Placing NRO beneficiaries on Exit Control List

from Good Governance Forum
to Registrar Supreme Court
date Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 6:43 PM
subject Placing NRO beneficiaries on Exit Control List: Plea to CJP for suo motu notice

25 Nov 2009

Hon'ble Chief Justice of Pakistan
Islamabad

Your Honour:

As the Chairman of the Largest, Most Diversified and Most Globally Searched portal on governance, I appeal to Your Honour to direct the Government of Pakistan to place the names of all the NRO beneficiaries on the Exit Control List and to take stringent measures to ensure that nobody leaves the country on any pretext whatsoever as long as his/her case is pending in a court of law.

Your Honour may kindly take suo motu notice of the probability of any one or more of the NRO beneficiaries leaving the country without being held accountable for the stolen assets of Pakistan and/or other crimes punishable under the law.

Cordially,

Mumtaz A. Piracha
Chairman
Good Governance Forum
Pakistan
www.goodgovernanceforum.com

Fixation of sugar price: Plea to CJP

9 Nov 2009

Hon'ble Chief Justice of Pakistan
Islamabad
Fax: 051-9213452

Your Honour:

As the Chairman of the Good Governance Forum, the Largest, Most Diversified and Most Globally Searched portal, I submit to Your Honour the following recommendations to ease out the present sugar crisis in the country which have only added to the masses' existing bundle of miseries.

1. The Supreme Court may please allow the sugar mills to supply sugar at Rs 47 per kg as originally agreed between the Punjab govt and the sugar mills. The difference between Rs 47 and Rs 40 i.e. Rs 7 per kg may be subsidized by the federal government or the provincial governments for the time being so that the consumer gets the sugar at Rs 40 per kg.

2. The Supreme Court may please direct the federal government to call for the annual Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss accounts of the sugar mills, examine their accounts through accredited chartered accountants, and determine the cost of production of sugar and recommend the profit margin of the manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer to the Supreme Court within 4 weeks for refixation of price.

3. The federal government may recover the extra amount of Rs 7 per kg from the sugar mills if the prices are refixed at lower than Rs 47 per kg after the exercise conducted under point 2 above.

Submitted for immediate consideration and directive.

Cordially,


Mumtaz A. Piracha
Camp Islamabad

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Consumer Oil Prices in Pakistan: Urgent Need for Adjustment

from Good Governance Forum
to mail@supremecourt.gov.pk
date Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 1:31 PM
subject Consumer Oil Prices in Pakistan: Urgent Need for Adjustment


11th July 2009

Hon'ble Chief Justice of Pakistan

Islamabad

Your Honour:

As the Founder and Moderator of the Good Governance Forum, the Largest, Most Diversified and Most Globally Searched portal, I respectfully submit the following facts and figures for the consideration of the apex court for appropriate directive to the Government of Pakistan.

1. India adds 103.595% to the basic price of crude oil to arrive at the consumer price. Considering that the current price of crude oil is $ 60 per barrel, cost of oil per barrel in Indian Rs will be $60 x INR 49 (1$=Rs 49) = Rs 2940

One barrel consists of approximately 160 litres. So Price of crude oil per litre will be INR 2940/160 = INR 18.375. Add 103.595% under different heads of taxes and duties and other costs, the consumer price will be INR 37.411 WITHOUT GOVT SUBSIDY.

2. Pakistan is placed in a difficult situation. One US dollar costs us Rs. 82 as compared to INR 49. The depreciated Pak Rupee value vis-a-vis US$ emerges from lower exports, higher imports. It is government's responsibility to increase its exports and reduce its imports. There is no reason to let the common man suffer on account of the performance of the government.

3. Pakistan needs to work on two things. First, it has to work on weighted average inventory cost. The weighted average price of crude oil of the previously months should form the basis for fixing the basic crude oil price. Add to it, the fixed percentage of duties and taxes and other costs and arrive at the end price for consumers. Second, because of the depreciated value of our rupee vis-a-vis US$, the government of Pakistan has to reduce its duties and taxes and other costs to apply a lower cost addition to the basic crude oil price than the government of India (103.595%).

4. What the government of Pakistan can do further is:

1. Buy crude oil on the basis of future projections of oil prices, rising or falling, and keep adjusting its crude oil inventory accordingly. It can raise its oil inventory when the price is low, and decrease it when the price is high.

2. Fix reasonable refining cost for the oil refineries and ask them to improve upon their operational efficiencies to lower their refinining cost.

3. Fix reasonable profit margin for oil marketing companies and ask them to improve upon their operational efficiencies to lower their marketing cost.

7. The refineries and oil marketing companies should be allowed net profit margins in accordance with the prevailing corporate dividends in the stock market.

It is time for all to tighten their belts. The government, the refineries and the oil marketing companies need to improve their operational efficiencies, re-negotiate shipping costs of crude oil to Pakistan, reduce domestic transportation cost, reduce bank borrowing cost, and reduce net profit margins.

India increased its prices of petrol by Rs 4 per litre and diesel by Rs 2 per litre as of 1st July 2009.The following statement reflects upon the circumstances under which the prices were increased.
"With hike in prices of diesel and petrol, oil companies will be able to avoid red ink in their balance sheet as they were bleeding under the burden of subsidies, discounts and oil bonds," Sajjan Jindal, president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), said in a statement.

The Confederation of Oil Industry (CII), another industry lobby, said the hike would add around 1.3 percent to inflation.
(Source: http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/India_inc_welcomes_petrol_price_hike-nid-58761.html).


"In view of the continuous rise in global crude prices, a marginal increase had become unavoidable," he argued and said the petrol price was raised by "only" Rs four against Rs 6.9 as desired and diesel price by "only" Rs two against Rs 4.11 "keeping in mind the interests of 'aam aadmi' (common man)."

