Islamabad court declares former BISP chairperson Farzana Raja proclaimed offender
Orders blocking her CNIC, placing her name on the ECL SAMAA | Sohail Rashid - Posted: Jun 7, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 hour ago SAMAA | Sohail Rashid Posted: Jun 7, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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An accountability court declared on Monday former Benazir Income Support Programme chairperson Farzana Raja a proclaimed offender and issued her permanent arrest warrants in the BISP corruption reference.
Raja, who is currently out of the country, served as the
BISP chairperson during the tenure of the Pakistan Peoples Party government
from 2008 to 2013.
She is accused of embezzling Rs1.5 billion from the BISP
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He accused PPP of formally starting the division of Sindh by dividing the provincial capital Karachi on ethnic grounds into six districts. He also criticized PPP for not cleansing the city. He said that as the division of Sindh was not acceptable, so was the division of Karachi. He expressed these views while addressing a press conference at the Pakistan House. The biased, incompetent and corrupt PPP-led Sindh government is damaging the fabric of the country to the extent that no enemy of Pakistan could have done it on its own, he said. He added that people of Sindh were deprived of basic amenities. According to him, Karachi, the economic jugular vein of Pakistan, could become a security threat due to the biased attitude of the PPP-led provincial government.
LHC seeks reply from govt on Shahbaz’s petition
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought a reply from the federal government on a petition of Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, seeking compliance with the court order regarding allowing him to fly abroad for medical treatment.
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi directed the deputy attorney general to apprise the court after seeking instructions from the government. Earlier, the government lawyer opposed the petition of Shahbaz Sharif, saying that it has become infructuous after Shahbaz’s name was placed on the Exit Control List. He said the government had implemented the court order in letter and spirit.