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Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk: A profile

Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, who has been appointed as Pakistan's 7th caretaker Prime Minister, previously performed duties as the 22nd Chief Justice of Pakistan. He remained in office from 6 July 2014 till 16 August 2015. Prior to his appointment as Chief Justice, he also rendered services as the acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, from 30 November to 6 July 2014. Justice Mulk is one of the seven judges who signed a restraining order on Nov 3, 2007, restraining the government to impose Martial Law in Pakistan. Justice Mulk later joined the judiciary on Sept 20, 2008, under the Naek formula when he took a fresh oath as a judge of the Supreme Court with his seniority intact.He also presided and heard the Mukhtaran Mai case – a highly controversial gang rape case that took place in 2002. Belonging to Mingora, Justice Mulk has acquired a Bachelor’s degree in law (LLB) from Peshawar University. He later on went to United Kingdom for Master’s (LLM) at the Inner Temple in England, where he qualified as bar-in-law in 1976. 

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Nawaz Sharif is a political entity, says Brahumdagh Bugti

ISLAMABAD: Self-exiled Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti while expressing solidarity with ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has warned that if general elections 2018 are rigged in Punjab against the PML-N, it would have an adverse impact on the entire country.“I support the stance of Nawaz Sharif; this is for the first time that any leader from Punjab has stood up against the powerful establishment. I can see that Nawaz Sharif is gaining more power. I think if upcoming elections of 2018 are rigged against him, it would adversely impact the entire country,” said Brahumdagh Bugti while exclusively talking to the correspondent via phone from Switzerland. Brahumdagh Bugti is the grandson of late Akbar Bugti who died during an operation in Balochistan. He is currently heading Balochistan Republican Party (BRP) from Switzerland which under Pakistani laws is not banned, unlike some other nationalist parties in the region. Bugti further said anyone who is able to think and ponder soundly would have taken upon the similar stance as Nawaz Sharif. He said that his doors for negotiations are always open; he is not against Punjab or the people of Punjab, rather against the establishment which unfortunately is predominantly manned by Punjabis. When asked what the elder Sharif did for resolving issues in Balochistan, Bugti said he is aware that the PML-N Quaid was serious to resolve the issues in Balochistan but probably was asked not to interfere in the province.Recalling the time when Federal Minister Lt. Gen (retired) Qadir Baloch along with the then-Balochistan Chief Minister Dr. Malik visited him in Switzerland, he said, “They had come to me with a message from Gen Raheel. I told them about our issues but there is no follow-up regarding them. He said thrice-elected PM Nawaz Sharif is a prominent politician and a political entity whom we can talk to and we would surely talk to him if he again comes back to power.” Bugti also said that the absence of civilian supremacy is the actual problem in Pakistan; if you accept it under the constitution, then rest of the issues can easily be resolved. Bugti feared saying, “Pre-poll rigging is already being carried out, but if elections are rigged on election day against the PML-N then establishment would rule Pakistan for the next 15 to 20 years and destruction would be destined.”When asked if the current Balochistan government can help resolve issues, he said that the Balochistan affairs are being handled by an officer of an intelligence agency who sits in Quetta, no government exists there.When confronted about alleged support given to him by Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Bugti out-rightly denied any support or help provided by India or RAW. Brahumdagh Bugti also shared his memory of leaving Pakistan in 2006 when his grandfather Akbar Bugti died in Balochistan who he was accompanying at that time. “I last met my grandfather (Akbar Bugti) on 19th or 20th of August, 2006. We were together but we would be at a distance of 9 to 10 kilometers for security purposes.” He added, “It was a routine meeting and later on I could not meet him as the area where my grandfather was living was surrounded by security forces.” He further shared that after learning about his grandfather’s death he went to Afghanistan and after a brief stay came to Europe. Self-exiled Bugti is living in Switzerland with his wife and three children (two boys and one daughter). It is also pertinent to mention that young Bugti faces a number of terrorism-related cases back in Balochistan, for which he is wanted by the local courts.

