Will the new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, known as Raja Rental, will last for more than a month ?
Dear Media Colleagues,
MEDIA ADVISORY
Change in the global status quo regarding the use, production and health consequences in illicit drugs:
Launch of World Drug Report 2012
At National Library Auditorium, 25th June 2012 at 11:00 hours
United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime’s is launching the World Drug Report 2011 at 11:00 on 25 June 2012 at the National Library Auditorium, Islamabad. This event will include a presentation focusing on drug challenges in Pakistan. Mr. Javed Iqbal, Secretary Ministry of Narcotics Control and Major General Malik Zafar Iqbal, Director General Anti Narcotics Force will be participating.
The World Drug Report provides an overview of recent trends and the drug situation in terms of production, trafficking, consumption and the consequences of illicit drug use in terms of treatment, drug-related diseases and drug-related deaths.
It also presents a long-term perspective on the characteristics and evolution of the drug problem and the main factors that shaped it. It discusses the main characteristics of the contemporary drug problem, followed by an overview of the shifts observed over last few decades, before concluding with an analysis of the driving factors that shaped the evolution of the drug problem, including a brief outlook for its likely future direction.
We cordially invite you to attend the launch of Report at National Library Auditorium, Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat, Behind Prime Minister Secretariat, Islamabad on Monday 25th June 2012 at 10:45 hrs. Launch is followed by Hi-Tea.
Riz
Best Regards
Rizwana Asad (Ms.), Communication Officer
Country Office Pakistan
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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Impossible is not a fact, only an opinion
Kind Attention
Editors/Resident Editors/Bureau Chiefs and Reporters
Dear Sir or Madam
United Nations Industrial development Organisation (UNIDO) is holding
a 2-day exhibition titled "Women in Creative Industry" on June 23-24 at
Sarena Business Complex, Islamabad.
The aim of the expo is women empowerment. You are most welcome to participate
in the event. Those who want to participate should kindly provide their names to the
staff of UNIDO mentioned below as the hotel management allows
only those in the Business Complex whom names are provided to them in advance.
They sometimes also want to check ID cards.
Regards,
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UNIDO Contacts
Fazian Saeed, Cell: 0332-5201365. Office: 051-8354820. F.Saeed@unido.org
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Feets of Clay – The CJ, The Supreme Court, Arsalan and Malik Riaz……all stand unrobed in this "Animal Farm"
Like most people, I also fell under the spell that the CJ and his team (cronies some would call them) is the last "bastion" of a free and honest Pakistan, as we did when that other joker, Pervez Musharraf took over and we all thought…ahhh our savior at last…….and now with every Tom, Dick, Harry, Haider, and Shakeel coming to the CJ and the "judiciary's defense…..and heavens would fall if anyone even dared question his integrity or his actions.
Well frankly speaking I don't care a fig for these Tom's Dick's Harry's, Haider's and Shakeel's.
The CJ and the two judges who passed judgment in the Arsalan case came out smelling bad…real bad…a smell that reeks of nepotism, favoritism, and high stakes punt…so here are a couple of stupid thoughts which crossed my mind..
1. Arsalan was a third rate student and clearly a third rate person, and thanks to his father admitted into a medical college, then again, thanks to his father inducted into the police force, then again thanks to his father, inducted into the FIA and ……
a. deduction number one……a rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree which bore it
2. How on earth could a person, like the CJ with the kind of "super nose" for corruption, wrong doing and "super eyes" to see all that is wrong in this Holy land, fail to see the rapid rise of his son, his wealth, his doings and all that. It insults ones intelligence that a person as well tuned as the CJ about what's happening in Pakistan did not know what his son was up to …..that little twit had his charo ungleea ghee may or sir karahi may…..while, as the CJ's supporters say, poor dad was working 18 hours a day saving the nation and didn't have time to see what his son what upto.…..what a load of bull……tell that to my cat. He knew and he looked away
a. ….deduction number 2…the CJ knew….turned a deliberate blind eye perhaps for biological reasons and not financial gain I will admit..but he Sir is Guilty as anybody for acts of omission in not reining in this despicable character who is his son….
