ISLAMABAD: In clear violation of the Supreme Court orders, Irfan Qadir, ex-Prosecutor General, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), who had earlier announced that he was quitting, refused to leave the charge of his office on orders of President Asif Zardari. His decision could bring a direct showdown between the government and the judiciary to a head. [...]

LAHORE: An accountability Court has sent Sohail Zia Butt, a former legislator and close relative of PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif, to jail on 11 days judicial remand in another reference of a Rs 70 million cooperative scam. Earlier on Friday, an accountability court had sent Sohail Zia Butt to jail to undergo three years [...]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, while announcing to call All Parties Conference to prepare a strategy to tackle flood devastation, said that no provincial government has so far been provided with funds for flood affectees Addressing the National Assembly here on Saturday twice, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani while accepting suggestion by [...]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday called for an All Parties’ Conference to discuss the flood situation. During his speech in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Gilani said the loss incurred by Pakistan due to the floods was between five to six billion US dollars and that 30 per cent of the country’s [...]

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the prime minister had no role in appointment of superior court judges because the 18th Amendment had transferred the authority to an eight-member parliamentary committee. “A plain reading of Article 175-A of the Constitution suggests that the prime minister has no role, [...]

The Hong Kong Government Wednesday approved a grant from the Disaster Relief Fund of 4.65 million HK dollars to the Salvation Army to undertake a relief project for flood victims in Pakistan. The grant is further to a disbursement of 5.3 million HK dollars made earlier for World Vision Hong Kong, Oxfam Hong Kong and [...]

Arif Kisana Stockholm: Pakistan´s Ambassador to Sweden Nadeem Riaz said that more than two million people need help after the t the recent floods. He was addressing at Iftar dinner hosted by him in the honor of Sweden Pakistan Friendship society. Although the international community is helping Pakistan in order to provide relief goods to [...]

Lahore: A Pakistani court on Tuesday issued notices to the Sports Ministry and the nation’s Cricket Board (PCB), asking them to file responses on the spot-fixing scandal by September 7. Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif issued the notices while hearing a petition filed by advocate Chaudhry Ishtiaq Ahmed, who demanded exemplary punishment [...]

ISLAMABAD: A full court bench of the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the 32 additional judges of the four high courts to continue working today. The high courts’ chief justices had earlier written to the Chief Justice over a possible judicial crisis, sources said. Judges cannot be appointed under the new procedure by September 5, [...]

ISLAMABAD: A team investigating the crash of the ill-fated Airblue jetliner on July 28 in Islamabad has detected the possible presence of a third person in the cockpit. Under normal circumstances, a cockpit is not supposed to have anyone other than the pilot and the co-pilot. “The investigators have reportedly heard the voice of a [...]