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Hashoo Foundation...... Legal Issues... "The Situation in Gaza.....

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production company. Sadruddin
Hashwani later on started the Hashoo
Foundation to give back to the socie-
ty and his daughter Sarah Hashwani is
presently the Chairperson. Hashoo
Foundation got world recognition,
when we won the BBC World
Challenge 2008 for the Women
Empowering through Honey Bee
farming project, where 82 women bee
keepers have been trained up till now,
increasing the household income by
32% and giving incentive for the chil-
dren of these women to pursue stud-
ies. This Women Empowerment and
children education became possible
through one project, which received
the world top award from BBC.
Honey from this project is bought at
good price by all of Hashwani
Groups’ Hospitality Industry (hotels)
and other such industries worldwide.
Presently we are working on 27 proj-
ects in Pakistan, including Gawadar,
Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi,
Murree, Balakot, Gilgit, Mansehra,
Chitral, and Chakoti. Our core pro-
gram areas are Economic
Development, Special Needs
Children (Umeed-e-Noor), Education
& Skills Development, and Social
Welfare & Emergency Relief. We
have Hashoo Foundation Schools,
Basic Health Center, Youth
Development Center, Dairy
Development Projects, Human
Development Resource Centers,
Special Needs Children
Rehabilitation Centers; and our head-
quarters in Islamabad and USA head
office in Houston. Hashoo
Foundation has also given back to the
community in USA by being the
salient partner of Former Mayor Bill
White Expectation Graduation
Program, where 50 at-risk HISD stu-
dents were supported to graduate
from High School bringing hope &
encouragement in the society.”
All this was related by Major
General (Retired) Anis Bajwa of
Hashoo Group of Companies and
Executive Director of the Hashoo
Foundation USA, Cristal Montañéz
Climate Change Champion AL Gore
Separates From Tipper After 40 Years
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The 2000 Democratic presidential
candidate and his wife cited "a mutual
and mutually supportive decision", in
an E-Mail to friends. Mr Gore, Bill
Clinton's vice president, won the 2007
Nobel Peace Prize for his work on cli-
mate change. Mrs Gore is a longtime
advocate on mental health issues. The
couple married in May 1970.
Today's announcement by the
couple must come as a huge blow to
anyone still left in the "happily-ever-
after" camp. The Gores enjoyed a
fabled relationship that withstood
Tipper's depression, their six-year-old
son's near-fatal accident, Al's painfully
Baylor. After finishing a most versa-
tile career with Pakistani Military and
UNO, Major General Bajwa contin-
ues to serve in the private sector with
Hashoo Group, while also patronizing
the humanitarian work of Hashoo
Foundation.
Major General (Retired) Anis
Bajwa has the distinction of being
Vice Chief of Pakistan Army General
Staff; Director of Military Operation
Pakistan Army; and Managing
Director of Pakistan Tourism
Development Corporation. For a
short while, he was Chief of Staff to
the President of Pakistan General
Pervez Musharraf (but he does not
like to be related to this position
because he was most of the time at
odds with the past president because
of his policies and he strongly feels
that other than giving independent
media to Pakistan, General Musharraf
has done several disservices to
Pakistan). He served with the United
Nations Peacekeeping Missions in
East Timor, Georgia, and Somalia.
Before joining Hashoo, he worked for
about five years at UNO
Headquarters in New York in Change
Management; & Policy, Evaluation,
and Training. “Media and Civil
Society have to keep working hard to
bring enlightenment across the globe,
especially in Pakistan as I belong
from there and bring much happiness
& development to the whole humani-
ty. Military in Pakistan has always
wanted to stay where the constitution
asks them to remain. But mainly it has
been politicians, who have on many
occasions, asked the military to come
forward and make difficult decisions
for them and to run the affairs of the
country. There is need for institution
development in Pakistan and for that
we need leaders in Pakistan, who
rather than relying on military can
muster their own intelligence and
executive skills to run the affairs of
the county,” remarked Major General
(Retired) Anis Bajwa.
For more information on Hashoo
Foundation, once can visit
www.HashooFoundation.Org.
close miss at the presidency, and his
eight years in office as vice president.
Donna Brazile, his 2000 cam-
paign manager — single at the time —
once said it was the couple's intense
love for each other that made her real-
ize what she was missing in her life.
The couple, who were both born
in the Washington area and met there,
has been living in Tennessee. In an E-
Mail to friends and supporters
obtained by US news organizations,
the couple said they had decided to
separate after "long and careful con-
sideration".
