Former military chief Gen. Aslam Baig submitted his statement to the Supreme Court in connection with the infamous Asghar Khan case, holding former ISI chief Asad Durrani responsible for disbursement of money among anti-PPP politicians. He said that the military had nothing to do with the money as all the money was deposited in accounts run […]
Reiterating his demands for early election, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif said as long as the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) rules, problems would not be solved in the country. While speaking to media on the occasion of PPP senator Anwar Baig’s inclusion in the PML-N, Nawaz Sharif said that the nation was not ready to […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed annoyance over the workings of intelligence agencies, terming their activities beyond given mandate. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that the secret agencies were not working as per their mandate saying, “We cannot comprise on the interests of the State”. The apex court resumed the hearing of infamous Mehrangate […]
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said he was ready to appear before the Supreme Court to produce documentary evidences with regard to Mehran Bank scandal. “The money Younis Habib had distributed is on record and I will produce evidences in the court if it summons me,” the minister said while talking to media outside Parliament House. […]
Younis Habib, the disgraced chief of a defunct Mehran Bank, dragged up the history of the security establishment’s foul interference in political progress made for an extraordinary and unprecedented vision. Singing like a bird, Younis Habib has spilled the beans in as own up a manner as the stuff racy headlines are made of. He […]
Better late than never, is a statement that perfectly suits what former chief of Mehran Bank, Younis Habib, disclosed about former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and ex-army chief Mirza Aslam Beg. In an exclusive interview following his presence in the Supreme Court of Pakistan before a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, […]
While submitting his reply to the Supreme Court in the 1990’s election scandal, former military chief General (Retd) Mirza Aslam Baig on Friday rejected allegations of Younis Habib, the former chief of the bank. A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez […]
Younis Habib, the former chief of Mehran Bank on Thursday confessed before the Supreme Court that he distributed Rs400 million among anti-PPP politicians prior to the 1990 elections. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of a 1996 petition moved by Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar […]
After taking up a decade long pending petition of Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday issued notices to former ISI chief Asad Durrani and Ministry of Defence, seeking the 1998 court report on the functioning of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). On May 27, 1998, the apex court had made […]