LAHORE: Railways Minister Saad Rafique on Sunday said that he has not read ex-intelligence chief Asad Durrani’s recently published book, but people should not call him a ‘traitor’ without reading it. “I haven’t read Durrani’s book, but it is also true that people are calling him a traitor without reading his book. Nobody is a […]
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‘PTI’s 100- day agenda merely an illusion’: Saad Rafique
LAHORE: Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Monday berated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s 100-day plan, terming the agenda as ‘false claims’ and ‘mere eloquence’. Saad Rafique took it to twitter in a series of tweets lashing out on PTI leadership. The railways minister in his tweets said that PTI had made promises of […]
Time for political point-scoring over, says Saad Rafique
LAHORE: Railways Minister Saad Rafique on Sunday said that the time for political point-scoring has ended and that now is the time to compete in the elections 2018. “We have worked hard throughout our tenure, and now is the time for results. I advice the rival politicians to put an end to political point-scoring and […]
Won’t comment on judiciary, says Saad Rafique
RAWALPINDI: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday said that whatever anyone might say, he would refrain from passing comments over judiciary’s observations. “I would not comment on any observations of the judiciary, irrespective of whatever someone might say,” Saad Rafique said while speaking at the inauguration of a new rake at Rawalpindi Railway Station. […]
SC summons Saad Rafique over alleged corruption in Pak railways
LAHORE: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday summoned Railways Minister Saad Rafique over allegations of embezzlement in the Pakistan Railways. While hearing the case regarding alleged corruption in Pakistan Railways, Justice Nisar summoned Saad Rafique, while he also ordered to present a detailed report regarding corruption and embezzlement in the […]
Political parties should play role for country’s progress: Saad
LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique Sunday urged the political parties to play their role for the progress and prosperity of the country. Addressing a gathering on the death anniversary of PML-N worker Sheikh Amjad Aziz here, he said the democratic system should continue and the people should elect their representatives in the election. He […]
NAB resummons Saad Rafique in Paragon housing scandal
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has on Sunday summoned Railways Minister Saad Rafique to appear on March 28 over his alleged involvement in Paragon Housing Society corruption scandal. NAB has summoned Saad Rafique to appear before three-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and record his statements pertaining the case later this week. Moreover, Provincial Health Minister […]
Saad Rafique’s land scam hearing deferred
ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Thursday asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore to defer questioning him in a housing scam due to a scheduled meeting with the Chinese ambassador. NAB Lahore had summoned the federal minister and his brother, provincial minister Khawaja Salman Rafique, regarding the corruption case in private housing scheme reportedly […]
NAB summons Saad Rafique in Ashiana Iqbal case
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has on Tuesday summoned Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique in Ashiana Iqbal Housing scandal. NAB summoned Rafique to appear before the probing committee on March 22 regarding his alleged involvement in Paragon City case. A three-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has been tasked to record the statements of the […]
SC reserves verdict on NA-125 rigging case
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) on Monday reserved its verdict on Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique’s appeal filed against NA-125 rigging case. The court after nineteen hearings on the defendant’s appeal against the case withheld its verdict. Saad Rafique’s counsel argued that the Returning Officer hadn’t receive any objection regarding the changes of polling scheme and […]