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Gilani rejects inking safe passage deal for Musharraf

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied inking any ‘safe exit’ deal to facilitate former President General Pervez Musharraf’s safe passage from the country after he stepped down from the Presidency.

In an interview to a private television channel, Gilani said: “If there had been such a deal, it would have surfaced by now, as the media is very vibrant today.”

Gilani also said would be wrong to say that Musharraf has been ‘pardoned’, as neither he has been convicted by the court of law nor been ‘indemnified by parliament’.

When asked whether there is any possibility of invoking the Article Six of the Constitution against Musharraf, Gilani reiterated that he was willing to do it if parliament passed a unanimous resolution.

“I am for it. We must create history. But at the same time, we should not rock the boat. If there is a unanimous resolution, the whole nation would be together,” The Daily Times quoted Gilani, as saying.

Commenting on the Baloch issue, he said the government is preparing a package for the insurgency hit province which would include constitutional, administrative and economic reforms. (ANI)

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All party meeting seeks stringent punishment for Vienna culprits

May 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Chandigarh, May 26 (ANI): In a two hour-meeting attended by SAD-BJP, Congress, CPI, CPM, BSP, and Shiv Sena, parties urged the Centre to accelerate parleys with its Austrian counterpart to give rigorous punishment to those guilty in the incident which claimed the life of a Sikh preacher.

The meeting, convened by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal strongly condemned the incident in Vienna, which claimed the life of a Sikh preacher and a two-minute silence was observed as a mark of respect for Sant Rama Nand and those killed in protests.

In this meeting a unanimous resolution was passed seeking stringent punishment for those responsible behind the crime.

Addressing the media after the meeting, Badal informed that he would take up the issue with the Foreign Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Tuesday.

Badal also appealed to the people of the state to maintain peace and communal harmony and compensation to those who were killed was announced.

“The government will compensate those whose private properties have been damaged in the backlash and next of the kin of three killed in violent protests,” he said. (ANI)

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Pak Ulema says suicide attacks, beheading of human beings ‘un-Islamic’

May 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, May 18 (ANI): Terming the suicide attacks and incidents of beheading carried out by the militants as ‘un-Islamic,leading Ulemas’ of Pakistan have said that militants in Swat and FATA were pursuing an agenda similar to What the enemies of the country were doing.

Several Ulema and Mashaikh from different parts of the country assembled here for a convention after which a unanimous resolution was passed which termed the suicide attacks as ‘Haram’, the Dawn reports.

“The assassination of Ulema should be stopped and sacred places, including shrines, should be cleared of extremists. Suicide attacks and beheading is Haram,” the resolution stated.

The convention also condemned the US drone attacks and urged the government to ask the United Nations to interfere in the issue.

“The government must take effective measures to force the US to halt these strikes,” the resolution added.

They also supported the Swat military operation calling it a ‘war for Pakistan’s integrity and sovereignty’.

“The elements engaged in creating a state within the state must be crushed,” they said.

Ulemas’ were of the view that Pakistan it self had created the monster which is now threatening to gulp the whole country.

“We are now harvesting the crop we sowed three decades ago,” Ruet-i-Hilal Committee chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman said.

Rehman also criticised the Taliban for killing innocent civilians, and said that Islam does not preaches people to kill each other.

“This is contrary to the teachings of Islam which calls for protecting people who are not involved in battle,” he added. (ANI)

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Jamaat-e-Islami calls for end of Pak military offensive in Swat

May 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Hyderabad, May 6 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Syed Munawar Hassan has called for an immediate end to the ongoing Pakistani military operation against The Taliban in restive Swat valley.

Speaking to reporters at the Hyderabad Press Club here on Wednesday, Munawar Hassan said that he was against the military operation in Swat valley.

“Every action has a reaction. We should talk about action instead of reaction,” The News quoted him, as saying.

JI Amir said that the government had been acting on the dictation of America, ignoring the unanimous resolution passed by the two houses of the parliament.

Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari should stop deceiving the nation in the name of reconciliation, Hassan commented.

Replying to a question, he stated that Chief Justice of Pakistan should work with regard to the FIR in Benazir Bhutto murder case.

He further said that Awami National Party should be held responsible for the assassination of Pakhtuns in the North West Frontier Province.

Hassan called on People Party not to avoid blackmailing of Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Sindh. (ANI)

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Parliament approves Islamic law for Swat

April 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Pakistan’s parliament passed a unanimous resolution in favour of the controversial Nizam-e-Adl Regulation on Monday evening, paving the way for the enforcement of Shariat or Islamic law in the troubled Swat Valley. The resolution was presented to the house earlier in the day and within hours was given the seal of approval by all major political parties in the country except the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), which walked out of the proceedings.

