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FORmonths, it seemed as if Congress would pass an online antipiracy bill, even though its main weapons, cutting off the financing of pirate Web sites and making them harder to find, risk censoring legitimate speech and undermining the security of the Internet. .. |
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No chance of past dictators coming back: Gilani
IANS ISLAMABAD IN an oblique reference to the country’s past military rulers, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said “dictators” who boasted of curbing corruption while they were in power could do nothing and have no chance of returning.
Addressing the convocation ceremony of the Lahore College for Women University, Gilani said: “The only stable position rests with the Almighty”, Geo TV reported. “The opposition is doing its own work and the government would run as per the mandate accorded to them by the people,” he said.
Every institution must work within the ambit of the constitution, the prime minister said. “We have strengthened the state organs by restoring the constitution and my appearance before the court reflects that we respect judiciary.” Gilani also said that a number of targets in the economic sector have been achieved during the first six months of the current fiscal due to the prudent policies of the present government.
Talking about the economic situation, Gilani said that despite facing challenges of floods, rains and deteriorating law and order situation and world economic recession, economic indicators of Pakistan improved and inflation was reduced to single digit. Gilani said political stability was a must to ensure economic stability.
He said the government controlled borrowing during the first six months of this fiscal year that helped to reduce the inflation to single digit (9.7) first time in history of the country.
The prime minister said that fiscal deficit had come down from 9.4 percent to 7.6 percent and inflation that had reached 25 percent had been reduced to 9.7 percent during December 2011.
Gilani said the government provided a number of incentives to farmers that improved the food supply situation in the country. He said the GDP growth rate will be 4 percent basically due to the enhanced agricultural production.
He said the tax net has been widened. Highlighting the achievements in tax collection, Gilani said tax collection during July-December 2011 was Rs 841 billion, 27 percent more.
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