Mar2002

mar31--11 killed as suicide bombers storm hindu temple in occupied kashmir
mar31--Arafat barricaded/surrounded by 20 israeli tanks in rammalah as suicide bomber blows up in a tel aviv cafe...
mar31--musharaf looks increasingly like a dictator without any convincing mandate/reason to remain in power.. as he tries to convince people that he is not power hungry...but wants to stay in power for ever...referendum/national securtity council control on all government affairs imminent...primeminister tobe powerless frontman
mar30--PML(shujaat-azhar) turns into a musharaf support group as it supports referendum
mar30--all military men appointments made by the musharaf regime illegal says The News...
mar30--crackdown on arabs residing in pakistan halted as differences emerge amongst police chiefs, governor and corp commanders...people say ISI/interior ministry is guilty of anti pakistan activities...
mar30--Israel invades ramallah and kills seven in destroying arafat offices as palestinian women blows up an israeli shopping center
mar29--pakistani clocks tobe advanced from april 6
mar29--musharaf regime moving towards referendum option for staying in power as fauji support groups popularity starts slipping
mar29--Exports fall as foreign exchange deposits rise to $5 billion, remmittances $1.4billion
mar29--The musharaf military regime looks like a retired fauji brigade as over 500 mostly retired faujis hold most top civilian jobs..included are over 76 general types...
mar29--Tikka Khan a former army chief dies
mar29--musharaf regime raises electricity prices by 4.5 paisas per unit
mar29--two killed in FBI/ISI raid in faisalabad, lahore as 50 supposed arabs are arrested on charges of being al qaeda
mar28--PAF phases out 35year old F-6's(Mig 19) and inducts F-7PG
mar28--Irsa approves filling of mangla dam toits full capacity of 1212 feet
mar28--15 israelis killed in suicide attack
mar27--The government expects all citizens with annual incomes above 150000 to file income tax returns
mar27--Delimitation for single day national and provincial constituencies announced for 357 national -- 198/81/46/18/fata12/islamabad2 and 758 provincial 390/171/130/67 seats
mar27--Over 2000 people killed in afghanistan earthquake
mar27--Remmittances have risen above the billion dollar level for teh first time since 1998
mar25--minor sindhi extremist groups and london based terrorist mqm leaders mount opposition to thal canal rally in london
mar25--The military rulers are constructing over 24 more jails to house their opponents as the numbers of people jailed rises
mar25--musharaf refers to benazir as a "dakoo" as he pleases the fauj's unpopular support groups by saying that he wont allow benazir and nawaz into teh countries politics..many surmise that most of teh propaganda gainst the popular PPP and PMLn governments came from army sources..
mar25--violence in indian gujerat continues
mar25--Police suspect that the unidentified mutilated body found at the islamabad church attack maybe of the grenade thrower
mar25--israel shoots dead four jordanians and three palestinians in continuing violence in palestine
mar24--The news reports that pakistans politically immature generals are divided on the unconstitutional/ farcical referendum to keep musharaf in power...
mar24--musharaf increases medicine prices by 3% unnecesarily...in order to help the poor patients survive...?
mar24--musharaf could not tolerate political rallies even on mar23 and used the police to foil rallies in quetta and lahore arresting hundreds while a JI rally was allowed in rawalpindi...
mar23--after the failure of the army and ISI in handling terrorism the FIA is being rejuvenated to control terrorists...
mar23--hand grenade thrown at police in taxila
mar23--The ISI has been formally removed from all political decision making systems and the afghanistan and kashmir desks have both been closed reports the NEWS...Meaning that musharaf has submitted to all indian demands on kashmir while getting nothing in return...
mar23--Punjabs donation of its march irrigation water supply to sind could cost it around $300 million in decreased wheat production...
mar23--The News suggests that musharaf is planning a repeat of the failed partial democracy system with an army controlled national security council being given powers to dismiss the elected government..other measures expected are transfer of health, education, population welfare, local government ministries to the provinces and the farcical referendum since almost nobody supports an army president.. musharaf or otherwise...
