In a relief to jailed former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the anti-graft body’s appeal against the suspension of his jail sentence and that of his family in one of three corruption cases faced by the embattled leader. In
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to seven years in prison after he was found guilty on Monday of owning assets “disproportionate to his known sources of income.” An anti-corruption court in the country’s capital Islamabad imposed a fine of USD $25 million on Sharif. It
Former Pakistan premiers Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, along with a prominent journalist, appeared before the Lahore High Court for hearing on a petition seeking treason proceedings against them in a case related to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Journalist Cyril Almeida, Assistant Editor
Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif again appeared before an anti-corruption court in the remaining two graft cases against him and his family, a media report said. The 68-year-old PML-N leader appeared before the court as accountability court II Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik resumed
Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will appear before the Accountability Court in Islamabad for the hearing in the two remaining references against him and his family. The Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment references are the two that will be heard by the Accountability Court II Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik. On Monday, the Panamagate Joint Investigation Team (JIT) head
Pakistan’s newly sworn-in federal cabinet has taken a decision to put jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on the Exit Control List (ECL). The cabinet held its first meeting on Monday and asked the law and interior ministries to issue red warrants
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an accountability court hearing corruption cases against him and his family, the first court appearance in the remaining two graft cases following his incarceration. Following the hearing, the accountability court Judge Arshad Malik adjourned the hearing
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will resume the hearing on the transfer of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s remaining corruption cases – Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment to another court. Sharif’s legal counsel had filed a plea requesting the court to transfer the two cases from one Accountability Court to another
Pakistan’s apex anti-graft body has approached Interpol seeking issuance of Red Corner Notices against jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif’s sons Hasan and Hussain, a media report said today. Sharif’s sons were declared as absconders by an accountability court after they failed to appear in either
The federal cabinet, headed by Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk, approved to hold an open trial of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in regards to the Al-Azizia and the Flagship Investment cases. The cabinet also revoked an earlier decision to conduct proceedings against Sharif inside the Adiala