The deposed president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiev, has flown out of the country, ending a week-long standoff with the interim government. The Associated Press is reporting that Mr. Bakiev has formally resigned as president.
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Apple iPad Banned in Israel, Thanks to WiFi
April 16th, 2010 |
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Israeli customs is apparently confiscating any Apple iPads that enter the country, after Israel’s Communications Ministry decided that the tablet PCs WiFi could potentially interfere with other wireless devices. Some 10 iPads have been apparently confiscated so far this week, and will be held until their owners either leave the country or volunteer to ship the devices back home. More than 500,000 iPads were sold during the devices first week of U.S. release, according to the company, in turn forcing delays in its international rollout.
– Note to tech-savvy travelers: Avoid bringing your iPad to Israel,
at least for the time being. New regulations dictate that devices entering the
country be confiscated with all due speed, apparently due to their WiFi
capability.
Israels
Communications Ministry has cited the iPads non-compliance…
‘Go back’, attackers told Indian student in Australia
April 14th, 2010 |
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An Indian student, who was viciously attacked and robbed in this Australian city, says the assault was racially motivated and the assailant screamed, “Go back to your own country”.
Neeraj Bhardwaj, 23, was waiting for a tram near Melbourne Aquarium at 4 a.m. Easter Monday when two drunk men approached him, The Age reported Wednesday.
The men, [...]
STI up 0.8% on 2010 GDP upgrade; may clear 3,000: says CIMB
April 14th, 2010 |
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Singapore shares advance on back of country’s 2010 GDP upgrade, early gains in Japan, South Korea markets, pushing STI close to 3,000 mark, level last tested in June 2008. Benchmark +0.8% at 2,995.19, says Dow Jones.
STI may gain on 1Q GDP but earnings to set tone
April 14th, 2010 |
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Singapore stocks may get boost from country’s better-than-expected 1Q10 economic performance, 2010 GDP upgrade although gains may be limited as investors keep watch on corporate earnings trickling in, says Dow Jones.
France won’t give up nuclear weapons: Sarkozy
April 13th, 2010 |
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France will not give up its nuclear weapons because doing so would jeopardise the country’s “security and safety”, President Nicolas Sarkozy has said.
“A virtual world where there would be no nuclear weapons… everyone would applaud that, but I cannot jeopardise the security and safety of my country,” Xinhua quoted Sarkozy as saying on the sidelines [...]
In Memoriam: Lech Kaczynski
April 11th, 2010 |
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The death of Poland’s president carries a terrible echo of his country’s past
HE WAS a figure from another age. Weekend guests at Lech Kaczynski’s presidential retreat on Poland’s Baltic coast often found the conversation turning to the opposition politics of 1970s Gdansk.
That is indeed a fascinating subject, though not necessarily the most burning one for the head of state of eastern Europe’s most important country nearly 40 years later. Mr Kaczynski, who died along with 95 others, including many of Poland’s military and political elite, in a plane crash in Russia on April 10th, epitomised some of the best and the worst features of Polish politics. …
Greece’s Papandreou optimistic before meeting on bail-out
April 11th, 2010 |
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Greek Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou expressed strong optimism for his country’s chances of getting an economic bail-out from other eurozone countries.
“The gun will be loaded now,” he told Greek newspaper To Vima in an interview published Sunday morning, comparing the planned bail-out to a weapon that can be brandished to shore up the country’s troubled economy.
Papandreou optimistic before meeting on bail-out
April 11th, 2010 |
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Greek Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou expressed strong optimism for his country’s chances of getting an economic bail-out from other eurozone countries. “The gun will be loaded now,” he told Greek newspaper To Vima in an interview published Sunday morning, comparing the planned bail-out to a weapon that can be brandished to shore up the country’s troubled economy.
Army wants democracy to flourish: Gilani
April 9th, 2010 |
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ISLAMABAD – Terming the consensus on the 18th Amendment a dividend of the government’s policy of reconciliation, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that if all state institutions keep working within their respective spheres Pakistan would continue to prosper, progress and gain stability.
Addressing at the luncheon hosted by Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza in honour of the Constitutional Reforms Committee of the Parliament here on Friday, Gilani paid tributes to the people of Pakistan, the members of the Parliament and the Parliamentary Committee for achieving this landmark consensus on constitutional reforms.
