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CJP calls meeting of all HC
CJs, in charge monitoring
judges of ATCs on Dec 24
Islamabad,The Chief Justice of
Pakistan Mr Justice Nasir-ulMulk has called the meeting of
all Chief Justices of High
Courts and in charge Monitoring Judges of Anti Terrorism
Courts on December 24 at
10:00 am in the Supreme Court,
Islamabad.The meeting will
consider the different proposals regarding the expeditious
disposal of cases under antiterrorism law. Moreover, all
the courts have also been
asked to submit the details of
suchcases to Registrar Supreme Court of Pakistan by
December 23.
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IHC orders PAKC to decide
promotion cases of employees
as per seniority, merit
ISLAMABAD,Islamabad High
Court (IHC) has directed Chairman Pakistan Aeronautical
Kamra Cantt (PAKC) to hear
its employees personally in respect of their cases of
upgradation and grant them
promotion as per their right in
terms of seniority.
A single bench of IHC took up
PAK
cantt
employees
upgradation case Friday.
Muhammad Ramzan Khan
counsel for the petitioners appeared in the court .
He took the plea that PAKC
Manufacturing factory employees are working in different grades since the last several years. The strength of
these employees comes to 52.
These are working in PAC
since last several years but
they are not being promoted.
He further told that administration has promoted their favorites instead of these employees which is violation of
fundamental rights.
The hearing of the case was
adjourned for two months.
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Federal Minister for Finance, Senator
Muhammad Ishaq Dar presiding over ECC
meeting at PM's Office, Islamabad
Peshawar massacre:
JI postpones political
activities
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Saturday 20 December, 2014
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President terms China, Pakistan
as “Iron Brothers”
Islamabad:Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in a meeting with
Mr. Chen Fengxiang, Vice Minister of the International Department of
the Communist Party of China at the PM's House.
CHINESE VICE MINISTER
CALLS ON THE PM
Islamabad: Mr. Chen
Fengxiang, Vice Minister of the
International Department of
the Committee of the Communist Party of China called
on
Prime
Minister
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
along with a six-member delegation at the PM’s House
here today.The delegation
briefed the Prime Minister on
recent political developments
in China, including the outcomes of the 4th Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central
Committee meeting, which
focused on strengthening the
rule of law in China and increasing accountability of the
administration. Since assuming office, President Xi
Jinping has overseen a highprofile crackdown on corruption in Chinese government
and Communist Party circles,
Mr. Chen said.The delegation
also extended condolences on
the tragic incident of terrorism that took place in
Peshawar and said the Chinese
leadership has expressed sympathy and full support for the
people of Pakistan in the aftermath of this dastardly
Rana
Tanveer
assumes
additional
charge of
Wattoo urges calling
MoST
joint session of
Parliament
act.The Prime Minister appreciated the concern shown
by Chinese leadership in this
regard. He said that Operation Zarb-e-Azb has produced very positive results
and many terrorists have
been killed or captured. We
will continue to target all terrorist organizations irrespective of their agenda and affiliation, he said.He said that
friendship with China is the
cornerstone of Pakistan’s
foreign policy and the solid
foundation of our time-tested
and all-weather friendship is
based on strong mutual trust,
excellent cooperation and
convergence of views on regional and global issues. We
owe it to our future generations to keep the rich narrative of Pakistan-China
friendship alive by expanding people-to-people linkages at all levels, he said.The
Prime Minister said that
postponement of President
Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan
in September was unfortunate and the people of Pakistan are eagerly looking forward to welcoming the Presi-
dent soon.He appreciated that
Communist Party of China has
led the country to astonishing
economic transformation, which
has lifted 400 million people out
of poverty within a period of 30
years catapulting China into the
ranks of the world’s major powers. This is an example for all
developing countries, he said.The
Prime Minister said Pakistan
wants more institutional exchanges between the parliamentarians of the two countries to
promote mutual understanding
and learning.Other members of
the delegation included Mr.
Wang Hongxiang, Director General, Department of Inspection,
the
Supreme
People’s
Procuratorate of China; Mr.
Yuan Zhibing, Deputy Director
General; Mr. Li Shuzhen, Director, Bureau of Retired Cadres;
Mr. Chang Jiuqing, Deputy Director and Mr. Hu Xiaodong,
Third Secretary. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr. Sun
Weidong was also present during the meetinRaja Zafar ul Haq,
Leader of the House in Senate
and Mr Tariq Fatemi, Special
Assistant to PM also attended
the meeting.
PM gets security
briefing at GHQ
Lahore:Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),
Ameer Sirajul Haq has cancelled
all political activities scheduled
for coming week in wake of
Peshawar massacre.
Sirajul Haq announced to postpone all political events of the
party which was scheduled this
week including public gathering
in two provincial capitals of
Pakistan.JI had announced to
hold central public meeting in
Lahore and Karachi on December 21 and December 25 respectively.
However, JI Ameer delayed
the public gathering till indefinite period in Karachi and
Lahore where he scheduled to
address JI general public meeting.
