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ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sent a list of assets and properties of President Asif Ali Zardari to be frozen by the Sindh government but bureau officials are reluctant to disclose the details.

National Accountability Bureau officials appear to have been caught between the devil and the deep blue sea on the issue as the latest list has to be compared with the NAB list released officially in 2006. It is yet not sure that all the assets of President Zardari would be frozen or this exercise will be restricted to a selected few properties.

Well-placed sources in the National Accountability Bureau say that NAB’s letter to the Chief Secretary (CS), Sindh, covers all those assets of the president which were mentioned in the assets case of Asif Ali Zardari but the spokesman for the National Accountability Bureau, Ghazni Khan, only confirmed that a letter regarding seizing president’s assets had been written to the CS Sindh but he did not know the details.

“I am not aware of the details of assets mentioned in the said letter,” Ghazni replied when asked about the details of assets.

Interestingly, the NAB had submitted a list of Asif Ali Zardari’s assets within and outside Pakistan in Accountability Court No 1, Rawalpindi, on March 31, 2006, which was widely reported by national and foreign media.


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ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sent a list of assets and properties of President Asif Ali Zardari to be frozen by the Sindh government but bureau officials are reluctant to disclose the details.

National Accountability Bureau officials appear to have been caught between the devil and the deep blue sea on the issue as the latest list has to be compared with the NAB list released officially in 2006. It is yet not sure that all the assets of President Zardari would be frozen or this exercise will be restricted to a selected few properties.

Well-placed sources in the National Accountability Bureau say that NAB’s letter to the Chief Secretary (CS), Sindh, covers all those assets of the president which were mentioned in the assets case of Asif Ali Zardari but the spokesman for the National Accountability Bureau, Ghazni Khan, only confirmed that a letter regarding seizing president’s assets had been written to the CS Sindh but he did not know the details.

“I am not aware of the details of assets mentioned in the said letter,” Ghazni replied when asked about the details of assets.

Interestingly, the NAB had submitted a list of Asif Ali Zardari’s assets within and outside Pakistan in Accountability Court No 1, Rawalpindi, on March 31, 2006, which was widely reported by national and foreign media.


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NEW YORK: A huge explosion on Sunday ripped through a US power plant being built in Connecticut amid reports up to 50 people may have died, said emergency officials, as a rescue operation swung into place.

The blast at the gas-fired plant in Middletown – home to 40,000 people on the Connecticut River—sent flames and black smoke billowing into the sky and shook houses several miles away, said witnesses. A local resident told the Hartford Courant that the explosion took place during a test of the plant’s power generating systems.

As helicopters, ambulances and fire trucks rushed to the scene and a massive search and rescue operation was launched, officials were reluctant to say how many might have died, but a large number of fatalities was feared.

“The reports vary from a few, several to possibly as many as 50 dead,” Brian Albert from the Middlesex hospital, which was treating several of those injured in the blast at the Kleen Energy plant, told AFP.

“They are in the process of search and rescue,” said Albert, adding that the Middlesex hospital was treating six patients and a seventh had been transferred to the nearby Hartford hospital, which confirmed it was also handling injured.

CNN reported at least two fatalities, but officials would not immediately confirm the number of casualties at the plant.

One witness told the local Hartford Courant newspaper, “There are bodies everywhere.” Other witnesses suggested several victims could still lie buried under the rubble.

“There was a massive explosion, there are multiple injuries and possible fatalities,” Middletown police spokesman George Yepes told AFP.

A town fire official in Connecticut said fewer than 50 people had been injured in the explosion. agencies


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NEW YORK: A huge explosion on Sunday ripped through a US power plant being built in Connecticut amid reports up to 50 people may have died, said emergency officials, as a rescue operation swung into place.

The blast at the gas-fired plant in Middletown – home to 40,000 people on the Connecticut River—sent flames and black smoke billowing into the sky and shook houses several miles away, said witnesses. A local resident told the Hartford Courant that the explosion took place during a test of the plant’s power generating systems.

As helicopters, ambulances and fire trucks rushed to the scene and a massive search and rescue operation was launched, officials were reluctant to say how many might have died, but a large number of fatalities was feared.

“The reports vary from a few, several to possibly as many as 50 dead,” Brian Albert from the Middlesex hospital, which was treating several of those injured in the blast at the Kleen Energy plant, told AFP.

