We dont need indian friendship: Chaudhry Zaheer ud Din

Quaid-e-Azam was a Great Leader: Chaudhry Shamshad Ahmed Khan

Democracy in India is just like Dictorship: Mushahid Hussain Syed

Nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean was a direct threat to world peace: Moonis Elahi

The World should take notice of Indian Nuclear designs and human rights violations in Kashmir: Moonis Elahi

Indian hegemonistic designs are the root cause of all conflicts in South Asia. This was stated by Moonis Elahi, senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League in a meeting with party workers in London. He said that Indian obsession to become the regional overlord was not only the key factor behind 4 wars between Pakistan and India but also the most important reason for the start of nuclear race in South Asia.

Commenting on the induction of a nuclear submarine in the Indian navy he said that this induction will have far reaching destabilizing effects on the peace of the region. He felt that the induction of a nuclear submarine carrying nuclear warheads will not only pose a direct challenge to Pakistan but will also threaten the peace of the various small countries located along the Indian Ocean.

He urged the world powers to stop supporting India in its unbridled build up of a nuclear arsenal. He said that nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean was a direct threat to world peace.

Moonis Elahi appealed to the world powers to also take notice of the unprecedented human rights violations in held Kashmir. He strongly criticized the inhuman treatment meted out to the Kashimiri leader Mahbuba Mufti in the session of the puppet state assembly where she tried to draw the speaker’s attention towards the rape and murder of innocent Kashmiri girls at the hands of Indian troops.

He said that India could not be allowed to either unleash its nuclear designs in the Indian Ocean or defile or brutally mutilate the honor and integrity of the innocent Kashmiri people. He urged the Government of Pakistan not to let the Indian expansionist designs and the genocide of Kashmiris go unnoticed by the world powers.

Sonia Gandhi Thanks Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain

The President of India’s Congress Party Mrs. Sonia Gandhi has thanked Former Prime Minister and President of Pakistan Muslim League, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain for his message of congratulations on the recent Congress victory in the Indian Election. In her letter, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi stated that “Our Party and Government remain committed to strengthening people-to-people contacts and bilateral cooperation between our two countries”.

In her letter, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi also fondly recalled her meeting with Chaudhry Shujat Hussain in 2005, when Chaudhry Shujat Hussain led a high powered PML delegation to India. This was the first time in the history of Pakistan-India relation’s that a ruling party from Pakistan had visited India on the invitation of India’s ruling party.

Withdrawal of subsidy will deepen crisis: Salman Shah

LAHORE, June 4: Former finance adviser Dr Salman Shah says withdrawal of subsidy on oil, gas and electricity will further deepen the prevailing economic crisis and open the floodgates to unemployment and inflation. Speaking at a pre-budget seminar at the Muslim League House here on Thursday, he said the country could not achieve self-reliance by depending on foreign financial assistance. It would have to generate domestic resources for the purpose. The small industries could not pay high markup on loans while International Monetary Fund insisted on increase in interest rates. The revenue targets had not been met and there was a nine per cent decrease in manufacturing because the industry could not remain competitive by procuring loans at the rate of 18 to 20 per cent markup.

He said the budgetary allocations should not be based on unrealistic estimates. The government had proposed a revenue target of Rs1,400 billion for a Rs2,900 billion budget. The government hoped to meet the revenue target with the help of foreign financial assistance in view of limited resources. He said the government would have to ensure construction of all major dams, including the Kalabagh dam, to solve the problems of food and energy shortage on a permanent basis. He said Kalabagh dam should be built first of all because it could be completed in five years whereas construction of Bhasha dam would take 13 years. Construction of dams was a technical issue and should be examined from the technical angle instead of being politicised. He said the Pakistan People’s Party had been opposing the Kalabagh dam in the past on political grounds. It should now examine the issue from a nationalist point of view and get the dam built.

Salman Shah said work on all the mega projects launched during the tenure of the previous regime was at a standstill. Hundreds of thousands of daily wagers had lost their jobs as a result. Work on the projects would have to be resumed to provide employment to daily wagers. Pakistan could become the third largest regional economy after India and China through better economic management.

He said development process in Punjab had also suffered and revenue targets had not been achieved. Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Zaheer ud din Khan said the provincial government had failed to start work on the development projects announced by it last year.