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Panama leaks: Opposition to unite against Nawaz Sharif in NA session
President Mamnoon Hussain has summoned National Assembly session at 5:00 pm in Parliament House Islamabad today. According to sources, members of the opposition parties will raise the issue of the offshore companies owned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family mentioned in the Panama Papers. In a message posted on Facebook, Pakistan...
Panama to form independent commission to review financial practices
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. “The Panamanian government, via our foreign ministry, will create an independent commission of domestic and international experts...
NA session begins today, opposition parties unite against govt over Panama leaks
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – President Mamnoon Hussain has summoned National Assembly session at 5:00 pm in Parliament House Islamabad today.According to sources, members of the opposition parties will raise issue of the offshore companies owned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family mentioned in the Panama Papers.The Panama Papers...
Dutch Ukraine vote tests strength of anti-EU mood
AMSTERDAM: Dutch voters cast ballots in a referendum on Wednesday on the European Union’s treaty with Ukraine, providing a gauge of anti-EU sentiment weeks before Britain puts its membership of the bloc on the line. Launched by eurosceptic… …read more Source: The News...
Panama Papers, The cat’s out of the bag
Dunya News Report (Madiha Fareed)The biggest document leak of the history has caused a global frenzy on how the powerful and wealthy use tax havens to hide their wealth. At the centre of the controversy is a lesser known Panamanian law firm “Mossack Fonseca” which is a gatekeeper to vast flow of shadowy off-shore secrets and for almost 40 years...
The ‘Panama Papers’ main revelations
PARIS: World leaders, aides and families, sports and movie stars are among those named in a huge leak of documents dubbed the Panama Papers, some of which reveal hidden offshore assets. An investigation by more than 100 media groups has shone a light on assets held by some 140 political figures with help from Mossack Fonseca, a law firm based in...
Wikileaks to Panama Papers: Biggest leaks in recent times
The Panama Papers have sent shock waves across the world and many implicated in the leaked documents are trembling. This is the latest and biggest revelation of state and economic secrets since the whistleblower website WikiLeaks began using the Internet to break new ground in social activism. Here is a recap of all the major leaks in recent...
Panama Papers: President Obama calls for international tax reforms to curb tax evasions
In a response to Panama leaks, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for international tax reforms to avoid tax evasions as revealed in Panama Papers. “There is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally is a huge problem,” he told reporters at the White House. “The problem is that a lot of this stuff is legal, not...
The ‘Panama Papers’ main revelations
PARIS (AFP) – World leaders, aides and families, sports and movie stars are among those named in a huge leak of documents dubbed the Panama Papers, some of which reveal hidden offshore assets.An investigation by more than 100 media groups has shone a light on assets held by some 140 political figures with help from Mossack Fonseca, a law...
Dortmund homecoming for Liverpool’s Klopp
PARIS (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp makes his eagerly anticipated return to Borussia Dortmund on Thursday when his Liverpool side visit the German giants in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final heavyweight clash.Klopp spent seven years at Dortmund, guiding them to a pair of Bundesliga titles as well as the 2013 Champions League final,...
