Tag: Panamagate case

Pak SC to hear on Sept 12 petitions challenging Sharif’s disqualification 

Pakistan’s Supreme Court will hear on September 12 the review petition filed by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his children challenging his disqualification in the Panamagate case. Sharif, 67, stepped down after an apex court bench disqualified him on July 28 from continuing in his office for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be …

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September 9, 2017

Pakistan lawmakers rushing to pay higher taxes after Panamagate

In the wake of the Panamagate case, Pakistani officials have recorded a stunning hike in taxes paid by lawmakers, from a paltry 15 to a whopping 3,852 per cent rise in individual cases, authorities said on Thursday. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar launched the fourth tax directory of parliamentarians prepared by the Federal Board of Revenue …

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July 28, 2017

Chat with Trump won’t save Sharif from Panama case: Imran Khan

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Thursday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump cannot “save him” from the Panama Papers scandal. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman said that while it was good news that Trump spoke to Sharif, the chat will do no favour to the Prime Minister in the Panamagate case. Khan …

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December 1, 2016