Tag: Nawaz Sharif
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Nawaz Sharif set to return to jail as six week bail expires
The bail expired Tuesday as the Supreme court rejected his review petition seeking extension in the bail granted to him on medical grounds
May 7, 2019 -
Pakistan court rejects Nawaz Sharif plea for bail extension
Sharif had been granted bail on medical grounds by the apex court on March 26 for six weeks. On April 25, he had submitted a review petition in the apex court seeking permanent bail. His bail is set to expire on May 7.
May 3, 2019 -
‘PM Modi went to Pakistan in 2015 to have biryani’: Priyanka Gandhi in Ayodhya
On the third day of her campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi held a mega road show in the temple town covering a distance of over 15 km.
March 30, 2019 -
Nawaz Sharif walks out of jail after 3 months for medical treatment
Nawaz Sharif, 69, was lodged in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail since December last year, serving a seven-year imprisonment in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills graft case.
March 27, 2019 -
Are Pak tanzeems too hot to handle?
There would be no question of using the type of heavy weapons, helicopter gunships and aircraft in the province without tearing Pakistan apart.
March 15, 2019 -
Who visited Pak, invited ISI to probe Pathankot attack? Rahul counters PM Modi’s ‘poster boys’ jibe
Gandhi's remarks come after the Prime Minister on Tuesday called the opposition 'poster boys of Pakistan' for seeking proof of IAF's action on a terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan.
March 7, 2019 -
Justice Mian Saqib Nisar: A judge who nailed politicians
In the history of Pakistan’s judiciary, no Chief Justice has played such an important role as he did when he started corruption investigations against Nawaz Sharif and others.
January 19, 2019 -
Return to jail
After a brief moment of freedom, the former Prime Minister and one-time leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is back in jail to serve a seven-year sentence.
December 26, 2018 -
Pakistan’s battle for free speech
The notifications being sent recently to all TV channels seem to suggest that only state-sanctioned propaganda is favoured, with an emphasis on not broadcasting items that “do not build a positive image of the country”.
December 25, 2018 -
Pakistani court sentences Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in corruption case
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was on Monday handed a seven-year jail term in a graft case by an accountability court in Islamabad while acquitting him in another.
December 24, 2018 -
Pak court to deliver judgment in two corruption cases against Sharif
The Supreme Court set the deadline for Monday to wrap up the remaining two corruption cases against the three-time former prime minister.
December 24, 2018 -
Imran still popular, but questions being asked
Imran Khan projected an image of simplicity and sincerity, of a leader not interested in accumulating wealth, confident in his achievements in cricket and philanthropy, seeking to be a national statesman rather than a ‘successful’ politician, and with a transcending and empowering belief that ‘someone up there liked him’ enough to be the saviour of Pakistan.
November 26, 2018 -
Two Sardars and one statue
Atal Behari Vajpayee did not quote Sardar Patel in Lahore. Had he done that, his summit with Nawaz Sharif would probably have collapsed before the Kargil stand-off could ruin it. Instead, Vajpayee recited from a poem about neighbours by Sardar Jafri, though he skipped a critical line about the fresh breeze from the Himalayas. Sardar …
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November 7, 2018 -
Sharifs’ corruption trial extended till November 17
So far, six extensions to wrap up the corruption references initiated by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) have been granted by the apex court.
October 12, 2018 -
Convictions against Sharifs in Avenfield verdict may not be sustainable: Pak court
Ordering their release, the two-judge bench directed the former premier, his daughter and son-in-law to submit bail bonds worth Rs 500,000 each.
October 3, 2018 -
Pak anti-corruption court irked at Nawaz Sharif’s absence from hearing
Expressing anger over their absence, Judge Malik remarked, "A suspect cannot skip a hearing on his own will," Geo News reported.
October 1, 2018 -
Cash-strapped Imran Khan govt auctions 8 buffaloes kept by Nawaz Sharif
The sale of three buffaloes and five calves belonging to the PM house fetched a total of Rs 2,302,000 in an auction held in Islamabad.
September 28, 2018