He said the retail prices of PDS kerosene and LPG were not increased by the government for which the projected subsidy burden amounted to Rs 30,000 crore.
(Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/uproar-in-ls-over-fuel-price-hike-no-roll-back-says-govt/484117/)

Good Governance Forum is ready to become part of the court proceedings on the issue provided the travelling cost to and from Islamabad, lodging and board and local transport in Islamabad are provided free of charge by the apex court.

Respectfully submitted for due consideration on high priority as the high petrol and diesel prices are bound to adversely affect the economic well being of the people at large who are already undergoing hyper inflation of other items of daily use.

Cordially,

Mumtaz A. Piracha

Founder & Moderator

Good Governance Forum

Pakistan

Tel: 042-5503936

Cell: 0300-2265424

SC withdraws stay on power tariff hike: Plea to CJP to hear Good Governance Forum

from Good Governance Forum
to mail@supremecourt.gov.pk
date Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:25 AM
subject SC withdraws stay on power tariff hike: Plea to CJP to hear Good Governance Forum

24 July 2009

Hon'ble Chief Justice of Pakistan
Islamabad

Your Honour:

It is gratifying to note that the apex court directed NEPRA to inform the court in advance in case it recommends increase in electricity tariffs. The court also directed the Ministry of Water & Power and the Ministry of Finance to inform the court about the proposed withdrawal of subsidy on electricity or increase in tariffs of the utility. (The Nation, Lahore, July 24, 2009)

As the Founder & Moderator of the Good Governance Forum, the Largest, Most Diversified and Most Globally Searched forum, I request the apex court to allow the Good Governance Forum to present its point of view on the current electricity tariffs, proposed electricity tariffs and the proposed withdrawal of subsidy on electricity.

The undersigned will be based in Islamabad from 30th July to 30th August 2009 and will greatly appreciate an opportunity to offer comments on the government's proposals AFTER these are submitted to the apex court and its copies provided to the undersigned to facilitate the apex court to arrive at the appropriate conclusion and issue directives to the relevant government ministries/agencies accordingly.

Good Governance Forum is ranked at No. 2 out of 7.5 million listings under the search term good governance forum on Google, the World's Largest Search Engine as per attachment. A weblog's ranking is determined primarily by the clicks it receives by the Internet users around the world and represents popularity of the portal among the 1.3 billion Internet users worldwide.

Your kind consideration is respectfully solicited.

Cordially,


Mumtaz A. Piracha
Founder & Moderator
Good Governance Forum
Pakistan
Cell: 0300-2265424

Request for suo motu notice of blast victims in Mian Chunnu

From Good Governance Forum
to info@lhc.gov.pk
date Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:54 PM
subject Request for suo motu notice of blast victims in Mian Chunnu


042-9212279 - Fax to Registrar
042-9210930 - Fax to Secy to CJ

3rd Aug 2009

Hon'ble Chief Justice
Lahore High Court
Lahore

Your Honour:

As the Founder/Chairman of the Good Governance Forum, the Largest, Most Diversified and Globally Searched portal, I request Your Honour to kindly take suo motu notice of the dereliction of duty of the civil administration of the province of the Punjab in the blast caused by explosives stored in a house in Mian Chunnu. Reportedly, 17 persons died and dozens of people injured and their property damaged or destroyed. As of today, the victims have not been provided compensation and relief goods and services, according to the ARY News program called 'Daira' telecast on 3rd August 2009.


Submitted for due consideration on priority.

Cordially,


Mumtaz A. Piracha
Founder/Chairman
Good Governance Forum
Camp Islamabad
Cell: 0300-2265424

Plea to fix responsibility for supply of Atta and Sugar

from Good Governance Forum
to Registrar Lahore High Court
date Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:36 AM
subject Plea to fix responsibility for supply of Atta and Sugar on government-fixed prices


28 August 2009

Hon'ble Chief Justice
Lahore High Court
Lahore
Fax: 042-9212279 Registrar
Fax: 0420-9210930 - Secy to CJ

Your Honour:

As the Chairman of the Good Governance Forum, the Largest, Most Diversified and Most Globally Searched platform, I request Your Honour to fix responsibility for the supply of Atta and Sugar to general public on government-fixed prices. In my humble opinion, it is the District Nazim/City Nazim who should be responsible for ensuring uninterrupted and adequate supply of Atta and Sugar to the retail outlets from where the general public could buy on government-fixed prices. The District Nazim/City Nazim should also ensure through its network of district administration/councillors that the general public gets these two items from the retail outlets as per their requirements and on government-fixed prices.

It is more than obvious from the media reports that the general public is suffering immensely due to short supply and exhorbitant prices of these two staple food items.

There is apparently no reason for short supply and exhorbitant prices. It is a common practice of the producers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers to create artificial shortages just to make extra money at the expense of the masses.

I request Your Honour to call to court every District/City Nazim to apprise the court of the demand and supply position of Atta and Sugar and their prevailing prices in his/her district, modus operandi of the sale and purchase of these items, checks of the district administration/councillors on sale of these items to the general public on government-fixed prices and the penalties levied on violators.

In view of the huge workload of the Lahore High Court, the district and sessions courts may please be directed to call for these details and monitor the implementation of the commitments made in the court by the respective nazims on week to week basis under advice to the Lahore High Court.

Without strong and stringent measures, the supply of Atta and Sugar on government-fixed prices can only remain a dream.

With profound regards.

Cordially,


Mumtaz A. Piracha
Chairman
Good Governance Forum
Camp Islamabad
Cell: 0300-2265424