Law enforcers to get legal cover in terror-related cases on December 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government is all set to introduce a new law to provide legal cover to law enforcement agencies working against terrorism. Interior Ministry sources told Daily Times that the Pakistan Protection Act would be merged with the Anti-Terrorism Act and then a new law would be enacted after the approval of parliament. They […]
COAS confirms death sentence for eight hardcore terrorists on December 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday confirmed death sentences for another eight terrorists, who were involved in offences related to terrorism, including killing of innocent civilians, slaughtering soldiers of Law Enforcement Agencies and Armed Forces of Pakistan. One other terrorist has been awarded life imprisonment. According to an ISPR […]
MPs admit submitting false details to ECP on December 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: Elected representatives on Tuesday admitted publicly that they submitted false details to the election commission regarding their election campaign expenses while demanding that returning officers should not be from the judiciary in the next elections. In a meeting of the National Assembly standing committee for parliamentary affairs in Parliament House, members could not reach […]
NAB failed to recover Rs 12 billion under plea bargain policy on December 27, 2016ISLAMABAD: Failure in recovery of over Rs 12 billion under plea bargain policy has exposed as many as 146 corrupt officials at the national accountability bureau (NAB) as people did not pay money to NAB they promised during the plea bargain. According to NAB’s own documents during the last eight years, NAB reached agreements under […]
Zardaris return not under any deal: govt on December 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has made it clear that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari had not returned to the country under any deal. Talking to the media at the Punjab House on Saturday, the interior minister said that the government did not even give any guarantee regarding the former […]
Nisar tells Nawaz to make public Abbottabad Commission report on December 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday formally asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to make public the Abbottabad Commission’s report. The interior minister also made it clear that he could not be blackmailed by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), and that corruption cases against the party’s leaders would be taken to their logical […]
Absentee PTI MPs get paid for working on December 23, 2016ISLAMABAD: Despite boycott of the National Assembly sessions over the issue of Panama leaks, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers encashed their salary of more than two months from the national exchequer. Sources told Daily Times that 33 members of the National Assembly (MPAs) belonging to the PTI, including party chief Imran Khan, encashed more than Rs […]
Federal govt tight-lipped on future of military courts on December 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government is silent on the future of military courts established under 21 constitutional amendments. Military courts will cease to exist if the government does not amend the Constitution again. Official sources told Daily Times that it looked like the federal government was not in the mood to extend the time period of […]
PMs Panama woes continue on House floor as PPP, PTI rage on December 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N government is in a fix over the Panama leaks and Quetta incident inquiry commission report as the opposition said it was not ready to spare the government, even though the NA speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq was trying hard to help out the government. Parliamentary sources told Daily Times that on Monday, […]
Dawn leak commission gets another month on December 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The government has given another month to the commission probing the Dawn leak scandal. The Interior Ministry sources said that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has extended the inquiry commission tenure until January 10. Earlier, the commission was given a month which completed on December 10, but the body failed to […]