Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan Senior Deputy Convener Amir Khan has responded to PPP’s Saeed Ghani “ethnic conflict” remarks and said that it’s his party behind the “linguistic hatred” in the province, not MQM-P. The MQM-P staged a demonstration against the controversial Local Government (Amendment) Bill passed by the Sindh Assembly on December 11. The workers took to the streets with placards written “Karachi kay nujawano ki manzoori na manzoor” [Unemployment of Karachi’s youth is unacceptable]. “If MQM was spreading ethnic differences in the province so why did you come to Bahadurabad office begging for votes in Senate election,” he questioned Ghani. On March 9, a three-m.
Kamal calls for ‘grand national dialogue’
Kamal calls for ‘grand national dialogue’
Pak Sarzameen Party Chairperson Mustafa Kamal
KARACHI:
Pak Sarzameen Party Chairperson Mustafa Kamal stressed on Thursday the need for a grand national dialogue, to set the country on the path to development, slamming in the same instance a party leadership - without specifying which party, but hinting at the ruling party in the Centre, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, - for locking its representatives in hotels on the eve of Senate elections .
Addressing PSP workers on the occasion of Yaum-e-Tashakkur , he underscored the need for reforms in the system and reaching a census at the national level to set national goals.
Court jails Nisar Morai for 11 years
Seeks documentation from witness in illegal land allotment reference
KARACHI:
An accountability court on Saturday sentenced Nisar Morai and others accused to 11 years of imprisonment in the reference pertaining to illegal appointments and contracts in Fishermen Cooperative Society.
The court awarded seven years of imprisonment and a penalty of Rs10m to each of the convicts including Morai and Sultan Qamar Siddiqi. The other persons convicted include Imran Afzal and Shoukat Hussain.
The court also sentenced Morai to four years of additional imprisonment and a penalty of Rs500,000 for making illegal appointments. While announcing the verdict the court said that Morai made 143 illegal appointments in Fisheries and regularised 20 employees. However, the others accused were not found guilty of involvement in the illegal appointments.