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Pakistan: A quick look
Ch Nisar resigns from PAC
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan resigned as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Sunday.
The committee has helped recover an embezzled amount of Rs115 billion to the national exchequer and has probed cases such as financial corruption in the military-run National Logistics Cell, in which it held three former army generals responsible.
Addressing a press conference, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader said that although the PAC was the only way to hold someone accountable in the democratic setup, accountability was not possible under the current government.
ISLAMABAD: TP Report, Nov 27, 2011
Thousands of NATO containers ground to a halt across Pakistan
Nato supplies to Afghanistan remained suspended for the second consecutive day after Nato helicopters attacked a Pakistani check post killing at least 24 soldiers at the Pak-Afghan border on Saturday.
The Defence committee of cabinet have suspended the land route of NATO/ISAF supplies for an unspecified period of time after the attack in Mohmand Agency.
Media reports said least 150 Nato containers have been stopped at the Torkham border crossing to Afghanistan. Additionally, thousands of other containers moving through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been ground to a halt, say officials. Supplies making their way to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be sent back to Karachi the officials further stated.
No timeline has been given for an end to the suspension of the supply route.
The Obama administration on Saturday pledged a full investigation into the Nato attack.
PESHAWAR: TP Report, Nov 27, 2011
JuD, JI raise calls for jihad against US
JuD, JI to wage war if the US do not vacate Shamsi Airbase
Jamatud Dawa (JuD) and Jamat-e-Islami (JI) urged the youth on Sunday to prepare for jihad after the passage of the 15 days deadline given by the government of Pakistan to Nato forces for vacating the Shamsi Airbase.
JuD leader Maulana Abdul Rauf Farooqi said this while addressing a demonstration of Al Muhammadia Students Pakistan, a student wing of JuD, against the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India and the Nato attack on a check post in Mohmand Agency which left 24 Pakistani military personnel dead.
He said if the US do not vacate Shamsi Airbase, they would announce a new war and jihad against the Pakistan government. Maulana Farooqi said this announcement would be made on December 18 at a Defence Pakistan Council meeting at Minar-e-Pakistan.
Youngsters at the protest raised slogans against India, US and the Pakistani government. They were holding placards with quotations against Nato forces and the MFN status.
JI Leader Farid Ahmed Paracha addressing the demonstration said that jihad is the only solution against terrorism of every type including drone attacks and attacks on check posts.
Indian held Kashmir Hurriyat Conference leader Sayed Ali Gilani in a telephonic address condemned the Nato attack on the check post. He said Pakistan was facing problems as a result of being a part of the US coalition.
LAHORE: TP Report, Nov 27, 2011