Adopt SOP to investigate parliamentarians assets: ECP on October 19, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission has issued directives to the ECP Secretariat to fix a timeframe and adopt standard operating procedure (SOP) for the investigation of the assets of parliamentarians. The directions said that it should be mentioned in the SOP that the political finance wing of the ECP should be given authority to help NAB, […]
USC officials fail to recover losses on October 10, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Utility Store Corporation (USC) officials have failed to curtail the financial loss and prevent the department from corruption despite spending millions of rupees on their meetings. The plan to computerise all stores of the chain was limited to files and paperwork only, as no practical step was taken in this regard despite the […]
Corruption in Pakistan rises by stunning Rs 57 bn during current fiscal year on October 6, 2016ISLAMABAD: The audit authorities have failed to prevent corruption in the distribution of Zakat in the country as financial irregularities and embezzlement in Pakistan have reached an astonishing Rs 69 billion during the current fiscal year, an increase of a whopping Rs 57 billion in FY 2014-15. Interestingly, the paras of audit objection regarding Zakat […]
ECP reactivates political finance wing to eliminate corruption on October 5, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reactivated on Tuesday its ‘political finance wing’, which was initially set up three years ago to investigate the assets of political parties and elected representatives including the Panama Papers with a view to eliminating corruption in politics. The political finance wing will be supported by the help […]
Review plea seeking increase in Hajj quota to be filed soon in SC on September 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: Minister of state for religious affairs and interfaith harmony Pir Amin ul Hasnat has said that review petition will be filed in the Supreme Court (SC) to seek an increase in the government Hajj quota. Due to better arrangements, people’s trust in the government Hajj scheme has increased and legislation will be enacted for […]
Senate body miffed at no progress on CPEC western route on September 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Communication has expressed annoyance over non-initiation of work on the western route of the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and demanded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take notice. The committee, which met in the Parliament House on Friday, with Senator Daud Khan in the chair, observed that work on […]
Political parties urge compassion, tolerance in dealing with Afghan refugees on September 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: Leading political parties of the country have rejected the forceful exile of Afghan refugees and recommended giving them more time for voluntary expatriation. This was said in a meeting held here under the auspices of SAFRON Ministry in which Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman from JUI(F), Mehmood Achakzai from PMAP, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao from JWP, Ameer […]
Pakistans debts reach Rs 1,340bn, Senate told on September 6, 2016ISLAMABAD: The volume of country’s debts have reached Rs 1,340.30 billion out of which Rs 58.34 billion are foreign debts up till the end of May this year. This was told to the Senate during question hour on Tuesday. The government took a loan of Rs 15.89 billion during fiscal year 2016-17 whereas Rs 9.74 […]
Tribunals fail to decide LG cases in 120 days on August 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: The poor performance of the election tribunals formed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for local government (LG) elections was badly exposed as they were not able to solve the cases assigned to them in the allotted period of 120 days. According to reports, the tribunals were able to decide only 984 cases […]
$8 billion transferred abroad in last five years on August 24, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Some eight billion dollars were transferred abroad from Pakistan through foreign currency accounts during the last five years. The money was used for purchase of property in London, Dubai and other international cities. This was according to the State Bank of Pakistan in a meeting of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on finance. It […]