Electricity disconnected at Musharraf’s farmhouse as he fails to clear dues

September 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - An editorial in one of Pakistan's leading dailies has said that the Taliban's clout gained tremendous strength during former President General Pervez Musharraf's regime, and added that Musharraf himself watched the banned outfit's terror grow. The Daily Times editorial blamed Musharraf's regime for the Taliban's expansion in the country and said that the former general kept the armed forces under his control and did nothing while people in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were being forced to live under the barbaric rules imposed by the Taliban.

September 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States, for the first time, has disclosed that it wanted a 'safe exit' for the former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf after he stepped down from the Presidency. In an interview with an American news paper, US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson said Washington wanted a 'dignified' retirement for Musharraf.

September 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Government is virtually threatening the country's sovereignty by allowing Arab conglomerates to lease millions of acres of agricultural land and repatriate all produce and profits, The Dawn opines. Although American drone attacks against the Taliban are routinely condemned as violations of national sovereignty.

September 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal has said that the PPP backed out of its promise on trying former President Pervez Musharraf. The Dawn quoted Iqbal as saying that the PPP had agreed to prosecute Musharraf in the past but now it seemed that the PPP is not interested bringing the former dictator to book.

August 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has cleared all the outstanding electricity dues of his Chak Shahzad farm house. Pakistan National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power was informed here on Thursday that Musharraf paid 480, 910 rupees to clear the fine imposed by the Islamabad Electric Power Company (IESCO).

August 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has rejected former President General Pervez Musharraf's suggestion asking both factions of the party to bury their differences and unite. One of the senior office bearers of the party said Hussain has turned down Musharraf's offer saying the former general has already decided to back one of the factions.

August 13th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (POK) Prime Minister Sardar Yaqoob Khan has said India is not in a position to prolong the Kashmir dispute, and that the issue would be resolved within two years. Addressing the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Khan said the Kashmir issue could not resolved until India withdraws its troops from the region.

July 27th, 2009 LAHORE - Former president Pervez Musharraf has said that his lectures were aimed at removing misconceptions about the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the country's military in the international community. Musharraf said he would visit the country when he felt necessary, adding that he did not fear returning home.

July 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has been asked to pay 500,000 rupees as electricity charges for his Chak Shahzad farm house, where he has been receiving electricity at much lower cost. Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Managing Director Tahir Basharat Cheema told a private television that he was unaware about Musharraf receiving electricity at a subsidized rate.

July 2nd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Technologies developed by Hyderabad-based ICSA, which is into energy management and audit, could help South African power utility Eskom significantly reduce its losses, ICSA chairman and managing director Bala Reddy has said here. Speaking at a function Wednesday evening to celebrate the acquisition of South African software company Cura by Softpro, a subsidiary of ICSA, Reddy said he had met officials of Eskom, which had just increased its tariffs a few days earlier by over 30 percent as it struggled to find funds for the increased capacity required in South Africa.

June 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's return to the helm of power in the country maybe many a mile away , but his blatant violation of the laws through which he had acquired a large piece of land at Chak Shehzad could certainly see him rearing chickens and growing vegetables in the near future. According to the CDA bylaws governing the capital farmhouses' scheme, Musharraf is required to bring 80 per cent of his Chak Shehzad farmhouse under intensive vegetable farming or use it for poultry production, but the former dictator has instead built a lavish bungalow on the land.

June 18th, 2009 BEIJING - China's potential wind power resources alone are sufficient to meet its entire electricity demand, the country's top wind power research institute has said. Xiao Ziniu, the director of the National Climate Center (NCC), said China's onshore wind power potential has been evaluated at between 700 gW and 1,200 gW, exactly within the range of the country's 790 gW power generating capacity for 2008.

June 5th, 2009 PARIS - Air France pilots battled for up to 15 minutes to save the doomed flight that went missing over the Atlantic this week, electronic messages emitted by the aircraft have revealed. etails have emerged of the moments leading up to the disappearance of flight AF 447 with 228 people on-board, with error messages reportedly suggesting the plane was flying too slowly and that two key computers malfunctioned.

May 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Taking a strong stand over reports of cheap electricity being provided to former President General Pervez Musharraf's farm house in Chak Shahzad, the Pakistan Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked the water and power secretary and other concerned officials to appear before it. The PAC chairman Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered the top officials to appear before the committee with all important documents regarding the issue, The Daily Times reports.

May 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has vacated the Army House - 18 months after retiring as the Chief of Army Staff.ources said the belongings of the former army chief had been moved to his Chak Shahzad farmhouse, near Tamri Chowk. Musharraf had retired from the army on November 28, 2007.