The unfortunate death of Syeda Faiza Zaidi on April 18 grieved us
all. She was the student of second year Computer and Systems of NED
University. She was crushed to death when she fell off the Point of
Karachi University. Who to blame for her death? The point driver,
the victim, the point administration of NED or KU or the government.
Nowadays due to economic crisis every one wants to save money by any
means, using university point or shuttle not only save money but a
good source of saving our time and also provides us security to some
extent.
Every one prefers to use point or shuttle rather than public buses
and the victim also was one of those who used point or shuttle. The
government should probe this matter which is causing causalities
whether it is due to lack of buses or increase in fairs we are
losing our educated youth. —Karachi
Waiting for good news
Shahid Ali
Every day dawns with a hope that it will bring us good news from our
beloved land but alas in vain. It started after 18-2-08.I believe
the curse of Musharraff continues because of his NRO which
exonerated PPP-Z of its trillions looted and trusting power to most
corrupt, inexperienced and incompetent.
What is happening in Swat, Fata, Balochistan is their
incompetence,flip flopping and wasted year to win seat of power in
Punjab through Salman Taseer, President who is personally
responsible for every wrong to consolidate his power and appease
India,USA,UK,Karzai. —London
Stay united
Shahryar Khan
Mr Ansar Abbasi is a respectable journalist, but the way he returned
his plot is objectionable. Lets not malign each other. This was not
the purpose. Please try to understand the situation, media owners
want a split between journalists community.
I have also written a letter to Ansar Abbasi as President Rawalpindi
Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) though he is not our member
yet it is my duty to remind him that the owner of group he is
working with is enjoying lots of financial benefits from the
government, sometimes in name of financial crunch and unfortunately
sometimes in the name of his employees. The plot of building where
Mr. Ansar Abbasi works was also given by the then government.
If i got a plot, now every member of press club is getting it, so
what is the problem, please do not do this to your community. Few
people compared Ansar with CJP, this is not fair. He is a
journalist, if he had to return it there was no point publishing
that item in newspapers to get cheap publicity. If there was
anything wrong in that press club list, why he remained silent for
two good years and what is the reason to break this silence at this
time when Journalist community is expecting good news about
implementation of 7th Wage Board Award. —Via email
Unlawful govt policy
Hafizuddin Ahmed
Kind attention of the Honourable Chief Justice of Supreme Court of
Pakistan is drawn on the Move Over Policy of the Finance Division’s
Government of Pakistan, which being unlawful needs to be amended to
meet the ends of justice. In this case, the question which requires
consideration is as under:-
(a) That in the Civil Petition No 1350 of 2002 titled Ch Abdul
Ghafoor v/s the Secretary Finance, Government of Pakistan,
Islamabad, the Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan has allowed one
increment to the Petitioner on grant of his move over and the said
Judgement was implemented by the Finance Division vide their letter
No F.9 (1) Legal-11/2004-1149 dated 22/09/2004 but the benefit of
the said Judgement, in similar nature cases, has not been extended
to others which is against the settled Law. Reliance in this respect
is placed upon the Honourable Federal Service Tribunal’s Judgement
reported as 1989 PLC (CS) 546 Mian Ghulam Qadir and 2 others Versus
Secretary, Establishment Division, Rawalpindi and 10 others, the
relevant part of Para 8 of which is reproduced below:-
“It has been held in several cases that benefit of the decision of
the Tribunal or the Court in an identical case should not be refused
to the co-employee on the ground that he was not party to that
decision. Reference may be made to the cases:-
(1) Malik Mushtaq Hussain V Secretary, Ministry of Finance and
another 1984 PLC (CS) 452, (2) Chairman Pakistan Railways, Lahore V
Muhammad Latif and others 1984 SCMR 286, and (3) Muhammad Bashir
Shaikh V Secretary to Government of Punjab Communications and Works
Department 1985 PLC (CS) 758, —Islamabad
Hillary & Zardari
Bashir Hussain Azad
Hillary has given useful tips to President Zardari ahead of the
latter visit to White House next week. In her statement before the
US Congress subcommittee on appropriations, Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton admitted that Al-Qaida was a by-product of the
American proxy war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan during
1979-89. This is the argument President Zardari and his team should
pursue while talking to President Obama and his team in the White
House.
Pakistan should claim compensation for the Afghan war, revise all
agreement inked by Gen. Musharraf and Gen. Zialul Haq. President
Zardari should also tell the American President that we are no more
in need of financial aid or military help from the US administration
because it always backfires.
