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Asif Zardari invites Punjab CM on lunch

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz will meet Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari today (Tuesday). According to sources, the PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari reached Lahore on Monday. He is scheduled to stay in the city for

Asif Zardari asks PTI to take back their resignations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari has said asked PTI MNAs to take back their resignations from the National Assembly. Zardari in his statement said the US is trapped in own issues like inflation

Mustafa Memon accuses old friend Asif Zardari of land grabbing, death threats

KARACHI: Ahmed Mustafa Memon, a prominent businessman of Karachi, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff in which he has accused Asif Ali Zardari of making

Asif Zardari suspends his political activities in Lahore over health issues

LAHORE: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has suspended his political engagements in Lahore owing to his health issues,  Zardari’s personal physician has advised him to cancel all of his engagements, the sources at Bilawal

New York apartment case: Asif Zardari granted bail

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad accountability court has granted bail to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in a Manhattan apartment in New York. Islamabad accountability court rejects NAB’s plea. The accountability court said that NAB will not be able to

Zardari sees party’s own shortcomings responsible for defeat in NA-133 by-election

LAHORE: PPP’s own shortcomings were responsible for its defeat in Punjab elections after the party lost Lahore’s NA-133 constituency to PML-N, admitted former president Asif Ali Zardari. Speaking at a ceremony in honour of party workers at Bilawal House, Lahore,

PPP’s turn to form next govt, claims Asif Zardari

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson and former president Asif Ali Zardari claimed that his party will form the next government in the country. Speaking to journalists after appearing before an accountability court, Zardari said the “next turn” to form

Firdous Ashiq Awan looks like a matchmaker aunt than a politician: Nimra Khan

Actress Nimra Khan has revealed that Firdous Ashiq Awan looks like a matchmaker aunt more than a politician. Nimra Khan recently starred as a guest in a show where she talked about different things and one of them was if

53rd Founding Day: Zardari, Bilawal vow to continue democratic struggle

KARACHI Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairmen Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari have pledged to continue the struggle for democracy, constitutional supremacy and human rights despite the “high-handedness of the puppet regime.” In his message to party workers on

Park Lane case: Zardari, Talpur to be indicted on Sept 9

ISLAMABAD: Former President Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur and other accused in the mega-money laundering reference and Park Lane supplementary reference will be indicted on 9th September. Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the references today.

Zardari’s indictment deferred in two NAB references

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court on Wednesday deferred indictment of former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in two corruption references. The court deferred proceedings in money laundering and Pink Residency references filed by the National Accountability Bureau

Court to indict Zardari in corruption reference via video link

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court has decided to indict former president Asif Ali Zardari in the Thatta Water Supply corruption reference via video link. Judge Azam Khan resumed hearing on one of the corruption references against the PPP leader on Wednesday

Toshakhana reference: Court issues Zardari’s bailable arrest warrant

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Tuesday issued a bailable arrest warrant for former president Asif Ali Zardari in the Toshakhana reference case. Zardari is one of the main suspects along with former prime ministers Yousaf Raza Gilani and Nawaz Sharif.

AC to indict Zardari in Park Lane case on July 6

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court has adjourned the hearing of the Park Lane reference filed against former president Asif Ali Zardari till 6th July. During today’s hearing, the charges against the accused could not be filed and the court summoned him

Park Lane case: AC adjourns Zardari’s indictment till July

ISLAMABAD: Accountability court has postponed the hearing of the Park Lane case filed against former president Asif Ali Zardari till 17th July. AC Judge Azam Khan conducted the hearing during which Asif Ali Zardari’s counsel submitted an application seeking exemption

PPP offers complete support to Aurat March: Zardari

KARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday advised the Government of Sindh to provide security and facilities to the upcoming Aurat March 2020. “The PPP offers complete support to the Aurat March,” Zardari said, adding that the party was

Bails and arrests

Many politicians notably from opposition parties have been facing corruption cases, inquiries and references. As our attention was diverted to the more pressing issue of LoC hostilities, many were released on bail raising doubts that the ongoing accountability process has

Sheikh Rasheed rules out possibility of Zardari going abroad

LAHORE: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Saturday ruled out the possibility of former president Asif Ali Zardari or Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s exit from Pakistan. Speaking to media at the Lahore Railway Station here, the

Asif Zardari to be shifted to hospital in Karachi today

KARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari is expected to be shifted to the Ziauddin Hospital on Saturday. A medical team has reached the Bilawal House to examine former president in Clifton. All out arrangements have been made at the hospital,

Zardari to arrive in Karachi today after release from prison

KARACHI: Former president and leader of Pakistan People’s Party Asif Ali Zardari is expected to fly to Karachi today (Friday). He was discharged from PIMS Hospital in Islamabad on Thursday after being granted bail by the Islamabad High Court. READ

Nawaz Sharif, Zardari’s bail is not important: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said has said that the bail of former premier Nawaz Sharif and ex-president Asif Zardari was not important. Fawad Chaudhry statement came after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail to Zardari

Fake bank accounts case: Zardari granted bail on medical grounds

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court has granted former president Asif Ali Zardari bail on medical grounds in the fake bank accounts case.  IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah headed the bench conducted the hearing. During the hearing, Asif Ali Zardari was directed

Is Zardari next?

After the release of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, it seems that it is now time for former president Asif Ali Zardari.  The government permitted Nawaz Sharif to fly abroad after intense political melodrama and Zardari wants similar relief. The

Fake bank case: Zardari files bail petition in IHC on medical grounds

ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has filed a bail petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on medical grounds in the fake bank account case. Asif Ali Zardari in his petition has appealed that he needed 24-hour medical care.

Bilawal demands Asif Zardari’s bail on medical grounds

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said that the party will submit bail plea for former president Asif Ali Zardari on medical grounds. Taking to media outside Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Monday, he

Sheikh Rasheed claims plea bargain underway in Zardari’s case

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid on Monday stated that the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will complete its five-year term as there is no chance of pre-mature elections. The minister  said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has

Cases against Zardari, Talpur belong to Sindh: Saeed Ghani

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information and Archives Saeed Ghani said that former president Asif Ali Zardari has been incarcerated for six months now with no case lodged against him. Speaking at a press conference, Saeed Ghani said that for the

LHC hears PPP’s appeal to meet Zardari in prison

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has heard a appeal filed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira over the ban on meeting party’s leader Asif Ali Zardari in Adiala prison. Justice Shahid Waheed heard Qamar Zaman Kaira’s