Four prosecution witnesses testify against Nawaz Sharif on November 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Wednesday recorded the statements of four prosecution witnesses while hearing corruption references against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members. Despite being exempted from personal appearance, Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz appeared before the court in response to the graft references filed against them by the […]
SC steps in to end ongoing saga of Faizabad sit-in on November 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of the Islamabad sit-in, which has kept the federal capital paralysed for the past 16 days, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government to submit a detailed report on the steps taken so far for ensuring the freedom of movement until tomorrow (Thursday). During the hearing of a case, a two-member […]
Accountability court declares Ishaq Dar absconder on November 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Tuesday declared Finance Minister Ishaq Dar an absconder due to his continuous absence from the hearing of a graft reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The court also directed NAB to initiate legal process to declare the accused Ishaq Dar a proclaimed offender within 10 days. […]
CJP takes suo motu notice of twenty bullet-riddled bodies found in Turbat on November 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: Taking suo-moto notice of the discovery of 20 bullet-riddled bodies in Balochistan, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Balochistan Police to submit within three days a detailed report over the incident. Both the heads of FIA and Balochistan Police have been directed to […]
SC moves to tighten noose around those named in Panama leaks on November 18, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar constituted a two-member Supreme Court bench on Friday to take up two identical petitions against almost 436 Pakistani nationals, who own offshore companies, and their names were surfaced in the Panama leaks, which led to the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister. The bench comprising […]
CJP rejects Nawaz’s petition for clubbing of corruption references on November 17, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday rejected a plea filed by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif seeking to club all the three graft references filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and being heard by the accountability court. Nawaz Sharif’s petition seeking to club the graft references was […]
NAB court exempts Nawaz, Maryam from personal appearance on November 16, 2017ISLAMABAD: Accepting separate pleas filed by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, seeking exemption from personal appearance, the accountability court on Wednesday granted them exemption for a week and for a month, respectively. Judge Muhammad Bashir, who resumed hearing on three graft references against Nawaz Sharif, Maryam and her husband Capt […]
Court issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Ishaq Dar on November 15, 2017ISLAMABAD: An accountability court hearing a graft reference against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for him after he failed to appear before it for the fourth consecutive time. Judge Muhammad Bashir issued a notice to the ‘guarantor’ of Ishaq Dar to explain why the minister had failed to appear and […]
After a year-long hearing, SC reserves verdict on PTI leaders’ eligibility for public office on November 15, 2017ISLAMABAD: After hearing a petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) head Irman Khan and secretary general Jahangir Tareen for almost a year, the Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the matter. The petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader MNA Hanif Abbasi contended that the two PTI leaders had not declared […]
SC bench dissolved, case referred to CJP on November 14, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Upholding the long practiced judicial tradition, known as judicial propriety, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa recused himself from a three-member Supreme Court bench, being its head, which took up the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case against the Sharif family on Monday. The bench constituted by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on […]