SC Hears Hajj Corruption Case

ISLAMABAD, trendpk: A Four-Member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, resumed hearing of the case regarding corruption in Hajj arrangements on Thursday.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in his remarks during the hearing said the Director General FIA has been on the mercy of the government as a temporary employee.

Former federal minister Azam Swati called the FIA report dissatisfactory. The counsel of Swati in his statement said that Interior Minister Rehman Malik through a SMS got omitted the name of Rao Shakeel from the exit control list.

Gilani is most corrupt person in Pakistan: Azam Swati

Lashing out at Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, former federal minister for science & technology Azam Swati termed him as the most corrupt person in the 63-year history of Pakistan.

Talking to media outside the Supreme Court, he dubbed both the President and the Premier as completely corrupt people:Both Zardari and Gilani are corrupt and dishonest people; and the latter has brought bad name to his parents by doing corruption. Replying to a question about the ongoing Federal Investigation Agencys investigation into the Hajj scam, Swati maintained that the apex court is well aware that FIA will not unveil those involved in Hajj corruption scandal and called its report FIA report dissatisfactory. Bring the accused to light; the nation should launch jihad against the prevailing corruption in the country, the self-assertive ex-minister said. He foresaw the fall of the incumbent government soon. Earlier, a four-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, resumed hearing of the case regarding corruption in Hajj arrangements.

During the hearing, CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry remarked that the Director General FIA has been on the mercy of the government as a temporary employee. The counsel of Swati in his statement said that Interior Minister Rehman Malik through a SMS got omitted the name of Rao Shakeel from the exit control list. The case has been adjourned the case till January 12.

Texting while driving now made safe

DriveSafe.ly is a revolutionary mobile phone application, developed by iSpeech, reads text messages and emails aloud in real time and automatically responds without users touching their mobile phone.
DriveSafe.ly utilizes iSpeech’s text to speech and speech to text software as a service (SaaS) ( http://www.ispeech.org/ ) in hopes of eliminating the danger created by the growing number of people who text while they drive. For more information or to download the life saving product please visit (http://www.DriveSafe.ly/ ).Moreover, DriveSafe.lyTM is available as a powerful Enterprise solution aimed at combating distracted driving for fleets, mobile workforces, mobile sales forces and other businesses seeking to institute safe driving policies. The Enterprise edition is feature-rich and includes full message encryption, policy management, easy device swapping and BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) deployment. All of these added features come with what’s already standard of DriveSafe.lyTM and the unbeatable voice quality no one can match. If any business is seeking to maintain productivity while instituting safe driving policies, DriveSafe.ly is the only choice.The only real drawbacks that we’ve seen include the lack of Google Voice support, but that’s common among SMS automation apps. It’s also a yearly cost for the appwhile you can download free and try out some functions of the app, the full email/SMS read-and-respond automation costs $13.95 per year, or $3.95 per month. Luckily, Lifehacker readers can use this code when activating their app to get a month’s worth of free use: LifeHackerSafely

Texting while driving now made safe

DriveSafe.ly is a revolutionary mobile phone application, developed by iSpeech, reads text messages and emails aloud in real time and automatically responds without users touching their mobile phone.
DriveSafe.ly utilizes iSpeech’s text to speech and speech to text software as a service (SaaS) ( http://www.ispeech.org/ ) in hopes of eliminating the danger created by the growing number of people who text while they drive. For more information or to download the life saving product please visit (http://www.DriveSafe.ly/ ).Moreover, DriveSafe.lyTM is available as a powerful Enterprise solution aimed at combating distracted driving for fleets, mobile workforces, mobile sales forces and other businesses seeking to institute safe driving policies. The Enterprise edition is feature-rich and includes full message encryption, policy management, easy device swapping and BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) deployment. All of these added features come with what’s already standard of DriveSafe.lyTM and the unbeatable voice quality no one can match. If any business is seeking to maintain productivity while instituting safe driving policies, DriveSafe.ly is the only choice.The only real drawbacks that we’ve seen include the lack of Google Voice support, but that’s common among SMS automation apps. It’s also a yearly cost for the appwhile you can download free and try out some functions of the app, the full email/SMS read-and-respond automation costs $13.95 per year, or $3.95 per month. Luckily, Lifehacker readers can use this code when activating their app to get a month’s worth of free use: LifeHackerSafely

Ramu apologizes to Bhansali for his comments on Guzaarish

“If anything so enamoured of hatred can be called a peace offering, then yes I’m releasing Rakht Charitra 2 on the same day (November 19) as Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish,” chuckles Ramu.

