Governor welcomes SC decision

PESHAWAR—NWFP Governor Lt. Gen. (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has welcomed the Supreme Court decision of staying Hassba Bill, 2006, from being enact in the Frontier Province as a “right decision”.
“The Supreme Court- while pursuing the President’s writ had maintained its previous verdict on Hassba Bill and had asked him not to sign it,” he told newsmen, after attending the annual event of Red Crescent Society on Friday. The Governor said the Apex Court had the power to declare certain provisions of the bill as unconstitutional and stopping him from ratifying it. In the same breath he said that it was not first time that Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai had leveled allegations against Pakistan, however, he expressed the hope that the balm game would not affect the process of initiation of Pak-Afghan joint Grand Jirga to restore peace in the war-shattered country. Referring to Karzai allegations, he said that it was not something new as Afghanistan president had been levelling allegations on Pakistan for the last five years.—Agencies