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Pti CHieF teRMS ‘vANdALiZiNG ANd viOLAtiNG SANCtity’ OF HiS HOuSe CONteMPt OF COuRt
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ORMeR prime minister and Pti Chief imran Khan vowed to take [legal action] against the Punjab police for “vandalizing and violating sanctity of his Zaman Park residence and violence” against party work while Fawad Ch moved LHC against the violation of toRs agreed on the court’s orders. earlier, a huge contingent of Punjab Police ‘raided’ imran Khan’s house in Zaman Park neighbourhood, pulled down the security barrier, main gate of the house and trees besides the camps installed for workers and guests. the police resorted to batoncharge on workers and employees present there and arrested over a dozen supporters of Pakistan tehreek-i-insaf (Pti) party on Saturday, after the former prime minister headed to the toshakhana hearing in islamabad. in a series of tweets on Saturday, the former premier said the police’s “assault” on his house was a contempt of court.
“We had agreed that an SP [superintendent of police] with one of our people would implement a search warrant because we knew otherwise they would plant stuff on their own, which they did,” he added. ‘Cleared no-go area and recovered weapons’ earlier, Punjab inspector General of Police (iGP) dr usman Anwar claimed that weapons were recovered during today ’s search operation. “We have recovered weapons
from imran Khan’s house. there are more arms present there. An impression was being given that it is a no-go area but we have cleared it,” the Punjab iGP said during a press conference, flanked by Caretaker Punjab Minister for information Amir Mir. the iGP said that police conducted search operation outside Zaman Park on AtC judge orders. He claimed that petrol bombs were thrown at police personnel by Pti workers during search operation
Imran: committee to lead party if I’m arrested LAHORE StAff rePort
Former prime minister imran Khan has formed a committee to lead his Pakistan tehreek-iinsaf (Pti) party if he is arrested, he told Reuters hours before the appearance before a court in islamabad that had issued arrest warrants for him. Khan has led country-wide protests after his ouster from power last year and has had a spate of cases registered against him. the police unsuccessfully tried to arrest him on
tuesday, leading to intense clashes with his party workers. “i have made a committee which will obviously take decisions once — if — i’m inside” jail, the 70-year-old said in an interview in his Lahore home before heading to islamabad early on Saturday. He noted there were 94 cases against him. Khan, who was shot and wounded while campaigning in November, says the threat to his life is greater than before and asserted — without providing evidence — that his po-
litical opponents and the military want to block him from standing in elections later this year. the military and government did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government has denied being behind the cases. the military — which has an outsized role in Pakistan, having ruled the country for nearly half of its 75-year history — has claimed it remains neutral towards politics.
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Cabinet approves salary, perks equivalent to SC judge for NAB chief ISLAMABAD AhmAd AhmAdAni
Federal cabinet, through circulation of summary, has approved the salary package, perquisites and fringe benefits of Lt. General (R) Nazir Ahmad Butt as Chairman, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), it was learnt on Saturday. According to sources, the Ministry of Law and Justice after
obtaining approval and authorization from the Minister of Law and Justice has solicited the approval of the federal cabinet through circulation of the summary for determination of terms and conditions of the Chairman NAB as admissible to a judge of a Supreme Court of Pakistan. As per section 6(b)(v) of the National Accountability Ordinance, 199, as amended vide
(National Accountability 2nd Amendment Act, 2022), the Federal Government may determine terms and conditions of the Chairman NAB. Sources said that after obtaining cabinet’s approval, Chairman NAB will get Rs 17 lakh per month salary, government residence, two vehicles while he will also get a plot of two kanals in the federal capital.
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was supposed to have been completed within 18-20 weeks after issuance of the purchase order but it has still not been made. Sources further said that Megaplus has neither provided a delivery schedule nor submitted a performance guarantee. it also must be mentioned that CeO of Megaplus, Asim Bukhari, personally met with a member of it department in FBR on dec 26, 2022 and assured delivery of desktop computers Last month FBR directed the company to furnish a delivery schedule and submit a performance guarantee latest by Feb 21, 2023 and warned
of blacklisting the proceedings if the deadline is not met, in accordance with Rule 18 of PPRA Rules 2004. Profit also learned in a letter dated december 21, 2022, Megaplus reaffirmed that it intends to fulfill all its legal obligations under the contract and also promised to submit a performance guarantee. Amidst this, competitor Lenovo has already finished production of 4,300 desktops for FBR which are ready for pickup from their uAe warehouse.
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Toshakhana case ISLAMABAD StAff rePort
around Zaman Park. “Police entered Zaman Park to arrest suspects who hurled petrol bombs and stones on constables from inside Zaman Park residence,” he claimed, adding that all “terrorists” present inside Zaman Park house had been apprehended. the iGP further claimed that a cache of explosives, petrol bombs, and bomb-making materials had been recovered from the site. He clarified that police had not entered the area where imran’s wife was present. usman Anwar said that all those suspects arrested from Zaman Park would be produced before court tomorrow (Sunday). Reacting to the police action, imran asked, “under what law did they [police] break the gate, pull down trees and barge into the house heavily armed. Worse, they did this after i left to present myself before islamabad court, and Bushra bibi, a totally private nonpolitical person, was alone in house. this is a total violation of the islamic principle of sanctity of chadar & char diwari.”
the Additional district and Sessions Court islamabad on Saturday cancelled the arrest warrants of Pakistan tehreek-e-insaf (Pti) Chairman imran Khan, issued in toshakhana case and adjourned the hearing till March 30, after marking his attendance. Additional district and Sessions Judge (AdSJ) Zafar iqbal ordered imran Khan to ensure his presence in the next hearing and adjourned the hearing till March 30 for arguments about admissibility of the case. during the hearing, Judge Zafar iqbal permitted imran Khan to mark his attendance from the car outside the islamabad Judicial Complex in toshakhana case due clashes between police and workers of Pti who were not allowed to enter the premises. As Pti Chairman imran Khan and his motorcade reached outside the Judicial Complex, the islamabad police allegedly started tear-gas on party workers who retaliated with pelting stones on the police personnel. the islamabad Police had blocked all the roads leading to the judicial complex with containers. Later, the Additional Sessions Judge decided to mark imran Khan’s attendance at the gate of the judicial complex, and allow him to return. “the hearing and appearance cannot proceed due to current situation,” the judge said, ordering all to disperse after marking attendance. “there is no need for shelling or pelting of stones, the hearing cannot be held today,” he added. ‘Order sheet missing’: As the hearing resumed again, Judge Zafar iqbal inquired about the order sheet, sent to mark attendance of imran Kham.
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