Detailed verdict in Toshakhana case: Nawaz, Zardari, Gilani get relief from amended NAB law
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court (AC) has issued a detailed verdict on the Toshakhana reference against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. As per details, the Toshakhana reference was returned to National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Whereas according to the petitioner the Toshakhana reference is worth Rs 120 million. Earlier, an accountability court (AC) returned the Toshakhana reference against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to National Accountability Bureau (NAB). It said that former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani gave undue favour to the president and Nawaz Sharif during his tenure also allowed him to handover the vehicles to Asif Zardari.
Source:Libya Today
December 26, 2022 14:05 UTC
21 new people test positive for Coronavirus in Libya
21 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 4 percent of the infection rate, according to a Monday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC). The center also said 9 have recovered during the same reporting period. The total recorded COVID-19 cases in Libya have exceeded more than 507,000 since the start of the pandemic, while over 500,000 of which have recovered, according to the NCDC. The virus has claimed the lives of 6,437 people. Over two million people received one dose of the vaccination, while more than one million others were vaccinated with two doses.
Source:Libya Today
December 26, 2022 10:57 UTC
Libya, France discuss vocational rehabilitation
Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation Ali Al-Ridha held talks with the French Ambassador to Libya, Mustafa Mihraje, with a focus on aspects of cooperation between both sides. The meeting, convened at the Labour Ministry’s HQ in Tripoli, discussed vocational rehabilitation for youth and people with disabilities and ways to create jobs in the private sector. The two parties also exchanged notes on a mechanism to implement projects and programs of the National Rehabilitation and Reintegration Project. Al-Abed emphasized Libya’s desire to strengthen Libyan-French relations and cooperation in various fields. For his part, the French ambassador expressed his country’s readiness to provide all forms of support in order to improve services for the groups it cares for, according to a cooperation program between the two countries.
Source:Libya Today
December 26, 2022 08:37 UTC
Blockchain and the Metaverse: The Future of Web3?
The blockchain and the Metaverse have become increasingly intertwined in the Web3 space. Identity AuthenticationNumerous metaverse platforms have also leveraged blockchain technologies to verify user data when accessing critical infrastructure. In the future, people may access their unique digital footprints with blockchain data linked to interoperable avatars. Creator incentivizationCreatives across the world are currently leveraging blockchain technologies for buying and selling artwork. Crypto and blockchain technologies could also resolve disputes on the creation of assets to fight against fraud and plagiarism.
Source:Libya Today
December 26, 2022 05:05 UTC
Al-Zawiya is witnessing unrest after killing man and wife
Al-Zawiya city is seeing unrest following the killing of Salem Abdulmoala and his wife Sarah Grimida by opening fire on their car as their two kids were inside in Al-Harsha area in the west of the city. The children were taken to hospital after sustaining serious wounds from the gunshots. Local sources said the victims' families blocked the coastal road at Al-Harsha traffic lights and under the Oil Refinery bridge. The sources said the killing was done by outlaws who opened fire on the couple and fled. The kids are now in serious condition at the hospital.
Source:Libya Observer
December 26, 2022 04:57 UTC
Training program targets doctors in southern region
The Ministry of Health has conducted a training program to qualify intensive care physicians in hospitals in the southern region. The Director of the Health Emergency Department, Muhammad Al-Ghaziwi, said the program targeted 25 doctors in the ambulance and emergency departments in the hospitals of Ghadames, Daraj, Traghen, Wadi Ataba, Germa, Ghat, and Bintbaya. According to Al-Ghaziwi, this round of training, which was not the first of its kind, was implemented in coordination with the World Health Organization. He indicated that the program aims to rehabilitate more than four hundred doctors in Libya, implemented in several stages.
Source:Libya Observer
December 25, 2022 22:43 UTC
Jan 6 committee tackled unprecedented attack with time-tested inquiry
Committee investigative reports, released at the end of focused probes, often serve as valuable historical documents. Instead, committees may recommend that the Department of Justice consider indictments based on the evidence presented in the final committee reports. In the 1970s, Congress’ investigation into the Nixon administration’s cover-up of the Watergate break-in led to the conviction of three Nixon aides for obstruction of justice. In the Republican majority’s final report, the committee accused the Clinton administration of “highly improper conduct.” But it stopped short of recommending criminal indictments. It was inspired by a House committee’s final report on waste and mismanagement in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Source:Libya Today
December 25, 2022 22:02 UTC
On Libya UN Guterres Issues Robo Statement on Tripoli Violence While Banning Press
On Libya UN Guterres Issues Robo Statement on Tripoli Violence While Banning Press By Matthew Russell Lee, Periscope, PatreonUN GATE, August 27 – How useless is Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary General? The Secretary-General congratulated Mr. Menfi and Mr. Dbeibah on their recent designation by members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum. O n January 15 Inner City Press report ed that one of the few credible UN officials Jan Kubis will be sent to Libya by desperate Guterres, wi th no envoy on Western Sahara and still banning Inner City Press. Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis. Copyright 2006-2021 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com for
Source:Libya Today
December 25, 2022 21:39 UTC
Libyan Amazigh announce formation of constitutional body for fourth administrative region
Head of the Libyan Amazigh Supreme Council, al-Hadi Barqiq, announced the start of forming a constitutional body for the fourth administrative region through direct election, after the political parties failed to find a consensual constitutional basis. In a statement published by the Council, Barqiq congratulated the Libyan nation on the 71st anniversary of Libya’s independence. “This anniversary was made by the ancestors to push for the stability of the country,” the statement said. The Council Head said: “This occasion, which was linked a year ago from now, to a long-awaited event for which the Libyans sacrificed, and who was demolished by political parties whose personal interests prevailed over the interest of the homeland.”Barqiq demanded the necessity of ending the political bodies that lack legitimacy and setting a clear road map in which all the sons of the Libyan nation would participate. He announced their support for the efforts of the UN envoy to push for a comprehensive dialogue for all the Libyan people.
