LONDON: Anti-corruption watchdog, Spotlight on Corruption, has called on the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to make a public statement about its 2019 out-of-court settlement with property tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain, saying that it is concerned the settlement is “now at the heart of political turmoil and allegations of corruption in Pakistan”. “Given the…
PARIS: A French court of appeals will on Wednesday give its verdict in one of several corruption and illegal campaign financing cases involving ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy. The 68-year-old, who served one term from 2007 to 2012, has been embroiled in legal troubles ever since leaving office. In March 2021, he was sentenced to three years…
RAWALPINDI/LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Tuesday summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and others in their personal capacity on Thursday (May 18) for investigation into allegations of misuse of authority, including illegal transfer of £190 million to a property tycoon for personal gains. “The summons are related to allegations of misusing authority as…
LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Department has initiated an inquiry into a 29 Kanal property on the main road of Gulberg, Lahore, which was donated by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, his sister Fatima Jinnah, and Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan to a trust. The property, valued in the billions of rupees, has remained in the possession of the…
PARIS: The Paris Court of Appeals will on Wednesday rule on Nicolas Sarkozy’s bid to overturn a conviction for bribery and influence-peddling, one of several legal battles the former French president has been fighting over the past decade. A lower court in 2021 found Sarkozy guilty of trying to bribe a judge after leaving office,…