MOF unlawfully funds NDC in billions of Afghanis

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6 years ago

June 16, 2020

According to the House of Representatives, the National Development Company (NDC) has legal problems and therefore, the Ministry of Finance shouldn’t have funded it.

Members of the Finance and Budget Commission of the House of Representatives say the MOF has illegally paid billions of Afghanis to the NDC to implement projects.

They emphasize that they will not pass budgets and expenditures that are against the law.

They call the creation and operation of the National Development Company illegal, while the company has started a number of projects worth billions of Afghanis.

They say most projects are run by the company through a single source, which is against the law.

According to a number of members of parliament, the money paid to the company by the MOF is not included in the national budget document.

Ahmad Javid Sapai, a member of the Finance and Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, said, “We witnessed that the MOF granted projects to the NDC from a single source which is an illegal act. In some cases, the projects should be given from a single source where every detail is taken into account.”

The finance ministry called the criticism of the parliament’s finance and budget commission baseless, saying the ministry’s actions were based on a presidential verdict.

The spokesman of MOF said there was no evidence of corruption in the projects.

“We have never done anything in the budget that is against the law. All our activities are in accordance with the law and we will continue to do so,” said Shamrooz Khan Masjidi, MOF spokesperson.

Experts have also expressed concerns over the matter and called on the government to address the legal issues of the National Development Company.

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Five-day workshop launched in Kabul to standardize Pashto and Dari orthography

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The Ministry of Information and Culture has launched a five-day scientific and cultural workshop in Kabul aimed at reviewing and standardizing the writing systems of Afghanistan’s Pashto and Dari languages.

The workshop is being organized by the High Council of Languages Commission under the ministry’s Deputy Ministry of Culture and Arts at the National Museum of Afghanistan.

Officials say the initiative seeks to strengthen the academic foundations of the two languages, harmonize writing practices and improve literary and cultural standards.

Sheikh Abdul Rahman Tayebi, Deputy Minister of Culture and Arts, attended the opening ceremony alongside ministry officials, representatives of the ministries of Higher Education and Education, the Academy of Sciences, Kabul University and the University of Education, as well as linguists, researchers, writers, academics and media representatives.

Hafiz Saifur Rahman Mohammadi, head of Public Culture at the Ministry of Information and Culture, said the High Council of Languages Commission was established to support the country’s languages and develop standardized writing systems for national and other languages.

Tayebi said the Islamic Emirate is committed to strengthening and developing all languages in Afghanistan, adding that there should be no discrimination based on language, ethnicity, region or religion.

During the workshop, university professors, education officials and an Academy of Sciences representative discussed differences in the current writing systems of Pashto and Dari.

Participants said the workshop will examine these differences and work toward developing standardized and harmonized orthographic guidelines for the two languages, with the aim of promoting their consistent use in academic, educational, administrative and cultural settings.