ISLAMABAD: Britain’s Attorney General Dominic Grieve plunged the ruling Conservatives party’s relations with more than a million strong Pakistani community into deep crisis as he singled out the Pakistani community because they ‘come from backgrounds where corruption is endemic’.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, while referring to Pakistanis, the Attorney General said that they (Pakistanis) “come from societies where they have been brought up to believe you can only get certain things through a favour culture”.
The senior Tory figure spoke in reference to the recent cases of electoral fraud in Britain in which members of almost all communities Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis and the White communities — have been found involved in but he chose to attack only Pakistanis.
Grieve’s comments even surprised the interviewer who asked the AG if he was referring to the Pakistani community, Grieve replied: “Yes, it’s mainly the Pakistani community, not the Indian community.”
Ink samples get
nod for LB polls
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Friday okayed two ink samples, prepared by the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) for production that will be used in the upcoming local bodies polls in Balochistan and hopefully in other three provinces.
Sources in PCSIR and Nadra said yesterday that the samples were approved after their tests were conducted on over 50 persons in the presence of Sindh election commissioner.
It still is a mystery, why nearly 450,000 magnetised ink pads were produced that cost the Election Commission Rs150 million, when specialised ink will now be produced at a considerably lower rate, ECP sources maintained. They wondered, would the Secretary Election Commission Ishtiak Ahmad Khan like to find out how and why costly ink pads were ordered earlier for the general election in May and would anyone be held responsible for this.
Govt plans meet
for expatriates
ISLAMABAD: Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) Managing Director (MD) Iftikhar Babar announced to hold an exclusive business conference of overseas Pakistanis following the government’s vision 2025.
Babar said that added incentives would be offered to attract overseas Pakistani investors including establishment of exclusive economic zones.
He said that there are various projects and schemes of OPF where investors could benefit from, including OPF housing, health and educational schemes. “OPF has been serving in different walks of life involving welfare, health and education,” said Babar. Internews
