Zulfiqar Mirza quits PPP position, portfolio

KARACHI: Sindh’s Senior Minister and PPP’s Senior Vice President Dr Zulfiqar Mirza announced on Sunday to quit party position and membership of Sindh Assembly, TrendPK reported.

He claimed that peace could be restored in Karachi within 15 days. “The bloodshed in the city will not end with my departure,” he added.

Zulfiqar Mirza said that he has so many Urdu speaking relatives. “I had not said that all Urdu speaking people were or are bad but I say that those who want to disintegrate Pakistan and specially Sindh are my enemies.”

Mirza said that Rehman Malik is the biggest enemy of Pakistan. “Rehman Malik is the biggest enemy of mine.”

Mirza said that Wali Khan Babar, a Karachi-based journalist, was killed by MQM. “Liaquat, a target killer, killed Wali Khan Babar,” he said.

“The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has not 100 percent mandate in Karachi and Hyderabad.”

“I am not a qualified actor. Rehman Malik is the vice chancellor of ‘liar’ university,” he added.

Mirza said that the Khidmat-e Khalq Foundation’s ambulances are used to transfer weapons and, he added, bodies are thrown through these vehicles.

“The chief of CPLC has affiliation with this organization. I don’t want to see him as the head of CPLC.”

“Altaf Hussain wrote a letter to UK’s premier Tony Blair in 2001, requesting him to eliminate ISI before it can create more Osama bin Laden,” he said.

He said that ISI and army have saved the country.

“I was forced to send to Nine Zero (MQM’s headquarter) once.”

Mirza said that Ishtiaq is a notorious target killer. He belongs to the MQM.

He said that during his time as a Sindh’s home minister he appointed about ten thousand policemen throughout the province. “I did not appoint anyone on the recommendations of the MQM,” he added.
“Altaf Hussain is a killer and the MQM is a terrorist organization,” he said.

“I have dedicated my life for the people of Karachi. I invite business community and traders to support me,” he said.

“It was attempted to defame me through facebook and other means.”

He said that Interior Minister Rehman Malik did not inform the party leadership rightly. “He is the aide of target killers.”

Replying to a question, he said that he will appear before the Supreme Court. “If am called by the court, I’ll say the truth on the Karachi situation,” he added.

Mirza said that MQM’s Nasreen Jalil wrote letters against him to 22 foreign ambassadors.

“I am not leaving PPP and my relation with President Asif Ali Zardari will be intact,” he replied.

Mirza said that he and Pir Mazharul Haq held a meeting with MQM’s Chief Altaf Hussain in London. “Altaf informed me that America wanted to disintegrate Pakistan and his party (MQM) will continue to support this cause and will kill Pakhtoon people,” he said. TrendPK

Kazmis judicial remand extended for 14 days

Former religious affair minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was brought to the senior civil judge of Islamabad Aslam Gondal’s court in Haj corruption case on Wednesday.

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Additional Director General Khalid Butt told the court that the FIA found 14 plots that were registered against the name of Kazmi’s family members. He said that the total value of plots was estimated around Rs 4 million and the FIA would submit evidence to the court in this regard.

Extending the judicial remand of the former minister, the court sent him to jail for 14 days.

Justice Ejaz Chaudhry nominated as new Chief Justice of LHC

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission has unanimously nominated Justice Ejaz Chaudhry as new Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Trend Pk reported Saturday.

Justice Ejaz Chaudhry is the senior most judge in Lahore High Court.

Incumbent Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif will retire on December 8, 2010.

The Judicial Commission held its first formal meeting to finalize the nomination for the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry chaired the meeting.

According to a Trend Pk correspondent, all 11 members of the commission unanimously nominated Justice Ejaz for the slot. Trend Pk

Adv Yaseen Khans nomination for Judicial Commission disapproved

Supreme Court on Monday rejected the nomination of Advocate Yaseen Khan Babar by the Sindh Bar for inclusion in the Judicial Commission.
In a letter to the Advocate General Sindh, the SC said that the nominated lawyer was not a senior SC lawyer, and asked to notify another senior most lawyer in this regard. However, the letter also sought Yaseens experience certificate. It merits to mention that Sindh Bar Council (SBC) unanimously notified Yaseen Khan to represent Sindh in the JC. The SBC is likely to notify another lawyer in this respect.

OGRA announces new petroleum prices

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has announced new prices of petroleum products on late Sunday.

The new petrol price is Rs 72.96 with the increase of Rs 5.97 per litter while with the increase of Rs 4.51 the new price of high speed diesel is Rs 78.33 per litter.

The new price of High Octane is Rs 86.67 with the increase of Rs 7.11 per litter.

The new price of Kerosene Oil per litter is Rs 70.95 with the increase of Rs 5.15 per litter.

During the press conference, the Senior Executive Director Finance Jawad Naseem, said that the reason of the recent increase in the petroleum products was the price hike in international markets.

