PML-N admits Mayfair property in London owned by Nawaz Sharif on April 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) almost admitted on Monday that the Mayfair property in London was owned by none other than Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif himself. At a press conference, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif never denied his ownership of the Mayfair property in London. “Everyone knows […]
Go Nawaz Go on April 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: In a first-of-its-kind self-styled ‘address to the nation’, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to quit after names of his family members, according to the documents released by Panama Papers last week, were listed among those involved in the controversial offshore business. “The prime minister has lost his […]
Army mulls all-inclusive strategy to contain acts of hostile agencies on April 7, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army top brass on Thursday agreed to devise a comprehensive mechanism to block the growing activities of foreign spy agencies inside Pakistan. At a meeting of the corps commanders chaired by Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif at the General Headquarters, the army leadership reiterated its resolve to take effective steps to […]
An eyewash? on April 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: The announcement by an apparently perplexed prime minister in his televised speech to the nation on Tuesday to form a ‘judicial commission’ to investigate any wrongdoings on the part of his family and their involvement in setting up of off-shore companies met immediate criticism by law experts who maintained that the composition of the […]
Nawaz orders probe into mega leak on April 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: In a first-of-its-kind televised address to the nation revolving around his family, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday rubbished all allegations making rounds on media against the Sharifs after mega leak by Panama Papers. A visibly shaken prime minister announced to set up a ‘judicial commission’ to probe the matter and ascertain the […]
Panama Papers: leak opens Pandoras Box in Pakistan on April 4, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Panama leaks have whipped a storm of controversy over off-shore wealth of the political elite of Pakistan, especially the ruling Sharif family. In a snowballing scandal, the unprecedented confidential documents leaked from one of the world’s most secretive companies, Mossack Fonseca, reveal how the rich and powerful across the world use tax […]
Iran not hand in glove with RAW: Pakistan on April 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: A day after Iranian ambassador in Islamabad called on the interior minister to assure his country’s full support in stemming incursion of Indian spies into Pakistani territory using Iranian soil, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan maintained that Iran was not working hand in glove with Indian intelligence agency RAW to stoke instability in Pakistan. “Iran […]
Iran vows full help on RAW role in Pakistan on April 1, 2016ISLAMABAD: A day after Islamabad formally sent a six-point ‘reference’ requesting Tehran to investigate and share details of the activities of Kulbhushan Jadhav & Co, Iranian ambassador in Islamabad called on Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan to assure his country’s full support in stemming incursion of Indian spies into Pakistani territory using Iranian soil. […]
Iran vows full help on RAW role in Pakistan on April 1, 2016ISLAMABAD: A day after Islamabad formally sent a six-point ‘reference’ requesting Tehran to investigate and share details of the activities of Kulbhushan Jadhav & Co, Iranian ambassador in Islamabad called on Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan to assure his country’s full support in stemming incursion of Indian spies into Pakistani territory using Iranian soil. […]
Pakistan hands over reference to Iran on March 31, 2016ISLAMABAD: Days after Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif took up with visiting Iranian President Hasan Rouhani the issue of alleged use of Iranian soil by India’s RAW to stoke instability in Balochistan and Karachi, Islamabad on Thursday formally sent a reference requesting Tehran to investigate and share details of the activities of Kulbhushan […]