Vol 10 No 67 Thursday 28 November , 2013 Rs.2 28 November, 2013
The appointment of General Raheel Sharif as Chief of Army Staff to replace
General Asfaq Pervaiz Kayani ordered by Prime Minister Mian Muhammad
Nawaz Sharif would be a new beginning for entire Pakistan including Chief
Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif HCJP Justice Iftkar
Muhammad Ch and Mr. Imran Khan of PTI
Faisalabad: 2t Nov: Prime
Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz
Sharif has fully emerged as an
agent of change in Pakistan after
his wise and well calculated
approval for the appointed of new
Chief of Army Staff and he
selected General Raheel Sharif
recipient of the second highest
gallantry award Hilal-e-Imtaiz and
younger brother of great gallantry
legend of Pakistan’s history Major
Shahbir Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider
who fighting with India wrote a
new history of historic courage
and gallantry to serve Pakistan
Army as new Chief of Army Staff
after the retirement of General
Asfaq Pervaiz Kayani today. The
new appointment as yesterday
Daily Easy English predicted
speaks of great statesmanship on
the part of Prime Minister of
Pakistan and the decision appears
to be the result of the consultation
between the Prime Minister and
Chief Minister Punjab Mian
Muhammad
Shahbaz
Sharif
because the new army chief has
served
Lahore
as
Corps
Commander
also.
Newly
appointed Chief of Army Staff a
traditional defense officer is
known for his traditional defense
outlook towards Pakistan and
Pakistan’s army and during his
tenure is likely to revive the
golden day’s image of Pakistan
army he is progressive but none
compromising on ‘tradition. The
present appointment of COAS on
the part of Prime Minister of
Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz
Sharif is like his contribution of
‘atomic capability’ for Pakistan in
his previous tenure that not only
saved Pakistan from various kind
of dangerous designs but also
provide Pakistan an opportunity to
establish itself as regional power
and Prime Minister on various
international
forums
rightly
expressed that ‘nothing can now
take place in the region without
consulting Pakistan’. The Prime
Minister’s decision also supported
the proposition that no son of
Kashmir can initiate anything that
is not beneficial for Pakistan and
Islam. The appointment of new
army chief on the one hand
conveyed to the world that now
nobody would be allowed to
violate Pakistan boundaries but
also a message that now LoC
violations
would
be
very
expensive because now the
younger brother of great major
Shabbir Sharif is there to defend
Pakistan. It is also expected that
the appointment of new chief a
committed professional and a
personality
with
traditional
outlook would help to resolve
‘internal conflicts of Pakistan also
with the wise strategy proposed by
the wise Prime Minister of
Pakistan and it is hoped that with
the calculative moves by the
PML(N) government as one is
evident in the present appointment
soon Pakistan would be on the
same pace as it was there during
the previous tenure of PM Nawaz
and it would be free of internal
and external conflicts and recently
emerged Indian lobby in Pakistan
would see its end very soon and
all the investment and efforts
made by India to fail Pakistan
would go to the dogs that would
amount to a cultural defeat as
Pakistan defeated India in 1965 in
humiliating way and credit for
such achievement goes to Prime
Minister Nawaz and Chief
Minister Shahbaz those within
few months have proved that now
Pakistan is different and now
nobody would allowed to play
with the Kashmir cause and for
brining Pakistan to this state credit
goes to HCJP Justice Iftkhar
Muhammad Ch. who gave
Pakistan a free and independent
judiciary and of course General
Asfaq Pervaiz Kayani who not
only gave Pakistan democratic
outlook but also an army chief
like General Raheel Sharif.
