Pink Residency corruption case: AC issues non-bailable arrest warrant for accused
An Accountability Court in Islamabad issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for an accused in the Pink Residency corruption case on Friday. The accused, Aftab Ahmed Memon, failed to appear before the court. The other accused in the case include Abdul Ghani Majeed, Khawaja Anwar Majeed, Abdul Jabbar Memon, Muhammad Shabbir, and others. The court had […]
PTI seeks consultation on new NAB chief | The Express Tribune
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry has said that a new leader of the opposition in the National Assembly from his party should be notified before the selection of new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Fawad insisted that since the Lahore High Court (LHC) has suspended the notification of PTI lawmakers, the […]
Changes to NAB law lessened gravity of offences: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said on Tuesday that after the recent amendments to the NAB law, there were definitive features in the law that have lessened the gravity of offences. For instance, properties acquired in the name of family members or spouses had been taken out of the ambit of […]
Irked by ‘interference’, NAB chairman quits office
Aftab Sultan ISLAMABAD: After serving for eight months, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Aftab Sultan resigned on Tuesday, citing “interference” and “pressure”. Although Mr Sultan did not elaborate who was pressuring him, the main opposition PTI claimed he was being coerced to file corruption references against their chief Imran Khan. Mr Sultan had sent his […]