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Senate of Pakistan, on 6Th August, 1973, Came Into Existence As a House of the Federation, Giving Equal Representation to the Federating Units;
JOURNAL 251st Session Sitting Hours and Attendance Commenced at 03:33 pm Adjourned at 07:00 pm Session summoned on 05-08-2016 Session prorogued on 05-08-2016 Number of working days 1 Number of actual sittings 1 Total attendance 61 Presided by Mian Raza Rabbani Chairman Senate Total hours of sitting 03 hours and 27 minutes PANEL OF PRESIDING OFFICERS 1. Senator Nuzhat Sadiq 2. Senator Sitara Ayaz 3. Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi Chair recognized the presence of the following dignitaries: 1. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Speaker National Assembly 2. Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari Former Chairman Senate 3. Mr. Khalil-ur-Rehman Former Deputy Chairman Senate 4. Mr. Sabir Ali Baloch Former Deputy Chairman Senate 5. Mr. Jan Muhammad Jamali Former Deputy Chairman Senate 6. Senator Mrs. Saeeda Iqbal Former Senator 7. Senator Muhammad Enver Baig Former Senator 8. Senator Mrs. Razina Alam Khan Former Senator 9. Senator Afrasiab Khattak Former Senator 10. Senator Syed Zafar Ali Shaikh Former Senator 11. Senator Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Former Senator 12. Senator Abdul Raziq Former Senator 13. Senator Abdul Malik Qadri Former Senator 14. Senator Dr. Abdul Hayee Former MNA COMMEMORATION OF SENATE’S 44TH FOUNDATION DAY AND DISCUSSION ON ROLE AND POWERS OF THE SEANTE OF PAKISTAN The following Members spoken: 1. Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan 2. Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, LOO 3. Senator Molana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Deputy Chairman 4. Senator Hasil Khan Bizenjo 5. Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed 6. Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood 7. Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi 8. Senator Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar 9. Senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour 10. -
Local Government & Rural Development Department
Local Government & Rural Development Department District Khyber NOTICE INVITING E-BIDDING. Sealed tender based on MRS-2020/Non MRS-items of the below mentioned works are herby invited on the basis of Single Stage Single Envelope Procedure from the Government Contractors Registered with PEC and enlisted with C&W Department as per Centralized Enlistment policy of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Current Financial Year for Sustainable Development Goal's (SDGs) Achievement Program Year 2020-21 as per following schedule. Name of Work E/Cost Bid Security Last Date/Time Last Date/Time of Date/Time of Time of No (Rs. in @ 2% (Rs of submission of submission of opening of completion Millions) in Millions) ONLINE apply HARDCOPY electronic bid on website tender form Work Work 1 Pavement of Street / Drains at 20.00 0.400 24-06-2021 24-06-2021 24-06-2021 As per Khoga Khel, Pero KHel, Mirdad 00:00 hour 12:00 Pm 12:30 Pm work order Khel, Ashkhel, Mukhtar Khel, (Midnight) (Noon) Khyber Zakha Khel, Ragha Dergai, Kam Shalman, loye Shalman, Sheikhmal Khel Landi Kotal. 2 Pavement of Street /Drains at Wazir 20.00 0.400 --do-- --do-- --do-- --do-- Dhand, Shah Kas, Surkamar, New Abadi, Tedi Bazar, Ghundi, Bakar Abad, Mulagori area Jamrud. (Civil Work) 3 DWSS (Solar Based) Wazeer Dhand 2.903 0.05806 --do-- --do-- --do-- --do-- 4 DWSS (Solar Based) At Shah Kas 2.723 0.05446 --do-- --do-- --do-- --do-- 5 DWSS (Solar Based) At Sur Kamar 2.533 0.05066 --do-- --do-- --do-- --do-- New Abadi 6 DWSS (Solar Based) At Tedi Bazar 2.723 0.05446 --do-- --do-- --do-- -
Resettlement Policy Framework
Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) Project (Component II- Economic Corridor Development) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Policy Framework Public Disclosure Authorized Peshawar Public Disclosure Authorized March 2020 RPF for Khyber Pass Economic Corridor Project (Component II) List of Acronyms ADB Asian Development Bank AH Affected household AI Access to Information APA Assistant Political Agent ARAP Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan BHU Basic Health Unit BIZ Bara Industrial Zone C&W Communication and Works (Department) CAREC Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation CAS Compulsory acquisition surcharge CBN Cost of Basic Needs CBO Community based organization CETP Combined Effluent Treatment Plant CoI Corridor of Influence CPEC China Pakistan Economic Corridor CR Complaint register DPD Deputy Project Director EMP Environmental Management Plan EPA Environmental Protection Agency ERRP Emergency Road Recovery Project ERRRP Emergency Rural Road Recovery Project ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas FBR Federal Bureau of Revenue FCR Frontier Crimes Regulations FDA FATA Development Authority FIDIC International Federation of Consulting Engineers FUCP FATA Urban Centers Project FR Frontier Region GeoLoMaP Geo-Referenced Local Master Plan GoKP Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GM General Manager GoP Government of Pakistan GRC Grievances Redressal Committee GRM Grievances Redressal Mechanism IDP Internally displaced people IMA Independent Monitoring Agency -
Herat Security Dialogue Short Bios of the Presenters and Moderators
Herat Security Dialogue Short Bios of the Presenters and Moderators Abdullah Ahmadzai Abdullah Ahmadzai is The Asia Foundation’s County Representative in Afghanistan. He served as the Deputy Country Representative from 2012 to 2014. He was formerly Chief Electoral Officer for the Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan. Prior to his position with the IEC, from June 2006 to October 2009, Ahmadzai worked with the Foundation, serving under the Support to Center of Government project in Afghanistan. Between 2004 and 2006, he held positions with the UN under the Joint Electoral Management Body Secretariat (JEMBS), first as an Area Manager and then as Chief of Operations. From 2003-2004, Ahmadzai was actively involved with the Afghanistan Constitution Commission which was mandated by the 2001 Bonn Agreement to draft a new constitution for the country. Under the Commission, he assisted with the Emergency Loya Jirga and later the drafting of the constitution which was formally adopted in January 2004. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Brains Degree College in Peshawar, Pakistan, in addition to several workshop certificates earned through Harvard and Georgetown Universities, and the International Foundation for Electoral Services. Abdul Ghafoor Liwal Abdul Ghafoor Liwal is the Special Advisor to the President of National Unity Government for Tribal and Border Affairs. Prior to this, he worked as a Deputy Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Literature from Kabul University and two Masters, one in Journalism from Maryland University (2004-2005), and another in Pashtu from Kabul University in 2008. -
Living Under Drones Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from US Drone Practices in Pakistan
Fall 08 September 2012 Living Under Drones Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians From US Drone Practices in Pakistan International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic Stanford Law School Global Justice Clinic http://livingunderdrones.org/ NYU School of Law Cover Photo: Roof of the home of Faheem Qureshi, a then 14-year old victim of a January 23, 2009 drone strike (the first during President Obama’s administration), in Zeraki, North Waziristan, Pakistan. Photo supplied by Faheem Qureshi to our research team. Suggested Citation: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION CLINIC (STANFORD LAW SCHOOL) AND GLOBAL JUSTICE CLINIC (NYU SCHOOL OF LAW), LIVING UNDER DRONES: DEATH, INJURY, AND TRAUMA TO CIVILIANS FROM US DRONE PRACTICES IN PAKISTAN (September, 2012) TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I ABOUT THE AUTHORS III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS V INTRODUCTION 1 METHODOLOGY 2 CHALLENGES 4 CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 7 DRONES: AN OVERVIEW 8 DRONES AND TARGETED KILLING AS A RESPONSE TO 9/11 10 PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ESCALATION OF THE DRONE PROGRAM 12 “PERSONALITY STRIKES” AND SO-CALLED “SIGNATURE STRIKES” 12 WHO MAKES THE CALL? 13 PAKISTAN’S DIVIDED ROLE 15 CONFLICT, ARMED NON-STATE GROUPS, AND MILITARY FORCES IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN 17 UNDERSTANDING THE TARGET: FATA IN CONTEXT 20 PASHTUN CULTURE AND SOCIAL NORMS 22 GOVERNANCE 23 ECONOMY AND HOUSEHOLDS 25 ACCESSING FATA 26 CHAPTER 2: NUMBERS 29 TERMINOLOGY 30 UNDERREPORTING OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES BY US GOVERNMENT SOURCES 32 CONFLICTING MEDIA REPORTS 35 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS -
