KARACHI: The Accountability court postponed the indictment of Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah, in the Nooriabad Power Plant reference to July 28, on Wednesday. The reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was heard by Judge Asghar Ali. The indictment was delayed because the co-accused in the reference did not appear in […]
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Court calls on Shehbaz Sharif’s lawyers to discuss their assets being frozen
LAHORE: The accountability court in Lahore has summoned the lawyers of the Shehbaz Sharif family on July 27, to hear their objections over the court freezing their assets. The Shahbaz Sharif family has filed objections against the freezing of assets in the Lahore Accountability Court. They have that the Accountability Court froze their assets for […]
Firdous sees ‘new group’ within PMLN in Punjab
RAWALPINDI: Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday said that media freedom is one of the most important pillars of democracy and the government has tabled the ‘Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill 2021’ in the National Assembly. Talking to the journalists while inaugurating the corona vaccination […]
Court delays announcement in Babar Awan’s acquittal case
An accountability court has deferred the announcement of its reserved verdict on an acquittal plea which was filed by the former law minister Babar Awan in the Nandipur Power Project. Accountability Court Judge Arshad Malik was expected to announce the verdict during Tuesday’s hearing but the verdict got delayed so that the court could announce […]
Delayed meetings
Sir: There are several statutory bodies operating in Pakistan nowadays. These statutory bodies are established by government(s) in the country and charged with onerous responsibility – with a specific mission and mandate – in different domains and disciplines. These bodies become body corporate in their status. These bodies are entities shaped by an Act of […]
But i object: Bilawal
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is a ‘black law’ introduced by former military dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf. “If corruption is to be fought, a law will have to be introduced which is free of political vendetta,” Bilawal said at the conclusion of a train […]
Islamabad SSP orders strict action against land mafia, drug peddlers
He made these directions while chairing a meeting here at Rescue 15 which was attended by all zonal SPs, SP (Investigation), all SDPOS and SHOs. SSP (Operations) said that directions of Minister of State for Interior Sheheryar Afridi and IGP Islamabad Jan Muhammad would be strictly followed and no sluggish attitude would be tolerated against […]