Tag: allegations

Bahria Town contests CM Buzdar’s claims

LAHORE: Bahria Town’s lawyer Azhar Siddique on Friday took strong exception to the accusations levelled against the real estate developer by Punjab Chief Minister Usman...

Mujahid Kamran makes appalling ‘revelations’ about NAB

--Former PU VC claims incarcerated Fawad Hassan Fawad denies becoming approver against Shehbaz Sharif --Alleges physical abuse of suspects at hands of anti-graft officers in front...

Ronaldo denies ‘fake news’ rape claim as police reopen investigation

LAS VEGAS: Police said Monday they had reopened an investigation into a rape accusation made by a former model who says soccer star Cristiano...

Committee confirms innocence of VC, lecturer in harassment case

Female student had revealed that a lecturer had long been subjecting her to sexual harassment that almost compelled her to commit suicide Investigation...

Senate body orders inquiry into rigging allegations, failure of RTS

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior has ordered an inquiry into allegations of rigging in the July 25 polls and the failure of...

Assertion that parliament gave magisterial powers to army baseless: Babar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) secretary general and former senator Farhatullah Babar has said that the law minister’s assertion that the parliament gave magisterial...

Punjab cabinet meeting summoned on Monday

LAHORE: Caretaker Punjab government summoned a meeting of its cabinet on Monday to review allegations of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif. Former Punjab chief...

PTI’s female candidate accuses Azam Swati of forcing her to return...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) female candidate from Mansehra has leveled serious allegations against her party's senior leader Azam Khan Swati. PTI had allotted party ticket to Ambreen...

Anila Khawaja remains undeterred despite Reham’s allegations

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) International Media Coordinator Anila Khawaja on Tuesday said that despite the explosive allegations levelled against her by journalist Reham Khan she...

NAB chairman’s meeting with NA body to be an in-camera briefing

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairperson Justice (r) Javed Iqbal’s meeting with the National Assembly’s Standing Committee for Law and Justice scheduled for...

NAB refutes allegations of closure of corruption cases in Sindh

Says no cases were initiated at first place against Faryal Talpur, Owais Muzaffar Tappi, Jam Khan Shoro, Chawla and Mahar brothers   ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau...

Ali Zafar rejects Meesha Shafi’s allegations of sexual harassment

Ali Zafar issued a statement on Thursday to refute the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by her colleague Meesha Shafi. In the statement,...

Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan ‘paid woman for silence’

BRUSSELS: The prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, detained in France over rape allegations, paid a woman to stay silent about their relationship in 2015,...

Every tenure of PML-N filled with principles of honesty, trust: Shehbaz

--Opponents’ politics of anarchy, baseless allegations damaged national interests   LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that every term of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

Allegations of horse-trading in Senate races set stage for chaotic general...

In the past, Pakistan’s Senate has often functioned as a debating club with numerous perks, a grandiloquent echo chamber where little of importance takes...

Zainab murder case: Shahid Masood says will think before speaking in...

ISLAMABAD: TV Anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood on Saturday decided not to contest the inquiry committee report that rubbished his startling allegations against the convicted...

Woman files fresh rape case against Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan

PARIS: A 45-year-old woman filed a new rape case in France on Wednesday against Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, the third against the Islamic studies...