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LAHORE - The Asian Cotton Research and Development Network (ACRDN) organised a three-day conference in the provincial capital. The event was attended by 50 foreign delegates from 15 countries and many scientists, exporters, traders and farmers from Pakistan. Fakhar-e-Imam, Iftikhar Nazir and Dr Mounir of International Cotton Advisory Committee also elected Dr Noorul Islam, DG Agri Research Punjab, as the new chairman of ACRDN.

ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Environment has transferred Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) Director General Asif Shujah to National Energy Conservation Centre (ENERCON). It is learnt that a few months ago, the ministry decided to send Asif Shujah on a forced leave after differences erupted between him and the higher authorities over some important issues.
"He has been transferred to ENERCON which is an attached department of the Ministry of Environment," said an

LAHORE - Directorate of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Training and Research (Inland Revenue) arranged a function, the other day, to bid farewell to its first Director General Abdul Wadood Khan.
Wadood Khan headed the Directorate of Training and Research for over a year and retired on February 02, 2011. He was replaced by another senior FBR officer Shahid Nasim. Speaking on this occasion, Abdul Wadood Khan said that his stay at DOT was immensely pleasant as he got a chance to be

ISLAMABAD - Establishment Secretary Abdul Rauf Chaudhry on Saturday confirmed that a notification regarding the termination of contract of FIA DG Waseem Ahmed had not been issued. "We have not issued any such notification for the termination of Ahmed's reemployment after retirement, but the Establishment Division has issued notifications of termination of contracts of 10 other reemployed government officials," he added.
Ahmed said he was still holding his office and his contract

ISLAMABAD - Acting upon the orders of the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sacked eight high-ranking contractual government officials. However, the notification for sacking Federal Investigation Agency Director General Wasim Ahmed, also a contractual officer, was not issued until the filing of this report.
The court had recently ordered the government to review the appointments made in government departments on contractual basis. Establishment Division Secretary

LAHORE - FIA Additional Director General Zafar Qureshi has been served a legal notice demanding a payment of Rs 50 million as a token compensation for defaming the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid and its leadership due to his intentional mala fide acts and misquoting the record of the court.
He was served the notice by Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain through Irfan Arif advocate. According to the legal notice, Qureshi had been warned of legal action, criminal as well as civil, if he failed

LAHORE - Services of Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Public Relations Director General (DG) Shafqat Jalil have been surrendered and transferred to the PID, sources said on Monday. Jalil, a senior bureaucrat, was serving on deputation in PEPCO and has been asked to report to PID for further appointment.
He has served on various senior positions at the PM Secretariat and foreign mission in the US.

LAHORE - The Punjab government on Monday appointed the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Director General (DG) Abdul Jabbar Shaheen of the District Management Group (DMG) serving in BPS-19 as director general of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA).
According to notification issued, with additional charge of LDA DG, Shaheen would continue to perform his duties as PHA DG. On Monday, Shaheen assumed his new office. Former LDA DG Omer Rasul of DMG serving in BPS-20 has been

LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority (LDA) acting Director General Muhammad Ihsan Ul Haq has ordered transfers and postings of four directors. C&I Director Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Chaudhry has been transferred and posted as LDA Chairman's Headquarters Director, relieving LDA PSO to Chairman Jamshaid Siddiqui from the additional charge of the said post.
Estate Management Director Chaudhry Ishtiaq Ahmad has been posted as LDA C&I Director. LDA Katchi Abadis Director Muhammad

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday granted three more days to the National Logistics Cell (NLC) director general, two former directors general and 30 other senior officials to submit their replies over the issue of containers meant for supplies to ISAF and NATO in Afghanistan, which entered the Pakistani territory over the past four years in the name of the Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) and pilfered, causing a whopping loss of Rs 19 billion to Rs 37 billion to the national

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered an investigation against Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Waseem Ahmed for being allegedly involved in providing protection to Amin Qasim Dada, the main accused in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case against alleged

LAHORE - Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Director General Syed Shakeel Hussain called on Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Aslam Tareen on Monday to discuss matters of professional interest.
The CCPO informed the ANF DG that crackdown against drug pushers would continue and Lahore Police would leave no stone unturned for eradication of this social menace. Tareen informed Shakeel that six divisional teams, headed by divisional SPs, SDPOs and SHOs, have been constituted for

ISLAMABAD - The Establishment Division on Friday submitted to the Supreme Court a list of nine senior law enforcement officers who are employed on a contractual basis. These officers include Sindh Inspector General of Police Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khatak BPS 22; Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Waseem Ahmed BPS 21; Intelligence Bureau Karachi Director Tariq Jamil; Larkana DIG Deen Muhammad Baloch; Sindh DIG Khurram Gulzar; Lahore AIG Railways Akhtar Hayat; Nadir

ISLAMABAD - A spokesman of Ministry of Environment has refuted a news item regarding leave of Director General (Pak EPA) published in Pakistan Today and clarified that Asif Sujha Khan was never asked for any illegal acts and no body forced him for issuing any NOC for housing schemes.
The spokesman said the DG (Pak EPA) had proceeded on leave on his own and no hurdle was created in any mega project as the DG (Pak EPA) was fully authorized to exercise delegated powers.
He

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought reply from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) director general (DG) on a petition filed by Pir Syed Sibtul Hassan Gilani alias Double Shah seeking directions to NAB to decide his application for reduction of surety bonds from Rs 3 billion to 100 million to finalise his plea bargain. A division bench consisting of Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq and Justice Yawar Ali issued the order on a petition filed by Double Shah submitting

ISLAMABAD - Former Balochistan police inspector general Javed Bukhari has been appointed as additional director general of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Pakistan Today learnt that Bukhari's appointment notification had also been issued and he would also lead the investigation team probing into the Haj scam. His appointment was made after the Supreme Court directed FIA Director General Wasim Ahmed to relinquish his charge as head of the Haj Scam probe team.

LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Director General (DG) Umer Rasul on Friday transferred and posted a number of officers. Akbar Nakai, director coordination & implementation has been transferred and posted as LDA Secretary seven other sponsors relieving Socrat Aman Rana, Director DG's Headquarter of additional charge of the said post.
Khalid Mahmood, LDA director education has been transferred and posted as director coordination & implementation. Asad Ameer, director,