CPEC Centre of Excellence Destroyed by Fire in Islamabad : Two Dead

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CPEC Centre of Excellence gutted in Islamabad fire

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ISLAMABAD: Fire in Islamabad's Awami Markaz also destroyed the CPEC Centre of Excellence established a few months ago by the government.

The think-tank was launched in March earlier this year at the cost of $468 million to promote research and knowledge-based policy-making in the country.

The centre was jointly inaugurated by then minister for planning, development and reforms Ahsan Iqbal and Ambassador of China to Pakistan, Sun Weidong.

The building in the Red Zone of the capital caught fire reportedly due to short circuit early morning and despite day-long efforts to douse the fire fire fighters could not control the blaze which claimed lives of two men and injured one another.

 

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Not so excellent!

Here come the conspiracy theorists Pak media with no evidence:

Two killed as Awami Markaz building in Islamabad catches fire
Shakeel QararSeptember 10, 2017
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Firefighters struggle to control the fire at Awami Markaz building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. —AP

Two people were killed when a fire broke out in the Awami Markaz building in Islamabad's red zone area on Sunday, said rescue officials.

Important records of government institutions were destroyed in the fire which broke out due to a short circuit on the building's ground floor and spread to the fourth floor, according to rescue officials.

The fire continued for eight hours and was extinguished with the help of four navy snorkels.

Two men, Ali Raza and Aijaz, were severely injured when, in order to save themselves from the fire, they jumped from the fourth floor of the building. They were transferred to a nearby hospital where Raza succumbed to his injuries. Aijaz remains in a critical condition, according to rescue sources.

Another man, Waqar Ali, was pulled out from the fire by rescue personnel but he also succumbed to his injuries upon reaching the hospital.

According to rescue officials, the offices of government ombudsmen inside the building were completely destroyed in the fire.

Minister for Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi as well as the the District magistrate Islamabad ordered the formation of separate high-level committees to investigate the issue; additional secretary for industries and production, and the additional deputy commissioner (East) will chair the respective committees.

The building housed the Centre of Excellence-China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which sparked rumours that important documents relating to the project had been burnt.

Denying the rumours, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said that "no CPEC record has been destroyed in Awami Markaz fire."

"There is a small research unit, the record of which is in digital mode and is safe," he said quoting the Planning, Development and Reform division.

 

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It seems, it is a deliberate act to cover corruption in CPEC projects.
Is there anyone responsible?
May ALLAH bless our institutions to work independently and bless our nation with courage to get rid off corruption/corrupts.
No doubt Pakistan is navigating thru darkest/corrupt era of her history sine 1947.

 

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the think tank must have thought too much causing the short circuit. then chinese transformers and circuit breakers did the rest.

Hope people are safe