MIRPUR (AJK): The Additional Sessions Court Dadayal, Mirpur District, Tuesday gave three-time death sentence to culprit Moeen Bashir allias Sahiboo of Jaranawala Tehsil of Faisalabad District in the abduction, rape, and murder of 12-year Kanwal Matloob of Dadayal town. The court comprising Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Idrees Bhati and Additional District Qazi Dadyal Muhammad Sarfraz […]
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IHC dismisses Nawaz Sharif’s appeals in Al Azizia, Avenfield corruption references
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday dismissed two appeals of former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif against his imprisonment sentences in Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Avenfield Property references. Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani announced the nine page verdict reserved a day before. Appellant Nawaz Sharif was tried and convicted in the […]
Salman Shah made Punjab CM’s adviser on finance
Renowned economist Dr Salman Shah has been appointed as the new adviser to the Punjab chief minister on economic affairs and planning. The Punjab government issued a notification to this effect on Wednesday, while CM Sardar Usman Buzdar asked Salman Shah to assume his new office without delay. This development comes ahead of the budget […]
Verdict on Harvey Weinstein’s case to be announced in September
Producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial, postponed until September, is now poised to end after two years after a wave of women’s allegations against him sparked the #MeToo Movement. A Manhattan judge announced the delay on Friday after a closed-door hearing in which prosecutors sought to broaden their case to include some of those women’s […]
Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar file petition against accountability court’s verdict
LAHORE: A Former Premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law caption (r) Safdar have filed a petition in Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday against the Avenfield verdict. The petition was filed through the advocate A K Dogar and according to the petition, the three times elected Prime Minister (PM) of the country is being […]
Plea to postpone Avenfield verdict dismissed, verdict in a while
ISLAMABAD: The accountability court has dismissed the plea filed by Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz to postpone the announcement of the verdict in Avenfield properties reference, the decision will be announced today. The accountability court judge, Muhammad Bashir, will issue the verdict today regarding Avenfield properties reference. The verdict was saved earlier by the court on […]