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LAHORE, Oct 27: The Labour Party has condemned the World Bank for announcing a loan instead of aid for quake victims.
In a statement on Thursday, party’s general-secretary Farooq Tariq demanded that the bank authorities should convert the $560 million loan into a grant in aid.
Regretting that the bank was not forgetting its business deal even in such an eventuality, he urged that Islamabad should refuse to accept the loan.
He said it should also refuse to pay Rs301 billion as debt servicing this year and instead use this amount for helping the tremor-stricken people.
He was also critical of the developed world for committing just five per cent of the assistance required for rehabilitation of the quack victims.
OFFICE-BEARERS: The Jamaat-i-Islami has named new office-bearers for nine towns and Cantonment in the city.
They are Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas will be amir for Iqbal Town, Dr Mansoor Ali for Samanabad, Ziauddin Ansari for Data Gunj Bakhsh, Malik Shahid Aslam for Gulberg, Waqar Nadeem Warraich for Aziz Bhatti Town, Abdul Jaleel for Shalamar Town, Dr Mahmood Akhtar for Ravi Town, Chaudhry Aslam for Wagah and Mian Awais Qasim for Nishtar Town.
Samiullah Butt has been nominated as amir for Cantonment area, says a press release.
Rana Allah Dad Khan, Justice Khizar Hayat (retired) and Abdul Hafeez Ahmad have been nominated as naib amir for the Lahore district, it adds.
