A civil judge in Islamabad on Friday granted three-day physical remand of Mian Tariq Mahmood — a central suspect in a case pertaining to a controversial video of accountability judge Arshad Malik — to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Mahmood was arrested from the capital by the FIA on Wednesday and had been in custody […]
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An Islamabad accountability court on Friday rejected a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) application seeking legal proceedings against Maryam Nawaz for using a bogus trust deed in the Avenfield properties case. The court had issued summons for Maryam on July 9 after NAB moved an application before accountability judge Mohammad Bashir. Judge Bashir today returned the petition, […]
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ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Thursday ruled out withdrawal of a no-trust motion against Senate Chairman Mohammad Sadiq Sanjrani and declared that the change was inevitable. The resolve was expressed at a meeting attended by at least 54 out of the 66 opposition senators — sufficient to remove the Senate chairman if they practically vote against […]
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The opposition in the Senate on Friday reiterated their resolve to remove Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjhrani from his post and once again declared that the change was ‘inevitable’. Opposition leader Mir Hasil Bizenjo — the opposition’s joint candidate for Senate chairman — spoke to the media after a meeting of opposition leaders on Friday to […]
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PESHAWAR: The stage is set for the historic provincial assembly elections in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with interesting contests expected between candidates of major political parties and independents, including some former lawmakers, on 16 general seats. The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has fielded candidates on all the general seats whereas the Jamiat […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Senate special committee on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was informed on Thursday that the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms and the Ministry of Finance had not shared any documents with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on CPEC and its financial uptakes and deficits in balance of payments. The committee’s chairperson, Senator Sherry […]
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Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was arrested by a 12-member National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team on Thursday in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract. NAB Chairman Javed Iqbal the same day also signed the arrest warrants of another PML-N leader, Miftah Ismail, as well as […]
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The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi with regards to a petition filed by the Punjab government challenging a Lahore High Court (LHC) decision to grant bailto Rizvi. The firebrand cleric was booked for launching violent protests against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi last year. A two-member bench of […]
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LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, on Wednesday moved to get all movable and immovable properties in the country of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shahbaz Sharif, his sons Hamza and Suleman and other family members frozen in connection with an investigation against them in the income-beyond-means and money laundering case. NAB action follows a […]
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The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) last night conducted a raid at a Rawalpindi house owned by Nasir Butt — a PML-N leader who is the central figure in the controversy surrounding leaked videos of accountability judge Arshad Malik, sources told DawnNewsTV. According to sources in FIA’s cybercrime wing, Nasir Butt had fled to London before the […]
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