Tag: Corruption

Former PML-N minister from Balochistan arrested on corruption charges

QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday arrested former Balochistan food minister Mir Izhar Hussain Khosa over embezzlement charges. According to NAB sources, Khoso,...

NAB to probe ‘corruption’ in award of Lahore-Karachi motorway contract

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) while conducting complaint verification has allegedly found violations in the award of billion rupees worth Lahore-Karachi motorway’s contract, it...

SHC directs NAB to give report on corruption case against Lanjar

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit the progress report of inquiry being conducted against...

NAB orders inquiry into Imran’s use of KP CM’s official helicopters

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal has directed the NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) director general to conduct an inquiry into Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...

Those playing politics of baseless allegations have wasted time in KP:...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the performance of those playing politics of baseless allegations and falsehood is evident before the nation....

Anti-graft court directs Panama JIT’s Wajid Zia to appear in trial...

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court in Islamabad hearing the assets reference case against former finance minister Senator Ishaq Dar directed former head of the Panama...

Saudi corruption purge winds down but scars will linger

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s stock market celebrated the release of some of the kingdom’s top businessmen from detention on Sunday but the after-effects of a...

Corruption in the judiciary cannot be tolerated: LHC CJ

RAWALPINDI: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has said that competence and efficiency of judges in the dispensation of...

Prisons ultimate fate of corrupt elements: Ch Sarwar

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf core committee member and former Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Thursday said that patronage of corrupt people has now reached "the...

NAB Karachi conducts ‘khuli katchehry’, hears corruption complaints

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi Director-General Altaf Bawany on Thursday conducted ‘Khuli Katchehry’ by receiving and hearing complainants from the public at his between 2...

Brazil ex-president Lula loses appeal against corruption conviction

PORTO ALEGRE: A Brazilian appeals court on Wednesday upheld ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's conviction for corruption, dealing a body blow to his...

Court orders partial restoration of Hajveri Trust accounts on Ishaq Dar’s...

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday ordered partial restoration of the accounts of the Hajveri Trust, a charitable organisation founded by former...

NAB to hold ‘khuli katchehri’ for complaints against corruption

KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi Director-General, Altaf Bawany, on Tuesday decided to hear complaints regarding corruption himself on the last Thursday of each...

Pope calls on public for eradicating corruption in Peru

LIMA: Pope Francis made a forceful call to combat corruption in Peru on Monday, calling it a social “virus” a month after the Andean...

Accountability court resumes hearing of corruption reference against Dar

ISLAMABAD: As the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ended its stay on accountability proceedings against defunct finance minister Ishaq Dar, the accountability court has...

ATC allows Dr Asim to travel abroad for medical treatment

KARACHI: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) has allowed Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Dr Asim Hussain to travel abroad for medical treatment for the next...

More witnesses record statements in graft cases against Nawaz, family

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court in Islamabad is hearing corruption references filed against former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (r)Safdar. Nawaz...