PM Gilani told MPs that President Asif Ali Zardari wanted to have the backing of the Parliament in this regulation and that is why he had sent it to the PM. “We want to do this quickly because we want to give the president the moral support,” said Gilani. President Zardari had sent the regulation to the PM over the weekend amidst strong reservations from the Tehreek-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi, the religious movement which wants Shariat law in Swat and the Awami National Party, with whose government in the Frontier province the deal was brokered.

However, the MQM said the deal went against the spirit of the constitution. MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar said the bill was passed without any debate and raises the question of how two separate laws could run in the country side by side.

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‘US drone attacks failure of Pak Government’s foreign policy’

March 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Mar 29 (ANI): The Pakistan senate committee on national security has declared that the continuing of US drone attacks on Pakistani territory is a failure of the government’s foreign policy.

The committee made this observation while expressing its displeasure with US President Barack Obama for not announcing a halt to drone attacks when he revealed his new Afghanistan-Pakistan policy on Friday.

The National Assembly body also asked Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to appear before the committee on April 6, and brief it on the new US policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Sources said the committee demanded that the government adopt a clear-cut strategy to ensure the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Talking to reporters, committee chairman Raza Rabbani said the committee was finalising its recommendations on national security, and would make every effort to table it in the NA at the earliest.

He said that the US being a democratic country should respect the unanimous resolution passed by Pakistan’s parliament against US drone strikes in the Tribal Areas. (ANI)

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Zardari to nominate PPP CM in Punjab

March 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Feb. 28 (ANI): Pakistan’s Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar has said that PPP parliamentarians from Punjab have unanimously decided to install a PPP Chief Minister in Punjab, and authorized party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to nominate a candidate for the slot.

The decision came on Friday during a meeting of PPP Punjab MNAs, MPAs, and senators, co-chaired by President Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to discuss the Punjab situation, the Daily Time report.

Sources said, “Qasim Zia, parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly, is the frontrunner for the top slot in Punjab. Tanvir Ashraf Qaira and Shah Mehmood Qureshi are also in the running.”

President Zardari said the PPP had embarked on a course of reconciliation with sincere intentions and had not wanted confrontation with any political party.

Most participants advocated installing a PPP government in Punjab with support of the PML-Quaid and other parties.

“Some members were critical of Prime Minister Gilani for having a ‘soft corner’ for the Sharif brothers despite the latter’s negative attitude towards the PPP leadership,” the sources added.

However, a press release issued by the party stated the meeting reposed complete confidence in Zardari’s leadership. A unanimous resolution said the party stood solidly behind Zardari.

The meeting condemned Nawaz’s harsh language against Zardari, saying political differences should not be turned into personal animosity and vendetta.

Earlier, PPP Parliamentary Leader in Punjab Raja Riaz said the PPP would soon form its own government in the Punjab. (ANI)

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Zardari says Governor’s rule was only option after Sharif brothers declared ‘war’

February 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Feb. 27 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that he imposed governor’s rule in Punjab because he was left with no other constitutional alternative after the Sharif brothers declared “war on the Presidency”.

Zardari told members of Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), that Nawaz had declared war following the Supreme Court decision to disqualify the Sharif brothers from elected office, the Daily Times reports.

Sources claimed the CEC adopted a unanimous resolution supporting Zardari’s decision of governor’s rule in Punjab. Most top leaders of the PPP wanted to negotiate a power-sharing deal with the PML-Q, but some stressed taking the PML-N along to avoid political instability.

The committee empowered the PPP leadership to name a new leader of the House in Punjab and urged that the new chief minister of the country’s largest province should be from the PPP.

Zardari and Gilani are expected to establish contacts with the PML-Q for power sharing in Punjab and the Centre.

Earlier in the day, Zardari had said that while the PPP did not believe in confrontation and was pursuing a policy of reconciliation, it knows how to tackle political challenges.

“The PPP is a political force that does not believe in confrontation and had adopted the policy of reconciliation for the sake of democracy and political stability of the country. We will pursue this policy but we also know how to meet political challenges that come our way,” he said.

Sources told the paper that “Qasim Zia, Tanvir Ashraf Kaira and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi are in the race for Punjab’s top office.” (ANI)

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Baloch leaders call for end to military operations in Balochistan

February 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Quetta, Feb.9 (ANI): The Balochistan All Parties Conference (BAPC) has called for an immediate end to military operations in Balochistan and the immediate release of nearly 6000 missing persons, who they claim have been languishing in torture cells for years.

