Govt Names Four Members for Judges Panel
ISLAMABAD, News Trends: President Asif Ali Zardari has nominated four government members for the parliamentary committee about appointment of the judges of higher judiciary.
The nominations include two members of the National Assembly and two Senators, Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said.
The Leader of House in Senate Senator Nayyar Hussain Bukhari has been named from Punjab and Senator Sabir Baloch from Balochistan on the committee. Two MNAs Aftab Shaban Mirani and Asima Arbab Alamgir have been named from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa respectively.
All four names have been sent to the Senate and National Assembly Secretariats, the spokesman said.
The parliamentary committee formed under Article 175A of the 18th Amendment of the constitution comprises of eight members including four members from government and other four from the opposition.
CID catches six terrorists from Karachi
November 10, 2010 by Trend PK
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Staff Report
KARACHI: A team of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) has apprehended six terrorists allegedly involved in a plan to kill religious ulema, Trend Pk learnt Wednesday.
Police said their names are Qari Dawood, Farooqui, Nafees, Abbas, Ikram-ul-Haq, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Ubaidulah and Noshad. 25 kilogram of explosives, ten hand grenades and liquids used in medicine have been recovered.
It has been learnt that these terrorists had links with banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Trend Pk
AG seeks more time for NAB chairmans appointment
The Attorney General has requested the Supreme Court to grant three weeks time for appointment of NAB chairman as NAB chairman has not been appointment within the time limit given by the court.
It one reason was that Opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had rejected the names floated by Prime Minister Gilani for the post of Chairman NAB. Nisar said that in a letter he wrote to the Premier stating that both the proposed names for the said post were controversial and as such his party opposed the recommendations altogether.
The post was lying vacant since former chairman Naveed Ahsan’s resignation and the Supreme Court had ordered to fill the post within the next few days.
The opposition leader rejected the names because they were not impartial and demanded neutral names.
Riaz to be quizzed by Scotland Yard
September 9, 2010 by Trend PK
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KARACHI: Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz has been summoned for questioning by Scotland Yard on Sept. 14 over the alleged spot-fixing scandal that erupted during the fourth and final test against England.
“We have allowed him to be interviewed and made him available as we believe in fully cooperating with the ongoing investigations,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt told a news conference in Lahore on Thursday.
Riaz, 25, a left-armer, claimed five wickets on his debut in the third test against England and is a member of Pakistan’s one-day squad for the five-match series which starts in Durham on Friday.
Butt also said the PCB had asked Scotland Yard and the International Cricket Council (ICC) to allow suspended trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to return home from the tour of England.
Test captain Butt and fast bowlers
FWO launches a ferry raft at Attabad Lake
September 9, 2010 by Trend PK
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RAWALPINDI: The troops of Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) have launched a ferry raft at Attabad Lake which has the capacity of carrying 50 tons of load. This raft will facilitate the traffic flow over disconnected Karakoram Highway (KKH ) between Gilgit, Sust and Kheenjrab.
According to a press release of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistan army has also distributed 676 tons of ration amongst the marooned people of Besham, Bhatta Kundi, Neelam, Skardu and Gilgit.
FWO, after exhaustive efforts, have opened KKH to light traffic. Four major bridges which were washed away, have been repaired, including Dubair Bridge.
The Dubair Bridge on KKH that was swept away on July 27, has been reopened. Army engineers have opened Ayub and Chakdarra Bridges for all types of traffic in Malakand today. Meanwhile, the troops are busy
Karachi CCPO Wasim Ahmed transferred as DG, FIA
September 9, 2010 by Trend PK
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KARACHI: The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi, Waseem Ahmed, has been transferred from his post and appointed as the Director General (DG) of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), SAMAA learnt Thursday.
Waseem Ahmed took charge as CCPO Karachi in June 2008.
On the other hand, Director General FIA Zafarullah Khan has been appointed as Chairman National Counter Terrorism Authority.
