[Pak-Media] My Exclusive Interview on Governance in Pakistan on DIN NEWS today

 

My exclusive interview on governance in Pakistan will Insha Allah be telecast TODAY around 7:30 pm in DIN News (Karachi Nama). You will hear facts and figures about cost of living, petroleum prices and electricity load-shedding that you may never have heard before. Pls do watch it and let me have your valued comments. There will Insha Allah be a series of exclusive interviews in the print and electronic media in the time ahead and your valued comments will help me improve my presentation. Thanks and regards.

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[Pak-Media] Burqa Ban in France sets a dangerous precedence.

 

The following article will appear in Huffington post in the morning- Mike Ghouse   Burqa Ban in France sets a dangerous precedence.   The ban takes France back into darkness when women were considered a Chattel, a property of men to be used any way they can.   Osama Bin Laden and his ilk force women at to wear the Burqa at gun point, where as the French President is forcing women not to wear it. Are women a play thing for these men?   Sustainable cultural change can come only though free will and not compulsion. I am not for Burqa and most Muslims are not either. But we have to defend the woman's right to wear what she chooses. We must uphold the liberties of people and not force women to do anything against their will; to make them wear the Burqa or force them not to wear. We have to be pro-choice.   Burqa is not a religious requirement but a cultural evolvement and is a part of the daily lives of nearly 5% of Muslims in France and about 20% across the globe.  You cannot ask a Nun to wear lesser garments or even those who are from conservative families to wear Bikinis on the beaches. An Indian woman visiting France will not and should not comply with the demands of the French dress code in public places. Is the French public drawing devious pleasure in reducing Muslim women to obey the laws under the guise of security? The world is silently witnessing evil in making. Aren't we ashamed of our silence during the Holocaust?  Sarkozy is setting a dangerous precedent in the world. What if other Nations decide to go back to medieval times in robbing the liberties of the people for their own games?   Women have come a long way forward to find freedom from primates and now, are we going to let Neanderthal Sarkozy reset the clock? Who is he to tell a woman what to eat, drink, wear and believe?   I hope all the French women wear Burqa one day to protect the liberties of the ones in danger. It is the wrong law to have passed and we cannot have such evil laws on our books.    First they came for Burqas and I did not care, I did not wear the Burqa; They came for Turbans and I did not care, I did not wear the Turban;   They came for the Kippa and I did not care, I was not Jewish;   The also came for the Cross and I did not care, I was not a Christian; Then the came for English and I did not care, I did not Speak English; Then the came for me and I Panicked There was no one for me.   To bring about any cultural change in a given society, it has to be done through free will, particularly if it is not hurting or affecting others. Women have been wearing Burqa in France for a very long time and they should continue to wear if that gives them a sense of comfort, it is even more important today given the prevalent prejudices; we should not aggravate but mitigate it to build a cohesive society.  Mike Ghouse is committed to liberty and building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. His work is indexed at www.MikeGhouse.net # # #   Mike Ghouse 2665 Villa Creek Dr, Suite 206 Dallas, TX 75234 USA (214) 325-1916 MikeGhouse@aol.com   Additional comments:   For women who are comfortable a certain way for ages, we just cannot walk in and "tell" them that it does not fit us and you need to change. There should be process of education but not enforcement. It is giving permission to other tyrants to be abusive to their minorities. Simply not acceptable - I am asserting that I am not for Burqa, it is not a religious requirement, but would not want any one to impose their ideas on others out of the blue.   The best ban would be ban on weapons and guns... terrorist use every which way they can to do the harm... what if the terrorists start wearing perfectly made masks that looks like Sara Palin, Hilary Clinton and others... you ban all women who are white and wear their hair the same way.... regulations is not the answer, change of our own attitudes in imposing regulations on others is the answer.   As I have said earlier some laws are downright wrong even if the majority approves it – California's proposition 5, Farmers Branch on illegal residents, medical care for illegal residents, no Jews in Nazi land... stoning women (Iran) chopping hands for thievery (Saudi Arabia), harassing Sikhs in Afghanistan (majority rule and the stupid laws)... Killing for blasphemy (Pakistan), Mayans cannot worship in public (Mexico)... Terrorism will continue regardless and we have to work in mitigating it and not aggravating it.   As civil societies we need to hold the temptations to be mobs in the name of democracy; I hope the French speak up, if not they will be equated with Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. That's what the oppressive right wingers want, not the French public, it is time for them to stand up and be counted as good humans that care for others.   Notes made on Facebook on my question about the issue, there are over 75 comments within a few hours. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/MikeGhouse/posts/10150578392510249   To join me on the facebook, please go to my 2nd facebook as the first one has crossed the 5000 friends limit – join me at:  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001262335435 --- Mike Ghouse is a frequent guest at the TV, radio and print media offering pluralistic solutions to issues of the day. He is a thinker, writer, speaker, optimist and an activist of Pluralism, Interfaith, Co-existence, Peace, Islam and India. He His work is reflected at three websites and 22 Blogs at http://www.mikeghouse.net/

