MUZAFFARABAD, Sep 3: The AJK Service Tribunal here on Monday suspended an allegedly controversial official notification whereby the charge of the post of director general (DG) Local Government and Rural Development (LG&RD) department was given to an officer from the engineering unit, triggering a strike by administration unit officials. On August 10, the government transferred LG&RD department’s in-charge DG Ghulam Murtaza as an officer on special duty (OSD) and assigned the additional charge of the…
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By Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Sept 4 ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has told Pakistan that it will not finance Diamer Bhasha Dam if Islamabad compromises on safeguard measures and competitive bidding process while seeking financing from China for the $11.2 billion project. The message was delivered by the ADB’s country office to Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Shakil Durrani, according to officials privy to the development. The news comes…