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Tightening the noose around corrupt: FBR’s enhanced power to raid
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to empower the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to conduct raids at the premises of those who are allegedly involved in storing undeclared gold, jewelry, and foreign currencies and bearer securities. For this purpose, the government has proposed several amendments to Income Tax Ordinance 2001 through Finance Bill 2019. The […]
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Former MS, accountant booked for corruption
TOBA TEK SINGH-Former District Headquarters Hospital medical superintendent Dr Niaz Ahmed and hospital’s accountant Hasnain Ahmed has been found guilty of corruption in an inquiry conducted by senior officials of Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE). An FIR was registered on Saturday against both of them said that former District Health Authority chief executive officer Dr Mukhtar […]
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NAB KP arrests ex-revenue official
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Friday arrested Syed Qasim Shah, ex Sub Registrar Peshawar involved in illegal sale of precious plots allotted to T.B Association in gross violation of law causing huge loss to the government exchequer. During the course of investigation it was discovered that 2 plots measuring 4 kanals 5 marlas, and […]
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Gang involved in fake recruitments busted
PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has busted a gang involved in fake recruitment through forged letterheads of the Prime Minister’s House, a source said on Friday. The source said that the FIA Anti-Corruption Wing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested four members of the gang, including the ringleader Nadeem from Noshero Feroz. Three other members of the […]
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NAB Lahore arrests Deputy Registrar Cooperatives
National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore has arrested another accused Deputy Registrar Cooperatives on account of alleged misuse of authority and abetment in Chinar Bagh Cooperative Housing Society Scam. As per details the accused Muhammad Ejaz Khan as Deputy Registrar Cooperatives has allegedly misused his authority by granting approval of the New Jhelum-Punjab Project Extension as […]
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War against corruption: Business community supports PM: Iftikhar
Chairman United Business Group at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik Thursday espousing Prime Minister’s announcement to form a high-level commission to investigate rampant corruption over the last 10 years said the business community will extend all support to Imran Khan in his mission to eliminate menace of corruption, […]
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NAB presents Zardari in court for fake accounts hearing
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday presented former president Asif Ali Zardari before an accountability court in Islamabad as it resumed hearing the mega money laundering case. A NAB team brought the PPP co-chairman to the Judicial Complex amid tight security. Accountability Judge Muhammad Arshad Malik is hearing the case. Other accused persons […]
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SC extends ex-IGP’s bail in graft reference
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday extended interim bail granted to former Sindh IGP Ghulam Hyder Jamali for a week in a corruption case. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Manzoor Malik, heard the case against Ghulam Hyder Jamali. The bench summoned the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) senior prosecutor or […]
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PM discusses TORs for 10-year corruption probe with close aides
ISLAMABAD: A Commission of Inquiry constituted by the federal government will investigate how the debt of the country increased by Rs24,000 billion in the last 10 years i.e. from 2008 to 2018 whereas, no mega projects were carried out in the country during this period. This was decided during a high-level meeting at the Prime […]
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Corruption in Punjab: Minister for formation of high-powered commission
Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Local Government Raja Basharat said that a high powered inquiry commission should be formed in Punjab to investigate the corruption of last ten years on pattern of the commission announced by PM Imran Khan in his address to the nation. He was talking to media after a briefing on […]
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