Double Standards
By Dawar Naqvi • Jul 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics • (3,769 views) • 5 CommentsA suicide bomber attacked police in the Pakistani capital on Sunday near Lal Masjid where thousands of people had earlier gathered to mark the anniversary of a raid by law enforcement agencies a year ago at the Mosque complex. It was a suicide attack. This incident was enough to see faces of coward people who are using the name of Islam as a shield of their evil desires.
Islam means peace. Did anyone ever see any peaceful action from this group of the people? Lal Masjid was just a political issue led by previous opposition coalition against the Pervaiz Mushraf, result for that same opposition parties becomes government of Pakistan. Now this new government launched a major army operation against extremists in northern part of Pakistan. Compare to Lal Masjid incident current government used more forces and weapons against extremists.
There were some civilians casualties among them. But where is the media? Last year specially GEO TV broadcasted Lal Masjid incident live? Why they did not telecast army operation in NWFP? Where are our political leaders who made big noise against Lal Masjid incident? Why they did not make same protest against army operation launched in NWFP.
Today`s suicide attack is a result of these double standards adopt by of our some political leaders and some media representatives. Two years back, if they had given full support to Pervaiz Musharf or at least kept their mouth shut, today we probably would not be seeing any suicide attack in the land of our beloved country. City of Karachi is the best example for us. Between 1992 to 1999 Karachi was terrorised by the same fanatic political and extremist group. Due to Mushraf and his past coalition parties policies Karachi is running towards peace.
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July 8th, 2008
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July 8th, 2008
Due to Mushraf and his past coalition parties policies Karachi is running towards peace..>>>>> Acha Gee.
In 9 years, when he was in Wardi…you are saying it was occupied by other forces ( which only you knows better) and now when he lost power, you are trying to give him credit that it is due to him Karachi is going towards peace. Amazing. This is real DOUBLE STANDARD and covers your double standard Post and finishing lines.
July 8th, 2008
Oh! I see…you are mentioning this peace in Karachi which is coming back in city with Musharraf and his old allies efforts back (MQM):
One person was killed and 50 others injured in a series of 7 blasts that ripped through different areas of the busiest city of country on Monday.
Two explosions occurred here in Banaras area. One of the blasts happened in a pile of garbage while the other one at a footpath near Banaras chowk, injuring 16 people. They were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, sources said.
Enraged people took the streets and started pelting stones at moving vehicles.
The third explosion ripped through a mini truck in North Nazimabad area of Shahra-e-Noor Jehan near Sohail mosque. Five persons were injured, police sources said. However, Chhipa sources said 8 persons were taken to hospital.
There are reports of the fourth blast in Hyderi area near a children’s school.
Police mobiles have reached the blasts’s sites while ambulances are shifting the injured to local hospitals.
The fifth blast occurred here in a motor cycle in Qasba colony area, killing one person. A policeman was injured in the sixth blast in a bicycle in Manghopir. Two blasts also occurred in Pak colony in which 7 persons are reported injured. Police has not come up with any statement confirming the above blasts.
Police and Rangers have been put on high alert in the city following the series of blasts. Emergency has been declared in local hospitals.
July 8th, 2008
When terrorists hold the power cords of an area, who will break the law, then such people are not objected on their doings, people will get harassed and no body will go to police station for lodging FIR. This is the version of peace from 1999~2007, during this period army generals were attacked in Karachi, just take a look on 12th May 2007 massacre and waving punch in Islamabad in same day.
July 8th, 2008
SHAME ON ZARDARI, NAWAZ SHARIF, SHAHBAZ SHARIF, ISHAQ DAR, NAVEED QAMAR AND THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN WHO SUPPORTED AND VOTED SUCH INCOMPETENT PEOPLE
THIS IS BANGLADESH (ONCE EAST PAKISTAN)
Bangladeshis abroad boost economy by $7.9bn: officials
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
DHAKA: Overseas Bangladeshis have pumped a record $7.9 billion back into their home economy in the past financial year, thanks to an increase in expatriate workers, officials said on Monday.
