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Jackson’s funeral costs $1.4m

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles spent $1.4 million to provide security, traffic control and other services for Michael Jackson’s memorial service, city officials said as they looked for ways to have others help the financially troubled city pick up the bill.

The amount included $1.1 million in overtime pay for the 4,173 officers who worked to secure Staples Center, Forest Lawn cemetery and other areas that attracted fans and members of the media, the Police Department said in a statement.

John Abraham in trouble over objectionable pics

Town’s hottest hunk John Abraham may have impressed us in ‘New York’ but the actor may land in serious trouble soon because of an obscene photograph published in a newspaper.

Reportedly an NGO had approached the Moti Nagar police station in Delhi to register a case against the actor, publisher and editor of the daily in which the photo was published.

Later the NGO knocked the doors of the city’s court for justice. Resulting this, the magistrate has ordered the police to submit the report within two weeks after which the actor may land in jail.

According to the NGO, the photograph which is available in public could corrupt young minds which can be dangerous.

Advocate Ramesh Chabbra who is representing the NGO says, “In the photograph, the actor is covering his private parts with his hands while his trousers are below his knees.”

“The photo is in very bad taste and the complaint was filed under Sections 292 and 294 of the Indian Penal Code.”

The hearing of the case has been fixed for July 30. If the charges against the actor are proved then John may have to spend two to five years in jail.

John has made women swoon by his nude act in the flick but this has definitely not gone the way it was intended.

Sugar mills supplying poisonous sugar

Shocking disclosure of provision of poisonous sugar detrimental to human health and life by sugar mills across the country has been made.

According to details, the danger emanates from excessive use of artificial sugar color and Sulphur Oxide well above the prescribed limits/standards.

It is learnt that Sugar mills of renowned politicians, ministers including President of Pakistan are also engaged with same heinous crime, which may cause massive increase in patients of cancer.

Sources revealed that Pakistan Standard Control Authority in a letter No. PSQCA/SDC-2/NSLAS/209 issued on Friday directed Sugar Mills owners to use artificial sugar color and Sulphur Oxide in accordance with the prescribed standards/limits.

The letter was issued after complete research. Pakistan Standard Control Authority had collected 18 sample of sugar from open markets.

Pakistan Standard Control Authority was shocked to know that all these sample contained excessive artificial sugar color and Sulphur Oxide, injurious and detrimental for human body.

Currently, there are 48 sugar mills in country out of which four belongs to Asif Ali Zardari and Sindh Provincial minister Zulfiqar Mirza owns two.

ITP harassing poor and needy beggars instead of professional beggars

Islamabad Capital territory police during its campaign against professional beggars physically assaulted and harassed the aged and poor beggars instead of taking action against professional beggars.

Islamabad Capital Territory Police during its campaign against the professional begging was committing gross violation of human rights by forcibly shoving poor and aged beggars into vehicles, committing physical assault and harassing them.

The social and public circles of the society have strongly criticized and expressed their dislike on this act of police, which indicate that police have zero respect for aged men and women.

They have requested Inspector General Islamabad, Syed Kaleem Imam to issue directives to police to maintain honor and respect of old beggars and only those beggars should be arrested who are professional, and police officials involved in this heinous act should be arrested, they demanded.

New Ameer JI (AJK) sworn in

The newly elected Ameer Jamat-i-Islami (AJK) for district Rawalpindi Atta Ur Rehman Chohan was sworn in here on Friday.

The new Ameer appoint Wajid Iqbal Abbassi, Tahir Ishaq as vice president and Ghulam Mujtaba Abassi as secretary with the mutual advice of Shura’ and Raja Farooq was selected as finance secretary while Imtiaz Abassi selected as president “Khidmat” department.

Addressing to gathering the new Ameer said that Jamat-i-Islami would celebrate the founding day and Kashmir Martyrs Day on 13th of July.

According to JI media advisor Atta Ur Rehaman said that scarifies made by more than 100 thousand martyred will not go futile and Kashmir will get independence.

3 people die, 2 injured in a remote control bomb-blast

Three people died and two others were injured in a remote control bomb explosion in Torah-Gundi area of Mingora city.

Police disclosed here Friday that a remote control bomb that was planted in a pick-up van resulted in death of three people including driver of the van, while two others passer- by also receive injuries who were shifted to Do-Abba hospital later.

While in another incident some unidentified armed persons kidnapped 4 people from their house at night including Asal Khan, Spain Badsha, Hazrat Khan and Unnab Gul.

Police of Sadar Station has registered a case and started investigations.

NAVTEC to arrange jobs for trained IDP youths

National Vocational & Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC), will make all possible efforts arrange jobs for pass-outs of vocational training courses, being held at IDP camps, for the youths of Internally Displaced Persons.