Perhaps such appointment would
be good news for Imran Khan of
PTI who is all for Pakistan’s
sovereignty and defense of
Pakistan and the present decision
by the Prime Minister of Pakistan
is a great decision for Pakistan
and defense of Pakistan. Now the
entire Pakistan look forward for
the days when again the ‘songs’
full of praise for our brave defense
officers and soldiers would be
sung there in all the fields and
streets of Pakistan and Pakistan
would
move
towards
the
destination and dream that was the
dream
of
Quid-e-Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah and
Allama Iqbal for the Muslims of
subcontinent in the forum of ‘Two
Nations Theory’ in its practical
form as it deserves and were badly
compromised by the very
objectionable ideas spread by anti
Pakistan lobby and by politicians
like the founder of MQM
stationed in London. Now it is
highly expected that ‘unrest’ in
Karachi would come to an end
very soon and port city of
Pakistan would again be the most
peaceful city of Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (APP):
Prime
Minister
Muhammad
Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday
allocated additional charge of the
Ministry of Defence to Khawaja
Muhammad Asif. Asif who
already has the portfolio of
Federal Minister for Water and
Power will now also look after the
Ministry of Defence. The Prime
Minister also allocated the
additional charge of the Ministry
of Law, Justice and Human Rights
to Senator Pervaiz Rasheed
Federal Minister for Information,
Broadcasting
and
National
Heritage, a statement from the PM
House said.
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (APP):
Prime
Minister
Muhammad
Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday
approved
appointments
of
country’s top military brass and
named a new Chairman Joint
Chiefs of Staff Committee and
Chief of Army Staff. “On the
advice of the Prime Minister
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and in
pursuance of Article 243/4(a) and
243/4(b) of the Constitution of
Pakistan, President of Pakistan
and Supreme Commander of
Armed Forces, Mamnoon Hussain
has been pleased to promote and
appoint Gen. Rashid Mehmood as
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
Committee and Gen. Raheel
Sharif as Chief of the Army
Staff,” a statement from the PM
House said.Lt General Raheel
Sharif who has been promoted to
the rank of General and appointed
as the new Chief of Army Staff
will take charge from the outgoing
Army Chief General Ashfaq
Parvez
Kayani
on
Friday
(November 29), at a ceremony at
the
General
Headquarters,
Rawalpindi.General Raheel Sharif
was serving as Inspector General
Training and Evaluation of
Pakistan Army, while General
Rashid Mehmoud was serving as
the Chief of General Staff.
The new COAS is younger
brother
of
Nishan-i-Haider
recipient Major Shabbir Sharif.
ISLAMABAD: 27 Nov (Gen
Sec) A country-wide strike was
being observed by the legal
fraternity Wednesday on the call
of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC)
to register their protest over
alleged violence against lawyers
at the hands of law-enforcement
personnel, DawnNews reported.
Earlier on Nov 26, a section of
200 young lawyers, who came
from the Sahiwal, Gujranwala,
Sargodha, Faisalabad and DG
Khan divisions of Punjab, had
attacked the Supreme Court in the
federal capital, to vent their anger
at non-establishment of the
benches of the Lahore High Court
at their Divisional Headquarters.
Police had intervened and pushed
them out of the building. When
the protesters continued to be
rowdy, pelting stones at the
building, the police baton charged
and fired tear gas shells. A
number of lawyers and 25
policemen were injured in the
scuffle.In reaction to what was
termed “inhuman and brutal
police action” against the lawyers
demonstrating peacefully to press
their demand, Vice Chairman of
PBC
Qalbe
Hassan
had
announced a countrywide strike
and boycott of the courts by the
lawyers. Adhering to the call of
the PBC, lawyers in the southern
city of Karachi remained absent
from the Sindh High Court, City
Courts and the Malir Court. Due
to the strike, litigants faced many
difficulties as scores of cases
stood pending throughout the
province. Meanwhile, the lawyers’
community in Lahore also
boycotted court proceedings. A
woman outside a sessions’ court
in Lahore alleged that “she had
been subjected to physical assault
by some members of the lawyers'
community”.
The
lawyers’
community in Rawalpindi and
Islamabad were also observing the
boycott and remained absent from
courts. Moreover, a heavy
contingent of police personnel has
also been deployed outside the
Rawalpindi Bar to deal with any
untoward incident. Lawyers in the
province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
too, did not appear before the
courts on the strike call by the
PBC. The lawyers' boycott left
litigants high and dry. Dawn
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27
(APP): Pakistan called for the
immediate cessation of “illegal”
US drone strikes on its territory,
after
a
UN
committee
unanimously adopted a resolution
Tuesday that underscores the need
for an international agreement on
legal questions involving the use
of remotely piloted aircraft.
