report in The Express Tribune, December 20th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: In a significant development on Tuesday, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a reference with the accountability court against former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in connection to the Toshakhana case. The registrar office of the accountability court is set to take further action after scrutinising the case. The NAB Rawalpindi, acting on allegations of graft, has named only two…
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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 The Express Tribune, August 18, 2023ATTOCK: PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan expressed his willingness to endure imprisonment, stating he would stay incarcerated “even for a thousand years” if necessary and stressed the value of sacrifice in achieving freedom. On August 5, the PTI chief was arrested by the Punjab police after a trial court found him guilty on charges of concealing de¬tails of gifts he received from the state deposito¬ry…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, June 12, 2023A writ petition demanding prosecution of the supreme commander of the disbanded Maoist ‘People’s Liberation Army’, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who currently is the prime minister, and the chief of the insurgency-era ‘people’s government’, Baburam Bhattarai, who is also a former prime minister, has been registered at the Supreme Court. The court administration registered the petition on Sunday following a ruling by a single bench of Justice…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, May 25, 2023A report by the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations, which has almost lost its relevance after having been shelved for about five years, is being discussed again with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal all set to embark on a four-day India visit. Nepal and India had formed an eight-member panel of eminent persons in 2016 to review bilateral relations in their entirety and suggest the…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, May 23, 2023With Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal all set to go to India at the end of May, officials on both sides are busy giving final touches to the visit’s agenda. Though preparations for Dahal’s first foreign trip since becoming prime minister on December 25 are in full swing, the two sides are yet to make a formal announcement of the date. Foreign Minister NP Saud has…
report in Prothom Alo, 13 Apr 2023Prime Minister and ruling Awami League president Sheikh Hasina speaks as leaders and activists of district units of AL from across the country met the prime minister at her official residence, Ganabhaban, in Dhaka on 12 April 2023BSS Prime Minister and ruling Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday alerted her party men against local and foreign conspiracies and asked them to strengthen the party further ahead of…