Tag: Evidence

Qureshi finds evidence of tampering in NICL case records

The investigation team of the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam, headed by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Additional Director General (DG) Zafar Qureshi, has...

FIFA probe finds new evidence

A FIFA commissioned investigation into claims that Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam used bribes in his bid for the organisation's top job has...

AJK elections evidence of PML-N’s standing

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Wednesday that the PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif had tried to create...

FIFA wants evidence of vote buying claims

FIFA on Wednesday asked England’s Football Association and a newspaper to provide evidence of fresh allegations of corruption at the top of world football,...

CIA, Afghans never provided any evidence: Musharraf

Former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf has said that neither CIA nor Afghan intelligence agencies had provided any solid evidence about Osama bin Laden’s...

No evidence Pakistan knew of Osama: US

A week after the killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the United States said there was no proof Islamabad knew of his...

Evidence against 9/11 plotters revealed

WASHINGTON - US prosecutors compiled lots of evidence against the five men accused of having organized the September 11 attacks on the United States, but not until this week have details been fully revealed.
The indictment charging self-professed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others was unsealed when US Attorney General Eric Holder referred the case to the Defense Department for military trials instead of trials at a US federal court in New York.
Holder said

Khanani and Kalia case – Judge asks FIA DG to ...

KARACHI - Sindh High Court's Justice Sajjad Ali Shah directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director-General (DG) on Wednesday to appear before him on March 11 and bring all evidence and relevant record about the Khanani and Kalia money laundering case. On Tuesday Chief Justice Sindh High Court Mushir Alam had assigned Justice Sajjad Ali Shah to conduct an inquiry over the acquittal of the eight men accused of involvement in the money laundering case and submit a report. The

Khanani and Kalia case – Judge asks FIA DG to submit...

KARACHI - Sindh High Court's Justice Sajjad Ali Shah directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director-General (DG) on Wednesday to appear before him on March 11 and bring all evidence and relevant record about the Khanani and Kalia money laundering case. On Tuesday Chief Justice Sindh High Court Mushir Alam had assigned Justice Sajjad Ali Shah to conduct an inquiry over the acquittal of the eight men accused of involvement in the money laundering case and submit a report.

Malaysia’s Anwar jubilant as DNA evidence rejected

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim won a key victory in his sodomy trial Tuesday as DNA evidence that the prosecution had linked with his accuser was ruled inadmissible.
The High Court's decision is a major boost for Anwar, a former deputy premier who was jailed on separate sex and corruption counts a decade ago, and who faces 20 years in jail if found guilty of the new charges. The court found that a toothbrush, mineral water bottle and a hand towel taken

Missing evidence, lack of chemical examination mar Taseer murder investigation

LAHORE - There is more to slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer's assassination than his assassin Malik Mumtaz Qadri: key pieces of evidence have either been overlooked or have gone missing, Pakistan Today has learnt. Moreover, while the investigation team insists otherwise, the prosecution and the defence have verified that a chemical examination has not been conducted.
"A chemical examination was essential, especially in a case as high profile as this," a senior Punjab Police

Magistrate recovers 4 men held by cops without evidence

KARACHI - The Malir judicial magistrate on Saturday recovered four men being detained at the Anti-Encroachment police station. Judicial Magistrate Ashfaq Ahmed Mughal paid a surprise visit to the police station and ordered the release of Ayub, Yahya, Jameel and Asif on personal bond since the police had failed to produce any evidence against the four men to justify their stay at the police station.
The judicial magistrate bound the SHO and the duty officer of the police station

Zulqarnain asks ICC to make public fixing evidence

LAHORE - Just minutes after an independent tribunal of the ICC slapped bans on three cricketers, Zulqarnain Haider was once again to be found on his Facebook and had something to say. Haider, who left Pakistan team in UAE was of the view that the ICC should make public the evidence.
He wrote: "pakistan k players pe ban saboot pure dunya ke media p aane chaie take kise ke pure dunya main himat na ho match fixxing krne ke take wo kabi apne mulk ko na beche (the ICC should bring out

16-year-old case closed – NAB exonerates Mukhtar citing lack of evidence

ISLAMABAD - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (Rtd) Syed Deedar Hussain Shah on Wednesday approved closure of a sixteen-year old corruption inquiry against Defence Minister Ch Ahmed Mukhtar citing lack of 'substantial evidence'.
He issued directives while chairing the NAB Executive Board meeting held here. The meeting approved cases for filing references against notables from Punjab and Balochistan including former minister and PPP leader Mir Baz Mohammad

‘FIA has evidence against corrupt govt depts’

KARACHI - The Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) has received several complaints against state-run departments and acquired evidence against them as well, Moazzam Jah Ansari, FIA Sindh director said on Tuesday.
The departments involved in corruption include Pakistan Railways, National Database and Registration Authority, National Highway Authority, Pakistan State Oil, Passport Cell, Customs, Karachi Port Trust, Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supply Corporation and National

FIA forensic expert arrested for embezzling evidence

LAHORE - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab on Monday arrested an FIA Punjab forensic expert for embezzling case evidence in renowned Operation Gold case.
FIA sources claim a couple of months ago FIA investigators unearthed the gold smuggling and arrested the culprits involved.
The case was named Operation Gold. FIA investigators recovered three mobile from the arrested accused persons as case evidence and handed over these mobile phones to FIA Punjab forensic

Hajj corruption: Swati will present more evidence

ISLAMABAD - Former Science and Technology minister Azam Khan Swati on Tuesday said that he would present more evidence before the court on January 6, 2011 pertaining to alleged corruption in the Hajj operations.
Talking to journalists, Swati said he was sacked for raising his voice against corruption. "For me, this is a matter of honour," he said, adding that those behind the corruption have been exposed. He hoped that the justice system would act against corrupt.