Islamabad—Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
has said that the country’s form of government
was neither parliamentary nor Presidential, but
a hotchpotch of both. He was responding to a
question asked by a student of International
Islamic University (IIUI), after addressing the
7th convocation of the university here at
Convention Centre on Sunday. The constitutional
reforms are being brought in the constitution,
he said and vowed that the constitution of 1973
will be restored after introducing proper
amendments into it.
Rawalpindi—Two soldiers embraced Shahadat and
two were injured when a bomb exploded by unknown
terrorists in a mosque in area of Spina Thana in
Darra Adamkhel during the last twenty four
hours, ISPR said Sunday.
Karachi—The National Judicial Policy (NJP) can
be reviewed, amended and improved to make it
viable, vibrant and more effective, said Chief
Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad
Chaudhry here late on the night between Saturday
and Sunday.
Islamabad—Pakistani officials will meet with the
World Bank and Asian Development Bank from
Monday to discuss progress in addressing the
problem of circular debt and improving the power
sector, the finance ministry said.
Islamabad—Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday
termed the continuous US drones attacks inside
tribal areas as counter productive and futile as
the Al-Qaeda leadership was on the other side of
the border in eastern Afghanistan.
Islamabad—Computerized balloting for eighty
thousand intending Hajj pilgrims under the
government Hajj scheme will be held here on
August 6th. Official sources told Pakistan
Observer here on Sunday.
Islamabad—Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
on Sunday telephoned PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad
Nawaz Sharif and the leaders of major political
parties in the country and took them into
confidence regarding his upcoming meeting with
the Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the
sidelines of NAM Summit in Egypt.
Karachi —It was the monopoly of certain
utilities and of course the regulated
environment which forced the electricity
consumers to bear 19 percent increase in tariff
during 2008-09 and now they are fearfully
looking at yet another increase of 17 percent
during 2009-10 with intention to phase out
subsidy of Rs56 billion being given by the
government.
Islamabad—Two worldclass mining companies,
Barrick of Canada and Antofagasta of Chile, have
joined interests to invest $3 billion for the
mining of copper and gold in Chagai district in
Balochistan. The investment would be made during
current fiscal year.