The demand was made at a meeting in Quetta. Representatives of the Hazara Democratic Party, the Balochistan National Party, the Awami National Party, the Jamiat Ulema Islam, the Jamhoori Watan Party, the Jamaat Islami and other political groups attended the meeting.

The demand comes a week after top retired Pakistani military officials urged the Yousuf Raza Gilani Government to register cases against former President Pervez Musharraf and bring him to justice for imposing emergency in 2007 and ordering an army operation against the radical Lal Masjid.

The Pakistan Ex-Servicemen’s Association adopted a unanimous resolution in this regard, which also called for legal action against Musharraf for the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti in an army operation in 2006.

Pakistan’s crimes against the Baloch people are not new. Pakistan’s forceful occupation and illegal annexing of Balochistan and exploitation of Baloch resource are the root causes of Baloch insurgencies. The Baloch people have fought and are still fighting against the illegal occupation of their land and exploitation of their resources (gas, oil and gold), which Pakistan has been looting for the past 58 years, leaving for Baloch people nothing but backwardness, torture, execution, military operation and genocide. Here are few examples of Pakistan’s crime and human right violations against Baloch people in Balochistan. (ANI)

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Pak Kashmir committee to remind Obama of his promise to resolve Kashmir issue

February 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Feb. 4 (ANI): Pakistan’s Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir has decided to send a memorandum to US President Barack Obama to remind him of his commitment to resolve the Kashmir issue.

The decision came after the committee’s meeting at the Parliament House under the chairmanship of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief, Fazlur Rehman.

“US president had pledged to resolve the Kashmir issue therefore the parliamentary committee should remind him of his promise. The committee would soon draft a memorandum to send it to President Obama,” the Daily Times quoted one committee member as saying.

The committee also passed a unanimous resolution saying the Kashmiris had a right to self-determination, and that Pakistan would continue its moral, diplomatic and political support to them. The committee urged the nation to observe February 5 as solidarity week with the Kashmiris.

Rehman told reporters that the US president had not taken any practical steps to resolve the Kashmir issue so far.

He said the US administration had earlier promised that the newly appointed US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, would also work for resolution of the Kashmir issue, but the promise has not been fulfilled.

The JUI-F chief criticised New Delhi for moving the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after the Mumbai terror attacks, adding it should also stick to the UN resolutions for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.

He also said that India was involved in creating trouble on Pakistan’s western border. (ANI)

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Gilani rules out ‘political reasons’ behind Malik-Sharif meet

January 21, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Jan 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government did not direct Interior Adviser Rehman Malik to convey the Pakistan People’s Party’s viewpoint to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif.

Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Gilani said Malik might have met Sharif for official reasons.

“The adviser did not meet Sharif for political reasons,” The Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

To a question about the newly-inducted United States administration, Gilani hoped that President Barack Obama would review the polices of the previous US regime

“Like Pakistanis, Americans voted for change, therefore, change is expected”, he said.

Gilani said Pakistan was willing to cooperate with India for investigating the Mumbai attacks in accordance with its own law.

He also said that the government had moved a unanimous resolution on the situation in Swat, and a meeting of all security agencies would soon be called to discuss it in detail.

While addressing the inauguration ceremony, he said terrorism and the worsening economy were the biggest problems facing the country, and their eradication “is the top priority of the government.” (ANI)

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Pak National Assembly passes unanimous resolution against Israel

January 13, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Jan.12 (ANI): Pakistan’s National Assembly on Monday passed a unanimous resolution against Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip in a bid to neutralise the militant group Hamas, which has been firing rockets into Israel.

A Geo News report said that the parliamentarians crossed party lines to strongly condemned the Israeli aggression in Gaza and called on all concerned international bodies to adopt binding resolutions for an immediate stop to the aggression.

The resolution was passed as Israeli forces were reported to be moving slowly into Gaza’s most densely populated areas. They are continuing air and ground attacks on Hamas militants inspite of the fact that the death toll has crossed the 900 mark.

Some reservists are in action on the ground, but the army denied escalating the war to a “third phase” – an all-out push on Gaza City and other towns.

Fewer air strikes were carried out overnight – 12 compared with as many as 60 on previous nights.

At least nine rockets or mortars were fired on Israel from Gaza, the BBC reported.

Israeli spokesman Mark Regev was quoted as saying that the Hamas’s military machine was taking “serious punishment” and Israel was “advancing towards the end game”. (ANI)

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