By Asim Yasin/khalid Iqbal in The News, Dec 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday filed the Toshakhana reference against the former prime minister and his wife Bushra Imran Khan, as co-accused in the Accountability Court in Islamabad, for retaining the Graff Jewelery set gifted by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. The NAB prosecutor, Sohail Arif, and Investigation Officer Mohsin Haroon submitted the reference at the Registrar’s Office. The Director General NAB, Rawalpindi,…
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Report in Dawn, November 22nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court decided on Tuesday to conduct regular hearing of the appeals, filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, against his conviction in two corruption references. An IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb had, on October 24, revived Mr Sharif’s appeals in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references. Justice Farooq noted that since the hearing may continue for a longer period,…
Report in Dawn, Sept 15th, 2023QUETTA: Unknown militants blew up a gas well in the Pirkoh gas field area of Dera Bugti on Thursday, suspending supply to various localities of the district. Officials said unknown militants planted explosives at the well No 41, which went off, causing fire in the well and suspending supply to a vast area. Security forces rushed to the site after the explosion and brought the fire under control. “The gas…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 15, 2023Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said cases against Dr Muhammad Yunus had been filed by employees of his organisations, not by the government. “One cannot be above the law just because if he is a Nobel Laureate,” he said this while responding to a question at a media briefing at the foreign ministry yesterday. The foreign minister said since these cases were pending in court, the government…
by Waseem Shamsi in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023• Fazl rules out alliance with PPP, says JUI-F values ‘loyalty’SUKKUR: Building steam on the campaign trail, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday raised objections to the lack of a level playing field in the run-up to general elections, saying there was a need to do away with outdated methods of running the country. In a response to a question during his visit to Sukkur,…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, August 22nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: A special court, established on Monday to hear the cases filed under the Official Secrets Act, handed over former foreign minister and vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a four-day physical remand in the cipher case. Mr Qureshi is named in the First Information Report (FIR) registered against him under the Official Secrets Act. The federal government…
by Asaduzzaman in Prothom Alo, July 22, 2023 Banianagar Mor (intersection) in Sutrapur is one of the busiest areas in Old Dhaka. At 6:15pm on 30 December 20-25 leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated bodies gathered there and started chanting anti-government slogans. When they were asked to stop saying anti-government slogans, they attacked the Awami League leaders and activists and then exploded cocktails with an intention to kill them. This is the statement…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, Feb 26, 2023Two former Speakers, who are also active politicians of the country’s two biggest electoral forces, filed their nominations on Saturday for the March 9 presidential election. With the two previous Presidents courting controversy for trying to exercise ‘extra-constitutional’ powers, what the country really needs is a President who is broadly accepted, who can play a neutral role, and who can act as a true guardian…