Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) informed the Islamabad High Court on Thursday that out of Rs4.4 billion suspicious transactions through a fictitious bank account, the company owned by former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur received only Rs30 million. NAB investigation officer Mohammad Ali Abro, who is probing the fake bank […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions Shehryar Afridi Friday said the government has cleared 181,000 blocked Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) of Pashtuns after coming into power. Speaking in the National Assembly during question hour, the minister said in the past, a previous government had introduced a law which created hurdles in […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday criticised the agitation by Pakistan Peoples Party workers outside the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) head office, calling the opposition party leadership ‘immature and childish’. She was speaking at a ceremony, organised by the Media Workers Organisation, to distribute Rama­zan package […]

A sessions court in Lahore on Thursday recorded the statements of nine witnesses produced by Ali Zafar’s counsel, during the hearing of a defamation suit filed by the singer against Meesha Shafi. Shafi had last year accused Zafar of sexually harassing her on multiple occasions. Zafar had denied the allegations and filed a defamation suit […]

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan on Wednesday entrusted proceedings on the bail petition of Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz to another division bench after the bench seized with the case recused itself from hearing it following reservations expressed by the petitioner. The bench comprising Justice Syed Mazahar […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounta­bility Bureau (NAB) wants to arrest former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in a case relating to transaction of Rs150 million to their private company through alleged fake bank accounts. A NAB officer investigating the fake bank accounts case informed a division […]

ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa discussed border management and the Afghan reconciliation process with National Security Adviser of Afghanistan Hamdullah Mohib. “Mr Hamdullah Mohib, National Security Adviser (NSA) of Afghanistan called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS). During the meeting, matters related to mutual interest, peace and stability in the […]

Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz on Wednesday skipped an appearance before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, and expressed his distrust in the bureau through a written reply. He expressed the distrust in response to a call-up notice by NAB in connection with charges of money laundering and assets beyond […]

KARACHI: A Pakistani man killed his HIV positive wife Wednesday in Larkana, where hundreds of people have tested positive for the virus in recent weeks, stirring panic and casting a light on the country´s dismal public health standards. Police said the murder took place in a village near the epicentre of the outbreak on the […]