Hanif Abbasi submits additional evidence against Imran Khan on September 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Muhammad Hanif Abbasi on Saturday submitted additional documents in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to prove his claim that Imran Khan misrepresented his financial details in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The additional documents submitted in the SC by Abbasi’s counsel Muhammad Akram Sheikh include copies of Pakistan […]
NAB moves SC against Hudaibiya case closure on September 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking to set aside a Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict ordering closure of Rs 1.2 billion Hudaibiya Paper Mills case which led to the acquittal of Nawaz Sharif and his family members. The appeal was filed by NAB’s prosecutor general […]
NAB court issues Ishaq Dar’s arrest warrants on September 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Wednesday issued bailable arrest warrants against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar after he failed to appear before it in compliance with a summons issued to him earlier. When judge Muhammad Bashir took up the corruption reference, Dar’s Protocol Officer Fazal Dad apprised the court that the minister could not appear as […]
No-show: NAB court resummons Sharifs on September 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad accountability court on Tuesday issued second summons to the Sharif family, directing it to appear on September 26 to face the corruption references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against them in compliance with the Supreme Court’s orders in Panama Papers case verdict. In response to court’s earlier summons, no member […]
PTI submits seven-year funding details to ECP on September 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: Following the ‘final warning’ by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday finally submitted details of its accounts and the foreign funding received during the last seven years to the commission. After continued defiance of its repeated orders, the ECP had last week given ‘final opportunity’ to the PTI […]
SC rejects Sharifs, Dar review pleas on September 16, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the review petitions filed by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his children and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar against the July 28 verdict in Panama Papers case. After the counsels for Nawaz Sharif; his children – Hasan, Hussain and Maryam; son-in-law Capt (r) Safdar and Finance Minister Ishaq […]
JIT probe reveals Nawaz received salary from FZE on September 15, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif did not present any documentary evidence in Panama Papers case to substantiate his ‘verbal’ claim of not receiving any salary from his son’s Dubai-based company, Capital FZE. The court observed that the documents provided by the joint investigation team (JIT), which probed […]
Sharif family free to cross-examine JIT on September 14, 2017 ISLAMABAD: During the hearing of review petitions filed by Sharif family against the Panama Papers case verdict on Wednesday, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan observed that disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his children can cross-examine members of the joint investigation team (JIT) during trial before the accountability court. He made it clear that counsels […]
SC forms five-judge bench to hear Sharifs review petitions on September 13, 2017ISLAMABAD: Accepting the Sharif family’s request, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday constituted a five-member larger bench to hear review petitions against the July 28 verdict in Panama Papers case. The bench comprises Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Sh Azmat Saeed and […]
Independent judiciary a must for true democracy, says CJP on September 12, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday said the constitution is supreme and each organ of the state has to perform its duties and functions in accordance with the constitutional scheme. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the new judicial year of the Supreme Court, the CJP said, “Our constitution provides […]