The orders of the OGRA would be implemented from November 1 (Monday) but almost all the petrol pumps in major cities remained closed by Sunday evening. Trend Pk

3rd round of Pak-US strategic dialogue from today

The eagerly awaiting third round of Pak-America strategic dialogue would start from today (Wednesday) in Washington. Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani left Tuesday for United States of America to attend the dialogue.
According to diplomatic sources the third round of Pak-US strategic dialogues is going to be started from October 20 and continue till Oct 22 in which issues related to power, agriculture, education and security would be discussed. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi would lead the Pakistani delegation while US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would lead US delegation.
Strategic Dialogue working group leaders from both governments will report out on the tangible outcomes of their work. Besides Army Chief and FM Qureshi, Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and other senior officials will be among the delegation.
During the Ministerial-level bilateral Strategic Dialogue that was launched in Washington on March 24-25, 2010 has thirteen separate working groups that have met in Islamabad over the past three months: agriculture; communications and public diplomacy; defense; economics and finance; education; energy; health; law enforcement and counter-terrorism; market access; science and technology; security, strategic stability and nonproliferation; water; and women empowerment Pakistan would try to convince US to make progress in investment in the power and water sector. Sources also told media that Pakistan would adopt a decisive stance on Indias violation of Indus River Water treaty and would demand US to play its role in this regard. Foreign Office Sources told media that Pakistan will demand from US for establishment of Reconstruction Zones (RoZs) in the Tribal Areas while urge various Members of the Congress for methodical legislation and immediate removal of hurdles in this regard, drone technology and stalled dues under the Coalition Support fund. During their stay, COAS, FM will meet US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, United States Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen besides US National Security Advisors and other high ups to throw light on some of the thorny issues like war against terrorism, security, defence and enhancing cooperation on military and other fields in length.
Earlier, COAS was seen off at Lahore Airport by Lieutenant General Rashad Mehmood, Corps Commander Lahore and other senior military officials.

Live Chat: Arjun Rampal on September 4 at 1500 hrs IST

If there was an Arjun who was the central character of Mahabharata, there is an Arjun, who is playing a central role in the movie business these days.

Well, we are indeed referring to the sexiest hunk of Bollywood Arjun Rampal, who is currently enjoying a dream run in Bollywood with all his films shining at the BO! Rampal will be seen with Kajol and Kareena in We Are Family which releases today. The film is already getting positive response and Arjun as always is being highly praised for his performance in the film.

Bollywood Hungama finds immense pleasure and honour to have Arjun Rampal on Celebrity Chat on Saturday, September 4, at 1500 hrs IST. Do not miss it!

Ajay Devgn fined Rs. 200 for smoking in public place in Goa

Earlier in the month of May this year, Ajay Devgn earned the wrath of director of health services, Dr Rajnanda Desai, for smoking in a public place in Goa. The actor was shooting then for his forthcoming film Golmaal 3 and was caught puffing away near the Inox cinema hall in Panaji. While the complaint against the actor was filed then by National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), it’s only now that he has been asked to pay a penalty of Rs.200.

Ajay, through his representative, did pay the fine of Rs.200 earlier this week on Wednesday. The fine was levied for smoking in a public place which is in direct violation of section 4 of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA).

Fox Star Studios organises trade summit in India

Fox Star Studios is all set with its 2010 Trade Show to bring the industry and it’s stakeholders up to date with their slate of releases. An interactive session between Distributors, Sub-distributors and key exhibitors from various parts of the country, this summit is a big learning curve for the Industry majors.

Happening for the first time in India, Industry majors are travelling from all over the country to be part of this trade show and talking to the top brass of Fox Star Studios. In fact Sunder Kimatrai who is the Senior Vice President Asia Pacific, Fox Studios, is the key speaker and is specially flying down for this event.

Fox will be showcasing 75 years of their cinematic journey for the first time for those present and give an insight into their proud legacy. The distributors will be introduced to the upcoming films from the Studios. From the line up are films like Unstoppable, Wall Street, Gulliver’s Travels, Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, X-Men: First Class, Rise of the Apes, Darkest Hour and The Chronicles of Narnia.

This would be followed by showcasing the success story they have made in Bollywood and that includes My Name Is Khan, also announcement of their forthcoming slate for Vipul Shah production’s next untitled movie starring John Abraham directed by Nishikant Kamath; Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maaro Dum and Aatish Kapadia’s Khichdi slated to release on Oct 1.

Vijay Singh of Fox Star Studio explains the reason of this summit as he says, “At Fox Star Studios, we look upon our trade partners as important stakeholders. And the trade show is an important platform to share our key releases across Bollywood and Hollywood over the coming 6 months.”

Expatriates to get priority in Thar Projects

KARACHI: Senior Minister Sindh Pir Mazharul Haq has said that the overseas Pakistanis would be given priority if they would invest in Thar Coal projects.

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