Ring roads, bureaucrats and investment
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“Ring roads eat bureaucrats for breakfast.” This was the conclusion of a late-night conversation, as a group of civil servants mulled over the recent transfer of commissioner Rawalpindi over a controversy related to Rawalpindi Ring Road. They recounted many examples of mega projects where bureaucrats involved were rightfully or wrongfully transferred or made part of anti-corruption inquiries and investigations.
Rawalpindi Ring Road was conceived in 1997, yet for over more than two decades, no government could actually kick-start the project. The last unsuccessful attempt to execute the project was made in 2017.
Four Killed Nationwide as Labbaik Blockade Enters Third Day
Four Killed Nationwide as Labbaik Blockade Enters Third Day
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Hundreds of protesters and police injured, with authorities claiming thousands have been arrested for blocking main roads and attacking law enforcement personnel
At least four people, including a policeman, were killed and hundreds others injured on Tuesday, as Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) clashed with law enforcement personnel who were trying to clear main roads and highways that had been blocked over the arrest of Saad Hussain Rizvi.
The TLP protest, which has devolved into rioting in several cities, erupted on Monday afternoon after police in Punjab placed party chief Rizvi under arrest. He was reportedly taken into custody after he threatened to launch a long march on Islamabad on April 20 after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government failed in fulfilling terms of an agreement it had inked with the rightwing party in February.
TLP protest winds down, sporadic skirmishes reported tribune.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribune.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Protests erupted across Pakistan after authorities detained TLP chief Sahibzada Saad Hussain Rizvi on April 12
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More than 100 supporters were arrested as Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) ‘s protest entered the second day.
Amid sporadic violent clashes between protestors and law enforcement agencies, all major arteries of the country remained blocked on Tuesday.
Protests erupted across Pakistan after authorities detained TLP chief Sahibzada Saad Hussain Rizvi on April 12.
According to a TLP spokesperson, Rizvi was arrested from Punjab capital’s Iqbal Town area, where he had gone to attend a funeral.
Saad Rizvi is the son of the firebrand cleric, and previous head of the TLP, Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who died in November last year.