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Daman by Express Ent Episode 28
IK addressing Insaf Professional Forum…
US express concern over Hafiz Saeed’s public appearances
Even if convicted, Prime Minister will not seek Presidential pardon: Aitzaz Ahsan
Hasb-e-Haal – 16th February 2012
Do not vote!………..imran khan exposed badly
Pakistan Tonight 16th February 2012
11th Hour with Sadaf – 16th feb 2012
Banana News Network – 16th february 2012
News Night with Talat – 16th feb 2012

Daman by Express Ent Episode 28

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:31 PM PST

IK addressing Insaf Professional Forum…

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:31 PM PST

A very nice speech by Imran khan…

watch wat he says about nawaz sharif after 13:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkdA4r9jLbs

US express concern over Hafiz Saeed’s public appearances

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:16 PM PST

[[IMAGE: US concerned about the JuD chief's public appearances recently, particulary the DPC rallies. PHOTO: AFP/FILE]]

WASHINGTON: The US State Department has raised concerns about Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed’s public appearances, including at the Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) rally held in Karachi earlier this week.

The State Department issued a brief press release on Thursday, In response to a question submitted earlier in the week, which said that, “Lashkar-e-Taiba and its front group Jamaatud Dawa, is internationally sanctioned because of its associations with al Qaeda. We have and continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to uphold its obligations in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1267/1989.”

The release further stated that the UN resolution “calls for all countries to freeze assets of sanctioned groups, prevent the transfer of arms to them, and prevent sanctioned individuals from entering or transiting their territories.”

JuD has been functioning in the country as a religious and charity organisation. Post Mumbai attacks in 2008, the organisation was declared a terrorist organisation by the West, UN and India.

Talking to Express News, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) senior leader Liaquat Baloch said that the DPC opposed the sanctions. He said that certain organisations, which were a part of the council, had been wrongly banned by a dictator, hinting at former President Pervez Musharraf.

Baloch justified his claim by saying the if a certain exile agreement – with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif – and the NRO by the same dictator had been declared illegal, why should this ban be considered valid.

Even if convicted, Prime Minister will not seek Presidential pardon: Aitzaz Ahsan

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:46 PM PST

[[IMAGE: "I am hopeful that I can still persuade the Judges that the Prime Minister is not in contempt," said a smiling Ahsan. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE]]

With some speculating that a Supreme Court verdict against the Prime Minister will see Yousaf Raza Gilani be 'sacrificed', Aitzaz Ahsan says they would be disappointed. All this, without Gilani seeking a Presidential pardon against his conviction.

Speaking on the Express News show with Kamran Shahid after being elected to the Senate, the Prime Minister's chief counsel, Aitzaz Ahsan said that the "Prime Minister will not advise the President to give him a pardon if convicted."

Ahsan explained the entire process by which the Prime Minister would be forced to relinquish his seat in the assembly, and hence the Prime Minister's office as a result of his disqualification.

"The entire process could take months," he said.

Ahsan explained that not all convictions result in an MNA's disqualification. "Once the verdict comes, the case will be put before the speaker of the national assembly, where the speaker will have 30 days from the time the resolution is moved to decide whether Gilani can be disqualified due to the verdict," he said.

Even if the Speaker declares the Prime Minister as disqualified, the matter then has to be deliberated before the election commission, which has to decide within 90 days whether this verdict disqualifies Gilani as an MNA. This too would not be the end of the road. The Prime Minister can challenge the Election commission's ruling in the high court.

In the event the Speaker decides Gilani's verdict does not disqualify him, a writ petition can challenge this in the high court which can then be taken up contested.

“I am hopeful that I can still persuade the Judges that the Prime Minister is not in contempt,” said a smiling Ahsan.

Writing a letter will not bring money back

The Prime Minsiter's counsel, when asked why has a letter not been written, given it had drawn the ire of the Supreme Court, Ahsan replied that given the counsel the Prime Minister received from the Law Ministry, writing the letter would not solve the issue.

"The case was closed on merit," Ahsan contended. He continued that writing the letter would not solve it.

"To get money out of Swiss accounts, the government would need to file a civil suit in Switzerland. However, he added that "the time bar for filing this case has passed."

Hence, even if the government wanted, they cannot get the money in Swiss accounts back.

Hasb-e-Haal – 16th February 2012

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:45 AM PST