Prominent among those who attended the function included Chairman Senate Farooq H Naik, Senator Raza Rabbani, Federal Ministers, Leaders of the Opposition in Senate and NA and other Parliamentarians.
The Prime Minister was appreciative of the Armed Forces’ role for not meddling into the affairs of the political government and for extending support to the democratic process in the country by remaining within their constitutional limits. “It is a very clear thing that the Army interfered in the politics of the country from 1985 to 2002. Now it wants promotion of the democratic process in the country and it is now supporting the stability of democratic norms in the country”, the Prime Minister added.
He appreciated that the National Assembly worked for the trichotomy of the powers and hoped the Senate will also unanimously pass the 18th Amendment empowering the Prime Minister and striking a balance between the state institutions.
The Prime Minister said that there might be areas in the Constitution that still need to be improved further and added the coming generations will be able to further improve upon these and adapt according to the changing times. He said that not a single MNA opposed the Amendment and said the consensus of 442 Parliamentarians – 342 of the National Assembly and hopefully 100 of the Senate, was something unprecedented that spoke volumes of the governmentÂ’s policy of reconciliation.
He said that this policy has led to economic and political stability and it is the need of the hour as the country is passing through a critical juncture.
The Prime Minister paid rich tributes to President Asif Ali Zardari for voluntarily yielding his powers. He said that he could have agreed on it, but from the next tenure of the Assembly, but he was gracious enough to accept it without any delay.
Gilani said that there is a need for capacity building of the members of the provincial assemblies so that they can handle matters after the passage of the historic NFC Award.
He said that there is also a need that the provinces focus on causes that lead to terrorism and spend more on compulsory education.
The Prime Minister recalled that the members of the constituent assembly went bare foot to the Mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam after the passage of the Constitution in 1956 to pay him tributes, and added that his father was also part of that assembly.
He said the 1973 Constitution was a dream of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and he made it a reality.
NA Speaker Dr Fehmida Miraza said with the approval of 18th Amendment, both the people and Parliament have become more powerful and the country is entering into a new era.
Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Ch. Nisar Ali Khan said that it was the occasion of much pleasure that the entire parliamentary leadership of the country had gathered under one umbrella.
It was a first major step, he said and added that the government would have to take steps on priority basis for addressing the problems confronting the nation besides ensuring unity, good governance and harmony and making the defence of the country impregnable. All the political parties would support the government in this regard, he assured.
Gilani held that political stability is inevitable in the country, as economic stability will remain elusive without it.
No clash would take place if all the institutions continued to work within the ambit of Constitution, he stressed.
With the passage of the 18th Amendment, the Assembly had also got its identity in the form of new logo, he underlined. Such historical moments come in rarity in the history of nations, he added.
Introduction of illegal amendments in the Constitution in the past was a black chapter of the history of the country, he observed.
The possibility of improvement in the amendments in Constitution could not be ruled out and these could be further improved, he remarked.
He also said that responsibilities of the provinces have been increased with the transferring of more powers to them and it has become essential to focus on the capacity building of the provinces after they had been accorded provincial autonomy, he urged. The elimination of illiteracy is must to stamp out extremism and militancy, he added.
Carrie Underwood Wedding Planned For This Summer In Nashville
April 8th, 2010 |
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Mark your calendars, Country Fans: E! News says “Before He Cheats” singer Carrie Underwood will marry Canadian hockey star Mike Fisher in Nashville this summer. The couple, who have been dating for more than a year, announced their engagement in December.
Defining what makes a country: In quite a state
April 8th, 2010 |
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How many countries in the world? The answer to that question is surprisingly difficult
APPLY online for visa-free entry to the United States and the Department for Homeland Security offers 251 choices for “country where you live”. The wide but rum selection includes Bouvet Island, an uninhabitable icy knoll belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic; South Yemen (which stopped being a state in 1990); and the “Neutral Zone”—a diamond-shaped bit of desert between Saudi Arabia and Iraq that vanished after the 1991 Gulf war.