The amount, to the year ended June 30, 2008, grew by two billion dollars on the previous year, pushing the foreign exchange reserve to a comfortable six billion dollars, central bank governor Salehuddin Ahmed said.
“We’ve received a record $7.939 billion remittance in the outgoing fiscal year, which is up by more than 33 per cent on the previous fiscal year,” Bangladesh Bank general manager Nabagopal Bhowmik told AFP. “It’s the biggest increase we have ever seen since our people started going abroad with jobs.
If the trend continues, we will receive around $10 billion of remittance in the 2008-09 fiscal year,” he said. Bhowmik said that as well as a rise in the number of people working abroad, the introduction of strict anti-money laundering laws had also boosted the inflow of money through legitimate banking channels. The country’s overseas employment ministry said nearly 832,000 people got jobs abroad in 2007, almost double the number the previous year, mainly in oil-rich Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia, and Southeast Asia. In the first six months of 2008, a record 489,312 people, up 43 per cent on the same period last year, got jobs abroad. Many of those were now working in new European destinations such as Romania, Poland and Russia, which were increasingly employing Bangladeshi workers, ministry director Salim Reza said. Officials count the number of Bangladeshis working and living abroad at five million, but unofficially the number is estimated to be eight million if those who have left through illegal channels are included.
Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with a population of 144 million, counts on the inflow of foreign exchange to fund its imports. The Bangladeshi economy grew by a healthy 6.2 per cent to the year ended June 30, 2008, despite a sluggish investment climate due to a state of emergency, severe flooding and a devastating cyclone.
THIS IS PAKISTAN
Economy nose-dives in 100 days
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Public debt swells by Rs373.5bn, foreign reserves dwindle by Rs2.1bn; inflation jumps to 19.2 pc
By Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: In the first 100 days of the coalition government, Pakistan’s economy nose-dived with massive fall in foreign reserves by $2.1 billion (15.8 per cent), huge downgrading of rupee by Rs8.3 against US dollar, which is deprecating currency in the world at the moment.
Owing to the enormous meltdown of rupee during the first 100 days of the new government, the public debt of the country has swelled by Rs373.5 billion, meaning that country’s debt has increased by Rs3.70 billion per day. These shocking disclosures based on hard facts were gathered after deep investigation by The News.
The external debt of the country stood at $45 billion on March 31, 2008, but rupee during March 31- July 7 of current year period depreciated by 11.7 per cent, which caused the massive increase in public debt by Rs373.5 billion.
According to the top official at Ministry of Finance, with depreciation of Pakistan currency by one rupee the public debt increases by Rs45 billion. Since the Pak currency melted down by Rs8.30 against one US dollar during the time under review, so the country would have to face extra financial burden of Rs373.5 billion in its debt regime.
The market capitalisation situation has also massively deteriorated during the said period showing that the country received financial jerk of Rs933 billion. The market capitalisation was at Rs4,623 billion by March 31, 2008, but it went down by Rs3,690 billion revealing that the country received a financial setback of Rs933 billion ($20.7 billion).
The stock exchange also went down by 3,248 points (21.5%), which stood at 15,126 points by March 31, but shed to 11,878 points just because of the non-availability of required political stability which guarantees economic activities in the country.
Food inflation has also massively increased up to 19.7 per cent, which was 14.1 per cent before the installation of the coalition government. In spite of many attempts The News failed to make contacts with Finance Minister Naveed Qamar and Secretary Finance Furrukh Qayyum to know their side of the story, as both the top men of the ministry did not respond to the calls of this correspondent.
However, the fast deteriorating economic indicators show that the economy is not on the radar screen of the government. This is quite evident from the fact that there is no resolve in corridors of power to provide stable, cohesive political environment to handle the current economic challenges the country is facing. Furthermore, there is total lack of desire from political leadership of coalition parties enjoying power in the country to face the challenges.
SHAME ON ZARDARI, NAWAZ SHARIF, SHAHBAZ SHARIF, ISHAQ DAR, NAVEED QAMAR AND THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN WHO SUPPORTED SUCH AN INCOMPETENT PEOPLE
I wish I was a Bangladeshi