“They are in the process of search and rescue,” said Albert, adding that the Middlesex hospital was treating six patients and a seventh had been transferred to the nearby Hartford hospital, which confirmed it was also handling injured.

CNN reported at least two fatalities, but officials would not immediately confirm the number of casualties at the plant.

One witness told the local Hartford Courant newspaper, “There are bodies everywhere.” Other witnesses suggested several victims could still lie buried under the rubble.

“There was a massive explosion, there are multiple injuries and possible fatalities,” Middletown police spokesman George Yepes told AFP.

A town fire official in Connecticut said fewer than 50 people had been injured in the explosion. agencies


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Also on Sunday, Shahbaz reviewed the Park and Ride project at Liberty Market, the chief Minister said this unique project would facilitate the people visiting Liberty Market for shopping. He said shuttle service and traffic arrangements should also be completed simultaneously.

The chief minister chaired a meeting to review traffic control management at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. Shahbaz said Punjab and especially Lahore are facing severe traffic problems and immediate remedial measures be adopted for their solution. He said the performance of traffic police has also failed to meet the expectations of the government and the masses. He regretted that despite provision of sufficient salaries to the wardens, there performance is poor. He directed his advisor Jahanzeb Burki to submit recommendations regarding improvement of the traffic system. staff report/app]]>
Also on Sunday, Shahbaz reviewed the Park and Ride project at Liberty Market, the chief Minister said this unique project would facilitate the people visiting Liberty Market for shopping. He said shuttle service and traffic arrangements should also be completed simultaneously.

The chief minister chaired a meeting to review traffic control management at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. Shahbaz said Punjab and especially Lahore are facing severe traffic problems and immediate remedial measures be adopted for their solution. He said the performance of traffic police has also failed to meet the expectations of the government and the masses. He regretted that despite provision of sufficient salaries to the wardens, there performance is poor. He directed his advisor Jahanzeb Burki to submit recommendations regarding improvement of the traffic system. staff report/app]]> http://www.pakrealestatetimes.com/showthread.php?tid=9690 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:09:11 -0600 http://www.pakrealestatetimes.com/showthread.php?tid=9690
KARACHI: Tribal families have encroached lands reserved for major graveyards to meet the city’s need for burials. The Sindh Board of Revenue (BoR) had allocated three lands at different remote locations to the City District Government Karachi to establish graveyards as the existing 471 graveyards in the city have been officially closed due to lack of space.

The Sindh BoR had allotted a 200-acre land in Gadap Town, a 50-acre plot in the vicinity of the Hub Dam and a 100-acre plot on the National Highway. However, different tribes have converted these lands into specific family graveyards, while armed tribesmen have been preventing citizens to bury their dead there.

There are around 471 large and small graveyards in the city inclusive of graveyards of other religious communities such as the Christian and the Hindu. Out of these 471 graveyards, 50 percent have been closed due to lack of space, while the remaining have very little space available only in the form of ruined graves.

The CDGK has control of around 70 graveyards in the city. Seventeen different authorities administratively control the rest of the graveyards, while certain religious communities have their own graveyards wherein burial of dead belonging to other communities is not allowed.

The city’s major graveyards - PECHS Graveyard, Sakhi Hassan Graveyard, Mewa Shah Graveyard, Paposh Nagar Graveyard, Hassan Square Graveyard, Essa Nagri Graveyard, Bhangoriya Goth Graveyard, Colony Gate Graveyard, Korangi No 6 Graveyard and Khokhrapar Graveyard - have been officially closed since long, but burials have still been taking place in them.

When contacted, CDGK Municipal Services Executive District Officer Masood Alam told Daily Times that the CDGK was working on a different option, according to which a plot of land was being looked for in the heart of the city.

He said the city was controlled by 17 different agencies such as cantonment boards, Karachi Port Trust, Civil Aviation Authority, Pakistan International Airlines, Defence Officers Housing Authority and others; however, these agencies do not have specific graveyards for the burial of their dead.

Consequently, the burial takes place in the city’s already closed graveyards; therefore, these authorities should also delineate land for graveyards.

He also said the immediate concern was to evict the encroachers so that necessary development work could be initiated there.

As far as the security of the people taking their dead for burial to these distant graveyards was concerned, it could be managed, but the citizens would have no other choice except to take their dead there, he added.

Apart from other businesses, burial of the dead is one of the most promising ones in the city. Old graves that have been abandoned since long or graves that, with the passage of time and due to environmental affects, have been ruined, are replaced with new ones as the spaces of the old graves are sold for new burials.

