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ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Accountability Irfan Qadir on Thursday hinted that the superior courts judges could be tried by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) if they were found involved in corruption. “There is no sacred cow and the judges of superior courts can also be tried under recently amended National Accountability Ordinance,” he said in …

Donald Trump said on Thursday he has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, the US ex-president’s most serious legal threat yet as a firestorm of criminal investigations imperils his bid for a second White House term. “The corrupt Biden administration has informed my attorneys that I have been indicted, seemingly over the boxes hoax,” Trump wrote on …

The Supreme Court’s Justice Sardar Tariq Masood observed on Friday that establishing offshore companies is “no crime”, while hearing a Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) plea seeking action against all 436 Pakistanis named in the 2016 Panama Papers. On Nov 3, 2017, the JI had, through an application, reminded the court of its pending petition filed by party emir Sirajul Haq in August 2016. The …

The government on Friday advised authorities in Sindh and Balochistan to remain alert as a “very severe” cyclonic storm, Biparjoy, over the Arabian Sea was reported to be moving towards Pakistan’s coastal areas. According to an advisory issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Cyclone Biparjoy had changed its course and slowly tracked in the north-northeast direction during the past …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday indefinitely adjourned the hearing on a set of petitions challenging the Supreme Court (Practice & Procedure) Act, 2023 — which seeks to limit the powers of the top judge — without any proceedings after Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan said the government could not immediately review laws …

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability, Irfan Qadir, said on Thursday that matters of superior court judges could be referred to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) if they have “criminal overtones” or an “element of corruption”. “The National Accountability Ordinance has the jurisdiction and NAB can be referred to … there is no sacred cow for this law,” …

ISLAMABAD: Troubles continue to multiply for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf following the violent events of May 9-10, as the military’s top brass vowed on Wednesday to tighten the noose on the “planners and masterminds” of the riots that erupted following the arrest of Imran Khan in a corruption case, leaving a number of military and government installations destroyed in its wake. …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday granted PTI Chairman Imran Khan protective bail in a case registered against him for the murder of senior Supreme Court lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar — who was shot dead in Quetta earlier this week — for two weeks. The order was passed by a division bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has called for the audio leaks inquiry commission, headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, to work independently and present its report to the government as per the terms of reference after verifying the veracity of the clips to let the public know the truth. It may be recalled that the Supreme Court has suspended the …

LAHORE: Jahangir Khan Tareen, who is reportedly on a mission to gather PTI deserters on one platform, made a notable progress on Wednesday when several key players of Imran Khan’s team joined hands with the sugar baron. At a huddle in Lahore, former PTI stalwarts Fawad Chaudhry, Amir Kiyani, Ali Zaidi, Imran Ismail, Mahmood Maulvi, Firdous Ashiq Awan, Ajmal Wazir, …