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LAHORE: The United States intervened in the countryâs political crisis on Sunday, delivering a strong message of concern over political infighting. According to a report published in The Globe and Mail on Monday, US Assistance Secretary of State <b>Richard Boucher met both PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif in London</b> to try to agree on a formula for the restoration of the judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf in November 2007. US officials denied that Boucher was mediating on the issue, but Western diplomats have said that he expressed deep frustration over the way the countryâs government has entangled itself in a constitutional wrangle, neglecting other pressing issues. âThe message is, âGet on with itâ,â one diplomat said. âThereâs a major energy crisis, food price [increases] and terrorism.â daily times monitor
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Hahhaha,
finally, we are seening <i>who is the boss</i>?
The Army says Pakistani forces resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on Tuesday night and claimed that 60 rounds were fired in the Tangdhar sector in Kupwara.
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"Last evening at around 1800 hrs IST firing came from Pakistan side. We suffered no loss of life and we did not retaliate at all. The firing incident was the first time that happened since the ceasefire of 2003. We have asked for a flag meeting and lodge a complaint and try and resolve the matter amicably. The duration of firing was less and the firing happened during the day. So it didn't seem like a cover up for infiltrators," Lt Col Mathur said.
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Nareshji,
My two days back post was not from inside Islamabad AHQ or ISI HQ.
How predictable are Pakis? We don't need sixth or ninth sense. And look at India's babu head, they rot hands down.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nomination papers of Nawaz, Shahbaz accepted; </b>objections rejected LAHORE, May 16 (APP)- The Returning Officer of NA-123 Lahore-VI after rejecting the objections against the candidature of Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, on Thursday accepted the nomination papers of the PML-N chief for contesting the by-election from this constituency. The Returning Officer also accepted the nomination papers of Hamza Shahbaz for the same seat. Separately, the Returning Officer of PP-154 Lahore also rejected the objections and accepted the nomination papers of Mian Shahbaz Sharif for this constituency He also accepted the nomination papers of Hamza Shahbaz Sharif for the same provincial assembly seat. (Posted @ 17:10 PST)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
now fun will start.
<b>Pak lodges protest over US missile attack in tribal belt</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Islamabad, May 17: Pakistan has lodged a protest with the US-led forces in Afghanistan over the missile attack in its tribal region that killed at least 12 people, including Taliban fighters.
Military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas said the protest was lodged yesterday after it was established that Wednesday's missile strike at Damadola village in the restive Bajaur Agency was carried out by a US drone.
Two missiles struck the compounds of a local Taliban commander and his cousin. Reports said Taliban fighters, including some foreigners, had gathered for a dinner when the attack was carried out
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>KARACHI : Total external liabilities of the country surged to $45.822 billion by the end of March 2008, compared to $42.882 billion on December 31, 2007.</b>
Although former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and his team of ministers claimed that their government had broken the begging bowl, figures of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed a different picture. <b>Five years ago on June 30, 2003, total external liabilities of the country stood at $35.439 billion.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The rulers are doing nothing to improve the economic situation of the country. This means they are forgetting one of the main objectives for which Pakistan was created. India has now a middle class population of about 400 million people which shows that the Indian economy is stable. The economic justice given to the people of India has strengthened the country enviably. Also I believe that an independent judiciary in India has played a pivotal role in ensuring economic justice to the people.
Unfortunately in our country the judiciary has always been tamed and influenced by powerful, unelected rulers. That is why our country is facing immense economic problems. <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo--> For the first time the judiciary tried to act independently but a powerful pillar of the state suppressed it. The only way to get an independent judiciary, so that it can ensure economic equity and check corruption of the powerful, is to restore the judiciary to its November 2 position. This will mark the beginning of Pakistan's journey towards prosperity and economic justice.
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<b>Mudy Ji :</b>
Other than Saudi Arabia giving Twirpistan USD 300 Million and China about USD 500 Million I don't think anybody esle other than the USA is giving the Terrorists any large amounts of Moolah!
