RTS collapse, results delay belie ECP’s claim of fair polls: PPPISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Wednesday rejected the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP)'s claim that the voting process was above suspicion and that the people exercised their r...
FBR asked to remove anomalies in draft income tax return formKARACHI: Tax professionals have requested the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to delete the section requiring non-resident Pakistanis to file returns in the recently proposed draft income tax return fo...
NAB summons Shehbaz in Ashiana housing scam on 20thLAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday summoned Pakistan Mulsim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif in relation to the Ashiana housing scandal on August 20. The PML-N...
Two prosecution witnesses record statements in Dar assets referenceISLAMABAD: An accountability court resumed on Wednesday the hearing in a corruption reference against former finance minister Ishaq Dar. As the hearing went underway, the prosecution presented its wit...
CJP questions foreign employment of former army officialsISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the legality of foreign employment of former top army generals despite a law barring government officers from doing until two years after retiremen...
Justice Siddiqui served notice over Rawalpindi bar speechThe Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. Sources said the notice was issued over the high court judge's s...
SC overrules ECP’s NA-60 poll delay order after Hanif Abbasi’s convictionThe Supreme Court on Wednesday declared null and void the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision to postpone polling in NA-60 Rawalpindi after the arrest of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML...
NAB to quiz Amir Muqam over graft charges todayThe National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Amir Muqam today (Thursday) in relation to corruption allegations. Muqam, who is the presiden...
ECP seeks reply from provincial ECs, DROs over poll results delayThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday sough an explanation from provincial election commissioners and district returning officers about the delay in July 25 poll results. The commissi...
SC’s verdict in Talal contempt case likely todayThe Supreme Court will is likely to announce its verdict on a contempt case against minister of state for interior Talal Chaudry today (Thursday). Chaudry had been ordered by the apex court to ensure...