1:47 PM
Muhammad Zai Khan
Monday, October 4, 2010
Assassination of Swat varsity VC widely condemned
A large number of activists of human rights organisations and political parties on Sunday staged protest demonstration to condemn the assassination of Dr Mohammad Farooq, the Vice-chancellor of Swat University.
Dr Farooq was assassinated in his clinic on Saturday along with his assistant in Mardan.
The protest was held outside Peshawar Press Club under the auspices of Amn Tehrik. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against militancy and in favour of peace in the region. They also chanted slogans against the target killing.
Amn Tehrik convener Idrees Kamal, National Party provincial president Sayed Mukhtar Bacha, Aimal Khattak, Shahab Khattak, Fazal Raziq of Awami Party, Zar Ali Khan, Amir Khan of Pakhtun Democratic Council, Dr Said Alam Mehsud of Peoples Awareness Movement, Shakeel Wahidullah, Tariq Afghan and Hassan Buneri of Azad Pakhtun Students Federation led the protesters.
Addressing the protesters, Mr Bacha condemned the killing of Dr Farooq. “He was killed for his liberal views and anti-militants vision,” he said. He lashed out at the government for its failure to provide security to its peace loving masses.
Mr Kamal said that conspiracy had been hatched against Pakhtuns and they were being killed on different pretexts.
Dr Mahsud said that Dr Farooq was a profound and brilliant reformer. “He was a not a traditionalist like many religious scholars. It is our bad luck that some forces are at work trying to turn Pakhtunkhwa into a den of warriors,” he said.
Meanwhile, Malgari Doctoran, an association of doctors affiliated with Awami National Party, expressed grief over the assassination of Dr Farooq Khan and demanded arrest of his killers at earliest.
According to a press release issued by Malgari Doctoran information secretary Dr Hamid Bangash, an emergency meeting was held with its president Dr Shaukat Jamal Amirzada in the chair to show anguish over the murder of Dr Farooq. The meeting asked the government to scale up its efforts to crush perpetrators of terrorism.
The meeting said that the slain psychiatrist rendered matchless services by helping poor people suffering from psychological, mental and psychiatric ailments.
MANSEHRA: The vice-chancellor and faculty members of Hazara University condemned the killing of Dr Farooq and demanded arrest of his killers.
In this connection an emergency meeting, attended largely by staff and faculty members, was held with Vice-chancellor Dr Sakhawat Shah in the chair, according to a press release issued on Sunday.
Dr Farooq was assassinated in his clinic on Saturday along with his assistant in Mardan.
The protest was held outside Peshawar Press Club under the auspices of Amn Tehrik. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against militancy and in favour of peace in the region. They also chanted slogans against the target killing.
Amn Tehrik convener Idrees Kamal, National Party provincial president Sayed Mukhtar Bacha, Aimal Khattak, Shahab Khattak, Fazal Raziq of Awami Party, Zar Ali Khan, Amir Khan of Pakhtun Democratic Council, Dr Said Alam Mehsud of Peoples Awareness Movement, Shakeel Wahidullah, Tariq Afghan and Hassan Buneri of Azad Pakhtun Students Federation led the protesters.
Addressing the protesters, Mr Bacha condemned the killing of Dr Farooq. “He was killed for his liberal views and anti-militants vision,” he said. He lashed out at the government for its failure to provide security to its peace loving masses.
Mr Kamal said that conspiracy had been hatched against Pakhtuns and they were being killed on different pretexts.
Dr Mahsud said that Dr Farooq was a profound and brilliant reformer. “He was a not a traditionalist like many religious scholars. It is our bad luck that some forces are at work trying to turn Pakhtunkhwa into a den of warriors,” he said.
Meanwhile, Malgari Doctoran, an association of doctors affiliated with Awami National Party, expressed grief over the assassination of Dr Farooq Khan and demanded arrest of his killers at earliest.
According to a press release issued by Malgari Doctoran information secretary Dr Hamid Bangash, an emergency meeting was held with its president Dr Shaukat Jamal Amirzada in the chair to show anguish over the murder of Dr Farooq. The meeting asked the government to scale up its efforts to crush perpetrators of terrorism.
The meeting said that the slain psychiatrist rendered matchless services by helping poor people suffering from psychological, mental and psychiatric ailments.
MANSEHRA: The vice-chancellor and faculty members of Hazara University condemned the killing of Dr Farooq and demanded arrest of his killers.
In this connection an emergency meeting, attended largely by staff and faculty members, was held with Vice-chancellor Dr Sakhawat Shah in the chair, according to a press release issued on Sunday.
Cash disbursement to flood-hits will take 3 months: Bashir bilour
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Senior Minister, Bashir Ahmed Bilour Monday said the process of disbursement of funds among the people affected by floods will be completed within the next three months.
Speaking at KP Assembly, Bilour said 230,000 houses were washed away by the floods in which, he pointed out, 1065 people were killed. Now the provinces needs Rs4.5 billion for their reconstruction, he added.
Initially, the Federation and the province have issued Rs1 billion each and that the process of giving away the cash to the affectees will be completed within the next three months.
He said strict notice will be taken against the irregularities in the distribution of relief goods.
Speaking at KP Assembly, Bilour said 230,000 houses were washed away by the floods in which, he pointed out, 1065 people were killed. Now the provinces needs Rs4.5 billion for their reconstruction, he added.
Initially, the Federation and the province have issued Rs1 billion each and that the process of giving away the cash to the affectees will be completed within the next three months.
He said strict notice will be taken against the irregularities in the distribution of relief goods.
28 Nato oil tankers set ablaze in Islamabad
Unidentified gunmen killed at least three people and set 28 Nato oil tankers on fire carrying fuel for Nato and US forces in Afghanistan in Islamabad on Monday.
Many tankers caught fire during the attack. Rescue sources said at least three people died. The sources added that seven others were injured in the attack.
A vital land route for Nato supplies for Afghanistan that has been blocked for three days will reopen "relatively quickly," Pakistan's ambassador to Washington told a US news channel on Sunday.
Pakistan halted the Nato convoys on Thursday after Nato helicopters killed three Pakistani soldiers.
"I think the supply line will be open relatively quickly," he said, adding that he expected it would take "less than a week."
"It's not a blockade. It's just a temporary suspension of the convoys moving through," Haqqani added.
Officials say nearly 70 per cent of Nato supplies and 40 per cent of its fuel requirements are shipped via Pakistan for some 160,000 US-led troops in Afghanistan.
Many tankers caught fire during the attack. Rescue sources said at least three people died. The sources added that seven others were injured in the attack.
A vital land route for Nato supplies for Afghanistan that has been blocked for three days will reopen "relatively quickly," Pakistan's ambassador to Washington told a US news channel on Sunday.
Pakistan halted the Nato convoys on Thursday after Nato helicopters killed three Pakistani soldiers.
"I think the supply line will be open relatively quickly," he said, adding that he expected it would take "less than a week."
"It's not a blockade. It's just a temporary suspension of the convoys moving through," Haqqani added.
Officials say nearly 70 per cent of Nato supplies and 40 per cent of its fuel requirements are shipped via Pakistan for some 160,000 US-led troops in Afghanistan.
