NAB initiates inquiry against Faisal Zaman
Peshawar
January 17, 2021
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated an inquiry against Member Provincial Assembly Faisal Zaman for accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income.
Sources said the NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had sent a letter to the deputy commissioner Haripur to provide details of the properties owned or sold by MPA Faisal Zaman and his family members. The district administration, they said, had been asked to provide the details of properties of the MPA to the NAB office by January 19.
Faisal Zaman was elected MPA from Haripur as an independent candidate. He has been winning elections from his Ghazi constituency in Haripur district. He also defeated former chief minister Pir Sabir Shah. His family is rich and is often called “Jahazan Wala” as it owned ships.
January 17, 2021
International pressures, FATF recommendations, or a possible course-correction, Pakistan seems to be making
progress on curbing terrorism. Lakhvi’s conviction is the latest on this front
Conviction and sentencing of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior member of the proscribed Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and one of the alleged founders of Lashkare Tayba (LeT), has generated a debate whether the Pakistanistate has decided to disassociate itself from its so-called ‘strategic asset’ or not.
Some security analysts say the string of convictions owes itself to the irresistible international pressure. Some say these represent a serious effort to get Pakistan off the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) grey list.
Two accused in attack on ANP MPA arrested
Peshawar
January 15, 2021
CHARSADDA: The police claimed to have arrested two accused allegedly involved in firing on the caravan of Awami National Party MPA Shakil Bashir Umarzai and recovered the weapons and vehicles used in the crime.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, District Police Officer Muhammad Shoaib Khan and Superintendent of Police Sajjad Khan said that they had arrested two accused identified as Hamid Ali of Tarangzai and Fazal Malik of Umarzai, who had staged an attack on the caravan of ANP Member Provincial Assembly Shakil Bashir Umarzai on Ghani Khan Road in Charsadda on January 5.
Usama Satti ‘Deliberately’ Killed by Police, Reveals Probe
Usama Satti ‘Deliberately’ Killed by Police, Reveals Probe
Victim Usama Satti. No Credit
Judicial inquiry finds police tried to hide evidence and even sought to prevent Rescue 1122 personnel from reaching site to provide aid
A judiciary inquiry into last week’s shooting of 21-year-old Usama Satti by police in Islamabad has found that he suffered multiple gunshots fired from multiple directions, suggesting a deliberate intent to kill him.
The investigation, conducted by the federal capital’s additional deputy commissioner, noted that Satti was “shot from all directions and his death was not a mere accident.” It said that evidence showed multiple guns had been fired at him, rebutting claims of police that the murder had been the responsibility of a sole officer of the Anti-Terrorism Squad. It also recommended the removal of six officials from their present posts to prevent them from influencing the ongoing