Shumaila Rana resigns over credit card scandal
Sunday, July 26, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Saturday, July 25, 2009
ISLAMABAD: MPA Shumaila Rana tendered her resignation from the Punjab Assembly on Friday on the demand of the PML-N investigation committee set up to probe the credit card scandal case.
The resignation was submitted to PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and would now be submitted to the Punjab Assembly speaker.Shumaila, who was elected on reserved seat of the Punjab Assembly, is involved in stealing a credit card and making payment through it to a jewellery shop.
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ISLAMABAD: MPA Shumaila Rana tendered her resignation from the Punjab Assembly on Friday on the demand of the PML-N investigation committee set up to probe the credit card scandal case.
The resignation was submitted to PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and would now be submitted to the Punjab Assembly speaker.Shumaila, who was elected on reserved seat of the Punjab Assembly, is involved in stealing a credit card and making payment through it to a jewellery shop.
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Labels: Leadership, Legislators, Morality, Parliamentarians
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PML-N team urges Shumaila Rana to resign
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Thursday, July 16, 2009
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League has demanded resignation from its MPA Shumaila Rana due to her involvement in a theft case. An investigation team of the PML-N has urged Shumaila Rana to tender her resignation, as her scam has raised questions regarding the party’s credibility before the general public.
Meanwhile, Shumaila, after refusing to resign from the Punjab Assembly, has asked for a two-day time by stating that a conspiracy had been hatched against her to malign the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz as well as her character.
The PML-N investigation team has affirmed that if she was innocent, then she has to face the media to prove her innocence. The party’s central leader Zulfiqar Khosa has stated that the decision to seek resignation from Shumaila Rana was taken because of her failure to prove her innocence before the committee.
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League has demanded resignation from its MPA Shumaila Rana due to her involvement in a theft case. An investigation team of the PML-N has urged Shumaila Rana to tender her resignation, as her scam has raised questions regarding the party’s credibility before the general public.
Meanwhile, Shumaila, after refusing to resign from the Punjab Assembly, has asked for a two-day time by stating that a conspiracy had been hatched against her to malign the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz as well as her character.
The PML-N investigation team has affirmed that if she was innocent, then she has to face the media to prove her innocence. The party’s central leader Zulfiqar Khosa has stated that the decision to seek resignation from Shumaila Rana was taken because of her failure to prove her innocence before the committee.
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Labels: Leadership, Legislators, Parliament, PML(N)
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Beware bureaucrats, you have been warned
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Thursday, July 02, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The usually soft-spoken Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani minced no words on Wednesday when he promised dire consequences for senior bureaucrats approaching parliamentarians and ministers for seeking favours in service-related matters.
He was speaking at the outset of the first cabinet meeting after the passage of the budget.It was an interesting reversal of priorities considering that only a few days back on June 27, The News had run a story about instances when the prime minister’s office was itself found involved in forwarding such recommendations based on the request of parliamentarians.
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ISLAMABAD: The usually soft-spoken Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani minced no words on Wednesday when he promised dire consequences for senior bureaucrats approaching parliamentarians and ministers for seeking favours in service-related matters.
He was speaking at the outset of the first cabinet meeting after the passage of the budget.It was an interesting reversal of priorities considering that only a few days back on June 27, The News had run a story about instances when the prime minister’s office was itself found involved in forwarding such recommendations based on the request of parliamentarians.
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Labels: Bureaucracy, Governance, Leadership, Legislators, Nepotism, Parlimentarians, Politicisation
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Funds for MNAs
The News International, Pakistan, Thursday, July 02, 2009
Rather unexpectedly, the prime minister has announced a doubling in the annual development fund for the 342 members of the National Assembly, raising the amount to Rs20 million for each fiscal year. It is not clear if the benefit will be extended also to the 100 members of the Senate, who, till now, had been on par with the legislators in the lower house. But even if this does not happen, it is quite obvious that there will be a considerable new drain on the exchequer as a result of the decision. Oddly enough, no mention of it had been made in the budget and the prime minister's announcement came as the budget session concluded. It is true that the money for each MNA is at no point handed over directly to her or him. Instead it is allocated for the implementation of development schemes in their respective constituencies. But despite this, it has always been seen since the practice was introduced almost two decades ago as a form of political bribery. The availability of funds to carry out works of different kinds obviously empowers MNAs and gives them clout within their constituencies. In the past there has been blatant misuse of this hand-out by not giving it to political opponents and thereby placing them at a disadvantage.
