ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) will not allow the government to move scot-free, the party chief Mian Nawaz Sharif warned terming President Asif Ali Zardari as the biggest danger to the democracy. Addressing the packed hall of journalists after the party meeting, he said it seemed that the government does not accept the restored judiciary. The democracy never before faced such a great threat as now in the form of President Zardari, who has become the gravest danger to democracy, he said. The PML-N condemns the incident that occurred yesterday, as the event plunged the country in the uncertainty and the President House outgrew its limits, Sharif told. He said yesterday incident was an action re-play of November 3, 2007, adding the government is targeting the judiciary to safeguard its corruption in preference for their corruption to the respect for the judiciary. The Army should have the role stipulated in the Constitution, he said. Nawaz Sharif said he forcefully warned the government to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution, adding his party categorically rejects the autocratic method adopted by the government. He said the judiciary was resorted by the people not the government which only issued a notification, informing the journalists that he had told Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani a day before not to delay the implementation on the recommendations of judges appointments. However, the following day, something else surfaced, he added demanding the recommendations of the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry should be immediately put into action. Nawaz said the PML-N wants to make it abundantly clear to the government in unequivocal terms that it would not be allowed to go its way on judges appointments nor would it be spared the chance for corruption. We can make harsh decisions in the coming days and will protest in and outside the Parliament and mobilize the masses. We will not allow anyone to spoil the institutions for personal motives, he said. Had the Charter of Democracy been implemented, then there would not have been these problems, he asserted demanding President Zardari to bring back to Pakistan his wealth siphoned off to Swiss accounts; this is the money hard-earned by the people of Pakistan. The country has been turned into a circus, he added. The people of Pakistan will take care of all affairs, the Army should not be dragged into them; nor should the Army get itself involved in such affairs
Government of Pakistan awarded a contract to GDF Suez to supply 3.75 million tons per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a period of 20 years. This is the country's first gas import project and efforts are still being made to allow Shell to import additional 2.5 million tons during the same period.
The decision was made in the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet presided over by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin in Islamabad on Tuesday 09, February 2010 .
By 2011 deadline for the first LNG supplies will be met. The project envisages supply of up to 500 million cubic feet per day of gas. The price of LNG imported from GDF Suez will be $1.8 billon lower than the rates offered by Shell in the first six years, the import price will be around $9.3 per MMBtu said, G A Sabri, senior petroleum ministry official.
"GDF Suez agreed to sell us LNG at a price far less than what Shell was offering. We have held meetings with both the suppliers and selection of GDF Suez won't result in further delay. A final agreement with a consortium of 4Gas, which will run the LNG import terminal, is expected in few weeks," said Mr. Sabri.
GDF Suez will start supplying the gas to Pakistan by Oct. 2011 according to the initial six-year contact. . The company may also supply 1.5 million tons of LNG annually for the following 14 years under the contract, G.A Sabri said.
Last month on 14th January 2010, Petroleum Minister, Syed Naveed Qamar, said significant progress had been made to meet oil and gas demand, particularly in the short and medium term, especially through LNG imports. Two proposals were under consideration of the petroleum ministry for LNG imports. The first project was the extension of Mashal project of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), which was a land-based re-gasification unit. The second proposal was from a major European company in the SSGC system by establishing a floating re-gasification unit in Karachi. Mashal LNG project was delayed by the government while Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) had started work on the project in 2005 whose completion will ensure supplies of gas, and help the economy.
Even after the announcement by ECC, Shell continues to contest the decision. Before the decision was publicized higher officers of Shell held meetings with Petroleum Minister Syed Naveed Qamar and senior officials of the finance ministry.
Initial statement released by ECC said, "the ECC also decided that Shell's offer at 15 per cent Brent plus $0.5 per MMBtu, subject to further improvement in the final round of negotiations will be accepted for up to one MTPA medium-term supplies of six years and 2.5 MTPA from the seventh to 20th year."
The official statement said the ECC also approved a $500 million sovereign guarantee by the finance ministry to cover LNG supplies.
The Finance Minister ordered Finance Secretary, Salman Siddique to issue a revised decision statement after deleting the controversy regarding the acceptance of Shell's offer and hence, revised statement did not say anything about the Shell offer.
Recent energy falls in Pakistan, as the natural gas reserves have depleted and has caused a great decline in Sui gas field production, LNG is the most appropriate option to meet energy shortfall. Officially gas shortage has reached 25% of the production and power crisis is worsening day by day. These projects are aimed to overcome the power crisis in Pakistan and many more such projects are in pipe line.
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ISLAMABAD: Presidency spokesman Farhatullah Babar has said neither the emergency is imposed in country nor is it in the offing, Geo news reported. He said following the issuance of notification regarding appointment of judges from law ministry, there is not such kind of situation in country, which should ask for imposition of emergency. He said the emergency will not be clamped in country at any cost.
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said the eradication of terrorism and sectarianism from societies can bring development and prosperity to the country and the entire Islamic world. In his message on the Shahadat of Hazrat Imam Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him), the President stressed the need for following the teachings of the great Shaheed based on piety and abstinence from evil deeds. President Zardari mentioned the saying of the Last Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (May peace be upon him) who said: "Hassan and Hussain (may Allah be pleased with them) are the heads of heaven's youth. Their friend will be my friend and their enemy will be my foe." He said Hazrat Imam Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) declined to accept the rule of power and worked for the honor of his Grandfather's religion. He expressed satisfaction over the efforts of Markazi Imam Hussain Council for holding a conference on the Shahadat of Imam Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) on February 13, to be attended by scholars and religious leaders from all schools of thought.
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