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Journalists visits to Lahore

 

Dear Mr Jawed AoA

Thanks for your email and views,,,,First of all its none of your
business to ask why journalists were being called from karachi to
punjab. They travlled within Pakistan. I think you missed that
flight thats why it annoyed you.....MQM still a middle class party and
there was no luxury you might have seen there and no they were
provided normal accomodation not even 4 star hotel. We contribute
ourselves to MQM and there are thousands and thousands of supporters
of MQM who donates generously for our cause so dont worry for MQM and
be relaxed and have a great day and avoid such discriminatory and
derogatory remarks for MQM please to create confusion. However, fyi
MQM is the fastest growing Organisation in Pakistan and this kind of
attitude or -ve propaganda will mislead anyone and lastly Pakistan top
23 channels broadcasted live telephonic address of Mr Altaf Hussain
which is self explanatory. Pl. watch it again n then comments.

Allah Hafiz

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[Pak-Media] Disaappointing Performance of the FAPUASA

 

Dear friends/ groups:
 
The FAPUASA has not only failed to press on the constitutional provision of devolution of the HEC, it has also failed in pressing its demand that retired persons may not be appointed as vice chancellors.  In sheer violation of the FAPUASA resolutions as well as the Supreme Court directives, the Governor of Sindh/ Chancellor has continously been appointing retired, very old and ailing persons as Vice Chancellors in public universities of Sindh province.  One of the vice chancellors in Sindh is above 80 years of age.  The others are in mid seventies and late sixties.  At one university (Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam), full administration comprises of retired persons appointed by the Governor/ Chancellor on tenure and contract basis.  This includes the Vice Chancellor; the Pro- Vice Chancellor, the Registrar, the Director of Research, the Director of Student Affairs, the Director of Finance and the Resident Auditor.
 
It is very sad to note that in the recent elections of FAPUASA, some very dogmatic persons who are known to be sychphants of all sitting vice chancellors have been elected as representatives of Sindh province.  This shows that the academic staff is now being represented by reactionary forces.  It used to be a progressive group only about 5 years ago.  This also indicates the impact of the HEC which has directly promoted centralization of powers, violation of autonomy of universities and their syndicates, doling out money for aimless research and brick & water, corruption and indifference of Governor and provinces towards the quality of higher education. It is time that the FAPUASA took cognizance of its real role and responsibilities.  Thanks. 

Dr. Rajab Ali Memon

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Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

 

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Subject: (SPN) Why Islamabad and Punjab are against the devolution of HEC?

