BEIJING: China executed Bai Tianhui, the former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings (CHIH), for accepting more than $156 million in bribes, state media reported Tuesday. Read More: ‘SayNoToBribes’: massive anti-bribery drive launched across Punjab Bai was found guilty of offering favourable treatment in project acquisitions and financing between 2014 and 2018. CHIH is a […]
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SIFC: A Vision Stalled by Execution
In 2023, the government formed the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) with the grand vision of attracting both, domestic and international investment into Pakistan. The idea was simple yet powerful: bring all key stakeholders, civil, military, and bureaucratic, onto one platform to fast-track investment, cut red tape, and make Pakistan more attractive to investors. The […]
Iran carries out first known execution over Amini protests
Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, hanging a man convicted of blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary member in what human rights activists condemned as “show trials”. Demonstrations have swept Iran for nearly three months since Amini died after her arrest by the morality police […]
Bangladesh executes Islamist extremist for 2005 bomb attack
Bangladesh has executed an hardline Islamist for a 2005 bomb attack in which eight people died, officials said Friday. Asaduzzaman Ponir, 37, was hanged at the Kashimpur High Security Prison at 11:00 pm (1700 GMT) Thursday, the prison’s chief Mohammed Gias Uddin told AFP. Ponir was found guilty in 2008 of organising the bombing of […]
Yemen rebels publicly execute 3 men for rape, murder
Hundreds of people gathered in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Wednesday to watch the execution of three men — two convicted of child rape and murder, and one of killing his daughters. It was Sanaa’s first public execution since August 2018, when the rebels shot three men and hung their bodies from a crane for raping and […]