That is the trouble with such lists. Places that are not real states at all end up on them. And places that approximate a bit more closely to countries (at least in their own eyes) may be absent. America’s list, for example, excludes Abkhazia and South Ossetia, self-proclaimed states that broke away from Georgia with Russian backing. Just three other countries—Nicaragua, Venezuela and the islet of Nauru—recognise those breakaway statelets as independent. Meanwhile nobody at all in the outside world seems ready—yet—to give southern Sudan a label of its own, though that day may not be far off. …
Citigroup Inc – Corporate moves
April 8th, 2010 |
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Michael Zink has been appointed country head & Citi country officer, Singapore wef April 2010
Work experience: President/ED, Guangdong Development Bank; senior executive VP/ED, Citibank Korea Inc; Citigroup country officer, Citigroup Africa, Russia, Australia and Indonesia
White House could cancel Karzai visit
April 7th, 2010 |
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The White House said Tuesday it would consider cancelling the visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai if he continues to make controversial accusations against Western interference in the central Asian country.
Karzai is due in Washington in May, and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said a meeting with President Barack Obama remained on the schedule “as [...]
Google Blames Google.hk Search Block on Great Firewall of China
March 31st, 2010 |
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People searching Google in China March 30 reported that Google.hk was inaccessible. After initually taking ownership of the issue, Google blamed blockages of searches on its Google.hk Website in China on a change in that country’s firewall censors. Search service on Google.hk was eventually restored Tuesday evening. Chinese citizens and high-tech journalists covering the fallout between Google and China assumed the Great Firewall of China, which censors Internet content in accordance with Chinese law, was behind the blockage. This is latest issue in the wake of the search engine’s move to reroute users to Google.hk to avoid censorship in that country.
– Google blamed blockages of searches on its Google.hk Website
in China on a change in that country’s firewall censors, the latest issue in
the wake of the search engine’s move to reroute users to Google.hk to avoid
censorship in that country.
People searching Google in China March 30 reported tha…
No cut in country’s defence expenditure: Zardari
March 31st, 2010 |
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Stressing that his country is fighting a war for its survival against extremists, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ruled out any cut in the nation’s defence expenditure.
Speaking during a function at the National Defence University (NDU), Zardari, however, said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) led government is focussing on the policy of reconciliation and [...]
What’s in a name?
March 25th, 2010 |
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It is time for the most tedious dispute in the Balkans to be settled
IN THE headlines about Europe’s economic woes, one country stands out. Its public finances are a disaster. It has systematically fiddled its statistics. Its overpaid, underworked public-sector employees are a laughing stock across Europe. Rigid labour and product markets, and membership of the euro, have imprisoned it in an economic-policy straitjacket. It urgently needs a big bail-out. Call it the “Country That Needs Help” (CTNH).
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North Mississippi Allstars | 03.12 | St. Louis
March 24th, 2010 |
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By: Neil Salsich
North Mississippi Allstars :: 03.12.10 :: The Pageant :: St. Louis, MO
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Hill Country Revue :: 01.23.09 :: by Josh Miller“Welcome to the North Mississippi Hill Country Revue!” Those words, shouted by Hill Country Revue‘s Daniel Coburn as he shook his mic stand triumphantly before the crowd, marked the end of the evening’s most amazing display of collective musicianship and the beginning of a fervently appreciative crowd’s ravenous applause. It was well deserved considering what had just taken place: a shimmering, joyous take on the North Mississippi Allstars‘ “Going Home” that morphed into a triple guitar wrestling match between the Brothers Dickinson and their Hill Country Revue pal Kirk Smithhart. Three guitars onstage is a risky move, but when done right, the music flies. Colorful notes and rich harmonies swirled together, rolling over each other and building incessantly towards their peak destination and the song’s end, all lathered down with sticky-sweet Southern rhythm by bassist Chris Chew and Hill Country drummer Ed Cleveland. It was everything great about rock and roll: sunshine, soul and salvation.
