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Pakistan historic foreign investment
under CPEC is disqualified: Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: The sitting government
of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz
(PML-N) has failed to return back the
huge amount of Rs 2.30 billion from
National Logistics Cell (NLC) despite
passing of five year.
The creditable sources have disclosed
that the corrupt mafia sitting in government
has given free hand to company to
use national wealth after filing cases in
courts instead of taking back amount
from the company.Despite clear directions
of Public Accounts Committee
GUJRAT: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif addressing a large public gathering at
Football Ground Kotla Arab Ali Khan.
GUJRAT: Disqualified
premier and former president
of ruling political front
Pakistan Muslim League-
Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz
Sharif on Sunday has rhetorically
asked the elements
against him to halt all development
projects as well
which were approved by
him during his tenure as the
premier of Pakistan that
ended before due time on
July 28, 2017 in a corruption
probe.
Nawaz addressed a rally
of political workers in Gujrat
today and said in his speech
that it was time to root-out
the disease that Pakistan was
suffering of for the past 70
years.
His statement about halting
development projects
came in context of annulment
of all decisions taken
by him as party s head
before he was disqualified
and Punjab Chief Minister
(CM) Shehbaz Sharif was
elected party’s chief.
Ex-president of PML-N
complained that a premier of
Pakistan who brings to
Pakistan historic foreign
investment under China-
Pakistan Economic Corridor
(PAC), Pak Public Works Department, a
sub department of Ministry of Housing
hasn’t made any attempt for immediate
hearing and verdict of the case.
During the regime of PPP, then Prime
Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf while violating
the rules and regulations had paid
Rs 3.500 billion to NLC in 2012 for the
construction of Sohawa, Chakwal road in
his constituency.
The Islamabad High Court in a case
number 3387 has ordered the company
to return this amount but the company
(CPEC) is disqualified. A
leader who successfully
negotiates gas agreements
for Pakistan is disqualified,
Nawaz added.
He reiterated that he was
disqualified by the top court
in connivance with corrupt mafia had
filed intra court appeal which was still
pending the court. However, company
claimed that it had constructed the road
in the limit of Rs. 2.30
billion.However, it was revealed in the
official document that during the
Nawaz Sharif government, Pak PWD
had been paid some Rs 1.47 billion to
the contractors of Islamabad- Peshawar
without reviewing the various development
projects which has not been
investigated at high level so far.
for not obtaining salary from
his son’s company against a
position he was holding.
Nawaz complained that a
lawmaker who had secured
crores of votes in General
Elections 2013 was disqualified
by five persons. Nawaz
challenged the elements
working against him to halt
all development projects
approved by him during his
service as the premier of
Pakistan that ended before
due time on July 28, 2017.
The nation has decided to
fight a decisive war now,
Nawaz claimed.
He said that the parliament
rejected apex court’s
verdicts and elected ‘party’s
candidates’ in majority in
Senate election 2018.
CTD arrest
Govt fails to return back huge amount of
terrorist from Ring
Rs 2.30 billion from NLC despite passing of 5 year
road Peshawar
I S L A M A B A D :
Four soldiers, ten IS terrorists
killed in Egypt's Sinai
IS has sought to move members to Sinai following its defeats in Iraq and Syria
CAIRO: Egypt s military
said on Sunday four
soldiers and 10 terrorists
were killed in a military
operation in Sinai against
Islamic State group militants.
The deaths raise military
casualties to at least 16
dead, along with more than
100 terrorists, since the start
of the operation on
February 9, according to
previous army tolls.
The army launched the
campaign after Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah al-
Sisi, who is standing in elections
for his second term
this month, gave them a
three month deadline to
crush IS in Sinai.
Sisi issued his ultimatum
in November after suspected
Islamic State gunmen
massacred more than 300
worshippers in a Sinai
mosque associated with
Muslim Sufi mystics.
IS in Sinai has been
among the group s most
resilient affiliates, killing
hundreds of soldiers, policemen
and civilians in Sinai
and elsewhere in Egypt.
It has killed scores of
Christians in church bombings
and shootings, and
bombed a Russian airliner
carrying tourists from an
Egyptian resort in 2015,
killing all 224 people on
board.
The military says it has
evidence IS has sought to
move members to Sinai following
its defeats in Iraq
and Syria.
USAID engages communities in
Northern Sindh to promote education
SUKKUR: School children,
their parents, teachers
and community members
from Sukkur, Khairpur, and
Jacobabad gathered at a
School in Sukkur for a day
packed with fun-filled activities,
as part of a community
funfair hosted by the U.S.
