Dogar’s Daughter Awarded Higher Grades!!!!

Abdul Hameed Dogar, the illegal Chief Justice of Pakistan has believed to influence the educational authorities to increase the marks in her daughter’s results to upgrade her grade from C to B.

Dogar has been the most controversial judge in recent history of Pakistan from the day he bowed to the Army Chief General Musharraf on 3rd November 2007, when the Constitution was trashed and human rights were suspended in Pakistan.

Immediately after 3rd November, Dogar was awarded with Rs. 8.9 Million Bank Loan on special concession that violated the laws.

The illegal PCO judges were also awarded with the Prime Land in one of the most expensive areas of Islamabad.

BLA claim killing security personnel

QUETTA: Defunct Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed killing several security personnel in an armed clash in Mashkey and Mand areas.
A spokesman of BLA, Beebargh Baloch, calling from unknown place through satellite phone, told newsmen that security forces had launched a search operation in Mand and Mashkey area and had arrested many Baloch youths onSaturday.
He claimed that in an armed clash militants killed eight security personnel and injured many others in the Mashkey area. He further claimed that in another encounter that occurred on Sunday about a dozen security men were killed while their two vehicles were destroyed in the attack.
‘BLA was behind these armed attacks against security forces,’ he claimed.

Chief Justice Gets Historic Reception at New York!!!!!

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was greeted with hundreds of Pakistanis at JFK Airport at New York. Chief Justice was accompanied by Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, who are scheduled to attend a dinner hosted by Pakistani Community in New York, where more than 2,000 Pakistanis are invited.

CJSC Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s visit to United State of America and receiving the highest honour from the Law University for life time membership is a great honour for a citizen of Pakistan due to his struggle against the illegal actions carried out by the previous federal government ruled under Pervez Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz.
Due to firm stand against irregularities of Pervez Musharraf rule, he was removed and kept house rest illegaly by the previous regime. The lawyers movement, media, civil society, students, political workers, human right activists, retired and serving government employees, senior retired service personals, industralists and million of general public, supported CJSC Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
But it is shameful for PPP government and Asif Ali Zardari for not restoring the full judiciary including Iftikhar Chaudhry till today even after Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Sahiba announced and showed her willingness to restore CJSC few days before she was assasinated during an election compaign.
If not today, might be tomorrow Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will be restore as a Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan and illegal occupant Hamid Dogar has to leave.
The time is running, present PPP federal government has to fulfill promises made with Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif PML(N). If at any stage PML(N) used this issue as a weapon against PPP…. possibility is there that PPP will face strong criticism.
The whole week, CJSC Iftikhar Chaudhry is going to receive appreciation in U.S.A from local and international community and he is going to deliver speaches while in his tour to America and explain his position.

Obama vows to leave Iraq, close Guantanamo Bay

US President-elect Barack Obama vowed to pull troops out of Iraq, crush Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and shut down the Guantanamo Bay camp as part of a dramatic foreign policy break with George W. Bush.
Repairing the stricken US economy will be priority number one, even at the cost of still-bigger budget deficits, Obama said in his first major post-election interview broadcast on CBS program '60 Minutes' late Sunday.
Following his election triumph of November 4, Obama said at least one Republican would be in his cabinet and confirmed that he had met former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton last week.
But the president-elect refused to comment on speculation linking the former first lady to the job of secretary of state.
The man who will be the first black US president is accelerating his transition to inauguration day, resigning his Senate seat Sunday and appointing three more top aides to serve in his White House once he succeeds Bush.
As soon as that happens on January 20, Obama said, 'I will call in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, my national security apparatus, and we will start executing a plan that draws down our troops' from Iraq.
'Particularly in light of the problems that we're having in Afghanistan, which has continued to worsen. We've got to shore up those efforts,' Obama said in the interview, which was taped Friday.
On the campaign trail, Obama vowed to pull one or two combat brigades out of Iraq every month until after 16 months, only a residual security force of unspecified size remains. Some of those brigades would head to Afghanistan.
He told CBS that 'it is a top priority for us to stamp out Al-Qaeda once and for all' and that killing or capturing the group's mastermind Osama bin Laden was 'critical' to US security.
Obama pledged to tackle controversial offshoots of Bush's 'war on terror' - the US military's internment camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and harshinterrogations of captured terror suspects.
'I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that,' the president-elect said.
'I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture. And I'm going to make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world,' Obama added.
But he did not elaborate on where the Guantanamo prisoners would be taken, whether they would be transferred to civilian custody in the United States itself, put on trial, or released

Who was and is Habib Jalib?????

