The channel on which the interview was aired for a few brief moments, released a statement shortly after the incident and said, "Hum News believes in a free and responsible media. Protecting freedom of expression is one of our core values. At the same time, we stand for the respect and dignity of [the] judiciary in line with our ethical values and the Consitution."
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif was grilled for an hour by officials of the anti-graft watchdog on Friday over the Toshakhana vehicles case in which he is alleged to have taken luxury cars from the government storehouse.
The anti-graft body also said that officers associated with the foreign ministry misused their authority by allocating the bulletproof cars for the Sharif's family.
Much was written about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise visit to Pakistan's Lahore in December, 2015 when after only a few months -- in September, 2016 -- Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked security forces in India.
In a relief to ailing Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to the jailed former prime minister for six weeks for seeking medical treatment within the country.
Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case.
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's lawyer on Saturday filed a petition in the high court here for suspension of his sentence and seeking bail on medical grounds for the incarcerated PML-N leader.
"Three blood tests namely ECG, echocardiogram and Thallium of the former premier were conducted. The echocardiogram report showed that Nawaz’s heart is bigger than normal," the doctors said.
Sharif has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills graft case.
Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 7 years in jail, 25 million USD fine in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case.
An anti-corruption court in Pakistan will deliver its judgment on Monday in two remaining corruption cases against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Following the attack, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser banned politicians from bringing their security guards inside the parliament's premises in the future.
The bench ordered that the defendants' bail in the case would be maintained while the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) plea against the suspension of the sentences would be heard separately, Geo News reported.
Former Pakistan premiers Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, along with prominent journalist for Dawn newspaper Cyril Almeida, appeared before the full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday.
According to a report, Shahbaz was detained by NAB officials and his car was sent away. His private staff who accompanied him as security were also asked to leave.
Sharif, for the first time in May, publicly acknowledged in an interview to Dawn that militant organisations are active in Pakistan and questioned the policy to allow the "non-state actors" to cross the border and "kill" people in Mumbai.
In a relief to the still-grieving Sharif family, a two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court suspended the jail sentences of the embattled former prime minister Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar in the Avenfield corruption case and ordered their release.
Pakistan's accountability court on July 6 had handed Nawaz Sharif 10-year jail term in the Avenfield properties corruption case filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Nawaz Sharif and other Sharif family members excluding 68-year-old Kulsoom's two sons Hassan and Hussain Nawaz attended the prayers.
Kulsoom, who was battling with cancer for a long time passed away on Tuesday in a London hospital.
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