SHC judge declines to hear Dr Asim’s bail plea

By Staff Reporter KARACHI: The judge of Sindh High Court (SHC), Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh has declined to hear the bail pleas of political leaders, Dr Asim Hussain, Rauf Siddiqui, Anees Qaimkhani and Qadir Patel. After the Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh’s refusal, the matter was referred to SHC Chief Justice, who assigned it […]

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JJVL case takes new turn

NAB CONCEALED INFORMATION BENEFITTING DR ASIM By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: The Accountability Court after objections raised by defence lawyers on NAB investigation against former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain and others, adjourned the hearing till Sept 27 in JJVL case. During the hearing on Saturday, the defence counsels for the accused pointed out that the […]

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‘Dr Asim not being provided Hydrotherapy’

By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: An Accountability Court yesterday returned a medical report by a medical board which examined Dr Asim Hussain former petroleum minister in detention since last one year. The court observed that report mentioned various tests about the ailment of Dr Asim but copies of the said tests are not enclosed. The court […]

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Rangers, NAB not cooperating with police, NA panel told

Dr-Asim

POLICE FAIL TO SUBMIT REPORT ON DR ASIM’S LEAKED VIDEO By Staff Reporter KARACHI: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has expressed its displeasure over the absence of the Interior Secretary at the meeting held in connection with Dr Asim Husain’s video leakage that was aired on TV channels on June 15, […]

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Rangers, NAB not cooperating with police over Dr Asim video, committee told

ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting was informed on Monday that the National Accountability Bureau and Rangers were not cooperating with Sindh police in an inquiry related to leaks of testimony of undertrial prisoners. The sub-committee was informed by Sindh Police’s Additional Inspector General Sanaullah Abbasi and Karachi […]

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I have already sacrificed for my country: Dr Asim

Sacrificed

TALKS TO MEDIA AFTER JJVL CASE HEARING By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: Former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain in his informal talks to media persons outside the NAB court said he has already sacrificed himself for the country. He was asked as to what he will sacrifice on coming Eidul Azha? Asim said, “Pakistan is my […]

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Tale of a jailed politician

The story began on August 26, 2015, on a bright sunshine day in Karachi, but the darkest day of my life when I was picked up at 10 am without any warrant from my office (Sindh Higher Education Commission) by the LEAs. My family had no clue whatsoever that who picked me and they were […]

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Politician incarcerated

By Dr Asim Hussain [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he prolonged detention of 365 days which is continuing without any concrete evidence is not easy to cope, but with the blessings of Allah Almighty I have faced it with bravery and courage. The story began on August 26, 2015, on a bright sunshine day in Karachi, but the darkest day […]

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Dr Asim pleads his case

THREE hundred and sixty-five days of detention without any concrete evidence are not easy to cope, but with the blessings of Allah Almighty I have faced it with bravery and courage. The story began on August 26, 2015, on a bright sunshine day in Karachi, but the darkest day of my life was when I […]

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