Source:Libya Today
December 25, 2022 21:17 UTC
Rights group slams ‘inhumane’ move to deport migrants from Tunisia
A Tunisian rights group condemned Sunday a “repressive and inhumane” government decision to deport a group of migrants who had been evacuated from a defunct refugee camp, AFP reported. The Tunisian cabinet approved on Friday the expulsion “as soon as possible of a group of migrants residing illegally in Tunisia”, the government said in a statement. The group, aged 30 to 32, moved to the youth centre after being evacuated from the Choucha refugee camp in southern Tunisia, FTDES said in statement Sunday, expressing its “indignation at the repressive and inhumane decision by the government”. The UN refugee agency UNHCR opened the Choucha camp in early 2011 to shelter those fleeing conflict amid the fall of Libya’s former dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Several dozen migrants refused to leave Choucha, demanding their asylum requests be granted.
Source:Libya Today
December 25, 2022 15:56 UTC
Saudi Crown Prince congratulates Menfi on Independence Day
Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulations to the Chairman of Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, on the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. In his cable, published by the Saudi Foreign Ministry on Saturday, the Saudi Crown Prince wished Al-Menfi “permanent good health and happiness and the government and people of Libya steady progress and prosperity”.
Source:Libya Today
December 25, 2022 10:57 UTC
UN: Urgent action must be taken to protect women from violence in Libya
Following an eight-day visit to the country, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Reem Alsalem, said urgent action was needed to end the continuous cycle of violence against Libyan and non-Libyan women and girls which is compounded by complete impunity for crimes committed. “I have left Libya feeling deeply disturbed at the widespread, systematic, and grave levels of violence faced by Libyan women and children, including girls. Femicide, or the killing of women on multiple grounds, is rife; as are acts of physical, economic, political and domestic violence in the private and public sphere,” Alsalem said in a statement. “Furthermore, the pushback of migrants and refugees at sea to Libya where their lives are at risk must be stopped. Opportunities for access to fair asylum procedures, evacuation opportunities, and voluntary returns to their countries must be scaled up,” the Special Rapporteur said.
Source:Libya Today
December 25, 2022 10:02 UTC
Libya commemorates its independence with a bitter political reality
v + T – normal sizeYesterday, Libya commemorated the 71st anniversary of the establishment of its independent state, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the cancellation of the electoral process that was scheduled for December 24, 2021, in light of more disagreements and the multiplicity of divergent political positions on assessing the current situation and defining future landmarks. Informed sources said that regional and internal forces intervened with the most prominent political parties to prevent announcing decisions or making statements that might exacerbate the crisis and the state of political and governmental division. From the capital, Tripoli, the President of the Presidential Council, Muhammad al-Munfi, renewed the pledge to move forward towards achieving peace and stability in all parts of Libya. For its part, the House of Representatives said in a statement that independence “was achieved thanks to the determination and determination of the founding fathers and grandfathers who believed in the cause of the homeland and the right of the Libyan people to gain their freedom and independence; They had what they wanted after years of struggle and national struggle. collapse risksThe Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity, Naglaa Al-Mangoush, said that Libya is facing the challenges of the democratic transition phase and the accompanying dangers of the dissolution of the state.
Source:Libya Today
December 25, 2022 06:02 UTC
Eastern Libyan leader announces ‘final chance’ for elections
BENGHAZI: The Libyan National Army of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar on Saturday announced “a final opportunity” to draw up a road map for elections, Libyan al-Hadath TV reported, a year to the day after rival factions agreed to hold the polls. Many Libyans believe their political leaders are unwilling to find a way out of the endless political logjam because elections could push them all from power. “The General Command (of LNA) announces a final opportunity through which it will draw a road map and hold elections,” Haftar was quoted by the TV channel as saying. After a 2020 ceasefire, the rival eastern and western sides agreed to hold elections on Dec. 24, 2021, and installed a new unity government that was meant to reunify divided national institutions. Libya has had little peace since the 2011 Nato-backed uprising that ousted Momaer Qadhafi and led to a 2014 split between the warring eastern and western factions.
Source:Libya Today
December 25, 2022 01:08 UTC
HNEC discusses women's role in upcoming elections
Chairman of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Emad Al-Sayeh, discussed on Wednesday with the President of the Libyan Women's Union, Fathia Al-Bakhkhi, means to enhance women's participation in the planned electoral process. The meeting convened at the HNEC HQ in the presence of Commissioner Council member Rabab Halab and the First Deputy of the Women's Union, Nana Al-Kawafi. They reviewed issues related to women's role in the electoral process and cooperation with the Libyan Women's Union to achieve the desired goal. The participants agreed to jointly establish an awareness plan that includes a package of training programs and workshops to enhance women's electoral participation.
Source:Libya Observer
December 24, 2022 20:55 UTC