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Govt urged to launch work on Chitral University campus
Peshawar
February 16, 2021
Peshawar: The chief organiser, Chitral Action Council, Inayatullah, on Monday asked the government to take practical steps and launch construction work on the main campus of the Chitral University.
Speaking at a news conference at Peshawar Press Club on Monday, he demanded a probe into the delay in starting the construction work for the last five years. Flanked by the Member National Assembly from Chitral, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, and other members of the committee, he said the previous government had purchased 166 kanal of land in Syedabad area at Daroosh town on the Chitral Road for constructing the main campus but no work was started up to date.
SGPC seeks fresh count of Gurdwaras in Pakistan
Tue, Feb 16 2021 09:55:17 AM
By Ravinder Singh Robin
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has sought a fresh count of the number of Gurdwaras in Pakistan following a controversy.
The SGPC Sikh s single largest representative body in the world, has asked the Pakistan government to conduct a fresh count of Gurdwaras to bring an end to the confusion created by Pakistan s Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and the ruling party s Member National Assembly (MNA) Ramesh Kumar Vankwani.
Talking to the media, spokesperson of ETPB, Aamir Hashmi said there were 105 Gurdwaras in Pakistan out of which 18 were functional while the other Gurdwaras were involved in some or other kind of litigation and were closed.
PTI awards Senate ticket to Zeeshan Khanzada
National
A file photo of PTI flag.
MARDAN: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is likely to allot its ticket for contesting the Senate election for a general seat to young politician Zeeshan Khanzada hailing from
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sources in the party said on Friday.
Zeeshan Khanzada belongs to an influential political family in Mardan. His family was affiliated with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) since its inception. His father Khanzada Khan contested elections on PPP ticket and was twice elected Member National Assembly from his native Mardan. He was also twice elected as Senator.
Highlights
While talking to Zee News, Vankwani alleged that ETPB was knee-deep in corruption and had given several Gurdwara and temples on lease to private parties.
Vankwani is also the Member National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party
While calling Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) a ‘land mafia’, Pakistan’s prominent Hindu leader Ramesh Kumar Vankwani has alleged that ETPB has ‘recruited’ Sikh and Hindu leaders on its payroll to issue statements that suit its interests to siphon off government funds and give religious properties of minority communities on lease to make money.
While talking to Zee News, Vankwani who is also Member National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party alleged that ETPB was knee-deep in corruption and had given several Gurdwara and temples on lease to private parties in return for the huge amount which, he alleged, was being divided among the ETPB of