NAB court resumes hearing against Dar today on October 16, 2017ISLAMABAD: The accountability court will resume hearing today (Monday) in a graft reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar following the Supreme Court’s July 28 orders in the Panama Papers case. Judge Muhammad Bashir will record the statement of a prosecution witness, Masood ul Ghani of the Habib Bank […]
Rowdyism forces court to defer Sharifs’ indictment on October 14, 2017ISLAMABAD: Rowdyism and mayhem, apparently created by the lawyers having affiliation with the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PNL-N), forced the accountability court – set to indict ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (r) Muhammad Safdar in graft references – on Friday to adjourn the proceedings until October 19. As […]
SC empowered to interpret any law, intervene in any matter: CJP on October 12, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday observed that the inherited jurisdiction of the Supreme Court could not be constrained and it was empowered to examine any matter, wherever it was being heard. He observed this while heading a three-member Supreme Court bench, also consisting of Justice Umar Ata Bandial and […]
Govt opposes NABs voluntary return scheme, AGP tells SC on October 12, 2017ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was opposed to the power granted to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman under the existing law to release an accused following voluntary return of ill-gotten money. Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf Ali told the three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by […]
SC questions Tareens agri land lease deals on October 11, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the authenticity of 178 lease agreements made by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Jahangir Tareen for acquiring 18,566 acres of land on lease from some 160 lessors. A three-member Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Faisal Arab, was hearing […]
Nawaz, Maryam and Capt (r) Safdar to be indicted on 13th on October 10, 2017ISLAMABAD: An accountability on Monday granted bail to the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt (r) Safdar in a corruption reference filed against them by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in compliance with the Supreme Court’s orders in the Panama Papers case. After hearing arguments of National Accountability Bureau’s prosecution team […]
Nawaz, Maryam and Capt (r) Safdar to be indicted on 13th on October 10, 2017ISLAMABAD: An accountability on Monday granted bail to the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt (r) Safdar in a corruption reference filed against them by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in compliance with the Supreme Court’s orders in the Panama Papers case. After hearing arguments of National Accountability Bureau’s prosecution team […]
NAB court likely to indict Nawaz today in absentia on October 9, 2017ISLAMABAD: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to be indicted today in absentia by the accountability court in Islamabad on the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutors, since he is not appearing in the court for being in London to see her ailing wife. However, Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt […]
NAB court likely to indict Nawaz today in absentia on October 9, 2017ISLAMABAD: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to be indicted today in absentia by the accountability court in Islamabad on the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutors, since he is not appearing in the court for being in London to see her ailing wife. However, Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt […]
Imran submits money trail of assets, offshore company in SC on October 7, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday submitted with the Supreme Court additional documents pertaining to ‘money trial’ of his assets and the offshore company. The documents containing details of Imran’s assets and bank transactions of Niazi Services Limited (NSL) account were submitted in response to a petition being heard by the […]