LAHORE: Work on protection of state as well as people’s land in the tribal areas of South Punjab has been started for the first time in the history of Punjab.Reliable sources told daily Jang.
NAB recovers Rs24b in fake accounts scam
DG tells meeting 14 references filed against Zardari, Gilani and others
ISLAMABAD:
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered Rs23.85 billion in the fake bank accounts scam, the anti-graft body claimed in a statement issued on Friday.
NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, chaired a meeting at its headquarters to review the performance of the anti-graft body s Rawalpindi wing.
NAB Deputy Chairman Hussain Asghar, Prosecutor General Accountability Syed Asghar Haider, Operations DG Zahir Shah, NAB Rawalpindi DG Irfan Naeem Mangi, and other senior officers were present in the meeting.
Mangi informed the participants of the meeting that NAB Rawalpindi had filed 14 references in the fake bank accounts scam which were under adjudication before the accountability courts in Islamabad.
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BoR issues plan for recruitment of patwaries
Lahore
March 3, 2021
LAHORE:The Board of Revenue has issued a comprehensive plan for the recruitment of new patwaries in the province.
The authority to make appointments has been given to the divisional commissioners instead of the Punjab Public Service Commission while the assistant commissioners concerned have been appointed as the heads of the appointment committee formed at the tehsil level. Sources in Board of Revenue told this scribe that the parliamentarians would be obliged and their blue-eyed would be recruited on the posts of patwaries across the Punjab. There was no need to recruit patwaries as Punjab Land Record Authority is working very well, said an official on the condition of anonymity. Additionally, the PLRA field staff also expressed grave concern over the resumption of the role of patwaries in the revenue estate level. PLRA was issuing fard without taking any kind of bribe while patwari had promoted culture of brib
Military authorities have no concern whatsoever with the tax collection. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Thursday that the camping ground (CG) in Rawat measuring 95.79 acres is owned by the army and on its front the National Highway Authority (NHA) has constructed and outsourced a bus bay/vehicle stand and tax collected there is deposited by the contractor with the union council of Rawat.
Military authorities have no concern whatsoever with the tax collection.
In a written reply to a question raised by Senator Rana Mahmoodul Hassan, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak said the camping ground, comprising Khasra No 2405 and 2562 of Moza Rawat, is owned by the army since 1937 and the same is entered in the military land register of the Military Estate Office (MEO) Rawalpindi.