They asked for privacy and said
they intended no further comment.
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The charter allows for naval block-
ades, but the effect of the blockade on
civilians must be proportionate to the
effect on the military element for the
blockade to be legally enforceable. A
ship trying to breach a blockade can be
boarded and force may be used to stop
it as long as it is "necessary and pro-
portionate". The Israeli Defense Forces
say soldiers acted in self-defense. An
investigation, either by the UN or by
the ship's flag-carrier Turkey, is
required to find if the use of force was
proportionate to a claim of self defense.
Flotilla Pakistanis.....
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three Pakistanis have been handed over to
Jordanian ambassador to Israel.
Jordanian ambassador along with
Syed Talat Hussain, Raza Agha and
Nadeem Ahmed has left Tel Aviv for
King Hussein Bridge Jordan where he
will hand over the three Pakistanis to the
Pakistani ambassador to Jordan. All the
three Pakistanis will be returning to
Pakistan on Wednesday, the channel
added. Earlier Executive Director Aaj
News Talat Hussain’s wife Tehmina
Hussain had said that her husband has
fulfilled his duty with courage. While
appreciating her husband efforts,
Tehmina said that Talat had gone for a
cause and now the entire nation is praying
for his safe return. She was talking to Aaj
News morning show AAJ SUBH.
Tehmina thanked the government and
media for its efforts and said that the
whole nation has stood by her during this
hour of need. Raza Hussain’s wife Urooj
Agha urged the government to take effec-
tive steps for the safe return of all three
Pakistani nationals. She said that she
would not be satisfied until direct contact
is established with her husband.
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States Small Business Administration.
Dr. Baloch is privileged to win this
award not only for his company
International Clinical Trial Network
but also for the Pakistani community at
large. He had his family (Mr. & Mrs.
Nawab Saifuddin Laghari) , their col-
leagues , Pakistani-American media :
Pakistan Chronicle and Pakistan
Journal, United Central Bank Top
Executive including Nasr Khan who
flew from Chicago, as well as the
Consul General of Pakistan (Houston)
Mohammad Aqil Nadeem. The award
was presented by the Honorable Mayor
of City of Houston, Annise Parker.
Mayor spokes very high about small
business, their role, specially their rev-
enue and their employment contribu-
tion. They play major role in paying
taxes and she claims that Houston is the
4th largest city, and it’s economy is
going strong because of these small
businesses. Congressmen from US 9th
Congressional District Al-Green was
also there. He also applauded the role
of small businesses. He also mentioned
that he is bringing 32 billion dollars to
the banks. In addition small business
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on the Turkish-registered lead ves-
sel. Mr Erdogan has described the assault
as a "bloody massacre" and said must be
punished. He said Israel should not test
Turkey's patience.
Turkey, formerly a close ally of
Israel, has been one of the states most
vocal in its condemnation of the raid.
Diplomatic sources in Ankara have said
at least four of those killed were Turkish.
US President Obama has spoken to
Turkish PM to offer condolences over
Gaza flotilla deaths.
In other developments, Israel says it
will release all the foreign nationals
seized on board an aid flotilla trying to
break its blockade of Gaza. The office of
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
said it hoped deportations would be com-
pleted within 48 hours.
At least nine pro-Palestinian
activists died when Israeli commandos
raided the six-ship convoy early on
Monday. Amid international criticism
Israel says its troops acted in self-
defense, but campaigners deny this.
The incident has sparked widespread
concern and led to calls for Israel to lift
its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Israel has
maintained control of Gaza's airspace
and territorial waters, as well as most of
its land borders, since withdrawing
troops and settlers from the territory in
2005. According to the UN, Gaza
receives about one-quarter of the sup-
plies it used to receive in the years before
the blockade was tightened in 2007.
Israel and Egypt sealed off the territory
after militant group Hamas seized power
there in 2007. Meanwhile, another ship
carrying aid has set sail for Gaza intend-
ing to challenge the Israeli blockade,
organizers said. Greta Berlin, of the Free
Gaza Movement, said on Tuesday the
MV Rachel Corrie would "be there with-
First Pakistani to win
SBA Award
awardees for 2010 are as follows:
Small Business person of the year:
Jennifer Lewis of JNP Technologies
Inc . Jeffrey Butland Family owned
business of the year: Fernando Guzman
, Rosario Guzman, Felipe Guzman of
Prime Eco Group Inc. Financial
Service Champions of the year: Vince
Calicchia of Woodforest National
Bank. Minority Small Business
Champion of the year : Nawab Farooq
Baloch of International Clinical Trial
Network, who took his business from
Hundred thosands to few milion. Small
Business exporter of the year: Laura
Isaza of Equipsaw Enterprises Corp,
SBA Young Entrepreneur award:
Patrick Laport, Tim Verborgh of
Aerospace Applications of North
America, Inc. Veteran Small Business
Champion of the year: John Vaughn of
Vaughn Medical LLC. Women in
Business Champion of the year:
Kristen Cooley of Berryblend. This
event was coordinated by Kim Davis of
KPRC- Local 2. To make this event
successful, this event was organized by
in the week".