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Two police officials martyred, two militants killed in Quetta

QUETTA: Two police officials were martyred by militants on motorcycle and later the police killed two militants in shootout here on Sunday evening.The police officials said that the incident occurred around sunset when two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire and killed two traffic police officials.Officers on patrol nearby heard the gunshots and rushed to the scene."They engaged the attackers in firing and killed them on the spot," Abdul Razaq Cheema, a senior police official in the city, told AFP.He said that another militant on a separate motorcycle was wounded in the clash before fleeing.Ghulam Ali Baloch, home secretary of Balochistan confirmed the incident and announced a reward of one million rupees for any information on the militants.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

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IGP orders foolproof security for Sachal Sarmast's Urs

KARACHI:  Security measures have been announced for  stringent security measures to be carried out on the occasion of Sachal Sarmast's Urs.Inspector General of Police IGP Sindh AD Khowaja on Sunday directed police officials to make measures for foolproof security arrangements for 197th Urs of Sufi Saint and poet Sachal Sarmast Khowaja. The official directed his subordinates to launch technical sweeping around and inside the tomb during three day Urs and ensure extraordinary security arrangements. The IGP directed them to ensure advanced intelligence collection and conduct physical checking at walk through gates. The police chief also ordered to conduct daily snap checking and patrolling at national highway and removal of encroachments around the tomb. Khowaja told the concerned DIG and SSPs to remain in touch with each other and make extraordinary security arrangements in the area. Besides, he also instructed the SSPs DSPs and to carry out all possible measures for foolproof security and to cooperate with area .

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Ramadan price hike: 27 profiteers sent to jail

KARACHI: The Karachi administration sent 27 shopkeepers to jail and imposed fine of Rs.500,000 over 358 shopkeepers for violating official price lists.Those who were found violating the official price lists included milk sellers, grocers, fruit sellers, greengrocers and meat sellers, said a statement issued here.Commissioner Karachi Ijaz Ahmed Khan has said that the ongoing campaign against profiteers would be continued.It was further informed that citizens can register their complaints against profiteering on 1299.Demand for iftar foods cause prices of certain commodities to increase every year around Ramadan. It has been claimed that certain businessmen use the opportunity to make more profits.

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KP Assembly approves FATA?s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Sunday adopted a constitutional amendment seeking the much-awaited merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with the northwestern province.According to information being received here, 87 lawmakers voted in favor of the bill, paving way for the merger of tribal agencies with the province. Nine members voted against it. The historic 31st Amendment Bill also called as FATA reforms bill has already been passed by the National Assembly and the Senate with two third majority.The Federally Administered Tribal Areas represent seven agencies - Bajaur, Dir, Khyber, Mohmand, Peiwar Kotal in Kurram Agency, the Bolan Pass and Gomal in South Waziristan.Earlier, scores of JUI-F workers clashed with police outside the assembly protesting the bill. The JUI-F is opposed to FATA’s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and calls the move as foreign agenda.  

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PPP terms GB package as insulting to the people

Karachi: Giving powers of legislation to the bureaucracy in Islamabad and brazenly denying the people their rights is an affront to the people of Gilgit Baltistan that will have far reaching consequences for political stability.This has been stated by Bilawal Bhutto Zardarti in a statement soon after the Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi announced enforcement of the so called reforms package for Gilgit Baltistan today. Khaqan’s announcement was greeted with pandemonium and a shouting match in the local Assembly as members vehemently protested.The national parliament just passed a constitutional amendment bill taking away powers of President in respect of tribal areas to empower its people, he said referring to the 31st constitutional amendment. Just the same time the federal government has ambushed the people GB by taking away their powers and vesting it in the Prime Minister, he said.According to the so called reforms package the prime minister will not only make laws for GB but can also override any law passed by the Legislative Assembly of the area he said and asked “could there be anything more ridiculous and provocative”?The so called reforms package is a grave provocation and warned against the consequences of bull dozing it without taking the people and the GB Assembly into confidence.Bilawal Bhutto assured the people of GB that the PPP will ensure that the right to legislate is vested in the GB Legislative Assembly. For all other matters enumerated in part 2 of the Federal Legislative List the national parliament and not the Prime Minister should make legislation as is the case for all provinces, he said.The PPP cannot and will not allow the bureaucracy or any one individual to legislate for GB, be that individual the Prime Minister of Pakistan.If the President can no longer legislate for the tribal areas why should the Prime Minister legislate for the people of GB, he asked?Bilawal also questions sweeping restrictions on the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly on what to discuss and what not to discuss and called it a grave violation of the fundamental rights of the people.All coercive laws including the one pertaining to the setting up of military courts have been extended to GB but human rights related laws are not, he said adding, “Such inhuman and degrading treatment of people of GB must come to an end before it is too late”.Bilawal also questioned the definition of citizenship saying that it opened the door for exploitation of the local people by the outsiders and called for its review.Furthermore, the provision that only retired judges of the High Courts and Supreme Court of Pakistan are eligible to become Chief Judge of the Supreme Appellate Court of GB means that no citizen of GB can ever become the Chief Judge, he said.Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also demanded release of rights activists like Baba Jan Hunzai and others and a halt to the taking over of shamilat lands by the state.

