Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
04 NEWS
Govt DoesN’t Believe iN PoliticAl victiMisAtioN: sArwAr LAHORE
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UNJAB Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Monday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf (PTI) government does not believe in political revenge and victimisation.
The governor was talking to media persons on Monday while visiting the mausoleum of Allama Dr Muhammad Iqbal to pay respects to the great poet and thinker on his birth anniversary. “I had opposed registration of the treason case,” Sarwar said. “The cases were not filed against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan
Four of seven accused of honour-killing held in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS: Police have claimed to arrest four accused of honour-killing a 17-year-old girl at Goth Rawat Banglani. Police on Monday said that four of the seven men accused of being involved in the reported honour-killing of a 17-year-old girl in Mirpurkhas have been arrested. According to an initial investigation, the 17-year-old girl from Mirpurkhas was murdered for 'honour'. Police said that the teenager was buried shortly after she was killed in what may have been an attempt to hide the crime. Police added that three of the seven people named in the first information report (FIR) are the 17-year-old girl's brothers. TLTP
NAB committed to eliminating corruption from country: Javed ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Monday said that the accountability watchdog has adopted an approach of unbiased accountability in the country. “We are committed to eliminating corruption from the country,” he said while sharing the twoyear performance of the accountability watchdog. The chairman said that they received 75,268 complaints during the past two years and resolved 66,838 of them. “2414 of these complaints were forwarded by the NAB authorities for further action,” he said, adding that they had approved 1240 enquiries and completed 1220 enquiries during the past two years. STAFF REPORT
People’s Party (PPP) by this government,” he said. It is a matter of the accountability institutions and all these cases belong to previous governments, he further said. He said that accountability is not the job of the government or the opposition, and it should be performed by the institutions. “No talks are possible over the cases or sending the government to home,” the governor said.
“Talks should be held over the key national issues,” he further said. “Difference of opinion among political allies is part of the democratic process”, he said and expressed hope that the government’s alliance with Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) will remain intact. Earlier, the Punjab governor visited the mausoleum and laid a floral wreath at Allama Iqbal’s grave.
Murad approves compensation for rain-affected people KARACHI STAFF REPORT
Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday approved compensation of losses to the people affected by calamitous rainfall in the province. “The rainwater submerged 1,752 villages in the province during the rainfall this year,” Shah was informed in a briefing on the losses in rainfall. More than 2.2 million people were affected in Sindh during the rainfall, according to the briefing. The crops on 1.49 million acres and 2.9 million houses were damaged in the disastrous rainy spell. Moreover, 1.29 million people were affected due to
the collapse of their houses, the chief minister was informed. Overall, 149 people were killed and 103 sustained injuries in the rainfall, the chief minister was told. The chief minister approved compensation of losses to the affected people under the social protection policy, which will be endorsed by the Sindh cabinet in a meeting, a spokesperson of the chief minister said. The chief minister has decided to summon a cabinet session earlier to take the decision. The chief minister said that poor and affected people will not be left unsupported. He also directed for re-verification of the data of affected people. The compensation amount will be transferred after perusal of the national identity card, the spokesperson added.
Five Die As JeeP PluNGes iNto rAviNe iN MANseHrA MANSEHRA TLTP
At least five persons died and two others got injured when a jeep fell into a deep ravine in Battal area of district Mansehra on Monday. According to police, a woman among five people died on the spot and two others got injured. The police said that the accident occurred when the driver lost control over the steering while taking a sharp turn. The local people and police retrieved the injured and dead from the gorge and shifted them to King Abdullah Hospital Mansehra. Earlier in February last, two people, including a woman, were killed and five others sustained critical injuries when a passenger jeep fell into a deep ravine in Charian area of Mansehra district. The jeep carrying passengers was on way to the Allari Bajri village from Garhi Habibullah when its driver could not hold control over the steering as a result of which the vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep ravine.
NAPHDA chief inaugurates first prefabricated house in federal capital ISLAMABAD STAFF REPORT
Approver accepts whitening Suleman Shehbaz’s Rs600m LAHORE TLTP
Muhammad Mushtaq alias Chini, one of the approvers in a money laundering case against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and his family, has revealed that Suleman Shehbaz used his account to whiten a whopping Rs600 million of ill-gotten money. In a statement recorded before a court, he said that Abdul Qayyum and his son Qasim Qayyum made transactions worth Rs600 million in his bank account through fake telegraphic transfers (TTs). He said that he handed over Rs600 million cash to Qasim Qayyum who made fake TTs in his account, showing that the amount was transferred from abroad
in his account. Back in 2014, Chini said, he was used to whitening Suleman Shehbaz’s black money, and he was asked to help whiten Rs600 million of Suleman. When he said it was impossible for him, he was told that his account would only be used for the purpose, he added. He said that he allowed them to use his account for the purpose due to old business ties and greed. The approver disclosed that Rs214 million worth of telegraphic transfers were made through accounts of his company in early 2014. Later in the same year, telegraphic transfers of Rs293 million were made in the account of Mushtaq and Co. He said that he handed over the cheques of the same amounts to
Muhammad Usman, chief financial officer of the Shehbaz family. Moreover, Mushtaq said that Rs100 million were transferred into his account from Waqar Trading Company and he handed over a cheque of the same amount to Usman. Suleman Shehbaz prepared fake loan agreements of all these transactions, which showed that he got Rs600 million loan. Later, Suleman made Rs100 million transactions in Chini’s account as loan return, he added.
Naya Pakistan Housing Development Authority (NAPHDA) Chairman Lieutenant General (r) Anwar Ali Hyder inaugurated the first pre-fabricated house here on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, the chairman said that provision of low-cost houses to the people of low and middle classes is the government’s top priority. He said that the government would provide all out facilities to the builders and other stakeholders to materialise the dream of the prime minister for provision of accommodation to the poor and middle classes at affordable rate. A renowned Korean company G-Songuo, in association with Naya Pakistan Housing Development Authority has completed the construction of state-of-the-art modular model house. Briefing the chairman, the company representative said that the fully furnished two bedrooms house was constructed within seven days.