For the first time in his entire career as an outspoken critique of the Bollywood denizens, Ram Gopal Varma (RGV) has apologized to a fellow-filmmaker for offending him.

After posting a nasty comment on a social network on Guzaarish, Ramu realized he had gone too far this time and profusely apologized to Sanjay Leela Bhansali (SLB).

Ramu’s SMS to SLB reads, “I’m sorry if I offended you. I just have this habit of constantly saying something funny on Twitter about every happening out there. Most of the comments are on me. I make more comments on my own films than anybody else’s. I’ll take back my remark publicly asap. Sorry again.” SLB immediately chose to forgive and forgot and move on.

Uncharacteristically gracious on this occasion, one wonders what brought this generous spirit out of Ramu! Says the director, “I guess it’s the nervousness of my own release. I’ve never been more anxious about any of my films than Rakht Charitra.”

Ramu admits it is a violent film. “It does to the action genre what K3G did to the family film. But the violence is dictated by the theme. You can’t say it is excessively violent. The Telugu version was censored this week with just two minor cuts for Adults Only.”

Ramu will release the sequel to Rakht Charitra three weeks after the first part on November 19 on the same Friday as Guzaarish.

Declares Ramu, “I’m hoping that Sanjay Bhansali, Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya won’t kick brush my film’s teeth. On a more serious note, they’re two completely different genres. Guzaarish is about love. Rakht Charitra is about hate.”

That one stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and the other Vivek Oberoi is purely coincidental.

UK foreign secretary’s aide quits over gay rumours

LONDON: Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague has denied rumours he was gay and said one of his male aides had quit over untrue speculation they had been involved in a relationship.

Suggestions about Hague’s sexuality surfaced in recent days after newspapers published pictures of the foreign secretary with his aide Christopher Myers and reported the men had shared a hotel room during campaigning for May’s election.

In a statement issued on Wednesday night, Hague rejected accusations that Myers, 25, had not been qualified to hold the post of special adviser and that there had been other illicit reasons for his appointment.

“He is easily qualified for the job he holds. Any suggestion that his appointment was due to an improper relationship between us is utterly false, as is any suggestion that I have ever been involved in a relationship with any man,” said

Israel, Palestinians set for face-to-face talks

WASHINGTON: With a diplomatic push from U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli and the Palestinian leaders will start direct peace talks on Thursday shadowed by skepticism on all sides and fresh violence in the volatile West Bank.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet at the State Department, relaunching talks after a 20-month hiatus and seeking a deal within one year that will set up an independent Palestinian state side-by-side with a secure Israel.

Obama, who has staked considerable political capital on the Washington talks during a pivotal U.S. congressional election year, urged both sides to grasp the chance for peace after separate meetings at the White House on Wednesday.

“This moment of opportunity may not soon come again. They cannot afford to let it slip away,” Obama said after a day of personal

Amir is an honest man: Friend

Staff Report

KARACHI: Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir’s domestic team mate from National Bank of Pakistan, Irafnuddin said his friend is an honest man.

While talking to SAMAA, Irfanudding said that he believed Amir would be declared as an innocent from spot-fixing scandal. SAMAA

Veena hands over match fixing evidence to ICC

Staff Report

LAHORE: One of Pakistan’s famous actresses, Veena Malik, is in the headlines these days after the match-fixing row against Pakistan’s cricketers. Veena met the anti corruption team of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and handed over evidence of match fixing against fast bowler, Mohammad Asif.

The three-member team held a meeting with Veena at her residence. She handed over the evidence, which included documents, phone call recordings and SMS records of Mohammad Asif with Indian book-maker and press photographer, Dheeraj Dexit. SAMAA

Peepli Live Review

Movie – Peepli Live
Director – Anusha Rizvi
Producer – Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao
Genre – Social
Release Date – 13th August 2010

Star Cast – Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuveer Yadav, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shalini Vatsa

Peepli Live is very good and there is no doubt that the film is something different and hassome thing new in it. Peepli Live is based on the story about the suicide of a farmer, a dark object portrayed in a slightly humorous way. It hasshown of how even the death of a man who made a movie of the media. Then see the movie after seeing the reviews of Peepli Live.

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