mar23--USA shuts down consulates and recalls all non essential staff from pakistan..pakistan wary of US attacks on pakistani territory..Musharaf unable to clearly warn the USA of retaliation if USA launches any sort of bombing raids inside pakistan...
mar22--Frontier Constabulary lost two men in an attack by terrorists on the uch gas field in balochistan
mar22--six killed in fresh indian gujerat violence
mar22--India expels pakistan embassy official
mar22--Musharaf who seems to genuinely fear the countries only two experienced politicians ie Benazir and Nawaz and all uneducated politicians as well has decided to debar them from politics...?
mar22--The anti poor musharaf who seems to lack any sense of poverty alleviation has imposed a 15% sales tax on medicines and increased medicine prices by a further 3%..That is expected to create further burdens on teh countries health deprived majority...Good medicines are already expensive and what musharaf expects to gain by furthering the problems of the ill is literally unknown...increasing taxation without an objective or need is one of the worst possible policies.Government health policies and hospitals are possibly the worst run systems in this country
mar21--PPP also suggests that military preparing to rig elections for an ineffective musharaf/ISI controlled parliament
mar21--seven israelis killed in suicide bombing as US again sides with israel...
mar21--seven rockets fired at balochistan gas well
Mar21--Grenade terrorism moves to lahore as two killed with hand grenades thrown at PPP leaders car apparently by PML(shujaat-azhar) opponents...?
mar21--The uneducated PML(shujaat-azhar) has asked the Chief Election Commissioner to override teh military and allow undergraduates to participate in the elections
mar21--Pakistans military apparently sure that teh elected parliament will not support musharaf on PML(shujaat-azhar) advice will hold a farcical referndum in may to continue musharaf's useless rule..PML(shujaat-azhar) the military supported party expected to lose elections heavily
mar20--four killed in continuing anti muslim violence in gujerat, india
mar20--two shot dead in lahore sectarian attacks
mar20--two indian HC officials expelled for involvement in terrorism
mar20--islamabad IG and DIG removed after security in diplomat enclave found tobe non existent...
mar20--Ossama alive and does not have kidney disease say relatives
mar19--three killed as hindu mobs attack muslim groups in ahmedabad, india
mar19--The uneducated PML(shujaat-azhar) has decided to move the courts against disallowing undergraduates to contest national and provincial elections...such candidates are usually useless as they are ineffective in participation at government level and usually lack the ability to converse with foreigners...
mar18--musharaf reluctantly agrees to transfer octroi money amounting to Rs26 billion to provinces for tehsil use
mar18--15 killed in kashmir while four killed in palestine
mar18--five persons killed including two americans as intra religious terrorist strikes in islamabad...lobs several grenades into church gathering and escapes
mar18--JUI-F chief fazlur rehman released after six months in jail
mar18--hindus kill several muslims and burn two mosques in india as vajpayee/hindus fuel anti muslim ire...muslims also determined to retaliate by burning hindus...
mar17--809 released out of 2060 arrested jihadis
mar17--eight killed as train derails near sheikhupura
mar16--musharaf arrests 56 in multan as muharram trensions rise...
mar16--eight palestinians killed as israel forced to quit ramallah
mar16--petrol prices up again
mar16--eight arrested in karachi for smuggling children to malta
mar15--palestinians knock out two israeli tanks
mar15--PPP rally in sukkur against Thal canal...several of PPP's anti punjabi leaders arrested including khurshid shah,nisar khuhro, manzur wassan and taj haider...Punjab PPP supports thal canal..PPP to split on the issue
mar15--Mustafa Khar a former governor of punjab and PPP leader marries fourteen year old Oshan Maral..This is apparently his eighth marriage...
mar15--Musharaf orders closure of all punjab canals as sindh acts irrationally...Punjab water tobe given to sind for cotton sowing till mid april
mar14--UN moves to legalize palestinian state however it fails to define its boundaries as it did in the case of isarel...
