A youngster busy in preparing flower garlands at his shop to attract the customers
A large number of people standing in queue outside Utility Store to purchase grocery items on subsidized rates at Latifabad
Religious harmony, peaceful co-existence a must for country’s progress: PM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday called for making concerted efforts to promote religious tolerance and peaceful co-existence in order to make the country achieve progress.
The prime minister, in a meeting with a delegation of the Dawoodi Bohra community, said religious tolerance and harmony were the golden principles of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah which were also part of Pakistan’s foundation as well its current foreign policy.
He called for joint efforts to purge the society of intolerance and for the promotion of brotherhood.
The delegation was led by Kumail Younus, the representative of the spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra community Mufaddal Saifuddin.
Calling it peace-loving, the prime minister lauded the welfare services of Bohra community for Pakistan.
The prime minister also appreciated the Bohra community’s role for the promotion of religious harmony as well as in the socio-economic development of the country.
He also urged the community to fully take part in the relief and rehabilitation efforts for the flood victims.
The delegation apprised the prime minister of six-megawatt solar energy project being consumed in the community’s projects which he appreciated.
Labourers busy in plucking oranges from trees at Selawali Road
A worker busy in giving final touches the wooden chairs at Makrani Para Road
Student donating blood during Voluntary Blood Donation Camp organized by Shaukat Khanam Hospital at SBBWU
Rs 474b investment made in K-Electric since its privatization; Senate body was told
ISLAMABAD, Dec 05 (APP): The Senate Standing Committee on Power on Monday was apprised that an investment of Rs 474 billion was made in K-Electric since its privatization in 2005.
The Committee which met with Saifullah Abro in the Chair was further told that the K-Electric has Rs 475 billion outstanding against federal and provincial departments.
CEO K-Electric Monis Alvi informed the Senate body that K-Electric was privatized in 2005 since the government sold 72.3 percent shares and declared it a private company. Now, the government owned 24.6 percent shares and there were total 13 directors out of which three were from the government side and 10 were private, he said.
The Committee recommended detailed in-camera briefing by CEO, K-Electric on the status of renewal of agreement between Govt. of Pakistan and K-Electric including its privatization process, performance and working, status update on distribution and generation and the pending issues between the government of Pakistan in the next meeting.
The Committee also discussed about the details of electricity provided to Balochistan including agricultural tuebwells along with its recovery and revenue, subsidy received by the Governments of Pakistan and Balochistan from start till date.
The Committee recommended that a team of 2-3 members would visit Balochistan and verify that how many meters were installed on 1434 agricultural tubewells for which electricity was provided by K-Electric.
The Committee while discussing the Point of Public Importance regarding provision of jobs to the candidates who qualified the recruitment test of PESCO, raised by Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, was informed that the Ministry of Power Division had directed all the DISCOs that the recruitment process, frozen against the posts of Assistant Director/ Junior Engr. and Revenue Officers (BPS-17), may be continued subject to the condition that fresh interviews be conducted for all candidates interviewed previously.
The Committee was apprised that accordingly, the interviews were conducted.
The Committee was informed that since the recruitment process became doubtful, the Ministry decided that the process should be outsourced to the National Testing Service (NTS) only to the extent of the written test to further expedite the process.
However the Committee was not satisfied with the answers of the officials and kept the matter pending.
The Committee also recommended the process of recruitment and joining of the SDOs/AMs must also remain pending till clarity of the Committee on the matter.
The Committee also sought the agreement, details of listed and short listed candidates and the transparency report.
While discussing the consideration of Public Petition No. PP-4964 regarding “Regularization of the Employees recruited in FESCO as LS-I & SSO-I through advertisement in 2015-2016”, referred by the Chairman Senate, the Committee was apprised that the ministry of Power Division has directed that no employee working on contingent/ daily wages / contractual basis etc in any DISCO may be regularized.
Due to this instant ban on the regulation, LS-I /SSO-I and other staff appointed since 2015-16 fulfilling criteria, could not be regularized.
The meeting was attended by Senators Saifullah Sarwar Khan Nyazee, Zeeshan Khanzada, Prince Ahmed Umer Ahmedzai, Haji Hidayatullah Khan Bahramand Khan Tangi, Muhammad Asad Ali Khan Junejo, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Sana Jamali and officials of the Ministry and K Electric.
Vendors preparing traditional Chapli Kabab for customers at Haji Camp
People standing in queue for purchasing flour bags on subsidized rate at Lehtrar Road
Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi and Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Islamabad Suh Sangpyo exchanging the documents during signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding on the Employment Permit System (EPS) between Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Ministry of Employment and Labour the Republic of Korea
