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The court sentenced both to five years in prison, barred Bhutto from holding political office, and fined the couple $8.6 million. [23] The conviction was the result of an investigation by Pakistan's Accountability Bureau, an agency established under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Accountability Act of 1997. [23]
Corruption in Pakistan is widespread, and involves fraudulent practices carried out by officials and institutions, ranging from petty bribery to high-profile scandals. [ 1 ] Corruption distorts economic decision-making, deters investment, undermines competitiveness and, ultimately, hinders economic growth in the country.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan issued legal notices to Dunya News and its political correspondents on 29 June 2012. [ 13 ] The rivalry within the news channels heated up when the Aaj TV broadcast and televised the documented records payments allegedly made to the country's top 19 senior-political journalists by Malik Riaz. [ 14 ]
According to Pakistani election laws, the returning officer (RO) shall compile provisional results on or before 2 a.m. the day immediately following the election day. However, for thousands of polling stations across Pakistan, results were halted, and they were not reported even 24 hours after polling ended.
Operation Midnight Jackal, or simply known as Midnight Jackal, [1] was a first of two major political scandals that took place in the first term of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1988–89 that was a plot of ISI's Internal Wing to assist the vote of no-confidence movement in the Parliament to pave the way for new elections in favor of conservative politicians.: 146 [2]
The scandal involved an organized crime ring that sold child pornography to porn sites, and blackmailed and extorted relatives of the victims. [ 2 ] The scandal caused nationwide outrage, [ 2 ] among allegations that the Punjab police and Malik Ahmad Saeed Khan , Kasur's Member of the Provincial Assembly from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League ...
The Pakistan audio leaks controversy stems from several leaked audio conversations involving Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and former prime minister Imran Khan among others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The leaks began on 24 September 2022, when multiple audio files of purported conversations, allegedly recorded in the Prime Minister's Office ...
Pakistani politicians have turned the scandal into a major political issue, accusing Ambassador Haqqani, President Zardari, and others in Pakistani government of compromising Pakistan's sovereignty, overstepping their powers by commanding the military to stand down, and conspiring against the Armed Forces of Pakistan. [citation needed]