Saturday, January 7, 2012
Hashmi asks Nawaz to apologize
Central leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Javed Hashmi has said that he had asked Nawaz Sharif many times to apologize to the nation for making a deal with General Parvez Musharraf to flee to Saudi Arabia.
He blamed Nawaz Sharif for his ill treatment after Nawaz's escape to Saudi Arabia after he was removed from the office of the Prime Minister. “Nawaz Sharif is not worth relying on by any member of his party”, Hashmi said.
Hashmi, speaking in Multan on Friday said that he had been disappointed with the Punjab government, which, despite innumerable requests, denied giving him the funds meant for his constituency. These funds, Hashmi said were instead directed to other constituencies. “The people of my constituency blamed me and suspected my loyalty towards them,” Hashmi lamented.
The PTI leader from Multan said that his former party the PML-N, today talked about Aafia Siddiqui but was silent when Aimal Kaansi had been handed over to Americans. “It's me who had raised the voice for Aafia's rights”, Hashmi said.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Electoral registration: ECP enables voters to check status via SMS for Rs2
A new facility introduced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) enables eligible voter check the status of registration and other particulars through SMS facilities at Rs2 per SMS.
Upon sending a CNIC number to a prescribed short code, the sender will receive a message in Urdu confirming the registration, the location (electoral area) where the voter is registered and a serial number.
Details of the procedure and codes for the service will be announced as soon as the Preliminary Electoral Rolls-2011 (PER) are ready to be displayed for 21 days at 55,000 display centres across the country.
According to sources, the service will commence in February, immediately after the completion of PER.
Those who choose to register through NADRA will have to pay Rs10 plus tax for each SMS.
ECP Secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Khan has termed the new system a major milestone in the electoral history of Pakistan as it engages over 85 million voters directly and to a great convenience.
A signing ceremony, in this regard, of a MoU between the ECP-NADRA and telecom companies had already been held on December 27, 2011,
The ECP had decided to introduce the system in November 2011. According to ECP officials, the intention for initiating this facility was to ensure the security and privacy of all citizens.
Officials further said that it is now the responsibility of every eligible voter to make sure that his/her vote has been registered and furthermore to report any discrepancy to the ECP.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
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