OGRA violated rules to hire former TV artist to tame media on December 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Oil and Regularity Authority (OGRA) Chairperson Uzma Adil has now formally appointed Imran Ghazanvi as Senior Executive Director (SED) E-6, in violation of all recruitment rules and regulations of the authority. Imran Ghazanvi was a popular TV artist who appeared in various drama serials and later became a popular advertiser by setting […]
WWF embezzles Rs 700m allocated for deceased workers on December 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Workers Welfare Fund (WWF) officials have embezzled Rs 700 million allocated for the families of the deceased workers, Daily Times has learnt. The KP government had earmarked the funds for the education and wedding of the children of the deceased industrial labourers died at work. Though the amount was embezzled […]
WWF embezzles Rs 700m allocated for deceased workers on December 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Workers Welfare Fund (WWF) officials have embezzled Rs 700 million allocated for the families of the deceased workers, Daily Times has learnt. The KP government had earmarked the funds for the education and wedding of the children of the deceased industrial labourers died at work. Though the amount was embezzled […]
NAB gears up to recover Rs 5m from a dead man on December 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued a notice for the recovery of Rs 5 million to a person who passed away three years ago. A well-placed source privy to this development told this scribe that senior bosses of the NAB’s Rawalpindi directorate faced humiliation/embarrassment when they were informed that the delinquent Muhammad Ashraf […]
Bureaucrats not adjusting funds meant for Kashmir cause on December 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: Bureaucrats sitting in the Foreign office are allegedly not adjusting huge public funds allocated for the promotion of the Kashmir cause. This was revealed during the proceedings of a Public Accounts Committee meeting on Wednesday. A Public Accounts Committee meeting was held at Parliament House presided by Naveed Qamar in the absence of its […]
PAC prepares to audit secret funds of ISI, IB on December 21, 2016ISLMABAD: Public Accounts Committee in unison directed on Tuesday to Auditor General of Pakistan to approach all competent forums to get permission for conducting audit of secret services funds of main spy agencies ISI and IB. Public Accounts Committee issued such directions when the Auditor General of Pakistan Rana Amin said Attorney General of Pakistan […]
Khawaja Asif-headed NPCC awards contract without standard procedures on December 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: National Power Control Centre (NPCC), a subsidiary department of the water and power ministry now headed by Khawaja Asif, has awarded a civil contract worth more than Rs 65.80 million to National Electronic Complex of Pakistan (NECOP), in violation of the laws of Pakistan Procurement Regularity Authority (PPRA) and existing standard procedures. According to […]
CDA chief to take Safa Gold Mall scam to logical conclusion on December 19, 2016ISLAMABAD: CDA Chairman Shaikh Ansar Aziz has reiterated his resolve to reach at bottom of the Safa Gold Mall corruption scandal and vowed to retrieve all plundered public wealth to the national kitty while pursuing a zero tolerance policy against the corrupt mafia. While talking to Daily Times by phone , the CDA Chairman cum […]
A test case for US Supreme Court on December 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: Dr Rana Ather, a Pakistani-origin American citizen has now moved the Supreme Court of the United States against a lower court judgment passed against him which is being called discriminated and illegal. The main offence of Ather was that he had provided medical facilities to thousands of Americans and served the country for more […]
Housing, Works Ministry urge plundered wealth to be retrieved on December 7, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Ministry Housing and Works has completed its inquiry into a million rupee corruption scandal and asked the competent authority to retrieve plundered national wealth. An inquiry report available with Daily Times shows that incumbent Managing Director Pakistan Housing Authority PHA Shahid Farzad is a main delinquent in this scam who disbursed more than […]