Pakistan: Imran Khan's close aide Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrested

 

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Former Pakistan Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi was on Thursday arrested by the Islamabad Police amid political turmoil. Qureshi is a close aide of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to the party, Qureshi has been transferred to an unknown location.

"Tehreek-e-Insaf Vice Chairman Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been arrested by Islamabad Police and transferred to an unknown location," the party said in a tweet.

Qureshi was arrested in the wee hours on Thursday after the police raided Gilgit-Baltidstan House in Islamabad under Section 3 of Maintenance of Public order (3MPO). According to Geo news, the PTI leader has been arrested in cases of riots and arsons in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
'No regrets'

Before his arrest, Qureshi called upon PTI workers to keep up their struggle for true freedom in the country. In a message, he said that he had no regrets as he had done nothing wrong. The PTI leader expressed grief and shock over the 50 casualties in the recent violent protest that erupted after the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan. Qureshi added that he has no regrets and has not made any provocative statements that could lead to lawsuits. He was confident that the PTI's movement will reach its destination.
Fawad Chaudhry arrested from outside Supreme Court

A day after former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested, the crackdown on his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and his close aides intensified with the late-night arrest of the party’s senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry from outside the country’s Supreme Court premises.

The turmoil situation in Pakistan following the arrest of Khan reached new heights on Wednesday as violent protests spread across the country which forced the government for the deployment of the army in several places including Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad, in order to maintain law and order situation.

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Image Source : AP Imran Khan's close aide Fawad Chaudhry arrested

Notably, the violence has also claimed at least four lives in Peshawar with Sindh imposing Section 144 to contain the violent protests staged by the former ruling party workers and supporters.
Imran Khan arrested during routine hearing

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Khan was arrested on Tuesday during a routine hearing in Islamabad and was remanded in custody for eight days on fresh corruption charges. Tuesday’s arrest was based on a new warrant from the National Accountability Bureau obtained last week in a separate graft case for which Khan had not obtained bail, making him vulnerable to arrest. He is scheduled to appear before an anti-graft tribunal on Wednesday, officials said.

Fawad Chaudhry was present inside the Pakistan Supreme Court since 11 am in a bid to evade arrest, as per  Geo News. Chaudhry was arrested after he came out of the apex court premises. The Islamabad police has arrested Chaudhry under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Ordinance (MPO) and shifted him to the Secretariat Police Station.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf tweeted, "SVP @fawadchaudhry has been arrested outside Supreme Court despite having protective bail from IHC till 12th May. Law of the jungle is ruling in Pakistan."
‘Never has a petitioner been arrested in such a manner’

Speaking to reporters before his arrest, PTI leader Chaudhry said the powerful lawyers’ community had become weak as there was infighting. He said, "Never has a petitioner been arrested in such a manner," Geo News reported. He further said that Islamabad High Court had a day earlier, approved his pre-arrest bail which he had shown to Islamabad police earlier in the day.

He further said Khan's arrest has led to a division in the country, as per the Geo News report. He also called for giving space to political opponents to pave the way for dialogue. Before Fawad Chaudhry's arrest, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested PTI Secretary General Asad Umar from the premises of the Islamabad High Court.

Imran Khan's party has claimed that 47 of its workers died, and 1000 were arrested in clashes with security forces. It also said that five party leaders including Omar Sarfaraz Cheema, Ali Zaidi and Akram Usman were arrested.
What leads to Imran's arrest

Notably, Khan was wounded by a gunman at a rally in November, an attack that killed one of his supporters and wounded 13. On several occasions, he claimed Army and intelligence officials behind his assassination plot. He even claimed West for the attack.

Recently, he doubled down on an attack on the Pakistani army without offering any evidence, that there is a plot to assassinate him, alleging that Pakistan’s spy agency was behind the conspiracy.

Earlier today, he again issued a video message before heading to Islamabad, saying he was “mentally prepared” for arrest there. However, this did not lead to his arrest. According to govt officials, he was arrested in a corruption case.
Corruption case that leads to Khan's arrest

Tuesday’s arrest was based on a new warrant from the National Accountability Bureau obtained last week in a separate graft case for which Khan had not obtained bail, making him vulnerable to arrest. He is scheduled to appear before an anti-graft tribunal on Wednesday, officials said.

“Imran Khan has been arrested because he was being sought in a graft case,” Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan told a news conference. He alleged Pakistan’s treasury had lost millions of dollars while Khan was in office due to illegal purchases of lands from a business tycoon.

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Niti Aayog seeks consultant to review NHAI debt

 

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Amid the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)’s increasing debt servicing burden, contingent liabilities and dependence on budgetary support, the government think-tank Niti Aayog has floated a request for proposal (RFP) from consultants to devise an action plan to improve its functioning.

With aggressive highway expansion after the Narendra Modi government came to power in 2014, NHAI’s debt rose from Rs 23,797 crore in March 2014 to Rs 3.48 trillion in March 2022. This led to a surge in debt servicing burden which stood at Rs 31,735 crore in FY23.

High debt forced the Centre to halt fresh borrowing by the highway maker in FY23 and FY24. As a result, the budgetary support to it rose to a whopping Rs 1.99 trillion in FY23, 3.5 times higher than Rs 57,350 crore in FY22.

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“NHAI’s abilities to continuing servicing its increasing debt burden and meet its stated highway development targets require closer examination,” Niti Aayog’s Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) said in the RFP seeking suitable consultants for the conduct of an “Evaluation Study of road projects and the functioning of the National Highways Authority of India.”

Interested applicants have to submit their RFP on or before June 12, 2023.

Besides high debt, NHAI also has contingent liabilities, most of which are from disputed claims filed by contractors/developers. As of March 31, 2020, NHAI had contingent liabilities of Rs 71,765 crore.

The objective of the study is to assess key performance pillars such as relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, financial viability and sustainability of NHAI in the context of the external environment, internal motivation and capacities of the institution.

The terms of reference (ToR) for the study incudes financial viability of NHAI to meet short- and long-term liabilities, raise funds efficiently, existence of diversified streams of revenue, mechanisms in place to mitigate financial risk and having processes and practices in place for planning and forecasting. The consultant will also assess the asset monetisation strategy of NHAI with regards to the percent of revenue from asset monetisation, strategy for bundling stretches, reasons for successful and unsuccessful bundles and assessment of InvITS.

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NHAI is mandated to implement the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) to upgrade and strengthen National Highways through seven phases. In addition, under the Bharatmala Yojana (BMP) Phase 1, NHAI has a mandate to develop 22,660 km out of the 24,800 km length which includes economic corridors, inter corridor routes, expressways, national corridors, coastal and port connectivity roads, border and international connectivity roads. The Phase 1 of the BPM also includes construction of 10,000 km of residual stretches from the NHDP which brings the total to 34,800 km. The Phase 1 of the BMP was expected to be completed by FY2021-22 at an estimated cost of Rs 5.35 trillion. This is now revised to be completed by 2026-27 at a cost of R