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Prime Minister after buying 4 luxury armored cars, 2 BMWs and 2  #mercedes    #Benz    for himself has now cleared the purchase of a 2400cc Mercedes Benz E-250 for the  #Attorney     #General    of Pakistan Salman Butt, amid a  #political    #crisis    and a weak  #economic    growth. It must be noted that AGP Salman Butt is Mr Sharif's 'personal favourite'. He has represented him and his family in numerous corruption  #cases    and had him acquitted, latest of which concluded on 19th of September in which the Sharif family was acquitted in cases related to #money     #laundering    and  #Hudaibiya     #mills    case. >>Read More..  http://www.dawn.com/news/1134245/

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf ruled out the possibility of anyone hurting Pakistan in the presence of the army which is fully capable of giving a befitting response to any adventurism. “The army will thwart all challenges to Pakistan’s territorial integrity,” he told the anchor of a private TV channel. Musharraf said no country, including the United States, should bother to interfere in Pakistan’s internal affairs as Pakistanis knew how to solve their problems. But the former president conceded that there was a growing sense of unease over the current political stalemate. The crisis, according to Musharraf, should be resolved in a peaceful manner. He said the army was closely monitoring the whole situation. “Just like 1999, the people are once again looking at the army for help,” he said. He disagreed that it was the right time for re-election. “But it is the real democracy that people have come out of their homes,” he added. Criticising the former chief j...

Make history, don’t become one Let’s forget about who is right wrong and who is wrong. No judgments, no prejudice against anyone. Let’s concentrate on only two questions: How can this situation be resolved amicably; and why it is necessary to do it as soon as possible? Are the demands legitimate? Is the modus operandi adopted for this purpose constitutional? Are there 7,000 people present at D Chowk or does the number of assembling people runs into hundreds of thousands in the evenings? These and such other questions seem to have lost their relevance at the moment. The only relevant concern of the people seems to be that we are at the brink and we must address the situation on ground as soon and as realistically as is possible. How can the Gordian knot be made loose? It’s simple through give and take by the opposing parties. Everyone is telling that. But what can that ‘give and take’ be? That’s easier said than explained. But even then, there are literally more than o...