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NAB arrests Miftah Ismail in LNG case

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested former finance minister Miftah Ismail after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected his request for an...

IHC grants interim bail to Miftah Ismail till August 1 in...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday granted interim bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Miftah Ismail till August 1 in LNG...

NAB nets ex-PM Abbasi in LNG scam

--12-member team of anti-graft watchdog arrests former premier after no-show in probe --Shehbaz Sharif condemns ‘revenge tactics against PML-N under guise of accountability’   LAHORE: The National...

Miftah appears before NAB in LNG scandal

RAWALPINDI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) probe team in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) scandal. According to sources,...

NAB grills Miftah in LNG scam probe

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday interrogated former finance minister Miftah Ismail in a case related to the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) scandal. According...

PTI govt has failed to deliver, maintains PML-N

--Abbasi claims govt took record loans in first five months --Exports declining despite rising dollar price, Miftah points out   ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders on...

NAB asks police to produce Shehbaz Sharif in Saaf Pani scam

--PML-N’s former finance minister Miftah Ismail summoned on July 5 in controversial gas contracts probe LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday sought help from...

NAB summons Miftah for allegedly awarding illegal contracts

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former finance minister Dr Miftah Ismail on June 20 in a probe related to the illegal execution...

PTI’s 100-day plan ‘unrealistic’, says PML-N

Interior Minister Iqbal says plan is a 'shoddy copy of PML-N's Vision 2025' Mocks Imran Khan for starting metro bus project in Peshawar...

NA passes Finance Bill 2018-19

--Finance Minister Miftah Ismail says adjustments in upper limit of PDL will not impact petroleum prices --Says farmers who will pay their outstanding bills in...

Here is what you need to know about Miftah Ismail

ISLAMABAD: Miftah Ismail was appointed federal minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs hours before the budget unveiling speech, which he delivered himself amid...

Abbasi pushes Ishaq Dar’s man out of the frame

Former finance minister was biggest supporter of Rana Afzal and had scuttled Miftah Ismail's appointment to finance ministry State Minister for Finance Rana...

PML-N govt won’t ask IMF to bail it out

Miftah says govt has secured $1bn financing to help raise forex reserves, confident of achieving 11% growth Says federal budget includes incentives as...

A budget for the salaried class

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced an ad hoc relief of 10 per cent in the salaries and pensions of civil and military employees in...

Miftah’s appointment as finance minister triggers new battle

--Legal experts say govt’s move ‘in violation of law’ --PM defends Miftah’s appointment, says ‘nothing unconstitutional about it’   ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Miftah Ismail as federal minister...

Miftah Ismail appointed finance minister

ISLAMABAD: Miftah Ismail, the prime minister's adviser on finance, has been appointed as the federal minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs prior to...

Miftah says privatisation should be top agenda for upcoming elections

Says tax amnesty scheme introduced to give tax evaders a chance to declare their undeclared wealth ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and...