Lower house of Parliament passes land acquisition bill Last year, India’s Supreme Court cancelled 214 out of 218 coal block allocations, which were declared illegal and arbitrary by the court. Parakh, and two officials of Hindalco have been summoned to appear in court on April 8. Singh, responding to the summons, told reporters: “I am upset, but this is a part of life… I am sure that the truth will prevail and I will get a chance to put forward my case with facts” ( Times of India). According to news reports, Singh has been summoned for a number of offenses, including criminal conspiracy and breach of trust, in a case where coal blocks - located in the eastern state of Odisha - were allocated to Hindalco, a Mumbai-based aluminium manufacturing company. Twenty-four convicts have been hanged since the moratorium was lifted in December 2014 for those convicted of terrorism offenses.įormer Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was summoned to appear before a New Delhi court in connection to the allocation of coal blocks during his administration, according to news reports on Wednesday ( Reuters, Livemint, Indian Express). He added that order was given on March 6, but not publicized. According to the official, the ministry has directed provincial governments to hang prisoners who had exhausted all avenues of appeal and clemency. Pakistan has lifted its seven-year moratorium on the death penalty in all criminal cases, three months after resuming executions in terrorism-related cases, according to an Interior Ministry official on Tuesday ( RFE/RL, BBC). Hale’s nomination still needs to be confirmed by the Senate. Hale, a career diplomat and Middle East expert, would replace Richard Olson, who has held the post since 2012. President Barack Obama nominated David Hale, the current ambassador to Lebanon, to become the new envoy to Pakistan on Tuesday ( AP). Obama nominates new ambassador to Pakistan
Senior MQM figure Farooq Sattar told Pakistan’s Geo News that the raid was “inappropriate and beyond understanding,” adding that the party has “always maintained its policy of zero tolerance against crime and terrorism” ( BBC).
After the early morning raid, MQM supporters gathered on the street and called for a nationwide strike. The party has long been accused of using violence and intimidation to control the port city of Karachi and its leader, Altaf Hussain, lives in self-imposed exile in London, where he is being investigated over money laundering allegations. Tahir Mahmood said the troops acted on information that MQM was hiding criminals and that a large cache of weapons was recovered. Pakistani Security forces on Wednesday raided the headquarters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan’s fourth biggest political party, sparking street protests ( Dawn, ET).
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