Monday, January 25, 2010

PYF stages protest against official emphathy;

immediate efforts for release of water demanded

GBE Watch

ISLAMABAD, Jan.25 :(Shamsuddin Muhammad) Progressive Youth Front, Hunza chapter staged a demonstration against negligance and empathy of government for release of water from aftificially formed lake on Hunza river following the land sliding incident that claimed many lives and left many injured critically. Parotestor holding playcards and banners chanted slogans against the slow pace of work on release of bocked water and clearance of Karakorum High Way (KKH).
Baba Jan, Chief organizer, Progressive Youth Front, Hunza speaking to the occassion said that not only many precious lives have been lost in the disaster but also threatened the population of more than twenty five thousand people on both sides of the blocked water. He criticised the newly elected representation saying they prefered their party matters on welfare of people." Natural disaster coupled with government's neglegance has further increased the difficulties of the people in upper Hunza," he added. Sami Barcha, Nisar Shah adovocate and other also addressed the gathering.
Speakers demanded of government to provide better equipment and funds to release water to save the population under threat. Courtesy: Voice of Hunza

Artificial lake started submerging Aeenabad, Shishkat and Lower parts of Gojal

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Movie by: Senior journalist Zulfiqar Ali Khan and Abdul Majeed

Pak should have been picked for IPL: Shahrukh Khan

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KARACHI: As a perceived snub to Pakistani players by the Indian Premier League sparks a spat between the neighbouring countries, superstar Shah Rukh Khan, an IPL franchisee himself, believes the world champions should have been picked, a private channel reports. “I truly believe Pakistan players should have been chosen,” Khan, co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), said. Khan, however, said that since “some issues” were involved the matter could have been handled by the IPL “respectfully”. No Pakistani player was bought by the eight Indian clubs during an auction on
Tuesday for the third edition of the glitzy IPL despite the Pakistan team being the reigningworld champions in the Twenty20 format of the cricket tournament. Rooting for the Pakistani players, Khan said they are the best T20 players in the world. “They are the champions, they are wonderful but somewhere down the line there is an issue and we can’t deny it,” he told a news channel. 111Breaking news, Dawn.

Honouring SC verdicts vital for democracy: Nawaz

GBE Monitor
LAHORE, Jan. 25: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that democracy could survive only if the Supreme Court’s orders would be honoured. Speaking to newsmen after condoling Shazia’s family here, he said the nation’s sacrifices would go waster if the verdicts made by the Supreme Court were not honoured.The PML-N chief said that Feb 18 polls had given us an opportunity to create a new Pakistan as all the parties were united. Allah Almighty awarded us a good opportunity in the form of democracy, but it was wasted, he remarked.The former premier stressed that democracy must look different from dictatorship, Voice of Hunza reported.