Five of those on board are Irish,
including Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Mairead Maguire, prompting Irish Prime
Minister Brian Cowen to appeal for its
safe arrival in Gaza.
"If any harm comes to any of our cit-
izens it will have the most serious conse-
quences," he told parliament on Tuesday.
He said Dublin had asked Israel to
ensure the boat "complete its journey
unimpeded and discharge its humanitari-
an cargo in Gaza".
Israel seized more than 670 people
with the ships and deported 50 early on
Tuesday. But officials faced mounting
calls on Tuesday to free those still be
detained.
"All foreign nationals who were on
board the fleet and were arrested will be
deported from Tuesday night," Mr
Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
The expulsions would be carried out
by Thursday, according to Israeli military
radio.
Eyewitness accounts of the raid from
some of those activists released earlier
cast doubt on Israel's version of events.
Israel said its soldiers were attacked with
"knives, clubs and other weapons" when
they landed on the Turkish passenger
ship Mavi Marmara and had opened fire
in self-defense.
German politician Norman Paech
said he had only seen wooden sticks
being brandished as troops abseiled on to
the deck of the ship. And Israeli Arab MP
Haneen Zuabi told a press conference
that troops began firing while still in the
helicopters hovering over the ships.
The six ships, carrying more than
100 tonnes of aid and 700 campaigners,
had sailed from Cyprus in a bid to break
Israel's blockade of Gaza. Israel had
warned organizers that the flotilla would
not be allowed to arrive.
Houston SCORE- Counselors to
American Small Business, They are the
resource partner of the US small busi-
ness administrations (S.B.A), and
S.B.A is playing a vital role in helping
the small start-up business owners.
Sponsors of tehe event were: Platinum
Sponsors: Capital One Bank, Metro
Solutions, Port of Houston Authority.
Gold Sponsors: Houston Galveston
Area Consuls. Silver Sponsors: Amegy
Bank, American Inter-Continental
University, Frost Bank, Houston CPA,
Statesman business advisor, United
Central Bank, University of Houston
Small Business Development center.
Special Recognition: BRDA , PLLC ,
and Woodforest National Bank.
HMBDC was also present at the event.
Most of the Houston's Prominent
Business Community leaders were also
present. Pakistani- American are all
very proud of Dr. Baloch's achieve-
ment. We Pakistani community at
large, Pakistan Chronicle, Pakistan
Journals entire team, sponsors, readers
and the Consul General of pakistan,
Mr. Aqil Nadeem would like to con-
gratulate the entire family for getting
this milestone.

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wants to send message of commiseration to
the Ahmedi community worldwide.
The authorities said they were pursuing the
suspects after one was wounded in an exchange
of gunfire with police. Earlier the police said that
up to eight people had been killed in the attack in
the hospital.
The gunmen were said to have failed in an
attempt to reach a captured militant, injured in
Ignorant are being used to create undue....
the mosque attacks, who was being treated at the
hospital. "The operation is over," an official,
Shafiq Gujar, told AFP news agency. "It appears
the attackers wanted to kill or release the
accused." Javed Ikram, chief executive of Jinnah
hospital, told Reuters news agency that the gun-
men had "barged into the hospital building and
opened indiscriminate fire". They were wearing
police uniforms, and opened fire on the nine
policemen who were guarding the captured mili-
tant, killing at least four of them, officials said.
Six people, including a woman and her four-
month-old baby, were injured in the attack,
police said. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf
Raza Gilani has condemned the attack.
"Such inhuman act of brutality could only be
conducted by those who neither believe in
humanity nor any religion," Mr Gilani said.
The gunmen fled after this latest attack,
police said. "They escaped from the scene,"
Lahore commissioner Khusro Pervez Khan told
Reuters. "We are in hot pursuit. We are chasing
them. One of them was wounded."
Lahore has been battered by a series of dead-
ly attacks in the last year by militants who have
declared war on the government.

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