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RIYADH: A new nationalization program is being proposed in Saudi Arabia which is likely to create over one million jobs for the population in the next 15 years. According to a foreign news agency, the program will be brought for voting in the Shura Council this week. Member of the Shura Council Abdulrahman Al-Rashid stated that the local investors and enterprises will be empowered through the programme and utilization of the local raw material will be preferred. Al-Rashid said, "The plan aims to develop a Saudi…

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition against formation of commission regarding leaking of news story on national security , ARY News reported. LHC Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah conducted proceedings of the case. Pakistan Awami Tehreek leader Khurram Nawaz Gandapur, who is also petitioner in the case, submitted before the court the commission headed by Justice Amir Raza formed by the government for probing news leaks is questionable. The committee formed to probe the news story leak…

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Tuesday rejected a commission of inquiry into the ‘News Leaks’ set up by the government, saying the Sharif family could impose its influence into the probe. The decision taken after a party meeting in the capital termed the planted news a security risk for Pakistan at a time when forces were tackling Indian aggression at the border. Imran Khan, during the meeting, took the view that Justice Amir Raza, the head of the commission, had strong and close terms…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said it was a matter of satisfaction for him that the issue of ‘Panama Papers’ would be resolved in the Supreme Court (SC). “I have been striving continuously for this, and had on my own requested the Supreme Court to constitute a Commission,” the premier said while chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet in Islamabad. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Tuesday had announced to observe a ‘Thanksgiving Day’ in the federal capital on November 2 (today)…

ISLAMABAD: A meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today, with senior leaders of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has agreed on a proposal for constituting a commission to probe revelations in the Panama Papers, ARY News reported. The consultative meeting is held at a crucial time when the Supreme Court has begun hearing the Panama Papers case. Mr. Sharif is under growing pressure from opposition parties over his children's offshore bank accounts, revealed in the Panama Papers leak. PTI chairman Imran…

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has refused to constitute a judicial commission as requested by the government to investigate revelations made in the Panama Papers implicating political leaders for having offshore wealth, ARY News reported.

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervez Rasheed Monday lamented that politics in country has contracted 'germs of extremism' and that no one talks of replacing a prime minister through the ballot, ARY News reported.

PESHAWAR: The emir of Jamaat e Islami (JI) Siraj ul Haq Saturday demanded the government to set up an inquiry commission under the Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan, Anwar Zaheer Jamali to probe Panama leaks, ARY News reported.

Panama said on Wednesday it would form an independent commission to review the country's financial practices following the leak of information from a local law firm that has embarrassed a clutch of world leaders.

KARACHI: The performance of the Customs Intelligence, one of the primary agencies of the Federal Government, tasked to deal with smuggling has come under severe critical scrutiny in recent weeks.