mar14--Khalid Ranjha moves from punjab to become musharaf's law minister..The failed Shahida Jamal becomes minister for urban affairs/local government(karachi)..Owais Ghani moves from peshawar to become minister for overseas pakistanis/labour
mar13--Punjab PPP says PPP not to participate in elections if Benazir barred
mar13--violence ereupts in karachi at funeral of two shiites killed apparently in retaliation for the police killing of shakeel anwer in bahawalpur
Mar13--israelis kill 31 palestinians as 150 tanks storm into ramallah...israelis have become used to using force against the unarmed palestinians...
mar12--anti shiite attacks have taken off as usual as muharram approaches..The militant sunnis regard the shiite antics surrounding muharram and Hussains death as anti islamic..others suggest that teh shiites organise the attacks to get the governments sympathy and protection...
mar12--As all political parties reach the same conclusion that musharaf unacceptable as president the News reports that musharaf might go for a Zia style farcical referendum...The PML(shujaat-azhar) which reportedly favours musharaf as president thinks that it can win a majority of the seats but many doubt that with the musharaf opposition poised to win control of the nartional assembly and at least two provincial assemblies...That will leave the army in a most embarassing situation...Many suggest that the new assembly will move quickly to reject any new amendments to the constitution and appoint a new COAS and neutral president by consensus...most are suggesting that the president and coas be appointed by teh national assembly thru a majority vote so that teh country can be stable...Presidents and the COAS have always been at odds with parliament and primeminister in the recent past..many suggest that amendments to the constitution might also be banned unless approved by the army as in the past
mar12--pakistan offers extradition treaty to india while india refuses to hold any talks without handing over of the 20...
mar12--Two helicopters shot down by afghan militants using sam7's in gardez area prompting US withdrawals..
mar12--LJ militant Shakeel Ahmed reportedly involved in 38 sectarian killings and attack on bahawalpur church apparently killed by police in bahawalpur..
mar12--pakistan allows arming of diplomats in karachi...?
mar12--pakistan unable to hit inidan plane as it intrudes into pakistani airspace..
mar11--The weak cowardly musharaf unilaterally offered to withdraw troops from the border and hand over 20 militants..calling them criminals...some cowardly journalists wanted pakistan to withdraw its troops from the borders..without any agreement...given the indian genocide of muslims in gujerat such steps are seen as pakistan literally caving in to indian denmands...
mar11--US troops escape from gardez as afghan militants win some consolation after battering US forces
mar11--Irsa's baloch chief went bonkers and took individual control over water distribution arrangements and ordered illegal implementation of the 1991 water accord opposed by the punjab...punjab threatens to stop all water flows in retaliation...!!!
mar11--mar11--israeli aggressions against palestinians can never be forgiven says Saudi arabia as israel destroys arafats office while suicide bomber blows up 11 israelis near sharon residence..palestinians atttempting to take the fight to the israelis despite substantial losses....
mar10--Indians kill another 12 in occupied kashmir as Advani rejects talks offer while sushma swaraj wants teh return of 7-10 terrorists and further deescalation for talks..however continues to reject the freedom struggle in kashmir which makes any talks theoretically meaningless since pakistan is only interested in talks for liberating kashmir from indian occupation......
Mar10--Automatic water level detection/transmission system tobe setup at eighteen points on pakistans irrigation barrage/canal system merely to solve provincial posturing on usage and levels
mar09--Benazir tobe rehabilitated(by the musharaf regime) by August 14 suggests PPP's Hoti
Mar09--Imran Khan says musharaf meddling in pre election politics by giving him Rs20 million and attempting to create a selected pml(shujaat-azhar)subordinate parliament
Mar09--Musharaf allocates Rs10 billion for irrigation system development in sind after falling into sindhs provincial politics trap..Nobody ever allocates such huge amounts to punjab or other provinces..are other provinces illegitimate or totally developed ask many..Musharaf being a mohajir has developed a known anti punjab animosity..
Mar09--Israelis kill 37 palestinians in uncontrolled revenge/rage as palestinians shoot six israelis...
India kill 19 in occupied kashmir
Mar 09--Moinuddin Hider announces amnesty for religious activists as sectarian murders/activities reemerge over the past weeks...
mar08--israelis kill another 12 palestinians in raids on palestine offices/areas..
