ISLAMABAD, AUG 21 (DNA) – Islamabad Police along with district administration conducted flag march with an objective to maintain peace and tranquility in the city.

Following directions of IGP Islamabad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan, the flag march was conducted under the supervision of SP (Industrial Area) Zubair Ahmed Shaikh and SP (Rural-Zone ) Amjad Butar which was participated by SDPOs, SHOs of all police stations,  officials of district administration, , Islamabad Traffic Police, Police Commandoes, Rescue 15 police officials and police patrolling officials.

Flag march started from Pakistan Sports Complex and culminated at the same point after passing through various areas of the city. DIG (Operations) Islamabad Waqar Ud Din has said that Islamabad police have ensured elaborate security arrangements for Muharram-ul-Haram. He said that police would accomplish responsibility in an efficient manner to ensure protection to lives and property of citizens.

He also directed all police officials to launch an effective search operation within their jurisdictions including slum areas where most of the inhabitants are Afghans.

DIG (Operations) Islamabad Waqar Uddin has said that purpose of this flag march is to show preparations of police and other law enforcement agencies during the Muhram ul Haram to counter any challenge and maintain peace in the city. He also directed all the SDPOs and the SHOs to make effective security arrangements in this regard in their respective areas.

Islamabad Police would maintain a close liaison with peace committees and organizers of Muharram majalis and processions, he maintained. DNA

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ISLAMABAD, AUG 21  – NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested accused Abdul Aziz District Hangu allegedly involved in cheating public at large under the garb of investment in Islamic Mudarraba swindling Rs. 105.87 millions of rupees.

As per details, NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa initiated inquiry against the accused Abdul Aziz upon receipt of several complaints.It transpired during proceedings that the accused in connivance with his cronies lured innocent public to invest in their fake Mudarraba business in the name of M/S Al-Quresh Enterprises, Al-Andauls Trading FZC which is non-registered, untraced companies / firms in Pakistan and promising exorbitant profit to the public on their investments. Thus the accused person

defrauded the general public and deprived them of their hard earnings.

Accused Abdul Aziz will be produced before Accountability Court Peshawar for his remand into NAB KPcustody as per law. In view of Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal’s vision to recover looted money fromcorrupt elements and to return rightful affectees as per law. Director General NAB KP Brig (R) Farooq Naser Awan,assured rightful affectees that NAB (KP) is committed to nab corrupt elements and will continue its effortsin order to ensure the return of looted money from the culprits to its rightful owners.

ISLAMABAD, AUG 21 (DNA) – Hina Zahoor joined NAB as Deputy Assistant Director (BS-16) from 06.03.2013 and was posted at NAB Rawalpindi. She was allowed 1x year (365xdays) ex-Pakistan Extra Ordinary Leave (without pay) with effect from 04.06.2018 to visit Sweden.

The Lady Officer was required to join her duties on 04.06.2019 but she did not join her official duty and instead requested for extension in leave which was not approved. She was also directed to report for duty and informed her about disciplinary action in case of failure. However, she failed to join her duties as per law. Consequently, disciplinary proceedings were initiated against the Lady Officer and she was served with Show Cause Notice dated 13.09.2019 on charges of “Misconduct”. In order to meet the ends of justice, a Final Show Cause Notice dated 28.10.2019 was also issued but the officer failed to join her duties. As the lady officer was deliberately avoiding to join duties, the major penalty of “Removal from Service” on account of her serious misconduct has been imposed upon her by the Competent Authority. DNA

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Islamabad, AUG 21 – It has come to the notice of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) that a person namely Chaudhry Hamid Wahla is presenting himself in his facebook account as head of recovery of NAB.

Chaudhry Hamid Wahla is not working in NAB and has no link with NAB in any capacity. He is a fake person who is impersonating NAB for his ulterior motives. NAB on the directions of Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal has decided to approach the concerned Govt Department for legal action against Chaudhary Hamid Wahla as per law.

It is worth mentioning here that Honourable Justice Javed immediately

after taking over the responsibilities of Chairman NAB had devised

an anti corruption strategy for eradication of corruption and corrupt practices against the corrupt elements and NAB is strictly adhering to this policy.

In the last more than two years, 11 impersonators, who are involved in looting the people have been handed over by NAB to the relevant departments for legal action against them as per law.

In the best interest of the people, NAB has once again informed them

that the NAB spokesman should be informed immediately if a cheater contacts them for illegal gains, bribe and action. It may be kept in the mind that Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal has strictly prohibited

NAB officers from summoning any accused on telephone and written instructions should be issued in this regard. If the personal appearance

of an accused is required, he should be sent a call up notice in writing and the accused should be met at the mutually agreed time and their

self respect should be upheld and no laxity would be tolerated in this regard.

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Islamabad, AUG 21 – Telenor Pakistan and National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) have come together in order to highlight the role of technology and explore various avenues for introduction of latest technologies towards uplifting governance for public safety and benefit.

CEO Telenor Pakistan, Irfan Wahab Khan addressed higher officials and officer of NHMP led by Inspector General NH&MP Dr. Syed Kaleem Imam in a webinar organized by NH&MP. The session focused on the various new and upcoming trends in technology for governance and how these advancements can aid improved and efficient systems and processes.

