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NAB summons Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s close aides over corruption allegations
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday summoned Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s close aides on December 10 while making progress in an investigation into corruption allegations. As per details, Multana’s close aides including Gul Asghar and Noor Asghar have been summoned by NAB investigators next week. They are facing charges of […]
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Rs1.32b alleged corruption: Khursheed Shah, 12 co-accused indicted in NAB reference
SUKKUR: The accountability court in Sukkur on Monday indicted Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former leader of the opposition Syed Khursheed Shah in an assets beyond corruption reference of Rs1.23 billion. The accountability court Sukkur’s Judge, Fareed Anwar Qazi, here on Monday heard the reference case against the former leader of the opposition Syed […]
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PIA’s German ex-boss booked for illegal appointment
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday registered a case against two foreigners for allegedly being involved in an illegal appointment made in the Pakistan International Airlines which caused financial losses to the exchequer. “The FIA Corporate Crime Circle has registered an FIR against German national Bernd Hildenbrand, a former acting CEO of PIA, […]
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Bureau halts action after Mandviwala heaps scorn on NAB
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal on Sunday halted the proceeding of the fake bank accounts case against Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwala immediately after the latter lashed out at the anti-corruption watchdog for allegedly committing serious human rights violations and extorting money from people through blackmailing and using the name […]
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Punjab ACE in action: FIRs registered despite LHC orders of status quo about lands
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab has lodged two cases against a sitting member of the Punjab Assembly and a former federal lawmaker despite stating in the first information reports (FIRs) that prior to their registration, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had ordered status quo on the lands in question. Another important feature of the […]
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India No 1 in corruption in Asia: Transparency
ISLAMABAD: India has emerged as a country having the highest bribery rate of 39% in Asia and the highest rate of people (46%) who use personal connections to access public services, according to a recent survey report released by the Transparency International. Nearly 50% of those who paid bribes were asked to, while 32% of […]
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‘State-sponsored’ corruption in fiscal policies of Pakistan — II
The primary question is whether our legislators who vehemently promote ‘democracy’ as defined by them ever thought about the effect of this absurd regulation. Furthermore, whether our economic wizards and great proponents of free exchange regime ever highlighted this absurdity. From 1992 to 2017 I was one of the few (regressive minded termed as anti-business) […]
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Chairman presides over high-level meeting to review NAB performance
Islamabad : A high-level meeting of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was held which was chaired by NAB Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, at NAB Headquarters to review overall performance of NAB, says a press release. NAB chairman expressed satisfaction on the overall performance of NAB saying that NAB has put its energies together to take […]
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Swati alleges PML-N’s Capt Safdar has huge assets
MANSEHRA: Federal Minister for Narcotics Control Azam Khan Swati has alleged that former Member National Assembly Captain (retired) Mohammad Safdar has huge assets in his family and other people’s names. He told reporters on Sunday that he had moved the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) with Safdar’s alleged assets details to take him to justice for […]
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Karachi’s NICVD official identifying corruption removed from post
NAB is also investigating extraordinarily high salaries of NICVD officials An official of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Karachi has been removed from his post, months after he pointed to nepotism and corruption in the medical facility. Dr Tariq Ahmed Shaikh, staff officer to the NICVD executive director, had written to the Sindh […]
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