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Posts published in “Day: June 17, 2013

Balochistan, Gilgit suffered 140 attacks in 10 years: by Sabir Shah in The News, June 17

LAHORE: The extent to which peace has long been elusive in the vulnerable and volatile Balochistan can be gauged from the fact that since 2003, at least 140 major terrorism incidents have rocked this province, killing thousands including security personnel on guard. Here follows the chronology of heinous incidents in the past decade, since 2003: Year 2003: June 8: Some 11 police trainees, hailing from the Hazara Shia sect, were shot dead in a sectarian…

Pre-budget press conference: Azad Kashmir minister seeks share in NFC award

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Finance Minister Chaudhry Latif Akbar on Sunday said the government of Pakistan should open the doors of the National Finance Commission (NFC) award for the people of Azad Kashmir. “The state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir should get representation on the NFC Award,” Akbar said in a pre-budget press conference. According to him, a share in NFC award will make AJK economically stable, he said. The NFC award decides…

PML-N calls for audit of AJK council: by Tariq Naqash in Dawn, June 17

MUZAFFARABAD, June 15: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) chapter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded of its party’s government in Islamabad to conduct special audit of the AJK Council to bring into open “rampant corruption in this institution at the hands of its in-charge federal ministers and bureaucrats.” The demand came from PML-N AJK chapter president Raja Farooq Haider at a function held here on Saturday, to mark the joining of PML-N by…