Tag: Nawaz Sharif
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NAB launches money laundering probe against Maryam Nawaz
The NAB has reportedly traced numerous telegraphic transfers worth millions of rupees by the Sharif family and the end beneficiaries included Maryam Nawaz and other owners of the Chaudhry Sugar Mills
July 20, 2019 -
Pak judge ‘confesses he was blackmailed to convict Nawaz Sharif’: Maryam releases new videos
Earlier in the month, the presiding judge, Arshad Malik had rejected Maryam's allegations, saying that Nawaz Sharif was convicted on the basis of evidence.
July 11, 2019 -
Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam demands Imran Khan’s resignation
During a press briefing in Lahore on Saturday, the PML-N leader claimed that Nawaz "will be released, and will become Prime Minister once more — but this time more powerful than ever before".
July 8, 2019 -
Can Imran cleanse Pakistan?
Imran Khan’s continuous assault on political opponents has widened the gulf between the government and the opposition.
June 17, 2019 -
Crackdown in Pakistan
If the Imran Khan dispensation shows signs of complacence, it may have to countenance unexpected developments should the Opposition’s campaign gain momentum.
June 14, 2019 -
Imran Khan writes to PM Modi, offers dialogue on reconcilable issues including Kashmir
Khan had on 23 May, breaking the ice in bilateral ties, congratulated PM Modi on Twitter after the BJP-led NDA alliance returned to power by winning 353 seats of the total 542.
June 8, 2019 -
Nawaz Sharif seeks release from jail on medical grounds
In July 2018, Sharif was sentenced to 10 years in prison in another case of corruption related to a four-storey luxury property in London while his daughter was given seven years.
May 21, 2019 -
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