Appearing in person before the bench, Afaq Ahmed expressed a serious apprehension of threats to his life, besides intimidation and harassment to visitors coming to see him. He cited an incident on Thursday night and said that a former MNA, Aziz Memon, came to see him. While returning, he was tortured and whisked away by workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. The policemen present there remained unmoved and maintained that they were there only to guard the residence of Afaq Ahmed.
Afaq informed the court that he later approached the Rangers and it was on their intervention that Aziz Memon was recovered safely.
To a query by the court that he (Afaq) was being escorted by a number of policemen, the MQM-H chief said that they would not be able to protect him in case of an attack.
He drew the attention of the court to its earlier order in which Pakistan Rangers were asked to provide security to him. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheik, after hearing the applicant, ordered its office to issue notices to the DG, advocate general and inspector general of police for an unspecified date.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2011.
sty � fn�h h0pt; font-family:"FedraSerifA Book";mso-bidi-font-family:"FedraSerifA Book"; color:black'>The people of Pakistan will bring change through the platform of PPP-SB. For that the party needed a vote bank, which is full of love for the Bhutto family. She urged the people to join hands with the real Bhutto party and bring a positive change in the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2011.
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(5) and one-month-old Zaheer were taken away from their homes in Satumpur village on Dec 9, 2011.
Maintaining that one of the detained women is six month pregnant, petitioner prayed to the court to intervene and ask the police to recover the detainees and hand them over to their families. The bench after initial hearing ordered police to produce the detainees before it on Dec 23.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2011.
exua�rs�h he first copy of the book was bought for Rs125,000 by women in different countries working for the United Nations. The second copy was auctioned at Rs110,000, while the third copy was purchased for Rs100,000. A copy of the book will be sent to the UN Secretary-General in New York. As is inevitable, a man stood up after the floor was opened for questions and said: “What about the harassment men face? I’ll write a book on that.” A roar of laughter followed his comment and Saeed’s expressions grew stern. It was obvious that she had heard such things often enough and would not let the comment pass. “This laughter is my motivation. We have to cut through this laughter for people to take this issue seriously. People need to understand that this is not a bloody, trivial joke.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2011.
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Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2011.
up �mn h�hort Khan based on his policies on the economy - such as for job creation - and they needed to sit down and discuss their issues and ideas with Khan.
Tareen, who had planned to launch his own ‘Clean Party’ before he abandoned the idea to join PTI, said he had done so because, “the objectives we had of bringing real change of doing politics - not only for power politics, but its meaningful delivery - are those that PTI has espoused. So instead of creating a ‘fourth option’, it was more viable to strengthen the PTI and bring a change.”
His view was echoed by Rana Naeem, former defence minister who supports PTI, “Khan’s chances of success are very high” since an environment had been created where people were looking for a symbol of hope and change.
The event was primarily a fundraiser and a meet-and-greet. It was reportedly a Rs5,000-a-plate event. Cricket bats were auctioned off, with the opening bid for the first one at Rs300,000.
Imran Khan also spoke at the Institute of Business Administration on Friday and made an appearance at the Pakistan Blog awards. He had other private engagements during the day and will be addressing the press on Saturday afternoon.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2011.
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