ISLAMABAD: The army on Wednesday announced its first major appointments since the taking over of its command by Gen Qamar Bajwa last week, with the Karachi-based V Corps getting a new chief. According to an announcement by the ISPR, Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza has been posted as the Corps Commander for Karachi. He is presently serving as the Military Secretary at the General Headquarters. Lt Gen Ghayur Mehmood will replace him in the Military…
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BAHAWALPUR: There is hectic lobbying to secure PML-N tickets for the election of district council and municipal corporation (MC) as some of the aspirants have even undertaken the journey to Islamabad and Lahore to meet the party leaders. Under the new Local Government (LG) Act, the existing city tehsil municipal administration (TMA) would be turned into municipal corporation. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced Dec 9 and 10 as the dates for filing…
The writer is a freelance journalist specialising in international law, rural development and public policy, and a director of Centre for Social Justice In an extremely unusual judgment of 2006 on the MisriLudhani Vs Amjad Shahzad and others, the then Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry exercised a “parental jurisdiction” of the court deciding on an appeal from the father of the Hindu woman who had converted and married a Muslim man simultaneously. He ordered submission…
BARKHAN – The security personnel arrested five terrorists of a banned outfit besides recovering weapons and explosives during a crackdown here on Wednesday. FC spokesman said the paramilitary troops and sensitive agencies personnel conducted joint operation against the extremists in Karmi area of district Barkhan. The LEAs after minor resistance apprehended five commanders of a defunct organisation and recovered rocket launchers, eight rockets, two three-knot-three rifles, five fuses, SMGs, hundreds of rounds and explosives from…
ISLAMABAD: Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz told the Senate Committee of the Whole on Wednesday it is wrong to state that only the armed forces had a role in the Operation Zarb-e-Azb and the government and political parties had not. He said the infrastructure of non-state actors had almost been destroyed in North Waziristan and unregistered and irregular seminaries were being closed. He said the government does not discriminate between the non-state actors when…
The writer is a retired brigadier and a former president of Islamabad Policy Research Institute General Qamar Javed Bajwa took over command of the Pakistan army’s 16th chief on November 29, 2016. I introduce him here as Raheel’s successor because Raheel left a unique legacy. But, I suspect, it won’t be long before Bajwa makes his own mark in our history. Bajwa has much in common with his predecessor. During the run-up to the elections,…
ISLAMABAD: While the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a game changer for Pakistan and region, it was hampered by the physical limitations in the country while there was a need to focus on regional connectivity. This was stated by speakers on the second day of the three-day 19th Sustainable Development Conference organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad on Wednesday. Speaking at a session on ‘Challenges of conflict and services delivery in South Asia’…
GWADAR: Gwadar, whose deep sea port is the terminal point of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is fast emerging as a city of great strategic importance in the region. Yet this evolving city suffers from huge civic problems, including extreme scarcity of potable water. Water is a rare commodity in Gwadar and its adjoining areas which often depend on water sources, located hundreds of kilometres away from the city. Residents of the city…
PM approves appointment of CPEC coordinator By Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, December 8, 2016
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the appointment of a new project coordinator for the $51-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), while the Islamabad High Court has granted a stay order against the appointment of the Chief Economist. The premier has approved the summary for the appointment of Asim Saeed as new project director of CPEC besides rehiring Chief Economist Dr Nadeem Javaid and other members of the Planning Commission, said officials of the Planning…