Daily HURRIYAT

Lahore, January 12: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep shock and grief at the murder of parents of Justice Javed Iqbal, a senior judge of the Supreme Court, and condemned the killing as “absolutely unconscionable”. A statement issued on Wednesday said: “HRCP is shocked at the brutal murder of Justice Javed Iqbal’s aged parents in a locality that is considered safe from criminal activities. We condole with the bereaved family. HRCP would not like to comment on the motives behind the absolutely unconscionable killing until the matter has been thoroughly investigated. However, if there is even the slightest indication that this is some kind of a message to the judiciary, that would be an even more sinister incident than the ghastly murders. The incident only underlines the state of disorder and lawlessness and the extent of perils to life and liberty even in the country’s main cities. Such incidents strain the people’s sense of patriotism to the breaking p...

I SLAMABAD – January 7: In order to safeguard the interest of common investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has taken cognizance of unregistered commodity futures trading. The SECP has issued an order against Ravi Oil Cake Traders, a partnership firm, for operating an illegal commodity exchange. The firm violated Section 3 (1) of the 1969 Securities and Exchange Ordinance by providing unauthorized trading facilities in cottonseed oil futures contracts thereby posing a risk to the deposits of numerous investors. A penalty of Rs10 million has been imposed on the two partners of the firm. The general public is cautioned that all transactions in commodity futures contracts in Pakistan are governed by the 2005 Commodity Exchange and Futures Contracts Rules. Presently, the National Commodity Exchange Limited (NCEL) is the only registered commodity futures exchange in Pakistan, providing authorized trading platform in various listed futures contracts includi...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern that some of the changes proposed in the anti-terrorism law are not only contrary to due process they will also cause derogation of human rights, and called upon parliament to ensure adequate safeguards to prevent abuse by law enforcement agencies. A statement issued by HRCP on Wednesday said: “While the bill introduced in the Senate to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 is largely a reproduction of the 2009 ordinance on the subject, it has several new provisions that will cause anxiety to defenders of rule of law. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan understands the need to strengthen the law to deal with terrorist activities and terrorist groups, particularly continued operation of proscribed groups under new names. However, we are seriously concerned at the enlargement of powers of police and other law enforcement agencies, particularly in view of their persistent disregard of human rights and their inability ...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi. COAS inquired about the health and well being of wounded soldiers of Operation Janbaz. He appreciated their performance and high morale.

سیاسی جماعتوں اور مکاتب فکر کے لوگ ملک دشمن قوتوں کے عزائم ناکام بنا دیں۔ صدر اسلام آباد ۔ 7جون (اے پی پی) صدر آصف علی زرداری نے کراچی میں شہریوں کے قتل کے متعدد واقعات کی شدید مذمت کرتے ہوئے صوبائی حکومت کو ان کی فوری تحقیقات اور ایسے واقعات کی روک تھام کیلئے کارروائی کی ہدایت کی ہے۔ اتوار کو یہاں جاری بیان میں صدر نے کہا کہ ملک کی موجودہ صورتحال اس بات کی متقاضی ہے کہ تمام مکاتب فکر اور سیاسی جماعتوں سے تعلق رکھنے والے شہری باہمی اتحاد، ہم آہنگی اور تعاون کو مزید فروغ دے کر ملک دشمن قوتوں کے عزائم ناکام بنا دیں۔

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) Investigation Unit has busted a network of arms smugglers and has recovered a big cache of illegal arms and ammunitions. This is the second biggest recovery of arms made by the CID Investigation Unit in the month of January. Provincial Police Officer (PPO) Sindh, Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak, has rewarded the team with Rs0.5 million. SSP CID Investigation Aslam Khan addressing a press conference at the CID Head Office said that he received information that another network of arms smuggler was present in the city and was hiding in Banaras with a huge quantity of arms. Acting on the information he directed his patrolling officer Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Aleem Lashari to conduct a raid. The CID police cordoned off the area near Valika, Banaras, and SITE Town and after a brief encounter arrested Mohammed Arshad alias Mohammed Rashid with his taxi (JN-6044) and also recovered arms and ammunition. Arshad is an inter-provincial smuggler...

CRAWFORD/ISLAMABAD: US President George W Bush called President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and all sides agreed on the need to avoid any action that would increase tensions. According to White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe, Bush “called Prime Minister Singh of India and separately President Zardari of Pakistan. President Bush urged both...to cooperate with each other in the Mumbai attack investigation as well as on counter-terrorism in general. “All three leaders from the United States, India and Pakistan agreed that no one wanted to take any steps that unnecessarily raise tensions,” Johndroe stressed. While talking to Bush, President Zardari reiterated Islamabad’s position of not allowing non-state actors to use Pakistani territory for launching attacks on other countries, and said stern action would be taken against any such elements. Bush and Zardari also discussed the general security situation in the region in the aftermath of the Mumb...