Tag: Corruption

Controversial officer holding key post in LWMC despite mayor’s orders

LAHORE: A controversial officer who is facing allegations of corruption, continues to hold a key position in the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC), Pakistan Today...

Manhandling of police, NAB not a Sharif act

Accountability court delays indictment of Maryam and her husband Safdar till 19th after PML-N lawyers cause rumpus in courtroom Lawyers scuffle with police,...

NAB summons for Hassan and Hussain pasted on Sharif family’s Lahore...

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday put up summons for Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz on the main gate of the Sharif family's...

Imran hiding behind ex-wife to conceal corruption, says PPP’s Ghani

  Reacting to the speech of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, Pakistan People’s Party leader Saeed Ghani said Tuesday that the cricketer-turned-politician was hiding...

Three Public Works officials granted bail

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to three Public Works Department officials including a sub-divisional officer, allegedly...

PTI seeks disqualification of disgruntled MPA Ziaullah Afridi

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minister Ziaullah Afridi on Monday appeared before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for a hearing pertaining to a...

Sharif’s sons declared POs, Maryam and husband granted bail in graft...

--Accountability court issues perpetual arrest warrants for Hassan and Hussain Nawaz --Rejects Sharif’s counsel’s plea for permanent exemption from personal appearance --Maryam says Pakistani laws don’t...

Dr Asim returns to Pakistan, warns Sharif against criticising army

KARACHI: Former federal minister and senior leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Dr Asim Hussain returned to Karachi from London on Friday, where he...

Accountability of Sindh rulers in the offing, says SNF leader

  LARKANA: The so-called democratic government has ruthlessly looted the country after Gen Zia regime and weakened the fundamental constitutional institutions of the state to...

Punjab govt takes notice of corruption in free medicines scheme

LAHORE: The Punjab government has taken notice of rampant corruption in the scheme initiated by the government to provide free medicines to patients in Punjab...

Court sends warrants to Nawaz’s children, Safdar at London residence

An accountability court on Thursday has mailed bailable arrest warrants to ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s children, Hussain Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz and Maryam Nawaz,...

Person of impeccable character be named NAB chief: Siraj

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has said that to put NAB on the right track and to restore the people’s confidence in it, it...

Thai court sentences fugitive former PM Yingluck to 5 years in...

BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thailand’s Supreme Court sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison on Wednesday for mismanaging a rice subsidy...

Assets beyond known income: Court sets Sept 27 to indict Ishaq...

--Rana Afzal may become junior finance minister ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Monday set September 27 as the date to indict Finance Minister Ishaq...

MWS demands authorities take notice of corruption in Hunar Mela

PESHAWAR: Music Welfare Society (MWS), a non-governmental organisation working for the rights and welfare of artists, has demanded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister...

Federal buildings being set on fire to erase corruption evidence

LAHORE: Earlier this month, a fire broke out in Awami Markaz building in Islamabad’s red zone, in which record pertaining to CPEC and federal ombudsman...

Sharifs fail to show up at graft hearing, reissued summons for...

The court had summoned Sharif, his sons – Hussain and Hassan – daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (r) Safdar to appear on Sept 19, in connection with the references filed against them by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).