“When
armed
drones
kill
unarmed, innocent civilians, there
is a clear breach of international
law,” Ambassador Masood Khan
while
explaining
Pakistan’s
position on the draft approved by
the General Assembly Third
Committee, which deals with
Social, Humanitarian and Cultural
questions. Under the text, entitled
“Protection of human rights and
fundamental freedoms
while
countering terrorism”, the 193member Assembly would take
note of UN Special Rapporteur
Ben Emmerson’s interim report
last month that referred to the use
of remotely piloted aircraft.The
Assembly would also note the
urgent and imperative need to
seek agreement among Member
States
on
legal
questions
pertaining to the use of remotely
piloted aircraft. Masood Khan said
that while he had joined
consensus, he was concerned
thatthe text was not based on
established international legal
norms on the extra-territorial use
of unmanned aerial systems.
At the same time, the Pakistani
envoy said, “We appreciate that
theresolution, for the first time,
includes references to the use of
unmanned aerial aircraft for
counter-terrorism and emphasizes
the urgent and imperative need to
seek agreement between member
states on the legal questions
pertaining
to
suchaircraft
operations.”He added, “The use of
drones
violates
Pakistan’s
sovereignty
and
territorial
integrity. In the asymmetric
terrorist war, the well established
humanitarian
principles
of
distinction, proportionality and
precaution must be observed. This
is not being done.“There is also
obvious geographical disjunction
between the location ofdrone
strikes
and
the
primary
battlefield.”A signature strike, the
Pakistani envoy said, had to be
justified
under
International
Humanitarian
Law
or
International Human Rights Law
to prove that it was a legitimate
act of self-defence. Legally, it was
important
to
define
the
geographical scope of the conflict
as well as the immediacy of the
threat. “Itis not justifiable to
launch strikes in the context of
non-international armed conflict
in
the
Pakistan-Afghanistan
border area.”Drone strikes put all
Pakistanis at risk, Masood Khan
said,
adding
that
their
psychological impact on the
relatives of civilians killed in an
inhumane
manner
incites
sentiment
and
hatred
and
radicalizes more people. “Drone
strikes
are
therefore
counterproductive in countering
terrorism,”
he
added.
He hoped that Special Rapporteur
Emmerson’s final report would
suggestpractical measures to
advance the debate on the legality
of the use of armed drones at the
UN fora and focus more sharply
on their disastrous humanitarian
and human rights consequences.
FAISALABAD: 27
Nov
(DDPR/
Mr.
Liaqat
Ali/
Furrukh)
Divisional
Commissioner Sardar Akram
Javed has directed the Price
Control Magistrates to review the
retail and whole sale prices of the
essential goods in the market on
daily basis and the shopkeepers
should be allowed to charge fair
and justified prices, otherwise,
stern legal action should be taken
against the profiteers. He was
inspecting the prices of the fruits,
vegetables and other kitchen items
at Model Bazar and Fruit &
Vegetables Market Sadhar Jhang
road. He further directed that
affective and solid measures
should be taken to stabilize the
prices of essential commodities in
order to provide the economic
relief to the consumers. The
Commissioner said that self made
price hike and hoardings of the
essential items should be stopped
immediately by taking drastic
legal
action
against
the
unscrupulous elements involved in
this
unfair
practice.
The
Commissioner
inspected
the
various stalls of fruit & vegetables
and directed that price tags should
be placed on each and every item.
He
directed
the
Market
Committee staff to check the stalls
in
the
bazaar
themselves
repeatedly in a day and to keep on
vigil eye on the prices, quality and
availability of the different
kitchen items besides ensuring the
accurate weight and measures.
The Commissioner stressed upon
regular monitoring of the auction
process in the fruit & vegetables
market to stop the unjustified
price of the fruit & vegetables.
He said that prices of the essential
items would regularly be checked
by him through conducting
surprised raids in the market and
special bazaars for keeping the
prices under control. Assistant
Commissioner General Mahr
Shafqatullah Mushtaq was also
accompanied
with
the
commissioner.
