Tag: Corruption
PTI MPA to stage sit-in against KP Govt
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly MPA Javed Nasim has announced to stage a sit-in on main GT Road in Peshawar on...
Bangladesh Opp leader goes on trial for graft
Zia and three of her aides are accused of siphoning off 31.5 million from a charitable trust named after her late husband Ziaur Rahman, a former president who was assassinated in 1981.
PPP’s Shah to quit politics if Khan’s proves corruption allegations
National Assembly (NA) Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah said Saturday that he would quit politics if Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan proves the corruption...
Govt stops funding of FPCCI over corruption charges
Following the astonishing disclosure of Rs 250 million bungling in the construction of FPCCI capital office, the government has stopped funding of the apex...
Ex-CJP Chaudhry sends Rs 20b defamation notice to Imran Khan
Imran Khan is yet to present evidence in support of his allegations of corruption and poll fraud against Chaudhry and his son Arsalan
Nicolas Sarkozy detained for enquiry over alleged corruption
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning as part of an enquiry into alleged abuse of power.
Anti-corruption...
Where did the healthcare money go?
Corruption of Rs 17 million in installation of machinery in government hospitals detected
Corruption of Rs 17 million has been detected in the installation of...
PTI Ideologues reject intra-party polls
ISLAMABAD
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Friday held first-ever national conference at a hotel. The moot was convened by PTI founding member Akbar S Babar.
The conference...
Former Israel PM convicted of bribery
TEL AVIV
A Tel Aviv court on Monday found former premier Ehud Olmert guilty of bribery linked to a Jerusalem property development, in one...
Corruption widespread in India: US report
There is widespread corruption in India in all levels of the government including judiciary, said a US Congress-mandated report.
"Corruption was widespread," said the annual...
FIA reveals Rs470 million assets of CDA ex-chairman
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has found out assets worth Rs470 million of Capital Development Authority (CDA) former chairman Farkhad Iqbal during investigation.
Farkhand was...
Senior Babus moonlighting with foreign donors as govt looks the other...
Another travesty is that the DFID and Coffey Development International are said to be in the know that the officers they have engaged are violating their government service rules but have tended to look the other way. Their alibi perhaps is, if the Establishment Division takes no cognizance of this gross infringement, why should they?
PM forms body to probe corruption of previous govts
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday formed a committee consisting of lawmakers to review mega- developmental projects and tasked them to find out corruption...
FIA arrests ex-CDA head over corruption charges
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Monday arrested ex-chairman of the Capital Development Authority over corruption charges.
Farkhand Iqbal was being investigating over embezzlement and illegal...
Corruption index: Pakistan’s global ranking improves by 12 spots
While the government is regularly accused of corruption, a recent survey by Transparency International revealed on Tuesday that Pakistan is deemed to be less...
Books may not be for sale, FAS director is!
PEF unable to complete enquiry against FAS director involved in selling 65,000 old textbooks meant for school children despite a lapse of one year
FAS...
No one can be allowed to plunder national coffers: CJP
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked that “corruption culture was promoted by hampering investigation process in NICL case and we...