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Panama Papers: ACC boss for swift report

Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday directed officials to come up with reports of the ongoing investigations into persons whose named appeared in the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers' leaks by June 30.
Pak president calls national assembly for interim PM polls Aug 1

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has called a session of the national assembly on August 1 for the election of an interim prime minister, DawnNews reports.
Aslam sued for sedition

Police yesterday filed a sedition case against BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury for allegedly hatching a conspiracy with Israel's Likud Party and its intelligence agency Mossad to oust the government.
Panama Papers leak

The Panama Papers leak has been in the news for quite some time now. The stashing of sizeable funds abroad, with the presumed notion of safety, is an old phenomenon.
JS body seeks lists of firms, banks named in Panama Papers

The parliamentary standing committee on finance asks the central bank to submit a list of organisations and companies, whose names have been published in the Panama Papers.
Panama Papers and some inconvenient truths

Politicians from developed and less-developed economies alike publicly talk tough on the use of offshore financial arrangements and tax-dodging, and vow to combat it. However, they have rarely walked the talk, which is perhaps hardly surprising.
I will resign and go home if proven guilty: Nawaz Sharif

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his address to the nation today, said he will resign and go home if proven guilty by the Panama Papers probe.
Panorama of perfidy in the Panama Papers

Ever since the Panama Papers hit the fan, the leak has been working like a series of introductions at a high-profile gathering.
Spanish minister resigns after alleged links to offshore deals

Spain's acting Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria resigns after alleged links to offshore dealings which emerged after he was named in Panama Papers.
Bring back laundered money: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) urges the government to take steps to bring back the money laundered from Bangladesh although no name of any Bangladeshis is found in Panama Papers.
Cameron releases tax returns information amid row

David Cameron paid almost £76,000 in tax on an income of more than £200,000 in 2014-15, figures released by the prime minister have shown.
Mossack Fonseca offices raided in El Salvador

Authorities in El Salvador raid the offices of the Panama law firm at the centre of a massive data leak, the attorney general's office says.
Putin rejects Panama Papers allegations

President Putin denies "any element of corruption" over the Panama Papers leaks, saying his opponents are trying to destabilise Russia.
Panama vows change after offshore leaks

Panama is creating an international panel to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry. The move follows the leak of millions of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions.
Panama Papers: Swiss police search UEFA offices

Swiss authorities raids the headquarters of European football as the fallout from the Panama Papers scandal gather pace.
Iceland names PM amid Panama fallout

Iceland's ruling coalition has named Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as the new PM, with early elections to be held in the autumn.
Panama Papers: Fifa president Infantino 'dismayed'

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has denied wrongdoing after leaked documents suggested he signed off on a contract with two businessmen who have since been accused of bribery.
Pakistan PM announces judicial probe to get sons cleared

In an effort to calm the storm whipped up by the revelations contained in the recently leaked Panama Papers, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announces that a judicial commission would investigate the offshore companies owned by members of his family.
'My name misused': Amitabh Bachchan on Panama Papers

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, named in the Panama Papers - a massive leak of tax documents on offshore companies and accounts of the rich and the powerful - said that his name may have been "misused", reports NDTV.
'Panama Papers' law firm says 'hacked by servers abroad'

One of the founders of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the explosive "Panama Papers" revelations on off-shore holdings, told AFP on Tuesday his company was hacked by servers abroad.
UK tax havens 'should face direct rule'

David Cameron should consider imposing "direct rule" on the UK's overseas territories and dependencies if they do not comply with tax law, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says.
Putin, Russia 'main target' of Panama Papers leaks: Kremlin

The Kremlin slams the leak of the "Panama Papers" tax documents as an attack aimed primarily at Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming that former CIA officials helped analyse the papers.
Panama Papers: Huge leak reveals elite’s tax havens

A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth.