Law enforcement agencies including National Accountability Bureau (NAB) yet not have taken any notice of the dual charge holding by Rizwan Ahmed a BS-22 officer belonging to Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS). He is holding the charge of Chairman PNSC, national flag carrier since December 2017 in addition to new duties as Federal Secretary, Ministry of Maritime Affairs from April 2019 appointed by Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to informed sources Rizwan Ahmed Secretary Maritime Affairs being Chairman PNSC travels from Islamabad to Karachi every Friday and goes back to Islamabad on Monday. The return air ticket costs about Rs 40,000/- and Pakistan National Shipping Corporation is footing the bill in addition to his Rs 500,000/- monthly salary plus other perks too. This is the reason why he is still keeping dual charge of PNSC that tantamount the systematic corruption. It is alleged by shipping circles that as Chairman Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC),...

Solemnly sworn as president is not equal to Oath: Hashmat Habib   The References against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and High Court judges are filed by a Dentist Doctor Arif Alvi as a stranger because he had not taken the oath as per Article 255 of constitution. He had solemnly sworn as president which is not equal to oath. Hashmat Habib President Tehreek-e-Tahafuzz-e-Adlia pointed out that framers of the Constitution had intentionally avoided using word Oath which can be taken only on Holy Book. He said on account of reference against Qazi Isa the entire lawyers’ community and opposition parties have reacted seriously to set the things on right path. The senior lawyer of Supreme Court said; leave the result of movement and the Govt planning aside, the fact is that right from president, prime minister, ministers, judges, elected representatives, holder of constitutional posts and members of armed forces did not take Oath except Solemnly swear. Therefore, all these ...

Supreme Court did not order for staff dismissal: Mushahid Ullah The management of Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) has imposed a ban on union activities through Essential Services Act 1952, which is violation of Basic Human Rights and Industrial Relations Act 2012. Senator Sherry Rehman a member of Senate Standing Committee on Aviation referring towards this ban said the present management of PIA which mostly consists of serving officers of Air Force who are brought on deputation into the PIA, is taking unlawful actions against the Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) that is the only elected body which represents the low grade employees. The actions of management are entirely in violation of the basic Human Rights and Industrial Relations Act 2012. She urged the PIA management to allow the elected CBA to work peacefully and smoothly in accordance with the provisions of Industrial Relations Act 2012. Earlier, the Parliamentary body criticised the manner in which...

The Pakistanis who are blindly investing on purchase of US dollars even after its value gone up to Rs 152/- are warned to beware of the fake dollars that were spread across the country soon after invasion of allied forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.   Informed sources disclosed that soon after the 9/11 false flag operation when American government invaded Afghanistan in 2001 there was a great influx of American and European print, electronic media in Pakistan to cover this war. From Karachi to Peshawar these media members relentlessly distributed US dollars among local citizens including guides and translators to get information on various aspects of the war against Afghan Taliban. In result, Pakistan and Afghanistan were flooded with US dollars. American intelligence agencies got hold of various sensitive areas specially neighboring border of Afghanistan for their covert operations with the connivance of incumbent ruler Pervez Musharraf. On the other hand, American f...

Termination of 121 employees from Pakistan International Airlines including Pilots, cabin crews and low ranking staff by the non-professional management has become laughing stock. Another 377 disciplinary cases were pending against various classes of employees in the PIA for submitting fake or tampered with educational documents, according to the airline spokesperson. On 7 th May the Senate Standing Committee on Aviation called upon the PIA management. The committee met for the sixth time to discuss the issue of PIA employees. Most of the committee members held that terminating staff from service was a drastic action. The Committee referred to the 12 employees who were allowed to retain their jobs in 2017. “If PIA took a lenient view for some, its management should show similar compassion to all its employees and retain them, instead of laying them off. PIA has a category of minor punishment which can be handed down to employees possessing fake degrees,” said committee chai...

A group of industrialists in Karachi have confessed that the 32,000 MW production of electricity claim by government authorities and IPPs was suspicious. They are going to challenge and demand for its physical audit just to clear the mystery of heavy Circular Debts that has made the life miserable for general people in the country.     The Economic Council of the Employers’ Federation of Pakistan in its first ever endeavor initiated solutions to various economic and financial issues impeding the economic growth and prosperity of Pakistan. EFP was certain that the economic policymakers of the government would accord positive consideration to these proposals. Addressing the media at Karachi Press Club , Majyd Aziz, President EFP presented Federal Budget Proposals 2019-2020. Ismail Suttar, Chairman EFP-EC, and Zakaria Usman, Chairman, Budget Advisory Committee, highlighted the salient features of the proposals. They emphasized on broadening the tax base, reducin...

The Chairman, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) Rizwan Ahmed who had purchased two South Korean-built tanker ships, MT Bolan and MT Khairpur in January 2019 by paying $4.3 million (PKR 60 crores) above market price has been rewarded by appointing at another lucrative post by authorities in Islamabad. Now he is also the Secretary Maritime Affairs in addition to his earlier charge of PNSC. According to reports the pair was valued at $56.4 million while the PNSC had forked out $60.7 million for 2012 and 2013 built vessels. But the Government notification tells a different story.   According to Establishment Division’s notification dated 8 th April 2019, the Federal Government has been pleased to assign additional charge of the post of Chairman, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) to Mr. Rizwan Ahmed, a BS-22 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently posted as Secretary, Maritime Affairs Division, for a period of three months or till the post...

British government legislates to teach Sex Education from September 2020 The parents of the children in Pakistan schools affiliated with western countries have expressed their grave concern over the sex education and curricula being provided without their consent and any approval from government authorities and the parliament. In this regard they referred the British government’s legislation that from September 2020 it will teach Sex Education in primary schools and Relationship & Sex Education (RSE) in secondary schools. The new legislation would require all students of 4 to 16 years age to attend these classes. Their schools do not have to wait for September 2020 however, to start teaching RSE and many have already come to do so. RSE would cover a range of issues, however many parents in UK were also concerned for exposing children to sexualize concept and graphics. It may be mentioned here that up until September 2020 parents have rights to withdraw their chil...