Khan sets tall order for govt to avoid street protest
- Khan ready for another charge at the govt
- Khan wants five demands met or he will protest to bring down the govt
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday presented a five-point charter of demands, threatening the government that he would take to streets if the demands were not met.
Addressing a huge rally on Sunday, Khan called for reduction in prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 20 per litre and Rs 5 per litre respectively.
His second demand pertained to reversal of infrastructure taxes on gas and the newly imposed taxes on electricity, in addition to cutting electricity rates by Rs 3 per unit.
He also called for making the Federal Board of Revenue a completely autonomous body as some Rs 700 billion were lost due to corruption of the department annually.
As his third demand, Khan said the PIA’s privatisation process should be stopped immediately. Additionally, the government must appoint professionals in key institutions like the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) instead of favouring relatives of the ministers, he said.
Khan asked the government to release funds for payment to workers and employees of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and other institutions, who had not received their salaries for the last five months.
He urged the federal government to bring back looted money from abroad. He also asked Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his sons to declare their assets, both in the country and abroad.
Thailand Live Monday 8 Feb 2016
No Thai worker wounded or killed in powerful quake in Taiwan
BANGKOK, 8 February 2016 (NNT) – Director-General of the Department of Employment Arak Phrommanee has reported that no Thai worker has been injured or killed from the earthquake in Taiwan. The department has already contacted all Thai workers there.The director-general said more than 16,000 Thai workers worked and lived near the earthquake center. The department had contacted a network of Thai workers and a Thai labor office in Taiwan and had been confirmed that all Thai workers were safe. They had already talked to their relatives who had earlier failed to contact them, said the director-general.
Gladiators beat Zalmi by 3 wickets
Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) most underrated side Quetta Gladiators defeated the high-flying Peshawar Zalmi by three wickets on Sunday to remain unbeaten in the tournament.
Chasing 136 for victory, Quetta needed 7 off the last over when Zimababwe’s Elton Chigumbura smashed Peshawar’s Wahab Riaz for a boundary to bring Sarfraz Ahmed’s side home with three wickets to spare.
UAE says ready to send ground troops to Syria
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Sunday it was ready to send ground troops to Syria as part of an international coalition to fight against Islamic State.
Asked if the UAE was ready to send troops if need be, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said at a media briefing in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi: “This has been our position throughout.”
“We have been frustrated at the slow pace …. of confronting Daesh,” he added, referring to Islamic State by its Arabic acronym.
“We are not talking about thousands of troops but we are talking about troops on the ground that will lead the way … that will support … and I think our position remains the same and we will have to see how this progresses,” he said.
Gargash added “US leadership on this” would be a prerequisite for the UAE.
Saudi Arabia said last week it was ready to participate in any ground operations in Syria if the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq decided to start such operations.
Syria would
Obama’s budget will not lead to $10 oil tax
US President Barack Obama’s final budget will propose a $10 per barrel oil tax, investing the proceeds in mass transit, high-speed rail, urban planning, highway upgrades and self-driving cars, among other programmes.
“President Obama’s 21st Century Clean Transportation System,” outlined by the White House recently, drew predictable praise from environmental groups and howls of outrage from oil producers.
But the most important thing to remember about the clean transportation plan is that it stands no chance whatever of becoming law.
Raising revenue and spending money are powers reserved to Congress by the US Constitution. The president can propose but Congress decides.
The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 requires the president to submit a unified budget to Congress each year.
Before the Budget and Accounting Act, agencies sent requests for funding individually to the legislature without central coordination.
At least two suspected militants of a banned outfit were killed and 35 others arrested following an exchange of fire with the Frontier Corps and police personnel during a search operation in Sariab and adjoining areas on Sunday.
The law enforcement agencies (LEAs) were conducting raids in various parts of the city following Saturday’s bloody suicide attack. Four security personnel and a 13-year-old girl were among those who lost their lives in the attack targeting an FC convoy.
According to Frontier Corps Spokesman Khan Wasey, two Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan members were killed during an encounter with security forces and 35 others were taken into custody during raids in Sariab and surrounding areas.
The raids come as the death toll from Saturday’s TTP-claimed suicide bombing targeting FC personnel rose to 11 after a person injured in the attack died while undergoing treatment. Some 35 people, including 15 FC personnel, were injured in the attack.
Wasey said an operation had been launched against miscreants belonging to a banned outfit.
He said the arrested suspects would be interrogated by security personnel with regards to their alleged links to outlawed militant groups, adding that “the innocent would be freed after interrogation”.
“Such cowardly incidents will not stop us from acting against terrorists,” Inspector General FC Major General Sher Afgun said, referring to the suicide attack in the vicinity of the Quetta district courts.
- 725 pilgrims return from Saudi Arabia on two PIA flights
- JAC warns of protest at Jinnah Terminal if missing employees are not found
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees’ strike entered the sixth day on Sunday affecting flight operations throughout the country as the airline scrambled to bring back 725 Umrah pilgrims who travelled from Jeddah and landed at Benazir International Airport on two PIA flights.
In Lahore and Rawalpindi, the employees staged sit-ins outside the airports to press for their demands. They said that the protest would continue until the government accepted the demands of PIA’s Joint Action Committee (JAC).
Meanwhile, JAC leader Captain Sohail Baloch warned that employees would march toward Jinnah Terminal on Monday (today) if their ‘missing’ colleagues were not found.
Think you’re at the prime of your existence in your 20s? Think again.
A recent government survey conducted in the United Kingdom, suggests that you will be happiest between late 60s and 70s.
Over 300,000 adults were asked how satisfied they are with their life, as well as how anxious or happy they feel over a period of three years (2012-2015).
The results indicated that the highest level of personal well-being was felt between the ages of 65 and 79.
For those between the ages of 45 and 59, the mid-life crisis appears to be real with the highest level of anxiety reported between these ages. Furthermore, men seemed to be less satisfied than women in their middle-age.
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