KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet, in its around five-hour-long session on Tuesday, condemned the letter written by the National Accountability Bureau to the Sindh government to seek domicile-wise details.
Supreme Court takes up matter of releasing Rs500m each to MPs today
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February 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up today (Wednesday) the matter regarding release of Rs500 million each to lawmakers directed by prime minister on account of development funds ahead of Senate elections. A five-member larger bench headed by the Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Ijazul Ahsan will hear the matter.
On February 3, a two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Maqbool Baqir had taken notice of PTI governmentâs announcement for release of funds of Rs500 million each to lawmakers.
Rs500m released for power project in Mansehra
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January 29, 2021
MANSEHRA: The federal government has released Rs500 million for the construction of a 132kv grid station in the Gandia area to address the loadshedding and low voltages issues in parts of the district.
“The main grid station in Mansehra is under a tremendous load and the new one could not only ease overloading on the existing one but also provide an uninterrupted electricity supply to both commercial and domestic consumers in the Konsh and Siran valleys,” MNA Saleh Mohammad Khan, the federal parliamentary secretary water resources, told reporters here on Thursday.
Rs500m per head for MPs
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January 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday urged the lawmakers from treasury benches to focus more on development projects and success of Ehsaas programme.
The premier said Karachi could not be left at the mercy of the provincial government. He said whether the provincial government supports it or not, the Centre will fulfil its responsibility. He observed this while presiding over a meeting of the parliamentary party of the PTI and coalition parties.
In the meeting, Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh gave a briefing on loans and economic situation while, Minister for Planning Asad Umar gave a briefing on Karachi Development Plan. With the much-debated Senate elections not far away, the PTI members started remembering Jahangir Tareen, former PTI secretary general.
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to singer and actor Ali Zafar on Rs500 million defamation lawsuit filed by a makeup artist, alleging that the singer had made false and.