Tag: dam fund

Farooq Sattar, Amir Khan fined Rs500 each for arriving late in...

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday imposed a fine of Rs500 on Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Amir Khan and former party convener Farooq...

GB govt seeks Rs13bn for affectees of Diamer-Bhasha Dam

--GB govt asks Centre to pay people from dam fund if it doesn't have money ISLAMABAD: The Implementation Committee on Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams (ICDBMD)...

AFP Fact Check: this is not a photo of Ronaldo, Messi...

LAHORE: A photo that has been shared thousands of times on Facebook appears to show three of the world’s top footballers handing Pakistani Prime...

CJP directs returned written-off loans to be deposited in dams fund

-- Justice Nisar perturbed at failed funds recovery from Ishaq Dar, Fawad Hassan Fawad ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Tuesday issued directives to...

CJP Nisar calls for across-the-board accountability

--Top judge says judiciary won’t allow embezzlement of taxpayers’ hard-earned money   Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday stressed for across-the-board accountability,...

CJP proposes restoring tax on prepaid mobile cards for dam fund

--Chief Justice Nisar says will re-impose tax 'if people of Pakistan allow us' --Expresses hope that 'one day, all four provinces will agree on construction...

Dam fund makes CJP nostalgic

Justice Nisar says public participation in dam fund reminds him of enthusiasm prevalent during 1965 war MANCHESTER: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar...

Dam fund unnecessary if stolen wealth recovered, CJP Nisar observes

LONDON: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday said that if looted money could be brought back to the country, fundraising...

Over Rs7.839b collected for dam fund so far

ISLAMABAD: Fundraising campaign for Supreme Court of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund is in progress at a rapid pace. According...

SC orders DG Cement to cough up Rs100m for dam fund

--Top court wraps up Katas Raj case, tells cement factory to pay Rs80m for using groundwater and Rs20m for misleading court   LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC)...

Zulfi Bukhari pledges to donate all salaries to dam fund

--More than Rs4.4bn have so far been collected in the fund   ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfi Bukhari...

CJP donates Rs100,000 more in dam fund

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar deposited Rs100,000 in the Supreme Court-Prime Minister's Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund. The CJP made this...

NA passes resolution for dams’ construction

--Foreign Minister Qureshi says govt will respect reservations of Sindh, Balochistan and KP assemblies over Kalabagh Dam construction   ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday passed...

Gen Musharraf donates Rs15m to dams fund

Former military dictator and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Chairman General (r) Pervez Musharraf has announced to donate Rs15 million to the dams fund...

Khanewal Bar imposes dams fund on petitioners

DBA says no petition to be acceptable without Rs100 special dam fund The executive committee of the District Bar Association of Khanewal, a district...

CJP slams critics, says seeking donations for national progress isn’t ‘begging’

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday said that those saying that asking for donations for the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams construction...