Afghan Biographies

Parsi, Nasir Khisrow


Name Parsi, Nasir Khisrow
Ethnic backgr.
Date of birth
Function/Grade Aria Zamin Company
History and Biodata

3. Biodata:
Nasir Khisrow Parsi was a representative of Aria Zamin Company, who now works in the geology department of the Mines Ministry. The company's representative in the bidding for Ghori Ghauri cement factory, Nasir Khisrow Parsi, said that in the final days of the bidding process, Minister of Mines, Ibrahim Adel, told him his company needed to present $25 million in cash to the ministry as a guaranty to show that the firm was serious. "I told the minister, 'This violates the rules of the process. This is totally wrong,' " Parsi recalled. According to the Washington Post, the first major contract of Minister of Mines Eng. Ibrahim Adel's tenure was to sell off the Ghori cement factory, Afghanistan's only functioning plant set in the limestone hills of Baghlan province to Mahmoud Karzai, the head of the Afghan Investment Co. and the brother of the Afghan president. The Aria Zamin Company, a competitor for the project, said Adel used his clout to deprive the firm a fair chance.

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