Justice Khawaja Shrief and Justice Ramday were influenced by Zia's theory but what happened with Ch. Iftikhar? He sits in his court everyday against democratic Pakistan and passing words for headlines for newspapers and TV Channels. Everyday he puts political cases in his court along with majority of other judges. Other senior Judges are also wasting their time and people, including Lawyers community are suffering.

Corruption cases of past military regime are still on file and pending against him and his son but this government again brought him through an administrative order. His appointment is illegal or not but he can be removed anytime through an executive order.

Abdul Aziz Mohmand
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PRESS RELEASE
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Segregate your Garbage!
December 19th, 2011
Rawalpindi, December 19th, 2011: WWF-Pakistan's Green School Programme inaugurated colour coded dustbins at their pioneer Green School – Beaconhouse School System, Senior Gulrez Campus, Rawalpindi. Dr. Ejaz Ahmad, Deputy Director General- WWF – Pakistan was the Chief Guest of the event.
Garbage segregation is the first step in recycling waste materials. Segregation at source is the easiest and most effective way of segregating unwanted material. After waste is segregated it can be sold to recyclers for further processing.
Pakistan has a huge gap to be bridged in terms of chronic waste collection and disposal. Rawalpindi alone generates over 1,000 tons of waste daily. This waste is treated as mixed garbage as households and commercial entities do not segregate garbage. Mixed garbage cannot be recycled or reused thus restricting the possible means of disposal.
In Pakistan, garbage is usually burnt as common disposal practice or dumped in unsanitary landfills. Garbage eventually flies off and ends up in drains, blocking them. Majority of disposed garbage ends up in water bodies including seas, rivers and lakes. It destroys marine life and pollutes water.
This event serves as a platform for teachers, students and public as a whole to learn about the benefits of garbage segregation and an opportunity to integrate the segregation model into education institutes and more importantly into homes across Pakistan.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ejaz Ahmad said that WWF - Pakistan aims to further enhance public awareness by engaging the youth in environmental education activities. He also highlighted the role and importance of mountains and Forests. The purpose of the programme was to engage school students and teachers in a structured awareness programme to foster a sense of individual responsibility and accountability in future generations towards nature conservation.
Green Students along with Chief Guest and representatives from WWF - Pakistan and Beaconhouse participated in the segregation of garbage and other environment oriented activities. WWF-Pakistan's Green School Programme provided three colour coded garbage bins to the school to reinforce and facilitate garbage segregation.
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'An unimpressive manner'

Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani

 

People of the State of Jammu and Kashmir are distributed under three administrations on either side of Line of Control (Cease Fire Line). The common character that binds them as a nation or as a legal person is the State Subject Law of 20 April 1927. Prime Minister of AJK has responded to my column published on 24 October 2011 and in fact is the first article contributed by any Prime Minister of AJK in any newspaper published from J & K. The effort made by Chaudhry Abdul Majeed is a good beginning in reaching out to people on the other side of LOC. Unfortunately he has failed to make a case on merit and has misquoted facts. I would restrain myself to the substantive merits of his opinions on Emma Nicholson's report on Kashmir and the comparisons of the preambles of the Constitutions of AJK and J & K.

 

It is important to correct the PM that the report was commissioned by the Committee on Foreign Affairs (CFA) in the European Parliament. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne acted as a Rapporteur for the interests of the CFA. She visited AJK and J & K in June 2006 with the express permission of the Government of India and Government of Pakistan. The report titled "Kashmir – Present Situation and Future Prospects" was adopted by the European Parliament on 24 May 2007 by a majority vote of 522 in favour, 9 against and 19 abstentions. The allegation made by Chaudhry Abdul Majeed that the author supported Emma Nicholson in "producing a controversial report which favoured Indian position on Kashmir" is ridiculous.  Author could not have influenced the Committee on Foreign Affairs (CFA) in the European Parliament and persuaded 522 members in the European Parliament to vote in its favour.  The present PM was a common PPP activist at that point and should have known that his party leader Benazir Bhutto appreciated the work done by Emma Nicholson.  It is true that the author requested Emma Nicholson to take a neutral position on right of self-determination and leave it to the ultimate choice of the people of Kashmir. Emma Nicholson very kindly accommodated the request and deleted her adverse observation on the right of self-determination.

