AC rejects Zardari's pleas for dismissal of 3 corruption references

An accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday ruled that Asif Ali Zardari be indicted in three corruption references against him while dismissing the former president's pleas against the cases.

The court had reserved its decision on September 17. According to the verdict, announced by Judge Azam Khan, Zardari cannot be acquitted in references pertaining to fake bank accounts.

The accountability court also summoned all the suspects, including Zardari, on September 28.

The former president had urged the court to dismiss corruption references pertaining to money laundering, Park Lane and Thatta water supply.
Zardari is facing multiple corruption cases that have stemmed from a mega money laundering scandal, which came into the limelight in 2018. The former president, his sibling Faryal Talpur and several of their business associates are being probed as part of a 2015 case regarding fake accounts and fictitious transactions —which were initially found to have totalled Rs35 billion — conducted through 29 ‘benami’ accounts in Summit Bank, Sindh Bank and UBL.

Zardari is accused of being involved “in extending loan and its misappropriation by M/s Parthenon Private Limited, M/s Park Lane Estate Private Limited and others”. His lawyer, however, has argued that the PPP co-chairperson had been a director of M/s Park Lane, but he resigned from the company in 2008 before assuming the office of the president of Pakistan.

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No representative of Nawaz Sharif met COAS, claims Maryam

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz has said that no any representative of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif met the Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

She was referring to the meeting of the parliamentary leaders with the military leadership last week.

In an informal media talk, Maryam Nawaz said that her ailing father cannot be operated until coronavirus pandemic ends.

She added that the immune system of the former prime minister is weak and he is being treated through medicines currently.

It is pertinent to be noted here that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif and former foreign minister Khawaja Asif were in attendance in a meeting of parliamentary leaders who met the COAS.

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Two Pak Army soldiers martyred in Indian firing across LoC: ISPR

Two soldiers of Pakistan Army have embraced martyrdom as Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing in Deva Sector along Line of Control (LoC), said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday.

According to the ISPR, Sepoy Noorullah and Sepoy Waseem Ali have sacrificed their lives for the protection of the motherland.

The Pakistan Army befittingly responded to Indian aggression and caused major loss to the Indian side.

The latest ceasefire breach followed on the heels of another such incident on Sept 9 when Indian forces opened fire in the Bedori sector from across the Line of Control (LoC), resulting in the martyrdom of a Pakistan Army soldier.

“Indian Army troops initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation (CFV) in Bedori Sector along LOC, targeting Pakistan Army posts and civil population. Pakistan Army responded effectively,” the ISPR had said in a statement.

“Reports of heavy losses on enemy in terms of men and material. During exchange of intense fire, Havaldar Liaqat, age 39 years, resident of District Chakwal, embraced shahadat.”

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Gilgit Baltistan elections on Nov 15 as president approves summary

President Dr. Arif Alvi on Wednesday gave a go-ahead to holding of general elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan assembly on November 15.

He approved a summary regarding the polls sent to him by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Legislative Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan was dissolved after it completed its five-year tenure on 24 June.

صدر مملکت ڈاکٹر عارف علوی نے گلگت بلتستان کی قانون ساز اسمبلی کیلئے عام انتخابات کرانےکی منظوری دے دی۔

گلگت بلتستان میں عام انتخابات 15 نومبر بروز اتوار کو ھوں گے۔

صدر مملکت نے وزیر اعظم کی طرف سے بھیجی گئی سمری کی منظوری دی۔

— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) September 23, 2020

 

Previously, the Gilgit Baltistan Election Commission had postponed the elections of the Gilgit-Baltistan assembly and suspended the election schedule issued on July 2.

The election schedule had been suspended in the wake of the decision of the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court, a notification issued by the commission said. According to the election schedule issued on July 2, polling was supposed to be held on August 18.

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Two Pak Army soldiers martyred in Indian firing across LoC: ISPR

Two soldiers of Pakistan Army have embraced martyrdom as Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing in Deva Sector along Line of Control (LoC), said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday.

According to the ISPR, Sepoy Noorullah and Sepoy Waseem Ali have sacrificed their lives for the protection of the motherland.

The Pakistan Army befittingly responded to Indian aggression and caused major loss to the Indian side.

The latest ceasefire breach followed on the heels of another such incident on Sept 9 when Indian forces opened fire in the Bedori sector from across the Line of Control (LoC), resulting in the martyrdom of a Pakistan Army soldier.

“Indian Army troops initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation (CFV) in Bedori Sector along LOC, targeting Pakistan Army posts and civil population. Pakistan Army responded effectively,” the ISPR had said in a statement.

“Reports of heavy losses on enemy in terms of men and material. During exchange of intense fire, Havaldar Liaqat, age 39 years, resident of District Chakwal, embraced shahadat.”

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Gilgit Baltistan elections on Nov 15 as president approves summary

President Dr. Arif Alvi on Wednesday gave a go-ahead to holding of general elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan assembly on November 15.

He approved a summary regarding the polls sent to him by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Legislative Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan was dissolved after it completed its five-year tenure on 24 June.

صدر مملکت ڈاکٹر عارف علوی نے گلگت بلتستان کی قانون ساز اسمبلی کیلئے عام انتخابات کرانےکی منظوری دے دی۔

گلگت بلتستان میں عام انتخابات 15 نومبر بروز اتوار کو ھوں گے۔

صدر مملکت نے وزیر اعظم کی طرف سے بھیجی گئی سمری کی منظوری دی۔

— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) September 23, 2020

 

Previously, the Gilgit Baltistan Election Commission had postponed the elections of the Gilgit-Baltistan assembly and suspended the election schedule issued on July 2.

The election schedule had been suspended in the wake of the decision of the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court, a notification issued by the commission said. According to the election schedule issued on July 2, polling was supposed to be held on August 18.

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Karachi gang-rape case: Police conduct raids to arrest rapists

The police on Wednesday conducted raids to arrest rapists in the gang-rape of 22 years old girl in Karachi.

The girl was found unconscious on Monday in the Clifton area of Karachi and when the police found her. The 22-year-old had alleged to have sustained repeated sexual abuse throughout the night after she was abducted, the rape was also confirmed in the medical report.

The police on the identification of the victim girl, raided at a flat situated in Khayaban-e-Nishat, Clifton area of Karachi to arrest the culprits, but failed. The accused managed to escape from the premises.

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