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On 12 October 2022, Shehbaz and Hamza were acquitted on all charges of corruption and money laundering by the Special Court Central in Lahore. [22] Amid the 2022 Pakistani political crises, Shehbaz was elected by the National Assembly as prime minister on 11 April 2022 after the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan. On 12 August 2023, the ...
Corruption in Pakistan is widespread, [1] and extends to every sector from government to judiciary, police, health services, education, and military. [2]Corruption distorts economic decision-making, deters investment, undermines competitiveness and, ultimately, weakens economic growth of a country, which is why the problems are long-standing, and despite ongoing calls for reform, and many ...
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption may involve many activities which include bribery, influence peddling and embezzlement and it may also ...
The Panama Papers case (officially titled Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi v. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif ), or the Panamagate case, was a 2017 landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan that disqualified Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, from holding public office for life. Opposition politicians Imran Khan and Sheikh Rasheed petitioned ...
t. e. Mass media in Pakistan ( Urdu: ذرائع ابلاغِ عوامی ، پاکستان) provides information on television, radio, cinema, newspapers, and magazines in Pakistan. Pakistan has a vibrant media landscape; among the most dynamic in South Asia and world. Majority of media in Pakistan is privately owned.
SGS S.A. corruption case. On April 16, 1999, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, were convicted by the Lahore High Court for accepting kickbacks from Societe Generale de Surveillance, a Swiss inspection company, during Bhutto's second term. [23] The court sentenced both to five years in prison ...
e. The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ( Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں آٹھویں ترمیم) allowed the President to unilaterally dissolve the National Assembly and elected governments. The National Assembly of Pakistan amended the Constitution of Pakistan in 1985 and the law stayed on the books until its repeal in 1997.
Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty and to incline the individual to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity. [ 1] With regard to governmental operations, essentially, bribery ...