 

The understanding of the Prime Minister of the two preambles in the Constitutions of J & K and AJK is poor and without merit. Constitution of J & K was adopted on 17 November 1956 and not 1957 as suggested by the AJK PM. It is important to point out that Chaudhry Abdul Majeed's comparison between the two preambles makes him an unimpressive advocate of AJK Constitution. The preamble of AJK Constitution has not been correctly quoted. It reads "in the discharge of its responsibilities under the UNCIP Resolutions, the Government of Pakistan has approved the proposed repeal and re-enactment of the said Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government Act 1970 and authorised the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to introduce the present Bill in the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir for consideration and passage".

 

AJK Constitution Act has been authored and approved by the Government of Pakistan and carries an instruction for the "the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to introduce the present Bill in the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir for consideration and passage". On the contrary the preamble of J & K Constitution adopted on 17 November 1956 begins as "We the People of the State of Jammu and Kashmir....de hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution".

 

I have continued to have an issue with the Constitution of J & K, not on the basis of the kind advocated by Chaudhry Abdul Majeed but on the basis of the jurisprudence of UN Resolutions on Kashmir. J & K Assembly is infirm in its legislative representation for the continued deficiency under article 48 of the Constitution.  It is under notice of UN Security Council Resolution of 30 March 1951 for the last 58 years. J & K Assembly is elected from a part of the territory and has been cautioned by the UN Resolution on 30 March 1951 that it can't take any decision in respect of the future of the State, which is in violation of the UN mechanism on Kashmir. In the same manner I have continued to have issue with the Constitution of AJK.

 

The AJK Constitution does not recognise the office of the PM in respect of any work for the right of self-determination under UNCIP Resolutions. Article 11 of the AJK Constitution recognises the office of the President in respect of a Plebiscite and UNCIP Resolutions. It may be so but no President has ever made any attempt to discharge this Constitutional duty. A writ petition argued in the High Court of AJK from 1992-1999 by JKCHR (author) urging the President of AJK to discharge his duty under article 11 has failed to have any impact on the Government of AJK.

 

Prime Minister AJK has conducted himself in an unimpressive manner in his article Srinagar Vs Muzaffarabad – A true perspective. Chaudhry Abdul Majeed as a genuine PPP activist should have known about the 13 page email sent on 23 February 2001 by his party leader Benazir Bhutto to the author (Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani) on SGS case, requesting him to take up the issue at the UN. As a consequence the author made a 4 page representation on behalf of Benazir Bhutto on the question of her planned conviction and maltreatment of her husband Senator Asif Zardari. We succeeded to get a relief from the Supreme Court of Pakistan and SC quashed the conviction of Benazir Bhutto.

 

I have known Prime Minister AJK for some time and would have expected a better contribution in defence of right of self-determination and AJK Constitution from him. Unfortunately the office of PM in AJK has continued to rest on fragile shortlisting and the present choice suffers from the same hangover. A commoner could be excused for his ignorance and bias.

 

 However, a PM charged to "provide a better Government and administration of AJK until such time as the status of AJK is determined under UNCIP Resolutions", should remember that the President of Pakistan during PPP Government on the International Peace Day on 19 September 1995 has said in public "I would like to place on record my deep appreciation of the persistent endeavours of Syed Nazir Gilani and his Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights for the just cause of self-determination of the people of Kashmir. I am confident that the useful work done by JKCHR and other such NGOs will bear fruit and the struggle of the Kashmiris will surely succeed because it is an indigenous struggle which comes from within the ethos of the Kashmiri people".

 

It is unfortunate that like a foolish crow holding a piece of cheese in his mouth the PM has been tricked by a clever fox to sing a song and the piece of cheese in his mouth has fallen on the opening of his mouth.