Faisalabad 27 Nov (Gen Sec)
Pakistan is rich in natural
resources , with providing basic
needs, inputs and utilities to the
industries, Pakistan can become
‘Asian Tiger’ for economic
growth and development in the
country, said Engr. Suhail Bin
Rashid, President
Faisalabad
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (FCCI), while addressing
to the participants of Senior
Management Course of National
Management College (NMC) ,
Lahore to FCCI here today . He
said that textile sector which is
contributing to 60 percent of
national exports has suffered
worst and needs to be facilitated
with uninterrupted supply of
electricity and gas. He said that to
overcome the acute problem,
resources will have to be pooled
and projects of hydel and
alternative
energy
resources
should be launched for affordable
electricity generation and gas
exploration in the country. He said
that Pakistan is rich in natural
resources, we have 45% of our
youth in the age group of 18 to 25
years and it is his core objective as
President FCCI that top priority
focus should be on vocational and
technical education to create a
‘Skill Pakistan’. With resolving
the problem of energy crisis, not
only exports will increase but
investment will be getting pace
and we will be able to take benefit
of EU GSP Plus status likely to
be granted to Pakistan from
January, 2014,
where the
Government of Pakistan and
business community has played a
commendable role, he added. He
said that most of international
media is portraying negative
image in the world that Pakistan is
affected by terrorist activities. Due
to this negative perception,
foreign buyers and investors are
reluctant to invest and come to
Pakistan for business deals. He
called upon the visiting NMC
team to project the real and soft
image of Pakistan world-wide at
every level and wherever they are
serving the homeland. He
emphasised
on
‘private-led
growth’, deregulation of economy,
sustained economic policies and
business friendly environments
for mobilizing local as well as
foreign direct investment for
revival of economy in the country.
He said private sector has its
established role as ‘engine of
growth in the economy and
Government might limit its role
to
providing
infrastructure
support and regulator for health
economic growth in the country.
He further stated that Government
should also facilitate the private
sector with easy taxation instead
of complex system that has been
introduced in the recent Federal
Budget 2013-14. He opined that
entire tax apparatus be properly
rationalized for credible tax
system and abolishing of SRO
Culture with Federal Board of
Revenue. Tax net should be
broadened which is only possible
by introducing ‘one window
taxation’ and facilitating the
taxpayers by ‘Easy Taxation.’
Vote of thanks was offered by Ch.
Muhammad
Asghar,
Vice
President FCCI.. Brig. ® Khan
Muhammad, Incharge NMC,
Abdul
Qayyum
Sheikh,
Muzammal Sultan, Mian Zahid
Aslam, former Presidents FCCI
and others shared their views on
the occasion.
Zafar Butt visits several
areas of Pulwama
Srinagar, November 27 (KMS): In
occupied Kashmir, the veteran
Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani
has denounced the continued
victimization of the residents of
Palhalan village in Pattan area of
Baramulla by Indian army and
police describing it as the worst
form of state terrorism.Syed Ali
Gilani in a statement issued in
Srinagar, today, called upon the
world
community
and
international
human
rights
organizations to take cognizance
of Indian brutalities on the civilian
population.The veteran leader
complained that the personnel of
29-Rashtaria Rifles deployed at
Hyderbag in Pattan had converted
the entire Palhalan village into a
construction camp. He deplored
that the police instead of ensuring
protection of life and property of
the people were hand in gloves
with the army. He said that an
army officer, Major B.K. Sharma
of 29-RR and a DSP rank officer
of police had unleashed a reign of
terror against the civilians in the
area.The Indian Army personnel
of the camp summon notables of
the village including Imams,
Khateebs, religious scholars,
teachers,
innocent
civilians
particularly youth to the camp,
harass and humiliate them and
most often subject them to
physical torture, he added.The
veteran leader said that locals of
the area were being targeted by
Indian
forces
for
their
commitment to the Kashmir
cause.Meanwhile, Syed Ali Gilani
and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have
expressed profound grief and
sorrow over the loss of precious
lives in a traffic accident at
Thathri in Kishtwar and extended
their condolences to the families
of the victims. At least, 10 people
died in the incident that took
place, yesterday in the area.
