PMs Secretariat sitting on inquiries into 39 corruption scams for the last two years on August 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: Findings of the six inquiry committees about 39 corruption scams involving the Capital Development Authority (CDA) have been pending with Prime Minister’s Secretariat for the last two years and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not shown any interest in retrieval of Rs 200 billion public money from the corrupt mafia. According to the documents […]
NAB sitting on corruption cases against Nawaz for years on August 19, 2016ISLAMABAD: Seventeen inquiries into corruption cases against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have been pending with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for the last two decades. The anti-corruption watchdog has not completed inquiries into these cases despite a clear warning from the Supreme Court, shows a document available with Daily Times. The inordinate delay in completion […]
International oil companies hold Rs 10bn, PAC informed on August 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: Secretary Ministry of Petroleum has submitted before the public accounts committee meeting that 65 LPG marketing companies had received LPG quota from OGDCL till the end of 2007 and now a signatory bonus system has been introduced in order to sell the product transparently. The Secretary petroleum also said that OGDCL is going to […]
CAA secretary briefs PAC on poor quality of work at new airport on August 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) secretary has told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly that cracks have appeared on the runways of the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in the federal capital before it has become operational, due to a defective design and use of substandard construction material. A senior adviser and […]
NAB to accelerate investigation against ombudsman advisors on August 10, 2016ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has resolved to reopen inquiries against all those corrupt elements who took refuge at Federal Ombudsman office. A reliable source confided to Daily Times on Wednesday that Chairman NAB, Chaudhry Qamar Zaman taking cognizance of the media report and has directed Director General NAB Rawalpindi to accelerate the pace of […]
FIA raids intl oil company allegedly involved in Rs 30bn theft case on August 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided an oil depot of the MOL International Oil Company at Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has taken the sensitive records of the company into possession, a well-placed source confided to Daily Times. The Federal Investigation Agency’s senior officers raided the oil depot of the company in connection […]
14 corrupt CDA officers remain free on August 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: The 14 senior officers of the CDA who allegedly plundered national wealth worth of billions of rupees are roaming freely due to the patronage of some officers sitting at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, A document available with Daily Times ,has revealed that some dishonest officers working at the PM”s secretariat had given a safe […]
Two state organs at loggerheads on August 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman Sulman Farooqi has summoned Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to explain his position on an application which states that he has failed to redress the grievance of the applicant. The confrontation between two state functionaries was triggered following the disqualification of a close relative of federal ombudsman by the Chairman NAB, who […]
PTV facing loss of Rs 9.6 billion on August 3, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), a state-run media house, has incurred a loss of Rs 9.6 billion, as it failed to launch any viable project, a report submitted to the parliamentary committee for scrutinising PTV’s performance and expenditure of funds has revealed. The projects that have been declared non-viable were affecting the performance of the […]
Corruption inquiries worth billions in CDA dumped by PM Secretariat on July 31, 2016ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Secretariat has dumped the findings of eight corruption inquiries pertaining to mega corruption scams of Capital Development Authority (CDA) involving multi billion rupees and allegedly put them in cold storage for the last more than two years, a secret official document revealed. The secret government documents available with Daily Times showed that […]