The authorities concerned should monitor the situation closely and protect these officially closed graveyards. Sooner than you think, these officially closed graveyards would not be able to offer another inch to the dead for burial. The city is on the threshold of such a situation, but, unfortunately, there are no lands in the city for new graveyards. The CDGK had allocated Rs 10 million for the city’s graveyards in the 2006-07 budget, but the project could not get going.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Sindh BoR had in 2006-07 allocated the CDGK a 580-acre land on the Super Highway near the new vegetable market, on which the CDGK had carried out basic development work, but the current status of that land is so far uncertain and there are reports that the land has also been encroached by the land mafia.

In 2006, the CDGK had also received various plots including 400 acres in Deh Choarh; 29 acres in Deh Mull, Malir Town; 45 acres in Rehri; 29 acres in Sector 5, Scheme 33; and 75 acres in Deh Doozan in Sector 44, Scheme 33.

Different committees at town, union council and community levels were also constituted to monitor the situation of graveyards, especially deliberate destruction of abandoned graves, and extortion of money from the aggrieved families. Nonetheless, these committees could not manifest any concrete discipline in connection with their assigned tasks.

Graveyards are considered among sacred premises irrespective of religions. On different occasions, graveyards become one of the most visited places, especially during religious months. There is a dire need for the CDGK and the Sindh government to pay attention to the establishment of graveyards on a few amenity plots.]]>
KARACHI: Tribal families have encroached lands reserved for major graveyards to meet the city’s need for burials. The Sindh Board of Revenue (BoR) had allocated three lands at different remote locations to the City District Government Karachi to establish graveyards as the existing 471 graveyards in the city have been officially closed due to lack of space.

The Sindh BoR had allotted a 200-acre land in Gadap Town, a 50-acre plot in the vicinity of the Hub Dam and a 100-acre plot on the National Highway. However, different tribes have converted these lands into specific family graveyards, while armed tribesmen have been preventing citizens to bury their dead there.

There are around 471 large and small graveyards in the city inclusive of graveyards of other religious communities such as the Christian and the Hindu. Out of these 471 graveyards, 50 percent have been closed due to lack of space, while the remaining have very little space available only in the form of ruined graves.

The CDGK has control of around 70 graveyards in the city. Seventeen different authorities administratively control the rest of the graveyards, while certain religious communities have their own graveyards wherein burial of dead belonging to other communities is not allowed.

The city’s major graveyards - PECHS Graveyard, Sakhi Hassan Graveyard, Mewa Shah Graveyard, Paposh Nagar Graveyard, Hassan Square Graveyard, Essa Nagri Graveyard, Bhangoriya Goth Graveyard, Colony Gate Graveyard, Korangi No 6 Graveyard and Khokhrapar Graveyard - have been officially closed since long, but burials have still been taking place in them.

When contacted, CDGK Municipal Services Executive District Officer Masood Alam told Daily Times that the CDGK was working on a different option, according to which a plot of land was being looked for in the heart of the city.

He said the city was controlled by 17 different agencies such as cantonment boards, Karachi Port Trust, Civil Aviation Authority, Pakistan International Airlines, Defence Officers Housing Authority and others; however, these agencies do not have specific graveyards for the burial of their dead.

Consequently, the burial takes place in the city’s already closed graveyards; therefore, these authorities should also delineate land for graveyards.

He also said the immediate concern was to evict the encroachers so that necessary development work could be initiated there.

As far as the security of the people taking their dead for burial to these distant graveyards was concerned, it could be managed, but the citizens would have no other choice except to take their dead there, he added.

Apart from other businesses, burial of the dead is one of the most promising ones in the city. Old graves that have been abandoned since long or graves that, with the passage of time and due to environmental affects, have been ruined, are replaced with new ones as the spaces of the old graves are sold for new burials.

The authorities concerned should monitor the situation closely and protect these officially closed graveyards. Sooner than you think, these officially closed graveyards would not be able to offer another inch to the dead for burial. The city is on the threshold of such a situation, but, unfortunately, there are no lands in the city for new graveyards. The CDGK had allocated Rs 10 million for the city’s graveyards in the 2006-07 budget, but the project could not get going.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Sindh BoR had in 2006-07 allocated the CDGK a 580-acre land on the Super Highway near the new vegetable market, on which the CDGK had carried out basic development work, but the current status of that land is so far uncertain and there are reports that the land has also been encroached by the land mafia.

