LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday handed over Khawaja Aqeel alias Gogi Butt, a gangster, and his six accomplices to police on four-day physical remand in an extortion case. Ichhra police produced the accused before ATC Judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta in strict security. The investigation officer submitted that the accused were nominated in an […]
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Rana Sanaullah sent to jail for 14 days on judicial remand
PML-N Punjab president MNA Rana Sanaullah Khan was sent to jail on Tuesday on 14-day judicial remand by a district court in Lahore. This update is followed by an earlier arrest of Rana Sanaullah by Anti Narcotics Force (ANF). In the hearing of the case today, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) requested for a remand for […]
Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani arrested in corruption charges
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani in assets beyond meaning, embezzlement of funds and illegal appointments cases. In a press release the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) confirmed the arrest of speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani. He will face an inquiry for accumulating assets beyond his known […]
Paragon Housing scam: Khawaja Brothers’ physical remand extended till Jan 26
LAHORE: An accountability court on Saturday extended the physical remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khwaja Salman Rafique till January 26 in Paragon Housing scam case. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials produced the Khawaja brothers before the court for the extension in their physical remand ended today. […]
Sri Lanka’s top military official detained over mass murder cover-up
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s military chief was remanded by court Wednesday after weeks evading arrest over the alleged cover-up of the abduction and murder of 11 young men during the island´s civil war. Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne is the highest-ranking military officer ever held by a court over alleged crimes from Sri Lanka´s wartime past, when the […]