Dear All, Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff (FAPUASA) held its two day annual meeting on April-9-10, 2011 and discussed the devolution of HEC. According to Dawn, ".. the federation had failed to take a firm stand so far because its Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan chapters were in favour of HEC`s devolution, while Punjab, AJK and Islamabad had opposed the move. Therefore, its office-bearers had decided to wait for the Supreme Court`s ruling" (http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/11/prime-minister-has-shelved-hec-devolution-for-now.html ). Though I am not aware of the bylaws of FAPUASA but it seems an open breach of the democratic rights of its three constituent chapters (Sindh, KP, Balochistan) whose voices are subdued by its single chapter and its territories (Islamabad and Kashmir). Instead of supporting the voice of three chapters, the FAPUASA has given weightage and honor to an appeal that is against the very wishes of the three provinces!This act is by no means acceptable to us and we the faculty members of these three provinces demand an official apology from FAPUASA along with declaration of strong support for the devolution of HEC with immediate effect. We are aware of the very history of our country and we know it very well why Islamabadi and Punjabi academicians are against the devolution! Some facts and figures are presented bellow as an evidence that shows how HEC is more beneficial for Islamabad and Punjab. Please stop glorifying and defending this organization and don't make hurdles in the implementation of the constitution of our country! Thank you. Dr Azhar A. Shah University of Sindh Facts and Figures: Please compare the increase in the number of public sector universities in Islamabad and Punjab with that of Sindh! Area Before HEC After HEC Azad Jammu and Kashmir 1 2 Balochistan 2 6 Islambad 8 14 NWFP 8 13 Punjab 12 21 Sindh 10 13 Source1: Before HEC: http://www.hec.gov.pk/MediaPublication/HECPublication/Documents/Task Force on Improvement of Higher Education in Pakistan – Report.pdf Source 2: After HEC: http://app.hec.gov.pk/UniversityFinal2/RegionUniversity.aspx 2): Just for a sample please look at the the origin of scholarship holders at: http://www.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/HRD/Scholarships/ForeignScholarships/ISSIP/Pages/results_16_meeting.aspx 3) To see the performance of HEC please read and listen to Prof Q Isa Daudpota: "HEC & Parliamentarians with Fake Degrees. HEC failed to reveal the truth on its website" The man in the turquoise kurta pin-points the failure of the HEC to come clean on the fake degree issue.  All that HEC needed to do was to show on its website the names of  (a) parliamentarians whose degrees were fake, (b) of others who had submitted incomplete documentation, i.e. only photocopies, etc, and finally (c) many who did not provide any documentation. Javed Laghari, the current HEC chairman was repeatedly requested to do this. The current controversy about HEC's devolution should not be confused with the disappointing lack of intellectual integrity of the institution. When it came to the crunch its quality assurance task clearly became subservient to a desire to appease the government and politicians.  This lack of intellectual integrity also affected Atta ur Rahman, former HEC chairman, who closed his eyes to important individuals (with fake degrees) and chartered universities (distributing fake degrees). Most heads of our institutions will much rather save their jobs than ensure that their institution works fearlessly to maintain high quality within and in associated institutions. Video: Fake Degrees - What Pakistan's State Institutions Should Do ... AH Nayyar (in Urdu) and Q. Isa Daudpota (largely in Sindhi) discuss with Mohsin Babbar the current crisis of fake degrees - 77168861; HEC Devolution: ... www.allvoices.com/.../77168861-fake-degrees---what-pakista... 4): Just to see a glimpse of some scandals at HEC please read: ISLAMABAD (Online) - The irregularities in the process of recruitment and awarding scholarships to students in Higher Education Commission (HEC) have been disclosed. According to sources, salaries worth of million of rupees were paid to 10 employees including Executive Director of HEC, Dr. Sohail Naqvi without getting the approval of their appointment on special scale. HEC has awarded more scholarships to students of private universities by ignoring students of govt's universities, the report also disclosed According to report presented to NA Standing Committee for Education, HEC did not get the approval from the Prime Minister as according to rules and regulations of HEC, approval on the appointment of officials on special scale is needed from PM Secretary Establishment and Finance Secretary. The report also disclosed that scholarships were awarded on the basis of favoritism. The commission also spent million of rupees on the foreign visits of high officials of the commission. source: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Islamabad/31-May-2010/Irregularities-unearthed-in-HEC-process-of-recruitment   kind regards Dr. Azhar A. Shah, Computer Scientist-cum-Technologist, Academician & Social Critic  Please be kind to our planet - only print emails when absolutely necessary -- thank you! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Truth and love must prevail over lies and hate." The struggle against oppression is a struggle of memory against forgetting. [ Vaclav Havel ]

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[Pak-Media] Opinion Maker Some selected articles 04/13/11

 

Libya: All About Oil

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Ellen Brown.