Though the show was billed as two separate acts (Hill Country Revue opening for the North Mississippi Allstars), thankfully the two bands spent at least half the evening sharing the stage. It was in these 30 minutes or so of communal playing that the music really opened up. Before that, however, the Allstars already had the audience positively worked up with their signature low-down-and-dirty take on Mississippi Hill Country blues. Oozing “cool” in shades, a flannel shirt and swinging brown hair – and boasting a rotating arsenal of mouthwatering Gibsons – Luther Dickinson plunged the trio down into some devilishly dark, psychedelic riffage. He’s a fascinating player to watch because of his constantly changing technique; one minute he’ll be searing the strings with only a slide and his fingers on a greasy blues number, and the next he’ll be flatpicking his way through an Allmans inspired boogie, the best around this side of “Blue Sky.”
Riding the low end to Luther’s muscular melodies was bassman Chris Chew, a towering giant of a man who kept his lines slippin’ and sliddin’ underneath, murmuring up meaty rhythmic backbones to the songs. In contrast to his imposing stature was his honey-coated voice, wherein lies the group’s secret weapon. He lent his pipes to more than a few numbers, including “I’d Love To Be A Hippy,” and at times stole the show, charismatically working the room like a pro. Stationed behind the drum kit and rounding out the trio with his rumbling percussion was drummer – and Luther’s brother – Cody Dickinson.
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Key to the Allstars’ sound is the two musical poles their playing straddles, i.e. bone rattling blues that almost tear down the walls mingled with bouts of freewheeling Southern boogie that can’t help but inspire grins and gaping jaws. Sometimes a song itself – “Lord Have Mercy” being a prime example – was a constant journey between the sticky, muddy blues of the swamp and the open water and blue skies of the ocean. It’s no-frills-rock-and-roll; no need to focus on frantic chord changes, modulating keys or the like – just two feet planted firmly on the ground, a cold beer in your hand and a little rhythm in your hips.
The night really peaked when the remaining members of Hill Country Revue (Chris and Cody already being onstage) joined the band for a few numbers. It began with a lengthy but absolutely engaging “drums” segment between Cody and Hill Country Revue drummer Ed ‘Hot’ Cleveland. Witnessing these two in actions – both during their rhythmic duel and later with the rest of the musicians – reminded me what an awesome and fascinating sight a double drummer rock band really is. When done right, I’ll maintain that two drummers are always better than one; being able to hear and see the effect it has is simply one of the most exciting things in live music. With arms flying, snares snapping and symbols crashing, the two wove in an out of each other in percussive lines that leapfrogged the beat but came together at precisely the right moments. Lightning in a bottle. The Dead and the Allman Brothers do it best, but this night’s duo was not far behind.
With the whole gang onstage, the music really took off. Daniel Coburn howled soulfully alongside Luther, who, spurred by HCR’s Kirk Smithhart, wrangled the songs into submission with blistering slide work and some deep, dark, psychedelic wah-wah. Surprisingly (or not, considering his musical pedigree), Cody Dickinson wasn’t half bad on the axe. With Ed Cleveland taking over – and boy, did he own the drums – Cody emerged from behind the kit to spit out a few licks and work with Luther and Kirk in a euphoric, chill-inducing “Going Home.” It’s great fun to dance and get down, but it was moments like this that I caught myself standing stone still and slack jawed, in awe of the music and the rumble in my chest. As a trio or with their friends, the Allstars delivered. Heavy hooks, blues and country boogie are meant to be played like this. Amen.
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It’s not easy seeming green
March 23rd, 2010 |
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A backlash to New Zealand’s vow of purity
FANS combing internet sites are not the only people eagerly anticipating a pair of epic fantasy movies based on “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien, that it is planned will start filming this year. New Zealand’s tourist industry, too, is eager to see the islands’ sweeping and unsullied vistas revealed once more to millions of cinemagoers, as they were almost a decade ago when the first of the three films based on Tolkien’s “The Lord of The Rings” was released. Those films did a great deal to boost the country’s tourism trade (Air New Zealand promoted itself as the “airline to Middle Earth”), fitting nicely with the country ’s “100% Pure New Zealand” marketing slogan, first used a couple of years earlier.