Er Rashid slams Indian
troops over rights
abuses in IOK
Srinagar, Nov 27 (KMS): In
occupied Kashmir, the President
of Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) and
member
of
the
so-called
Legislative Assembly of the
territory Er Abdur Rasheed has
lambasted Indian armed forces for
committing
human
rights
violations in Kashmir.Er Abdur
Rasheed posing a query to
panelists at a book launch event in
Srinagar said: “Dogs have more
rights than humans in the
occupied territory.
Srinagar, November 27 (Online):
In occupied Kashmir, the All
Parties
Hurriyet
Conference
(APHC) leader and the Chairman
of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation
Movement (JKSM), Zafar Akbar
Butt, today, visited Nagam
Badiepora and Chari-e-Sharife
areas of Pulwama district and
interacted with a number of
delegations.Zafar Akbar Butt
accompanied by party leaders
including Showket Ahmad, Fayaz
Ahmad, Beigh Aijaz and Umar
Mukhtar, addressing gatherings in
the area said that Kashmir was an
internationally acknowledged and
accepted dispute which needed to
be resolved as per the aspirations
of Kashmiri people which could
only guarantee peace in the
region.He appealed the United
Nations to intervene while
terming the time most favourable
for
them
as
India
was
disrespecting
the
passed
resolutions and international laws.
He also criticized the occupation
authorities for not taking interest
in tracing the teenage boy of
Pulwama who has gone missing
for past days in Delhi, where he
was with his father.The APHC
leader talked to the family of
Roman Amin Ganie of Jandwal
Pulwama and expressed sympathy
with them.
KU students protest
depicts Kashmiris’
real sentiment:
Gilani
Srinagar, November 27 (KMS): In
occupied Kashmir, the veteran
Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani
has said films can neither
minimize war crimes nor can they
reduce the sufferings of people in
the Kashmir valley.Syed Ali
Gilani in a statement issued in
Srinagar while reacting to
comments by Vishal Bhardwaj,
the Director of Bollywood film,
Haider, whose shooting prompted
protests
in
the
Kashmir
University, said that no film made
on Kashmir ever had portrayed the
ground situation in its right
perspective.Mr Bhardwaj had said
he was simply trying to portray
the tragedy in the region.He said
all the films have advocated the
Indian stand on Kashmir and have
portrayed the political aspirations
of Kashmiris in a negative
manner. The veteran leader
advised Mr Bhardwaj not to
follow the suit.Syed Ali Gilani
condemned the police action
against the university students
who had protested against hoisting
of the Indian flag for a scene shot
inside the campus. He praised the
students saying it showed that the
youth at present had become
conscious about their principles
and political aspirations.
How do people,
“learn about how
to overcome
adversity and
learn tolerance”
discloses Obama
Washington 27 Nov, President
Barack Obama has called the U.S.
entertainment
industry
an
economic generator and a major
part
of
American
diplomacy.Obama spoke Tuesday
at DreamWorks Animation near
Hollywood. The studio was cofounded by one of the president's
biggest
supporters,
Jeffrey
Katzenberg.Obama
said
DreamWorks and other large
studios create hundreds of
thousands of middle class jobs in
southern California.He also said
that movies and television shows
created by these studios are some
of the country's biggest exports
and one reason the United States
is a world power.Obama said
millions of people who have never
set foot in the U.S. learn about
how to overcome adversity and
learn tolerance as well as
diversity, and have an affinity for
those who do not look like them.
The
president's
visit
to
DreamWorks ends a three-day
West Coast fundraising tour for
Democrats.