According to sources, the names of Wajid Durrani, Mushtaq Shah, Zafar Farooqui, Fayyaz Laghari and Captain Falak Khursheed are under consideration for Karachi’s new CCPO. SAMAA
NZealand announces 1st round of domestic contracts
August 9, 2010 by Trend PK
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s six major domestic associations have announced the names of players offered first-round contracts for the 2010-11 season.
The rest is here:
NZealand announces 1st round of domestic contracts
MUHAMMAD (P.B.U.H)
May 20, 2010 by Trend PK
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The reason why there is no picture of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
why is it that there isn’t a picture available of the prophet Muhammed[pbuh] anywhere in the world?
Islam came to prevent all means that may lead to shirk or the association of others in worship with Allaah. Among these means is the making of images, so sharee’ah forbids making images, and curses the one who does that, and a strong warning is issued to the one who does that. It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah the Mother of the Believers that Umm Habeebah and Umm Salamah mentioned a church that they had seen in Abyssinia, in which there were images. They mentioned it to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he said: “Those people, if there was a righteous man among them and he died, they would build a place of worship over his grave and put those images in it. They will be among the most evil of creation before Allaah on the Day of Resurrection.” (narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Salaah, 409).
It was narrated that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came back from a journey and I had placed a curtain of mine that had pictures on it over (the door of) a room of mine. When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw it, he tore it and said, ‘The people who will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be those who try to make the like of Allaah’s creation.’ So we turned it (the curtain) into one or two cushions.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Libaas, 5498).
It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood said: “I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: ‘The people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers.’” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Libaas, 5494).
So how could he grant permission to make a picture of him? Hence none of the Sahaabah dared to make a picture or image of him, because they knew the ruling that doing so was haraam.
Allaah warns against exaggeration, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O people of the Scripture (Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion”
[al-Nisaa’ 4:171]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) warned against doing anything that may involve exceeding the limits concerning him (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). He said: “Do not exaggerate about me as the Christians exaggerated about the son of Maryam, for I am just a slave, so say ‘The slave of Allaah and His Messenger.’” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, Ahaadeeth al-Anbiya’, 3189).
Imaam Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab wrote a chapter entitled “Maa jaa’a ‘an sabab kufr Bani Adam huwa al-ghulw fi’l-saaliheen (What was narrated stating that the reason for the kufr of the sons of Adam was their exaggeration concerning the righteous).”, in which he said: “In al-Saheeh it is narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, concerning the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
‘“And they have said: ‘You shall not leave your gods, nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwaa‘, nor Yaghooth, nor Ya‘ooq nor Nasr’ (these are the names of their idols).’
[Nooh 71:23]
– “These were the names of righteous men among the people of Nooh. When they died, the Shaytaan inspired their people to set up stone altars in the places where they used to sit, and call them by their names. They did that but they did not worship them, until those people died, then the knowledge was forgotten and they were worshipped.”
Ibn al-Qayyim said: “More than one of the salaf said: ‘when they died, the people started to frequent their graves, then they made statues of them, then as time passed they started to worship them.” (Fath al-Majeed Sharh Kitaab al-Tawheed by ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Hasan, p. 219)
For this reason there are no pictures of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), because he forbade doing that, lest it lead to shirk.
source: islam-qa
No MQM Leader on ECL: Interior Ministry
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: The names of central leadership of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) including Dr Farooq Sattar and Babar Ghauri were not on the Exit Control List; nor are they on the List now, Interior Ministry sources.
The MQM voiced serious reservations with the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) over the reports regarding the inclusion of names of party leaders on the List.
The spokesman of the Interior Ministry underscored that no names of MQM’s central leadership including Dr Farooq Sattar and Babar Ghauri are on the ECL; nor were their names included in the List ever before.
According to sources privy to the Interior Ministry, the list of beneficiaries of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) received from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is being reviewed, so that the names of people involved in old cases could be put on the ECL.
No MQM Leader on ECL: Interior Ministry was first posted on December 20, 2009 at 8:06 pm.
