motorway gang rape blind incident with no evidence: Punjab law minister

Punjab law minister Raja Basharat on Friday said that the motorway gang rape which took place near Lahore's Gujjarpura area is a "blind incident with no evidence".

The law minister was addressing the media after having surveyed the crime scene on Lahore's Ring Road highway.

"This is a blind incident. There is no overt evidence to take the matter forward. We will have to develop the evidence through an investigation and have it corroborated and only then will we be able to get to a point where we can have a concrete picture," the law minister said.

He said he "accepts" that it is a challenge for the Lahore police, and therefore, is a challenge for the Punjab government.

"Our monitoring committee is reviewing all administrative aspects and we are looking at how we can take the investigation forward," Basharat said.

"There is a special committee formed by the IGP which is probing the incident under which about 28 teams are working. They are looking at the case from various angles

"Whatever evidence we could collect from the crime scene we did and the forensic team will present a report soon. The lady's medical tests have also been carried out," he added.

At this time the Punjab government and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar's "total emphasis" is on apprehending the culprits.

The law minister said that the people's sentiments were high at the moment and so is the government sorrowful over the incident.

"The provincial government is responsible for the safety of our women [...] we will put forward recommendations to the chief minister so that such incidents do not occur in the future."

He said the Punjab Highway Patrolling Authority was made dysfunctional but now the chief minister has approved the purchase of new cars for the unit and for better patrolling, 500 new cars are being purchased for the police force in general.

Basharat said the people's confidence will be restored when the culprits are brought to justice and "no one responsible will be able to escape punishment".

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PM Imran lauds Balochistan government’s performance

Balochistan Chief Minister Jamal Kamal Khan Alyani on Friday met with Prime Minister Imran Khan who arrived in Quetta today on a daylong visit.

During the meeting, the chief minister briefed the prime minister about the provincial government’s ongoing developmental projects and security situation in the province.

Expressing satisfaction over the provincial development programme and law and order situation, PM Khan lauded the performance of the provincial government under the leadership of CM Alyani. He assured the chief minister of the centre’s full cooperation for the well-being and uplift of the province.

Read more: PM Imran arrives in Quetta on one-day visit

Separately, Prime Minister Khan was also apprised on the flood and Covid-19 situation.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz, Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar, Qasim Suri and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal accompanied the premier during his one-day visit to Quetta.

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motorway gang rape blind incident with no evidence: Punjab law minister

Punjab law minister Raja Basharat on Friday said that the motorway gang rape which took place near Lahore's Gujjarpura area is a "blind incident with no evidence".

The law minister was addressing the media after having surveyed the crime scene on Lahore's Ring Road highway.

"This is a blind incident. There is no overt evidence to take the matter forward. We will have to develop the evidence through an investigation and have it corroborated and only then will we be able to get to a point where we can have a concrete picture," the law minister said.

He said he "accepts" that it is a challenge for the Lahore police, and therefore, is a challenge for the Punjab government.

"Our monitoring committee is reviewing all administrative aspects and we are looking at how we can take the investigation forward," Basharat said.

"There is a special committee formed by the IGP which is probing the incident under which about 28 teams are working. They are looking at the case from various angles

"Whatever evidence we could collect from the crime scene we did and the forensic team will present a report soon. The lady's medical tests have also been carried out," he added.

At this time the Punjab government and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar's "total emphasis" is on apprehending the culprits.

The law minister said that the people's sentiments were high at the moment and so is the government sorrowful over the incident.

"The provincial government is responsible for the safety of our women [...] we will put forward recommendations to the chief minister so that such incidents do not occur in the future."

He said the Punjab Highway Patrolling Authority was made dysfunctional but now the chief minister has approved the purchase of new cars for the unit and for better patrolling, 500 new cars are being purchased for the police force in general.

Basharat said the people's confidence will be restored when the culprits are brought to justice and "no one responsible will be able to escape punishment".

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PM Imran lauds Balochistan government’s performance

Balochistan Chief Minister Jamal Kamal Khan Alyani on Friday met with Prime Minister Imran Khan who arrived in Quetta today on a daylong visit.

During the meeting, the chief minister briefed the prime minister about the provincial government’s ongoing developmental projects and security situation in the province.

Expressing satisfaction over the provincial development programme and law and order situation, PM Khan lauded the performance of the provincial government under the leadership of CM Alyani. He assured the chief minister of the centre’s full cooperation for the well-being and uplift of the province.

Read more: PM Imran arrives in Quetta on one-day visit

Separately, Prime Minister Khan was also apprised on the flood and Covid-19 situation.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz, Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar, Qasim Suri and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal accompanied the premier during his one-day visit to Quetta.

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Tesla launches fast electric car charging

Managers at electric carmaker Tesla on Thursday demonstrated new supercharger equipment on a Berlin research campus, saying they were looking at more target cities to attract potential buyers worried about access to charging.

“Now, as part of our commitment to make Tesla ownership easy and convenient for everyone including those without immediate access to home or workplace charging, we are expanding out supercharging network into city centres,” said Jeroen van Tilburg, manager Europe of charging infrastructure at Tesla.

