OUTCOME OF SHAHBAZ SHARIF'S THREAT: 300 MW CUT FROM KARACHI ENERGY QUOTA

Energy Summit has decided to cut 300 MW energy from Karachi's quota from PEPCO. Raja Parvez Ashraf announced that the 650MW quota approved for Karachi is being cut to 300MW. Karachiites say that this is the consequence of the threat of Shahbaz Sharif who spoke hardly about energy crisis and threatened.

MQM LEGISLATORS SLAM CUT IN KARACHI POWER QUOTA

20 April, 2010
The Water and Power Development Authority’s (Wapda) proposed cut in Karachi’s quota, allegedly at the behest of Punjab, will further aggravate the city’s power crisis, MQM legislators said during the Sindh Assembly session on Monday.

Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed claimed that there were reports that Karachi’s power quota was being cut to provide more electricity to Punjab, which, he said, was completely unjustified. In an apparent reference to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s recent statement, he said, without naming anyone, that such “irresponsible statements” were “regrettable”. The urban and rural areas of Sindh were already suffering from unabated load-shedding and peoples’ increasing grievances should be addressed, the health minister said, adding that it was incumbent upon Wapda to provide 700 Megawatt (MW) to Karachi. After the unanimous passage of the 18th Amendment, he said, focus should now be given to power generation; the government should also provide gas for the purpose.

Khalid Ahmed from the MQM alleged that WAPDA was considering a reduction in the power quota for Karachi at the behest of Punjab. Wapda, as part of a written agreement, was supposed to provide 700MW to the city, but it was providing only 630MW, and was now considering a cut even in this reduced quota. This act, Ahmed said, is likely to compound the power situation in the metropolis where citizens were already suffering six- to eight-hour-long spells of load-shedding (Source: NewsLineKarachi)

MQM PUNJAB CONVENTION ON 25 APRIL

Altaf Hussain Appeals For Generous Donations

Mr. Altaf Hussain Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has appealed to philanthropists of Pakistan in particular and all people in general to donate generously for the forthcoming MQM Punjab Convention going to be held in Lahore.

In his statement, Mr. Hussain said that under the banner of MQM a grand party convention is going to be held in Lahore on 25th of April in which all MQM office bearers, workers and supporters would participate.

Mr. Altaf Hussain went on to say that MQM is the only political party of Pakistan which owes its allegiance and attachment to the general public and no waderas, protagonists, feudals or land lords are patronizing MQM and, thus, MQM meets all its expenses of public rally through donations of general masses.

Mr. Altaf Hussain said that MQM is striving very hard to eliminate feudalism from the soil of Pakistan and to bring about a revolution of supremacy of poor and middle classes and in order to achieve that objective the forthcoming Lahore convention will prove to be a land mark and will add to a new chapter in the political history of Pakistan.

MQM belonging to middle class and oppressed peoples organization needs donations from general public in order to hold its conventions hence, appeal is made to the people to donate as much as possible.

Mr. Altaf Hussain appealed to wealthy ones to donate their donations in MCB Bank Account Number: 1000863 with Code Number: 0073 and also appealed to all MQM workers and Haq Parast people to come forward to donate with open heart and mind in order to make the event a roaring success.

Muslim Commercial Bank Account Details for Donation
MCB Bank Account Number: 1000863 with Code Number: 0073

MUSTAFA KAMAL'S MOTHER DIES

KARACHI, April 7: The mother of former city nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal died in a hospital on Wednesday after protracted illness. Namaz-i-Janaza of Jamila Khatoon was offered at a mosque in Gulshan-i-Iqbal. A large number of people, including provincial ministers, MQM leaders and workers and employees of the city government, attended the funeral. MQM chief Altaf Hussain, federal and provincial ministers and legislators and political and social figures have offered condolences to Mr Kamal.