SC refers plea of IHC judge for open trial to CJP for larger bench on November 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: A two-member Supreme Court of Pakistan bench on Thursday referred to the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) a plea filed by a serving judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking formation of a larger bench to hear a reference of misconduct against him in the open court. The bench, comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat […]
NAB court orders freezing of assets as Ishaq Dar again fails to appear on November 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing a graft reference against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday held that the bailable arrest warrants issued against the accused earlier would remain effective as he once again failed to appear before the court. Judge Muhammad Bashir rejected a fresh application by Dar seeking one-day (Thursday) exemption from personal appearance […]
Court orders SECP to freeze shares of Nawaz’s sons in six companies on November 1, 2017ISLAMABAD: An accountability court hearing graft references against the Sharif family directed the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Tuesday to freeze the shares of Hussain and Hasan Nawaz, sons of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, held in six companies. Accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir also directed the SECP that after freezing all […]
NAB court issues bailable arrest warrants against Dar for no-show on October 31, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Monday issued bailable arrest warrants against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, directing him to ensure his presence before it on Thursday. Judge Muhammad Bashir also issued bailable arrest warrants against the ‘surety guarantor’ of Ishaq Dar. The court directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to produce four prosecution witnesses against Dar […]
Graft reference: NAB court likely to order freezing of Dar’s assets today on October 30, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court, which is scheduled to resume hearing in the graft reference against Ishaq Dar today (Monday), is likely to order freezing of the finance minister’s assets. Dar is set to appear before the court for the eighth time today. On the last hearing, judge Muhammad Bashir had directed the minister to furnish […]
‘Land grabbing’: dozens of cases against Malik Riaz await decisions on October 29, 2017ISLAMABAD: Dozens of land-grabbing and other cases have been pending adjudication against Bahria Town Chairman Malik Riaz Hussain for years. After going through the list of cases awaiting decisions, it seems as if police and other law enforcement agencies are helpless in taking action against Malik Riaz, an influential real estate tycoon and head of […]
NAB court issues bailable arrest warrants of Nawaz for no-show on October 27, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Thursday issued bailable arrest warrants against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif for failing to appear before it in two graft references filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) following the Supreme Court’s July 28 orders in the Panama Papers case. In the third reference pertaining to Avenfield properties […]
Tareen has failed to present trust deed of his London property: CJP on October 26, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday observed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary-General Jahangir Tareen had so far been failed to produce the trust deed having details of 4. 7 million pounds which he remitted to Britain to purchase a 12-acres house in London. He was heading a three-member Supreme Court […]
SC directs Tareen to provide trail of 4.6m pounds spent on UK residence on October 25, 2017* Counsel tells court amount transferred to London in name of a ‘trust’, hence not declared in income tax returns and nomination papers ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary-General Jahangir Tareen to produce the trail of 4.6 million pounds which he transmitted abroad to spend on the construction of his […]
We are not partial: SC on October 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday rejected the contention of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader’s lawyer that the court seemed to be ‘partial’ in the disqualification case against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, by allowing him to submit additional documents, despite the hearing of the case had been concluded. A […]