Dawn leaks: Former PIO challenges his suspension in high court
- 20-Jun-2017
ISLAMABAD: Rao Tehseen Ali, former principal information officer (PIO) of the Press Information Department, have gone to the Islamabad High Court challenging his removal from the post in the wake of the Dawn leaks inquiry recommendations, ARY News reported on Tuesday. Prime minister’s former special assistant on foreign affairs Tariq Fatemi and Tehseen Ali were […]
How Newsgate scandal resolved, govt must apprise the public: Khursheed Shah
- 11-May-2017
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Thursday urged that the nation must be taken in confidence relating progress and consensuses that have been made on Dawn leaks scandal, ARY News reported. He urged the government to make all the facts pertaining to Newsgate scandal public while talking to media outside National Assembly. “How the issue was resolved, […]
PM Sharif should be accountable for risking national security: Imran
- 30-Apr-2017
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should be held accountable for keeping national security on risk in the handling of the Dawnleaks issue. The PTI chairman, addressing the ‘Huqooq-e-Karachi’ rally, reiterated that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had lost moral authority to lead the nation and should […]
Nothing significant will come out in Newsgate investigation, says Khursheed Shah
- 26-Apr-2017
ISLAMABAD: In his remarks on Dawnleaks, Opposition Leader in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Wednesday said that government would make low ranked government employees scapegoats to wind up the issue, ARY News reported. “Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has already admitted that the committee formed to probe the scandal lacks collective consensus”, he said. Predicting that […]
Govt considering removal of Tariq Fatemi, says Dar
- 26-Apr-2017
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar confirmed that government was considering removal of the Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi from his post in aftermath of the Dawn Leaks report, ARY News reported. The finance minister has been in Washington where he would meet delegates of various international organizations particularly International Monetary Fund (IMF) […]
Nisar hints at conflict within ‘Dawnleaks’ investigation team
- 16-Mar-2017
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday revealed that there is a conflict in the investigation committee formed over the ‘Dawnleaks’ issue. The interior minister, while speaking to media, said that he would only hand over the final report to the government when he receives it. He said that even the salient features […]