A notification has been issued regarding the appointment of former finance minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh as finance adviser to the Prime Minister here today.
Dr Hafiz, a PhD in Economics, was Privatization minister in Musharraf’s regime, and also served in the World Bank.

Hafiz has got a 25-year experience of policy-making.it merits to mention that Hafiz would be the second most learned person regarding his field after Dr Mehboobul Haq.

Splinter Cell Conviction Demo, Ubisoft’s put live the demo for Splinter Cell: Conviction on Xbox Live Marketplace .

The demo weighs in at just about 1Gb. Go get that download on here.

As for you PC kids, go cry and hug each other: no demo for you.

Splinter Cell: Conviction is due out on Xbox 360 and PC on April 13 in the US, April 14 in mainland Europe and April 16 in the UK.

Lahore, Pakistan:- Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Tuesday extended service of Director General Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha, for one year. Summary in this regard was sent to the Prime Minister 15 days ago which was accepted.

Pasha was scheduled to retire from service on March 18, 2010.

Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani said that events like the one that occurred in Faisalabad do not destabilize democratic government. PM Gilani said that we would defeat terrorism with Sufism.
PM was addressing the media from Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) office, he said “we would end sectarian violence.” He added “there is no second opinion to remove corruption from the society and from within the organizations,” the Prime Minister told. Gilani said he was at the FBR to ensure that the continuity of policies initiated by the outgoing Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin remain in place.
PM also hinted that the Advisor on Economic Affairs would be appointed soon, in consultation with former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin.

Ramesh Said Bt Will Destroy Brinjal’s Ayurvedic Value,Experts Beg To Differ: Latest Updates About Ramesh Said Bt Will Destroy Brinjal’s Ayurvedic Value,Experts Beg To Differ:

One of the claims Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh made to justify his freeze on Bt brinjal was that the Bt gene would “destroy the medicinal properties of brinjal” which is used in several “traditional” forms of medicine.

This claim, too, is being contested by experts as Ramesh comes under increasing pressure from within his government — the Prime Minister has called a meeting after Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar warned against “ad hoc” decisions on GM food that could set the “clock back” and demoralise Indian scientists.

“I have also been informed that Indian systems of medicine, including ayurveda, siddha, homeopathy and unani, use brinjal as a medicinal ingredient both in raw and cooked form for treatment of respiratory diseases and that the entire brinjal plant is used in such preparations,” said Ramesh in his written statement while announcing the freeze.

Pakistan News: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday announced issuance of a fresh notification to elevate Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and Justice Asif Saeed Khosa of Lahore High Court (LHC) to the Supreme Court (SC) while Justice Khawaja Mohammed Sharif would continue as LHC Chief Justice.
Following an over three-hour long meeting here at the Prime Minister House, Gilani announced the decision superseding the earlier notification of the President for appointment of Justice Khawaja Mohammed Sharif as judge of the Supreme Court and Justice Saqib Nisar as acting Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court. The Prime Minister also announced that Justice (Retd) Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday who retired as judge of the Supreme Court last month would also be appointed as ad-hoc judge of the Supreme Court for a period of one year.
Gilani said the meeting was “part of the consultative process for the appointments in the superior judiciary which has to be participatory, and consensus oriented.”
The Prime Minister said “the government holds the judiciary in high esteem and shall implement all the decisions of the higher judiciary in letter and spirit.”
When asked whether the meeting would have any impact on the decision of the Supreme Court on the NRO, he said the court decision would be fully implemented. About the court’s verdict on appointment of Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Gilani said “leave the decision about the NAB to the government.”
He said during the meeting important decisions were taken under which two permanent and one ad-hoc judge would be appointed in the Supreme Court and all vacant seats in the judiciary would be filled in immediately.
He said the process for the elevation of judges in the Lahore High Court and the Sindh High Court was finalized and appointments would be made after observing procedural requirements. Gilani said the outcome of meeting was in the best interest of the nation and would bring more stability to the system.
To a question, he said both the executive and judiciary were working in the ambit of constitution and there would be no need to apply the law of necessity. According to a press release issued by the Prime Minister House, the meeting took stock of institutional framework as enshrined in the Constitution and it was reiterated that the rule of law “forms the basis for the functioning of all the state organs to ensure greater welfare of the people”.
It was agreed that in order to achieve this goal the process of consultation among the pillars of state should be constructive and meaningful. “It was decided that judiciary would be further strengthened to provide cheap and immediate justice to the public at their doorsteps.” The Chief Justice of Pakistan said the judiciary would continue to play its role for upholding the rule of law and constitution to strengthen the democratic system for the greater glory of Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday surprised the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other guests by appearing at the farewell reception hosted by the latter in honour of Justice (Retd.) Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday.

Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry welcomed the Prime Minister when the latter made his surprise entry into the reception space. The CJP thanked the Premier for attending the dinner reception.

The Prime Minister spent some time with the CJP in a pleasant atmosphere where Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan was also present.

A large number of judges attended the reception.

Islamabad, Pakistan News :- A new dispute has erupted from the statement of the Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani. Earlier in the evening during the session of the Parliament PM said “Restoration of the Judges must be endorsed through the Parliament.

The opposition walked out of the assembly saying that PM failed to address their concerns and gave a meaningless speech. Senior PML-N leader Mukhdoom Javed Hashmi said that “why is PM reminded about the endorsement today”.

Pakistan News: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said that opposition is playing its role very well. Parliament would not do anything against democracy and constitution. He assured the government would continue coordination with all the institutions.
Addressing the National Assembly (NA), the Prime Minister said, “Both the Parliament and Judiciary are playing their roles within their domains. We respect Judiciary and wants better relation with the Judiciary. We will not take any action that would cause damage to democracy.” The PM emphasized that as long as issues including Kashmir, Siachin, Sir Creek, and water would not be resolved with India, sustainable peace in the region cannot be established.

Italian PM Berlusconi Attacked at Rally, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi suffered a broken nose and two broken teeth when he was hit with a statue during a Milan rally, police said.
An Italian bricklayer was charged with aggravated assault in the attack. Berlusconi, 73, was struck by a plaster replica of Milan’s cathedral allegedly thrown by northern Italian Massimo Tartaglia, 42 on Sunday.
The suspect, who reportedly has a history of mental illness, managed to navigate through Berlusconi’s body guards and aides. He threw the statue at Berlusconi as the prime minister was greeting supporters and signing autographs, police said.
Looking dazed, Berlusconi grimaced in pain and was put into a car and driven to the hospital. “He remained calm and leaned out the window as he was being driven to the hospital and waved to the crowd,” Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said. Tartaglia told police he attacked the prime minister because he hated him. Berlusconi said from a San Raffaele hospital.