Tag: offshore companies

Aleem’s remand extended till April 30

LAHORE: An accountability court on Saturday has extended judicial remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Aleem Khan till April 30 in assets beyond income and...

UK set to introduce strict laws regarding offshore companies

After widespread accusations of becoming a hub money laundering, the UK government is ready to introduce legislation to force offshore companies holding UK properties to...

Most flats at Avenfield House bought through offshore companies: report

LONDON: Majority of flats in the Avenfield House on London’s Park Lane are owned by residents--  including the family of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif-- who...

Moonis Elahi appears before NAB in Panama Papers case

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Moonis Elahi appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday where he remained for over an hour. The anti-corruption watchdog...

PTI leader Aleem Khan appears before NAB in offshore companies case

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan on Monday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) along with the details of his offshore companies which...

Switzerland, UAE directed to reveal Pakistanis’ assets: report

ISLAMABAD: The government has started negotiations with the UAE and Swiss governments to collect information regarding Pakistanis holding billions of dollars of offshore assets...

NAB chairman orders inquiry against 435 offshore companies’ holders

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Tuesday ordered an inquiry against 435 Pakistanis who registered companies in tax havens...

ECP calls out PTI on dodging party funding case

'The petitioner Akbar S. Babar has requested the ECP to continue hearing the case until the IHC issues a written order'. ISLAMABAD: The chief election commissioner (CEC) lost his...

Panamagate: Govt owns two offshore companies, says PM’s counsel

ISLAMABAD: A five-member larger bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, resumed hearing on Wednesday (today) in the petitions...

PTI looks to kill two birds with one stone

Party leader says PTI wants to discourage tendencies among ruling families to turn country's governance system into a monarchy The reference filed by the Pakistan...

Qadri using Model Town incident for political gains: Sanaullah

Minister alleges PAT chief owns multiple offshore companies Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said the Model Town incident was being used for political gains...

Govt hints at rescinding amendment to tax law

Mandviwalla says government has been manipulating figures each year since the PML-N came into power in 2013.

‘Self-righteous’ Imran Khan hoisted by own petard

Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid calls PTI chief ‘pioneer of off-shore companies’ Says PTI lawmakers have highest number of offshore companies PTI’s Naeemul Haq says govt ministers...

259 Pakistanis feature in ICIJ’s second set of Panama Papers

The searchable database built on just a portion of the documents leaked from the Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca reveals more than 360,000 names of individuals and companies behind the anonymous shell firms, the ICIJ said.

Embattled PML-N trains guns on Imran Khan in damage control bid

“It’s Imran Khan who has invented the notion of offshore companies, not us,” say PML-N leaders.

Nawaz Sharif’s children raised £7m against UK flats owned offshore: report

Guardian report says Mossack Fonseca took six years to discover Pakistani PM’s family was behind firms on its books

Iceland PM resigns in Panama Papers scandal

Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is the biggest casualty of a worldwide media probe into 11.5 million leaked documents that purportedly reveal the offshore financial activities of 140 political figures, including 12 current or former heads of state