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<b>Mudy Ji :</b>
Other than Saudi Arabia giving Twirpistan USD 300 Million and China about USD 500 Million I don't think anybody esle other than the USA is giving the Terrorists any large amounts of Moolah!
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Rahul Datta/ Mohit Kandhari | New Delhi/ Jammu
Jawan killed in second violation by Rangers on LoC
<b>With heavy exchange of unprovoked firing by Pak Rangers into Indian territory, tension escalated on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir hours before the start of Foreign Minister-level talks between India and Pakistan. </b>
It was the second time in the last six days that Pakistan indulged in such brazen act of provocation. However, the Government tried to downplay the episode and the Army would not even say that it was violation of the ceasefire agreement. This despite the fact that the firing claimed the life of a jawan in Mendhar sector of Poonch in Jammu region.
The first such incident last Wednesday, which resulted in the violation of ceasefire on the 750-km-long LoC since 2003, saw the Pakistan army resorting to "unprovoked firing" with machine guns and mortars on the Indian Army post in Tangdhar sector in north Kashmir. The Army did not retaliate and there was no loss of life and property.
These two instances of firing from across the LoC, along with a major infiltration attempt in the Samba sector in Jammu on the International Border 10 days back, come even as the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan were engaged in resuming the composite dialogue in Islamabad. The two officials were also laying the groundwork for External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Islamabad on Wednesday for Ministerial-level talks with his counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The composite dialogue and peace talks would resume after a gap of some years, due to political turbulence in Pakistan.
The incident at Mendhar sector took place around 8 am when the Dhip post came under fire with small arms and grenades launched from rifle. The firing, which lasted about 15 minutes, <b>claimed the life of Naik Jaishwant Singh of 2/8 Gorkha Rifles, officials said, adding that the Army did not retaliate</b>. They, however, refrained from terming the firing as a violation of the ceasefire, saying the Mendhar terrain is covered with a thick forest and the ground is undulating, thereby making it difficult to ascertain the direction of fire. The unprovoked firing from across the LoC could have been the handiwork of militants trying to sneak into India and they were known to carry under-barrel grenade launcher guns, officials said.
As regards the Tangdhar episode, the Army officials were prompt to term it "ceasefire violation" on Wednesday. The director-general of military operations of both the countries held talks to resolve the issue, they added. The battalion-level commanders also held a flag meeting, with India lodging a strong protest and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the firing was "worrisome".
<b>Line Of Confrontation</b>
The Vajpayee Govt and the Gen Pervez Musharraf-led regime agreed in Nov 2003 to a ceasefire along the 750-km Line of Control
The two armies observed the ceasefire till May 14 this year in the Tangdhar sector in north Kashmir, when Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing using machine guns and mortars. The Indian Army did not retaliate and there was no loss of life or property
The second incident on the LoC took place on May 19 in the Mendhar sector in Poonch area of Jammu region. An Army jawan was killed
The third incident took place on the International Border in Samba sector in Jammu on May 10 when a group of militants sneaked into India with the Pakistan Rangers providing cover fire. The BSF personnel fired back in retaliation
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This is a middle finger and slap on Moron Singh face.
Why army did not retaliated?
<b>ISLAMABAD : <span style='color:red'>The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.78 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year against the revised envisaged target of 6.5 per cent, owing to the low agriculture and industrial output in 2007-08.
The neglected agriculture sector became a major victim and witnessed steep decline by achieving only 1.49 per cent growth in the financial year 2007-08 against the envisaged target of over 4 per cent.</span></b>
Pakistan has missed its envisaged overall GDP growth target of 7.2 per cent, as it is estimated to achieve only 5.78 per cent growth in accordance with the findings of the National Accounts Committee.
The government had claimed to achieve five per cent agriculture growth during the previous financial year in accordance with its initial estimates, which were later on lowered to 3.66 per cent when figures were finalised. The government adjusted results of the official survey on livestock sector that resulted in respectable growth of 3.78 per cent in the outgoing financial year 2007-08. If the livestock had not achieved this growth figure, Pakistan might have witnessed a negative agriculture growth again, as the country had achieved negative growth in this sector during the severe drought that hit the country in 2000-01.