But how much of this is, indeed, a fantasy? Last November, in his “Greenwash” column for the Guardian, a British newspaper, environmental journalist Fred Pearce pointed out that New Zealand’s greenhouse-gas emissions had risen 22% since 1990 (its commitment under the Kyoto Protocol was to keep them level) and were now 60% greater per head than Britain’s. The image New Zealand attempted to show the world amounted to a “shameless two fingers to the global community” in the face of a far dirtier reality, including the world’s third-highest rate of car ownership, and methane-belching cows that help to push agricultural emissions to almost half the country’s total. …
Progress possible sans foreign aid: CM
March 20th, 2010 |
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LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has underscored the need for introducing such a system in the country which could ensure equal rights to the people without discrimination of caste, colour and creed as well as equitable distribution of resources. He said if the complicated issue of National Finance Commission Award could be resolved amicably why inter-provincial disputes could not be settled with the same spirit. According to him, the lost glory of the country can be regained if we devote ourselves for the service of humanity selflessly, and work hard honestly for cause of the country.
He stated this while addressing 22nd Gold Medals Distribution Ceremony of Nazria Pakistan Trust and Tehrik-e-Pakistan Workers Trust to the Pakistan Movement workers at Aiwan-e-Karkunan-e-Tehrik-e- Pakistan. Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami, Federal Minister for Defence Production Abdul Qayyum Jatoi, Members of National and Provincial Assemblies and workers of Pakistan Movement from all over the country were present.
The Chief Minister said Pakistan is passing through a critical phase of its chequered history wherein we are facing problems of terrorism and extremism. Without eliminating the menace of terrorism, neither peace could be maintained nor can investment be geared in the country, he added.
He said in addition to perpetrating atrocities, Musharraf regime was responsible for unleashing poverty, unemployment, ignorance, injustice and inequitable distribution of national wealth which remain now the main causes of terrorism. He said if we continued taking dictation from aliens, God forbid, QuaidÂ’s Pakistan would lose its real identity.
He said if we are determined to put the country on the road to progress and get rid of foreign aid, only then we desist foreign pressure and proudly take a stand vis-a-vis our policies for safeguarding national interests. He maintained that at present India is not ready for meaningful dialogue with Pakistan and the water issue is becoming a serious problem of the country. In such a situation, we will have to forge unity and solidarity in our ranks to resolve these issues.
He said people of NWFP are fighting the war of countryÂ’s survival and rewriting the history by making unprecedented sacrifices with their blood and there is no service greater than it. According to him, Pakistan is rich in resources and the nation is hardworking and it has imbibed the spirit of honesty to build a new Pakistan. Pakistanis are competent enough to do as they have already achieved a commendable place abroad by the their hard work, he added.
Shahbaz Sharif said under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam, Pakistan was created after invaluable sacrifices so that every citizen has equal rights and can lead life in accordance with the Islamic teachings. He said despite lapse of 63 years, we failed to make Pakistan an Islamic, democratic and welfare state in accordance with the vision of the Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal.
The Pakistani elite is different from the poor Pakistanis. The land grabbers are usurping the rights of the poor people while the poor are running pillar to post for justice. We should have reviewed this situation much earlier and given respect to the people whose forefathers made sacrifices for the creation of Pakistan.
He said it is a great honour for him to participate in the ceremony, adding that because of the sacrifices of these workers we got freedom from Hindus and the British. He said that we have not implemented in letter and spirit the real notion of the sacrifices made by these workers, but are enjoying the fruits of freedom as a result of their struggle.
Chairman Nazria-e-Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami while addressing the ceremony said Pakistan came into being under Two-Nation Theory. He stressed the need for including Two-Nation Theory in the curriculum so that youth of the country could imbibe the spirit of the sacrifices, made for the establishment of Pakistan. He said India never accepted the partition of sub-continent whole-heartedly and even today it is hell-bent upon converting Pakistan into a desert and is constructing dams on the rivers coming from Kashmir but we are silently seeing this to happen.
We are an atomic power and we should prevent India by force not to do so. He regretted the fact that Mian Nawaz Sharif has removed all Muslim League office bearers. Bacha Khan was against Pakistan but the Muslim League is having sympathy for the ANP which is not accepted for Muslim Leaguers. The renaming of NWFP as Pakhtoonkhawa Abaseen would be a treason against Pakistan.