Misuse of Licit Trade for Opiate Trafficking in Western and Central
MISUSE OF LICIT TRADE FOR OPIATE TRAFFICKING IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ASIA MISUSE OF LICIT TRADE FOR OPIATE Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: +(43) (1) 26060-0, Fax: +(43) (1) 26060-5866, www.unodc.org MISUSE OF LICIT TRADE FOR OPIATE TRAFFICKING IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ASIA A Threat Assessment A Threat Assessment United Nations publication printed in Slovenia October 2012 MISUSE OF LICIT TRADE FOR OPIATE TRAFFICKING IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ASIA Acknowledgements This report was prepared by the UNODC Afghan Opiate Trade Project of the Studies and Threat Analysis Section (STAS), Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs (DPA), within the framework of UNODC Trends Monitoring and Analysis Programme and with the collaboration of the UNODC Country Office in Afghanistan and in Pakistan and the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia. UNODC is grateful to the national and international institutions that shared their knowledge and data with the report team including, in particular, the Afghan Border Police, the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Counter Narcotics of Afghanistan, the customs offices of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the World Customs Office, the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre, the Customs Service of Tajikistan, the Drug Control Agency of Tajikistan and the State Service on Drug Control of Kyrgyzstan. Report Team Research and report preparation: Hakan Demirbüken (Programme management officer, Afghan Opiate Trade Project, STAS) Natascha Eichinger (Consultant) Platon Nozadze (Consultant) Hayder Mili (Research expert, Afghan Opiate Trade Project, STAS) Yekaterina Spassova (National research officer, Afghan Opiate Trade Project) Hamid Azizi (National research officer, Afghan Opiate Trade Project) Shaukat Ullah Khan (National research officer, Afghan Opiate Trade Project) A. -
Finding the Way (WILL)
A handbook for Pakistan's Women Parliamentarians and Political Leaders LEADING THE WAY By Syed Shamoon Hashmi Women's Initiative for Learning & Wi Leadership She has and shel willl ©Search For Common Ground 2014 DEDICATED TO Women parliamentarians of Pakistan — past, present and aspiring - who remain committed in their political struggle and are an inspiration for the whole nation. And to those who support their cause and wish to see Pakistan stand strong as a This guidebook has been produced by Search For Common Ground Pakistan (www.sfcg.org/pakistan), an democratic and prosperous nation. international non-profit organization working to transform the way the world deals with conflict away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving. The publication has been made possible through generous support provided by the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL), under the project titled “Strengthening Women’s Political Participation and Leadership for Effective Democratic Governance in Pakistan.” The content of this publication is sole responsibility of SFCG Pakistan. All content, including text, illustrations and designs are the copyrighted property of SFCG Pakistan, and may not be copied, transmitted or reproduced, in part or whole, without the prior consent of Search For Common Ground Pakistan. Women's Initiative for Learning & Wi Leadership She has and shel willl ©Search For Common Ground 2014 DEDICATED TO Women parliamentarians of Pakistan — past, present and aspiring - who remain committed in their political struggle and are an inspiration for the whole nation. And to those who support their cause and wish to see Pakistan stand strong as a This guidebook has been produced by Search For Common Ground Pakistan (www.sfcg.org/pakistan), an democratic and prosperous nation. -
