8. No one is interested in building civilian capacity. They should now dismantle FIA and Special Branch and similar other agencies agar ISI say hi ye kaam karwaanay hain
I hope the irony isn't lost on the opposition. The imported government brought through a foreign conspiracy is appointing ISI to vet government officers.
10. Sochain yaar. SBP Governor isn’t allowed to go back to IMF for 2 years after leaving his SBP position. Meanwhile, the serving generals following in footsteps of Raheel Sharif and Pasha
11. Toll collection awarded to FWO for 10 years without bidding by NHA
12. Ministry of Defence is the sponsoring agency for the state of the art 900 acre medical city to be built including 1,600-bed hospital, along with research facilities and other allied services nation.com.pk/2022/06/30/cda…
13. Mein to kehta hoon monetary policy committee mein bhi aik aik ISI or GHQ ka Banda Bitha dain
#telecom Boys already have their monopolistic telecom entity in the north
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METRO BUS STATIONS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT: "CDA board also awarded a contract to National Logistic Cell (NLC) for constructing bus stations on the routes of the Green, and Blue metro bus service."thenews.com.pk/print/975135-c…
17. From the same news report.
"SEPARATE TRACKS KI CONSTRUCTION KA CONTRACT: "It also approved the construction of segregated tracks for both the buses to FWO under PPRA rules. Similarly, a summary for consultancy for public transport was also presented in the meeting."
#16 appears to be formalizing #9. Thus #17 above should be read as #16. In grand scheme of things, one double counting won’t make a difference but want to keep the record correct.
17. See #4 above. MBZ is reciprocating. Agar SS gaya hota at that time, to aaj SS bhi toshakhana k liay koi gift ka raha hota
21. PM constituted a committee on foreign exchange. under Miftah Ismail as Chairman and includes Governor SBP, Secretary Finance, but most importrantly representatives of the DG ISI and the MI tribune.com.pk/story/2377446/…
22. As if there are only two contractors in the country: FWO and NLC. only those two bid on this project. dawn.com/news/1711042
23. Baqi sub to theek hai lekin Kia doosri countries k COAS bhi condolence book sign kar k aaye hain ?
24. Saaray raqbay tumharay liay hain
This encroachment by DHA was strategically timed during Jummah prayers with fewer people around to help. Fully equipped with bulldozers, DHA security personnel were ordered to start the process of encroachment.
30. From LinkedIn. Askari Petrol Pump opening in Faisalabad
31. The first question: how can you and the entire PAF top brass justify two full time salaries considering PIA is barely surviving?
Second question: is there no work and too much firaghat at the top of PAF that top brass is committed full time to PIA?
32. State capture bhi or badmaashi bhi...
The PAC members expressed concern over non-appearance by the Director General of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) despite repeated requests and summoned him to the next meeting. dawn.com/news/1739717/p…
Harking back to PTI days when NLC displayed similar arrogance
34. In case of the chairman’s absence, NAB’s deputy chairman will exercise these powers. The deputy chairman will be a grade-21 officer or equivalent to the rank of a lieutenant general or a major general of the army.
More details on #33 above. Salary and perks of Lt Gen NAB of NAB
Rs 17 lakh per month salary, government residence, two vehicles, two kanal plot in the federal capital. 2000 units of electricity per month and 600 litres of petrol each month
“DG SCO Maj-Gen Muhammad Shahid said, “SCO feels privileged to avail an opportunity to serve the nation once again by offering its services to one of the most scientifically planned river front city in the world.”
39. In note 38 above, we talked about how his appointment as member admin was to pave his way to become chairman. Now rules have been bent to accommodate him as chairman PTA.
42. CDA/Police thought that anti-encroachment move against illegal Bakra Mandi being operated by Pakistan Rangers would be a similar walk in the park as their anti-encroachment drives against the poor.
46. “Pakistan Army may.. carry out activities related to national development and advancement of national or strategic interest...all such activities already undertaken shall be deemed to be and always to have been validly done under this act”, tribune.com.pk/story/2428164/…
The entire business community, sympathetic op-ed writers, and the previous SBP governor jumping into the fray reminded me of the phrase "the lady doth protest too much"
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The largest borrowers under TERF were listed entities so the SBP and Seths' insistence on keeping the list of beneficiaries confidential seems weird. Wouldn't be amazing to let the public know how many factories were established and jobs were created due to this?
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Let me give a couple of examples of how these Seths use every loophole available for concessional financing while the SMEs which generate the most jobs and employ the largest number of people have no idea how to utilize such facilities.
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🧵 if you are into stuff like worker’s welfare fund (WWF). As per provincial laws, industrial units are supposed to contribute 2% or thereabouts to WWF. WWF uses those funds to build apartments that are rented to workers at nominal rates.
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Now, under Section 4 subsection (m) of FI Bill 2022, the government has granted itself the power to exempt industries (namely Barrick / Reko Diq) from contributing towards WWF.
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Through the same FI 2022 bill, various amendments have introduced in earlier ordinances which now give the federal and provincial governments powers to exempt industries from contributing towards WWF.
So this is my hopefully short 🧵 on the insistence of @UzairYounus that I read the stuff as it’s important.
But we learnt in SBP Amendment Act case, when military, government, opposition, journalists & economists conspire, the bill sails through parliament to become an act.
I’ll start with the SC advisory. Look at the pedigree of legal fraternity here. Anybody who’s anybody is representing someone. Who am I as pseudonym tweep to question their judgment. But then this is Twitter, Elmo is promoting free speech so here goes. 2/
Provincial governments of Sind and Baluchistan have given up the rights to federal government. While federal and provinces argue over every inch, here latter are willingly giving away the rights.