ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s attorney general Monday rejected a plan by opposition lawmakers to reinstate the country’s ousted Supreme Court justices within 30 days of parliament’s first session.
In an interview with GEO TV, Malik Mohammed Qayyum called the opposition’s move a futile attempt and reiterated that President Pervez Musharraf’s dismissal of the judges was legal under the constitution.
Musharraf has yet to convene parliament, but has said he will do so within two weeks.
The ousted justices are at the heart of the political crisis that began in Pakistan last year. Musharraf removed nearly all of the Supreme Court bench in November, days before it was set to rule against the legitimacy of his third term in office.
Speaking on Sunday, Asif Ali Zardari, head of the Pakistan People’s Party, and Nawaz Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, said they would restore the justices within 30 days of parliament’s first session, which they demanded Musharraf immediately convene.
They spoke at a joint news conference shortly after signing an agreement to make their parties’ coalition official.
PPP, the party of assassinated Benazir Bhutto, and PML-N won the majority of seats in Pakistan’s February 18 parliamentary election
While they agreed to work with the office of the presidency, their announcement set the stage for a power struggle with Musharraf, whom both parties have described as a dictator.
Zardari — Bhutto’s widower — and Sharif vowed to uphold the Charter for Democracy, a document signed by the once-rival opposition parties last May.
The document would restore the powers of the prime minister that were stripped away when Musharraf seized power in a 1999 coup, including the power to dissolve parliament and appoint military chiefs.
It is unclear if the coalition could actually get its measures through both houses of parliament.
Despite their victory in parliamentary elections last month, a coalition led by Musharraf’s party still has a considerable number of seats in the Senate.
by Sami Zubeiri
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani security forces arrested a top militant with links to Osama bin Laden in connection with an October assassination attempt on Benazir Bhutto, the interior minister said Tuesday.
Qari Saifullah Akhtar — a top extremist leader accused by Bhutto of plotting against her in a book published after her assassination in December — was seized on Monday, interior minister Hamid Nawaz told AFP.
“Most probably he is involved in the attack in Karsaz on Benazir Bhutto’s rally. He is a big character,” Nawaz said, referring to the October attack on Bhutto’s homecoming parade in Karachi’s Karsaz district that killed 139 people.
Two-time premier Bhutto was unharmed in that attack, but was killed two months later in another assassination attempt, in Rawalpindi at an election rally.
Akhtar was seized with his three sons, Nawaz added.
Akhtar was the one-time head of Harkat Jihad-e-Islami, the main Pakistan support group for Afghanistan’s extremist Taliban movement, and he spent most of his time before 2004 living in Afghanistan, and met bin Laden several times.
He was arrested in the United Arab Emirates in August 2004 and later extradited to Pakistan, where he was released under unclear circumstances.
An official in Punjab province said that Akhtar was recently engaged in a brawl with a rival jihadi group over the occupation of a shrine there, and said the arrest was likely linked to the dispute, not the attack on Bhutto.
Bhutto’s assassination on December 27 overshadowed elections held on February 18, which saw her Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) trounce President Pervez Musharraf’s political allies, but a fresh wave of violence has followed the polls.
In the latest attack, the Pakistan army’s top medical officer was among eight people killed in a suicide bombing on Monday in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Lieutenant General Mushtaq Baig, the army’s surgeon general, was the most senior Pakistani military official to be assassinated since Musharraf joined the US-led “war on terror” in 2001.
Pakistan’s military said the brazen attack was likely in retaliation for operations against Islamic militants near the Afghan border.
“I think apparently it is in response and reaction to the Pakistan army’s operations against militants in South Waziristan and other places in FATA (the Federally Administered Tribal Areas),” chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP.
Pakistan has lost about 1,000 troops in operations against Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants who have built safe havens in the lawless tribal areas in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
Suicide attacks blamed on tribal militants, especially Baitullah Mehsud, a Taliban commander with links to Al-Qaeda who is based in South Waziristan, have soared since the start of 2007.
Rawalpindi — the site of army headquarters — has experienced eight attacks since July, claiming 88 lives including Bhutto.
The latest attacks have posed an immediate challenge to Pakistan’s incoming government, set to be a coalition between the PPP and the grouping of former premier Nawaz Sharif.
A spokesman for Mehsud said on Sunday that the militants were ready for peace talks with the new government, but only if it does not pursue Musharraf’s involvement in the “war on terror”.