The services, financial and insurance, construction and public administration and defence sectors growth estimates performed well and enabled the government to achieve the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 5.78 per cent in 2007-08.
The National Accounts Committee (NAC) meeting was held here on Monday in which growth figures of various sectors were finalised. The meeting was attended by high-ups of the ministries concerned, State Bank and representatives of four provincial governments.
Official sources, who participated in the NAC meeting, told The News that the State Bank inserted the latest figures about the financial sector in the working paper for finalising the GDP growth figure, which resulted into the GDP growth rate reaching 5.78 per cent.
When Statistics Division Secretary Asad Elahi was contacted for comments, he explained that no controversy erupted over these figures in the meeting as basically the SBP provided the data related to the financial sector for first six months (July-Dec) period of the current fiscal. The bank provided us the data related to the third quarter (Jan-March) of the current fiscal year on Sunday so ultimately it was inserted into the working paper.
Pakistan had envisaged 7.2 per cent GDP growth target for the current fiscal year, which was revised downward to 6.5 per cent because of continued political turmoil as well as severe load shedding.
The estimates of overall industrial growth also witnessed major decline in the outgoing financial year as it stood at 4.63 per cent by 2007-08 against over 8 per cent growth achieved in the previous financial year, mainly owing to severe energy shortages.
The services sector projection has rescued the government by achieving growth rate of 8.16 per cent during the outgoing financial year against 7.96 per cent in 2006-07. Within the industrial growth, the large scale manufacturing (LSM) growth witnessed massive decline in the current fiscal year and achieved only 4.84 per cent growth against 8.8 per cent growth in the previous financial year.
The small scale manufacturing grew by 7.51 percent in 2007-08 against 7.7 per cent in 2006-07. The construction sector achieved higher growth of 15.16 per cent during the current financial year but it lowered a little bit from the previous yearâs growth rate of 17.2 per cent in 2006-07.
The transport and communication sector is estimated to have a growth rate of 4.42 per cent during the current fiscal year 2007-08 against the growth of 5.8 per cent in the previous fiscal year.
The wholesale and retail trade achieved 6.37 per cent growth in the current financial year against 7.1 per cent in the last fiscal year. The financial and insurance sector again achieved higher growth in the outgoing fiscal year as it stood at 17.04 per cent in 2007-08 against 18 per cent in the previous financial year.
The public administration and defence achieved higher growth trajectory, which stood at 10.8 per cent for the current fiscal year 2007-08 against 6.9 per cent growth achieved in the previous financial year. The social services grew by 9.4 per cent in the current financial year against 8.5 per cent in the previous fiscal year 2006-07.
<b>Govt, Swat Taliban sign peace deal</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>* Taliban prisoners to be freed in two weeks, militants to relinquish control of Imam Dheri
* Army says it will not oppose peace deal</i>
<b>Women will not be required to wear veils and there will be no restriction on their education. Neither Fazlullah nor any other group or individual will be allowed to run FM radio in Swat without licence, and all non-locals involved in violence in the valley would be handed over to the government. A nine-member committee will ensure the deal is implemented.</b>Â Â <!--emo&:liar liar--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/liar.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='liar.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Taliban representative Ali Bakht told reporters that there were around 200 Taliban under detention who would be released in two weeks.
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This for western world, fool them again . <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Mushy is just great.
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<b>KARACHI, May 22 (APP) : Pakistanâs total liquid foreign reserves stand at 11,885.2 million dollars,</b> says a statement issued by State Bank of Pakistan here on Thursday.
On May 17, 2008 foreign reserves held by SBP amounted 9,500.1 million dollars, whereas net foreign reserves held by banks other than SBP were 2,385.1 million dollars.
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Analysts say pressure on the current account is mainly due to rising commodity prices, including oil and food, and a short-term solution could be to reduce domestic demand through fiscal and monetary policy.