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Rather unexpectedly, the prime minister has announced a doubling in the annual development fund for the 342 members of the National Assembly, raising the amount to Rs20 million for each fiscal year. It is not clear if the benefit will be extended also to the 100 members of the Senate, who, till now, had been on par with the legislators in the lower house. But even if this does not happen, it is quite obvious that there will be a considerable new drain on the exchequer as a result of the decision. Oddly enough, no mention of it had been made in the budget and the prime minister's announcement came as the budget session concluded. It is true that the money for each MNA is at no point handed over directly to her or him. Instead it is allocated for the implementation of development schemes in their respective constituencies. But despite this, it has always been seen since the practice was introduced almost two decades ago as a form of political bribery. The availability of funds to carry out works of different kinds obviously empowers MNAs and gives them clout within their constituencies. In the past there has been blatant misuse of this hand-out by not giving it to political opponents and thereby placing them at a disadvantage.
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Labels: Funds, Legislators, MNAs, Parlimentarians
posted @ 10:03 AM,
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Minister barred from Punjab PA
The News International, Pakistan, Thursday, July 02, 2009
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal Khan on Wednesday barred Prisons Minister Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor from attending the PA proceedings for eight days for misconduct.
Besides, opposition member Bushra Nawaz Gardezi was also denied entry to the House for one day for displaying a banner containing derogatory remarks against the Leader of the House. The opposition, while accepting the decision taken by the speaker, ended the boycott of the assembly session and participated in the proceedings whereas the session was later prorogued by the speaker.
Soon after the speaker finished his remarks, Opposition Leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin Khan thanked the speaker and sought an apology from his side over the incident, which took place on June 29. He lauded the speaker for his decision, saying the decision would be remembered in parliamentary history.
PML-N Punjab President and senior parliamentarian Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, in his address on the occasion, also sought an apology over the June 29 episode. Senior Minister Raja Riaz Ahmed also tendered an apology for using objectionable remarks against PML-Q legislator Mohsin Leghari.
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LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal Khan on Wednesday barred Prisons Minister Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor from attending the PA proceedings for eight days for misconduct.
Besides, opposition member Bushra Nawaz Gardezi was also denied entry to the House for one day for displaying a banner containing derogatory remarks against the Leader of the House. The opposition, while accepting the decision taken by the speaker, ended the boycott of the assembly session and participated in the proceedings whereas the session was later prorogued by the speaker.
Soon after the speaker finished his remarks, Opposition Leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin Khan thanked the speaker and sought an apology from his side over the incident, which took place on June 29. He lauded the speaker for his decision, saying the decision would be remembered in parliamentary history.
PML-N Punjab President and senior parliamentarian Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, in his address on the occasion, also sought an apology over the June 29 episode. Senior Minister Raja Riaz Ahmed also tendered an apology for using objectionable remarks against PML-Q legislator Mohsin Leghari.
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Labels: Code of Conduct, Leadership, Legislators, Parlimentarians
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Thank you very much, your funds stand doubled
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The News International, Wednesday, July 01, 2009
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday thanked both the treasury and opposition members for passing the budget without any bickering by doubling their development funds from Rs 10 million to Rs 20 million.
“This time the National Assembly passed a budget unanimously and,therefore, as a token of appreciation, I announce to increase the development funds of parliamentarians from Rs 10 million to Rs 20 million,” said the prime minister, while speaking at the last sitting of the budget session, to the delight of the desk-thumping congregation.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday thanked both the treasury and opposition members for passing the budget without any bickering by doubling their development funds from Rs 10 million to Rs 20 million.
“This time the National Assembly passed a budget unanimously and,therefore, as a token of appreciation, I announce to increase the development funds of parliamentarians from Rs 10 million to Rs 20 million,” said the prime minister, while speaking at the last sitting of the budget session, to the delight of the desk-thumping congregation.
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Labels: Corruption, Governance, Legislators, Nepotism, Parlimentarians
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PML-N, PML-Q MPAs come to blows in Punjab PA
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 30, 2009
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed complete mayhem after Prisons Minister Ch Abdul Ghafoor manhandled a woman legislator of the PML-Q for displaying a banner against the chief minister.