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Ex-Mossad chief's 'off the cuff remark' prompted CIA to send emergency team to Pakistan

An "off the cuff-remark" by a former chief of Mossad, Israeli Intelligence agency, prompted the American CIA to send an emergency team to Pakistan to learn if a major conflict between India and Pakistan was imminent in 90s.In a recent interview with a magazine and in his book "Head of the Mossad", Shabtai Shavit has shared his views on a variety of issues.According to Shavit, In 1990, during a meeting with chief of CIA's analysis department at a restaurant in the Israeli capital he made the remarks about India-Pakistan issues.As he exchanged views and intelligence information on a range of subjects with the CIA man, he said "if the human race confronted another use of a nuclear weapon, he would not be surprised if it would be as part of a conflict between those two nuclear powers".When the CIA official desperately probed for what secret information Shavite had that led him to this explosive conclusion, the then chief of Mossad downplayed his comment and said "he was not basing it on anything in particular beyond his own general knowledge of power and state conflict, and the general lower philosophical concern that some of those nations’ leaders placed on the value of the human life of common people".But the CIA expert didn't believe him and upon returning to Washington, an emergency team was sent to Pakistan "to learn if a major conflict was imminent and what secret information Israel might have that Shavit had hinted at, but was refusing to share".According to a Israeli newspaper, the bottom line of his  latest interview and the book is that Shavit never again spoke off-the-cuff about serious issues with foreign intelligence agents following the incident.

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JUI-F workers clash with police before KP Assembly votes to approve FATA merger

PESHAWAR:  Workers of  Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl  (JUI-F)  clashed with  police outside the Khyber Paktunkhwa Assembly  to protest the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Paktunkhwa through a constitutional  amendment.According to Geo News, police was called in  after the  JUI-F workers tried to break into the assembly.They were chanting slogans against the  mainstreaming of FATA that they see as "foreign agenda".The historic  31st Amendment Bill  also called as FATA reforms bill has already been passed by the National Assembly and  the Senate  with  two third majority.It is a constitutional requirement to  get the bill passed from the provincial assembly with two third majority  before any change in its geographical  boundaries.Following the passage of the bill through the provincial assembly and the president's assent, the FATA will become part of the Khyber Paktunkhwa.The Khyber  Paktunkhwa  Assembly will complete it tenure on May 28 and stands  dissolved automatically.

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Pakistan to buy 30 Turkish gunship helicopters, says manifesto of Erdogan's party

Pakistan has signed an agreement with Turkey to procure 30 Turkish attack helicopters, Daily Sabah newspaper reported on Saturday.Accoring to the Turkish newspaper, the ruling Justic and Devlopment Party (AK Party) has also mentioned the deal in its election menifesto announced on Thursday. T129 ATAK helicopters from Turkey participated in a fly-past ceremony in Islamabad on the occasion of Pakistan Day that is celebrated on March 23.The paper reported that the helicopter was added to the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in 2014. "ATAK helicopters, one of the most remarkable products of the national and original production model in the defense industry, have also paved the way for exports with its outstanding performance. Ongoing talks with Pakistan on the export of ATAK helicopters have had positive results,"  Daily Sabah said in its report on Saturday."With the sales contract, the longstanding cooperation and bilateral relations between Pakistan and Turkey in the defense field gained a new dimension," it said.Pakistan Army's Aviation Corps which operates hundreds of helicopters is said to have placed orders for 30 ATAK helicopters. 

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