There has been accelerated digitalization of governance bodies particularly law enforcement across the world in the past few years. Pakistan is catching up with increased digital literacy amongst the masses and now there exists a need to automate and digitalize governance systems for efficient and transparent operations.

“Pakistan has been through a journey of digital evolution since the start of this century and now with over 79% cellular teledensity, it is ready to take the next leap. Technology is the biggest equalizer and with the pace at which it is evolving, it is crucial for public sector to adapt and reap its benefits. Telenor is well invested in Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Blockchain and e-Payments and other modern-day technologies which hold great promise for improving efficiencies and effectiveness for our partners.” said Irfan Wahab, CEO Telenor Pakistan. “I’d like to thank National Highway & Motorway Police for this opportunity to discuss and showcase the avenues for improving governance through technology” he added.

The session focused on inciting a dialogue on the use of social media, artificial intelligence, facial recognition, big data and analytics, internet of things and e-payments to discuss their use for bridging gap between public and law enforcement, obtaining actionable information through crowdsourcing, mobility analytics, safety surveillance, gathering sensor data for traffic management, efficient resource utilization, traffic behavior and vigilance and crime prevention.

“With our increased focus on transparency of systems and the need for improved efficiencies, we believe that the introduction of new technologies can certainly improve governance structures. We are very eager to adopt the use of these technologies in order to serve the public better as part of our vision and working closely with innovative organizations like Telenor Pakistan will bring us closer to our ambitions,” said, Dr. Syed Kaleem Imam, Inspector General National Highways &Motorway Police. “I would like to thank Mr. Irfan Wahab Khan for a thorough and insightful discussion on various technological streams that are pertinent to NH&MP and the impact these would have with respect to increased effectiveness.”

Technology is changing the way we interact as a society, and as society evolves, so will the tools, techniques, and systems that police forces and other governance bodies can use to match the changing needs of time.

Pakistan has suffered the most from terrorism as it lost more than seventy thousand lives and suffered economic losses of 120 billion dollars 

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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has expressed Pakistan’s unwavering commitment to fight the curse of terrorism.

In a statement on the occasion of International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, he said the resilient Pakistani nation has shown that the values of enlightenment, compassion and empathy that bind us together are much stronger than the forces of intolerance, hatred and violence.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan has suffered the most from terrorism as it lost more than seventy thousand lives and suffered economic losses of 120 billion dollars.

He said thousands of our valiant soldiers and law enforcement personnel have laid down their lives in defending the motherland.

The Foreign Minister said as we commemorate this day, we must remember and venerate the victims of worst form of state terrorism by India against innocent people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

He said the Indian state terrorism has intensified since 5th August military siege of eight million Kashmiris in the valley with extra judicial killings and brutal use of force against peaceful protestors.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi called upon the international community to prosecute the Indian civil and military personnel involved in the state terrorism and serious crimes against humanity.

He said the political leaders have been imprisoned whilst thirteen thousand Kashmiri youth have been subjected to abduction and torture.

The Foreign Minister said on its part Pakistan is committed to show the victims of terrorism that they are not alone and the international community stands in solidarity with them, wherever they are.

The Minister said efforts to introduce uniform curriculum in the country are bearing fruit as uniform curriculum from class one to five has been prepared and uploaded on the Ministry’s website 

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood has said several revolutionary steps have been taken in consultation with all stakeholders during the last two years to reform education sector in the country.

Presenting his ministry’s two year performance in a news conference in Islamabad on Friday, he said the inter-provincial education ministers forum was made functional to reach consensus decisions for development of the education sector.

The Minister said efforts to introduce uniform curriculum in the country are bearing fruit as uniform curriculum from class one to five has been prepared and uploaded on the Ministry’s website. He said schools will teach one curriculum from April next year. He said the uniform curriculum will lead to developing national cohesion in the country. He said model text books are also being prepared.

Shafqat Mahmood said the government engaged with Madaris and developed a mechanism to ensure that the religious seminary students also study national curriculum along with Dars-e-Nizami. He said the students of Madaris will have employment opportunities like students of contemporary education in practical life.

In order to promote skills of the youth, he said, Hunarmand Jawan programme was launched. He said vocational training programmes have also been stated. He said National Accreditation Council has been established to have an oversight look at the vocational training institutes.

As for the higher education, Shafqat Mahmood said under Ehsaas programme, fifty thousand university students will get scholarships annually. Similarly, he said, programmes have also been initiated for training of nurses.

The Minister said Pakistan gave an outstanding response to the Covid-19 challenge in education sector. He said it was decided with consensus among all the provincial education ministers to close educational institutions during the pandemic, and then decided to reopen them on September 15. He said a review meeting will be held on the seventh of the next month to decide about reopening of the institutes.

He said four million students were promoted to the next class from Class nine to 12, which was widely accepted. He said a tele school was started on April 7 after closure of schools on March 13. He said for higher education, online education was started. He said a new department has been created at the Ministry of Education to continue distance education.