Tuesday, July 14, 1998
Brawl in LS over women's quota
A bill which would have been the first of its kind anywhere in the world was reduced to a crumpled piece of paper yesterday as male members of the Lok Sabha stalled the introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill. About 50 MPs of the Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Bahujan Samaj Party, Indian Union Muslim League, National Conference, Republican Party of India, Janata Party and Independents, rushed to the Well of the House repeatedly muscling the marshalls away and ensuring no business was transacted.
Emergency fiscal moves afoot to rescue Pakistan
Emergency meetings are underway at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to discuss the grave economic situation in Pakistan amid reports that Islamabad might declare a moratorium on all debt repayments by Tuesday morning. IMF's Middle East Director Paul Chabrier is slated to brief the executives directors of the G-7 countries and the IMF board on Monday about Islamabad's parlous position.
Mass grave of Tamilians in Jaffna alleged
Is there a Bosnia lurking under the red soils of Jaffna? Is there a mass grave of Tamil civilians in Chemmanai in the northern peninsula of Sri Lanka? This disturbing question was raised last week after a court passed death sentences on five soldiers and a reserve police constable, convicting them of the rape and murder of a teenager, Krishanthy Kumaraswami, and the murders of her mother, brother and another relative who were inquiring about her.
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