KARZAI APPOINTS NEW PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER

KARZAI APPOINTS NEW PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER ISLAMABAD, JULY 20 (KUNA) -- AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI ON SATURDAY APPOINTED A TECHNOCRAT ABDUL ALI AS PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER, AS THIS POST WAS LEFT VACANT BY THE ASSASSINATION OF VICE PRESIDENT HAJI ABDUL QADEER, AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS (AIP) SAID.
ALI, A RAILWAY ENGINEER WAS EDUCATED IN FRANCE AND SERVED AS MINISTER IN LAST DAYS OF FORMER AFGHAN MONARCH MUHAMMAD ZAHIR SHAH IN 1970S.
ONE OF THREE VICE PRESIDENTS OF AFGHANISTAN AND PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER HAJI ABDUL QADEER WAS ASSASSINATED ON JUNE 6 OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE BUILDING IN KABUL.
KARZAI ADMINISTRATION IS HOLDING AN INVESTIGATION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE (ISAF). AFGHAN POLICE HAS DETAINED 15 PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH HAJI QADEER.S KILLING. (END) MYK.TG KUNA 201646 Jul 02NNNN