Khurshid wants three SC judges to be part of JIT on April 22, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Syed Khurshid Shah has rejected the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), saying that if the team had to be constituted then it should consist of three judges of the Supreme Court (SC). “The NAB, FIA and other institutions have been annihilated. We don’t accept this JIT… What inquiry will an officer of […]
Govts days are numbered, says Sheikh Rasheed on April 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Friday claimed that it was the last year of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, as the country’s political scenario had changed after the Supreme Court verdict in Panamagate case. Speaking in a morning show on Friday, he said, “Everything will happen this year… now […]
Zardari teaching honesty to others a sign of doomsday on April 22, 2017TAXILA: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari lecturing others on articles 62 and 63 on honesty was a sign of apocalypse. Addressing a news conference in Taxila, the minister claimed that there was no difference of opinion between the judges giving the Panamagate […]
Acquittal of Kazmi, others challenged in SC on April 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court (SC) against the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision to acquit former minister of religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Hajj Director General Rao Shakeel Ahmad and Ministry of Religious Affairs’ former joint secretary Aftabul Islam Rao in the Hajj corruption case. In […]
Ten-member parliamentary delegation reaches Tehran on April 22, 2017TEHRAN: A-ten member parliamentary delegation headed by National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq reached Iran on Friday. The delegation will hold talks with senior Iranian officials on bilateral ties and regional developments. Ayaz Sadiq, heading the high-ranking delegation, is visiting Iran on the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani. During his five-day stay in […]
Demanding PMs resignation tantamount to court contempt on April 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has said those who are asking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down after the verdict of the apex court to form a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe corruption allegations against the premier are committing contempt of court. Addressing the opening ceremony of 7th Interiors Pakistan Exhibition […]
PTI to file reference against NAB chairman on April 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to file a reference against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman under Article 209 of the Constitution, said PTI spokesman Fawad Choudhary in a press conference here on Friday He alleged that the NAB chief was involved in hiding the alleged corruption of Sharifs. He said that the […]
Ex-England defender Ehiogu dies on April 21, 2017LONDON: Tottenham’s coach Ugo Ehiogu has died at the age of 44, the Premier League club announced on Friday. “It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Ugo Ehiogu,” Tottenham stated. The former defender, capped four times by England, was being treated in hospital after collapsing at the club’s training headquarters in […]
Pakistan hockey team beat Queensland by 3 goals on April 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Junior Hockey team defeated Queensland by three goals to one in the Australian National Junior Hockey championship at Hobart in Tasmania on Friday It was green shirts’ second win out of three matches played so far.
Champs-Elysees gunman was focus of anti-terror probe on April 21, 2017PARIS: The gunman who shot a French police officer on Thursday was identified by investigating the papers left in his vehicle, but his name has not been released by authorities yet. Local media say the 39-year-old lived in the city’s suburbs, and had been seen as a potential Islamist radical. The gunman also wounded two […]