Dar has six days on October 24, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Monday directed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to furnish his reply by October 30 on a plea of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), seeking to freeze all his movable and immovable assets. When Court Judge Muhammad Bashir resumed the hearing on graft reference against Dar, NAB’s prosecutor Imran Shafique pleaded […]
NAB court to record statements of witnesses against Dar today on October 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court will record today (Monday) statements of two prosecution witnesses against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, who was indicted on a graft reference on September 27. The witnesses, whose statements will be recorded by the accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir today are: Masoodul Ghani of Habib Bank and Abdul Rahman Gondal of Allied […]
Bar associations urge CJP to take action against ‘biggest land mafia’ on October 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad and Rawalpindi Bar Associations on Saturday appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar to take action against Bahria Town head Malik Riaz Hussain. Both bar associations requested the CJP to summon the record of FIRs and other cases pending against Riaz in various police stations of the country and […]
NAB court indicts Nawaz in third reference on October 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Friday indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in third graft reference, which pertains to his business concern Flagship Investment Ltd along with 15 other offshore companies, filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him on the Supreme Court’s July 28 orders in the Panama Papers case. As the hearing […]
PTI chief’s misstatements warrant disqualification: PML-N on October 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan was requested on Friday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s ‘shifting stances’ over the utilization of 0.1 million pounds and acquisition of Bani Gala property constituted a clear case of misstatement, which warranted disqualification under Article 62(1) (f) of the Constitution. This was contended by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz […]
Indicted on October 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Thursday formally indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt (r) Safdar in the Avenfield properties graft reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against them following the Supreme Court’s July 28 orders in the Panama Papers case. After hearing the charge sheet read out […]
Dar’s counsel fails to appear; court defers case until Oct 23 on October 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Wednesday adjourned until October 23 the hearing of a graft reference against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar due to unavailability of his lead counsel Khawaja Haris Ahmad. When judge Muhammad Bashir resumed the hearing at the scheduled time, Ishaq Dar along with his legal team was present in the court. However, […]
Imran, Tareen’s disqualification cases to be decided together: SC on October 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday observed that the disqualification cases against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Secretary General Jahangir Tareen will be decided together, for being of similar nature. PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi has sought disqualification of Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen for non-disclosure of their assets, […]
Money trails by Imran, Tareen ambiguous: SC on October 18, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday once again raised questions over the authenticity of documents submitted so far by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Secretary General Jahangir Tareen to establish their money trails, and observed that the documents of both the leaders still carried ‘inconsistencies’. A three-member Supreme Court bench, headed […]
Imran ‘backtracks’ on 0.1m pounds statement on October 17, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan ‘backtracked’ on his earlier stance on the trail of 0.1 million pounds sterling after he submitted new documents in the Supreme Court on Monday. In his earlier documents, he had apprised the court that he spent 0.1 million pounds on the legal fees of his apartment’s dispute in […]