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Posts published in September 2013

Nawaz-Singh handshake: Kashmiris pin hope on NY meeting

MUZAFFARABAD: The Kashmiri leadership across the Line of Control (LoC) has pinned hope on the proposed meeting between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India, saying both the leaders should honour the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to The Express Tribune, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Acting Prime Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Yaseen said they hoped both the prime ministers would break the ice to give a chance to peace in the region.…

Inquiry ordered into GB appointments

GILGIT, Sept 28: The Gilgit-Baltistan chief secretary Mohammad Yonus Dhaga has ordered an inquiry into the recruitments made in the local education department since 2008. Relevant officials told Dawn on Saturday that there had been complaints that relatives of ministers and senior government officials were inducted through backdoor. They said that degrees of teachers would be verified to know whether proper procedures were followed in their appointments. “Those who were given favour in sheer violation…

Diamer jirga threatens to end govt support : report in Dawn Sept 28.

GILGIT, Sept 27 The chief of the Diamer jirga Qazi Inayatullah on Friday said the forum wouldn’t accept any pressure from any organisation or the government as it wasn’t on anybody’s payroll. Talking to Dawn here he said that the arrest of culprits involved in various incidents of violence in the area became possible only because of the cooperation of the jirga, which was working only for safeguarding interests of the state. “We have handed…

NTDC awards contract at exorbitant cost

AHMAD FRAZ KHAN in Dawn, Sept 25 LAHORE, Sept 24: The National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has awarded contract for Neelum-Jhelum transmission line to a contractor at a cost 89 per cent higher than the competing bidder and 60 per cent above the PC-I price which was approved only two weeks ago. Officials say the decision has been taken under “political and administrative pressure.” It is also in gross violation of rules and regulations…

Policeman kidnapped in GB : report in Dawn, Sept 25

GILGIT, Sept 24: Ten to 12 masked men on Tuesday kidnapped a policeman after tying another with rope at Sharote village, some 31 kilometers west of Gilgit here. Local police officials said a shepherd was reported missing on Sunday and his relatives lodged a report with the Sharote police station. They said afterwards two police personnel were sent to look for the shepherd. Officials said when the policemen reached the pasture some 10 to 12…

Conflict of interest: Religious party calls for withdrawal of governance order

By Shabbir Mir   in Express Tribune, Sept 24 GILGIT: A regional religious organisation has called for the withdrawal of ‘Self Governance Order 2009’ in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), saying the order has blocked G-B’s representation in the parliament. Under the G-B’s empowerment and self-governance order, its status was brought at par with that of a province with a chief minister and governor installed for the first time in the region’s history. The demand was made by Tanzeem…