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Posts published in February 2017

AJK police arrest alleged facilitators of 2009 Muharram attack

Report in The Nation, February 08, 2017, 7:06 pm Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) police on Wednesday claimed they had arrested three men for allegedly facilitating a suicide attack on a Muharram procession in Muzaffarabad in December 2009, reported local media. Security reports had revealed a teenage suicide bomber behind the blast that took out at least nine people. More than 60 people had been left injured in the attack that took place as a…

NAB deputy director’s house attacked in G-B

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Feb 9, 2017 Gilgit: Unidentified assailants on Wednesday opened fire at the house of National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) deputy director in Gilgit-Baltistan. According to sources, Abdul Majid was asleep when his house in Jutial area was attacked by unidentified assailants. The attack took place around 7:45am. No injuries were reported. Police officials have registered a case against the unidentified men. NAB officials have been investigating corruption cases in…

AJK premier’s China funding claim proves to be a white lie

by Sheraz Rathore in Daily Times, Feb 9, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Farooq Haider’s claim regarding funding of the Mansehra-Muzaffarabad-Mangla road by China has proved to be false, as the Planning Commission has refuted the claim. A news item was released by the press secretary to the AJK PM on Tuesday, claiming that China has approved funds for the construction of Mansehra-Muzaffarabad-Mangla road under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and…

Pak slaps up to 41pc duty on Chinese steel: Dawn, Feb 9, 2017

KARACHI: The National Tariff Commission (NTC) on Wednesday imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of galvanised steel coils and sheets in the range of six to 41 per cent. The duty on Chinese exporter Angang Steel Company is 40.47pc, followed by 31.31pc on Hebei Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., 9.13pc on Bengang Steel Plates Co. Ltd., 6.09pc on Maanshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. The rate on all other producers and exporters from China is…

Ex-Chinese minister demoted for failing to curb ‘systematic corruption’

By Nectar Gan in South China Morning Post, Feb 9, 2017 A former Chinese civil affairs minister has been demoted for failing to impose strict party discipline at the ministry and allowing “systematic corruption” to happen under his watch. Li Liguo has been moved to a position at deputy director level at the ministry, the government anti-graft agency the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement on Wednesday. The statement did not give…

Dhaka sends protest to Myanmar

Dhaka:  The government has lodged a strong protest on the incident of firing at a fishing boat in Naf River on February 6 by Myanmar Border Guard Police. In a Diplomatic note sent to the Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka, the Foreign Ministry protested the attack that caused the life of an innocent Bangladeshi fisherman, according to a press release. The ministry called the shooting at an unarmed Bangladeshi fishing boat an act of unprovoked aggression.…

Evidence found against four Satkhira razakars

by Ashif Islam Shaon in Dhaka Tribune, Feb 9, 2017 The investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed over its report to the prosecution on four alleged war criminals of Satkhira including the district Jamaat-e-Islami ameer on Wednesday. The agency claimed to have found involvement of the four accused in killing six persons, torturing 14 people and raping 2 women at Satkhira sadar and Ashashuni upazila during the 1971 Liberation War. They are—Jamaat ameer…