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By Ellen Brown:
If the Gaddafi government goes down, it will be interesting to watch whether the new central bank joins the BIS, whether the nationalized oil industry gets sold off to investors, and whether education and health care continue to be free.

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Libya: Jihadees are Coming!!

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Gen Aslam Beg.

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By General Mirza Aslam Beg:
The 'Unholy Alliance' of the West, launched the 'Crusade' against Gaddafi in support of the rebels, but is having cold feet now, realising that, the Jehadees from the neighbouring countries are entering Libya, in support of Gaddafi.

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Unit and Yield

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Bakhtiar Hakeem.

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Col Bakhtiar Hakeem:
The time would flow. It would keep moving on, as it did always, whether mankind had watches to measure it or otherwise. You are a unit, created by Him; sent here for some job, task or mission and to return to Him. The tenure in this world is not known. It has never been known. Jesus Christ was here for some thirty plus; Churchill for ninety and Noah's prophet hood went on for nine hundred and fifty years.

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Arabs Striving!

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Dr Mahboob A Khawaja.

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By Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D:
"The prosperity fantasy bubble is fast approaching to an end with the peak oil forecasts as a visual reality in- waiting. Power, prosperity and poverty are all trials in human affairs and transitory phenomenon. Was the discovery of oil a conspiracy ("fitna") for the Arabs to change the originality of their thinking, beliefs, values and passion for Islam as successful system of human life?"

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Libya: America Considering the use of Nuclear Weapons! Part 2

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Editor.

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By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky:
The Pentagon claims that "mini-nukes" are harmless to civilians because "the explosion takes place under ground". Not only is the claim of an underground explosion erroneous, each of these 'mini-nukes', constitutes – in terms of explosion and potential radioactive fallout – a significant fraction of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945….

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Myopic US démarche

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by S M Hali.

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By S. M. Hali:
Pakistan has paid high price in the war on terrorism (WoT). Unfortunately Pakistan's efforts and sacrifices have not been fully recognized by Western media, think tanks and other stake holders like USA/EU, instead anti Pakistan propaganda has been aired to tarnish the image of Pakistan, its armed forces and intelligence agencies. In Mao's words, "wind blows against Pakistan from all sides" and now even the White House has jumped in the fray.

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The Siege of Pakistan Continues

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Sajjad Shaukat.

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By Sajjad Shaukat In the past, conventional forces used to besiege an enemy country in order to defeat it or to fulfill their strategic aims. But in the modern era of globalization and technology, a rival country can be besieged through some different tactics which include various subversive acts conducted in that country by a [...]

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[Pak-Media] PC RECEIVES EOIs FROM FOUR CONSORTIA FOR FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES FOR OGDCL EXCHANGEABLE BONDS TRANSACTION

 

 

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PC RECEIVES EOIs FROM FOUR CONSORTIA FOR FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES FOR OGDCL EXCHANGEABLE BONDS TRANSACTION

Islamabad, April 13, 2011

In response to the Privatisation Commission's (PC) invitation to Financial Advisory Consortia for the issuance of OGDCL Exchangeable Bonds for Expression of Interest (EOI) for issuance of Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL)'s Exchangeable Bonds by monetizing up to 10 % of Government of Pakistan (GoP) shareholding (up to 430,000,000 shares) in OGDCL (Transactions), the PC has received EOIs along with non-refundable processing fee of US $ 10,000/= each from four (4) consortia, which include 1. Bank of America/ Merrill Lynch, Barclays Bank, SCB, and KASB, 2. HSBC, BNP PARIBAS, UBS, NIB, and NBP, 3. Citibank, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, and BMA 4. Nomura, Deutsche Bank, and Silk Bank. The consortia that have submitted their EOIs are being issued Request for Proposal (RFP) package for inviting Technical and Financial proposals. The last date for the submission of the Technical & Financial proposals will be informed later.

             OGDCL is the largest petroleum exploration, production and development company in Pakistan, listed on all three Stock Exchanges in Pakistan as well as on London Stock Exchange.

