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National
May 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi Commissioner Gulzar Shah’s fact-finding report into the aborted Rawalpindi Ring Road (R3) project, which the government has adopted and is acting upon, does not contain a word in defence from at least three dozen officials, private parties and housing societies that have been named and accused of serious misdemeanours.
A reading of the 33-page report shows that at no point did the commissioner summon the “delinquents” to confront them with his findings, observations and conclusions before implicating them in the mega scandal. If he ever gave them a hearing, it is not reflected in his report. The report uses strong words against those it found responsible for the scam. Among others, it uses terms such as “unethical silence” and “rent seeking syndicate” to describe them and their actions.
National
February 16, 2021
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday directed Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar to submit an affidavit to explain whether Advocate General of Punjab Ahmad Awais was under his instructions at the time of giving a statement before the Supreme Court in Dec 2018 regarding formation of a new Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to hold a fresh probe into the 2014 Model Town incident.
As the hearing commenced, Additional Advocate General Malik Akhtar Javed told a seven-judge larger bench that he had been appointed as prosecutor to represent the provincial government in the petitions against the JIT.
The larger bench, headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan, on the last hearing, had refused to hear AGP Awais asking him to seek a permission first in writing from the chief minister to represent the government in the case.