ISLAMABAD: A lower court of Islamabad on Thursday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)’s Chief Imran Khan in ten FIRs registered agaisnt him during the long march till July 30. District and Session Judge Kamran Basharrat Mufti heard the pre-arrest bail plea of Imran Khan. Petitioner’s lawyer Tajamal Hussain requested the […]
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Defence lawyer requests court to dismiss LNG reference
ISLAMABAD: The defence lawyer in LNG reference against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday requested the accountability court to quash the case against them under new amendments in NAB Ordinance. A C-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Shahid Khaqan and other co-accused. At the […]
Film-maker Panahi to serve six-year sentence
TEHRAN: Award-winning Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced Tuesday. Panahi, 62, has won a number of awards at international festivals for films that have critiqued modern Iran, including the top prize in Berlin for “Taxi” in 2015, […]
Court grants interim bail to co-accused in money-laundering case
LAHORE: A special court on Thursday granted interim pre-arrest bail to a co-accused, Wajid Khan Bhatti, till June 22 in a case registered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader Moonis Elahi and others on the charges of money laundering. The court ordered the co-accused for furnishing surety bonds of Rs […]
Court adjourns hearing of Ramzan Sugar Mills, Ashiana Iqbal references
LAHORE: An accountability court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of Ramzan Sugar Mills reference against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz till June 4. The court also adjourned the hearing of Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme reference against PM Shehbaz Sharif, former principal secretary to the PM Fawad Hassan Fawad, former Lahore […]
Court adjourns reference against Zardari till June 9
ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday adjourned hearing till June 9, on a reference against former president Asif Ali Zardari pertaining suspicious transaction worth Rs8 billions. AC-III Judge Syed Asghar Ali heard the reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). NAB prosecutor Waseem Javed and defence lawyer Barrister Shera Rajpur. The court also granted […]
Court disposes of Ahsan Iqbal’s plea
ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday disposed of the petition of Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal seeking permission to travel Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. The petitioner requested the court to grant him permission to withdraw his case which was allowed by the accountability court judge Syed Asghar Ali. Petitioner’s lawyer […]
Court instructs NAB to file comments in Gilani acquittal plea
ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday instructed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit its comments against the acquittal plea of former prime minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in reference pertaining illegal award of media campaign. AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the acquittal plea of former prime minister in reference filed by anti […]
Court acquits ex-chairman and others in steel mill corruption reference
KARACHI: All accused including a former chairman of a reference in connection with committing corruption in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) have been acquitted by an accountability court in Karachi. The former PSM chairman Moeen Aftab Sheikh was subject to charges of selling the traders goods at lower rates but the court acquitted them all on the benefit of the doubt. Others accused were also subject to the […]
Nigeria resumes trial of Biafran separatist leader
Nigeria on Monday resumed the trial of a prominent separatist leader who was brought back to the country in controversial circumstances, but the case was quickly adjourned after he was not present in court. Heavy security was deployed outside the federal high court in the capital Abuja for the case of Nnamdi Kanu of the […]