 

Author is London based Secretary General of JKCHR – NGO in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations and can be mailed at dr-nazirgilani@jkchr.com



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  AN OBITUARY - A TRIBUTE TO AIR MARSHAL NUR KHAN
                          by Air Marshal Ayaz Ahmed Khan
 
 
Air Marshal Nur Khan died at Islamabad on December 12. He was 88. Air Commodore Sajjad Haider's tribute to Nur Khan is highly appropriate. Air Marshal Nur Khan was an icon, a matchless leader and a dauntless warrior. I firt saw him in 1942, when as a Pilot Officer with a group of young RIAF pilots he performed low level aerobatics in a Audax bi-plane at the Badami Bagh cantonement in Srinagar. Every one thought that he would hit the Chinar trees, during inverted passes. My father Lt Col Ghulam Ahmed Khan OC of the Military hospital hostd a lunch for the IAF officers. I was introduced to Nur Khan. he looked dashing but incredibly young.
    After the 1965 war, I received an order from the Commander in Chief to recommend all Wirelss Observer NCO 's and airmen for their outstanding reporting of IAF intruders, which had enabled the PAF air defences to shoot down very large numbers Indian fighters during low level interceptions. I recommended large numbers, who were awarded Tamgha Jurrat and other appropriate awards. I was ordered to fly to Pasroor airstrip soon after an IAF Gnat fighter had forced landed after seeing a F-104 on his tail. I landed my Harvard with Flt Lt Saad Hatmi. Pushed the Gnat and the Harvard into a sugar cane field. I could see Indian fighters overhead. The Gnat was refuelled, and as Saad Hatmi walked towards the Gnat, the IAF Squadron Leader-now a POW said," This airstrip is too short for Gnat take-off". Flt lt Saad Hatmi took off. The IAF Gnat is a prize trophy in the PAF Museum.  My war cititation written by Air Cdre Masroor Hussain and endorsed by AM Nur Khan had in a few words recognized my own 65 War endeavours as Base Commander PAF Lahore. Soon after I was posted as OC 31 Bomber Wing and later sent to Joint Service Staff College UK. Nur Khan was my mentor and I hold him in the highest esteem.
    On 9th September 1965, I requested for permission to fly B-57 night  bombing missions. My request was turned down. The C-In-C had already issued a directive that Base Commanders are not to fly into enemy territory. I persisted and applied again. I was flying at night after four years, and was inspired by Nur Khan flying the C-130 for airdrop missions over the valley. He was a man of guts and valour and yet very forgiving. On fequent visits to Lahore, he would came straigt from the aircraft into my office, and question me about the MOU's training, and war readiness. During the finals of PAF Inter-Base hockey tournament between Lahore and Kohat he drove into the hockey field and watched the finals which Lahore won. I was captian of the Base hockey team and proud receipent of the annual hockey trophy from the C-In-C. As President of the Pakistan Hockey Association, and Chairman of the Pakistan cricket Board. Pakistan won the olympics under his stewardship.
   His dynamic leadership of the PAF and PIA was unmatched. PAF was acclaimed as the best air force and PIA as the best airline. He was a hero and an icon which the nation is proud of. He lives in the heart of every Pakistani. The Pakistani nation will never forget him. May God bless him in heaven-Amen
 
Please forward my obituary to Sajjad Haider, with the request that it be given to the press. 
 

From: nhaq@dsl.net.pk
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Subject: Fw: A Man of Steel (Air Cdre Sajad Haider's tribute to AM Nur Khan)
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:40:24 +0500

 
Subject: A Man of Steel (Air Cdre Sajad Haider's tribute to AM Nur Khan)