Agency for International
Development (USAID).
According to press
release, the daylong fair
was aimed at promoting
education and the role of
women in the wellbeing of
society, while also highlighting
United States assistance
for the people of
Sindh.USAID has helped
improve access to education
through the Sind Basic
Education Program (SBEP)
which is constructing up to
106 schools across Northern
Sindh, a number of which
are already operational.
SUKKUR: Students perform a tableau during the community Fun Fair hosted by US
Agency for International Development (USAID) at a local school.
ISLAMABAD: The
tracks laying work for
Orange Line Metro Train
(OLMT) has been completed
near the historical
buildings of Lahore under
the projects package one.
In a statement, Advisor
to Punjab Chief Minister
and Chairman of Steering
Committee for Orange
According to reports,
Counter Terrorism
Department (CTD) arrested
a terrorist from Ring
road Peshawar on Sunday.
He was wanted to
police in different terrorist
acts. Meanwhile, twenty
three criminals have also
been arrested during search
operation in Chichawatni.
Arms and ammunition also
recovered from them.
OLMT track work completed near
historical buildings of Lahore
Line Project, Khawaja
Ahmad Hassaan said that
the metro train tracks have
also been laid in Lakshmi
Chowk area.
He said that the work of
laying twelve km long
tracks from Dera Gujran to
MacLord Road will be
completed by the end of
this month.
PML-N working for sanctity
of vote of people: Musadik
ISLAMABAD: Advisor
to Prime Minister Musadik
Malik has said that PML-N
will continue working for
sanctity of vote of people.
Talking to a private
news channel, he said
Pakistan has made unprecedented
development during
the present government's
four- year period.
To a question, he said
PML-N will form the government
in the coming general
elections due to its performance.
Punjab govt to plant
130 million trees in five districts
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government with the help of
private sector will plant 130 million trees, over an area of
more than ninety nine thousand acres of forestland, in five districts
of the Southern Punjab. According to a report quoting
South Punjab Forest Company Chief Executive Officer, Tahir
Rasheed, the districts where plantation would be launched
include Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh,
Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan. With completion of this
tree plantation project, around 240 billion rupees would be
added to the economy and government would earn approximately
R 20 billion. The project would also help reduce
logging pressure on natural forests of the country.
I S L A M A B A D :
Considering corruption as
Cancer, NAB has chalked
out a comprehensive
National Anti-Corruption
Strategy to eradicate corruption
across the board by
adopting “Accountability for
ALL” Policy as the figures
of complaints, inquiries and
investigations are almost
double as compared to the
same period of 2017 to 2018.
The comparative figures
for the last one year are
indicative of hard work
being put in by all ranks of
NAB officers/staff in an
atmosphere of renewed energy
and dynamism, where
fight against corruption is
being taken as a national
duty. This was state by
Justice (R ) Javed Iqbal,
Chairman NAB.
He said that NAB has
geared up to come up to the
expectations of the nation in
order to eradicate corruption
with iron hands and directed
all NAB officers/officials to
strictly follow rules and regulations
on merit and transparency
according to law. He
said that NAB’s Forensic
Science LAB which has
facilities of Digital
Forensics, Questioned
Documents and Fingerprint
Analysis should be utilized
Land dispute takes life of younger
brother near Tharo Shah
Abdul Mateen Mahar
Staff Reporter
KHAIRPUR: Elder
brother shot dead by his
younger brother two other
hurt over land dispute near
Tharo Shah on Sunday.
According to Tharo
Shah police alleged
NEW YORK: The
world’s first computer-generated
model is taking the
Internet be storm.
Celebrity photographer
Cameron-James Wilson has
created a digital persona
called Shudu Gram, which
he has dubbed as the
“world’s first digital supermodel”,
according to the
Independent.
Although the 28-year-old
British photographer based
in London made an
Instagram account for
Shudu in April last year, he
only recently revealed she
was entirely computer- generated.
Shudu’s current
40,500 followers were previously
under the impression
that she was a real person.
After Rihanna’s cosmetics
company, Fenty Beauty,
shared a photo of Shudu on
their Instagram account that
showed her wearing a shade
of the makeup line’s lipstick,
Wilson shared that he
produced her digitally.
Wilson who has made a
name for himself as a beauty,
fashion and celebrity
photographer taught himself
how to create three-dimensional
art online, which is
how Shudu was created.
