Tag: Panama Papers
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Malta PM steps down after public pressure over journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
The announcement came after two weeks of mounting pressure and popular protests calling for Muscat to quit for his handling of the probe into Caruana Galizia's car bomb killing.
December 2, 2019 -
Malta bizman charged with complicity in journalist murder case
The investigation into Caruana Galizia's death has rocked the island's government. There is pressure on Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to resign over the issue.
December 1, 2019 -
Pakistan ex-PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrested in liquified natural gas scam case
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif condemned the arrest, saying that NAB was being used for political victimisation.
July 18, 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 -
Rahul Gandhi clarifies on Panama Papers after defamation threat from MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Rahul Gandhi had earlier alleged that name of the son of CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan surfaced in the Panama Papers, but no action was taken.
October 30, 2018 -
Former IMF head Rodrigo Rato enters jail for corruption
Rodrigo Rato headed the IMF between 2004-07 and was Spain's deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister between 1996-2004.
October 26, 2018 -
End of road for Nawaz Sharif
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment along with a fine of eight million pounds and consfiscation of his Avenfield flats in London. His daughter Mariam Nawaz has been sentenced to seven years’ jail and his son-in-law Capt Safdar Awan has been given a one-year jail term by the …
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July 8, 2018 -
Panama Papers: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in prison
Sharif, 68, is in London attending to his wife Kulsoom Nawaz who was diagnosed with throat cancer last year.
July 6, 2018 -
Panama Papers again: 12,000 new documents link Indians to secret tax havens
The new Indian names include PVR Cinemas owner Ajay Bijli and members of his family, industrialist Sunil Mittal’s son and Hike Messenger CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal, and Jalaj Ashwin Dani, son of Asian Paints promoter Ashwin Dani, among others
June 21, 2018 -
Panama Papers: New data leak reveals more offshore links of Lionel Messi
Nearly 1.2 million new documents have emerged detailing the offshore financial links of an array of individuals and organisations, including Messi and Argentine president Mauricio Macri among others across the world
June 21, 2018 -
1.5 bn sensitive documents on open internet: researchers
The availability of open data makes it easier for hackers, nation-states or rival companies to steal sensitive information. A significant amount of the data left open was from payroll and tax return files, which accounted for 700,000 and 60,000 files respectively, Digital Shadows said.
April 6, 2018 -
Panama Papers: Pak court rejects Sharif’s objections to supplementary case
An accountability court in Pakistan on Tuesday rejected ousted premier Nawaz Sharif’s objections to the supplementary case filed against him and his family by the country’s anti-graft body over properties in London. The court holding trial in graft cases against Sharif and his family decided that the supplementary case would be made part of the …
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January 30, 2018 -
Panama Papers: More witnesses record statements against Sharif
Pakistan’s anti-graft court on Tuesday recorded more evidence against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the corruption cases spiralling from the Panama Papers sacandal. This comes a day after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a supplementary case against the three-time prime minister and his family over properties in London. Sharif, 68, arrived in the …
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January 23, 2018 -
Imran Khan free of Panama-like suspicion: Pakistan SC judge
Justice Faisal Arab, a member of a Supreme Court bench that exonerated the PTI Chairman, has said that Imran Khan did not incorporate offshore company Niazi Services Limited to park assets acquired through embezzlement, bribery or tax evasion to keep them hidden from the public eye. Comparing the case of Khan with the so-called Panama …
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December 16, 2017 -
Pakistan SC refuses to reopen another graft case against Sharifs
Pakistan’s ousted premier Nawaz Sharif and his family on Friday heaved a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court refused to reopen another corruption case against them. The three-member bench of Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel rejected an appeal against a 2014 decision of the Lahore High Court that …
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December 15, 2017 -
Panama papers: I-T dept slaps criminal charges under anti-black money Act
Stepping up probe into the Panama Papers, the Income Tax Department has slapped criminal charges under the new anti-black money Act and launched fresh assessment of stashed offshore income against over half-a- dozen Indian entities in the list, official sources said. They said the department has detected undisclosed assets and stashed funds located in foreign …
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November 19, 2017 -
Paradise Papers: At this age and time of my life I seek peace, says Amitabh Bachchan
Actor Amitabh Bachchan has spoken at length about his name featuring in the Panama papers and Bofors scandal, explaining that he has always cooperated with the “system” but wishes to be left alone at this stage of his life. Bachchan wrote his anguished post on his blog on Sunday and said, “Tomorrow there could be …
November 7, 2017