Islamabad —Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza
Gilani has urged all political parties to joint
hands for supremacy of the parliament and
building of the institutions. Speaking in the
National Assembly Thursday, he asked
parliamentarians to come out with sound and
solid proposals for improving governance and the
Government would amenable to consider them.
Quetta—Under the goodwill programme between the
federation and the province of Balochistan
almost all the demands have been amicably
resolved regarding political and economic
grievances would be reflected in the forthcoming
presentation of Balochistan package in the
parliament, information gathered from various
circles indicated.
Peshawar—Five personnel of Security forces
including one army officer were martyred in
fierce clashes with the insurgents during the
ongoing operation titled Rah-e-Nijat in South
Waziristan Agency on Thursday. The security
forces, gunned down 28 miscreants as the forces
secured important Ladha fort besides
consolidating their position on the peaks in
Sararogha.
Islamabad—The monster of circular debt still
continues to haunt the energy sector as many of
the banks which recently purchased the Rs 85
billions TFC (terms finance certificates)
marketed by the government to end menace of
circular debt, are not in a position to give 100
percent amount to the incumbent regime, a senior
official of Finance Ministry told Pakistan
Observer.
Karachi—Asif Ali Zardari besides being President
of Pakistan is my friend and brother and keeping
in view this I would advise him that except for
a few clauses the seventeenth amendment should
be entirely revoked. Furthermore, Constitution
of Pakistan’s article 58-2(B) should also be
removed to empower the Parliament. MQM Chief
Altaf Hussein stated this while a private TV
channel was interviewing him on Wednesday.
Islamabad—Former president of Supreme Court Bar
Association (SCBA) Aitizaz Ahsan has said that
President Asif Ali Zardari is protected by the
constitution and he cannot be summoned in any
court. Talking to media persons outside
the Supreme Court building on Thursday, he said
that constitution is provided the same rights
and powers to heads of states across the world.
