{"id":18058,"date":"2023-07-19T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T07:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=18058"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T07:36:12","slug":"concerns-arise-over-auction-of-old-chancery-building-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/concerns-arise-over-auction-of-old-chancery-building-in-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns Arise Over Auction of Old Chancery Building in Washington DC:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Privatization has questioned the approval process for the auction of the old chancery building in Washington DC and has called for a report from the foreign ministry.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting on Tuesday, the committee expressed concerns about the sale of the chancery building without the involvement of the Privatization Commission and without obtaining its consent.<\/p>\n<p>The committee became more apprehensive when a senior official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that the decision to sell the building was made during a meeting attended by representatives from the Ministry of Finance and the Privatization Commission.<\/p>\n<p>However, the privatization secretary refuted these claims, stating that the commission was not included in the approval process at any stage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/pakistan-considers-rebidding-for-embassy-building-in-washington-despite-receiving-highest-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u82363b1dde6cc5429b5333b611d3d7f1\"><style> .u82363b1dde6cc5429b5333b611d3d7f1 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u82363b1dde6cc5429b5333b611d3d7f1:active, .u82363b1dde6cc5429b5333b611d3d7f1:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u82363b1dde6cc5429b5333b611d3d7f1 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u82363b1dde6cc5429b5333b611d3d7f1 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u82363b1dde6cc5429b5333b611d3d7f1 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u82363b1dde6cc5429b5333b611d3d7f1:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Pakistan Considers Rebidding for Embassy Building in Washington Despite Receiving Highest Offer<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A foreign ministry official informed the committee that the old chancery building was sold to Abdul Hafeez Khan, a Pakistani American who placed the highest bid of $7.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>The official mentioned that the cabinet had reviewed a summary presented by the foreign ministry and approved the recommendations of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to sell one of the buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the condition of the building, the official stated, &#8220;The building was from the 1980s and very old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he also disclosed that a loan of $7 million had already been acquired for its renovation. However, the IMC later decided to proceed with the sale of the property.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: DAWN<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Privatization has questioned the approval process for the auction of the old chancery building in Washington DC and has called for a report from the foreign ministry. During a meeting on Tuesday, the committee expressed concerns about the sale of the chancery building without the involvement of the Privatization Commission and without obtaining its consent. The committee became more apprehensive when a senior official\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/emb.jpg",1000,560,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/emb.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/emb.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Firas Qureshi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"Concerns Arise Over Auction of Old Chancery Building in Washington DC:","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=18058","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}