Mar 12

After Punjab Assembly, NWFP’s provincial assembly has also passed a resolution to put immediate ban on late night calling packages. In fact they went even further, and demanded ban on SMS packages too. Some may term the SMS part little harsh, but night packages are not seen well by many eyes.

By the way, Punjab Assembly passed a similar resolution; however, mobile companies are still offering night packages with full glory.

Let’s see how other provinces, and ultimately the cellular companies respond to this.

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Mar 08

“They took my son. They were fully loaded with guns and hand grenades. All Pakistan police know about this, and the British Council”.  It was that quote from the UK Press Association (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hi4ksQXtPVQRbBjRKRJs8poAhyxA) that first awakened me to this story.  The same quote also appeared online in the Sheffield Telegraph, The Independent and the BBC. It was obviously a misunderstanding of the father’s quote: he meant the British Consul. (The British Consul is responsible for heping British citizens abroad and, in my experience, often does some heroic deeds on their behalf.  The British Council is the UK’s cultural relations organisation, for which I work.  Confusing, but we’ve had the name long enough for it to be a recognisable world brand.)

What sort of terrorist or criminal is callous enough to kidnap a 5-year old child, I wonder? Kidnaps are usually carried out to order and are carefully-planned in advance.  The victim needs to be captured with the minimum fuss and handed on to the client as quickly as possible, perhaps via a number of intermediaries to minimise the risk of being traced.  This would not appear to be the case here.  The family were abused and robbed at gunpoint before the criminals fled with the child. They have since issued a ransom demand of £100,000. Continue reading »

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Feb 16

The authorities of National Bank of Pakistan refused to cash a personal cheque of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, NBP sources said.

Spokesman for President Zardari Farhatullah Babar said he was completely unaware of any such development.

According to sources, a personal check of Rs 99,000 of Chief Justice was returned by the bank’s Melody Branch, Islamabad, without any reason. The cheque was kept on hold for more than two weeks. Continue reading »

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Feb 15

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN (ORIGINAL JURISDICTION)

PRESENT:

Mr. Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan

Mr. Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed

Mr. Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja

Constitution Petitions No.2, 3 & 4 of 2010

Nadeem Ahmed Advocate (in Const.P.2/2010)

Khadim Nadeem Malik (in Const.P.3/2010)

Watan Party,etc. (in Const.P.4/2010)………….….Petitioner (s)

Versus: Federation of Pakistan etc.

…Respondents in all petitions

For the petitioner(s): Nemo, For the respondents: Nemo

On Court’s call: Qazi Sajid Mehmood, Additional Registrar

Date of hearing: 13.02.2010

ORDER

Today two notifications, one relating to the appointment of Mr. Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court as a Judge of the Supreme Court and the other with regard to the appointment of Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Senior Puisne Judge of the Lahore High Court as Acting Chief Justice of that Court have been issued by the Government of Pakistan, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Division under the Signatures of Malik Hakam Khan, Draftsman/Additional Secretary.

The said notifications read as under: – Continue reading »

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Feb 11

Pakistan had a wonderful history in sports, I remember the words of Mr. Zaid Hamid that Pakistan is the only Nation in the world who proved them selves and became champions atlease  once in every game. Yet another Title for 23-year old Pakistani Women Naseem Hameed . A Karachi-based athlete who pricked the conscience of the dead authorities on Monday, when she turned out to be a queen of the athletic track of the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka where she emerged as the fastest woman of South Asia by clocking 11.81 seconds in the 100m sprint of the South Asian Games.

In past she was also part of the bronze medallist 4×100m relay team of the country in the 10th South Asian Games held in Colombo in 2006. Continue reading »

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