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1- ADDRESSING THE JOINT SITTING OF PARLIAMENT THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE SCOPE OF EMERGENCY WILL REMAIN LIMITED TO DEALING WITH THOSE TRYING TO CAUSE ECONOMIC CHAOS.
2- THE PARLIAMENT OPENS DEBATE ON THE PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY IN THE COUNTRY.
3- U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL REACHED AT A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT CALLING UPON INDIA TO FIND SOLUTION TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF TENSION INCLUDING KASHMIR.
4- FIERCE FIGHTING BROKEN OUT BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ERITERIA -45 PEOPLE REPORTED KILLED IN AIR RAIDS.
5- TWELVE INDIAN SOLDIERS KILL IN FRESH CLASHES WITH MUJAHIDEEN IN HELD KASHMIR.
 
 

NEWS IN DETAIL:

THE PRIME MINISTER MR.MUHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF HAS SAID THE USE OF EMERGENCY WILL REMAIN  CONFINED ONLY TO DEALING WITH THOSE WHO ARE OUT TO CREATE  ECONOMIC CHAOS IN THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR MONEY EARNED THROUGH ILLEGAL MEANS. DDRESSING THE JOINT SITTING OF THE PARLIAMENT IN ISLAMABAD TODAY, THE PRIME MINISTER SAID GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION TO PRESSURIZE ITS POLITICAL OPPONENTS USING THE ENFORCEMENT OF EMERGENCY.  HE ASSURED THE PARLIAMENTARIANS THAT THE EMERGENCY WILL NOT REMAIN ENFORCED IN THE COUNTRY EVEN A SINGLE DAY MORE THAN IT IS REQUIRED.  HE PRIME MINISTER AGAIN CALLED UPON INDIA TO JOIN PAKISTAN IN AVOIDING ANY ARMS RACE IN THE REGION AND HONOUR ITS PLEDGE TO RESOLVE THE KASHMIR DISPUTE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE U.N. RESOLUTIONS THAT PROMISE THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION TO THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR. HE SAID, INDIA CANNOT HOLD THE KASHMIRIS INSUBJUGATION FOR AN UNLIMITED PERIOD. PAKISTAN WILL CONTINUE ITS DIPLOMATIC AND MORAL SUPPORT TO THE KASHMIRI PEOPLE IN THEIR JUST STRUGGLE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID KASHMIR IS THE CORE ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT WHICH PEACE IN SOUTH ASIA WILL REMAIN ELUSIVE. HE OBSERVED THAT THE WORLD NOW BETTER UNDERSTANDS THE URGENCY OF THE KASHMIR DISPUTE. HE OFFERED THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER MR.ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE TO RESUME MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE WITH PAKISTAN FOR THE RESOLUTION OF ALL OUTSTANDING ISSUES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID PAKISTAN HAD TO EXERCISE ITS NUCLEAR OPTION TO MEET THE INDIAN CHALLENGE. HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT PAKISTAN DOES NOT HAVE ANY AGGRESSIVE DESIGNS AGAINST ANY ONE. IT HAS RESOLVEDTO SAFEGUARD ITS SECURITY AND INTEGRITY. HE THANKED THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES AND CHINA FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN IN ITS HOUR OF TRIAL. HE SAID, PAKISTAN IS ALSO THANKFUL TO THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, JAPAN, CANADA AND OTHER FRIENDLY COUNTRIES WHO SHOWED UNDERSTANDING FOR THE DANGERS IT FACED AFTER INDIA CARRIED OUT NUCLEAR TESTS. MR.M UHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF SAID IT IS TIME FOR PAKISTAN TO MOBILIZE ITS RESOURCES TO ATTAIN PROSPERITY THROUGH SELF-RELIANCE.  HE URGED THE PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL SELF RELIANCE FUND NO MATTER HOW SLANDER THEIR CONTRIBUTION MAY BE. HE APPEALED TO THE NATION TO ADOPT AUSTERITY.

