Friday, April 24, 2009

Where in the world is Perez? He looks good in a suit. He'd look better in prison strips.

Musharraf meets King (click here)
...Talking to newsmen before boarding the plane at Islamabad airport, Musharraf urged Pakistanis, especially the media, to stop looking into the past and instead focus on the many challenges currently haunting Pakistan....


I bet. The Bush-Musharraf policies put nuclear capacity within the reach of The Taliban.

Pervez Musharraf has said he would be prepared to return to office in Pakistan

Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf offers to return to power in Pakistan (click title to entry - thank you)
Former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf has said he would be prepared to return to office in Pakistan if the political and economic situation in his country continues to deteriorate.
By Con Coughlin
Last Updated: 5:43PM BST 23 Apr 2009
In a rare interview since being forced to resign from office last year, Mr Musharraf, said he would consider serving a second term as Pakistan's president if he felt he could make a valuable contribution.
"If Pakistan is in a nosedive, or about to self-destruct, if I can contribute something to rectify the situation, certainly I will. My life is for Pakistan," he said. "I still believe that Pakistan comes first."...

If Pakistan is in a nosedive it is because Musharraf left it that way ! The NEW government seems to making in roads with people and actually attempting to provide them with a quality of life rather than simply a change in tyranny !

By: Ramzan Chandio
Published: April 24, 2009
KARACHI - The Provincial Government of Sindh is mulling to open fish hatcheries in all the districts of the province as people have shown their interest for making investment in fish farming.Minister for Fisheries Department Zahid Ali Bhurgari informed the Sindh Assembly during question-hour session on Thursday.
Replying to the supplementary question of the provincial legislators, Minister said a huge area of about 0.8 million acres land had been converted in saline and it not able to cultivate for crops in various different districts of the province, so the people wanted to converted them fish farm there and approaching the fisheries department....

Pakistan's Report Card

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali on Thursday highlighted his government’s one-year performance. Shah said that he wanted to give an account of his government’s one year performance on March 11 but because of various events such as the judges’ issue and the lawyers’ protest, it was delayed.
He added that during the last year, not only has the administration been able to handle various Muharram processions peacefully but was able to peacefully organise multiple national and international events including Ideas 2008 and the Asia Cup.
The overall crime situation remained under control during 2008 and the official data reveals that there has been a decrease in street crime in Karachi. In interior Sindh, kidnapping for ransom has been brought down and 66 gangs involved in the crime have been either eliminated or apprehended, he revealed.
The CM stated that his government made sincere efforts in attending to the basic necessities of the people. Subsequently, the federal government, on the basis of our recommendation, took a bold step to raise the wheat support prices to Rs 950 per tonnes for the current year, he said, adding that the Government of Sindh has been given a procurement target of 1.2 million tonnes...
By: Ramzan Chandio
Published: April 24, 2009
KARACHI - Sindh government will easily achieve the wheat procurement target of 1.2 million tons as 0.8 million tons of commodity has been procured so far during current Rabi Season 2008-09.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah informed this while delivering his speech in Sindh Assembly on one-year performance of PPP led provincial coalition government of Sindh on Thursday.
Counting the pro poor steps of government, Chief Minister said that present government has enhanced the procurement price of wheat to Rs950-40kg in current season from last year’s price of Rs625-40kg.
He said, though, the rain badly affected the crop in upper areas of the province but despite of it, at least 0.8 million tons wheat has been procured by the government, so far, which was almost over half of the target of 1.2 million set for the year 2008-09....


Sindh Dairy Development Co. to be established (click here)
Friday, April 24, 2009By our correspondent
HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said Sindh Dairy Development Company is being established at a cost of Rs2.5 billion and the provincial Livestock Department has been reactivated to enhance the income and employment opportunities for the people of rural areas.
He was speaking at the closing ceremony of the first Sindh Livestock Show organised by the Livestock Department in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and District Government, Hyderabad the other day.
Qaim Ali Shah said the province has many species of different animals and has a good potential in meat and milk production. “It is a good sign that the EU is extending financial aid to the government and breeders of the province, which reflects good potential in the livestock sector,” he said.
“We can save and earn billions by exporting milk and meat to other countries. In this way, we can raise living standards of the people of rural areas.”
Praising the efforts of Livestock Department for holding the three-day show, he termed it a success and said it would bring lot of improvement in the know-how and market management by small farmers.
He announced a bonus of one salary for the employees of Livestock Department for their encouragement and assured that breeders contributing in the show would also be awarded cash prizes.
Later talking to the media, he said that due to policies of the government the province achieved a bumper crop of wheat. Against the target of 1.2 million tons, he added, 800,000 tons have so far been procured and ‘hopefully we will surpass the target.’...
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