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Top Indonesian traffic cop on trial in huge graft case

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 10:43
Indonesia's former traffic police chief went on trial Tuesday accused of amassing millions of dollars in corrupt payments that he used to build up a vast empire of houses, land and cars. Inspector General Djoko Susilo made over $11 million during his time with the police, far more than his modest salary, prosecutors say. He was arrested in December in a huge embarrassment for the country's notoriously corrupt force.

PPP women wing protests tickets to blue-eyed

April 12, 2013 09:35
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) KPK Women Wing office-bearers have threatened to resign from their offices in protest against giving priority on women reserved seats to blue-eyed while ignoring the deserving workers.

District: KP caretaker govt. committed to hold free, fair election

April 9, 2013 04:46
“Caretaker government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is committed to hold free and far election for which all resources will be utilized”.

PPP KPK unveils manifesto, claims end to power outages in two years

April 2, 2013 11:10
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday announced its provincial manifesto of the party, claiming if the PPP came into power in the province, would create 20,000 new vacancies and resolve loadshedding issue within two years. Unveiling the manifesto, PPP KPK President Anwar Saifullah Khan said that people of the province pinned high hope on the PPP, as they considered it that the party could resolve their problems.

Indonesia ruling party chief quits over graft accusation

February 23, 2013 04:45
The chairman of Indonesia's ruling party, Anas Urbaningrum, announced his resignation Saturday after the country's anti-graft body named him a suspect in a multi-million-dollar corruption case. "I quit as the chairman of the Democratic Party," he told reporters in a press conference. Urbaningrum, 43, was named a suspect Friday for allegedly receiving "gifts or a promise of gifts" in a graft case linked to the construction of the Hambalang sports centre project near Jakarta, worth around 1.17 trillion rupiah ($120.5 million).
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