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Posts published in July 2014

Rs15m monthly corruptions unearthed in power department AJK

By Raja Adeel Sajjad in The Frontier Post July 27, 2014 Mirpur, AJK: Corruption on its peak in Power department District Mirpur with collusion of employees and officials of the department. Department officers and subordinate staff are involved in large-sale theft of electricity from all sectors of the city and suburban areas, with the connivance of officers of Department. The power department has taken diffusion over all the other departments in corruption. It was learned…

Medicinal herbs: Two arrested for smuggling in AJK : The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2014.

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) forest department officials foiled a bid to smuggle medicinal herb in Pataykha, some 20 kilometres from Muzaffarabad on Thursday. Four alleged smugglers were arrested with a medicinal herb, known locally as Tripattra, en route from Neelum Valley to Muzaffarabad. The herb reportedly fetches millions of rupees when sold in the black market. District Forest Officer (DFO) Khawaja Manzoor, while sharing details with The Express Tribune, revealed that authorities…

Three weeks on, flashflood victims forgotten

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2014. GILGIT:  According to an aid worker who just returned from the flood-hit Darel Valley, the survivors are living their worst nightmare, a life without food or shelter. “There are more than 60 families who have nothing to eat at the moment as their houses were wiped out by the flood,” said Tahir Rana on Thursday, a day after he visited the valley’s four villages: Gayal,…

“The MD is also guilty of clash of interest by renting his home to consultants for personal benefits,” he said.

Over Rs400m scam uncovered in AJK hydropower project By Zafar Bhutta in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2014. ISLAMABAD:  The minister in charge of Power Development Organisation (PDO), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has alleged that the organisation’s managing director extended favour to a Chinese company in the award of multi-billion-dollar 48-megawatt Jaggran-2 hydropower project. The minister in charge, Chaudhry Mohammad Yasin, said he had received information that the managing director was involved in committing…

Court asks AJK govt to ensure quota-based appointments

By Tariq Naqash  in Dawn, July 23, 2014 MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court stopped the University of Poonch, Rawalakot on Tuesday from recruiting employees against around 150 recently-advertised posts. The interim order was passed by Chief Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mughal, after taking up a petition by senior lawyer Raja Sajjad Ahmed Khan. In the petition, Khan had challenged induction process in the region’s public sector universities and medical colleges. The court…

Politicians seek interim provincial status for G-B

By Peer Muhammad in The Express Tribune, July 22nd, 2014. ISLAMABAD: The political leadership of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) sought on Monday a temporary provincial status for the region, including adequate representation in Senate and National Assembly of Pakistan, until the Kashmir issue is resolved. The recommendation was given to a sub-committee of senate functional committee on human rights, which was convened to review the G-B Governance and Self-Rule Order 2009 and discuss human rights violations in…

Mind your language: The tongues of K-P and G-B to remain ‘regional’

By Manzoor Ali  in The Express Tribune, July 22nd, 2014 PESHAWAR:  Two bills seeking to elevate regional languages to the status of national languages have been struck down by the National Assembly within the month of July. Five of the suggested languages are spoken across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B); the rejection of bills is a cause for concern for local proponents of the legislation. The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Law, Justice and…

Politicians seek interim provincial status for G-B

By Peer Muhammad   in The Express Tribune, July 22nd, 2014. ISLAMABAD:  The political leadership of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) sought on Monday a temporary provincial status for the region, including adequate representation in Senate and National Assembly of Pakistan, until the Kashmir issue is resolved. The recommendation was given to a sub-committee of senate functional committee on human rights, which was convened to review the G-B Governance and Self-Rule Order 2009 and discuss human rights violations in…

The slap: Sost dry port fight moves from the border to the Centre

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, July 21st, 2014. GILGIT:   The fight over the management of the Sost Dry Port, which includes allegations of its Pakistani and Chinese officials attacking each other, has moved to Islamabad. The newly elected chairman of the port, Zafar Iqbal, has been summoned by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat to explain allegations of a Chinese staffer being slapped as he tried to take control of his office a week or…

Pakistan to hold conference on Bhasha in US: The News, July 19, 2014

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is gearing up its efforts to raise funds for the construction of the Diamer Bhasha Dam, and, for the purpose, the government is to hold an international conference with the cooperation of various US departments and USAID in autumn. The event will coincide with the autumn meetings of the IMF and World Bank here in October.USAID official Mark Karns told The News that the idea to hold the conference was to “invite a…

Misappropriation: Education officials arrested over alleged corruption

The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2014. GILGIT:  Five education department officials, including a director, have been arrested on charges of embezzling millions of rupees allocated for a project of vocational and technical training. “We have so far been able to collect evidence of corruption of over Rs20 million,” a senior FIA official told The Express Tribune on the condition of anonymity. The money was allocated for a project of the National Vocational & Technical Training…