Musharraf formally launches All Pakistan Muslim League
Former President Pervez Musharraf has announced to join politics and formally launched his party All Pakistan Muslim League on Friday in a ceremony in London.
Talking to participants, Pervez Musharraf said, On this historic day, I announce to join politics and become part of APML. He said that he decided to join politics because there was no politician in Pakistan to get the country out of multiple challenges.
He said that the country progressed under his 9 year rule, but he admitted that he committed some political mistakes. He forwarded his apology on those mistakes, saying that to error is human, to forgive divine. He said that he will inform the nation after his comeback about the reasons due to which he committed all the mistakes. He said that NRO was his biggest mistake and there was deal with Benazir Bhutto to not come back before elections.
He said, Pakistan is our country, it is the most beautiful country, it is precious, and we are nothing without this country, thats why I used to say Sab se pehlay Pakistan.Today, Pakistan is facing a number of challenges, and it is calling us for security, now it is our duty to save our beloved country, he added. He said that All Pakistan Muslim League will fight against poverty, illiteracy and unemployment.
He said, Pakistan was achieved to have social, economic and religious freedom. But people are being deprived of their rights and the rich are using laws for their interests.
He said that party manifesto would be comprised of three documents; first the Quran Pak, second the address of Quaid-e-Azam on August 11, 1947, and third document would be Objectives Resolution of Liaqat Ali Khan.
He said that local body system would be restored and family politics would be ended. He said that civil service would be reformed restructuring the government. He said that all people, women and men, would have equal rights. He said that nepotism and corruption would be ended and merit would be promoted. Electricity and water would be available to everyone, and food would be provided to everyone. He said that women education would be top priority. He said that Pakistans sovereignty would not be compromised, it would be saved from internal and external threats.
The former president said he will raise the GDP up to 6 percent. He said that Pakistan has capacity of producing 19000 MW power. He said that eradication of terrorists was vital for the progress of the country.
He invited all Pakistanis to come forward and join hands with APML and strengthen it. Sher Afgan, Nisar Memon, Lala Nisar and Fawad Chaudhry were also present in the ceremony.
Talking to Dunya News, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal said that Musharraf has to apologize in the court after returning to the country. He said that Musharraf didnt commit mistakes, but those were blunders. He attacked the Lal Masjid, killed Nawab Akbar Bugti and ruined the Constitution for two times.
Talking to Dunya News, Sheikh Rashid said that it wasnt a bad thing to ask for pardon. He said that Pakistan is passing through an important phase of politics. He said that Musharraf was afraid that if ban on third term premiership ended, his chance would be minimum.
PPPs Jahangir Badar while talking to Dunya News said that Musharraf cant be a good politician. He said Musharrafs allies looted the poor. He said that there was no dictator like Musharraf in history who joined politics and made party.
PML-Ns Pervez Rasheed while talking to Dunya News said that Musharraf started his speech with white lies as he said he was going to join politics but he had already played politics when he took heinous steps on Kargil which brought bad name to Pakistan. He started politics on October 12, 1999.
Court acquits Jahangir Badar from illegal assets reference
An Accountability Court has acquitted Secretary-General of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party Jahangir Badar from a reference of illegal assets.
After this acquittal, all NAB cases against Jahangir Badar have been revoked. The court heard two NAB references against Jahangir Badar made in Musharraf government, including the case of illegal assets and unwarranted appointments in the Sui Gas department.
The Court said that the cases against Jahangir Badar were politically motivated. Jahangir Badar talking to media said that fake cases were made against him, including a case of illegal assets of worth Rs 47 lac. He said that he had time and again maintained the cases were bogus.
Musharraf soon to be punished for BB murder: Badar
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Secretary General Jahangir Badar said Gen (rtd) Pervez Musharraf and others responsible for murder of Benazir Bhutto, will soon be brought to justice in accordance with the report of the United Nations, Geo News reported Saturday.
Talking to media after appearing before an Accountability Court here, he said the PPP government will bring to justice the assassins of Benazir.
Badar vowed to keep providing employment opportunities to children of the poor even if people blamed him for the same.
Hearing of his cases against unlawful appointments has been delayed till May 7, as there was strike today at the court.
