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Daily Archives: June 23, 2011

Moonis not involved in NICL scam case: FIA IO

Numan Wahab LAHORE: The FIA deputy director and investigation officer (IO) of National Industrial Corporation Limited (NICL) land scam on Wednesday denied Moonis Elahi’s involvement in the main fraud case of Rs.168 billion. During his testimony before special banking offences court, the FIA director, Basharat Shahzad, stated that Moonis was not directly involved in subsequent […]


Four serving majors being interrogated

By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: Army said on Wednesday that another four of its officers were being interrogated for links with Hizb-ut-Tehrir (HuT), reinforcing fears that radicalisation could be more widespread in the military than earlier believed. “Four other officers are being questioned for their alleged links with HuT,” ISPR Director General Major General Athar […]


Court summons report on minister`s degree

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday summoned the report of an inquiry conducted by Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, regarding the graduation degree of senior provincial minister Rahimdad Khan. A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Yahya Afridi allowed an application filed by a petitioner, Farman Khattak, requesting for summoning […]


Media is a salient feature of democracy: Fehmida Mirza

ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza said on Wednesday the Parliament of Pakistan strongly believes that independent media is a salient feature of democracy and therefore, it has welcomed its constructive criticism. She said that media serves as a bridge between the parliament and the public. It should endeavour to impartially report […]


Media is a salient feature of democracy: Fehmida Mirza

ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza said on Wednesday the Parliament of Pakistan strongly believes that independent media is a salient feature of democracy and therefore, it has welcomed its constructive criticism. She said that media serves as a bridge between the parliament and the public. It should endeavour to impartially report […]