A man of steel

THERE must be a hush in the extraterrestrial firmament as an unusual meteor blazes with tremendous velocity towards its heavenly abode. Air Marshal Nur Khan was my mentor, a leader whose body and soul were forged in tempered steel. There are few who have lived with such courage and conviction.
He was the second Pakistani chief of the air force, but second to none. Excellence was never an option; it was an instinct he proved as he took PIA to the galaxy of the world's best airlines. In July 1965 he returned to the air force to take over from Asghar Khan, and led the PAF with stunning success into the war of 1965, which he always exhorted as a senseless war perpetrated by unprofessional men at the helm.
I knew him from the time he commanded the base at Mauripur (Masroor) and led a flypast of 100 F-86 Fighter aircraft on March 23. He wanted every fighter on the PAF to take to the air. It was near impossible. But he had the gumption to motivate the men in blue to achieve the impossible. The spectacle was witnessed by millions in Karachi in the mid-1950s, with Nur Khan leading, just before he left to take command of PIA.
His achievements as MD PIA were not limited to the airline. His contribution to Pakistan's sports was epoch-making. He raised the standard of squash and hockey from the mediocre to world class. Pakistan emerged as world champions from the developing world to challenge the mighty First World.
Meanwhile, his individual courage was tested when a Fokker Friendship was hijacked and made to land in Lahore. When all negotiations failed, Nur Khan flew to Lahore and decided to take charge. To everyone's bewilderment and admiration he entered the small cabin and physically overpowered the hijacker just as he fired his gun, wounding the air marshal. However, he was overwhelmed by Nur Khan.
The day he took over the PAF in July 1965, he discovered much to his chagrin and more so for Asghar Khan that neither had been told by president Ayub Khan or Gen Musa that thousands of mujahideen including Pakistan army commandoes had been launched to take Kashmir. He shot off to GHQ to confront Gen Musa, the army chief, asking why the PAF had been kept in the dark. Musa told him that the president did not want to escalate the limited operation and the PAF had to stay out.
Nur Khan had anxious moments knowing that the ill-conceived action would inevitably conflagrate. What would he say to the nation if the Indian Air Force (IAF) was to pre-empt and ground the PAF in a relentless air operation? The rest is history. But for his alacrity and strategic perception the PAF would been devastated by a numerically preponderant IAF.
Nur Khan put the PAF on red alert on Sept 1 as the army's Operation Gibraltar came to a grinding halt and the Indians began a massive assault against Pakistan. In those moments Nur Khan was deeply concerned about the survival of the mujahideen force in the Kashmir valley with no hope for supply reinforcements.
Nur Khan ordered C-130 flights in the valley after consulting with the 12 Division command in control of the Kashmir misadventure. He boarded the first C-130 mission past midnight in inclement weather with a rudimentary radar, in total darkness in the treacherous valley. When Group Captain Zahid Butt overshot the drop zone, placed between high peaks on either side, he decided to abandon the perilous mission. Nur Khan peering over his shoulder asked him to make another attempt. This time the supplies were dropped on target.
Such was the audacity of the man in command of the PAF. The news propelled the morale of the PAF to incredible heights. Its performance in the 1965 war is written in glorious splendour.
I had the honour to fly with him as escort fighter during many missions he flew with my squadron based in Peshawar. He would arrive straight from his residence to our squadron, don his flying gear, order coffee and a hamburger, just like any young fighter pilot and off we went to the firing range at Jamrud.
Everyday he returned with incredible scores which the best pilots in complete form could hardly achieve. When I would tell him that he was going too low in the attacks, he would reply, "that is how you would need to attack the enemy in war".
The war was not on, yet he was irrepressible and would wait for the 'hit count' and rocket results.
One day when I had to abort for aircraft malfunction, my flight commander escorted him to the range. When he returned he had already been informed by the range officer how many hits he had scored on the target. As he stood on the wing of the
Sabrejet he smiled and said, "Now you beat that bloody score, Haider."
He had scored 100 per cent hits on the target. He had beaten my score. A record never broken by the very best anywhere to the best of my knowledge. That was my mentor, a man who considered nothing impossible and proved it with his excellence,
integrity and intrepidness. A legacy few air forces can boast to have inherited.
Farewell, my chief, I know you hated it when I wrote in my book that you were a maverick, but you know that I meant you were incomparable and lightening fast. You liked that. Pakistan's history will place you on the highest pedestal of military leadership. May your heroic and noble soul rest in peace.
The writer is a retired air commodore.

 

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