Tag: Accountability court

Contradictions in Avenfield verdict helped Sharifs get bail, lawyers say

ISLAMABAD: Senior law experts and members of the bar council have hailed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruling in which Justices Athar Minallah and Miangul...

Accountability court remands Metro Bus scam accused for 14 days

MULTAN: An accountability court on Friday granted a 14-day physical remand of six accused of the Metro Bus Project (MBP) to the National Accountability...

Al-Azizia hearing adjourned over Kulsoom Nawaz’s death

Judge remarks Begum Kulsoom was a national figure ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of Al-Azizia corruption reference till Thursday on account...

Court resumes hearing of assets reference against Dar

ISLAMABAD: Accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir on Wednesday resumed hearing of corruption case against former finance minister and Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leader...

Judge rejects defence counsel’s plea to postpone Al-Azizia trial

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court hearing the Al-Azizia corruption reference against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday rejected a postponement plea by the defence counsel. As...

Nawaz’s lawyer grills JIT head in Al-Azizia corruption hearing

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's lawyer Khawaja Haris continued cross-examination of key prosecution witness Wajid Zia in the Al-Azizia corruption reference on Thursday. Accountability Court-II...

Babar Awan, Pervaiz Ashraf summoned in Nandipur reference on Sept 18

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Wednesday summoned former adviser to prime minister on parliamentary affairs, Babar Awan, former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and...

Al-Azizia reference: Nawaz received 88pc profit of HME, court told

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor on Wednesday told the court that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif received 88 per cent profit of...

SC gives NAB court six more weeks to wrap up Sharif...

--Apex court directs accountability judge to submit progress reports on weekly basis --Nawaz appears before court, summoned again on Tuesday for hearing of remaining two corruption...

Accountability judge seeks more time for Sharifs’ trial

--Judge Malik writes to SC, seeks fifth extension in deadline to conclude two remaining corruption references against former PM, his sons   ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing...

NAB court to give joint verdict in remaining two references against...

Nawaz's counsel argues Accountability Court-I had also decided to announce a joint verdict in three references Nawaz tells reporters he used to pay...

IHC judge says no pressure on bench hearing Nawaz’s appeal

--Two-judge IHC bench adjourns hearing of former PM's appeal against conviction as Kh Haris concluded arguments --NAB IO to continue recording statement before ant-graft judge...

NAB grilled over lack of evidence in Avenfield case

--Nawaz Sharif brought to accountability court in APC, however, hearing was adjourned till Wednesday after commotion outside court   ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday...

Court summons Nawaz Sharif in Al-Azizia, Flagship references on Monday

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court on Thursday summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investment references on Monday. Accountability Court-II Judge...

Nawaz’s lawyer says similarities in references warrant case transfer

--Khawaja Haris tells IHC new judge should hear remaining cases against Sharifs' to ensure 'fair, impartial trial'   ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's counsel Khawaja Haris...

Prosecution witnesses testify against Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Wednesday heard the corruption case against former finance minister Ishaq Dar for owning assets beyond means. As the hearing resumed in...

Defence counsel argues for acquittal of Dar’s co-accused in assets reference

ISLAMABAD: The defence counsel on Wednesday started presenting arguments for the acquittal of the co-accused in an illegal assets reference against former finance minister Ishaq...