August, 2020
Court postpones proceedings to declare Nawaz proclaimed offender
ISLAMABAD : An accountability court on Tuesday postponed until Sept 9 the proceedings to declare former prime minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender over his perpetual absence from the Toshakhana case hearing. Accountability Judge Asghar Ali has gone on summer vacation, due to which the proclamation proceedings was put off until Sept 9 when the court is slated to resume the hearing of the case. On Aug 17, the accountability court had ruled that former president Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani will be indicted inRead More
Ahsan Iqbal forgets date, reaches court day earlier than slated hearing
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal had to face an awkward situation on Tuesday when he reached the Islamabad accountability court only to be told that he has arrived a day earlier to attend the Narowal sports city case hearing. The former federal minister arrived at the accountability court this morning to attend the hearing of the graft case instituted against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) but was reminded by the court staff that the hearing is slated for August 26 (tomorrow). Ahsan Iqbal, realising his mistake, returned backRead More
Grieving families urge ‘life, no parole’ sentence for NZ mosque gunman
Families of victims gunned down at two New Zealand mosques urged a judge to impose the toughest possible sentence, life without parole, on the gunman as he showed no remorse and appeared to smirk at one survivor during a sentencing hearing on Tuesday. Mirwais Waziri, who was wounded during the 2019 attack at Christchurch’s Al Noor mosque, put aside his prepared court statement and addressed white supremacist Brenton Tarrant directly, after seeing that he did not have “any regrets, any shame in his eyes”. “He does not regret anything,” saidRead More
Qantas plans to cut 2,500 more jobs
Qantas Airways Ltd announced plans to cut up to 2,500 more jobs by outsourcing its Australian ground handling operations to lower costs as it braces for a A$10 billion ($7.17 billion) revenue hit due to the pandemic this financial year. The job cuts flagged on Tuesday are on top of 6,000 across its workforce announced in June, which would take the total job losses to nearly 30% of its pre-pandemic staffing. Qantas’ head of domestic operations Andrew David said outsourcing ground handling jobs at the country’s biggest airports would save anRead More
‘We are confident to avoid defeat tomorrow’ Abid Ali
Southampton : Pakistani opener Abid Ali showed confidence in his team to avoid defeat tomorrow when they come out to bat at 100-2 with a trail of 210 runs. Speaking to reporters, Abid said they were given a plan to stay at the crease as long as they could to avoid defeat. “Our plan was to spend as much time at the crease as we can and I think we succeed in it. I and Azhar were making short plans and gradually achieving it,” said Abid who got out forRead More
Shehbaz family assets: Court summons lawyers for arguments
LAHORE : An accountability court on Tuesday sought arguments on an application seeking to unfreeze assets of Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and members of his family. Admin Judge Jawadul Hassan directed lawyers representing the PML-N president to appear on next hearing on August 27 to put forth their arguments in the case. Shehbaz stated in his plea that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) froze his family’s properties in utter disregard for the actual facts as assets can not be frozen during the process of investigation. HeRead More