Accountability court declares Shehbaz Sharif's Saaf Pani project 'clean and transparent'

Accountability court on Saturday has released its written verdict and declared Saaf Pani Project of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif as clean and transparent.

In a 23-page written judgment, Judge Muhammad Sajid Ali remarked that no violation or any illegality was proved in the project.

”From assessment survey to the completion of the project, Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules and regulations were fully implemented,” the verdict stated.

The decision mentioned, “The former CEO Wasim Ajmal did not misused his powers and did not grant any unnecessary benefit to the co-accused.”

Earlier in January, 2022, accountability court had acquitted former PML-N MPA and a former Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC) chairman Raja Qamarul Islam and 15 other accused in Rs245 million corruption reference.

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Opposition don't have required numbers for no-trust motion: Sh Rashid

Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said that the opposition did not have the required numbers to table no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, reported.

Sheikh Rashid said in his tweet that Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was a meeting of failed and defeated opposition and added that failure and defeat is evident from the faces of PDM leaders.
Minister for Interior said that the opposition has completely failed and fighting for its survival.

Sheikh Rashid said that the opposition is even holding meetings with our allies as they did not have the required numbers. He said that the opposition will not table no-confidence motion against the government now, nor they will come to Islamabad on March 23.

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Opposition don't have required numbers for no-trust motion: Sh Rashid

Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said that the opposition did not have the required numbers to table no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, reported.

Sheikh Rashid said in his tweet that Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was a meeting of failed and defeated opposition and added that failure and defeat is evident from the faces of PDM leaders.
Minister for Interior said that the opposition has completely failed and fighting for its survival.

Sheikh Rashid said that the opposition is even holding meetings with our allies as they did not have the required numbers. He said that the opposition will not table no-confidence motion against the government now, nor they will come to Islamabad on March 23.

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Pakistan reports 44 corona deaths in 24 hours

Pakistan has reported 44 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,480,592. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,731 on Saturday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 3,019 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 13,335 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,971 in Sindh 6,103 in KP, 996 in Islamabad, 766 in Azad Kashmir, 371 in Balochistan, and 189 in GB.

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Pakistan reports 44 corona deaths in 24 hours

Pakistan has reported 44 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,480,592. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,731 on Saturday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 3,019 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 13,335 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,971 in Sindh 6,103 in KP, 996 in Islamabad, 766 in Azad Kashmir, 371 in Balochistan, and 189 in GB.

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Karachi police chief Yaqoob Minhas removed abruptly, replaced with predecessor

The Sindh government on Friday abruptly removed the Karachi police chief, Additional Inspector General Imran Yaqoob Minhas, after only nine months on the post and replaced him with Ghulam Nabi Memon.

The change comes amid growing complaints of a rise in street crime in the metropolitan city from all segments of society, which have also called out the security administration for its failure to curb such incidents.

However, Memon's appointment as Karachi police chief came as a surprise to many as he was transferred from the same office in May 2021 and given charge of Special Branch, Sindh — a post that was previously held by Minhas.

A host of new challenges await the new police chief, including a growing number of street crimes, questions regarding the performance of the force in the port city and allegations of protecting high-profile suspects such as those in the Nazim Jokhio murder and Dua Mangi kidnapping cases.

In the notification, Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah said: "Ghulam Nabi Memon, an officer of Police Service of Pakistan (BS-21), additional inspector general of police, Special Branch, Sindh, is transferred and posted with immediate effect and until further orders as additional inspector general of police, Karachi range vice Imran Yaqoob Minhas, transferred.”

The notification added that Minhas, an officer of Police Service of Pakistan (BS-21), had been transferred and posted as the additional inspector general of police at the Sindh Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).

In addition, Allah Bux alias Javed Akhtar Odho, an officer of Police Service of Pakistan (BS-21), was appointed the additional inspector general of police, Special Branch, Sindh, in place of Memon.

Memon was appointed the Karachi police chief for the first time in July 2019. He was transferred as the federal government had requisitioned his services.

The Establishment Division, in a letter to the Sindh government, had contended that as per the new policy, the transfer of an officer was required if he or she had served in a province continuously for 10 years.

However, the Sindh government had shown reluctance to hand over the services of Memon to the federal government and appointed him as the chief of Special Branch.

Meanwhile, a source at chief minister’s house said he believed that it was a "routine administrative change".

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Pakistan reports 3,498 fresh corona cases in last 24hrs

Pakistan has reported 39 more deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,477,573. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,687 on Friday.

According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 3,498 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Pakistan has conducted 58,077 tests in the past 24 hours out of which 3,498 persons were tested positive for the disease. The COVID Positivity Ratio was recorded at 6.02 percent.

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