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Posted by Dr. Salman in " RIAZ THE SHAITAN OF PAKISTAN, Nawaz "Badami Lassi Kim Barker Thurke" Sharif, Nawaz Sharif & Kashmiri Biradari, Nawaz Sharif Dangerous Man, Nawaz Sharif Massive Corruption, NAWAZ SHARIF MUZZLES PRESS, NAWAZ SHARIF SAGA OF ABSOLUTE & CHRONIC CORRUPTION, NAWAZ SHARIF US & SAUDI AGENT, Nawaz Sharif US Agent, PAKISTAN AIR FORCE'S BIGGEST ENEMY NAWAZ SHARIF, Pakistan Army's Biggest Enemy Nawaz Sharif, PAKISTAN BILLION RUPEES LOAN DEFAULTER, PAKISTAN ENERGY FRAUD, PAKISTAN'S CORRUPT MEDIA on August 11th, 2013
Nawaz Sharif is back. And back with a big enough chunk of parliament that he won’t have to form a coalition government. After a record number of Pakistanis showed up at the polls and dumped the delinquent Pakistan People’s Party out of power, many Pakistanis have rejoiced with hope that their country is on the brink of a new period of prosperity.
We don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade but we don’t share that optimism. Not so long ago Nawaz Sharif wasn’t much more than a corrupt thief, like many of his colleagues in the Pakistani civilian political elite. He and his party have visible links to some very nasty groups of sectarian militants, especially in the Punjab, a PML-N stronghold. Pakistan’s deep state, where the real power lies, doesn’t seem likely to let Sharif do more with his time in office than take the blame for the government’s inevitable failures and economic setbacks.
Sharif will get blamed for all the potholes on Pakistan’s terrible streets, all the hours when the electricity isn’t running, all the schools that aren’t open and all the jobs that aren’t being created. And as ever, the parliamentary majority is for sale and doesn’t represent a coherent political force, except when it comes to fighting for spoils and graft.
Pakistan is on the brink of a new era but only in the sense that one group of corrupt politicians have been dumped out of office in exchange for another group of equally corrupt civilians. The country still faces the same problems it faced five years ago and will likely face five years from today.
This article was written before the Pakistan Election and is proving to be prophetic. Well done Russel Meade!
Posted by Fawad Mir in ADHD NAWAZ SHARIF, BUNGLER NAWAZ SHARIF, Nawaz "Badami Lassi Kim Barker Thurke" Sharif, Nawaz Dangerous, Nawaz Sharif & Kashmiri Biradari, Nawaz Sharif Dangerous Man, Nawaz Sharif Massive Corruption, NAWAZ SHARIF MUZZLES PRESS, NAWAZ SHARIF SAGA OF ABSOLUTE & CHRONIC CORRUPTION, NAWAZ SHARIF US & SAUDI AGENT, Nawaz Sharif US Agent, Nawaz Sharif Womanizer, Nawaz Sharif-The Prime Minister from Hell, NAWAZ SHARIF: THE LOOTER on August 3rd, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Another project initiated by the PML-N government in the energy sector has attracted criticism for its staggering price tag.
In a detailed critique, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf challenged on Monday the government’s plan to import LNG from Qatar, which it said would cost the national exchequer Rs18 billion every year for 20 years.
Last week, the government was criticised for an upward revision of the Nandipur power project’s cost from Rs22 billion to Rs57bn and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had ordered an investigation into the matter.
Terming the LNG import deal a mega scam, PTI’s information secretary Dr Shireen Mazari alleged that the ministry of petroleum and natural resources, through a hurriedly drafted summary for the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet, had managed to benefit a particular business group.
The ECC approved on July 18 the summary for the import of LNG from Qatar by using Engro’s existing terminal at Port Qasim.
“The LNG will be procured from Conoco Phillips (CP), and not from Qatar on a government-to-government basis, as is being falsely claimed. The so-called government-to-government deal with Qatar will be through the CP, a private US energy company. So why lie to the nation that the deal is with the state of Qatar,” questioned Dr Mazari.
Substantiating her claim, the PTI information secretary said the base cost of LNG from CP was $16.99/mmbtu (million British thermal unit) plus additional cost of about $2.50/mmbtu to be paid to Engro, resulting in a re-gasified LNG cost of $19.49/mmbtu compared to the open market price of $17.707/mmbtu. “This is clearly a mega scam to rob the people of Pakistan by about $180 million, or Rs18 billion, a year,” she said.
Dr Mazari said the most damaging part of the deal was that CP/Qatari proposal would not allow any change in the price over the 20-year duration of the contract, whereas prices were expected to go down sharply over 5 to 7 years.
According to the deal, Pakistan will have to “take or pay” for the committed LNG irrespective of the country’s ability to lift or not. They have already indicated that they will not allow resale of any cargo to a third party.
She said the manipulation by the ministry of petroleum and natural resources that only Engro could provide facilities on a fast-track basis for LNG storage and its re-gasification was an attempt to fool the ECC.
Posted by kisakhani in NAWAZ SHARIF MUZZLES PRESS on July 9th, 2013
“Gutsy camera crews, go-get-’em producers and correspondents, and a competitive on-air culture compound the danger of working in Pakistan, and not just for those in television, but also for newspapers, magazines, and radio.”
Nawaz Sharif’s fascist and dictatorial tendencies are coming to surface. He tends to forget that such tactics had him booted out of Prime Ministership twice already. He has not learned from his past mistakes and continues to repeat them, including bear baiting the Pakistan Armed Forces.
Nawaz Sharif is showing his true colors as a former Union Busting Goonda of Ittefaq Foundry. He is known to have ordered beatings of Ittefaq foundry workers who wanted to form a Workers Union.”
“I was the general secretary of PIU. In the end, they had asked us to resign we were in a confrontation. The confrontation was with Nawaz Sharif’s relative Farooq Barkat.
They beat me, abused me a lot. They took pins and forced them into my thumbs.http://www.viewpointonline.net/the-story-of-union-busting-at-ittefaq.html
ARY’s investigative camera crews was attacked earlier today.
It was a big crew–apparently seven or eight, including the driver. But they were heavily outnumbered by the thugs who didn’t want them around. Two of the crew’s members were wounded by gunfire and others badly beaten when
they tried to start taping the medical response to a sexual assault on a minor girl.
Thus, the Sharif Brothers Govt.(installed by 600 Million Rupee US sponsored Election rigging) operates above the law. Their first action is to brutally attack journalists and convey to the press that they will control the press with such pressure tactics.
Shahbaz Sharif is a known control freak, who does not tolerate freedom of expression or dissent of any kind. A preview of Sharif Bros. version of press Freedom was displayed today.
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