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NAB determined to eradicate corruption in all its forms, manifestations: chairman
Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB, has said that Transparency International (TI) Pakistan and World Economic Forum have appreciated NAB’s overall performance in eradication of corruption and corrupt practices especially the recent report of transparency international Pakistan dated July 30, 2020 in which Mr. Sohail Muzaffar Chairman TI Pakistan has stated that NAB under the leadership […]
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Hydropower project: TI-P voices reservations over proposed tariff
ISLAMABAD: Transparency International- Pakistan (TI-P) has raised its reservations on proposed tariff for 40.80MW KOTO hydropower project being developed by Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Board (PEDO). In a letter to Chairman Nepra, Tauseef, H. Farooqi, other top government office holders, Chairman NAB and Registrar Supreme Court of Pakistan, TI-P said that it has received a notice […]
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IHC raises questions about status of Nawaz’s bail
Says ex-PM has to prove he invoked constitutional jurisdiction with clean hands ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has raised questions about the current status of bail granted to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Al-Azizia corruption case, observing that the PML-N supreme leader is apparently an absconder now. An IHC bench in October 2019 […]
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Govt offers to investigate former PM’s focal person on polio
ISLAMABAD: After criticism from the opposition parties on the floor of the Senate, the government on Monday offered to hold an inquiry against the prime minister’s former focal person on polio Babar Bin Atta for alleged corruption. Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan agreed that an inquiry should be initiated against the former focal […]
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Sugar inquiry panel, report illegal: Commission’s formation ‘incomplete, biased’, says SHC
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday quashed the Sugar Inquiry Commission report as unlawful and directed the National Accountability Bureau, Federal Board of Revenue and other statutory bodies’ investigation agencies to conduct independent inquiry with regard to corruption, tax evasion, money laundering and other allegations against the sugar mills without being influenced by the […]
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Zardari, Gilani to be indicted in Toshakhana reference next month
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Monday fixed September 9 as a new date to frame charges against former president Asif Ali Zardari and and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Toshakhana reference. Zardari had arrived in court with his children party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari amid heavy security. Due to the […]
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Sports Board corruption: NAB grills Hanif, summons him again on 27th
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Member National Assembly Hanif Abbasi Monday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore regarding a probe into alleged corruption in the Sports Board Punjab (SBP). It has been learnt that the bureau’s investigators questioned Abbasi for more than an hour. Sources said Abbasi apparently failed to […]
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NAB granted remand of Ministry’s official
ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court on Tuesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) 14 days physical remand of an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a corruption case. The bureau has arrested Muhammad Tulfail Qazi, an accountant of Pakistan embassy in Bulgaria, and produced him before the Accountability Court judge, Asghar Ali, for obtaining […]
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PTI labour wing urges PM to take notice of Hesco’s ‘inefficiency, wrongdoings’
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) labour wing, Hyderabad region, has appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan to take notice of the “excesses” on the part of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) which, it observed, was punishing its consumers for casting their votes in favour of the party. Speaking at a press conference at the local […]
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Ex-President Zardari indicted in Park Lane corruption reference
ISLAMABAD – An Accountability Court on Monday finally indicted former president and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP)’s Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari through a video link in Park Lane graft reference. However, Zardari and 12 others accused nominated in the reference denied the charges framed against them after which the court summoned three prosecution witnesses on September […]
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