July 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Transparency International Pakistan has approached the prime minister’s office with the request that the inquiry into The News story about the loss of $753.7 million (around Rs 100 billion) caused to the exchequer during the execution by Chairman WAPDA of a project in Tunnel-4 of the Tarbela Dam Project was wrongly closed by the Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR).
In a letter issued on Wednesday and addressed to the principal secretary to the prime minister, the TI Pakistan said: “We reject the MOWR assertion that the prime minister ordered the inquiry to be closed on 8.5.2019, which is clearly an attempt to divert the blame from themselves.”
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Saturday said in its detailed verdict that prima facie Muhammad Faisal Vawda was a American national at the time of filing his nomination papers in 2018, and he was ineligible for contesting election for being a dual national.
The IHC issued its detailed order in the disqualification case of Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda. Justice Aamer Farooq had disposed of the petition challenging Vawda’s election on March 3 after he submitted his resignation from the National Assembly.
The IHC, in its detailed order, said that prima facie the affidavit submitted by the PTI leader regarding his dual nationality at the time of his election to the National Assembly was false.
IHC issues detailed judgment
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Saturday said in its detailed verdict that prima facie Muhammad Faisal Vawda was an American national at the time of filing his nomination papers in 2018, and he was ineligible for contesting election for being a dual national.
The IHC issued its detailed order in the disqualification case of Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda. Justice Aamer Farooq had disposed of the petition challenging Vawda’s election on March 3 after he submitted his resignation from the National Assembly.
The IHC, in its detailed order, said that prima facie the affidavit submitted by the PTI leader regarding his dual nationality at the time of his election to the National Assembly was false. Since the affidavits were submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), it was just and proper that the Commission should probe the matter of veracity of the affidavit furnished by Faisal Vawda o
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