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Dr. Nafisa Shah elected as Chairperson of Gender Mainstreaming Committee


Islamabad: The National Assembly Special Committee on Gender Mainstreaming unanimously elected Dr. Nafisa Shah as its chairperson on Wednesday at Parliament House.



Member National Assembly (MNA) Syed Hussain Tariq proposed Dr. Nafisa Shah as Chairperson of the Special Committee, with Shaista Pervaiz and other MNAs and Senators supporting the proposal.



Dr. Nafisa Shah, MNA, thanked the committee members for their trust and support in her new role.



Committee members congratulated Dr. Nafisa Shah on her election as chairperson and pledged their full support for advancing gender mainstreaming.



Earlier, MNA Aqeel Malik resigned as committee chair due to personal commitments and highlighted key issues related to gender mainstreaming.



Thereafter, Muhammad Mushtaq, Advisor (Legislation) briefed the committee about the procedure for election of the Chairperson.



The meeting was attended by Aqeel Malik, Syed Hussain Tariq, Sher Ali Arbab, Shaista Pervaiz and Shahida Begum, MNAs, and Senators Rubina Qaim Khani, Saadia Abbasi and Khalida Ateeb.



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Dr. Nafisa Shah elected as Chairperson of Gender Mainstreaming Committee


Islamabad: The National Assembly Special Committee on Gender Mainstreaming unanimously elected Dr. Nafisa Shah as its chairperson on Wednesday at Parliament House.



Member National Assembly (MNA) Syed Hussain Tariq proposed Dr. Nafisa Shah as Chairperson of the Special Committee, with Shaista Pervaiz and other MNAs and Senators supporting the proposal.



Dr. Nafisa Shah, MNA, thanked the committee members for their trust and support in her new role.



Committee members congratulated Dr. Nafisa Shah on her election as chairperson and pledged their full support for advancing gender mainstreaming.



Earlier, MNA Aqeel Malik resigned as committee chair due to personal commitments and highlighted key issues related to gender mainstreaming.



Thereafter, Muhammad Mushtaq, Advisor (Legislation) briefed the committee about the procedure for election of the Chairperson.



The meeting was attended by Aqeel Malik, Syed Hussain Tariq, Sher Ali Arbab, Shaista Pervaiz and Shahida Begum, MNAs, and Senators Rubina Qaim Khani, Saadia Abbasi and Khalida Ateeb.



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Commissioner for strict crackdown against illegal sale of LPG, substandard cylinders

Karachi: Commissioner Karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi on Wednesday took notice of non implementation of government fixed LPG prices fixed and sale of substandard and unsafe cylinders in city and directed to launch a crackdown against those shopkeepers who violating rules.

Commissioner chaired a meeting at his office with the Deputy Commissioners, officers of OGRA, Civil Defence, Traffic Police and Transport departments and decided to make effective measures to prevent the sale of substandard cylinders and installation of cylinders in public transport vehicles.

The meeting also decided to seek assistance from Hydrocarbon Institute for inspection of cylinders while officers concerned along with experts would conduct inspection of the cylinders

Commissioner asked all Deputy Commissioners to expedite crackdown against shops selling LPG illegally in their respective jurisdictions.

The Deputy Commissioners briefed the meeting about actions taken against violators in their respective districts.

SSP Traffic Police Dr Qamar Rizvi informed the meeting that 13 vehicles were fined in last two weeks and charged a fine of Rs 75000 for violation while two cylinders were also seized.

The meeting was attended among others by Keamari DC Raja Tariq Chandio, DC Korangi Masood Bhutto, DC East Abrar Jaffer, AC Headquarters Rabia Syed, Ghulam Muhammad Shaheen of OGRA, officers of Transport and Civil Defence departments. Some of the Deputy Commissioners also attended the meeting via video link.

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Lack of quorum adjournment of Senate session

Islamabad: Lack of quorum on Wednesday led to adjournment of Senate session till Friday morning.

PML-N Senator Nasir Mehmood Butt was speaking in the Senate when PTI senator Saifullah Abro pointed out the quorum.

Deputy Chairman Senate Syedaal Khan ordered to run bills and made counting. However, the house was not in order which resulted adjournment of session till Friday 10: 30 am morning.

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Azma exposes Rs. 799m embezzlement in KP BISP

Lahore: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari said on Wednesday that a large-scale financial embezzlement had been uncovered in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), resulting in the World Food Programme halting its operations in the province.

She revealed that Rs. 799 million had been embezzled under the nose of KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, who claims to be fighting corruption.

Azma Bokhari added that the World Food Programme had raised questions about the financial irregularities and ghost employees in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. She said the government documents highlighted Rs. 799 million in irregularities related to salaries alone. The corrupt individuals had not spared funds allocated for maternal and child health. Prior to this, Rs. 700 million allocated for mosque imams were also siphoned off, added Azma.

The Information minister said the KP finance adviser writes to the federal government every week requesting for funds, but these funds are not being distributed among people.

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Azma exposes Rs. 799m embezzlement in KP BISP

Lahore: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari said on Wednesday that a large-scale financial embezzlement had been uncovered in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), resulting in the World Food Programme halting its operations in the province.

She revealed that Rs. 799 million had been embezzled under the nose of KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, who claims to be fighting corruption.

Azma Bokhari added that the World Food Programme had raised questions about the financial irregularities and ghost employees in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. She said the government documents highlighted Rs. 799 million in irregularities related to salaries alone. The corrupt individuals had not spared funds allocated for maternal and child health. Prior to this, Rs. 700 million allocated for mosque imams were also siphoned off, added Azma.

The Information minister said the KP finance adviser writes to the federal government every week requesting for funds, but these funds are not being distributed among people.