Tag: Corruption

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked his ministers on Tuesday to declare their assets and liabilities. According to Indian media reports, in a letter, Singh...

Lahore Development Authority (LDA) clarified charges of corruption in the execution of Liberty Park & Ride Plaza and maintained that the project was executed...

Officials of the Ismail Nagar Post Office killed a secretary of UC-7 after hitting him on the head with bricks in clash over corrupt...

Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) central leader Ahsan Iqbal has said on Saturday that the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government was defying the Supreme Court...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit its investigation report unearthing an additional corruption of Rs 18 billion...

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will face trial before a criminal court over the killings of anti-regime protesters and corruption,...

In a startling disclosure, FIFA’s security chief Chris Eaton stated on Wednesday that soccer match fixing yields US$90 billion annually. This could have been...

Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, through a circular on Tuesday, took serious notice of illegal gratification taken from litigants...

Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Raza Awan on Monday dismissed an application filed by the Pakistan Engineering Company (PECO) challenging the impugned...

Young lawyers can play an important role in eliminating corruption from the judiciary and if they support the judiciary then it can fight corruption,...

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has so far failed to produce any evidence of corruption against former religious affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi. Kazmi is...

Expressing surprise that over 20 provincial Food Department officers continue to enjoy lucrative posts despite involvement in irregularities of over Rs 70 million, the...

NEW DELHI - India's former deputy prime minister and senior Opposition BJP leader L.K. Advani has hit out at the Congress-led UPA government, saying its sincerity in tackling corruption would be visible only through actions taken by it in scams that have rocked the country.
"Even before the Parliament meets for its Monsoon Session and takes up the Lokpal Bill being considered by the Committee secured by Anna Hazare, the real test of Government's sincerity about tackling

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday criticised Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on its role in Steel Mills corruption and losses case.
He said if FIA was unable to investigate then the responsibility can be given to another institution.
CJ said FIA was unable to catch any 'big fish' in the case yet, a private TV reported.
The apex court has taken up a suo motu case relating to corruption and huge losses suffered by the

LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) teachers condemned PU Hall Council Chairman Dr Amin Ather for 'using his influence' to get a new Honda City car when the varsity's administration had opposed the car purchase, terming it a burden on the varsity and against the rules. PU teachers said that Dr Ather, who has a close association with Tanzeem Asataza, a Jamat-e-Islami (JI) group, was enjoying luxuries by violating one-man-one-post policy and already had three vehicles. A PU administrative

ISLAMABAD - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) stepped up its fight against corruption with the introduction of new initiatives, including revised integrity guidelines and a cross debarment agreement signed with development partners, a new report says. The 2010 Annual Report, issued by ADB's Office of Anti-corruption and Integrity, also highlighted ADB's support for developing member countries, with fraud and corruption detection training given to government agencies in several of ADB's

PARIS - Jacques Chirac on Monday became the first former French president to go on trial as a court heard charges that he embezzled public funds while he was mayor of Paris in the 1990s. The 78-year-old, one of France's most popular political figures, did not attend the start of the trial that will examine whether he misused public money to pay people working for his party ahead of a successful election bid.
Presiding judge Dominique Pauthe adjourned Monday's hearing after a few