Prime
Minister
Mian
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
has fully emerged as an agent
of change in Pakistan after
his wise and well calculated
approval for the appointed of
new Chief of Army Staff and
he selected General Raheel
Sharif recipient of the second
highest
gallantry
award
Hilal-e-Imtaiz and younger
brother of great gallantry
legend of Pakistan’s history
Major Shahbir Shaheed
Nishan-e-Haider
who
fighting with India wrote a
new history of historic
courage and gallantry to
serve Pakistan Army as new
Chief of Army Staff after the
retirement of General Asfaq
Pervaiz Kayani today. The
new
appointment
as
yesterday Daily Easy English
predicted speaks of great
statesmanship on the part of
Prime Minister of Pakistan
and the decision appears to
be the result of the
consultation between the
Prime Minister and Chief
Minister
Punjab
Mian
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
because the new army chief
has served Lahore as Corps
Commander also. Newly
appointed Chief of Army
Staff a traditional defense
officer is known for his
traditional defense outlook
towards
Pakistan
and
Pakistan’s army and during
his tenure is likely to revive
the golden day’s image of
Pakistan
army
he
is
progressive
but
none
compromising on ‘tradition.
The present appointment of
COAS on the part of Prime
Minister of Pakistan Mian
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is
like his contribution of
‘atomic
capability’
for
Pakistan in his previous
tenure that not only saved
Pakistan from various kind of
dangerous designs but also
provide
Pakistan
an
opportunity to establish itself
as regional power and Prime
Minister
on
various
international forums rightly
expressed that ‘nothing can
now take place in the region
without consulting Pakistan’.
The
Prime
Minister’s
decision also supported the
proposition that no son of
Kashmir can initiate anything
that is not beneficial for
Pakistan and Islam. The
appointment of new army
chief on the one hand
conveyed to the world that
now nobody would be
allowed to violate Pakistan
boundaries but also a
message that now LoC
violations would be very
expensive because now the
younger brother of great
major Shabbir Sharif is there
to defend Pakistan. It is also
expected
that
the
appointment of new chief a
committed professional and a
personality with traditional
outlook would help to
resolve ‘internal conflicts of
Pakistan also with the wise
strategy proposed by the wise
Prime Minister of Pakistan
and it is hoped that with the
calculative moves by the
PML(N) government as one
is evident in the present
appointment soon Pakistan
would be on the same pace as
it was there during the
previous tenure of PM
Nawaz and it would be free
of internal and external
conflicts
and
recently
emerged Indian lobby in
Pakistan would see its end
very soon and all the
investment and efforts made
by India to fail Pakistan
would go to the dogs that
would amount to a cultural
defeat as Pakistan defeated
India in 1965 in humiliating
way and credit for such
achievement goes to Prime
Minister Nawaz and Chief
Minister
Shahbaz
those
within few months have
proved that now Pakistan is
different and now nobody
would allowed to play with
the Kashmir cause and for
brining Pakistan to this state
credit goes to HCJP Justice
Iftkhar Muhammad Ch. who
gave Pakistan a free and
independent judiciary and of
course General Asfaq Pervaiz
Kayani who not only gave
Pakistan democratic outlook
but also an army chief like
General
Raheel
Sharif.
Perhaps such appointment
would be good news for
Imran Khan of PTI who is all
for Pakistan’s sovereignty
and defense of Pakistan and
the present decision by the
Prime Minister of Pakistan is
a great decision for Pakistan
and defense of Pakistan. Now
the entire Pakistan look
forward for the days when
again the ‘songs’ full of
praise for our brave defense
officers and soldiers would
be sung there in all the fields
and streets of Pakistan and
Pakistan
would
move
towards the destination and
dream that was the dream of
Quid-e-Azam
Muhammad
Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal
for
the
Muslims
of
subcontinent in the forum of
‘Two Nations Theory’ in its
practical form as it deserves
and were badly compromised
by the very objectionable
ideas spread by anti Pakistan
lobby and by politicians like
the founder of MQM
stationed in London. Now it
is highly expected that
‘unrest’ in Karachi would
come to an end very soon
and port city of Pakistan
would again be the most
peaceful city of Pakistan.
The report is a clear
indication of the fact that
how do Allam and his last
Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him help Pakistan and
people of Pakistan to come
out of difficult situations
with great blessings. Such
developments indicate that
nobody could waste the
blood of ‘martyrs’ for strong
Pakistan.