پاکستان سے ہر سال کھربوں ڈالرز کی منشیات بیرون  ممالک اسمگل ہو رہی ھے۔ جس میں پاکستانی انسداد منشیات فورس اور کسٹم حکام کےبھی ملوث ہونے کا انکشاف ہوا ھے۔ ایک سروے رپورٹ کے مطابق گزشتہ سال 2011 کے دوران برونائی، ملیشیاء، تھائی لینڈ اور سنگاپور کی سیکورٹی فورسسز نے سینکڑوں ایسے پاکستانی گرفتار کیئے ھیں جو پچھلے دروازے سے پیسہ کمانے کے چکر میں منشیات سمیت ان ممالک میں گرفتار ھوئے ھیں، جن میں کئی غیر ملکی افراد بھی ملوث ھیں جو پاکستان سے ان ممالک کو اسمگلنگ کرنے آئے تھے، دوران تفتیش ان گرفتار افراد نے پاکستانی انٹی نارکاٹیکس فورس اور کسٹم کے کئی افسروں کے نام بھی بتائے ھیں، جو پاکستانی ایئرپورٹس اور بندرگاھوں سے منشیات کلیئر کر دیتے ھیں،  جس کے بعد ان ممالک کی حکومتوں نے یو این او ڈی سی سمیت پاکستانی حکام کو بھی ان افراد کے ملوث ہونے کے متعلق فہرستیں بھجوائی ھیں، اس وقت تھائی لینڈ کی جیلوں میں 39 پاکستانی منشیات اسمگلنگ کے الزام میں گرفتار ھیںبرونائی میں 6 پاکستانی، ملیشیاء میں 87 اور سنگاپور کی جیلوں میں 23 پاکستانی منشیات اسمگلنگ کے الزام میں بند پڑے ھیں، جن میں کئی افراد کو موت کی سزائیں بھی سنائی جا چکی ھیں، جبکہ سینکڑوں پاکستانی منشیات پار کرنے میں کامیاب بھی ھو چکے ھیں، اس دھندے میں ملوث ہونے پر ان ممالک کے شہری بھی گرفتار ہوئے ھیں، گزشتہ سال ٢٠١١ کے دوران ان ممالک میں ١٩ کھرب پاکستانی روپے تک کی منشیات پکڑی جا چکی ھے۔ جبکہ اس مالیت سے زائد کیمنشیات اسمگلررز پار کرنے میں کامیاب ہو چکے ھیں، ان ممالک کی جانب سے کئی بار پاکستان سے منشیات سپلائی کرنے والے ٹاپ اسمگلروں کی فہرستیں پاکستانی حکام کو بمعہ ثبوت ارسال کی جا چکی ھیں مگر ملی بھگت ھونے کی وجہ سے پاکستانی حکام نے ابھی تک کوئی کاروائی عمل میں نہیں لائی۔

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Cotton Trade:
Govt intervention not to benefit growers but hoarders
Cash grant, power bill waiver can support cultivators

Islamabad: [Jan 03]
The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Tuesday said expected intervention of the government in the cotton market to stabilise prices will not benefit small growers but hoarders.

Planning Commission has already termed interference against the free market mechanism while Ministry of Finance has expressed its inability to provide funds to Trading Corporation for procurement.

The Prime Minister has not directed the TCP to buy cotton but asked for a detailed report after which different ministries are preparing a paper to be presented in the Economic Coordination Council on Jan 05, said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President of the PEW.

He said that government should not fall in the trap and consider direct cash grant or waiving electricity bills, abiana etc. to save the growers from any significant economic loss.

Dr. Murtaza Mughal said that textile ministry should not rely on the statistics provided by ginners but also seek feedback from provinces of Punjab and Sindh.

He said that participation of representatives of growers and that of provinces should be ensure in the meetings.

According to the statistics provided by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association total production of cotton bales stands at 12598000 while 11036018 have been arrived at ginning factories, 10453017 have been pressed while 9013925 have been sold.

Ginners claim that they have 2022093 bales of unused cotton that needs to be verified through independent sources, Dr. Mughal added.

He said that only 1561982 bales are outside the market for which an intervention can be wastage of resources.

It may be mentioned that The Karachi Cotton Association, APTMA, and sections of the cotton economy have expressed reservations over intervention which has remained counterproductive in some neighbouring countries.


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GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS & MOTORWAY POLICE
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                                                                                     Islamabad, the 2nd January , 2012

PRESS RELEASE

¨                             SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER IN NH&MP WOULD BE COMPLTED ON PRIORITY BASIS.

¨                             MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS WILL FULLY SUPPORT IN            PROVIDING LATEST TECHNICAL FACILITIES TO MOTORWAY       POLICE.


