Tag: Mir Shakilur Rehman
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Explainer: Who are the 700 Pakistanis in Pandora Papers?
More than 700 Pakistanis are in the data revealed in Pandora Papers and a majority of them are tax residents in Pakistan, reports Umar Cheema for The News. Key members of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet, retired civilian and military officials and their families as well as owners of some of the country’s top media…
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NAB to host hi-tea for all its prisoners on Eid
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will give “relief” to its prisoners by offering hi-tea on Eid day, a statement issued by the anti-graft watchdog has revealed. “Keeping its past tradition alive, the bureau has arranged hi-tea for all detained suspects and they will also be presented bouquets on Eid day,” a NAB spokesperson said Wednesday.…
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Imran govt says it has nothing to do with Geo owner’s arrest, taking channel off the air
Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the government should not be linked with the action taken by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) with regard to the arrest of Jang/Geo Group owner Mir Shakilur Rehman, or Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (PEMRA) reported action against the…
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Cable operators directed to shut down Geo TV
Soon after Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan’s press conference on the arrest of Jang/Geo Group owner Mir Shakilur Rehman, cable operators started receiving directions to shut down Geo TV’s broadcast or shift the channel to last numbers, the private media outlet has reported. The channel was shifted to last numbers in various cities and its broadcast…
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First picture of Mir Shakilur Rehman in jail emerges
The first picture of media mogul and philanthropist Mir Shakilur Rehman in jail emerged on Friday — a day after the National Accountability Bureau arrested him from Lahore in a case pertaining to the purchase of a 54-kanal piece of land. The picture showed the Jang/Geo Group owner behind bars at what appeared to be…
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‘Oh my God!’: Maryam reacts to Mir Shakilur Rehman’s arrest during media talk
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, who on Thursday made her maiden media appearance since being released in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case in November 2019, was in a viral video seen expressing her shock upon hearing the news of media mogul Mir Shakilur Rehman’s arrest. Rehman, earlier in the day, was arrested…
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Suhail Warraich says PM Imran has ‘invited wrath of God’ by arresting Jang/Geo owner
Moments after Jang/Geo Group owner Mir Shakilur Rehman was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), a senior journalist affiliated with the media house, Suhail Warraich, has called out Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for “crossing all limits and inviting the wrath of God”. “Imran Khan [has] crossed all limits by arresting MSR [Mir Shakilur…