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Judge facing Panama probe resigns

LAHORE: Justice Farrukh Irfan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) who was facing a reference in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) for owning an offshore...

More trouble brewing for embattled Sharifs

--Govt to refer four new cases regarding Sharifs' Frederick Close property in London, misuse of govt funds and authority to NAB for investigation --Akbar says Nawaz...

Govt fails to trace 150 named in Panama Papers due to...

--Assets Recovery Unit briefs PM on details of traced properties, assets abroad ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar on Friday...

NAB starts seizing Ishaq Dar’s accounts, assets

--IO informs court that Punjab govt has seized former finance minister's house in Lahore's Gulberg area, bank accounts containing Rs500.8m --Govt has also auctioned Dar's...

Al-Azizia reference proceedings postponed due to Khawaja Haris’s absence

Nawaz Sharif appears in court, his counsel fails to Mehboob Alam summoned for next hearing ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Tuesday postponed the trial...

SC dashes Tareen’s hope for public office

--Court upholds disqualification, says there were no grounds to review verdict  --CJP asks Tareen to bring back his money to country --Court refuses to form full bench in...

IHC suspends Sharifs’ sentence in Avenfield case

---Court orders Nawaz, Maryam, Safdar's release from Adiala Jail against surety bonds of Rs0.5m each  ---Sentence to remain suspended until final adjudication on appeals  ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad...

NAB apologises to SC for misstating facts in plea against Sharif...

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday submitted an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court (SC) for “misstating facts” in the appeal pertaining to...

Court orders Imran Khan to submit reply in defamation case

LAHORE: A local court in Lahore has ordered Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to submit his reply in a case pertaining to defamation...

Appeal to declare Nawaz, Maryam house as sub-jail submitted in SC

LAHORE: A petition was submitted on Monday in the Supreme Court (SC)’s Lahore Registry to declare house of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter...

Nawaz Sharif, daughter to be arrested at airport: interim govt

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, will be arrested at the airport, said the interim government on Thursday. The caretaker...

NAB court seeks more time to conclude Sharifs’ trial

--Nawaz's counsel objects to Judge Bashir's hearing of remaining two references against deposed PM   ISLAMABAD: With the third revised deadline to wrap up corruption references...

Maryam says reaching Pakistan on Friday

Former first daughter vows to lead struggle for democracy Sharifs to land at Lahore Airport via Flight EY243 at 6:15 pm Warm welcome planned...

The Sharif verdict

And the political fallout The dice heavily loaded against them, Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz’s conviction in the Avenfield properties case by a...

The Pakistani Thanksgiving Day

To be credible, accountability has now to be across the board “Why are you cartwheeling like a monkey, Maverick? What’s happened to you?” I asked...

 After the verdict

Will an unforgiving Punjab abort the PML-N? The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a verdict against Nawaz Sharif, has handed down a prison sentence of...