3. Why would the two person judge hand over investigation to the Government, knowing fully well that the other party, Malik Riaz, is "the government" so wink wink, if you investigate my dear Mr. AG your man gets cooked with my son…so do what you know best….deduction number three….a high risk gambit…likely to succeed…as no real investigation will be forthcoming…hope I'm wrong…one would have expected a no nonsense enquiry commission comprised of retired judges of impeccable character to investigate with the same vengeance as other issues, since the entire fabric of the Superior Judiciary has been tainted….but no…they pussy foot and "hand over the case" to the government to take whatever steps necessary…..and being hailed as amongst the greatest judicial judgments since God knows when.
As you all know I own no houses ( not even one) no plots (not one) no bank balances (my bankers pray for me) and run a small business consultancy here in the UAE. I hate the PPP, I have never met Malik Riaz, but I think the man has some guts, even though he is a crook. I am not social reformer nor a political activist…but I do hate blatant hypocrisy, (small hypocrisy we all have and I am guilty of it as well) but coming especially from people who pretend to be public defenders, with feets of clay and use their trust to cheat a society and use it to serve their own interests. Malik Riaz is a crook, and right at the top of the totem pole, but he does what every businessperson in Pakistan does, bribe and buy his way to success…why should this surprise anybody…most of us know how many of our friends, family and colleagues are bought and sold ever yday and or buy and sell "values, ethics, principles and morality" everyday for the sake of our business and vested interests.
But The CJ is another case altogether….he and his institution has the trust and faith of this hapless people and miserable society who hope and pray for a Messiah to somehow get us out of this mess..and many still see him as that Messiah…
…BUT when his son comes along merrily, wining, merrymaking, seeking and getting largesse from the likes of Malik Riaz, allegedly for a favorable verdict, and as the proverbial mess hits the fan…..look what the CJ does…..tucks his tail and walks away and leasves it to his two fellow judges to clean up the mess…very adroitly.
I hope I'm wrong for the sake of Pakistan and its poor miserable exploited wretched masses…but I think it's a very very sad day and another illusion bites the dust……..
Saeed Qureshi on Hussain Nisar TAKING MONEY FROM BAHRIA ( I DON'T KNOW EITHER GENTLEMAN)
This is an unfair comment by Saeed saheb. The list is obviously cooked up. Bahria account details, Bank branch, bank name, date, swift code and dates mean nothing. These details have been placed merely to make it "look" official.
Here's an example how it can be cooked up with Saeed saheb's name, with apologies, not that he took the money and the plot but just to illustrate how easily this can be done. I have added the date to make it look even more "real"
Name: Saeed Qureshi
Amount: 2 crores and 2 Kanal Plot in Bahria Town, Rawalpindi
Date: 18 June 2012
Account Title: Bahrai Town (pvt) Limited
Account Number; 42279-2
Bank: Habib Banl Limited, LDA Plaza Branch, Code 1315
SWIFT CODE: HABBPKKAX315
What would have lent some credence to the allegation was if the recipients account number, bank and branch had been also mentioned, in the above example Saeed Qureshi's account number, bank and branch or any other recipient who is on that list. Then a forensic investigation of the recipient's account ( Saeed Qureshi's) done to establish that money was transferred from Bahria to him or Hassan Nisar or anybody else on that list and then investigated to ensure that it was a legal or illegal transfer etc. it is then that one can state a perspective that there was / is something "fishy".
I don't know Hassan Nisar at all. Personally I don't like his style and think that he is arrogant, pompous and full of himself – BUT that doesn't mean that he is a crook. And I don't think he is.
It seems highly unlikely that anyone as intelligent as Hassan Nisar or Saeed saheb, himself, would be so asininely stupid to accept as a bribe, a wire transfer from a Bahria Account directly into his own in full public view. Saeed saheb doesn't know the shenanigans of people who take illegal gratification, and frankly and thank GOD neither do I, but they would certainly not do so full public view where even a novice can trace the transaction.