Pakistan has veered between making peace deals with militants and launching major offensives in the five years since full-scale operations started in the tribal areas in early 2003.
Neither policy has worked and the bloodshed last year spread further, from the semi-autonomous tribal belt into the country’s “settled” northwestern regions.
Elsewhere in the tribal belt a member of Bhutto’s party was wounded by a roadside bomb on Tuesday, just over a week after a suicide attack on one of his election rallies killed 47 people.
[Source:news.yahoo.com]
Constituency,Area, Winner, Party
NA-1 Peshawar-I Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour (ANP)
NA-2 Peshawar-2 Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil (PPPP)
NA-3 Peshawar-3 Noor Alam Khan (PPPP)
NA-4 Peshawar-4 Arbab Muhammad Zahir Khan (ANP)
NA-5 Nowshera-1 Mian Yahya Shah Kaka Khel (PML Q)
NA-6 Nowshera-2 Masood Abbas (ANP)
NA-7 Charsadda-1 Asfandiyar Wali Khan (ANP)
NA-8 Charsadda-2 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao PPP(S)
NA-10 Mardan-2 Maulana Mohammad Qasim (MMA)
NA-11 Mardan-3 Abdul Akbar Khan (PPPP)
NA-12 Swabi-1 Engineer Usman Khan Tarkai Independent
NA-13 Swabi-2 Perviz Khan Advocate (ANP)
NA-14 Kohat Pir Dilawar Shah (ANP)
NA-15 Karak Mufti Ajmal Khan (MMA)
NA-16 Hangu Syed Haider Ali Shah (ANP)
NA-17 Abbottabad-1
NA-18 Abbottabad-2
NA-19 Haripur Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan (PML N)
NA-20 Mansehra-1 Sardar Shah Jehan Yousif (PML Q)
NA-21 Mansehra-2
NA-22 Batagram Prince Nawaz Khan Alai (PML Q)
NA-23 Kohistan
Na-24 D.I. Khan Faisal Karim Kundi (PPPP)
NA-25 D.I. Khan-cum- Tank
NA-26 Bannu Maulna Fazal Ur Rehman (MMA)
NA-27 Lakki Marwat Hamayun Saifullah Khan (PML Q)
NA-28 Bunair
NA-29 Swat-1 Muzafer ul Mulk (ANP)
NA-30 Swat-2
NA-31 Shanglapar Ameer Maqam (PML Q)
NA-32 Chitral Shehzada Mohi-ud-din (PML Q)
NA-33 Upper Dir Najmuddin Khan (PPPP)
NA-34 Lower Dir Malik Azmat Khan (PPPP)
NA-35 Malakand Lal Muhammad Khan (PPPP)
NA-36 Not Provided Bilal Rehman Independent
NA-48 Islamabad-1 Anjum Aqeel Khan (PML N)
NA-49 Islamabad-2 Dr.Ch.Tariq Fazal (PML N)
NA-50 Rawalpindi-1
NA-51 Rawalpindi-2 Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (PPPP)
NA-52 Rawalpindi-3
NA-53 Rawalpindi-4 Ch. Nisar Ali Khan (PML N)
NA-54 Rawalpindi-5 Malik Abrar Ahmad (PML N)
NA-55 Rawalpindi-6 Mukhdoom Muhammad Javaid Hashmi (PML N)
NA-56 Rawalpindi-7 Muhammad Hanif Abbasi (PML N)
NA-57 Attock-1 SHEIKH AFTAB AHMAD (PML N)
NA-58 Attock-2
NA-59 Attock-3 SARDAR SALIM HAIDER (PPPP)
NA-60 Chakwal-1 AYAZ AMIR (PML N)
NA-61 Chakwal-2
NA-62 Jhelum-1 Raja Muhammad Safdar (PML N)
NA-63 Jhelum-2 Raja Muhammad Asad Khan (PML N)
NA-64 Sargodha-I Muhammad Farooq Baha UL-Haq Shah (PML N)
NA-65 Sargodha- II
NA-66 Sargodha – III Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi (PPPP)
NA-67 Sargodha-IV
NA-68 Sargodha-V Syed Javed Hassnain Shah (PML N)
NA-69 Khushab- I
NA-70 Khushab- II Malik Shakir Bashir Awan (PML N)
NA-71 Mianwali-I Nawab Zada Malik Amad Khan Independent
