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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…

Nisar revokes parliamentary status of G-B, AJK lawmakers

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2014. GILGIT: Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali has revoked the parliamentary status of lawmakers of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir, depriving them of the perks enjoyed by their counterparts in the rest of the country. The decision was conveyed to the G-B government and lawmakers of the G-B Legislative Assembly and the G-B Council through a letter issued from the interior ministry earlier this…

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…

Nisar revokes parliamentary status of G-B, AJK lawmakers

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2014. GILGIT: Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali has revoked the parliamentary status of lawmakers of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir, depriving them of the perks enjoyed by their counterparts in the rest of the country. The decision was conveyed to the G-B government and lawmakers of the G-B Legislative Assembly and the G-B Council through a letter issued from the interior ministry earlier this…