PAK ARMY PLANS TO SHIFT ITS HQ TO ISLAMABAD
were not doing enough for mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.
US withdrawal will not unravel the accord but could weaken the global effort significantly with the world’s largest economy out of it.
The treaty was signed by 195 entities, including India, in Paris in December 2016 and went into effect last November.
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Trump called the probe a “witch-hunt” in tweets Wednesday morning — a phrase he has used before for the controversy.
army plans to shift its general headquarters from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and is ready to begin construction on the ambitious project, according to a media report.
The decision was disclosed by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) during a meet of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) subcommittee, Dawn newspaper reported.
An earlier plan to shift the headquarters was shelved at the instructions of then army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani due to financial constraints.
When the PAC subcommittee asked whether work on the site had begun, CDA member estate Khushal Khan said: “They have revived the plan and are about to kick off construction activities.”
An audit report said the CDA acquired 870 acres for the headquarters at a rate of Pakistani Rs 1,159 per square yard, but allotted it at a subsidised rate of Pakistani Rs 200 per sq yd. The subsidised allotment “resulted into loss to the authority amounting to (Pakistani) Rs 4,034 million”. PTI