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"We are afraid that the country is sinking" warns former Pak PM Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Imran Khan also reiterated his demand for free and fair elections, warning the country might sink otherwise. He said free and fair elections were the only solution to the country's problems and said the government was "afraid" of new elections due to the fear of losing, Dawn reported.
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Imran Khan to dissolve Punjab, KP assemblies on Dec 23
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Imran Khan on Saturday made the announcement to dissolve the assemblies of the provinces where they rule -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on December 23 in a video address with Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan by his side.
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CBI moves Supreme Court against Bombay HC order granting bail to Anil Desh
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order granting bail to Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case.
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Corruption in previous rules made youth loathe govt jobs: CM Yogi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Slamming the previous governments, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that the presence of corruption and discrimination five years ago made youth loathe government jobs.
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SC: Trial against public servant for corruption can not be abated if compl
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday made it clear that the trial does not abate and neither does it result in order of acquittal of the accused public servant if the complainant turns 'hostile' or has died or is unavailable to let in his evidence during proceedings.
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Corruption runs deep in Pakistan Army: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The report says that even though Pakistan's Senior Generals and officers have been at the receiving end of state largesse in the form of fat salaries and other perks, they still act in a corrupt fashion that does not behove a military force.
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Public servants can be convicted in corruption case on circumstantial evid
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court's Constitution bench on Thursday held that direct evidence of demand of bribe by public servants is not necessary to convict them under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act and it can also be proved through circumstantial evidence when there is no direct evidence against t
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Over 90 former corporators write to Maharashtra CM Shinde alleging corrupt
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A group of 94 former BMC corporators has written to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, alleging a "lack of transparency" and "corruption" in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ever since the term of the city's 227 corporators ended this March.
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Pakistan's police forces ranked most corrupt: Survey
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the latest survey conducted by Transparency International, the majority of the people considered anti-corruption watchdogs' role as "ineffective" in curbing the menace in the country.
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US sanctions Sri Lankan Army officer for human rights violations
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Pursuant to Section 7031(c), the Department of State is designating Bulathwatte for his involvement in a gross violation of human rights, namely torture and/or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of Sri Lankan journalist, Keith Noyahr, in May 2008," US State Department s
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Belgium arrests EU lawmaker, 4 others in Qatar corruption probe
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A Qatari official, who said that he was not aware of any details of the investigation, said, "Any claims of misconduct by the state of Qatar are gravely misinformed."
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AIADMK leader D Jayakumar reviews area affected by Mandous cyclone near Ch
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"The bridge for the physically challenged in Chennai Marina got damaged due to Cyclone and DMK government did corruption in the construction of the bridge," said D Jayakumar.
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