Badar blames Musharraf for BB murder
ISLAMABAD: The Peoples Party Secretary General Jahangir Badar said that General UN report clearly indicated that former President Pervez Musharraf is responsible for assassination of Benazir Bhutto and now its his responsibility to come back to Pakistan and answer this.
Jahangir Badar Appears in NAB Hearing NAB
Jahangir Badar Appears in NAB Hearing NAB
LAHORE, Pakistan News: The hearing of NAB reference against PPP secretary general Jahangir Badar in an Accountability court here adjourned for January 13.
Talking to media after appearing before the court on Wednesday Jahangir Badar said he has been charged of awarding jobs to people in Sui Gas Company where the wages doesn’t extend than Rs 500.
He dispelled the impression that the National Reconciliation Ordinance has benefited People’s Party. “People’s Party will not use its power to impress justice,” PPP Secretary General added.
Jahangir Badar Appears in NAB Hearing NAB was first posted on December 23, 2009 at 11:59 am.
PPP Restores Aitzaz Ahsan’s CEC Membership
Pakistan News: Co-Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has restored Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan’s membership of party’s central executive committee (CEC) on Friday.
After the approval of President and PPP’s Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, party’s secretary general Jahangir Badar has issued notification of reinstatement of CEC membership of Aitzaz Ahsan. Aitzaz Ahsan’s membership was cancelled during the lawyers’ movement.
In the last meeting of the party’s CEC, the members suggested to restore Atizaz Ahsan’s membership. Aitzaz Ahsan participated in CEC meeting last time in Naudero after the killing of Benzari Bhutto. According to sources, President Zardari had offered an important post to Aitzaz Ahsan.
PPP Restores Aitzaz Ahsan’s CEC Membership was first posted on December 4, 2009 at 8:06 pm.
List of NRO Beneficiaries
Lahore, Pakistan news :- List of NRO Beneficiaries,
The government has issued list of 8041 persons who benefited from NRO including 34 politicians. The list includes President Asif Zardari, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain, Farooq Sattar, Federal Minister Babar Ghauri, Jahangir Badar, Ambassador Hussain Haqqani and Wajid Shams-ul-Hassan. The top beneficiary of NRO is Altaf Hussain whose 72 cases including 31 murder cases were dismissed.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Minister of State for Law Afzal Sindhu revealed that total number of NRO beneficiaries were 8041 including 7793 persons from Sindh only. Sindhu told that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and his wife’s names were not in the list as the court had dismissed PM’s cases upon finding him not guilty; whereas, his wife had made an agreement in the court. The minister of state told that President Asif Zardari, Nusrat Bhutto, Rehman Malik, Jahangir Badar, Ahmad Mukhtar, Altaf Hussain, Farooq Sattar, Babar Ghauri, Governor Sindh Ishrat ul Ibad, Shoaib Bukhari, Kanwar Khalid Younus, Salim Shahzad, Imran Farooq, three ambassadors Waseem Akhtar, Wajid Shams ul Hassan and Hussain Haqqani, A.R. Siddiqui, former chief secretary Punjab Javed Qureshi, Anwar Saifullah, Siraj Durrani, Mushtaq Awan, Gul Sher, Haji Nawaz Khokhar, Rana Nazir Khan, Waliur Rehman, Yousuf Talpur, Slaman Farooqi, Usman Farooqi, Peer Mukaram, Tariq Anis, Haji Kabir, Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, Chaudhry Shaukat Ali, Mian Rasheed, Mian Tariq Mehmood, Sardar Maqsood Laghari, Brig. (Retd) Imtiaz, Brig. (Retd) Aslam Hayat, Safdar Baqri, Saeed Mehdi, Noman Saigol and Mir Baz Khetran are included in the list.
Sindhu said that the top beneficiary of NRO was Altaf Hussain with 72 cases including 31 cases of murder and 11 cases of attempt of murder. He told that term of NRO was ending on November 28 and all the cases would be reopened automatically. However, President Zardari’s cases could not be reopened until he was in Presidency. Sindhu said if the court gives verdict against a person the government would not support him. The minister of state maintained that cases filed against PPP leaders in Nawaz Sharif’s tenure were result of political vendetta. He said verdict of only one corruption case was announced in 10 years and 3 judges had to resign after that.
