The News: President tenders apology over childbirth in rickshaw

QUETTA: President Asif Ali Zardari Friday tendered an apology over birth of a child in an auto rickshaw due to blocakage of roads during his (President) visit to Quetta on Thursday.

The President also announced Rs500, 000 for the family.

However, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani showed a non-serious approach on the issue.

It may be reminded here that a woman gave birth to her baby girl in an auto-rickshaw stuck in a traffic jam when police closed roads to let President Asif Ali Zardari’s motorcade drive by.

The woman was being driven to hospital in the city of Quetta on Thursday evening when police blocked roads for Zardari and his convoy to pass.

The woman’s brother Mohammad Yaseen said the rickshaw he had hired to take his sister to the Civil Hospital was stopped by policemen near the Askari Park.

“We waited for around two hours. And despite repeated requests the policemen did not allow us to go to the hospital,” he told this correspondent.

“We pleaded with the policemen as it was an emergency but they refused citing orders that no one should be allowed to move until the president passed,” the brother told reporters.

“The baby was born in the rickshaw, surrounded by vehicles stuck in the traffic jam. At that time police officials allowed us to return,” he said.

ARY: Bilour says Urdu is not national language

PESHAWAR: NWFP senior minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour triggered another controversy Friday when he declared Urdu only a language for coordination, denying its status of national language, ARY NEWS reported.

“A language can only be declared national when it is being used by the whole nation. Thus Urdu is not our national language but a language for mutual coordination among the masses,” Bilour said on assembly floor when responding to a query by MPA Moulvi Abdullah during Question Hour.

Bilour’s comments annoyed various parliamentarians from both sides of the house who criticized his statement.

Bilour is famous for offering controversial comments in media time to time and then issuing denial of his own words.

On a point of order, Mufti Kifayatullah – an MPA of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur Rehman), quoted the Article 251 of the Constitution that categorically declared Urdu as Pakistan’s national language.

He said senior minister is committing an intentional violation of the Constitution despite having oath on it and sought Speaker’s ruling on the issue.

However, the opposition members walked out from the session as Speaker Karamatullah Chugharmati, who belongs to the same ruling Awami National Party (ANP) Bilour is associated with, refrained himself from offering any solid ruling on the issue.

as for Kaliya, we all know kaliya was arrested and spent time in thana n jail. Where he suffered like many mqm guys torture. Subsequently i think we all know why divorce happened. lol

sharam karoo haya karoo
apni behan ka nikah karoo lol

atleast PPP and BB haya waley thai, nikah kiya ghar basaya unlike the 2 shers dono ek he jaga munh marteey hain. Naeem bukhari se poochey koi lol. I mean baighartee ki hud hai

(ohh am gonna get spanked for this)