He urged Shahbaz Sharif to tell Nawaz Sharif not to change the name of Sarhad as it mount to accepting Pakhtoonkhwah. Let Pakistan remain Pakistan and do not amend it with Pakhtoonkhawa. He said the issue of unification of Muslim League often perturbs him. It must unite and it can only bring out the country from crisis. He said PML-N and PML-Q should forget their differences. Nawaz Sharif used to stay at the residence of Ch Shujaat. Why had he been staying there if he was so bad, he added. Majid Nizami said: Let Nawaz Sharif make friendship with younger brothers of Ch Shujaat for the greater interest of the country.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and Chairman Nazaria-e-Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami gave away gold medals to workers of Pakistan Movement. Workers who were given gold medals also spoke on this occasion included Malik Barkat Ali, Syed Ghulam Muhammad Shah, Ch Muhammad Hussain Chattha, Rai Shahadat Khan, Syed Naubahar Shah, Sheikh Fazal Haq Peracha, Ch Ghulam Rasool Tarar, Raja Sarfraz Ali Khan, Sardar Nasrullah Khan Jatoi, Mahar Muhammad Khan Kathia, Ch Atta Muhammad, Mian Ghulam Jillani Gormani, Abdul Ghafoor, Nasim Hijazi, Syed Fasih Iqbal, Ch Muhammad Ashraf Khan, M.K.Anwar Baghdadi, Pir Sofi Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Nadeem Niazi, Sheikh Mukhtar Ahmad, Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi, Sheikh Muhammad Hussain (late), Haji Abdul Aziz (late), Muhammad Azeem Khan, Ch Zafarullah Khan, Haji Abdul Latif Ansari, Qazi Muhammad Zakiuddin (late), Ch Abdul Haq (late), Rana Abdul Waheed (Alig), Agha Sher Nawab Khan Durrani (late), Ch Muhammad Ali (late), Maualana Muhammad Bashir Kotli, Brig (retd) Saadullah Khan, Anwar Hussain Qadri, Qazi Moeenuddin Ahmad, Dr SAH Akhtar, Cap (retd) Inayatullah, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi, Ch Sardar Khan Baghori, Haji Baba Abdul Karim Khan, Babu Muhammad Iqbal Butt (late), Aljaj Shamimuddin, Muhammad Usman Hashmi, Brig (retd) Qamarul Islam Khan, Syed Mohayudding Qadri Moheet, Prof Shariful Mujahid, Prof Husnain Kazmi, Wazirzada Gull Muhammad Khan, Dr M.A.Sufi, Sardar Abdul Aziz Bungesh (late), Amaduddin Ansari, Prof Dr Inamul Haq, Muhammad Afzal Bari, Mian Muhammad Mazoor Ali, Sardar Ahmad Ali, Altaf Hussain, Mohtarma Razaullah Begum, Mohtarma Begum Umatul Aziz, Mohtarma Begum Anjuman Ara, Mohtarma A.T.Sadi, Syed Hassan Riaz, Justice Hamoodur Rahman, Hamidul Haq Chaudhry, Nawab Siddiqui Ali Khan, Abdul Rahman Siddiqui, Master Abdul Hafiz, Abdul Alool Khan, Maulana Abdul Qaddus Behari, and Dr Abdul Mutlaq.
Earlier, Chairman Tehrik-e-Pakistan Workers Trust Col (r) Jamshed Tarin in his welcome address said that the measures adopted by CM Punjab for the welfare and health of workers. He praised Majid Nizami for his untiring efforts towards the welfare of Pakistan movement workers. He congratulated Majid Nizami on the 70th anniversary of Nawa-i-Waqt. He said the gold medallists had become staunch supporters of Quaid-e-Azam in the time of trial, which led to creation of Pakistan. He hoped that the new generation will follow their footprints and make Pakistan strong.
NPT Trustee Farooq Altaf presented his report. He said we have to follow the Quaid if we want to save Pakistan.
Federal Minister for Defence Production Abdul Qayyum Jatoi said Nazria Pakistan was alive. Negation of this nazria damaged Pakistan. He said those who sided with the British now sided with the dictators. He defined nazria as Islamic, democratic welfare state.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Mian Afzal Hayat felicitated Majid Nizami for giving awards to the workers and also for enriching the souls of young generation with Nazria Pakistan.