Waseem Abbasi
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Washington, DC, United States
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Defying SC orders: Private schools develop innovative fee reduction tactics
A three-member SC bench headed by former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar had passed an interim order on December 13, 2018 directing 22 upscale private schools to reduce their fee and refund half of the summer vacation fee. Later, another order was issued by Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the apex court on January 10 to clarify the original order that all private schools charging more than Rs5,000 monthly fee… → Read More
Ex-PM Abbasi says ‘Visa-on-arrival’ was his idea
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday said his government had proposed visa-on-arrival facility for all countries except for a few hostile states but some... → Read More
PIA may get control of Islamabad airport
Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has not only managed to get major financial concessions from the PTI government but the national flag carrier may soon be able to get control of the Islamabad International Airport. → Read More
Justice Nisar leaves a controversial legacy: legal experts
Justice Saqib Nisar retired on Thursday after completing his tenure. He was appointed the chief justice of the country on December 31, 2016. → Read More
Dams fund takes a plunge after CJP’s retirement
ISLAMABAD: On the first day after the retirement of former chief justice Saqib Nisar, the dams fund set up by him witnessed a steep decline, the official website of the Supreme Court showed on... → Read More
PPRA rules violated in award of Mohmand Dam contract: TIP
The Mohamnd Dam contract is already facing a lot of controversy over “conflict of interest” allegations as Descon is owned by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razzak Dawood. The letter signed by Justice Zia Perwez- former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and current trustee of Transparency International Pakistan - says TIP has received a complaint about violation of Public… → Read More
HEC spills more beans on controversial degree of DG NAB in clarification
In an attempt to clarify its decision to attest 75,000 Al-Khair degrees including those from illegal campuses, the Higher Education Commission has spilled more beans about its controversial attestation of DG NAB Lahore Saleem Shahzad’s degree. → Read More
HEC okays 75,000 Al-Khair degrees in policy u-turn
The campus was an illegal diploma mill notorious for selling degrees for money as per the HEC’s own claims submitted in higher courts and the I-9 police station through a First Information Report (FIR), a copy of which is available with The News. → Read More
State-run TV corruption case
Anchorperson, investigation officer to move SCBy Waseem AbbasiISLAMABAD: In an interesting turn of events, both the counsel for Dr Shahid Masood and the investigating officer , who was probing the... → Read More
NAB violates SOP by delaying multi-billion graft probe against Musharraf
The former military ruler is accused of accumulating assets worth billions beyond means and the allotment of precious government land to his favourite officers to garner their support. → Read More
Swati lands in trouble again
ISLAMABAD: Former minister for science and technology Azam Swati is once again in trouble, as the National Accountability Bureau has summoned him today in another case of misuse of authority.Swati... → Read More
Fake accounts scandal: FIA seizes record from SECP head office
ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team probing the fake accounts case on the orders of the Supreme Court , has implicated chairman of Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan in its... → Read More
Accountability court verdict mentions patriarchy in Sharif family
“On the contrary, before the JIT, the two sons have given the impression of a tightly knit family where the decisions are made by the patriarch which are not questioned or challenged by other younger family members who may be merely informed of the same subsequently,” the judgment reads. → Read More
‘Presumption’ a key word in verdict against Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court has once again relied on presumption to sentence ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for seven years on Monday in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference.The... → Read More
SC had banned Basant in 2005 following 19 deaths related to festival
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has announced to celebrate the Basant festival in second week of February.The announcement was greeted with both praise and caution as the festival has the deadly... → Read More
47pc people satisfied with PTI government: survey
ISLAMABAD: A fresh nation-wide public opinion survey has revealed that only 27% of Pakistanis think that PTI government was able to implement its 100-day plan. The poll says overall satisfaction of... → Read More
Ministry restores two BS-20 officers dismissed for corruption
ISLAMABAD: In a glaring violation of the Islamabad High Court Orders, the Ministry of Science has quietly restored two officers of Grade-20 who were dismissed over alleged corruption and record... → Read More
Little known company granted govt contract flouting rules
Islamabad : The graft scandal which has hit Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government within 100 days of its formation has also forced the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International Pakistan to... → Read More
100 days of inexperience: A tale of scandals and controversies
Here is a list of 19 major issues that put the government in spot of bother so far. → Read More
Minister dismantles vigilance cells in Railways
ISLAMABAD: A day after abolishing the Ehtesab Commission in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , the federal government has abolished another anti-corruption establishment in Pakistan Railways with immediate... → Read More