Day: August 4, 2017

Panama papers firm shrinks internationally

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panama papers firm

PANAMA CITY: Mossack Fonseca, the law firm linked to the Panama Papers scandal, has had to close most of its international offices due to a slump in business, company officials said on Wednesday. “We had about 45 offices abroad. Now there are about six left,” Jürgen Mossack, one of its founders told a briefing while insisting the Panama headquarters was not expecting to close. A trove of 11.5 million digital records from the Panamanian law firm revealed how many of the world’s wealthy used offshore companies to stash assets. Perpetrators ranged…

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Former AGP’s conviction suspended

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ISLAMABAD: The sacked auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) Akhtar Buland Rana, who was convicted of concealing his Canadian nationality, was released on bail on Thursday. Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Faizan Haider Gillani suspended the verdict of senior civil judge Mohammad Shabbir and issued notice to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for September 19. The ADSJ released the AGP on Rs200,000 surety bonds. A senior civil judge had convicted Mr Rana under section 6(c) of the Passport Act 1974 for concealing his Canadian nationality and awarded him six-months of…

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Corps commander, governor pledge to ensure durable peace in Karachi

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Corps commander Karachi meets governer sindh

KARACHI: The military establishment on Thursday hinted that the Karachi operation, which is going to complete four years next month, was not going to end anytime soon as the new corps commander of the city in a meeting with the Sindh governor vowed to continue the exercise “till its logical end”. During a meeting at Governor House Governor Mohammed Zubair and Corps Commander Karachi Lt-Gen Shahid Baig Mirza discussed efforts that were afoot to make peace in the city sustainable and lasting, after the sacrifices of many security and law…

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حسن روحانی دوسری مدت کے لیے صدر منتخب

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hassan rohani

ایرانی صدر حسن روحانی اپنے منصب کا حلف اٹھا کر دوسری مدت کے لیے صدر منتخب ہوگئے۔ سپریم کمانڈر آیت اللہ خامنہ ای نے ان سے حلف لیا۔ اس موقع پر حسن روحانی نے دوسری مرتبہ صدر منتخب ہونے پر ایران کو عالمی تنہائی سے نکالنے کے لیے اپنی کوششیں جاری رکھنے کے عزم کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ تہران میں عوام اور عسکری حکام سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے حسن روحانی نے کہا کہ ہم کسی صورت عالمی تنہائی کو قبول نہیں کریں گے۔ حسن روحانی نے امریکا کے ساتھ جوہری…

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Footprints: when sacrifice is insufficient

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KARACHI: Outside the Garden Headquarters of the Sindh police, I meet Muhammad Hamza. He has come to file a document required to be recruited as a constable in the law enforcement agency. The 21-year-old graduate does not want to be a constable, and would prefer the position of an officer, but there is no choice. Hamza lost his father, constable Muhammad Afzal, last month in an armed attack on a police vehicle in Korangi. Two other policemen also died while doing their duty on one of the city’s busiest roads.…

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وفاقی کابینہ نے حلف اٹھا لیا

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وزیر اعظم شاہد خا قان عباسی کی نئی 47 رکنی وفاقی کابینہ نے حلف اٹھالیا، حلف برداری کی تقریب ایوان صدر میں منعقد ہوئی، صدر مملکت ممنون حسین نے کابینہ کے ارکان سے حلف لیا۔اس موقع پر اراکین قومی اسمبلی وسینیٹ ، ممتاز شخصیات کی بڑی تعدادشریک تھی ۔ وزارت توانائی کے نام سے نئی وزارت قائم ہو گی، نئی کابینہ میں28 وفاقی وزرااور19وزرائےمملکت شامل ہیں، جن میں خواجہ محمد آصف وزیرخارجہ،احسن اقبال وزیر داخلہ ، خرم دستگیر وزیر دفاع ،سردار ٕمحمد یوسف بدستور وفاقی وزیر مذہبی اُمور ہی رہیں…

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