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Voluntary return, plea bargain: TI-P asks govt to abolish provision
ISLAMABAD: Transparency International – Pakistan (TI-P) has asked government to abolish voluntary return and plea bargain provision to discourage corruption in the country. In an official statement, TI-P has issued a country report on Sustainable Development Goal 16. The report is based on the SDG16 Monitoring Methodology consisting of 175 indicators and is developed by […]
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NAB okays probes against ex-sessions judge, two ex-MPAs
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Board of the NAB approved investigations against former sessions judge Khizar Hayat and others. Besides this, it also approved holding of investigations against former deputy speaker Punjab Assembly Sher Ali Gorchani and ex-MPA Ahmed Khan Baloch. According to NAB sources, the NAB Executive Board converted inquiry against ex-sessions judge Khizer Hayat into […]
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Accountability court acquits Raja Pervez Ashraf in Rental Power Plant reference
Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has maintained that he was not guilty of corruption in the Rental Power Plant reference. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: An accountability court acquitted former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in the Rental Power Plant reference on Thursday. The accountability court hearing the reference against Ashraf and other suspects had reserved […]
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NAB authorises 3 investigations, 5 inquiries
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Executing Board Meeting (EBM) on Tuesday authorised conducting three investigations, five inquiries and constituting a joint investigation team (JIT) for carrying out probe against various personalities. Presiding over the executive board meeting, NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal approved conducting three investigations against former sessions judge Khizar Hayat, Punjab […]
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Mother of all corruption
ARTICLE: Sugar scandal. Atta crisis. Petrol emergency. And many more such outrageous market manipulations are in the offing. All are the result of an unregulated free market economy (FME) that we have been practicing for the last nearly 40 years. Indeed, FME is the real mother of all corruption in the country. Not only Pakistan […]
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Opposition, treasury confrontation derails debate on budget in Sindh Assembly
KARACHI: A ruckus broke out in the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday during the third day of debate on the provincial budget as treasury and opposition members hit each other below the belt. While the intermittent protests by the lawmakers from the two sides marred almost the entire session, the situation took an ugly turn after […]
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Transparency International Pakistan Shows Reservations on Amendments in Companies Act
The corruption watchdog Transparency International Pakistan has expressed some serious concerns over amendments made to the Companies Act. Transparency International Pakistan has expressed its concerns in a letter to the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Azam Khan, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), and the Supreme Court. The letter stated that it has received a complaint raising […]
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ٹرانسپیرنسی انٹرنیشنل کا انتباہ
عالمی سطح پر کرپشن کی روک تھام کے لیے خدمات انجام دینے کی بنا پر دنیا بھر میں قدر کی نگاہ سے دیکھے جانے والے ادارے ٹرانسپیرنسی انٹرنیشنل کی جانب سے پاکستان کمپنیز ایکٹ میں پچھلے دنوں ایک صدارتی آرڈیننس کے ذریعے کی جانے والی ترامیم کا پاکستان کے مفادات کے منافی اور کرپشن کے […]
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NAB to investigate three corruption cases against former sessions judge, MPAs
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has approved to launch investigation into three corruption cases against former sessions judge and Members Provincial Assembly (MNAs), Dunya News reported on Tuesday. The decision was made during a meeting of the executive board chaired by NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal and a declaration was […]
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Opposition MPAs flay Sindh govt for ‘corruption, wrong priorities’
Opposition legislators in the Sindh Assembly on Monday questioned what they termed sheer incompetence, wasteful and corrupt spending and ill-advised priorities of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led Sindh government that had continued unabated, according to them, during the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the province. They were taking part in the general discussion in the house […]
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