The Kingdom of Afghanistan: a Historical Sketch George Passman Tate
University of Nebraska Omaha DigitalCommons@UNO Books in English Digitized Books 1-1-1911 The kingdom of Afghanistan: a historical sketch George Passman Tate Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/afghanuno Part of the History Commons, and the International and Area Studies Commons Recommended Citation Tate, George Passman The kingdom of Afghanistan: a historical sketch, with an introductory note by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. Bombay: "Times of India" Offices, 1911. 224 p., maps This Monograph is brought to you for free and open access by the Digitized Books at DigitalCommons@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Books in English by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Tate, G,P. The kfn&ean sf Af&mistan, DATE DUE I Mil 7 (7'8 DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, HIS EXCELLENCY BARON HARDINGE OF PENSHURST. VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA, .a- . (/. BY m HIS OBEDIENT, SERVANT THE AUTHOR. il.IEmtev 01 the Asiniic Society, Be?zg-nl, S?~rueyof I~din. dafhor of 'I Seisinqz : A Menzoir on the FJisio~y,Topo~rcrphj~, A7zliquiiies, (112d Peo$Ie of the Cozi?zt~y''; The F/.o?zlic7,.~ of Baluchisia'nn : Travels on ihe Border.? of Pe~szk n?zd Akhnnistnn " ; " ICalnf : A lMe??zoir on t7ze Cozl7~try and Fnrrzily of the Ahntadsai Khn7zs of Iinlnt" ; 4 ec. \ViTkI AN INrPR<dl>kJCTOl2Y NO'FE PRINTED BY BENNETT COLEMAN & Co., Xc. PUBLISHED AT THE " TIMES OF INDIA" OFFTCES, BOMBAY & C.1LCUTT-4, LONDON AGENCY : gg, SI-IOE LANE, E.C. -
Emro Idp Camps Organizations
Dir F.A.N.A. Upper Dir Lower DirSamarbagh P.A.K. No. of Families: 554 # Matta Disputed Area No. of Persons: 4549 Kungi IDP camp is not geocoded F.A . T. A . N.W.F.P. in Lower Dir district Wari Organizations: MSF-B Jandool (Satbar kalley) Alpuri PUNJAB Jandool# No. of Families: 244 No. of Persons: 1477 BALOCHISTAN Salarzai Timergara# Mamund No. of Families: 408 SINDH No. of Persons:Temergara 3191 Organizations: PRCS Swat Chakisar # Bajaur Agency Balogaram # Swat Utman Khel Balogaram Nawagai Puran Bar Chamer Kand Khar Bajaur Shangla Martoong Barang Swat Rani Zai Ambar Utman Khel Buner Safi F.R Kala Dhaka Mohmand Agency Malakand PA Sam Rani Zai Daggar Upper Mohammad Prang Ghar F.R Kala Dhaka Halim Zai Tangi Pindiali Takht Bhai Ghazi Charsadda Mardan Haripur Mardan Legend Yake Ghund Shiekh yaseen # IDP camps Charsadda # No. of Families: 517 No. of Persons: 3425 6 km radius Landi Kotal Organizations: PRCS, DoH Palusa District boundary No. of Families: 475 # EDHI, Merlin, UNICEF Peshawar No. of Persons: 3342 Organizations: Mulagori Relief International, DoH Swat No. of Families: 399 Swabi No. of Families: 1236 IMC, UNICEF No. of Persons: 2613 Swabi Peshawar No. of Persons: 7322 Organizations: Organizations: # DoH, Afghan commisionarate Lahor Nowshera WHO, Fata directorate Peshawar Benazir complex, Risalpur PRCS, UNICEF UNICEF, IMC, EDHI Nowshera Nowshera HaripurMardan # LowerGhazi Dir KhyberJamurd Agency Kacha Garhi Attock Charsadda Attock Tehsil boundary Hasan Abdal Produced by: IDP camps & organizations Date created: November 05, 2008 WHO Map Num: WHO-Flood-226 Information Management Unit, providing health services WHO-Pakistan Scale: 1:494,471 The boundaries, names and the designation used on this map do not imply official endorsement or 02.5 5 10 15 20 acceptance by the United Nations. -
'Afghanistan Is to the Rest of the World What NE Is to India,' Raghav Sharma