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LAHORE,President of Punjab
PPP Manzoor Ahmed Watto
has underscored the importance
of summoning the Joint session
of Parliament urgently to discuss the whole perspective of
terrorism with reference to the
entities engaged in the promotion of the mindset that inclined
to terrorist tendencies.Wattoo
said that the political leadership
had now vindicated the stance
of the PPP that projected that
the menace of terrorism had to
be fought out because terrorists
were totally devoid of civility
and heavily inclined to barbarity. Chairman Bilawal Bhutto
stands out of the entire political
leadership who raised the powerful voice to fight the menace
at its turf because it only understands the language of force,he
reminded.
He said that the expression of
the resolve of the All Parties Parliamentary Conference held in
Peshawar quite recently endorsed the position taken by the
PPP right from the beginning on
terrorism projecting it had to be
defeated by confronting it. He
welcomed that entire leadership
was on one page adding that it
was poised to defeat terrorism
thoroughly and comprehensively. All is well that ends well,
he added.
He said that the time had come
that the nation get united to
eliminate the terrorists one by
one till the last terrorists was
exterminated
from
the
ISLAMABAD,Minister for
Defence Production Rana
Tanveer Hussain has assumed
additional responsibilities as
Minister of Science and Technology (MoST).
country.There is no other op- On arrival, Secretary Ministion like engaging them in try of Science and Technology
round of talks because it gave him a comprehensive
would prove a wastage of time briefing about the working of
as was the case in the past.He the ministry and attached depointed out as how unfortu- partments.
nate was the assertion of one Minister of Science and Techof the leaders in the recent past nology Zahid Hamid had re- ISLAMABAD:Information has renewed its pledge to wipe
in which he asserted that he signed after a special court Minister Pervaiz Rashid out terrorism at all costs.
would have not sent the army hearing treason case against says the government will vig- He said fresh legislation is also
in Waziristan had he been the former President General (Re- orously implement recom- being planned to ensure rooting
Prime Minister of Pakistan. tired) Pervez Musharraf or- mendations to be worked out the menace of terrorism.
The other leader in Punjab ex- dered to also implicate him in out by the Parliamentary The Minister said the ongoing
pressed his confidence that the case along with former Committee on National Ac- operation Zarb-e-Azb by the
terrorists would not touch the Chief Justice of Pakistan tion Plan against Terrorism. security forces will continue till
Speaking here, he said the elimination of all terrorists.Ends/
province because the Party Abdul Hameed Dogar.
entire political leadership
had good relations with outOnline
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lawed organizations.
Wattoo suggested to the government to take the Muslim
countries friendly countries
into confidence in particular
and also friendly countries regarding the strategy it was
going to implement to defeat
the scourge of terrorism. The
support of the friendly countries and the international
community was critical to nip
the evil in the bud as world
was equally scared of the permeation of the menace, he
maintained.
He was optimistic that the
international community was
more than willing to support
the nation and government of
Pakistan in the war against SPEAKER NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SARDAR AYAZ SADIQ
terror because it entailed a forALONGWITH CHAIRMAN SENATE NAYYER HUSSAIN BOKHARI,
midable danger to the peace
and security of the world as MANS AND SENATORS DURING THE CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL TO
EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES
well.
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OF PESHAWAR SCHOOL INCIDENT, IN ISLAMABAD
RAWALPINDI:Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his
key cabinet members were
briefed over national security matters at Pakistan
Army’s General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi.
According to media reports
, Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif and other
military officers briefed the
PM over army’s achievements in the ongoing operations in Khyber Agency and
North Waziristan.
Federal Interior Minister
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Prime
Minister's Advisor on Foreign
Affairs and National Security
Sartaj Aziz and Special Assistant
on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatmi
were also present in the briefing.
Sources said the implementation
of death penalty for terrorists
was also discussed in the meeting.
The government and military
have reaffirmed their determination to defeat the Taliban following Tuesday’s school massacre
of 141 people in Peshawar.
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Govt will vigorously implement committee’s recommendations: Rashid
ISLAMABADPresident
Mamnoon Hussain has lauded
Pakistan-China friendship and
said: “We are iron brothers.”
He was speaking as chief guest
at the launching ceremony of
the book, “The Governance of
China” by Chinese President,
Xi Jinping, here at Pak-China
Friendship Center. The ceremony, which was first official book launching ceremony
in Asia, was jointly organized
by the Pakistan-China Institute and the Embassy of China
in Pakistan.
In his welcome remarks, Senator Mushahid Hussain, the
Chairman of the Pakistan
China Institute, said that Pakistan can learn a lot from the
Chinese model of governance
which has delivered stability
and prosperity to China, raising 500 million people out of
poverty within a generation
and China is now the world’s
second biggest economy.
Referring to the book of President Xi Jinping, Senator
Mushahid Hussain said that
this book had introduced the
notion of “Chinese Dream”
which meant working for a better tomorrow for the Chinese
people as well as a close partnership with neighbouring
countries like Pakistan through
the Central Asian Economic
Belt and the Pakistan-China
Economic Corridor.