THE JOINT SITTING OF THE PARLIAMENT BEGAN DISCUSSION ON A RESOLUTION  MOVED BY THE MINISTER FOR PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MIAN MUHAMMAD YASIN KHAN WATTOO SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE PARLIAMENT FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY. INITIATING DISCUSSION THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN SENATE CHAUDHRY EITZAZ EHSAN WELCOMED THE GOVERNMENT DECISION TO GO NUCLEAR IN RESPONSE TO INDIAN NUCLEAR TESTS AND BELLIGERENT ATTITUDE OF THE INDIAN LEADERSHIP FOLLOWING THE BLASTS.  HE HELD INDIA RESPONSIBLE FOR PUSHING PAKISTAN INTO A POSITION WHERE IT HAD NO OPTION LEFT BUT SET OFF ITS NUCLEAR DEVICES.  THE MINISTER FOR POPULATION WELFARE SYEDA ABIDA HUSSAIN SAID, THE ENFORCEMENT OF EMERGENCY IN THE COUNTRY IS NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF CORRUPT ELEMENTS. SHE SAID, THE COUNTRY IS UNDER TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS AND THESE ELEMENTS NEEDS TO BE TREATED IN A STRICT MANNER.  ANP LEADER, MR.ASFAND YAR WALI SAID THE NUCLEAR CRISIS WAS THE BIGGEST IN THE COUNTRY AFTER THE DISMEMBERMENT OF PAKISTAN IN 1971. BUT THE PARLIAMENT WAS NOT CONSULTED ON THE ISSUE. HE SAID, THE ENFORCEMENT OF EMERGENCY WILL BADLY AFFECT THE RULE OF LAW AND THE EFFORTS FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE. EARLIER, SPEAKER MR. ELAHI BUX SOOMRO RULED OUT OF ORDER THE CONTENTION OF SENATOR RAZA RABBANI THAT THE SESSION BE ADJOURNED TO ALLOW THREE CLEAR DAYS BETWEEN THE TABLING OF THE RESOLUTION AND DISCUSSION ON IT. THE PPPAND ANP STAGED A TOKEN WALK OUT AFTER THE RULING. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL RESUME ITS SESSION TUESDAY MORNING INSTEAD OF MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY THROUGH A PRESS RELEASE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
 
 
 

THE PRIME MINISTER  MR.MOHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF LEFT ISLAMABAD THIS AFTERNOON ON A TWO DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE U.A.E AND SAUDI ARABIA. HE IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE FEDERAL FINANCE MINISTER  MR. SARTAJ AZIZ AND MINISTER FOR OIL AND NATURAL RESOURCES CH.NISAR ALI KHAN. TALKING BRIEFLY TO THE NEWSMEN PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HE WILL DISCUSS THE LATEST SITUATION WITH THE LEADERS OF THE UAE AND SAUDI ARABIA. HE SAID HIS VISIT TO THE TWO BROTHERLY COUNTRIES IS A PART OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THEM.
 
 
 
THE AUSTRALIAN NEWS NETWORK HAS CARRIED A STORY DISCLOSING THAT INDIA RECEIVED HELP FROM ISRAELI SCIENTISTS IN DEVELOPING ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND LONG RANGE MISSILE'S CAPABILITIES. THE STORY FROM CHRISTOPHER WALKER FURTHER DISCLOSES THAT ACCORDING TO AN INDIAN SOURCE, CO-OPERATION IN MISSILE TECHNOLOGY,  STRETCHED OVER TWO DECADES AND REPEATED PRIVATE EXCHANGES BETWEEN NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES WERE KEPT SECRET. THE STORY CLAIMS THAT INDIA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS SCIENTIST, ABDUL KALAM HAS VISITED ISRAEL AT LEAST TWICE IN 1996 AND LAST YEAR. MEANWHILE, CHINA HAS RENEWED ITS CRITICISM OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR TESTS ACCUSING NEW DELHI OF FOOLING ITS PUBLIC BY CLAIMING THAT NUCLEAR TESTS WERE VITAL TO SAFEGUARD ITS SECURITY.  IN AN EDITORIAL COMMENT, THE OFFICIAL CHINA DAILY SAID, INDIA HAS ALWAYS CONCOCTED ACCUSES FOR HIS ARMAMENTS.

 
 
AS MANY AS TWELVE INDIAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN FRESH CLASHES WITH MUJAHIDEEN IN OCCUPIED KASHMIR TODAY. OF THESE, EIGHT SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN HANDWARA AND LOLAB AREAS.  FOUR TROOPS WERE KILLED IN BUDGAM AND POONCH DISTRICTS. TWO MUJAHIDEEN WERE ALSO MARTYRED DURING THESE CLASHES. INDIAN TROOPS IN THEIR CONTINUING ACTS OF VIOLENCE, CARRIED OUT EXTENSIVE CRACKDOWN IN RURAL AREAS OF SURANKOT IN POONCH DISTRICT. THE AREA WAS BESIEGED AND HOUSE TO HOUSE SEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT. THE INMATES WERE SUBJECTED TO SEVERE VIOLENCE AND WOMEN HARASSED. HOUSES WERE RANSACKED AND PLUNDERED. THIS TRIGGERED ANTI-INDIA DEMONSTRATION TO PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY TERRORISM. A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ACTIVIST, CONTRACTOR MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH WAS SHOT DEAD AT RATNI PURA, IN ISLAMABAD (ANANTNAG) DISTRICT.
 
 
 

PROMINENT KASHMIRI JOURNALIST MR. ABDUL AZIZ HAS SAID THE WORLD COMMUNITY HAS STARTED GIVING MORE ATTENTION TO THE KASHMIR ISSUE. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH PTV CORRESPONDENT MUZAMIL AHMAD KHAN, HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE KASHMIR ISSUE WILL BE RESOLVED SOONER THAN EXPECTED.
 
 
 

WEATHER:

RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED AT ISOLATED PLACES OF UPPER NWFP, NORTH PUNJAB AND KASHMIR.