The deficit swelled to $11.586 billion, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on its website on Wednesday. That compared with $6.628 billion in the same period last year. The 10-month deficit is equivalent to about 7.3 per cent of the gross domestic product, compared with a full-year target of 4.8 per cent.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Nareshji,
Now he have to think what Mushy will do?
First step, release fundoos towards India, create war like situation, but seeing cowards sitting in Delhi may be tough task for Mushy, unless and untill he increase casuality number higher than Mumbai. Even that number didn't woke up India's best rated PM. Very high number and very quick can put pressure.
Second step, regular firing on LOC and off and on on international border on Gujarat and Raj.
Third step, scare world with nuke, so that Western country will start funding Paki Army again and so that they can control fundoos. Current hafta they are getting from West can keep some part of upper fauji janta happy. Now they have to share hafta with 30% also.
05-23-2008, 12:18 AM (This post was last modified: 05-23-2008, 12:25 AM by Naresh.)
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Now he have to think what Mushy will do?
First step, release fundoos towards India, create war like situation, but seeing cowards sitting in Delhi may be tough task for Mushy, unless and untill he increase casuality number higher than Mumbai. Even that number didn't woke up India's best rated PM. Very high number and very quick can put pressure.
Second step, regular firing on LOC and off and on on international border on Gujarat and Raj.
Third step, scare world with nuke, so that Western country will start funding Paki Army again and so that they can control fundoos. Current hafta they are getting from West can keep some part of upper fauji janta happy. Now they have to share hafta with 30% also.
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<b>Mudy Ji :</b>
Although I am totally opposed to any Trade, Cultural, Visa etc. relations with Pakistan. I think India by opening up trade is going to make it vry difficult for the Pakistani Regime to cross The Rubicon or go beyond The Pale.
It is fortunate that Mr. Ten - up to Thirty - Per Cent has been imposed by Unkil on Mush's Tush and as such Pakistan is under Unkil's restraint as it cannot divert any of its Military Capacity to the Eastern Border while everything is up in Flames in the Western art of Pakistan.
I do feel that there must be some "Chanakiyan" Card up India's Sleeve and it does seem that Pakistan will have to be more careful as in case of a flare up it will be impossible for India to show any more restraint.
Meanwhile back at the ranch Pakistanâs Economic Miracle continues with the following Good News from the State Bank of Pakistan :
Imports of Services............................08,243...............06,926
IMPORTS OF GOODS & SERVICES....37,150...............29,266
Balance of Goods & Services...........(18,315)............(12,174)</b>
As things are Pakistan's Yearly Balance of Exports & Exports (Goods & Services) <b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>DEFICIT</span></b> for the full Year 2007-2008 should be very close to <b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>US Dollars Twenty Two Billion.</span></b>
Thus Something Gotta Give as Pakistan cannot afford any options for the simple Reason that Zaradari, Nawaz Sherrif and the other Gang of Dacoits, Robbers and Thieves need a few Peaceful Years to fill-replenish their Private Coffers and Off-Shore Bank Accounts!
<b>P.S. How does one use the "Tabs" for Tabulation while preparing the Message?</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>During the last sixty years, the number of PhDs in Pakistan has risen from approximately 50 to 2000. The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan claims that this number will rise to 20,000 by 2015.</b> In order to produce the additional 18,000 PhDs, HEC has launched various local and foreign initiatives.
<b>If this PhD factory cranks out the new PhDs, it will definitely break all world records, but will it make any difference to the nature of scientific research in Pakistan? Will there be any use of these new PhDs? What will Pakistan be like in 2015 with all these PhDs? Where will they work?</b> <!--emo&tupid--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pakee.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pakee.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->HEC decides that Pakistan needs more universities. A programme is launched to set up universities all over the country, even in places where there are not even enough schools. But the Chairman wants to show progress, activity. <b>The solution is easy : take down the boards of existing colleges, repaint them as such-and-such university, and you have universities all over the country. Then initiate a publicity orgy and claim that HEC has increased the number of universities in the country from 23 to 47. The number game may satisfy the egos of some, but to an objective observer, the future of science and higher education in Pakistan looks bleak because there is no backbone to this whole effort.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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