In 2006, the CDGK had also received various plots including 400 acres in Deh Choarh; 29 acres in Deh Mull, Malir Town; 45 acres in Rehri; 29 acres in Sector 5, Scheme 33; and 75 acres in Deh Doozan in Sector 44, Scheme 33.

Different committees at town, union council and community levels were also constituted to monitor the situation of graveyards, especially deliberate destruction of abandoned graves, and extortion of money from the aggrieved families. Nonetheless, these committees could not manifest any concrete discipline in connection with their assigned tasks.

Graveyards are considered among sacred premises irrespective of religions. On different occasions, graveyards become one of the most visited places, especially during religious months. There is a dire need for the CDGK and the Sindh government to pay attention to the establishment of graveyards on a few amenity plots.]]> http://www.pakrealestatetimes.com/showthread.php?tid=9689 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:08:06 -0600 http://www.pakrealestatetimes.com/showthread.php?tid=9689 Around 30 kanal of army land that came in the way of road construction was gifted to the Punjab government for benefit of the people.
The fist package included construction of 3.5 km long road from Ma-ulana Shaukat Ali Road to Depot Stop Road, eight linking roads spreading over 8 km, trunk sewerage and rainwater drains in different localities of the town.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sh-arif accompanied by lawmakers including Sohail Zia Butt, Naseer Ahmed Bhutta, Zaeem Qadri, Ramzan Sadiq Bhatti and others inaugurated the road on Sunday, and commended the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) for giving its best to construct the state-of-the-art thoroughfare.
The FWO DG and officials of Lda, Tepa, Wasa and Nespak were also present on the occasion. The road had to be completed and opened by December 31, 2009. However, due to some problems, it got completed on February 7, 2010. The road is two-carriageway and 33 ft wide with 3 lanes each.
Residents of Green Town, Township, Bagrian and neighbouring areas are the main beneficiaries of the road. With the completion of the said segment of the Madr-e-Millat Road, the people can now enjoy modern travelling and transportation facilities.
The road will also benefit the Quaid-e-Azam Industrial Estate widely known as Kot Lakhpat Industrial Estate by facilitating its logistics and transportation.
The first phase of Madr-e-Millat Road has connected the Northern and Southern areas of the City by linking Maulana Shaukat Ali Road (Peco Road) to College Road. The initial plan did not include sewerage, which was added later on to make it a sustainable project for the next many decades. The heavy duty sewerage is up to 5 feet wide in diameter and laid about 10-25 ft underneath the road. It will comfortably accommodate the disposal needs of the whole locality.]]> Around 30 kanal of army land that came in the way of road construction was gifted to the Punjab government for benefit of the people.
The fist package included construction of 3.5 km long road from Ma-ulana Shaukat Ali Road to Depot Stop Road, eight linking roads spreading over 8 km, trunk sewerage and rainwater drains in different localities of the town.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sh-arif accompanied by lawmakers including Sohail Zia Butt, Naseer Ahmed Bhutta, Zaeem Qadri, Ramzan Sadiq Bhatti and others inaugurated the road on Sunday, and commended the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) for giving its best to construct the state-of-the-art thoroughfare.
The FWO DG and officials of Lda, Tepa, Wasa and Nespak were also present on the occasion. The road had to be completed and opened by December 31, 2009. However, due to some problems, it got completed on February 7, 2010. The road is two-carriageway and 33 ft wide with 3 lanes each.
Residents of Green Town, Township, Bagrian and neighbouring areas are the main beneficiaries of the road. With the completion of the said segment of the Madr-e-Millat Road, the people can now enjoy modern travelling and transportation facilities.
The road will also benefit the Quaid-e-Azam Industrial Estate widely known as Kot Lakhpat Industrial Estate by facilitating its logistics and transportation.
The first phase of Madr-e-Millat Road has connected the Northern and Southern areas of the City by linking Maulana Shaukat Ali Road (Peco Road) to College Road. The initial plan did not include sewerage, which was added later on to make it a sustainable project for the next many decades. The heavy duty sewerage is up to 5 feet wide in diameter and laid about 10-25 ft underneath the road. It will comfortably accommodate the disposal needs of the whole locality.]]> http://www.pakrealestatetimes.com/showthread.php?tid=9688 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:59:04 -0600 http://www.pakrealestatetimes.com/showthread.php?tid=9688

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