Tag: Nawaz Sharif

Javed Hashmi endorses Nawaz’s narrative at Multan rally

--Ex-aide announces to accept PML-N supremo’s leadership --Nawaz Sharif welcomes Hashmi, admires Multan gathering MULTAN: Before Nawaz Sharif’s address to the Multan rally, his former aide...

‘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...

Wajid Zia produces Qatari letter in court in Al Azizia reference

ISLAMABAD: Panamagate Joint Investigation Team (JIT) head and prosecution Wajid Zia on Friday produced the “original letter” of Qatari prince Hamad Bin Jassim in the...

Nisar’s reconciliation with Nawaz necessary: Shehbaz

JHELUM: Punjab Chief Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that reconciliation between party supremo Nawaz Sharif and senior...

Nawaz gives NAB chief 24 hours to come clean

Nawaz says anti-graft watchdog has lost credibility and is damaging democracy with its 'vindictive approach' Ousted PM says NAB's inquiry based on a...

Wajid Zia records statement in Al Azizia case

JIT chief says SC asked about Gulf Steel Mills and how transfers were made  from Qatar to UK and Saudi Arabia  ISLAMABAD: Wajid Zia,...

NAB should not have licence to shame politicians just before elections:...

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) should not have the licence to shame politicians just three months before the general elections. This was observed by Federal...

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 doubles down on $4.9 billion money laundering probe

--The Bureau says it is following law, doesn’t intend to victimise anyone --Prime Minister Abbasi calls for parliamentary inquiry into allegations of money laundering against...

SC gives anti-graft court one more month to conclude Sharifs’ trial

--Judge dismisses Nawaz Sharif's lawyer's request to extend deadline by three months to ensure 'transparent trial --Justice Ahsan says court will not let the defendants'...

Nawaz prays for Ahsan’s early recovery on visit to Services Hospital

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday visited Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal at Lahore’s Services Hospital, after the latter got injured in a failed...

Judge seeks more time to decide Sharifs’ graft references

--Accountability Judge Bashir requests SC to grant another extension in time after two-month deadline expires --Says will give verdict on all three graft references together,...

Khawaja Asif admits to having helped Zardari in hour of need

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that he helped ex-President Asif Ali Zardari in the hour of need, adding that he was hurt...

Nawaz asks people to treat 2018 elections as referendum

-Sacked premier warns he will not let anyone disrespect vote again JHELUM: Deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that the 2018 general elections...

Appeasing Labbaik encouraged attack on Iqbal, Nawaz says

PML-N supremo condemns assassination attempt on Ahsan Iqbal, says elections to be held on time ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday condemned...

Cross-examination of last NAB witness concludes in Avenfield reference

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court conducting corruption proceedings against the Sharif family completed the cross-examination of the last witness in the Avenfield reference on Monday. The Avenfield properties...

Maryam Nawaz is a grandmother now!

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Sunday became a grandmother after the birth of her granddaughter. Maryam's absence was conspicuous at PML-N's rally...