CDA completes probe into Safa Gold Mall case on December 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: A Capital Development Authority (CDA) three-member probe committee has finalised its investigation regarding the Safa Gold Mall case and submitted its recommendations to the competent authority for taking punitive action against two CDA senior officers, who allegedly favoured the owner at the cost of the national exchequer. The probe committee was headed by Shahid […]
NAB hounding officials of CDA who carried out a probe into Safa Gold Mall scam on December 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau( NAB ) officials have been hounding, harassing and humiliating those senior officials of the Capital Development Authority( CDA) who had carried out an inquiry into the Safa Gold Mall multi- billion corruption scam and had found the senior hierarchy of their own department guilty of corruption and malpractice. It has […]
NAB seeks land record on November 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: The NAB has sought land record from CDA in investigation of alleged corruption worth billions against Deputy Speaker National Assembly Murtaza Javed Abbasi. The Deputy Speaker NA is accused of misuse of powers in allotment of some 200 plots in various sectors of Islamabad. Amir Shahzad, an official of the civic agency has already […]
Foreign secretary is pleased to ‘appoint’ NAB DG’s daughter on November 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has appointed the daughter of a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) official in the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s law division in violation of laws regarding recruitment, a source told Daily Times. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria confirmed that Barrister Aliya Rashid, daughter of Nargis Rashid, had been inducted in the ministry but […]
Govt offers Khosa NAB deputy chairman slot on November 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government has offered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) deputy chairman’s slot to former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director general (DG) Tariq Khosa. Khosa, an honest and upright officer, has flatly rejected the government’s offer and said that he is not willing to work under the inefficient NAB chairman. Tariq Khosa was removed from […]
Billions of rupees scam in Sawan Gardens on November 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: A scam has been unearthed where the management of Sawan Gardens Housing Society (Civilian Employees Cooperative Housing Society) had allotted the plots worth of billions rupees illegally in connivance with the district administration of Islamabad. By this illicit allotment many deserving people were deprived of fulfilling their dream of their own house. After the […]
Raheel Sharifs arrival ensures parliamentarians good behaviour on November 18, 2016ISLAMABAD: With the arrival of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif in the Speaker’s gallery to listen the address of the Turkish president during a joint session of the parliament, the unruly parliamentarians observed complete discipline. Before the arrival of the army chief, the parliamentarians were chatting among themselves over the prevailing political […]
Brothers accused of declaring themselves non-Muslims to sell liquor on November 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: Customs Department has presented evidence in court that shows that two owners of bootlegger firm Sun Diplomatic Bonded Ware House are Muslims who declared themselves non-Muslim for the sake of their business. Islamabad High Court has started the hearing against the two brothers, Aamir Malik and Ishtiaq Ahmed who got a license to deal […]
Nepotism, cronyism reign supreme at corruption-plagued OGRA on November 16, 2016ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regularity Authority (OGRA) Chairperson Uzma Adil is going to induct her crony and breach the laws and regulation of the authority, a well placed source told Daily Times. Uzma Adil had also served as managing director Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited before joining OGRA as its chairman and she was in […]
No mercy for corrupt PHAF MD on November 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: Establishment Secretary Tahir Shahbaz has rejected the mercy appeal of former Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation (PHAF) managing director Muhammad Ilyas. He is accused of illegal allotment of luxury flats. The secretary also vowed to bring the multi-billion corruption scandal to its “logical end”, a source told Daily Times. The scam was cooked up during […]