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MQM
boycotts Sindh Assembly
- Arbab subjected to violence
-Qaim Ali Shah elected leader of House
-Speaker, Dy take oath
Karachi—MQM has decided to boycott the Sindh
Assembly session for indefinite period.
According to MQM sources, the decision in this
regard was taken by the party’s Rabita
Committee.
According to MQM sources, the decision in this regard was taken by
the party’s Rabita Committee.
It said that boycott decision was taken in view of misbehaviour with
MQM women at the gate of Sindh Assembly building and misbehaviour
with former chief minister Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim. MQM Leader and
former federal minister Babar Ghauri told the media that MQM will
announce its line of action soon.
Islamabad—Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi
hinted on Monday to lift restrictions on the
country’s nuclear hero Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan who
has been under detention since January 2004.
Khan was put under house arrest after he was produced on the
state-run television to say that he exported nuclear technology
outside Pakistan.
Quetta—Provincial assembly in Balochistan on
Monday unanimously adopted a resolution calling
for an immediate end to military operation in
the province.
Islamabad—Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
on Monday reiterated the resolve of his
government to adopt a multi-pronged strategy to
address the issue of terrorism and extremism.
Talking to the visiting UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith at PM House,
he said the new democratic government would incorporate both short
and long term measures to confront terrorism which is a global
phenomenon and the world community should focus on its root causes
which stem from economic disparity and unresolved political issues.
Rawalpindi—The Chief of Army Staff, General
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, while addressing the
officers at General Headquarters said that every
nation has a right to safeguard its national
interest.
Jerusalem—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resumed
face-to-face peace negotiations Monday after
nearly two months marred by heavy Gaza Strip
violence and new Israeli plans to expand
settlements.
Karachi —Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, the speaker of
Sindh Assembly has regretted the incident of
manhandling of former chief minister Arbab Rahim
and assured that measures would be taken to
avoid recurrence of such incidents in future.
MQM
boycotts Sindh Assembly
M S Tanvir/ Sharafat Kazmi