10 Special G PLUS | FEB 09 - FEB 15, 2019 ‘Afghanistan is to the rest of the world what NE is to India,’ Raghav Sharma displacement, to name a few. to provide alternative versions contemporary Afghan literature well into the present,” informed Nehal Jain Papers were presented on of reading and representing has responded to and addressed Dr Asha Kuthari Chaudhuri, Head @NehalJain96 various Afghan literary works Afghanistan rather than the the drastic political and cultural of the English Department, GU. including Nushin Arbabzadah’s politically dominant Western changes in Afghanistan since Afrasiab Khattak is the Afghan Rumour Bazaar, Khaled view of the nation. the second half of the twentieth President of Roshaan Democratic ust like Afghanistan seems Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A “The central focus of the century as well as certain Institute, Ex-Senator, Ex- to be this wild west zone Thousand Splendid Suns. which is romanticized in It was discussed that there’s the northern plains, much very little dissemination of of the northeast area is also knowledge from Afghanistan to Jseen as this wild zone which most the rest of the world and thus of India doesn’t know about, said Khattak provided the audience Raghav Sharma, international with a view into the existing socio- humanitarian and director of cultural scenario in Afghanistan. Centre for Afghanistan Studies at “Afghanistan has been OP Jindal School of International dominated by what is called Affairs. ‘rivaaz’ (custom) in local Sharma, in a tête-à-tête with languages and it holds very true G Plus, was drawing similarities especially with the Pashtuns. -
Sb List for 04.02.2019(Monday)
_ 1 _ PESHAWAR HIGH COURT, PESHAWAR DAILY LIST FOR MONDAY, 04 FEBRUARY, 2019 BEFORE:- MR. JUSTICE WAQAR AHMAD SETH,CHIEF JUSTICE Court No: 1 MOTION CASES 1. CM Corr Nauman Azhar Ali Khan (Nowshehra) 34/2019(in BA 14- V/s P/2019) The State 2. Cr.M(TA) The Bank of Khyber Abd-ur-Rauf Rohaila 96/2018() V/s (Date By Court) The State CrAppeal Branch AG Office 3. CM(TA) 8/2019() Jahangir Syeda Saima Jafferi V/s Amna Bibi 4. W.P 263/2019() Ajmal Khan Altaf Ahmad V/s Fazle Amin Writ Petition Branch AG Office 5. W.P 371/2019 with Ahad Ali Hayat Khan IR() V/s Sardar Ali Writ Petition Branch AG Office 6. Cr.A 1213/2018() Murad Ali Said Jamil Shah V/s The State CrAppeal Branch AG Office MIS Branch,Peshawar High Court Page 1 of 95 Report Generated By: C f m i s _ 2 _ DAILY LIST FOR MONDAY, 04 FEBRUARY, 2019 BEFORE:- MR. JUSTICE WAQAR AHMAD SETH,CHIEF JUSTICE Court No: 1 MOTION CASES 7. Cr.M(BCA) The State CrAppeal Branch AG Office 2707/2018() V/s Gulalai Ismail i Cr.M(BCA) 2708/2018 The State CrAppeal Branch AG Office V/s Fazal Khan 8. coc. 73/2019 in Muhammad Fateh Khan and Muhammad Alam Khan, C.R 316/2016 others Muhammad Sami ur rehman (Declartion)(Again V/s st decree (stay Munir and other Syed Kausar Ali Shah (Mardan) granted on 17/05/2016) 9. C.R 33/2019 with Mian Khan Khalil Arbab Yasir Hayat cm. -
Pakistan's Atomic Bomb and the Search for Security
Pakistan's Atomic Bomb And The Search For Security edited by Zia Mian Gautam Publishers 27 Temple Road, Lahore, Pakistan Printed by Maktaba Jadeed Press, Lahore, Pakistan ©1995 by Zia Mian A publication of the Campaign for Nuclear Sanity and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute Acknowledgements No book is ever produced in isolation. This one in particular is the work of many hands, and minds. Among the people whose contribution has been indispensable, special mention must be made of Nauman Naqvi from SDPI. There is Gautam Publishers, who have taken the risk when others have not. The greatest debts are, as always, personal. They are rarely mentioned, can never be paid, and payment is never asked for. It is enough that they are remembered. Contents Foreword Dr. Mubashir Hasan i Introduction Dr. Zia Mian 1 1. Nuclear Myths And Realities Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy 3 Bombs for Prestige? 4 Understanding May 1990 8 The Overt-Covert Debate 11 Nuclear War - By Accident 16 The Second Best Option 17 Options for Pakistan 21 2. A False Sense Of Security Lt.-Gen. (rtd.) Mujib ur Rehman Khan 24 A Matter of Perception 25 Useless Nukes 26 A Sterile Pursuit 28 3. The Costs Of Nuclear Security Dr. Zia Mian 30 The Human Costs of Nuclear Programmes 31 Nuclear Accidents 35 Nuclear Guardians 38 Buying Security with Nuclear Weapons 40 The Real Cost of Nuclear Weapons 44 Safety 48 The Social Costs of Nuclear Security 51 Who Benefits? 53 The Ultimate Costs of Nuclear Security 56 4. The Nuclear Arms Race And Fall Of The Soviet Union Dr.