ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal has said that the corruption breeds injustice, poverty, undermines social, economic norms of societies and sullied the countries around the world. In a statement, he said that NAB being the focal agency of Pakistan under the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was determined to weed out […]
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‘Pakistan’s debt can be paid off if corruption money worth trillions is recovered from Imran govt’
ISLAMABAD: PMLN Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb says Pakistan’s debt can be paid off if the trillions stolen by the PTI through corruption facilitated by Imran Khan is recovered. Responding to statements by Imran and Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Marriyum said he is incompetent, unqualified and is completely disconnected from the real problems of the people which […]
Shahbaz Gill reminds Bilawal of poor Sindh conditions
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill said on Monday that the Sindh province has been ruined by the corrupt and incompetent government. In response to Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s statement, he stated that Sindh’s corrupt ministers’ job is to deliver money to the Bilawal House […]
Khawaja Asif’s judicial remand extended till June 3
LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Khwaja Muhammad Asif for another 14 days in assets beyond means case. Duty Judge Sheikh Sajjad Ahmad conducted brief proceedings, wherein the jail authorities produced the accused on the expiry of his remand term. The court asked the National […]
NAB team looking into Swat scam
SWAT: An inquiry team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is on a three-day visit to Swat in connection with the inquiry against ‘SS Marketing Mingora’ of Kabal Tehsil. The inquiry team will be present in Swat till May 21. NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has directed the affectees to contact the inquiry team and […]
ICC says ‘insufficient evidence’ in Al Jazeera corruption claims
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Monday there were “insufficient grounds” to bring charges against five people featured in an Al Jazeera television programme about corruption in the game. ‘Cricket’s Match Fixers,’ broadcast by Al Jazeera on 27 May 2018, alleged that two matches were fixed: India v England in Chennai in 2016 and India […]
Farrukh says no one can be corrupt under Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Saturday that the Prime Minister Imran Khan has proved that no one can commit the heinous act of corruption in his tenure. Making hue and cry over Ring Road issue was like carrying coal to Newcastle, he said in a statement in response […]
Courts, cannabis, corruption: Albania struggles against old demons
With an ex-minister on trial for drug trafficking, an opposition leader suspected of money laundering and hundreds of judges probed over graft, Albania is wrestling against a corruption plague threatening its EU membership hopes. The government insists that no other EU hopeful has undertaken such sweeping efforts to tackle graft and organised crime in order […]
Corruption tainted Guatemala set to elect new president
Corruption-weary Guatemalans are set to elect a new president Sunday after a tumultuous campaign that saw two leading candidates barred from taking part and the top electoral crimes prosecutor forced to flee the country, fearing for his life. Gang violence, poverty and streams of US-bound migrants have dominated campaigning in Central America’s most populous country, […]
Guatemalans see polls as chance to emerge from violence, corruption
Wearied by corruption and violence, Guatemalans head to the polls on Sunday reeling from a campaign that saw two leading presidential candidates barred from running and a top electoral official forced to flee the country. Gang violence, poverty and the US-bound migrant caravans they cause have dominated campaigning in Central America’s most populous country, with […]