Tag: Corruption

Interior Ministry may okay action against Rehman Malik

  Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has given a green signal to take action against former federal minister Rehman Malik in a corruption case...

Petroleum minister gives Dr Asim a clean chit

Abbasi says no proof of corruption found against former minister Says his ministry was never consulted before Asim’s arrest Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources...

Selective accountability worst form of corruption: Zardari

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said selective accountability, ‘sacred cow syndrome’, double standards and using corruption for political re-engineering...

Army chief vows to eliminate terrorism-corruption nexus this year

Gen Raheel tells Baloch elders 2016 will be a year of national unity and peace Army chief approves death sentences of nine convicted terrorists   Chief of...

Illegal appointments, promotions hallmark of Sindh Assembly

Sindh Assembly’s former secretary Hadi Bux Buriro secured grade 20 positions for all five of his sons with out-of-turn promotions within six years Shafi Abbasi...

Former CJP Chaudhry launches political party

Former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday announced the launch of his party named ‘Pakistan Justice Democratic Critic Party’. Speaking on the...

President calls upon clerics to play role in eliminating corruption

  President Mamnoon Hussain has called upon Ulema to play their role against corruption by spreading the message that elimination of this menace was must...

Sindh not extending Rangers’ power to hide corruption: Khan

  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan alleged on Tuesday that the Sindh government was not extending Rangers’ policing power in Karachi in order to...

Corruption a greater threat than terrorism in Balochistan, says CM

Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch has termed corruption a greater threat than terrorism in the province. Speaking at a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seminar...

Zero tolerance for corruption in PML-N government: Pervaiz Rashid

Minister for Information, Law and Human Rights Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Wednesday said that there was zero tolerance for corruption in the Pakistan Muslim...

‘Bazaar of corruption will rise if dishonest people win LG polls’

Supreme Court Justice Mushir Alam has said that a new bazaar of corruption will originate at the grassroots level if dishonest and tainted people...

Sharjeel Memon loses Sindh ministry as corruption charges loom

The Sindh minister previously held the position of the provincial information minister before he was replaced by senior PPP leader Nisar Khuhro in July this year. He was then made minister for archives and local government departments and also given an additional charge of the works and services department.

‘Political’ militants were given refuge on Dr Asim’s orders, says Ziauddin...

ATC judge rejects NAB’s request for gaining PPP leader’s custody but allows accountability officials to complete probe by accessing accused through police

House of Cards – Audacity of Realtors Edition

Record of the Sindh government's revenue department shows that the Naya Nazimabad housing project is bogus and fraudulent as the project land is the property of the provincial government and not that of the builder's

SC slams ‘false’ reports of SJC proceedings against judges over misconduct,...

Says “keeping in view the sanctity and grace of the Judges, media should refrain from publishing unverified and baseless stories” The Supreme Court (SC) said...

Embezzlement of Rs 270m unearthed in Excise Dept

The embezzlement of funds worth Rs 270 million has been unearthed in the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, says an audit report of 2014. According...

Two fake diplomats arrested with counterfeit passports at Islamabad Airport

The immigration officials offloaded and arrested two fake diplomats after recovery of counterfeit diplomatic passports from their possession at Islamabad on Friday. According to Federal...