Tag: Accused
Has LHC Gone Soft On Sharifs by Placing Names Of Six...
News Analysis | The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the Interior Ministry to place the names of six PML-N workers on the Exit Control List,...
Asaram Bapu case: The Culture of Rape in South Asia
News Analysis | Asaram Bapu, an Indian spiritual guru; a religious leader with a massive fan base from around the world, has been awarded a...
Meesha Shafi-Ali Zafar spat is futile but may prove beneficial for...
News Analysis | The top notch figures of Pakistan’s thriving Lollywood industry have engaged in a bitter fight, strange in its nature, as the allegations...
Imran Khan to expel 20 lawmakers from PTI
News Analysis | Imran Khan, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), said on Wednesday that his party has decided to take action against 20 lawmakers for "participating...
Pop singer Daler Mehdi to challenge his two-year imprisonment
News Analysis | Indian singer Daler Mehdi was sentenced to two years imprisonment after being charged with accusations of human trafficking. In the court case...
New Axis of Evil?
News Analysis | In widely publicized comments, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia included Turkey, Iran and radical religious groups in his new definition of...
PPP’s guarded approach to Nawaz’s confrontation with judiciary
News Analysis | Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari accused ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of creating deliberate confrontation between judiciary and...
NAB chairman expresses his firm belief in universal accountability
News Analysis | National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Thursday reiterated his firm resolve in universal accountability and vowed to bring...
Russia tested ‘over 200 new weapons’ in Syria: MP
AFP | Russia has tested over 200 new types of arms in Syria during its campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a senior lawmaker...
North Korea calls UN chief ‘henchman’ of the US
AFP | North Korea on Thursday accused UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of being a "kind of henchman who is representing the United States" after the...
Will Abid Boxer spill the beans on Shehbaz’s alleged involvement in...
News Analysis | Punjab’s infamous encounter-specialist, Abid Boxer claimed that Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif ordered him many times to indulge in extra-judicial police encounters...
Are PML-N actions threatening democracy in Pakistan?
News Analysis | Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi took his party PML-N’s tirade against the judiciary to the Parliament on Monday when he openly criticized...
Trump supports improved background checks on gun buyers
AFP | US President Donald Trump signaled support Monday for improving background gun checks amid mounting pressure for reform in the wake of the Florida...
Kashmir’s alarming situation
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian Army’s endless brutality drove the Kashmiri youth into militancy. Instead of surrendering, the Kashmiris are fiercely struggling for the...
PML-N causes huge upset by beating PTI in Lodhran by-elections
News Analysis | The 2018 Lodhran by-elections in NA-154 turned out to be a major setback for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Ali Tareen, the PTI...
Supreme Court orders prompt decision on Axact cases
News Analysis | Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Friday ordered the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and Sindh High Court (SHC) to decide on Axact...
Modi tells Congress not to give lectures on democracy
News Analysis | On February 7 2018, India’s Prime Minister issued merciless statements against the Congress in Lok Sabha starting from the partition-caused by congress’...
Prime suspect in Asma rape and murder case caught
News Analysis | The prime suspect in four-year-old Asma’s rape and murder case has been arrested by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police on Wednesday. The...
US suspends economic aid to Pakistan
News Analysis | On February 6, 2018 the US House of Representatives joined the Senate to end economic aid to Pakistan through a bill which...
Talal Chaudhry given one week to respond to contempt of Supreme...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court served a show-cause to the Minister of State for Interior Affairs Talal Chaudhry on Tuesday, ordering him to file...
Is Nawaz really a threat to democracy?
News Analysis | Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leaders have accused ousted Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif of attempting to derail democracy. PPP senior leaders criticized...
Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan charged with rape
AFP | Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been charged with rape, a judicial source said, following claims by two women that he assaulted them in...
‘Baaghi’ producers accused of exploiting Qandeel Baloch’s parents
News Desk | Controversy surrounds ‘Baaghi' just before its final episode is set to air on February 1st, 2018. The highest grossing drama ‘Baaghi' was inspired...
Dar’s assets multiplied by 91 in 16 years
News Analysis | The accountability court hearing the graft case against former finance minister Ishaq Dar recorded the statements of six National Accountability Bureau...
Six more witnesses record statement against Dar in graft case
News Analysis | The accountability court hearing the corruption case against the former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar recorded the statement of six more witnesses on...
Dr. Shahid Masood’s claims about Zainab’s murderer prove false
News Analysis | The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), on Friday, released a report in which they clarified that the accused in Zainab’s murder case...
Muslim family told to move to Pakistan by Hindutva extremists
News Analysis | A Muslim family in a village in Haryana was recently threatened to leave their home and shift to Pakistan. The family from...
Zainab culprit to be produced before Anti-Terrorism Court today
News Analysis | The main culprit in the Zainab murder and rape case will be produced before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) today. The chief justice...
Student kills principal in latest Mumtaz Qadri style killing
News Analysis | A grade 12 student, Faheem, of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Islamia College in Shabqadar–a private institution– has gunned down the principal of the college,...
Rao Anwar suspended as public anger over Naqeeb’s death grows
News Analysis | Hours after a three-member probe committee tasked with probing the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in a police encounter submitted its report to...
India’s top court acquits Bollywood director of rape
AFP | India's top court on Friday upheld the acquittal of a Bollywood director accused of raping an American research scholar in a case that...
Trump unveils ‘Fake News Awards’ after drawing rebuke from Republican senator
AFP | Donald Trump unveiled the winners of his much-touted "Fake News Awards" late Wednesday, hours after a maverick senator from the president's own Republican...
Indian criminals to undergo ‘cow therapy’
AFP | Indian inmates are to be exposed to the "magical power" of cows under a radical rehabilitation programme involving rearing the beasts -- revered...
Sharif appears before the accountability court amid tight security
News Analysis | Former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (Retd.) Safdar appeared before the accountability court today amid tight security...
Aziz Ansari responds after being accused of sexual harassment
News Analysis | American actor Aziz Ansari responded to the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him. Grace, a 23-year old, claims Ansari sexually harassed...
Trump turning on Pakistan highlights American naivety
Eric Margolis | Henry Kissinger rightly noted that it’s often more dangerous being an ally of the United States than its enemy. The latest victim...