NWFP Assembly Agreed to Ban Late Night Mobile Packages

By Noreen Wahaab on March 11, 2010

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According to Dunya News NWFP’s provincial assembly has also passed a resolution to put immediate ban on late night mobile packages. They also demanded ban on SMS packages too.

Punjab Assembly passed a similar resolution but mobile companies are still offering night packages.

Lets see how other provinces, and ultimately national assembly catch up the issue.
Lets see how the operators react on this issue…

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The lawmakers of NWFP on Thursday demanded immediate ban on late night packages offered by all the mobile companies as it was needed to protect the young generations from moral degradation. The PPP”s Muhammad Anwar Khan and Tabassum Shams Katozai had moved the resolution with speaker Kiramatullah Khan in chair.

Maulvi Obaidullah”s resolution asking the federal government to lift the ban on the provinces to generate 50MW electricity so as every province could produce electricity for their own requirements and utilise their own water resources. The speaker admitted an adjourn motion for discussion seeking debate on the sacking of more than 900 FC jawans for reportedly disobeying the orders.

The JUI-F”s Naseer Mohammad Khan in his adjournment motion expressed concern over the decision, which had created unrest and disappointment among the various tribes. The PML-N”s Manwar Khan, PML-like-minded Wajihuzaman, PPP-S”s Israrullah Khan Gandapur, PML-N”s, Manawar Khan and Sardar Augrangzeb Nalotha, JUI-F”s Mufti Kifyatullah supported the move, urging the government to restore sacked officials and hold investigations by the provincial ministers including minister for law Arshad Abdullah, minister for information Mian Iftikhar Hussain.

The ANP Saqibullah Chamkani opposed the motion saying they should stop political interference in the existing sensitive situation. The FC jawans, he said, were not common government servants but members of an organised force, which never tolerated violation of discipline. The NWFP Assembly passed The Provincial Motor Vehicles (NWFP) (Amendment) Bill, 2010 with amendments moved by Abdul Akbar Khan, Israrullah Gandapur, Mohammad Zamin and Mufti Kifyatullah.

The ANP Saqibullah Chamkani withdraws his resolution asking the government to integrate FATA with the NWFP. The senior minister Rahimdad Khan said the constitutional committee in the federal government was working on the same issue. He said the matter would be resolved within the same month, asking the mover to withdraw it.

The ANP senior minister Bashir Bilour and Arshad Abdullah also asked Chamkani to withdraw it as the federal government was finalising the issue in constitutional committee. Condemning publication of sacrilegious caricatures by a Norway newspaper, the NWFP Assembly unanimously asked the federal government to raise the issue with United Nations and block the way of such blasphemous acts in future.

The Pakistan People”s Party”s Noor Sehar and Pakistan Muslim League-Q”s Shah Hussain had moved a joint resolution one by one and the entire House supported it when the Speaker Kiramatullah Khan put it to a voice vote. Expressing shock and anguish over the publications of blasphemous sketches, the movers urged the federal government to take up the issue at the UN to formulate effective and strict laws to stop irreverence for all holy prophets.

The resolution also urged the federal government to lodge protest with the Norway government asking it to ban the newspaper and award strict punishment to responsible Editor who had published the blasphemous sketches. The resolution asked the Norway government to curb such acts in future as the publication of such caricatures had hurt the sentiments of all the Muslims. The minister for law and parliamentary affairs Arshad Abdullah supported the move.