Tag: National Accountability Bureau
NAB plea against suspension of Nawaz, Maryam sentences dismissed
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s appeal against suspension of sentences awarded to former prime minister...
Celebrating without cause? – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | Earlier in the week, as reported, the honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan referred the JIT Report (regarding money laundering by Asif Zardari...
PM will appear before NAB whenever required: FM Qureshi
News Desk | Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan will appear before the National Accountability Bureau whenever summoned. “The Pakistan...
Is PML-N going to face a leadership crisis?
News Analysis| Embattled Opposition leader in the National Assembly Mr. Shahbaz Sharif and his son Mr. Hamza Shahbaz, opposition leader in Punjab Assembly, are going...
Agreements with IPPs are a noose around our necks, says CJP
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has expressed serious concerns at Pakistan's existing power purchase agreements (PPA) with the private sector power producers...
Bahria Town case: What is the crime of common citizens?
News Analysis | In an interesting development, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday to file separate references on...
SC inquires about excessive payments to IPPs
News Desk | The Supreme Court on Wednesday, the 9thof January, summoned Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan to explain his position over excessive...
End of the house of Sharif? NAB to file case against...
News Analysis | The beleaguered Sharif family took another hit as the National Accountability Bureau has decided to file a case against Hamza Shahbaz in...
CJP orders removal of Bilawal’s, Murad’s names from ECL
News Analysis | Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday, Jan 7 has ordered to remove the name of Sindh chief Minister...
NAB goes after Shahid Khaqan Abbasi over misuse of authority
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has reportedly approved the initiation of two investigations against former premier and the leader of Pakistan Muslim...
Court tells govt to review decision to put 172 suspects on...
News Desk | The Supreme Court has directed the federal government to review its decision to place names of the 172 fake bank accounts case...
PPP and PML-N: Two sides of the same coin?
News Analysis | Former opposition leader in the National Assembly and a prominent leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Mr. Khursheed Shah has said that...
PM Imran Khan will not attend the World Economic Forum 2019
News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan will not attend the World Economic Forum sessions starting in Davos on 22nd January 2019. Prime Minister’s special assistant...
Is NAB working independently?
News Analysis | According to media reports the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday rejected the claims of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mehmood Khan...
NAB investigates motorway contracts: Another headache for Nawaz & Co?
News Desk | The National Accountability Bureau, after ascertaining the irregularities in the award of Rs 148 billion motorway project during the inquiry, has decided...
NAB is a black law: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
News Desk | The former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that NAB ordinance is against the Pakistani constitution, Islamic values, and our human...
No mobile phones during office hours, NAB chairman directs the officers
News Analysis | In an interesting development, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has told its officers not to use mobile phones in the offices. The direction has...
Is Punjab Government giving special treatment to Shahbaz Sharif?
News Analysis | The Punjab home department has formally requested the federal government to declare Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif’s Islamabad residence...
Interior ministry vs Zulfi Bukhari: Defends travel ban against him
News Desk | Defending the travel ban on Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfi Bukhari, the Ministry of Interior...
Nawaz Sharif’s assets are beyond known sources, maintains NAB
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has said on Thursday that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif remained unable to satisfy the investigators regarding his...
Accountability Process: Shahbaz’s son in the crosshairs
News Desk | In a letter written to Interior Ministry, National Accountability Bureau has requested to place the names of Hamza Shahbaz and Salman Shahbaz...
Will NAB bow down to the opposition’s mounting pressure?
News Analysis | The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, headed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Javed Abbasi, has called the National Accountability...
Only in Pakistan: Grade 16 officer found in possession of Rs...
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has seized cash and prize bonds worth Rs300 million from the house of a former grade-16 government...
Illegal recruitments scam: NAB Arrests ex-PU VC, five registers
News Analysis | Dr. Mujahid Kamran, former vice-chancellor (VC) of the Punjab University, has been arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday. Former VC...
Nawaz Sharif breaks silence over Shahbaz’s arrest
News Desk | Former premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday, 9th October, stated that he would soon raise voice over the arrest of former Punjab chief minister and his...
NAB vs Shahbaz – The Ultimate Royal Rumble! – Maleeha Hashmey
Maleeha Hashmey | One person's embarrassment is another person's accountability. When it comes to power and accountability, people often demand the former for themselves and...
Shahbaz Arrest: Nawaz steps in as PML-N bets on sympathy vote
News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is facing several challenges since the disqualification of its premier Mr. Nawaz Sharif. The situation became even...
Shahbaz Sharif Arrested: What Next?
News Analysis | In a development that took many by surprise, chief of Pakistan Muslim League-N and former chief minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, was...
Shahbaz’s Arrest: Who gains & Who loses?
News Analysis | Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, former Chief Minister of Punjab and current leader of opposition in the National Assembly, has been arrested by...
SC summons Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as NAB probes petrol prices
News Analysis | In an interesting development, the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to conduct an independent inquiry into...
Iftikhar Chaudhry’s son-in-law arrested: a breakthrough for PTI’s government
News Analysis | In an interesting development, a son-in-law of former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry has been arrested from Dubai in a...
Is Zulfi Bukhari’s appointment Illegal?
News Analysis | The appointment of Zulfi Bukhari has been challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan appointed...
21 Luxury cars confiscated from Nawaz’s friends Mill
News Analysis | Customs Intelligence has recovered the 21 luxury vehicles worth 250 million rupees from the deserted building of Redco Textile Mill near Kallar...
Challenges of devolution – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | After the passage of the unanimous constitution in 1973, perhaps devolution of power where it belongs is the biggest constitutional...
New Cabinet Ministers Take Oath
News Analysis | The size of the Prime Minister’s cabinet is set to increase as new members of Imran Khan’s cabinet take oath on Monday,...
Large scale financial embezzlement revealed in Punjab Population Innovation Fund
News Analysis | Large scale financial embezzlements were revealed in Punjab Population Innovation Fund (PPIF) as administration had allegedly distributed millions of rupees among private...
