The Dawn News - On the side - Abacus https://herald.dawn.com/ Dawn News en-Us Copyright 2026 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:35:16 +0500 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:35:16 +0500 60 NAB: Lacking conviction https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153351/nab-lacking-conviction <p class=''>On January 21, 2016, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested the ex-administrator of the Defence Housing Authority, Brigadier (retd) Javed Iqbal, and the ex-director project of DHA, Colonel (retd) Sabahat Qadeer Butt, for misusing their authority and violating policy by selling allotment certificates of DHA Valley in Islamabad. The arrests come six years after a complaint was made to NAB by a resident of Rawalpindi, alleging that the real estate project DHA Valley was being developed on an area reserved for the proposed Dadocha Dam. This was not the first instance of NAB acting sluggishly. Here, the <em>Herald</em> looks at NAB’s performance since its creation in 1999.</p><p class=''><iframe src="//e.infogr.am/nabs_performance_since_its_creation_in_1999?src=embed" title="NAB’s performance since its creation in 1999" width="550" height="3864" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none;"></iframe><div style="padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px"><a target="_blank" href="https://infogr.am/nabs_performance_since_its_creation_in_1999" style="color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;">NAB’s performance since its creation in 1999</a><br><a style="color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;" href="https://infogr.am" target="_blank">Create your own infographics</a></div></p><hr> <p class=''><em>This originally appeared in the Herald&#39;s February 2016 issue. To read more, <a href='https://herald.dawn.com/subscribe/' >subscribe</a> to the Herald in print.</em></p> On January 21, 2016, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested the ex-administrator of the Defence Housing Authority, Brigadier (retd) Javed Iqbal, and the ex-director project of DHA, Colonel (retd) Sabahat Qadeer Butt, for misusing their authority and violating policy by selling allotment certificates of DHA Valley in Islamabad. The arrests come six years after a complaint was made to NAB by a resident of Rawalpindi, alleging that the real estate project DHA Valley was being developed on an area reserved for the proposed Dadocha Dam. This was not the first instance of NAB acting sluggishly. Here, the Herald looks at NAB’s performance since its creation in 1999.

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This originally appeared in the Herald's February 2016 issue. To read more, subscribe to the Herald in print.

]]> https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153351 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:37:39 +0500 none@none.com (Herald) The banned wagon https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153065/the-banned-wagon <p>As confusion around the bail of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi teeters back and forth, and the Jamaatud Dawa continues to hold public rallies and conferences – most recently one in Lahore on March 22, 2015, attended by leaders of religious parties and a handful of retired army generals – Pakistan’s seriousness towards its ban on militant organisations is a matter of intense debate.</p><p>Here, the <em>Herald</em> puts together statistics related to banned outfits in Pakistan: </p> <table class='media issue1144 w-full media--uneven'> <tr><td class='media__item '><img src='https://i.dawn.com/primary/2015/05/555af95321810.jpg?r=580315206' alt='' /></td></tr> </table> <p><em>Compiled from media reports</em></p><hr> <p><em>This was originally published in Herald&#39;s April 2015 issue. To read more, <a href="https://herald.dawn.com/subscribe/">subscribe</a> to Herald in print</em></p> As confusion around the bail of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi teeters back and forth, and the Jamaatud Dawa continues to hold public rallies and conferences – most recently one in Lahore on March 22, 2015, attended by leaders of religious parties and a handful of retired army generals – Pakistan’s seriousness towards its ban on militant organisations is a matter of intense debate.

Here, the Herald puts together statistics related to banned outfits in Pakistan:

Compiled from media reports

This was originally published in Herald's April 2015 issue. To read more, subscribe to Herald in print

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