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Monday, August 18, 2008
Charge-sheet given final shape; to be tabled in parliament this week
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: The draft of the charge-sheet for the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf has been finalised and would now be sent to the coalition partners for approval before being tabled in parliament this week.
“The draft has been given the format of a legal document by Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H Naek and it would be sent to the leadership of the coalition partners by Monday or Tuesday, before it is tabled in parliament,” Information Minister Sherry Rehman told the media after a meeting of the joint PPP-PML-N committee here.
“All coalition leaders, including Mian Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari, would review the draft document before it is tabled in parliament in the form of an impeachment motion,” the minister maintained.
The final review meeting of the committee was held at the residence of Information Minister Sherry Rehman here on Sunday, in which Law Minister Farooq H Naek presented the charge-sheet after giving it legal shape.
The meeting was attended by Leader of the House in the Senate Mian Raza Rabbani, Law Minister Farooq H Naek, PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar, Senator Ishaq Dar, PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal and Sherry Rehman.
The committee had finalised the draft of the charge-sheet in its meeting on Friday and handed it over to Law Minister Farooq H Naek to give it legal shape before sending it to the heads of the ruling coalition.
According to sources, the committee in its charge-sheet has listed more than 30 charges against President Pervez Musharraf of constitutional violations and gross misconduct. Talking to newsmen after the meeting, Sherry Rehman said the draft has been finalised to send it to the heads of the ruling coalition for their approval within the next two days. “The committee took less than a week to finalise the draft. None of its points can be revealed without taking the respective coalition parliamentary parties into confidence,” she said.
About the possibility of the exercise of Article 6 of the Constitution against President Pervez Musharraf, the minister said the PPP never indulges in the politics of revenge because it wants a stable Pakistan and sustainable democracy in the country, as mandated by the masses on February 18.
“However, the decision to give a safe passage to the president is the discretion of the coalition leadership,” she added. Answering another question, Sherry said the democratic government had no contacts with the presidential camp, adding, “The president has the right to resign under Article 44 of the Constitution to avoid impeachment.î
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in a statement issued by his office, said the “time has come when the nation will decide its own destiny, as the people voted for a change in the country in the February elections.” Meanwhile, Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar said: “The charge-sheet will be presented in parliament by Tuesday.”
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Three killed as Sh Rashid escapes attempt on life
By Shakeel Anjum
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief and a candidate for NA-55 (Rawalpindi) by-election Sheikh Rashid Ahmad was wounded, while three people — a guard and two party workers — were killed when four gunmen more |
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12 soldiers killed in South Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: Twelve soldiers embraced martyrdom while two others were injured in a clash with militants during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency (SWA), the ISPR said on Monday.
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Plan to attack five-star hotel foiled
By our correspondent
LAHORE: The CIA police here on Monday claimed to have foiled an attack on Americans staying at a five-star hotel and arrested six terrorists, including a suicide bomber.
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Govt taking court for a ride
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: She fought her case in the media. She won her battle in the judicial forum too. But still the government is bent on making an example out of her for refusing to follow the illegal dictates of her min more |
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Pakistan against arms race: Gilani
By Azeem Samar
KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said Pakistan does not want to be engaged in an arms race with any country.
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Punjab-Sindh water row Centre’s intervention sought
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Tension between Punjab and Sindh over opening of the Chashma-Jhelum and Taunsa-Punjnad link canals has touched a new high as the former has sought the Centre’s intervention.
The Punjab has sai more |
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French, Dutch fight over giving LNG to Pakistan
By Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and his team is all set to thwart the attempt of an unscrupulous combine of oil industry heavyweights and some functionaries of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Re more |
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Nine killed as no let-up in rains
By Nisar Mahmood
PESHAWAR: Nine people were killed and scores of others injured as heavy rains and snowfall lashed various parts of the country for the fourth consecutive day on Monday.
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Malik orders NUML closure as protest enters 5ht day
ISLAMABAD: The protest of the students of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) against thrashing of Professor Malik Tahir by Registrar Brigadier (R) Obaidullah Ranjha entered its fifth consecutive more |
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Malik insists no Blackwater in Pakistan
By Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik while responding to an accusation from a PML-N parliamentarian told the National Assembly that Blackwater was not providing security to the president and the prime mini more |
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FBR gets list of properties rented out to foreigners
By Hanif Khalid
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received list of properties from Foreign Office, which were in use of foreigners in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Lahore, but these were not shown in annual tax more |
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Repealing of 17th Amendment
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has begun efforts to create consensus on repealing the 17th Amendment before presidential address to the joint sitting of the parliament.
The prime minis more |
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Three suspects held in Mohmand
By our correspondent
GHALLANAI: The security forces arrested three suspected persons during search operation in Safi subdivision of Mohmand Agency, official sources said Monday. The sources said the security forces carried out sear more |
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No presence of Blackwater, DynCorp in Pakistan, NA body told
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Interior Qamar Zaman again negated on Monday the presence of Blackwater, DynCorp or any other foreign security agency in the country. “Neither the Blackwater and the DynCorp nor any other s more |
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Govt urged to take up water issue with India
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat while urging the government to take up the issue of ‘water terrorism’ with New Delhi, has question more |
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Avalanche kills 17 Indian soldiers in held Kashmir
HELD SRINAGAR: Seventeen Indian soldiers were killed on Monday in an avalanche that slammed into a group of 70 combat troops at a high-altitude warfare training camp in Kashmir, the army said on Monday.
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Taliban defiant as Afghans flee ahead of assault
KANDAHAR: The Nato commanders urged the Taliban to surrender as troops dug in on Monday for a major assault on their key stronghold in southern Afghanistan, sending thousands of residents fleeing.
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Plea to freeze foreign accounts
By our correspondent
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered the federal government to submit a reply within four weeks on a petition seeking freezing of accounts in foreign banks and recovery of illegal assets accumu more |
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Attack on Sh Rashid
RAWALPINDI: The PML-N candidate for by-polls from NA-55, Malik Shakil Awan, has announced suspension of electioneering for a day to mourn the death of those killed in the attack on the office of his rival, Shei more |
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Indian forces to halt Kashmir rally outside UN office
HELD SRINAGAR: The held Kashmir authorities deployed thousands of police and troops on Monday to prevent a protest outside the UN office here over the recent killing of two teenage boys by Indian security force more |
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20 die in Afghan floods, avalanches
KANDAHAR: Twenty people have died in floods and avalanches triggered by some of the heaviest rain and snow in Afghanistan for 50 years, an official said on Monday. At more |
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