Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
Islamabad residents awaiting compensation from CDA
ISLAMABAD, JUN 3 (DNA) – Over 1,000 people have yet to receive alternate plots after the Capital Development Authority constructed new sectors on their land, a bench of the Islamabad High Court remarked on Wednesday. The bench, headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah, chided the CDA for not taking any action in the case. Islamabad has become a classic example of elite culture, he remarked. The CDA is responsible for rule of law in the city, he noted. “Is this a joke to you? Thousands of people were displaced andRead More
Stranded Pakistanis from Sierra Leone & Mauritania return
RABAT, JUN 3 (DNA) -A special flight of Salam Air left for Islamabad after taking 118 stranded Pakistanis (69 from Sierra Leone and 49 from Mauritania), including 100 Tablighi Jammat members, 12 Engineers from Wartsila (pvt), Pakistan and 6 Stranded visitors. This flight was self-financed and arranged by joint efforts of the Embassies of Pakistan in Dakar (for Sierra Leone) and Algiers (for Mauritania) in close coordination with Governments of Sierra Leone & Mauritania. The departing passengers were seen off at the Freetown and Nouakchott airports by the representatives ofRead More
Court approves Shehbaz Sharif’s bail till June 17
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif can’t be arrested by the National Accountability Bureau till June 17. The Lahore High Court approved his bail on Wednesday in the money laundering and assets cases. He has been ordered to submit a Rs0.5 million surety bond. The court was informed that Shehbaz’s arrest warrants in the case were issued on May 28 and he was summoned on June 2. Shehbaz’s lawyer Azam Nazir Tarar said that they feared that the accountability bureau would try to arrest him again. He was arrested in two casesRead More
UNODC’s webinar on prisons kicks-off
ISLAMABAD, JUN 3 / DNA / = – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched a Virtual Advocacy Campaign (VAC) on COVID-19 mitigation measures in collaboration with the Criminal Justice Institutions in Pakistan. The campaign was curated through a webinar on ‘Shaping Prisons’ response through preparedness’ in collaboration with the provincial Prisons Departments from across the country. Inaugurating the Virtual Advocacy Campaign, Jeremy Milsom, Country Representative, UNODC Pakistan underscored the need for a radical shift through adaptive approaches to respond to the challenges of COVID-19. He added that the Virtual Advocacy Campaign will help UNODCRead More
Missing Persons Commission disposed of 4544 cases: Chairman NAB
ISLAMABAD, JUN 3 (DNA) – Missing Persons Commission has disposed of 4544 cases upto May 31, 2020 as per monthly progress report released by Farid Ahmed Khan, Secretary (ColoED) on cases of alleged enforced disappearances for the month of May 2020. A total number of 6661 cases were received by the Missing Persons Commission upto April 2020. During May 2020, 13 more cases were received by the commission and total numbers of cases reached to 6674. The Missing Persons Commission disposed of 21 cases in May 2020 and thus totalRead More