsidy to PIA is useless for poor.
Dr. Hafeez said rich section of society is not taxpayer and making propaganda against Value Added Tax (VAD) because it will disclose their income. He said funds for annual development projects would be released after the budget.
Blast in Jafarabad, 2 killed
JAFARABAD, Pakistan News: A bomb went off in a busy market at Sohbat Poor area of Balochistan, killed two and wounded at least 12 people.
“It was a remote-controlled blast that took place in a market near bus stand at the highway,” officials said, adding that the explosive device was planted on a bicycle.
Rescue teams kicked off relief activities following the blast and ferried the injured to nearby hospitals.
Heavy contingent of Police and law enforcement agencies arrived at the scene and initiated investigation.
Blast in Jafarabad, 2 killed was first posted on January 28, 2010 at 2:21 pm.
Dont Let 26/11 Take Us Hostage: PM Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, urging dialogue between Pakistan and India, says both the south Asian countries must not be held “hostage to one incident” – the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
“Billion people should not be made hostage to one incident. If we are hostage to one incident then the beneficiaries are terrorists and therefore we should move ahead,” Gilani said
In his first interview to Indian TV after the Mumbai terror attacks.
“Things are stuck with the Mumbai incident–the matter is already sub judice with the courts (in Pakistan). We certainly condemn terrorism and believe that neither India nor Pakistan soil should be used against each other. We are victims of terrorism and you know how we are fighting the war on terror. There are 101 Mumbai-like incidents in Pakistan after that (26/11),” said Gilani.
“I think dialogue is the only answer. We are both responsible nations and we can move forward–we can’t afford war. I think only way forward is talks.”
Gilani said he had a “very good meeting” with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Sharm-el-Shaikh summit. “We discussed all issues and we had an understanding that we both are suffering from terrorism.”
Gilani was hopeful that India and Pakistan would talk to each other in 2010. “I believe politics is a day-to-day affair, and I certainly hope we will certainly move forward for a composite dialogue.”
Gilani downplayed the outrage in Pakistan against the country’s cricketers being “snubbed” by the Indian Premier League. “I think it is the mood of the parliament; the mood of the public and we have to follow their point of view as well. I think with time things will be all right,” he said.
Dont Let 26/11 Take Us Hostage: PM Gilani was first posted on January 28, 2010 at 3:17 pm.
Wytheville Hostage,Wytheville Va News
December 24, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
TrendPK.com Wytheville Hostage,Wytheville Va News:According to police sources, a man with explosives of five pounds has entered in a post office building in Wytheville and took people inside hostage. The explosive is strapped to a wheel chair and is enough to take out the whole block and grenades have been found [...]
GHQ Attackers Were Highly Trained: ISPR
ISLAMABAD: Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj. Gen. Ather Abbas Monday said the GHQ attackers were highly trained fighters but the commandos of Pak army successful mow them down.
Pakistan army commandos rescued 39 hostages, out of 42, in a daybreak swoop on their captors early Sunday as a terrorist assault on GHQ with sophisticated weapons, followed with 18-hour hostage-taking drama, left 19 people dead in its bloody wake.
Those perishing in the nearly 24-hour standoff included eight security personnel, as many alleged terrorists and three hostages with forces captured alive the Taliban-trained mastermind Aqeel alias Dr. Usman.
Ather said the commando operation was spread over two phases with 30 hostages freed and four terrorists gunned down in the first stage which got underway at around 6.00 a.m.
GHQ Attackers Were Highly Trained: ISPR was first posted on October 12, 2009 at 5:54 pm.
