Wolesi Jirga Speaker Accused of Corruption, Misuse of Authority

Published

9 years ago

November 1, 2014

(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

The members of Wolesi Jirga—Lower House of the Parliament—have accused the House Speaker Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi of massive corruption and misuse of his authority.

On Saturday’s session, the lawmakers claimed that Ibrahimi had poor management of the House and his hands were contaminated with corruption.

They claimed that the House Speaker had embezzled large amount of money from the Parliament’s budget.

Calling for the immediate dismissal of Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi from his position, the MPs stated that the Speaker had allotted many government seats to his family members and relatives.

“I personally accuse him of misuse of his authority,” female lawmaker Nafisa Azimi said. “Either Mr. Speaker should resign himself or he should once again take vote of confidence from the House.”

Another lawmaker claimed, “He has now become a millionaire, owns large buildings, he was appointed as speaker based on political deals, now I want my colleagues to remove him from his seat.”

But the House Speaker vehemently denied the accusations against him, saying he had never misused of his authority.

After the new government was formed, President Ashraf Ghani directed to reopen the Kabul Bank scandal as part of his promise to fight corruption during his five-year term.

Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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2 hours ago

April 20, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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3 hours ago

April 20, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects

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18 hours ago

April 19, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 19, 2024)

Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.

According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.

“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.

Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.

According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.

“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.

However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.