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Incompetent leaders failed to restore peace: Siraj

report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023BATTAGRAM: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that incompetent and corrupt leaders have failed to revive economy and restore peace in the country. Speaking at a public gathering here on Thursday, he said that after remaining in power, both Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and member parties of Pakistan Democratic Movement had no justification to seek votes from people. He claimed that JI always strived for enforcing a corruption-free and merit-based system in…

Import of fruit from Afghanistan: Traders reveal ‘corrupt practices’ in clearance

by Amjad Ali Shah in Business Recorder, Oct 21, 2023PESHAWAR: Fruit merchants here unmasked ‘corruption practices’ in connivance with authorities concerned in clearance of fruits-laden vehicles from Kharlachi to Ghulam Khan Checkpoints. According to traders, customs staff at Kharlachi and Ghulam Khan Checkpoints clear the vehicles loaded with fruits from Afghanistan to Pakistan by showing false declaration and underweight, which is unjust with the traders and importers who clear their consignments/ trucks by paying all…

‘Smuggling only one aspect of so-called VIPs’ corrupt practices’

By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, May 26, 2023Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday (25) urged the government to conduct a thorough investigation into Muslim National Alliance (MNA) MP Ali Sabri Raheem’s abortive attempt to smuggle in gold at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) as it couldn’t be considered just a mere violation of the Customs law. Jayasuriya said so in a statement issued in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Movement for Social…