NA-72 Mianwali-II Humair Hayat Rokhari Independent
NA-73 Bhakkar- I
NA-74 Bhakkar- II
NA-37 Not Approved
NA-38 Not Approved Munir Khan Orakzai Independent
NA-39 Not Approved Jawad Hussain Independent
NA-40 Not Approved Mohammad Kamran Khan Independent
NA-41 Not Approved
NA-42 Not Approved
NA-44 Not Approved Syed Akhonzada Chittan Independent
NA-45 Not Approved Noor Ul Haq Qadri Independent
NA-47 Not Approved
NA-43 Not Approved Shaukatullah Khan Independent
NA-46 Not Approved
NA-75 Faisalabad-I
NA-76 Faisalabad- II
NA-77 Faisalabad- III Muhammad Asim Nazir (PML Q)
NA-78 Faisalabad-IV
NA-79 Faisalabad-V Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan. Independent
NA-80 Faisalabad-VI
NA-81 Faisalabad-VII
NA-82 Faisalabad-VIII
NA-83 Faisalabad-IX
NA-85 Faisalabad-XI Haji Muhammad Akram Ansari. (PML N)
NA-86 Jhang-I Syed Anayat Ali Shah (PPPP)
NA-87 Jhang-II Ghulam Bibi Bharwana (PML Q)
NA-88 Jhang-III Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat (PML Q)
NA-89 Jhang-IV
NA-84 Faisalabad-X
NA-90 Not Approved Saima Akhtar Bharwana Independent
NA-91 Jhang-VI
NA-92 Toba Tek Singh- I Farkhanda Amjad Warraich (PML Q)
NA-93 Toba Tek Singh- II
NA-94 Toba Tek Singh- III
NA-95 Gujranwala-I Usman Ibrahim (PML N)
NA-98 Gujranwala-IV Imtiaz Safdar Warraich (PPPP)
NA-97 Gujranwala-III Ch. Mehmood Bashir Virk (PML N)
NA-99 Gujranwala-V Rana Nazir Ahmad Khan (PML N)
NA-100 Gujranwala-VI
NA-101 Gujranwala-VII Justice ® Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema (PML N)
NA-102 Hafizabad-I Saira Afzal Tarar (PML N)
NA-103 Hafizabad-II
NA-104 Gujrat-I Ch Wajahat Hussain (PML Q)
NA-105 Gujrat-II Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar (PPPP)
NA-107 Gujrat-IV
NA-108 M.B. Din-I Muhammad Tariq Tarar (PPPP)
NA-109 M.B. Din-II
NA-110 Sialkot-I Khawaja Muhammad Asif (PML N)
NA-111 Sialkot-II Dr. Fardos Ashiq Awan. (PPPP)
NA-112 Sialkot-III
NA-113 Sialkot-IV Sahabzada Syed Murtaza Amin (PML N)
NA-114 Sialkot-V Zahid Hamid (PML N)
NA-115 Norowal-I Sumaira Naz (PML N)
NA-116 Norowal-II Ch.Muhammd Taqriq Anees Independent
NA-117 Norowal-III Ahsan Iqbal (PML N)
NA-118 Lahore-I
NA-119 Lahore-II
NA-120 Lahore-III Bilal Yaseen (PML N)
NA-121 Lahore-VI Mian Margoob Ahmad (PML N)
NA-122 Lahore-V Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (PML N)
NA-124 Lahore-VII Sheikh Rohale Asghar (PML N)
NA-125 Lahore-VIII
NA-126 Lahore-IX
NA-127 Lahore-X Chaudhry Nasir Ahmed Bhutta (PML N)
NA-128 Lahore-XI Malik Muhammad Afzal Khokhar (PML N)
NA-129 Lahore-XII
NA-130 Lahore-XIII
NA-131 Sheikhupura-I Rana Tanveer Hussain (PML N)
NA-132 Sheikhupura-II
NA-133 Sheikhupura-III Mian Javed Latif (PML N)
NA-134 Sheikhupura-IV Sardar Muhammad Irfan Dogar (PML N)
NA-135 Sheikhupura-V
NA-136 Sheikhupura-VI
NA-137 Sheikhupura-VII Saeed Ahmed Zafar Independent
NA-138 Kasur-I
NA-139 Kasur-II
NA-140 Kasur-III
NA-141 Kasur-IV
NA-142 Kasur-V Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai (PML Q)
NA-143 Okara-I
NA-144 Okara-II Sajjad Ul Hassan Independent
NA-145 Okara-III
NA-146 Okara-IV Mian Manzur Ahmad Khan Wattoo Independent
