Anti Graft

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in a land corruption case, his legal team said. The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongdoing faced by Khan, was delivered by an anti-graft court in a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Khan has been jailed since August 2023. Here are some of the allegations against the 72-year-old former cricket star, named in dozens of cases since he was ousted from office in 2022 that have kept him behind bars for more than a year.

Police most corrupt; religious leaders too not immune: Survey

Religious leaders in India do not enjoy immunity from the corruption tag with a survey showing today that 71 percent people see 'some or all of them' as corrupt, though police tops the chart at 85 percent.

China anti-graft unit tells sports to play fair

Many Chinese have linked previous sports cheating scandals to China's pursuit of medals at all costs and have criticised the system for putting too much pressure on athletes to succeed in its rigid, Soviet-style sports system

JSW Steel says transactions of ore purchase were legal

JSW Steel said on Friday that all transactions related to purchase of iron-ore in Karnataka are "legally compliant" after the state's anti-graft watchdog cited certain alleged illegal purchase of iron ore and transactions linking the company and a group firm.