Pakistani senior journalist and anchorperson Hamid Mir attacked in Karachi
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One of eye witness stated that, “There were four attackers in two motorbikes, one of them who was wearing Shalwar Kamez shot on Mir’s car while standing on footpath and later picked by his accomplice right after shooting.
Karachi chief of Police Shahid Hayat Khan informed media that Mir was shot thrice and six bullets were found from his body, three of them has taken out and three bullets remains inside his body, however now he is out of danger.
Aga Khan University Hospital stated that Mir was operated for 150 minutes and now he is stable and out of danger and would be kept under observation for a while.
Chehlum of Begum Nusrat Bhutto at Nodero November 27, 2011
KARACHI: The chehlum of Begum Nusrat Bhutto will be held on November 27 at Naudero, said provincial minister for law and prisons Ayaz Soomro on Thursday. The event will include a Quran khawani and tributes will be paid to the late PPP leader. Pakistan People's Party PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari with Sanam Bhutto and Faryal Talpur meets MNA Abdul Qadir Patel on the chehlum of Begum Nusrat Bhutto at Nodero November 27, 2011.
PPP respects judiciary: Qamar Zaman Kaira
“PPP is not against any person or institution, we respect the judiciary and other national institutions,” the minister said.
While talking to a private channel he said that “All the institutions including judiciary, executive, parliament and the army hold the code of conduct and rules of business.”
The Minister said that Parliament also maintains rules of business and code of conduct.
Replying to a question regarding legislation on National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), he said “The courts had given verdict on the matter of legislation.”
He said that if Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had some concerns on the NRO legislation then they should have brought the matter at the time of 18th Amendment for making legislation or abandoning it.
Replying to another question regarding presidential immunity, he stated that in many countries like France the president enjoys the immunity during serving the office.
Federal Information Minister, Qamar Zaman Kaira's Press Conference
“The target of 3500 MW power generation has been achieved and our next goal is to 15000 MW production,” Kaira claimed while speaking at a news briefing following the Federal Cabinet meeting which held with Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in chair.
“Punjab’s share is 66 percent in country’s electricity pool with the capacity of 800 MW. Punjab is not being discriminated,” Kaira claimed.
Elaborating the meeting decisions, he said the cabinet has approved Rs 2.5 billion especial budget for subsidies in Ramadan to be given on food items and daily life commodities through 5700 utility stores across the country.
Kaira told reporters that number of especial seats for non-Muslims in assemblies has been increased by the proportion of population in provinces. He said a three member cabinet committee has also been set up to finalize the decision principally taken in today’s meeting.
On the occasion, Federal Minister for Minorities, Ikram Masih, who was accompanying Kaira during the media talk thanked PM and President for increasing the seats. -- SAMAA
Shafay Thobani, 8, youngest IT prodigy
Born on March 13, 2004, Shafay grew interested in computers ever since he was a baby.
On April 9, 2012, Shafay appeared in the Prometric test and secured 91 per cent marks, thus making him the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Training Specialist (MCTS) at the age of eight years and 24 days.
The young man is certified professional in Microsoft Windows 7 Configuration and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. Before appearing in the exam, he remained under training of Microsoft certified trainers for 13 months.
His trainer Faisal Durrani said it was a challenge for him to teach complicated concepts such as Domain Name System (DNS) and Internet Protocol (IP) address to a child as young as Shafay. “So we split the 40-hour course designed for grown-up IT specialists into 13 months for the child. We taught him by giving him easy examples in order to grasp the concepts. Teaching him for three to four hours everyday, we would also allow him breaks to let him be the normal kid that he is, swimming, playing football or rollerblading,” said Mr Durrani.
Speaking of the boy’s main areas of interest, Shafay’s father Dr. Shah Thobani said he liked network and communication programming. “He has already completed 65 per cent of Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization, too,” he added.
“Shafay was born in 2004, the same year Arfa was declared the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of nine. Arfa was an inspiration for us and I hope that Shafay, too, would be a role model for more children to show their tremendous achievements,” Dr Thobani said.
Shafay said, “I am proud of myself and I will work for Pakistan in any way possible.”
Enmity claims 8 lives in Azad Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD: Eight persons including four brothers were shot dead in Bhambar area of Azad Kashmir over old enmity Wednesday, Geo News reported.According to SP Kamran, the victims were on their way to appear in the court when they were ambushed by the rival group. As a result of firing, eight persons including four brothers were killed on the spot.
LB must for resolving issues, says CJ
July 11, 2012 - Updated 146 PKT
QUETTA: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the problems Balochi people facing could have been resolved, had there been local governments in place.
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday resumed hearing of the Balochistan law and order case at its Quetta Registry.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, was hearing the petition filed by the Balochistan Bar Association on the law and order situation in the province. During proceedings, the CJ asked the former deputy commissioner Khuzdar if the Frontier Corps (FC) informed the civil administration about its actions in 2011. On this, the former DC replied that they were not informed by the FC.
The CJ remarked that nobody knows about activities carried out by the FC in province including commissioner, deputy commissioner and Levies. He said that the court convenes and issues directives but none of those orders are implemented.
Chief Justice asked the FC lawyer Raja Irshad to either produce all the missing persons or summon all the commandants. On this, the FC lawyer pleaded for time till Thursday.
Chief Justice remarked that issues could have been resolved, had there been local government in place.
The CJ then directed Balochistan’s home secretary to produce details of the bodies being recovered in the province.
In Tuesday’s hearing, the SC had summoned the Inspector General Frontier Corps (IG FC) and Commandant Frontier Corps.
FC lawyer Raja Irshad had informed the court that there was not a single person in the custody of the FC, to which the Chief Justice replied that there was evidence contrary to this.
