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ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW), Thursday, said that country was being pushed towards an energy crisis as top officials of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) were acting against masses’ interests. OGRA board is incomplete therefore all recent decisions are legally debatable, said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President PEW. He said that at least three officials on the ORGA board must agree to give legal cover to a decision but currently all the decisions are being taken by Chairman OGRA and Member Oil. Appointment of the incumbent Chairman has already been challenged in the Supreme Court while member Gas has been barred from working and Member Finance has fled the country. The posts of Senior Executive Director (SED) Finance and SED Gas are also lying vacant in ORGA since long, he said. He said that those conspiring to deprive masses of economical fuel know that 3.7 million vehicles are using CNG, around one million people are directly or indirectly emplo

Raynald Desjardins said inquiry would affect first-degree murder trial Raynald Desjardins was arrested on Dec. 21, 2011 in connection to the death of alleged Mobster Salvatore Montagna Quebec's corruption inquiry is insisting that a suspected Mafia boss must appear to testify. Justice France Charbonneau, who heads the provincial probe into organized crime involvement in the construction industry, has rejected a bid by Raynald Desjardins to get out of appearing. Charbonneau said in her ruling on Thursday that Desjardins has information pertinent to the inquiry, noting he has links to a company tied to organized crime and a labour union boss. Desjardins' lawyer had argued that his client is already awaiting trial for the first-degree murder of a former boss with the Bonanno crime family. Marc Labelle said it would be impossible for Desjardins to get an impartial jury if he appeared at the corruption inquiry. But in her ruling the inquiry chair says i

Lucknow, Nov 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday arrested mafia don Sushil, alias 'Moonch', wanted in more than 40 cases ranging from extortions, contract killings and murders, from a shopping mall in Rajasthan. Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) Arun Kumar said Sushil, whose criminal activities ranged from Uttarakhand to Rajasthan and UP, carried a cash reward of Rs.one lakh. An elite team of the state's special task force (STF) arrested Sushil in a late night swoop from outside the Pink Square Mall, Raja Park, in Adarshnagar area of Jaipur. The mafia don , the police official said, was a "hard nut to crack" and was trailed for over six months that involved electronic surveillance and a 24x7 intelligence low down on him. The police official said Sushil was by far the "most wanted criminal" of Uttar Pradesh and that he had built a huge empire of organised crime. "Sushil has invested in real estate

(Trinidad Guardian) Port-of-Spain mayor Louis Lee Sing is insisting there is no coconut vendors’ association, despite several releases being sent to the media signed by “Baldeo Babwah, president of the Coconut Vendors Association.” Lee Sing asked: “Where are their minutes, their constitution, their by-laws? Let us start there. I have asked for copies. There are none,” he added. He said: “There is no Coconut Vendors Association. There is one family monopolising the sale of coconuts at the location (Queen’s Royal College by the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain) and I don’t intend for them to pull my strings.” Asked if there was a coconut mafia operating around the Savannah, he said: “You said it right. There are all kinds of mafia . There is a coconut mafia now.” Lee Sing was responding to questions on a release sent by the Coconut Vendors Association yesterday informing of a meeting it would be having with the Port-of-Spain City Corporation at 10 am yesterday. I

Islamabad—Minister for religious affairs Syed Khurshid Shah has said mafia is plundering the country, therefore, all have to work together for its eradication. Presently mafia of every department has eroded the foundations of the country; he said this while giving reply to calling attention notice in National Assembly Tuesday. Somewhere drug mafia is operating, somewhere transport mafia and somewhere some other mafia , he added. He went on to say hepatitis has reached alarming proportion in the country turning into an epidemic. People will be worried if statistics in this respect are made public, he held. It is corporate responsibility of federation and provinces to work together to eliminate this disease, he urged. International donors are facing problems due to devolution of health department to the provinces, he stated. The need is there awareness be created among the people for elimination of hepatitis, he stressed. Responding to a question he said the standar

Lahore—Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said metro bus is a splendid project of public service and is being opposed only by a specific anti-people mafia . He said he is ready to sacrifice even his life in the service of the masses. He said that this mega project of public interest will be completed as soon as possible. He said that every moment is precious, therefore, work is continuing on the project round-the-clock. He said that no delay in the execution of metro bus project will be tolerated. He said that work on the project is continuing with a missionary spirit and it is his belief that even the impossible can be achieved with hard work and commitment. He was presiding over a high level meeting to review the pace of work on metro bus project at Model Town, Monday. Chairman Lahore Transport Company Khawaja Ahmad Hasaan, Members Assembly Mehr Ishtiaq Ahmad, Hafiz Mian Muhammad Nauman, Chairman Planning & Development, Project Director BRT, Secretaries of

Quebec’s corruption inquiry has heard from police, construction bosses and bureaucrats. Pretty soon, that list could grow to include a suspected Mafia boss . The lawyer for a reputed member of the Montreal Mafia is trying to get his client out of testifying before the inquiry. Raynald Desjardins is currently awaiting trial for first-degree murder in the slaying of a former Bonanno crime boss. Lawyer Marc Labelle says since his client is already awaiting trial, testifying before the inquiry could hinder his attempt to find an impartial jury. A lawyer representing the inquiry says it’s interested in Mr. Desjardins’s involvement in a construction firm that specialized in decontamination. Mr. Labelle notes that Mr. Desjardins’s earlier failed attempt to have a subpoena quashed before the Quebec Superior Court received heavy media coverage and he says any testimony before the inquiry would get 10 times more attention. The lawyer asked for commission counsel to make

Dubai: A man has been accused of claiming that he is connected to the Indian mafia and threatening to kill a businessman if he did not pay Dh15 million. Prosecutors charged the 53-year-old Indian suspect, A.T., with threatening to kill businessman B.S.,his compatriot,and attempting to swindle him by coercing him to pay Dh15 million. The suspect did not appear before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday. Presiding Judge Maher Salama Al Mahdi adjourned the case until A.T. is legally notified about the next hearing on December 5. According to the charge sheet, prosecutors accused A.T. of threatening to kill B.S. if he did not pay Dh15 million to another man named S. He also tried to con the businessman of his money by claiming that the Indian mafia would kill him if he failed to pay the money to S. The 40-year-old businessman testified that the incident happened after A.T. asked to meet him. “As soon as he arrived at my residence, he claimed that