Mar08--Musharaf who is being seen as an ineffective person viz getting anything out of the indians has again offered the useless options of troops withdrawals and allowing indian airlines to overfly pakistan without caring for any solutions at a Saarc meeting ...Such steps only cause tensions when the indians start moving towards the borders/issuing threats..the army which is useless in cantonements should be permanently stationed at the borders until a solution is reached..musharaf has continuously followed an indian agenda without achieveing anything...
mar08--The death toll of muslims killed by hindus in the recent violence has risen to 665
mar08--Provinces reject musharaf formula on water distribution..Insist on going back to 1991 accord in which there are differences on one clause...Irsa which is merely a water distribution/implementation organisation seems to have taken on the role of provincial coordination body which is actually the responsibility of teh chief ministers or governors......Irsa is not empowered to change the rules and obviously cannot threaten or order the federal govt which it seems tobe doing as well..Irsa seems tobe using up all teh water under the present system without caring whether resources will be available in the future..
Mar07--Over 400 afghaniss killed in katest Us attacks in paktia province bordering pakistan
10 palestinians and two israelis in killed in palestine violence
kashmiris mujahids and three indians killed in occupied kashmir
musharaf unable to resolve dispute on irrigation water as he pushes for a new water distribution accord which was rejected by teh punjab entoto. Musharafs provincial teams have been fighting over the 1994 and 1991 water accords.Punjab and sind usually fight in these months as water outflows from dams reduce to a minimum..Musharaf has approved irrigation projects in sind and balochistan without creating additional water reservoirs
Musharaf regime blindly arrested jihadis says Lahore High Court
Musharaf regime to increase medicine and cooking oil prices by imposing additional taxes....
Mar06--Unemployed, corruption tainted karachite Nisar memon apointed information minister..Karachis memons are known as the countries most chakri bussinessmen.As IBM boss and a minister in a former cabinet nisar memon bid for the countries ID card bussiness at Rs300 per card..reportedly that amount included almost Rs200 per card as kickbacks.
Mar06--The pakistan army failed in putting together even an adequately trained fully fit hockey team.The hockey team which was to make a heroic comeback to top flight hockey failed to even make the semi finals of the world cup..The lacklustre performance can only be put down to lack of training and fitness as well as promoting sifarishis which is the armies only gameplan in govt formation as well as hockey...
mar06--India expels two pakistan embassy staffers
Mar06--The News has published rumours that Abdul Sattar the military regimes foreign minister is about tobe removed and replaced by either Shehryar Khan, Maleeha Lodhi or Shireen mazari...
mar06--61 palestinians and 31 israelis have been killed in the palestine dispute in the past week.
mar05--Musharaf raise the salaries of his paltu ministers by 100%..with such salary raises what is the meaning of any supposed reforms...?
Mar05--9 US soldiers die as helicopter is shotdown in afghanistan
mar05--Over 580 muslims killed by murderous hindus over the past few days in gujerat violence
mar04--ten israelis killed by palestinian gunman who escapes as three palestinians also killed by israelis..
mar04--anti muslim riots continue in india --death toll 499
mar04--Indians kill 11 in occupied kashmir
mar03--hindus burn entire muslim families to death in their gujerat homes..
mar03--10 israelis die in bomb blasts as israelis kill six palestinians
mar03--musharaf flipflopping on being president after elections as his country wide support drops to lowest levels..
mar03--10 kashmiris killed including two women in occupied kashmir liberation struggle
mar02--death toll rise to 286 as hindus continue killing muslims in gujerat
mar02--8.5-20% gas prices raised by musharaf regime which has a total lack of any public conscience or responsibility
mar02--11 killed by indians in occupied kashmir..
mar02--three paltu musharaf cronies benefit as retirement age of lt generals increased to 58
mar01--Hindus kill over 60 muslims in anti muslim riots in gujerat
mar01--11 palestinians killed by israelis
mar01--Qazi hussein ahmed released as US signals JI as a moderate religious group