 (Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan, Federal Minister for Communications)

            The Federal Minister for Communications Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan has said that shortage of manpower in National Highways & Motorway Police would be completed on priority basis so that it could meet the future challenges.  He said that Ministry of Communication will fully support and cooperate with NH&MP to provide all type of facilities because it is only department which can be compared at international for a by way of professionalism and performance.  He delivered these words while chairing a high level meeting in the Headquarters of NH&MP at Islamabad  which was also attended by the JS Communications Mathar Niaz Rana, IG NH&MP Wajid Ali Khan Durrani, DIG HQ Shahid Yar Khan and AIG(Establishment) Ashfaq Ahmed Khan.  During briefing, the Minister for Communications was apprised that there is shortage of 1053 posts of different ranks in NH&MP which are essential to meet the challenges faced by this office.  Wajid Ali Khan Durrani informed that with the passage of time different sections were made being a new department and all the duties are performed by the existing staff due to which officers could not avail even their monthly rests in time.  The Minister was also apprised that the summary Hassan Abdal – Mansehra Expressway and Karachi – Quetta road for sanction of manpower and funds have been sent to the ministry but the approval has not been received as yet.  The Minister for Communications Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan assured the IG NH&MP to resolve these issues as early as possible.  He said that due to Motorway Police the communications tools become more faster and it is playing very important role in strengthening the economic activities in the country.  The Minister added that 95% Goods Traffic is being controlled by NH&MP but to meet the future challenges, the NH&MP must equip itself on purely scientific lines, as international traffic would also be allowed to run through Pakistan in near future.  At that time, to provide the complete flow in traffic and accident free environment would be a challenge for NH&MP.  The Minister also said that NH&MP should also send a summary for sanction of manpower and funds for Lower Topa – Muzzafarabad as Murree Expressway is going to be enhanced upto Muzzaffarabad.  He said that now it has been made compulsory for every new project of NHA to include the all requirements of NH&MP.  The directed that ministry to make efforts to fill the shortage of manpower in NH&MP.   



                (M. JAVED CHAUDHARY)
PRO to Minister for Communications/NH&MP




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Merit of Two Kashmiri Messages

Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Our leaders did not consider it worthwhile to give a message embedding an agenda of hope to the people of the State living on either side of cease fire line (LOC) and abroad.
On the contrary two leaders Hurriyat (M) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik decided to address the Governments of India and United States of America on two different issues. It is important to examine the merits of these two political statements. Hurriyat leadership has complained that there is a confusion in the Indian establishment on dialogue and has quoted the role of Army which is overbearing on the question of the removal of AFSPA in Kashmir. If Indian army is an impediment in any dialogue, our leaders should examine the role of Indian security forces under the agreement between the Government of J & K and the Government of India. It could examine UN SC stipulations on the presence, number, behaviour and location of these forces.
Dialogue is the civilized instrument developed over the centuries to settle disputes among various communities and various countries. India and Pakistan continue to talk and conduct intra-State business. They carry out other duties obliged under UN Charter as member nations of UN. Pakistan has taken upon an additional responsibility to give moral, political and diplomatic support. Kashmiri leadership would remain accountable for the manner in which they have used this support in the best interests of their people. Elements at various levels in the Government of Pakistan who have controlled this hype of moral, political and diplomatic support have an associate responsibility to account for any success or loss.
The net result is that we have made very little or no progress. On the contrary Kashmiri struggle has lost nerve and before the end of the year it has been incriminated in USA, which is a serious setback. Our leaders in Kashmir have no clue that they have killed the right of self-determination for some time to come. The numerical death of a generation would translate as a deficit into any future determination. Our leaders have to be very honest and understanding to accept that at this point they have been unintentionally or intentionally doing the Indian or Pakistani bidding in a dialogue and have failed to discipline themselves to represent the case of the people of Kashmir.
The first and foremost should have been to be clear headed on issues that need to be taken with India and Pakistan individually and other issues that need to be discussed trilaterally. A trilateral discussion is misdirection of wisdom because it does not address the question of J & K, AJK, Gilgit and Baltistan, 2.5 million Kashmiri refugees and the Kashmiri Diaspora. Demand for a trilateral discussion right in the beginning is to derail the process of a discussion. Kashmiri leadership has to conduct bilateral dialogue with India and Pakistan and prepare to move into a trilateral stage.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has stated "We are not against dialogue and are ready for meaningful tripartite talks. But talks shouldn't be held for the sake of talks. It should be result oriented process. Dialogue process till now failed because India was never serious in talks. We had given some proposals to New Delhi last time but no forward movement was made," He needs all support and guidance on his desire to advance the process of dialogue. Unfortunately the Kashmiri political wisdom does not add up to a valid desire. A common man would be asking many questions around any discussion with India and Pakistan. The first would be the responsibility of the death of a generation and the second the unprecedented suffering never witnessed from 1846 until 1990.
The desire for a tripartite dialogue does not have a merit. We may be accused of playing to a non-Kashmiri dulcimer by making this demand. India has a case at the UN and it has to be challenged in accordance with the pledge that it has made in its presentation at the UN Security Council. Pakistan has assumed responsibilities in AJK under UNCIP resolution and in fact has not conducted itself in accordance with the obligations under UNCIP resolutions. The claim that Hurriyat has given any 'proposals' to Government of India does not carry any weight because there has never been any debate on the basics of these proposals. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and his senior associates have to admit that not all or no constituent in the alliance has any reliable understanding of the Kashmir case and could not be assuredly trusted to enter into a dialogue with the Government of India at any level.
JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik addressing a seminar "Diplomatic Front of Kashmir Struggle and Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai" has said that US will lose its "constituency" in Kashmir and create "anti-America sentiment" in the valley if it continues to detain the Kashmir American Council (KAC) director. He has asked US Government to go lenient on Fai. The effort of JKLF prima facie is commendable but it has its own problems. Fai is a State Subject and on this account there could be no two opinions that his situation needs to be considered not only by JKLF but by all other political parties, Kashmiri Governments and every citizen of Kashmir.
To begin with such seminars and the names that have featured at this seminar (mostly known regulars) would not make any impact on the Government or the judicial system of USA. Fai of course is a decent human being but it does not mean that as one of the three Directors of Kashmir Centres he has conducted himself to a major extent independently in the best interests of the jurisprudence of Kashmir case. The affidavit filed in his case has accused him of carrying an 80% non-Kashmiri brief. Acting as an escort for any Valley or other leader in USA has been part of his employment and it does not make him a 'peace maker'. It is not helpful to note that according to court documents, the KAC was secretly funded by officials employed by the government of Pakistan, including the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI). At the same time Kashmiri leaders who Fai had been instructed to escort and facilitate in USA or elsewhere have equally offered their heads to the fall of 'American Hammer' in the future.
There is good news that US Government in exchange of a 'bargain' with Fai has dropped the serious charge 'Conspiracy to act as an unlawful agent of a foreign government. He has now been charged on two counts, namely, (1) falsify, conceal and cover up material facts and (2) defraud the Treasury Department. He has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax violations in connection with a decades-long scheme to conceal the transfer of at least $3.5 million from the government of Pakistan to fund his lobbying efforts in America related to Kashmir.
As part of his plea agreement, Fai has agreed to forfeit his interest in $142,851.32 seized by the government in July 2011. After the please bargain Fai faces a maximum potential sentence of five years in prison for the conspiracy count and a maximum three years in prison for the tax violation. Judge O'Grady has set sentencing for March 9, 2012.
On 7 December 2011 Fai admitted that, from 1990 until about July 18, 2011, he conspired with others to obtain money from officials employed by the government of Pakistan, including the ISI, for the operation of the KAC in the United States, and that he did so outside the knowledge of the U.S. government and without attracting the attention of law enforcement and regulatory authorities.
There is no denying the fact that Kashmiris need finances to advance their Rights Movement. These funds could have been obtained from the Government of Pakistan as part of its duty under UNCIP resolution and from any other member nation of the UN (including India). The litmus test for this financial support should have been all inclusive and the best interests of the people of Kashmir.
Author is London based Secretary General of JKCHR – NGO in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations and can be mailed at dr-nazirgilani@jkchr.com



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Uthman Khel Tribe demands separate Identity
Sunday  Jan 02
Kot, Malakand,
A grand Jirga of Uthman Khel tribe on Monday demanded a separate division or agency so that more than one million people belonging to this tribe can progress.
The Jirga, held at village Kot comprised more than 500 notables observed that presently, Uthman Khel tribe is scattered in Bajaur, Dir, Malakand and Mohmand Agency which is impeding their growth.
At the occasion, ex-chairman Kot, Haji Muhammad Akbar, Mr. Ghaniur-Rehman and other notables along with their hundreds of supporters joined Uthmankhel Qaumi Movement (UQM).
Speaking on the occasion Akbar said that despite our loyalty we are deprived of development and basic necessities like electricity and gas.
Jameel Shah highlighted the agonies of the tribe and called upon tribal elders to contest the upcoming elections under the banner of UQM.
President of UQM, Haji Shah Wali Khan said that feudal lords are conspiring to keep our people deprived of education so that this area is infested with unemployed youth, a pre-condition of lawlessness and radical thoughts.
Demanding full-scale development in the area he advised the local administration not to ignore the strength and commitment of the UQM in dealing with local problems.
 Famous poet, Kamran of Charsadda demanded an Uthmankhel road from Bajaur leading directly to Peshawar so that the tribe can take part in economic activities.
Retired DSP, Zohrab Gul criticized the MNAs and MPAs of FATA and Malakand for not doing any worth-mentioning project for the development.
 At the end, Fasihuddin, the Patron-in-Chief of the tribe, urged unity and fight against all kinds of social evils like drugs, kidnapping, theft and radical thoughts.
Only unity and education can put you on the right track, he underlined. ---Ends.
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Fasihuddin,
Patron-in-Chief ,
Uthman Khel Tribe,
0313-5954055
fasih68@hotmail.com  

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