Minister hails Pakistani team for scaling Everest
Earlier, on Tuesday Shehroze Kashif (19) became the youngest Pakistani to ascend the peak
19 year old Shehroze Kashif successfully climbs Mount Everest
ISLAMABAD:
It can best be described as another feather in the cap or crown of Pakistani mountaineers as two more young Pakistanis Sirbaz Khan and Sheroze Kashif scaled the pristine heights of the 8,868m Mount Everest the world s tallest mountain.
In this regard, Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza, Secretary Mohsin Mushtaq and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Director General (DG) Col (retd) Asif Zaman have sent messages of felicitations to the duo for their monumental achievement.
Ahsan Iqbal added to ECL
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May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal s name has been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) by the interior ministry, sources said Friday. The former federal minister is accused of causing losses worth billions to the national exchequer by initiating the Narowal Sports City Complex project in his home constituency.
The National Accountability Bureau says the sports city project was conceived on the instruction of Iqbal without any feasibility in 1999. Former Pakistan Sports Board director-general Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera, Sarfraz Rasool, ministry of planning officer Asif Sheikh and a private contractor named Muhammad Ahmed were also charged for their involvement in the case.
The federal government has placed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Ahsan Iqbal on the Exit Control List (ECL).
The Interior Ministry has placed PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal’s name on no-fly list on the National Accountability Bureau’s request over the Narowal Sports City Complex case. The case is being heard by an accountability court in Islamabad.
The federal cabinet approved the decision on Friday. Iqbal, a former interior minister, is accused of causing losses worth billions to the national exchequer by initiating the sports city project in his home constituency.
According to NAB officials, the Pakistan Sports Board illegally used its authority for the construction of the sports city. 14 stadiums were meant to be constructed as part of the project, which was initiated in 2009.
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May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal s name has been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) by the interior ministry, sources said Friday.
The former federal minister is accused of causing losses worth billions to the national exchequer by initiating the Narowal Sports City Complex project in his home constituency.
The National Accountability Bureau says the sports city project was conceived on the instruction of Iqbal without any feasibility in 1999. This project was first called the Sports Stadium Narowal. Read more: Accountability court indicts PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal in corruption case It was initially approved at a cost of Rs34.74 million by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP), which Iqbal headed. NAB maintains that Iqbal illegally directed the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and NESPAK to increase the project s scope, enhancing the cost to Rs97.52 million.
PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal added to ECL
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May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal s name has been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) by the interior ministry, sources said Friday.
The former federal minister is accused of causing losses worth billions to the national exchequer by initiating the Narowal Sports City Complex project in his home constituency.
The National Accountability Bureau says the sports city project was conceived on the instruction of Iqbal without any feasibility in 1999. This project was first called the Sports Stadium Narowal.
Read more: Accountability court indicts PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal in corruption case