PTI paying price of wrong strategy
ECP resumes hearing in foreign funding case today
ISLAMABAD:
A wrong legal strategy followed by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the foreign funding case has forced it to be on the defensive.
Senior lawyers, who closely examined the case, are wondering as to why the PTI is delaying the matter.
One section within the PTI is even blaming party s counsel, Anwar Mansoor Khan, for delaying the matter without any reason.
It is learnt that the PTI leadership was of the view that the issue should not adjudicated upon during the tenure of former chief election commissioner Sardar Raza Khan.
Naeem Bukhari removed as PTV chairman after IHC order
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The IHC had barred Naeem Bukhari from working as PTV chairman.
The court had directed the ministry to send a revised summary to the federal cabinet.
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has removed Naeem Bukhari as chairman Pakistan Television (PTV) in light of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order in a petition challenging the PTI leader’s appointment,
Geo News reported on Saturday quoting unnamed sources.
The cabinet also restored Aamer Manzoor as the managing director of the state-run television who was removed by the corporation s board of directors on January 1. The approval was given through circulation summary.
Top court seeks details of 28 fake bank accounts
Supreme Court notes that main accused in mega corruption case are on bail but co-accused are behind bar
ISLAMABAD:
The apex court has asked the country’s top graft buster – the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) – to submit details of the 28 fake bank accounts identified during a probe into a mega money laundering scandal that involves top leaders of the PPP.
A three-judge bench presided over by Justice Mushir Alam on Monday issued this directive while hearing the bail application of one of the accused in the case Muhammad Umair, a peon whose bank account was used for a monetary transaction worth over Rs580 million.