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Provinces asked to scrutinise NGOs' sources of funding
[DAWN] The federal government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that it had asked the provincial governments as well as the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration to strictly monitor the functioning of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), scrutinise their sources of funding and seek audit reports from them.The information was provided in a report submitted by the interior ministry in compliance with earlier court orders. On July 1 and 3, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja had asked Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt to come up with information about the steps the government had taken after Dec 24, 2014 -- the day the National Action Plan (NAP) was prepared in consultations with all political parties against the backdrop of the Dec 16, 2014 massacre of children in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. 's Army Public School -- to curb extremism and militancy in the country. The matter relating to NGOs' activities cropped up during the June 23 hearing of a bail application of Haroonur Rashid who had been booked for alleged fraud in a business transaction. It was revealed during the hearing that the parties involved in the matter had invested in "Baraan", a Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... -based NGO, which was registered in Peshawar but carried out its activities in Tank, Bannu and D.I. Khan. The non-availability of relevant figures was termed by the court alarming, especially when the 20-point NAP included a stipulation that "all funding sources of Death Eaters and terrorist outfits will be frozen". Later Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ...  Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture... had said in a statement that his ministry would submit a detailed report on NAP's implementation to the Supreme Court to prove, with statistics, that the plan was not an eyewash. Posted by: Fred 2015-07-18 |
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