Senator Mushahid also announced that the Urdu translation of the book would soon
be published in Pakistan.In his
speech, Ambassador Sun
Weidong of China said that this
book had provided important
guidelines for China by the new
leadership led by President Xi
Jinping who had introduced the
concept of rule of law, accountability and reform. He also expressed China’s grief and solidarity with the families of the
martyrs of Peshawer school
massacre.
The function was also addressed by visiting Chinese
Vice Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China, Chen
Fengxiang. The audience was
also presented with a lecture
on the new comprehensive rule
of law enacted by the CPC to
protect the Chinese people in
accordance with the law and
constitution.
An interesting feature of this
unique function which had a
standing-room capacity crowd
of over 350 persons at the Pakistan China Friendship Center, was that for the first time
in a Presidential function, the
private media was also allowed
to freely perform their professional duties.At the end of the
function, the Chinese Ambassador presented the book by
the Chinese President to President Mamnoon Hussain, while
Senator Mushahid Hussain
made a presentation of the
Annual Report of the Pakistan- China Institute to the
President of Pakistan, as well
as the distinguished Chinese
visiting guests while other Pakistani guests were also presented copies of the book.
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President Mamnoon Hussain addressing the 48th Convocation of College
of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan at Rawalpindi
NAB arrests 3 more accused in
Modarba/Musharika case
ISLAMABAD,The National
Accountability Bureau (NAB)
arrested 3 accused in Rs 6.5
billion Modarba/Musharika
case on charges of corruption,
corrupt practices and cheating
public at large in the ploy of
Islamic mode of investment.
The arrested include Nazir
Ahmed, Muhammad Usama
Abbasi and Ibrahim Al
Shoraim, Directors of Mufti
Ehsan ul Haq, Fiazzi Group
of Industries.
During the Investigation, it has
transpired that the accused
persons in connivance with
each other induced public at
Bilawal in
shock after
Peshawar
attack
KARACHI,Pakistan Peoples
Party Chairman, Bilawal
Bhutto-Zardari, says he has
been in shock since T army
school which left 141 people
dead. nation and bring these
Islamic fundamentalists to
justice once and for all,” he
further said on the microblogging website.Online
Nation continues mourning
for Peshawar
attack
PESHAWAR:Nation is observing third day of mourning
on Friday to express solidarity with the victims of
Peshawar tragedy.National
flag is flying at half mast atop
buildings.Special prayers are
being offered in several cities
for those who lost their lives
in the barbaric attack. Candlelight vigils will also be held in
different cities and towns.
large to invest the amount in
their illegal Modarba/
Musharika business against
attractive profits and thus
looted the general public at
large.
NAB has filed six reference in
Modaraba/Musharika scam
and so far 26 accused persons
have been arrested in Modarba/
Musharika scam including
Mufti Ehsan-ul-Haq, Mufti
Ibrar-ul-Haq,
Hafiz
Muhammad Nawaz, Moeen
Aslam, Obaidullah, Mufti
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Sajjad
Ahmed, Asif Javed, Ghulam
Rasool Ayubi, Muhammad
Hussain Ahmed, Hamid
Nawaz, Muhammad Irfan,
Bilal Khan Bangash, Matiur
Rehman, Muhammad Numan
Qureshi, Syed Aksheed
Hussain, Muhammad Adil
Butt, Muhammad Saqib
,Umair Ahmed and Khan
Muhammad.
The Chairman NAB Qamar
Zaman Chaudhry has directed
NAB authorities to further
speed up their efforts vigorously for arrest of all the accused in this scam and recover
looted money from corrupts so
as to return it to its genuine
affectees.Online
Pakistan formally becomes Associate Member of CERN
ISLAMABAD,Pakistan has
formally become Associate
Member of the prestigious
European organization for
nuclear research, CERN.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect
was signed by Director-General CERN Dr. Rolf-Dieter
Heuer and Chairman Pakistan
Atomic Energy Commission
Dr. Ansar Parvez here on
Friday.He thanked DirectorGeneral CERN for recognizing efforts, hard work and capabilities of scientists, engineers and technicians of PAEC
and for allowing Pakistan to
become part of the unique and
leading institution of scientific
research.The Prime Minister
said it is testimony of the fact
that whenever provided an opportunity, people of Pakistan
are capable of standing upto
any international standard.
ship of CERN is not a goal but
a means to pursue, acquire and
achieve scientific and engineering knowledge and expertise.
Our people must use this op-
portunity to interact closely
with international community
and bring back ideas and expertise and raise scientific and
technological level of the
country.The Prime Minister
said his Government is committed to well being and prosperity of the people. Pakistan
is facing many challenges and
we have to work hard to eradicate poverty from the country
and raise living standards of
the people. He said this objective can be achieved only
through education and advancement in science and
technology.He expressed the
confidence that relationship
between Pakistan and CERN
would open new avenues for
our youth in science and Prime
Minister directed Chairman
PAEC to work closely with
High Education Commission
and the Ministry of Science
and Technology to develop a
comprehensive programme so
that our youth can derive maximum benefit out of this
opportunity.Online