ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Monday claimed that Pakistan had uncovered extensive evidence of coordinated and paid online social media campaigns operated largely through fake accounts from abroad. He said these campaigns were aimed at manipulating public opinion and targeting state institutions. Read More: PSCA, UN launch campaign against gender-based violence Speaking at a […]
Fake Accounts
NAB summons Asif Ali Zardari on May 9
The former president Asif Ali Zardari has been summoned by the National Accountability Bureau in the fake accounts case on May 9. According to sources, Zardari has been summoned for questioning as NAB has constructed another reference in the fake accounts case. The former president will be questioned on the basis of the new reference. […]
Ali Zafar says ‘fake accounts out to get him’ shutting down because of FIA
Singer and actor Ali Zafar on Tuesday claimed that fake social media accounts, which were involved in a defamatory campaign against him, are “now shutting down after our application to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).” The artist tweeted, “As I said, the smear campaign against me was running through fake accounts,” which are now shutting […]
Strict law enforcement needed to purge fake accounts
Technology, it has been said, can create more problems than it can solve. The information technology has connected people to the parts of the world which are quite remote in the physical sense. It has virtually turned the entire world into a global village. On one hand, people no longer have to experience the kind […]
Zardari, Bilawal seek more time to submit reply in fake accounts case
Former president Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari have written a letter to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) requesting more time to submit their response in the fake bank accounts case, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. The letter seeks two-week time to submit reply to a questionnaire […]
Bilawal demands shift of fake accounts case to Sindh instead of Rawalpindi
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari repeated his objections regarding the transfer of fake accounts case to Rawalpindi, on Tuesday. “The rule of law should be the same for everyone living in Pakistan,” he said. “Bhutto family had always been persecuted in Rawalpindi,” he said in a press conference in Larkana in which he demanded that […]
Zardari seeks pre-arrest bail from IHC in accounts case
Pakistan Peoples Party President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking pre-arrest bail in the fake bank accounts case. Zardari, who is among the PPP leaders being probed by the National Accountability Bureau for their alleged role in the mega money laundering and fake accounts case, filed a petition in […]
Mega money laundering case transferred to Islamabad
KARACHI: A banking court on Friday granted permission to transfer the fake bank accounts and mega money laundering case to Islamabad. The court had reserved the decision last Monday. The banking court announced the decision on Friday and ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to transfer the money laundering and fake account cases to Islamabad. […]
Asif Zardari filed an application in SC to stop FIA investigation against him
The former president filed an application in Supreme Court (SC) to stop investigation against him by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). FIA is investigating against fake account case. Sardar Latif Khosa the counsel of Asif Zardari filed a plea in Supreme Court on Friday. Supeme Court has ordered the Joint Investigation Tem (JIT) to assist the […]