Category: Pakistan

An accountability court in Lahore on Monday declared Suleman Shahbaz, son of PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, a proclaimed offender in a money laundering case against the Sharif family and issued fresh non-bailable arrest warrants against him. Accountability court judge Ameer Mohammad Khan issued the orders on a request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The […]

ISLAMABAD: The medical board of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) will examine former president Asif Ali Zardari on Monday (today) to decide whether he needs a further hospital stay or can be discharged. “Even though most test results of Mr Zardari are normal but the final decision will be taken by the medical […]

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has not barred any television anchor from expressing their views during talk shows, government’s chief spokesperson Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Monday. Taking to Twitter a day after Pemra directed TV anchors not to give their “opinions” during talk shows and limited their role to a “moderator”, she […]

The Punjab government on Monday moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the acquittal of suspects in the Sahiwal firing incident in which some personnel of the Punjab Police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had allegedly gunned down four people, including three from the same family. On Thursday, an anti-terrorism court acquitted all six personnel of […]

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed all TV channels in the country to refrain from inviting Hafiz Hamdullah of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on their programmes, saying he is not a Pakistani citizen. In a communiqué sent to all satellite TV channels, Pemra said the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) […]

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Friday observed that deployment of security forces in university campuses was not conducive as it added to the general climate of fear. “Vice-chancellors of all the universities in Pakistan should review deployment of security forces within university campuses. The VC of University of Balochistan is directed in particular to meet […]

A lower court in Lahore on Saturday denied a request for bail filed by retired Capt Muhammad Safdar, husband of PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif, in a case of alleged incitement of hate. Magistrate Salman Asif pronounced the verdict after arguments from both sides concluded today. Sadar’s counsel, Farhad Ali Shah, argued that the […]

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday granted bail on medical grounds to former premier Nawaz Sharif in the Al Azizia reference till Tuesday, October 29. The development came shortly after National Accountability Bureau (NAB), in its response to the IHC cited humanitarian grounds and said that it has “no objections to bail being granted”. […]

JUI-F leader and head of the opposition Rehbar Committee Akram Khan Durrani on Saturday night announced that the participants of the anti-government ‘Azadi March’ “will not enter the Red Zone” of Islamabad. “All 11 of the committee’s members are in agreement over the fact that the protesters will not enter the Red Zone,” he said. […]

KARACHI: Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau retired Justice Javed Iqbal said here on Thursday that effective accountability was imperative for economic growth, investment and social order. He said NAB Karachi had recovered more than Rs702 billion through cancellation of lands in addition to the recovery of Rs3.4bn through plea bargains this year alone and […]