Adil Najam
Punjab Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Shumaila Rana, of the PML-N, has been arrested by the Punjab police for allegedly stealing two credit cards and then going on a shopping spree with them. The PML-N leadership has said that the law will take its course. But this adds one more shocking story to what is already a litany of sorts.
The details are bizarre enough not to need an explanation. According to the Daily Times:
Ghalib Market police on Sunday registered a case against a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) female MPA for allegedly stealing two credit cards from a woman’s wallet and buying jewelery and clothes worth Rs 80,000 on those cards, the police said. The FIR No 551/09 was registered against the MPA under Section 379 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), on the complaint of Muqeet Salam, brother-in-law of Zaira Malik of Canal Bank.
The police said the accused MPA Shumaila Anjum Rana could not be contacted so far… He said Salam alleged in the application that his sister-in-law Zaira was in a fitness club on July 7 and found her credit cards missing from her purse. He said Zaira contacted the bank officials concerned who informed her that transactions worth Rs 80,000 had been made on her credit cards. Salam said the banks also informed Zaira that the accused purchased goods from a shop in Siddique Trade Centre.
The police quoted the complainant as saying that the shop owner showed the recorded CCTV footage to them and finally Zaira identified Shumaila, who is not a member of the club. He said they had also received the records of transactions in which Malik’s credit cards were used.
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Interestingly, The Nation reports that Ms. Rana is a member of the Punjab Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Auqaf, and more importantly, that she is also a member of Chief Minister’s Coordination Committee for the IDPs which deals with the Punjab Chief Minister’s Fund for the IDPs of NWFP.
The report in The Nation provides more context information:
This time it is not a male parliamentarian, rather to jump into the already-boiling fray of irregularities and illegalities by elected representatives is a female MPA, Shumaila Rana, who was ‘chosen’ on reserved seats to serve the masses. The Pakistan Muslim League-N has vowed to fulfil all legal formalities in investigating the case. On the other hand, if found guilty, she will lose her seat, as no convicted can become a parliamentarian, and stands disqualified as conviction as per the Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution.
Previously, it were MNA Haji Pervaiz Khan from Rawalpindi and Minister Prisons Ch Abdul Ghafoor of the N-League, who indulged in impersonation and acted highhandedly at the Lahore Airport respectively. Interestingly, the MNA lost his seat after a committee found him guilty, and the Minister was given honourable exit from the charges by the PML-N leadership despite the fact that the committee found him guilty on more than two accounts. Prior to Shumaila Rana’s case, another N-League’s MPA Munawar Gill was indicted in a rape case. He is said to have been found innocent in the case.
The first timer to the Punjab Assembly Shumaila Rana, reportedly found guilty of stealing credit card from another female’s bag, and indulging in ‘illegal’ shopping, is member of the Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Auqaf. Moreover, she is also member of Chief Minister’s Coordination Committee for the Internally-Displaced People, which is an offshoot of Punjab Chief Minister’s Fund for the IDPs of NWFP.
Unmarried Shumaila Rana is daughter of Hidayat Ali, and she climbed the ladder of becoming an MPA by virtue of her mother Anjum Ara’s services to the party, as the latter has been worker of the party for about two decades. Anjum Rana, a retired schoolteacher of a private institute, was not a graduate, and after her successful canvassing for her daughter, a reserved seat was given to Shumaila Rana, who is said to be in her mid-20s. She is the first MPA from this family, and has nothing tangible to her credit for which she should have been given the slot. MPA with humble family background, she has been a vociferous supporter of women rights, and their empowerment. She had also promised to lobby for the charter of demands presented by women farmers recently.
Schools see leadership shortage
The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) February 19, 2009 | John Laidler GLOBE NORTH 1 / REGION While school districts across the region grapple with budget issues, some are facing the additional challenge of finding new leadership.
Superintendents Charles Chaurette of Amesbury and Claire Sheff Kohn of the Masconomet Regional School District are retiring at the end of the school year. Swampscott Superintendent Matthew Malone, meanwhile, has announced he will not be seeking a renewal of his contract when it expires June 30, 2010. web site princeton regional schools
Those pending departures follow a changing of the guard in the Lynn schools last month, when Nicholas P. Kostan retired as superintendent and Deputy Superintendent Catherine Latham was selected to replace him.
The Amesbury School Committee moved quickly to choose Chaurette’s successor. Opting to forgo a search, the committee on Feb. 3 appointed David Jack, the district’s assistant superintendent for finance and human resources. The appointment, effective July 1, is subject to reaching contract terms, according to committee member Debra Bibeau, who was not present at the Feb. 3 meeting but supported the choice.
The panel concluded it made no sense to spend money on a search “when we have a very qualified, competent person” for the job, Bibeau said. In addition to the costs, the appointment avoids “any anxiety that goes with leadership change,” she said, noting the integral role Jack has played in budgeting and personnel in his four years with the district.
Bibeau, who is president of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, also noted the difficulty districts face in finding strong superintendent candidates at a time when there are 53 openings statewide and a limited pool of applicants. She said 40 percent of districts recently choosing superintendents selected internal candidates.
Prior to his current job, Jack, 54, spent four years as business administrator for the Lincoln schools and 16 years as assistant superintendent for finance in Derry, N.H., where he resides.
“I’m very excited about the opportunity,” Jack said. “The townspeople in Amesbury since I’ve come there have been wonderful. … Our School Committee has been very supportive.” Regarding the district’s fiscal challenges, he said: “I look at it as an opportunity. We are going to do our best to continue in the direction we’ve been going and to work hard till we see a better time. … From a financial standpoint, we have to find a way to make it work on behalf of our students, who we represent.” Chaurette, who started as Amesbury’s superintendent on July 1, 2004, after many years as an administrator in the Salem schools, cited the fiscal climate as a reason for his decision to retire. go to site princeton regional schools
“If the economy was still in relatively good shape, I would not even be considering retiring this year,” he said. But given his expectation that he would spend the next several years “cutting staff and programs we fought really hard to be able to build, I felt that the option of retirement for me was really a better option.” Kohn has headed the Masconomet school district, which serves students in grades 7 through 12 from Boxford, Middleton, and Topsfield, since August 2004. Before that, she had superintendent posts in the Princeton Regional Schools in Lawrence Township, N.J., and in Hull.
“The nature of our jobs and the fact that we have been commuting for eight years means we don’t get to see one another often enough. …
“There are impending retirements among administrators within the next one to two years, and it would not be good for the district if we were to go out together. It’s also beneficial if a new superintendent can pick his/her own team.” The Masconomet Regional School Committee has initiated the process of selecting Kohn’s replacement. According to committee vice chairwoman Laura Powers, the panel recently selected the New England School Development Council to serve as its search consultant. The goal is to have a new superintendent by Aug. 1.
Malone became Swampscott’s school chief on July 1, 2005, after having served as an administrator in the San Diego public schools and as a high school headmaster in the Boston public schools.
Malone, who aspires to be an urban school superintendent, was the runner-up candidate in school superintendent searches in Springfield last May and in Worcester in December.
Swampscott School Committee chairman David P. Whelan, who is not seeking reelection this spring, said he anticipates the search process for a new superintendent will get underway next fall.
John Laidler
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Now where is this case, and how come she escape ….where is CJ of Azad Adlia,,,,
They born due to corruption, grown up in corruption and live in corruption. Its usual for the politician of Pakistan. But the problem is that they havent improved their information. Now a days corruption,robbery, fraud and kick backs cannot be hidden. Just google “zardari Corruption” and there will be thousands of web sites.