Habib Jalib was a progressive thinker and politician in the National Awami Party, who supported the restoration of democracy during the period of Military Rule in Pakistan and had been imprisoned for his views.
One of the most popular Awami (people’s) Poet, known for the melody in his ghazals and the loud voice of dissent against despotism and the established order in Pakistan. He was always at the forefront of the struggle for democracy.
His poetry can be divided into two parts; the first comprises ghazals composed during the period when Jalib has chosen to keep a somewhat low profile. The pitch of his protest became gradually louder in his ghazals and nazams, but the melody remained untouched.
He bravely challenged the first martial law of Ayub Khan. He wrote his famous poem “Dastoor” which even today stands as a landmark in the history of Pakistan’s political struggle and became a glowing symbol of protest literature.
That was a turning point for Habib Jalib, who then took up political activism also; a role he tried to fulfill till the end. He did not affiliate himself with any party, preferring to be freelance. He was an active participant of the trade union struggle and the rallies for democracy. He also emerged as a champion of women rights, leading protest marches by women against discriminatory laws.

Jalib’s poetry reflected his vision and approach to life. He never deviated from his chosen path. His love for humankind, his sympathy for the underdog and his passion for the fellow-beings were reflected in his verses. What is quite significant and somewhat rare in a poet who is also charged with political ideology is his capacity to suppress his anger against the injustices and tyrannies that he witnesses in life.
Jalib himself remained a victim of a cruel social order. He was imprisoned for some time after being wrongly implicated in various crimes.
With no regular source of income he had a rootless existence but he never considered compromising with his tormentors and coming to terms with established order. And yet Jalib’s poetry only reflects his anguish. It is not an expression of his anger or frustration. At times it is pensive, couched in sarcasm but his typical soft melodious tone is always there.
Jalib was a product of the progressive movement in the Pakistan but later he became a movement all by himself.

Habib Jalib Great Poet!!!!!!!!!

Dr. Shahid Masood Resigns!!!

This was stated by Chairman/MD PTV, Dr Shahid Masood before the Sub-Committee of Senate Standing Committee on Information & Broadcasting that met here on Saturday.The Sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, which met at the Parliament House, expressed its serious concern over the lack of progress in recovering the long-outstanding dues/receivables of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) but at the same time lauded the role of Dr Shahid Masood for conducting thorough and transparent audit of the organization through international audit company, KPMG.“This is public money which must be recovered at all costs and under all circumstances especially at a time of great economic crunch”, the committee observed. In response, according to sources, Chairman/MD PTV handed over the recently compiled audit report of the PTV to the members of the committee. The committee asked the Chairman/MD PTV to lodge FIRs against defaulters.“It was also decided to take stern action against those PTV black sheep who had formerly looted the organization by making illegal contracts with fake advertising agencies”, said the sources. As per sources, Dr Shahid Masood also told the committee that if he were forced to resign, he would not claim the salary of six months from the organization according to legal contract, as the PTV was already being run under deficit.“If I (Masood) myself resign, I will pay the organization the amount equal to my six months’ salary package as per contract”, he told the committee, said sources, adding that a senior official of Information Ministry revealed to the committee that a volley of unfounded reports and a series of propaganda against Dr Shahid had been launched at the behest of those corrupt elements which had been exposed in the audit report.Dr Shahid Masood presented the members of the committee the audit report as well as the names of those corrupt big guns of the organization that had caused huge monetary loss to PTV. “Dr Shahid told the committee that he never lobbied to secure PTV’s top slot, rather the government itself had invited him to uplift the sinking ship of state-run TV channel”, said the sources.Chairman/MD PTV also said that he had full confidence in President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and that ‘they will support me to uproot corrupt mafia from the state-run TV channel.’The meeting took serious exception to the fact that the outstanding dues were continuously increasing instead of going down and attributed this situation to lack of seriousness, lukewarm attitude and flawed strategy of those entrusted with the job of recovering the public money.It also expressed its dismay and frustration over the situation that the instructions given by the Sub-Committee for speeding up the process of recovery were not being adhered to in letter and in spirit.

“Dr.” Fake: Babar Awan’s Ph.D. Degree Bought From Diploma Mill

In today’s The News, Ansar Abbasi reports Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs PPP’s Babar Awan has been found holding a doctorate degree issued by a fake US university. The minister, who admitted to have got his Ph.D degree from the University of Monticello USA in 1997-98 through its distant learning programme (correspondence course), however, insisted that his Ph.D was valid. The “university” in question was “involuntarily dissolved” and it’s operator Leslie Snell was found guilty in Hawaii and Kansas of issuing invalid degrees without state authority and was fined in excess of $1.7 million.

Despite all this evidence, Babar Awan insists that it is incorrect that the Monticello University was unaccredited and that the Ph.D degree he was awarded is fake.

Aitzaz Ahsan in LSE London

In the wake of the dismissal of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Mr Aitzaz Ahsan spearheaded a popular campaign for the restoration of judiciary. He is mastermind of Pakistan’s lawyers’ movement, it is also one of the most important social movements in the history of Pakistan, whereby hundreds of thousands of lawyers trained in the British legal tradition have come out on the streets to demand rule of law and the separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.
Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan studied law at Cambridge University and was called to the bar at Gray’s Inn in 1967. He served as the minister of law, justice, interior and education in Pakistan between 1988 and 1993. Elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1994, he was, successively, the leader of the House and the leader of the Opposition between the years 1996 and 1999. He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is also a human rights activist and a founder vice-president of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He has published two books Divided by Democracy (2005) and with Professor Lord Meghnad Desai, Indus Saga (1997). Mr Ahsan has recently been elected to an honorary fellowship at Downing College, Cambridge.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email su.soc.pakistan@lse.ac.uk

Regrets of Bush/Wush?