In 2003, Government of Pakistan ("GoP") divested 4.98% of OGDCL shares via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) followed by Secondary Offering (SO) of 9.5% shares in the form of Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") at London Stock Exchange and simultaneous Secondary Public Offering (SPO) of 0.5% to the general public in 2006. GoP further divested its OGDCL shares via the Benazir Employee Stock Option Scheme (BESOS) where unit certificates equivalent to (10.2% shares) were distributed among the company employees free of cost for empowerment of the workers. Presently, GoP holds 74.82% of OGDCL shares and plans to monetize up to 10% OGDCL shares by means of an issuance of Exchangeable Bond to international institutional investors ("Transaction"), jointly administered by the Privatisation Commission and the Finance Division.

 The Transaction will be jointly led by at least 2 (two) international Bookrunners who have recognized equity linked sales, distribution, and underwriting capabilities and demonstrable track record of successfully managing such issuances. The FAC will preferably include a local financial institution as part of the consortium. The Interested Parties were asked to demonstrate post issuance backup capabilities and provide after listing performance of the recent equity linked instruments successfully listed by them.

The potential parties were asked to send their EOIs containing, in no more than 15 pages, a statement of technical qualification comprising experience of equity linked underwriting strength, distribution capabilities, presence and commitment to Pakistan, knowledge of the Oil & Gas Industry and OGDCL, advisory to emerging market entities for international listings, and competence and commitment of the team.
 

TAHIR PARWAZ
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Government of Pakistan, 5-A, EAC Building
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[Pak-Media] Government and humanitarian community unveil early recovery plan

 

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Government and humanitarian community unveil early recovery plan

Housing and agriculture to be given priority

 

Islamabad, April 13, 2011: As Pakistan's response to the floods of July 2010 moves from relief  to early recovery, the focus of assistance will be towards rebuilding livelihoods, rehabilitating basic and critical physical infrastructure, restoring health, education and water and sanitation services  while targeting the most vulnerable and marginalized across the flood-affected districts. Approximately 20 million people and an area of 100,000 sq km was adversely affected with 1.6 million houses damaged/destroyed in last year's floods.

 

At the conclusion of the relief phase in most of the flood-affected areas in January this year, with residual relief also coming to an end on 15^th April in 5 districts of Sindh and Balochistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the UN and other development partners established an Early Recovery Working Group (ERWG) which is jointly chaired by NDMA and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and will coordinate Early Recovery(ER) with a focus on 29 most-affected districts till end December.

 

Chairman NDMA Lt. General (Retd.) Nadeem Ahmed and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Timo Pakkala unveiled the Strategic Early Recovery Action Plan today emphasizing that it aims to address a critical gap and smooth transition in coverage between humanitarian relief and long-term recovery—between reliance and self-sufficiency. 

 

The Plan constitutes 8 key sectoral and 4 thematic working groups. These include Food and Agriculture, Health and Nutrition, Education, Water and Sanitation, Housing, Governance, Non-Farm Livelihoods, and Community Infrastructure. The 4 thematic groups will ensure that Environment, Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction and Gender considerations are mainstreamed across the main sectors.

 

The mapping and gap analysis for ER shows that the overall needs of the affected population stand in excess of US$ 1 billion of which 40 % has been realized. The ERWG, however, has prioritized the needs of the most vulnerable and the funding gap for responding to these critical needs is US $ 610.353 million.

 

Chairman NDMA, Lt. General (Retd.) Nadeem Ahmed said, 'the gap analysis and planned activities in this Plan remain within the range of the Revised Pakistan Floods Relief and Early Recovery Response Plan and highlights critical needs.  The remaining funds from the relief phase must be redirected to prioritized ER sectors to enable the affected communities to rebuild their lives'.

 

"The transition from relief to long-term recovery is a major challenge for any post-crisis country. This Plan is a collaborative effort of the government and the Humanitarian Community to bridge this gap and it is critical that the international community supports this effort both technically and financially' said Timo Pakkala, Humanitarian Coordinator''.

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Mehreen Saeed Communications Analyst United Nations Development Programme 4rth Floor, Serena Office Complex Islamabad, Pakistan Tel.: (92-51) 8355650 Fax: (92-51) 2655014-15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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