Tag: plea bargain

Court grants plea bargain to accused in corruption reference

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday granted a plea bargain petition of accused Harish and removed his name from the list of accused in Harish...

Fawad again asks Nawaz to opt for plea bargain

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday suggested to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that plea bargain was the easy way out...

Nawaz can avail plea bargain to go abroad: Fawad

--Info minister says Nawaz wants treatment in London as he does not have enough faith in country's hospitals  --Says Punjab govt is committed to providing...

Law minister says NAB’s plea-bargain authority should remain

Federal Minister of Law and Justice Dr Farogh Nasim on Thursday asserted that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) should not be made a toothless...

Plea bargain compulsory for recovery of stolen money: NAB chairman

RAWALPINDI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal has said that the recovery of stolen money would be impossible in the absence...

SC gives NAB more time to amend plea bargain rules

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday granted an extension to the National Accountability Bureau to amend the plea-bargain provision in the National Accountability Ordinance...

Reports of Fawad’s approaching NAB for ‘plea bargain’ baseless: family sources

ISLAMABAD: Former principal secretary to the prime minister Fawad Hassan Fawad continues to maintain a firm stance of innocence against all accusations of corruption...

Fawad Hassan Fawad’s family approaches NAB for plea bargain

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s principal secretary, Fawad Hassan Fawad, has inclined to a plea bargain with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), a private...

Court orders release of accused after plea-bargain deal with NAB

LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday ordered the release of an accused involved in Munafa Network Marketing (MNM) scam while giving a final approval to the National...

Investigation against Shehbaz in final phase: NAB DG

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said on Wednesday that it has substantial evidence against former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif, adding that the investigation...

NAB distributes Rs13m among victims of illegal housing society

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Rawalpindi chapter on Monday distributed an amount of Rs13.141 million, which were recovered from an illegal housing society,...

NAB – long on rhetoric, short in action

-- Politicians, superior courts assail NAB as a tool of witch hunt that fails at prosecution       -- Spokesman claims NAB's performance 'phenomenal' under Justice Iqbal while...

Eden scam: NAB to consider plea bargain of ex-CJP’s son-in-law

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has received a plea bargain appeal from the former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s son-in-law, Murtaza...

SC seeks NAB reply on builders’ application for plea bargain

KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday sought a reply from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on applications of owners of Rufi Builders seeking...

NAB fails to recover Rs588 million from 22 corrupt Patwaris

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has failed to recover Rs588 million from 22 Patwari’s (revenue officials) despite a passage of three years. Documents available with Pakistan...

Rebuffing criticism: Plea bargain helped recover Rs285 billion, says NAB chief

Responding to criticism against the provision, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said the provision of the plea bargain also...

NAB has recovered billions, will not keep a single penny: DG...

Rs3.35bn recovered from Raisani, Majeed Plea bargain of the accused raises eyebrows NAB says plea bargain is not ‘a negative thing’   The National Accountability...