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Coming from a lineage of fish traders, Shoukat Hussain planned on using his computer expertise to improve the trade. With an aim to bring the fisheries online, entered the trade using modern technology and e-sales. However, with tough international competition from Thailand, Vietnam and India, his plans quickly turned to dust.
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.
GRAS portal to enable people to pay govt receipts from anywhere: Mehta
JAMMU: Financial Commissioner Finance, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today launched an online platform – Government Receipt Accounting System (GRAS) portal for easy payment of government receipts from anywhere without visits to treasuries or banks.
On the occasion Director General Accounts & Treasuries (DG A&T), Mahesh Dass; Excise Commissioner, Rahul Sharma; Deputy Excise Commissioner, Jammu, Amarjeet Singh; Director A&T, Jammu, Neeraj Gupta Bakshi, Joint Director (Resources), Shoukat Hussain; Vice President, JK Bank, Sunit Kumar, Scientists from NIC, representatives of RBI besides other officers of the Finance department were present.