A company spokesman told reporters Tesla would open at least one more inner-city fast charging site in Germany in 2020, possibly more.

He stressed that Tesla still believed in slow workplace and residential charging as the main way to charge vehicles but wanted to offer a quicker option.

The so-called V3 charger allows Tesla Model 3 cars to charge within five minutes enough to travel 120 kilometres (75 miles).

Older Tesla models would receive relevant software upgrades.

German policymakers aim to boost demand for electric cars to cut emissions.

“We have a lot to make up for in terms of charging infrastructure,” said Germany’s Economy Minister Peter Altmaier at the event.

He reiterated pledges to speed the roll-out of public charging points and permits for private charging which had hampered sales in the past.

Latest legislation for a green-led recovery after the coronavirus crisis offers buyers incentives and helps bump up power grids.

Tesla has chosen a site near Berlin for a new factory due to start operating next year.

Separately to the event, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper said on Thursday the factory had the potential to create 40,000 jobs, citing the economy minister of Brandenburg state.

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Verification system for advance sales tax registration introduced

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced an advance sales tax registration verification mechanism to minimise chances of bogus and paper-based companies.

The FBR policy board — headed by its Chairman, Finance Adviser Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh — reviewed in detail the mechanism and other measures adopted so far to facilitate taxpayers.

FBR Chairman Javed Ghani informed the board that a technologically advanced sales tax registration verification mechanism is introduced whereby officers with tablets will be sent to capture real-time information and pictures including GPS coordinates of businesses requiring verification.

Details of data sharing arrangements agreed to by 12 other organisations with FBR were also discussed in the meeting.

Shaikh stressed on the need to establish a link between National Database Regulatory Authority and FBR for data sharing and analytics. He created a subgroup of members to point out and sort the difficulties that are hindering the progress in this regard.

This subgroup consists of Hammad Azhar, Dr Ishrat Hussain, Faiz Kamoka, FBR and Nadra chairpersons and will share its report with Shaikh in a week’s time.

The FBR has announced to soon launch the automated system for e-filing of appeals and is also in the process to automate the Commissioner IR (Appeals). This will enable taxpayers to e-file appeals against orders by income tax authorities on the Iris portal and also facilitate the Commissioner IR to efficiently dispose off the appeals using the same.

It will also minimise the physical contact with the taxpayer, facilitate filing of appeal, reduce the cost of doing so and ensure efficient service delivery with transparency. The taxpayer will be able to file appeals, application for condonation, rectification, stay and additional grounds.

Ghani briefed the adviser on measures taken and future course planned to improve skills and competence of its staff by providing different in-house and foreign trainings to improve managerial competence and adopt a culture of performance-based incentives including promotions.

Shaikh took a special notice of the difficulties traders are facing due to stoppage of containers at the Torkham Border. Member Customs Tariq Huda informed that necessary steps have been taken and the issue will be resolved within the coming weeks.

He was also updated that the steering committee on Pakistan Single Window has met four times and the decisions taken during the fourth meeting are mostly implemented. The PSW Bill 2020 has been introduced in the Parliament, modified PC-I has been approved by the Central Development Working Party, PSW Company has been incorporated and the hiring process for filling up the top positions has been initiated.

The adviser was informed that a development team is working to roll out the first phase of the PSW system in the current fiscal year and in this regard negotiations are underway with Nadra, SECP and 1LINK for information exchange.

The chairman gave approval for giving directives to ministries to finalise policy intervention by September 15 and appoint focal persons and, for modification of previous decision of the steering committee to allow hiring in PSW Company as per relevant law, rules and guidelines of the SECP.

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Beijing assails Trump’s order for revocation of 1,000 student visas

China accused Washington of committing “political persecution and racial discrimination” on Thursday, after the US confirmed it had revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students under an order by President Donald Trump that accused some of espionage.

Trump declared in May that some Chinese nationals officially in the United States for studies have stolen intellectual property and helped modernise China’s military, as tensions between the two countries soar on multiple fronts.

China’s foreign ministry hit back on Thursday, saying the US should “immediately stop using all kinds of pretexts to restrict and suppress Chinese students in the US for no reason”.

“This is outright political persecution and racial discrimination. It seriously violates the human rights of these Chinese students,” said foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian at a press conference.

He said that China reserved the right to “further respond”.

The US State Department offered its first figures on the effects of Trump’s order on Wednesday, saying more than 1,000 visas from students and researchers had been revoked since it began implementing the proclamation on June 1.

“The high-risk graduate students and research scholars made ineligible under this proclamation represent a small subset of the total number of Chinese students and scholars coming to the United States,” a State Department spokeswoman said.

“We continue to welcome legitimate students and scholars from China who do not further the Chinese Communist Party’s goals of military dominance.”

The State Department declined to give details on whose visas have been revoked, citing privacy laws.

Nearly 370,000 students from China were enrolled at US universities in 2018-19 — the most from any country — offering a lucrative source of income to institutions that are now facing growing pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.

Some Asian-American activists have warned that Trump’s orders are creating a climate of suspicion on campuses, with students of Asian descent facing unfounded questions about their intentions.

But US officials say the number of espionage cases involving China has soared in recent years as part of a concerted effort by Beijing.

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