List of NRO Beneficiaries was first posted on November 23, 2009 at 5:57 pm.
List of NRO Beneficiaries
Lahore, Pakistan news :- List of NRO Beneficiaries,
The government has issued list of 8041 persons who benefited from NRO including 34 politicians. The list includes President Asif Zardari, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain, Farooq Sattar, Federal Minister Babar Ghauri, Jahangir Badar, Ambassador Hussain Haqqani and Wajid Shams-ul-Hassan. The top beneficiary of NRO is Altaf Hussain whose 72 cases including 31 murder cases were dismissed.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Minister of State for Law Afzal Sindhu revealed that total number of NRO beneficiaries were 8041 including 7793 persons from Sindh only. Sindhu told that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and his wife’s names were not in the list as the court had dismissed PM’s cases upon finding him not guilty; whereas, his wife had made an agreement in the court. The minister of state told that President Asif Zardari, Nusrat Bhutto, Rehman Malik, Jahangir Badar, Ahmad Mukhtar, Altaf Hussain, Farooq Sattar, Babar Ghauri, Governor Sindh Ishrat ul Ibad, Shoaib Bukhari, Kanwar Khalid Younus, Salim Shahzad, Imran Farooq, three ambassadors Waseem Akhtar, Wajid Shams ul Hassan and Hussain Haqqani, A.R. Siddiqui, former chief secretary Punjab Javed Qureshi, Anwar Saifullah, Siraj Durrani, Mushtaq Awan, Gul Sher, Haji Nawaz Khokhar, Rana Nazir Khan, Waliur Rehman, Yousuf Talpur, Slaman Farooqi, Usman Farooqi, Peer Mukaram, Tariq Anis, Haji Kabir, Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, Chaudhry Shaukat Ali, Mian Rasheed, Mian Tariq Mehmood, Sardar Maqsood Laghari, Brig. (Retd) Imtiaz, Brig. (Retd) Aslam Hayat, Safdar Baqri, Saeed Mehdi, Noman Saigol and Mir Baz Khetran are included in the list.
Sindhu said that the top beneficiary of NRO was Altaf Hussain with 72 cases including 31 cases of murder and 11 cases of attempt of murder. He told that term of NRO was ending on November 28 and all the cases would be reopened automatically. However, President Zardari’s cases could not be reopened until he was in Presidency. Sindhu said if the court gives verdict against a person the government would not support him. The minister of state maintained that cases filed against PPP leaders in Nawaz Sharif’s tenure were result of political vendetta. He said verdict of only one corruption case was announced in 10 years and 3 judges had to resign after that.
List of NRO Beneficiaries was first posted on November 23, 2009 at 5:57 pm.
Govt Releases List of NRO Beneficiaries
November 21, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under Breaking News
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: The government has issued list of 8041 persons who benefited from NRO including 34 politicians. The list includes President Asif Zardari, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain, Farooq Sattar, Federal Minister Babar Ghauri, Jahangir Badar, Ambassador Hussain Haqqani and Wajid Shams-ul-Hassan. The top beneficiary of NRO is Altaf Hussain whose 72 cases including 31 murder cases were dismissed.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Minister of State for Law Afzal Sindhu revealed that total number of NRO beneficiaries were 8041 including 7793 persons from Sindh only. Sindhu told that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and his wife’s names were not in the list as the court had dismissed PM’s cases upon finding him not guilty; whereas, his wife had made an agreement in the court. The minister of state told that President Asif Zardari, Nusrat Bhutto, Rehman Malik, Jahangir Badar, Ahmad Mukhtar, Altaf Hussain, Farooq Sattar, Babar Ghauri, Governor Sindh Ishrat ul Ibad, Shoaib Bukhari, Kanwar Khalid Younus, Salim Shahzad, Imran Farooq, three ambassadors Waseem Akhtar, Wajid Shams ul Hassan and Hussain Haqqani, A.R. Siddiqui, former chief secretary Punjab Javed Qureshi, Anwar Saifullah, Siraj Durrani, Mushtaq Awan, Gul Sher, Haji Nawaz Khokhar, Rana Nazir Khan, Waliur Rehman, Yousuf Talpur, Slaman Farooqi, Usman Farooqi, Peer Mukaram, Tariq Anis, Haji Kabir, Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, Chaudhry Shaukat Ali, Mian Rasheed, Mian Tariq Mehmood, Sardar Maqsood Laghari, Brig. (Retd) Imtiaz, Brig. (Retd) Aslam Hayat, Safdar Baqri, Saeed Mehdi, Noman Saigol and Mir Baz Khetran are included in the list.
