Over 500 units in Punjab issued fake environmental NoCs
August 4, 2021
LAHORE: A routine investigation by the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) may turn into a mega scam as so far the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has identified over 500 fake NoCs issued to different industrial units in the province.
The issue has also reached the power corridors in Islamabad because of the alleged involvement of a political figure allied to the ruling party. The EPD sources reveal that Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Azam Khan has sought a report from Punjab Chief Secretary Jawad Raffique Malik, who has submitted details of ongoing departmental probe and investigations held by the ACE.
This combo photo shows Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan and Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak. Radio Pakistan/DawnNewsTV
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday virtually gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Principal Secretary Azam Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan and Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak in the 275-acre Malam Jabba skiing-chairlift resort case in the light of recommendations of a special committee formed on the directive of the Peshawar High Court in March this year.
On the other hand, the anti-graft watchdog approved a new inquiry against former finance minister Miftah Ismail of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Exclusive category created on PCP to check land mafia
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Under the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, an exclusive complaint category has been created on Pakistan Citizen’s Portal to facilitate people at large to lodge complaints about their lands grabbed by the mafia.
The provision of the special category will facilitate the public not only to lodge complaints regarding their lands being grabbed but also to blow the whistle about the state land being encroached or grabbed by the mafia.
During his live telephonic interaction with public last Sunday, the Prime Minister had announced provision of an exclusive category on Pakistan Citizen’s Portal for lodging complaints pertaining to land grabbing or qabza mafia.
LAHORE: The Punjab government has yet to respond to a February 3 letter written by the Prime Minister Office seeking details of security squads provided to the all public office holders in the.