Saeed saheb has made a grave error of pre-judgement and coming from him is extremely disappointing. Till the evidence comes forth we need to hold our horses, judgment and not play judge, jury, investigator and executioner.
Not expected such a diatribe from Saeed saheb.
With apologies to him.
Haider Mehdi
Media Advisory
World Refugee Day 2012
Date: June 20, 2012
Time: 1000 – 1100
Venue: Sheesh Mahal III, Serena Hotel, Islamabad
Please join UNHCR in marking World Refugee Day tomorrow, June 20th, at 10am at the Serena hotel in Islamabad. The chief guest is the Honorable Minister for States and Frontier Regions, Engineer Shaukat Ullah Khan. Other speakers will include a former refugee who lived in Pakistan for 28 years before returning home. He will share his experiences on settling back in Afghanistan.
Pakistan is home to one of the longest-running refugee situations in the world. Since the early 1980's, the country has hosted millions of Afghan refugees. Though more than five million have returned home since 2002, 1.7 million Afghan refugees continue to reside in Pakistan.
For additional information please contact:
Tim Irwin: 0300 815 3692
Dunya Aslam Khan: 0300 501 7939
Qaiser Khan Afridi: 0300 501 8696
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Federal Board Of Revenue Facilitation & Taxpayer Education (FATE) Wing
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Islamabad: June 19, 2012
PRESS RELEASE
FBR EXTENDS DATE FOR FILING OF SALES TAX/FEDERAL EXCISE RETURN AND PAYMENT OF TAXES/DUTY THEREON FOR THE PERIOD MAY, 2012
Federal Board of Revenue is pleased to extend the date for filing of Sales Tax/Federal Excise Return and payment of Taxes/Duty thereon up to 25th June, 2012, for the tax period May, 2012, for all registered persons.
The decision has been taken by the FBR in exercise of the powers conferred under section 74 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 and section 43 of the Federal Excise Act, 2005.
(Riffat Shaheen Qazi)
Member (FATE)
Official Spokesperson, FBR
PRESS RELEASE
United Nations Development Programme
PDMA-KP establishes Provincial Emergency Operations Centre at Peshawar
Peshawar, 18 June, 2012: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PDMA-KP, inaugurated the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) at PDMA Peshawar.
The inauguration ceremony was co-chaired by Mr Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Chief Minister KP and Mr. Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Pakistan. Mr. Douglas Hageman, Deputy Country Director UNDP and Mr. Shahzad Khan Bangash, DG, PDMA-KP were also present on the occasion.
The PEOC contains state-of-the-art communications tools and latest equipment including data storage to support early warning systems and enhance information management capacities in case of a disaster. The emergency centre would also ensure smooth flow of information between provinces and affected districts from the bottom-up before, during, and after a disaster.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Hoti said, “contingency plan has been worked out and wishful objectives can be achieved through effective implementation on it.”
Ambassador Wigemark underlined the importance of the PEOCs. “The Centre inaugurated today will address risks associated in flood prone areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, enhancing flood preparedness and response mechanisms. Line agencies should ensure its maintenance and there are clear benefits for the local communities in areas often affected by natural calamities. The EU support to the PEOC is part of an overall contribution of Euro 15 million from the European Union to restore the capacities of government institutions and communities in the flood affected areas.”
UNDP Pakistan is collaborating with PDMA for the establishment of PEOCs across Pakistan with funding from the EU and the Government of Japan. Earlier, PEOCs in Punjab and Balochistan were setup. The PEOCs in Sindh, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan will also be launched soon.
Mr. Hageman appreciated the involvement of the PDMA and said, “The control room will serve as a hub of information collection and dissemination both during disasters and on a regular basis as well. Keeping in view the upcoming monsoons, the role of the control rooms in overall multi-sectoral coordination services cannot be understated.”
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4th Floor, Serena Business Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: +92-51-8255650 or Email: fatimah.inayet@undp.org Website: http://www.undp.org.pk
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