Sindhu said that the top beneficiary of NRO was Altaf Hussain with 72 cases including 31 cases of murder and 11 cases of attempt of murder. He told that term of NRO was ending on November 28 and all the cases would be reopened automatically. However, President Zardari’s cases could not be reopened until he was in Presidency. Sindhu said if the court gives verdict against a person the government would not support him. The minister of state maintained that cases filed against PPP leaders in Nawaz Sharif’s tenure were result of political vendetta. He said verdict of only one corruption case was announced in 10 years and 3 judges had to resign after that.
National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) was issued by the former president of Pakistan General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf on October 5, 2007. It granted amnesty to politicians, political workers and bureaucrats who were accused of corruption, embezzlement, money-laundering, murder and terrorism between 1st January 1986 and October 12th 1999, the time between two Martial Laws.
The NRO states: “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sub-section(1), the Federal Government or a Provincial Government may, before the judgment is pronounced by a trial court, withdraw from the prosecution of any person including an absconding accused who is found to be falsely involved for political reasons or through political victimization in any case initiated between 1st day of January, 1986 to 12th day of October, 1999 and upon such withdrawal clause (a) and clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply.”
The current Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, suspended this ordinance on October 12, 2007. But he was soon dismissed after Musharraf abrogated the constitution on November 3, 2007. The new Chief Justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar revived the NRO on February 27, 2008.
Govt Releases List of NRO Beneficiaries was first posted on November 21, 2009 at 5:54 pm.
Ready to meet political challenges: President Zardari
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News : President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said that the PPP was a huge political force and it was fully prepared to face all challenges confronting it politically. He said this while addressing the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the party here.
The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Jahangir Badar, Mian Raza Rabbani, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Ms. Faryal Talpur, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Naveed Qamar, Dr. Babar Awan, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Shahbaz Bhatti, Rehman A. Malik, Sardar Latif Khosa, Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali, Yousaf Talpur, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Farahnaz Ispahani, Mir Ejaz Jhakrani, Farzana Raja besides members from all provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.
Briefing the media, Spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the President said that the PPP had formed government with coalition partners in the centre and all provinces and had thrown out dictatorship restoring Presidency to democratic forces and had embarked upon a course of political and economic reformation and reconstruction.
He said that the PPP was not doled out political victories through the charity of anyone but it had triumphed politically with the help of people of all provinces.
The President said that “no matter what our opponent said and no matter how much the party leadership was subjected to a campaign of vilification, the party will not be deterred and will continue its forward march in the service of the people”.
The Party Co-Chairman said that the vilification campaign against the party was aimed at weakening the party politically and warned that those hoping to weaken us politically were living in a fools’ paradise.
He said that the party had a long history of rendering great sacrifices for the sake of democracy and peoples’ rights and was not afraid of rendering sacrifices if need arose.
President Zardari said that the results of elections in Gilgit-Baltistan had convincingly demonstrated yet again that the people stood by the party and rejected the vilification campaign against it, Babar informed.
Without naming anyone, the President said that some people write our obituaries almost daily but the more they write our obituaries the more they are disappointed and frustrated. “I salute the party, its workers and the people. We have stood together in the past and will stand together in the future as well,” Babar quoted the President.
A number of participants spoke on the occasion and gave their own assessment of the political situation.
The meeting also adopted a unanimous resolution reposing complete confidence in the leadership of the party Co-Chairman and President Asif Ali Zardari and the Government.
Ready to meet political challenges: President Zardari was first posted on November 17, 2009 at 9:24 am.