Ghafoor embarrassed the entire treasury after he manhandled two women parliamentarians as well as used abusive language against Bushra Nawaz Gardezi. He hit headlines after his encounter with customs officials at the Allama Iqbal International Airport last month.
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LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed complete mayhem after Prisons Minister Ch Abdul Ghafoor manhandled a woman legislator of the PML-Q for displaying a banner against the chief minister.
Ghafoor embarrassed the entire treasury after he manhandled two women parliamentarians as well as used abusive language against Bushra Nawaz Gardezi. He hit headlines after his encounter with customs officials at the Allama Iqbal International Airport last month.
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Labels: Legislators, Parlimentarians, PML(N), PML(Q), Punjab Assembly
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SC rejects plea challenging educational degrees of 68 MPs
Friday, June 19, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Friday, June 19, 2009
The five-member bench, headed by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and comprising Justice Nasirul Mulk, Justice Mohammad Moosa K Leghari, Justice Sheikh Hakim Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, was hearing a constitutional petition challenging the educational degrees of MMA legislators.
Appearing on a notice, Qari Abdur Rashid advocate and counsel for the respondents submitted that as his clients had completed their tenure; therefore, there was no need to hear the case on merit.
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The five-member bench, headed by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and comprising Justice Nasirul Mulk, Justice Mohammad Moosa K Leghari, Justice Sheikh Hakim Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, was hearing a constitutional petition challenging the educational degrees of MMA legislators.
Appearing on a notice, Qari Abdur Rashid advocate and counsel for the respondents submitted that as his clients had completed their tenure; therefore, there was no need to hear the case on merit.
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Labels: Judiciary, Justice, Legislators, Supreme Court of Pakistan
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LHC disqualifies MPA from Bahawalnagar
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Daily Times, Pakistan
Thursday, June 11, 2009
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) consisting of Justice Anwarul Haq and Justice Abdul Sattar Goraya on Monday disqualified Rauf Khalid, an independently-elected MPA from Punjab Assembly constituency PP-284 (Bahawalnagar).
The bench directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to reprocess elections in the constituency in accordance with the law. The bench held the MPA disqualified after accepting petitions of Muhammad Ijazul Haq, the former minister for religions affairs and Nasarullah Khan, a voter from the same constituency. Ijaz, a PML-N candidate, had lost the election against Khalid, who had received 26,888 votes while Ijaz had been the runner-up, with 24,232 votes.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) consisting of Justice Anwarul Haq and Justice Abdul Sattar Goraya on Monday disqualified Rauf Khalid, an independently-elected MPA from Punjab Assembly constituency PP-284 (Bahawalnagar).
The bench directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to reprocess elections in the constituency in accordance with the law. The bench held the MPA disqualified after accepting petitions of Muhammad Ijazul Haq, the former minister for religions affairs and Nasarullah Khan, a voter from the same constituency. Ijaz, a PML-N candidate, had lost the election against Khalid, who had received 26,888 votes while Ijaz had been the runner-up, with 24,232 votes.
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Labels: Judiciary, Justice, Lahore High Court, Legislators
posted @ 9:01 AM,
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No rules for legislators?
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Dawn, Pakistan
Monday, 08 Jun, 2009
This underscores a bigger malady: the difficulty of enforcing rules for legislators. Nobody knows how many parliamentarians at the federal and provincial levels are facing criminal charges of various intensities and different types. Their number is expected to be quite high. In the last two weeks alone, two ruling party legislators in Punjab were alleged to have committed such heinous crimes as harassing women and committing rape at gunpoint. A sense of immunity from prosecution and punishment is at work in these cases. Allowing Mr Ghafoor to walk away with this clear violation of the rules, even if he did not know them, will certainly allow other legislators to believe they can get away with anything.
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Monday, 08 Jun, 2009
This underscores a bigger malady: the difficulty of enforcing rules for legislators. Nobody knows how many parliamentarians at the federal and provincial levels are facing criminal charges of various intensities and different types. Their number is expected to be quite high. In the last two weeks alone, two ruling party legislators in Punjab were alleged to have committed such heinous crimes as harassing women and committing rape at gunpoint. A sense of immunity from prosecution and punishment is at work in these cases. Allowing Mr Ghafoor to walk away with this clear violation of the rules, even if he did not know them, will certainly allow other legislators to believe they can get away with anything.
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Labels: Justice, Legislators, PML(N)
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