Pak can’t make power from Thar: Qadeer
Nuclear scientist Dr Qadeer Khan is not agreed with the claim that 50,000 mw could be produced from Thar coal as it requires state of the art technology that Pakistan lacks.
Dr. Khan who spoke to press in a local hotel here said that the nation was being misguided about power generation through Thar Coal as fake claims being made that 50,000 mega watts energy could be produced. He said it was an intellectual dishonesty.
Khan made it clear that the projects like Thar Coal and Reko Diq require investment of millions of dollars and state of the art equipment and technology, saying China had the technology and skill to extract coal from Thar reserves.
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Opinion
The case of Gilani
Ameer Bhutto
The law defines the defiance and disobedience of court rulings or directives as contempt of court and provides a well charted course of action against the offenders. But what does one call an attempt to stifle and obstruct the natural, unavoidable and obvious consequences that must inevitably flow from a contempt of court verdict to escape the full extent of the penalty?
Should we call it ‘contempt of contempt of court’? By his shameful refusal to acknowledge that the gig is up, Gilani has pushed things well beyond a comedy of errors. It is no longer simply a question of bumbling fools knowing no better than to make a mess. The malaise that Pakistan is suffering is a national tragedy, induced by malicious and malevolent intent.
It is a product solely of the narrow self-serving machinations of a tainted few
Moving closer to Siraiki Wasaib
In an unprecedented move, the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed unanimously two resolutions for carving out two new provinces out of Punjab. One resolution pertains to creation of South Punjab province and the other restoration of Bahawalpur province. Both resolutions were submitted by Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah.
He said: The approval of resolutions was backed by Nawaz Sharif’s vision.
Raja Riaz, PPP's parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly however said, “We have unanimously approved these regulations to express our unity with the people of South Punjab.” The credit went to PPP, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari, he claimed.
The opposition in the Punjab Assembly, led by the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), had called for a session on Wednesday so that a resolutions pertaining to the creation of a new province was tabled. The move was followed by Rana Sanaullah submitting the resolutions on Tuesday.
Now the issue is to be taken in the National Assembly where the PPP needs two third votes to make South Punjab a reality. With approval from the
India approves plan for Turkmenistan gas imports
1,700-km long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India line to carry 90 mcmd gas a day
India’s cabinet on Thursday allowed state-run gas-firm GAIL (India) Ltd to sign a gas purchase agreement with Turkmenistan’s national oil firm, for supplies from a planned multi-national pipeline, a government statement said.
The proposed 1,700-km (1,056-mile) Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India line (TAPI) will have a capacity to carry 90 million cubic metres a day
Quetta blasts continue unabated
3 killed, 35 injured in FC caravan attack
Two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and a woman were killed and 35 others were injured in an explosion at Almo Chowk on Airport Road in Quetta on Monday.
The woman killed was passing by the explosion site. The injured include four women, three children and 10 security personnel.
Bomb Disposal Squad said around 40kg explosives were used in the blast that destroyed 18 vehicles, eight completely. Two vehicles of Frontier Corps which are among destroyed were also damaged. Also, over a dozen shops and two banks were damaged.
The police said a car laden with explosives was parked at Almo Chowk which was blasted by remote control when two vehicles of FC passed by the area. Security forces were apparent target.
PML - N should break deadlock with government to ensure free polls: Asma
Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Asma Jahangir advised Nawaz Sharif that his party should break deadlock with the government to ensure free elections in the country.
Addressing lawyers’ delegation on Monday, she assured Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif that lawyers are in favour of early elections.
Jahangir advised Nawaz that the PML-N should end its deadlock with the government to ensure free elections, and added that the democratic powers in the country should play their role to keep democracy from derailing.
During the gathering, Nawaz said that he supports early elections in the country under a free and independent election commission.
Nawaz added that his party supported the government in the 20th Amendment of the Constitution to ensure free and fair elections, and the
Toxins found in Keenjhar lake
The water quality of Keenjhar Lake is declared polluted and thus not advisable for drinking purpose. The conclusion came after a laboratory of the Mehran University conducted tests of the samples taken from the polluted portion of the lake.
The report said the water was injurious to health as it was polluted by industrial waste being allowed to drop in the lake.
Experts say the water samples tested shown toxins five times more than the acceptable limits.
The quantity of toxic metals should be not more than one microgram. But it has reached almost five micrograms.
Zawahri urges Saudis to topple ruling family
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al Zawahri urged Saudis to rise up against the kingdom’s ruling al Saud family, suggesting they draw inspiration from uprisings that have deposed leaders across the Middle East and Africa in the past year and a half.
Speaking in a video clip that was posted on a website, Zawahri, who took over the leadership of al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan just over a year ago, said: “Muslim brothers in the land of the holy mosques, a year has passed since the uprising of the