NA-147 Okara-V
NA-148 Multan-I Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi (PPPP)
NA-149 Multan-II Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi (PML N)
NA-150 Multan-III Rana Mehmood ul Hassan (PML N)
NA-151 Multan-IV Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani (PPPP)
NA-152 Multan-V Liaqat Ali Khan (PPPP)
NA-153 Multan-VI Dewan Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhar (PML Q)
NA-154 Multan-VII
NA-156 Khanewal-I
NA-157 Khanewal-II Hamid Yar Hiraj (PML Q)
NA-158 Khanewal-III Pir Aslam Bodla (PML Q)
NA-159 Khanewal-IV Ch. Iftikhar Nazir (PPPP)
NA-160 Sahiwal-I
NA-161 Sahiwal-II
NA-162 Sahiwal-III Ch.Zahid Iqbal (PPPP)
NA-164 Pakpatan-I
NA-165 Pakpatan-II Syed Muhammad Salman Mohsin Gillani (PML N)
NA-166 Pakpatan-III Rana Zahid Hussain Khan (PML N)
NA-167 Yehari-I
NA-168 Yehari-II Aseem Daultana (PPPP)
NA-169 Yehari-III
NA-171 D.G. Khan-I
NA-172 D.G. Khan-II
NA-173 D.G. Khan-III
NA-174 Rajanpur-I Sardar Muhammad Jafar Khan Leghari (PML Q)
NA-175 Rajanpur-II Meer Doost Muhammad Mazari (PPPP)
NA-176 Muzaffargarh-I
NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II
NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III
NA-179 Muzaffargarh-IV Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi (PPPP)
NA-180 Muzaffargarh-V
NA-181 Layyah-I Sardar Bahadar Ahmad Khan Seehar (PML Q)
NA-182 Layyah-II Syed Muhammad Saqlain Bukhari (PML N)
NA-183 Bahawalpur-I Hassan Askri Sheikh (PML N)
NA-185 Bahawalpur-III Muhammad Baleegh-ur-Rehman (PML N)
NA-186 Bahawalpur-IV
NA-187 Bahawalpur-V Ch. Saud Majeed (PML N)
NA-188 Bahawalnagar-I
NA-189 Bahawalnagar-II Sayed Mumtaz Alam Gillani (PPPP)
NA-190 Bahawalnagar-III
NA-191 Bahawalnagar-IV
NA-192 Rahiimyar Khan-I Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi (PPPP)
NA-193 Rahiimyar Khan-II
NA-194 Rahiimyar Khan-III
NA-195 Rahiimyar Khan-IV Jahangir Khan Tareen (PML F)
NA-196 Rahiimyar Khan-V Javed Iqbal Warraich (PPPP)
NA-197 Rahiimyar Khan-VI Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan Laghari (PML N)
NA-198 Sukkur-I
NA-199 Sukkur-II
NA-200 Ghotki-I
NA-201 Ghotki-II
NA-203 Shikarpur-II Ghous Bakhsh Khan Mahar (PML Q)
NA-204 Larkana-I Mr. Shahid Hussain Bhutto (PPPP)
NA-205 Larkana-II
NA-206 Larkana-III
NA-212 NausheroFeroze-II
NA-213 Nawabshah-I
NA-214 Nawabshah-I
NA-221 Hyderabad-IV Syed Ameer Shah Jamot (PPPP)
NA-222 Hyderabad-V
NA-223 Hyderabad-VI
NA-225 Badin-II
NA-227 Mirpurkhas-II
NA-228 Sindh
NA-229 Tharparkar-I
NA-230 Tharparkar-II
NA-232 Dadu-II Rafique Ahmed Jamali (PPPP)
NA-233 Dadu-III Talat Iqbal Mahessar (PPPP)
NA-237 Thatta-I
NA-238 Thatta-II
NA-239 Karachi-I
NA-259 Quetta
NA-260 Quetta Chaaghi
NA-261 Pashin
NA-262 Qilla Abdullah
NA-263 Loralai
NA-265 Dera Bugti/Kohlu
NA-266 Nasirabad
NA-267 Bolan
NA-269 Khuzdar
NA-270 Lasbela/Awaran
NA-271 Kharan
NA-202 Shikarpur- I
NA-207 Larkana-IV
NA-208 Jacobabad- I
NA-209 Jacobabad- II
NA-9 Mardan-I Nawabzada Khawaja Muhammad Khan (ANP)
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DATE: 19-02-08