Speaking to journalist
Isiuwa Igodan, Wilson said
accused Waeem kolho
fired upon his elder brother
Allahando Kolho at village
Mevo Kolho near
Tharo shah resulted
Allahando Kolho was doed
on the spot while two other
persons were injured and
they brought to Tharoshah
hospital for treatment.
he has always enjoyed
drawing women and that
Shudu initially began as a
creative project without any
'purpose'. He said the model
is an embodiment of all of
his passions.
“The point is really that
I'm doing something I love,”
The accused runaway
from the spot after killed
his brother.
The cause of murder is
to be stated over land dispute.
Police had lodged the
case and further investigating
but no one arrested till
the filing if story.
World's 'first computer-generated
model' takes Internet by storm
BRUSSELS: A conference
titled, “A women’s battle
in conflict zones” would
be held at European
Parliament in Brussels next
week.
The conference would be
organized by Kashmir
Council Europe (KC-EU)
with support of MEPs Wajid
Khan, Julie Ward and Dr
Sajjad Karim.
Senior academics, members
of civil society, representatives
of European institutions
and NGOs will be
speakers of the conference
to be held on the
International Women's Day,
March 08. It is part of an
awareness campaign of
Kashmir Council EU for
rememorizing a 27-year Old
tragic incident of Kunan-
Poshpora’s villages of
Indian Held Kashmir.
It is essential to recap that
it was night of February 23,
1991, the personnel of the 4
Rajputana Rifles of Indian
Army cordoned off the two
villages Kunan and
Poshpora in north Kashmir’s
Kupwara district under garb
of house to house search and
gangraped dozens of the
women of these villages.
Every year since 2014,
23rd February is commemorated
as Kashmiri Women's
Resistance Day, inspired by
the struggles of the survivors
of the mass rape and torture
in the twin Kashmiri villages
of Kunan and Poshpora. The
two and a half decades–long
struggle of the survivors
from Kunan and Poshpora is
a part of the larger ongoing
struggle in the Indian occupied
Jammu and Kashmir,
against the institutionalized
and structural violence of the
Indian State in the region.
The conference on 8th
March at European parliament
in Brussels will
explore the need for mental
health counselling and therapy
for women suffering
he said. “I love technology,
Sci-fi films, gaming, CGI
movies like Final Fantasy,
Shudu is just everything I’m
passionate about brought
together. She embodies the
best parts of the things that
inspire me,” the 28-year-old
added.
Moot on woman’ battle in conflict zones’
to be held in Brussels next week
for inquiries and investigations
in order to further
improve the quality of investigations
in all respect.
The timeline of 10
months prescribed for efficient,
effective and expeditious
disposal of cases from
complaint verification-toinquiry-to-investigation
and
finally to a reference in the
Accountability Court should
be adhered strictly. No
leniency will be tolerated in
this regards. He said that the
new concept of Combine
Investigation Team (CIT) is
yielding effective results in
which we are benefiting
from the experience and collective
wisdom of senior
supervisory officers, a system
of CIT comprising of
Director, Additional
Director, Investigation
Officer and a Senior Legal
Counsel has been put in
place. This is not only lending
quality to the work but
also ensuring that no single
individual can influence the
official proceedings of NAB.
from Post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) as a result
of trauma (such as rape,
abuse, etc.). Mental health
disorders and psychosocial
problems arising from conflict
need to be addressed as
part of post-conflict reconstruction
and reconciliation
efforts, the statement said.
In a statement, Chairman
Kashmir Council EU Ali
Raza Syed called upon international
community to pressurize
India in order to strictly
punish its security personnel
involved in human
rights violations specially
culprits of 27-year old massrape
incident of Kunan-
Poshpora villages in occupied
Kashmir.
Kashmir Council EU
launched a two-week campaign
on Friday, 23rd
February 2018 for rememorizing
ruthless 27-year old
forgotten incident of Kunan
Poshpora in Indian occupied
Kashmir.
NAB chalks out comprehensive national anti-corruption
strategy to eradicate corruption: Chairman
He said that
Transparency International
(TI), PILDAT and World
Economic forum have
appreciated NAB’s efforts in
eradication of corruption.
He said NAB in a very short
span of two years has established
over fifty five thousands
character building
societies in universities/colleges
to create awareness
against corruption which has
proved very successful and
now young generation is
also on board and have
joined hands with NAB to
eradicate corruption from
the country which is our
common enemy.
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