President Bush suggested Tuesday that he regrets some of his more blunt statements on the war on terrorism over the last eight years and said he wishes he had not spoken in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner only a month after U.S. troops in Iraq were deployed.”I regret saying some things I shouldn’t have said,” Bush said in interview to a U.S. news channel when asked to reflect on his regrets over his two terms as president. “Like ‘dead or alive’ and ‘bring ‘em on.’ My wife reminded me that, hey, as president of the United States, be careful what you say.”
The interview, aboard the USS Intrepid in New York, came after the president addressed a Veterans Day ceremony.
Shortly after the attacks of September 11, the president said of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden: “I want justice. There’s an old poster out West that said, ‘Wanted, dead or alive.’ ” Watch President Bush talk about his regrets.”
Bush was also criticized in 2003 for his answer addressing insurgents in Iraq.
“There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring ‘em on,” he said then.
On Tuesday, the president also referenced the moment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, during which he declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq.
“They had a sign that said ‘Mission Accomplished.’ It was a sign aimed at the sailors on the ship, but it conveyed a broader knowledge. To some it said, well, Bush thinks the war in Iraq is over, when I didn’t think that. But nonetheless, it conveyed the wrong message.”
The president, whose legacy is sure to be hotly debated for decades, said there also is much he is proud of.
“I am proud to be the commander in chief of people who are so selfless and so courageous that they would volunteer to serve our country in a time of war,” he said. “I’m proud when I see people feed the hungry. I’m proud when I’m in Africa and see volunteers helping those citizens dying of HIV/AIDS.”
In the wide-ranging interview, the president also discussed his Monday meeting with President-elect Barack Obama and said he consulted former President Clinton before his meeting with the future commander in chief.
“I remember the conversation I had with my predecessor Bill Clinton,” Bush said. As a matter of fact, [I] called him yesterday and said, ‘Bill, I’m getting ready to meet with the new president, and I remember how gracious you were to me. I hope I can be as gracious to President-elect Obama as you were to me.’ ”
Bush described the atmosphere in his Oval Office meeting with Obama as relaxed and said he offered the future president advice on the transition process. Bush also said Obama was specifically interested in how his two young daughters would adjust to life in the White House.
“It was interesting to watch him go upstairs,” Bush said. “He wanted to see where his little girls were going to sleep. Clearly, this guy is going to bring a sense of family to the White House, and I hope Laura and I did the same thing. But I believe he will, and I know his girls are on his mind and he wants to make sure that first and foremost, he is a good dad. And I think that’s going to be an important part of his presidency.”
Bush said he plans to return to Texas after he leaves office January 20 and “may write a book” but otherwise has few plans. “No doubt I’m heading straight home. I miss Texas; I love Texas; I’ve got a lot of friends in Texas.
“I’ll probably get back and take a deep breath,” he said.
Bush said he has begun to think about an outline for the book.
“I want people to know what it was like to make some of the decisions I had to make,” he said. “In other words, what was the moment like? And I’ve had one of those presidencies where I’ve had to make some tough calls, and I want people to know the truth about what it was like sitting in the Oval Office.”
Bush expressed regret that Republican presidential nominee John McCain did not win the presidency but called the election of Obama “good for our country.”
“The election of Barack Obama is an historic moment for our country. There are a lot of people in America who did not believe they would ever see this day. It is good for our country that people have hope in the system and feel vested in the future and President-elect Obama has a great opportunity,” Bush said. “I really do wish him all the best. I am just as American as he is American, and it is good for our country that the president succeeds.”

Who is Pakistan’s Obama?

There are no comparisons between Imran Khan and Obama.
Obama comes through a strong struggle in and out of parliament (sent in case of Obama).
Obama had to go through election within his party to become a candidate for president race.
Obama has new vision and plan for change.
Imran Khan has no plan no vision and his politics revolves around upper middle class citizens.
He has been using judiciary issue for his political gains, where he himself or his party does not have enough share when it comes to sacrifices.
What is Imran Khan’s change agenda?
Is he ready to change ugly capital economic system of our country, that only supports big businessmen and mafia people?
Is he ready to change ugly social system that has always been there to suppress poor, women and minorities?
He looks like in favor of fundamental so called Islam, that stress upon worships, the way you dress and the way you should look like.
Does Imran has any will to give rights to poor masses who have been treated same way as the blacks were treated in USA.
Munir Solangi Says:November 7th, 2008
I have a question for Imran Khan lovers.I hope that PTI supporters will answer my question with logic and they will try to convince me,not abuse me.
Imran established PTI in 1996. Many people like Hassan Nisar,Nasim Zehra,Meraj Muhammad Khan and others joined PTI and left within months.Why?
Why we don’t know the names of PTI’s Punjab Chief,Sindh Chief or Baluchistan Chief?How could a one-man party change Pakistan?
Why Imran spend more time outside Pakistan?