Tag: Scam

Cases lodged against CDA high-ups in illegal houses transfer case

ISLAMABAD: A citizen of the federal capital lodged First Information Reports (FIR) in Abapara Police Station and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against Khushal...

Mega-corruption scam surfaces in LDA

--Stadium built on govt land without prior permission --National exchequer suffers loss of appx Rs1bn due to illegal construction LAHORE: A mega-corruption scam has surfaced in the...

Pak-Arab Housing scam accused remanded into NAB custody

LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday handed over a person, allegedly involved in the Pakistan-Arab Housing Society scam, to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on...

Multiple SIMs issued to around 800 women in Sahiwal village: report

On many occasions, women have been asked to register for the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) along with their original Computerised National Identity Cards...

Key group member involved in telephone banking fraud arrested

GUJRANWALA: A key member of a group involved in telephone banking fraud was arrested from Hafizabad late Monday night. According to officials from the Federal Investigation...

Payment irregularities of over Rs2 billion uncovered at Multan hospital

MULTAN: An anti-corruption unit on Friday uncovered irregularities amounting to more than Rs2 billion in the purchase of surgical instruments and medicines at Multan’s...

FGEHF bought Thallian Housing Society land from ‘ineligible firm’, audit finds

-1.7 billion in losses accrue to allottees due to purchase of land at higher rates ISLAMABAD: Already the subject of courts and allottees ire, according to...

SHC sets aside former NICL chairman’s acquittal in land scam

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday set aside a ruling of an accountability court which acquitted former chairman of the National Insurance...

SC directs NAB to probe PSO MD’s appointment

Five arrested by NAB in Rs63.68bn petroleum scam involving PSO ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to...

FIA busts gang involved in Umrah scam, recovers more than 6,000...

SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has recovered more than 6,000 passports from a gang involved in tricking people into buying fake umrah packages...

SC’s dismissal of plea against former army chief challenged

ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court order – dismissing a petition against former army chief General (r) Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani over his alleged involvement in a...

Nawazuddin dismisses ‘allegations’ of phone tapping

THANE: After Nawazuddin Siddiqui's name cropped up for allegedly spying on his wife, the actor has dismissed these as 'random allegations'. "Last evening, I was helping...

‘Former housing minister behind FGEHF scam’: report

ISLAMABAD: Member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday claimed in a meeting of the committee that the former minister for housing and...

Govt’s attempts to conceal LNG deal points to major corruption scam,...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday said that the there could be a major corruption scam underlying the multi-billion dollar Liquefied...

Punjab companies’ scam: LHC issues notices to heads of 56 companies

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday issued notices to heads of 56 companies in the alleged Rs80 bn scam case and has sought...

LHC moved against Punjab govt in Rs80b companies scam case

LAHORE: A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday against the Punjab government in the Rs 80 billion companies scam case. The petition...

NICL chief asks FIA to reopen high-profile property purchase scam

ISLAMABAD: Following the revelations in a high-profile property purchase scam involving the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL), CEO Captain (retd) Jamil Akhtar Khan has...