Tag: money laundering

Faryal Talpur pleads FIA for more time to record statement in...

--PPP leader submits surety bonds of Rs2m in banking court to get interim pre-arrest bail   KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari's sister Faryal...

FIA declares Zardari, Faryal absconders in money laundering case

--Hussain Lawai, Anwar Majeed and 21 others also declared absconders in Rs35bn mega-scandal --Zardari's spokesperson alleges political victimisation, calling the report 'malafide' KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency...

Govt to tighten rules against money laundering: Ali Jehangir

WASHINGTON: Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States said that there would be no major impact on country’s economy after being placed on the Paris-based...

Renowned banker Hussain Lawai in FIA custody for money laundering

KARACHI: Chairman of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and former president of various banks, Hussain Lawai was on Friday taken into custody by the Federal Investigation...

FATF places Pakistan on ‘grey list’ despite efforts to thwart decision

WASHINGTON: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to keep Pakistan on its grey list following a meeting on money laundering in Paris on Wednesday. According...

NAB launches fresh money laundering probe against Nawaz

Complaint says over Rs56mn were sent out of Pakistan by Sharifs between 1988 and 1991 ISLAMABAD: In a fresh trouble for Pakistan's ousted prime minister...

NAB chief’s in-camera appearance before NA body postponed

--Briefing on Justice Iqbal's allegations of money laundering against Nawaz Sharif cancelled after committee chairman suffers heart attack   ISLAMABAD: The in-camera meeting between National Assembly’s Standing...

NAB chairman’s meeting with NA body to be an in-camera briefing

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairperson Justice (r) Javed Iqbal’s meeting with the National Assembly’s Standing Committee for Law and Justice scheduled for...

PPP lawmakers quit NA body after it summons NAB chairman

NA Standing Committee on Law and Justice summons NAB chief Javed Iqbal over probe against Nawaz Sharif on basis of bogus media reports  ISLAMABAD:...

Pakistan among biggest sources of money laundering to UK, NCA warns

LONDON: The National Crime Agency (NCA) on Tuesday warned that the United Kingdom (UK) remains a prime destination for foreign corrupt and politically exposed...

‘Sharif men’ unite against accountability czar

Nawaz Sharif, PML-N CEC ask NAB chief Iqbal to prove money laundering charge or resign from office Meeting participants agree to pursue legal...

If probing corruption is crime then call us criminals, says NAB...

NAB chief gets tough, snubs critics for questioning ‘inquiries’ into corruption Justice (r) Javed says ‘if probing corruption is a crime then call...

NAB says probe launched against Nawaz over news article

-Anti-graft body rejects impression of victimisation of individuals -Says concerned news article under investigation ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday clarified that it ordered to launch...

NAB initiates inquiry against Nawaz Sharif based on ‘incorrect reports’

--World Bank says its report doesn't mention ‘money laundering’ or any ‘individual’ --NAB says it took notice of media reports of money laundering...

Pakistan hires British lawyer to restart money-laundering probe against Altaf Hussain

ISLAMABAD/LONDON: To pursue the money laundering case against Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London chief Altaf Hussain, Pakistan has hired services of a British lawyer, reported Geo...

Court adjourns hearing in fake degrees, money laundering case against Axact...

An additional district and sessions court in Karachi on Saturday adjourned the hearing of the fake degrees and money laundering cases against Axact Chief...

Britain launches inquiry into money laundering with focus on property

British lawmakers launched a new inquiry into money-laundering, sanctions and economic crime on Thursday, with a particular focus on properties bought with so-called “dirty...