This was stated by the Executive Director, NAVTEC, Mr. Muhammad Athar Tahir, while talking to the participants of the second month-long mobile training course at Sheikh Shahzad IDP Camp in Mardan District today. He visited the Camp on the advice of Chairman NAVTEC, Mr. Adnan A. Khawaja.

Under the directive of the Prime Minister, NAVTEC had diverted its mobile training facilities to three IDP camps located at Shah Manssor(Swabi), Sheikh Shahzad (Mardan) and Jalozai(Nowshehra). 1st course has already completed in which 120 youth had received training in three useful trades including Automotive Mechanic, Welding Sheet Metal and Light Engineering.

The Executive Director called upon the trainees to learn the technical trades with full devotion as these would help them to earn decent livelihood for them and their families.

The purpose of these training courses is to positively contribute to lessen the woes of IDPs, engage them in healthy activities and to guide the displaced youth towards learning some useful trades during the course of their displacement.

These training courses are free of cost and the trainees are also being paid Rs.2,000 stipend on the successful conclusion of the month–long course.

Later, the Executive Director, NAVTEC, visited IDP camp, Takht Bai and distributed certificates and cash awards to 72 pass–outs of a short course of First Aid and Personal Hygiene. The course was conducted with the collaboration of Pakistan Red Crescent Society.

Congratulating the pass-outs, the Executive Director hoped that they will make best use of the training they have received in the camps and help their brothers in hour of need, On the occasion he also gave away gifts of First Aid Box, on behalf of NAVTEC, to each of the successful participants of the course. He informed that First Aid training will be imparted in all IDP camps, established in NWFP.

First National Health Awards for Pakistani reporters

In a bid to recognise the contribution and efforts of health journalists the Ministry of Health organised the first National Health Media Awards 2009.

The ceremony was a joint venture of Ministry of Health and UNICEF and the topic was “Taking Polio To The Headlines”.
The three-member jury comprising of Mohammed Mallick, Editor, The News, Ihtesham-ul-Haq, Director News, Sama TV and Aamir Ahmed Khan, Global Head, BBC Urdu Service evaluated news reports and write-ups of the nominees.

As many as 2560 stories, reports and write-ups from print media and 3000 news reports from electronic media were recorded on the particular issue during the time period of one year and selected news items of the nominees were evaluated through a transparent process. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded in each category. Ashfaq Yousafzai, (Dawn) received gold medal in the Category of Best Report International Correspondents while Marium Kiani (Dawn), receive gold medal in the category of the Rising Star Award for upcoming health reporter. Ghazala Norin, (News One) won gold medal in the category of Rising Star Award for upcoming health reporter of the year.

Fozia Azam, health reporter (TheNation) won the silver medal in the category of Rising Star for upcoming health reporter.
Faisal Hakeem, (ARY News) won gold medal (Electronic in Urdu), Mukhtar Alam, (Dawn) won gold medal for the Best Analytical Report Print Media Best Analytical Report, Fatima Ali, (Express News), won gold medal for breaking stories, Haroon Rashid, (BBC) won gold medal for the Best Report Radio Journalism, Riaz Burki, (PTV), got gold for Best Report Live Events, Mushtaq Yousafzai, (The News) bagged gold medal for Best Investigative Report Print, Namood Muslim, (PTV) won gold as Best Reporter Electronic English, Naveed Siddiqui (Geo News) won gold medal in the category of Best Reporter Electronic Urdu, Muhammad Tufail, (Daily Express) won gold.

in the Best Reporter Print Urdu category and the Best Reporter Print English Awards was given to the Shahina Maqbool (The News).

Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani Health Minister, Secretary Health Kushnood Lashari and Preliminary Secretary for Health Dr Mahreen Razzaque Bhutto were also present on the occasion.

Gulf airlines suspends flights to Peshawar

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Thursday that the airlines of Gulf countries have suspended flights to Peshawar.

Private TV channel quoting CAA sources said the flights to Peshawar have been cancelled on security concerns.

The airlines include Qatar, Gulf and Etihad Airways, according to CAA sources.

4000/ contract employees of CAA to be regularized: Defence Minister

Federal Government has announced to appoint 4000/ contract and daily-wages employees of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) permanently.

While talking to media here Thursday, Defence Minister Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar after his meeting with Federal Minister for Labor & Manpower Syed Khurshid Shah announced that the Federal Government has directed to appoint permanently those employees of CAA, whose job tenure is of two-years.

He also informed that with this decision CAA would not have to face additional burden, as the newly permanent employees will be facilitated with only supplementary privileges and the institution will have to bear the extra burden itself.

Defence Minister further clarified that the regularized employees will continue work on their former positions and the scale of their basic salaries will also remain the same.

Defence Minister Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar also reiterated that the incumbent Government was working in accordance of the ideologies of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto to relieve the difficulties of the masses.