KARACHI: An accountability court on Saturday acquitted former Pakistan Steel Mills chairman Moeen Aftab Sheikh and five others in a case pertaining to Rs61 million corruption in the award of canteen contracts in 2008-09.
Mr Sheikh, then principal executive officer retired Brigadier Abdul Qayyum, then deputy general manager Mohammad Farooq, then deputy GM Imtiaz-ul-Haq, then deputy manager Asghar Ali, then deputy GM Mohammad Atique Khan along with then chairman of the food committee Najamuddin Saho and three contractors were charged with awarding canteens’ contracts at exorbitant rates.
On Saturday, Judge Suresh Kumar of the Accountability Court-IV pronounced his verdict.
The judge noted that the prosecution failed to prove its case against six accused persons. Therefore, he exonerated them by extending them the benefit of the doubt.
Youngsters fly kites on a ground in Rawalpindi on Friday despite a ban imposed by the city administration. APP
RAWALPINDI: A boy was killed after he suffered an electric shock while catching a stray kite, and 165 people were injured from stray bullets and in kite flying-related incidents on Friday.
The city echoed with the sound of gunfire as people celebrated Basant ignoring the government ban.
Mohammad Usman, 12, a resident of Dhoke Kala Khan, died after he suffered an electric shock and sustained burn injuries on his face and chest while catching a stray kite.
A teenage boy, Mohsin Hussain, was injured in a similar incident in the same locality.
NC loses Budgam despite majority, PC gets chairmanship of Kupwara
NC loses Budgam despite majority, PC gets chairmanship of Kupwara
Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Feb 8: The National Conference which has eight District Development Council (DDC) members in Budgam lost the chairmanship to an Independent candidate while Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) stayed away from the election meetings in North Kashmir today fearing cross voting. The Peoples Conference candidate was elected as chairman in Kupwara.
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In Budgam, the PAGD despite having majority of 10 DDC members with NC having eight lost the chairmanship of the DDC to an independent candidate, Nazir Ahmad Khan.
Four victims of road accident laid to rest in Mansehra
National
February 3, 2021
MANSEHRA: The four friends, who were killed in an accident in Islamabad on Monday night, were laid to rest in separate graveyards here on Tuesday.
The five youngsters, including Anis Shakeel, 22, Mohammad Faisal, 24, Haider Ali, 18, Mohammad Farooq, 30, and Munibur Rehman, 29, had gone to the federal capital to appear in a written test.
However, their car was hit by the vehicle of Kashmala Tariq, the federal ombudsman on women harassment. All four, except Munibur Rehman, died on the spot and the former was shifted to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, the bereaved families demanded the government to give an exemplary punishment to the culprits.
ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Hotels and Restaurants Association on Saturday threatened to launch countrywide protest if the government did not allow restaurants to dine in and make their business fully functional by following the SOPs.
In a virtual session of the action committee of the association presided over by its chairman Mumtaz Ahmad, the meeting expressed serious concern over the government’s decision to continue ban on dine in facility at restaurants till Feb 28.
The action committee said if other businesses were allowed to operate, it would be unjust and cruel on part of the government to keep the ban on dine in facility at restaurants.